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Peace TV

Peace TV is a Dubai-based free-to-air Islamic satellite network founded by Zakir Naik in January 2006 through the Islamic Research Foundation, with Urdu, Bangla, and Chinese channels, later banned in India and Bangladesh and stripped of its UK licences.

Peace-Athabasca Delta

Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD), northern Alberta inland freshwater delta at the Peace-Athabasca confluence, Ramsar site and part of Wood Buffalo National Park World Heritage Site; ~6,000 km², Bennett Dam 1968, ice-jam floods, drying debate.

Peaceful Liberation of Beiping

The Peaceful Liberation of Beiping (北平和平解放) was the transfer of Beiping, today's Beijing, from Nationalist to Communist control without a battle on 31 January 1949.

Peaceful Property (บ้านหลอน On Sale)

Peaceful Property (บ้านหลอน On Sale, also Ban Lon On Sale, 鬼宅心慌) is a 2024 GMMTV Thai supernatural comedy-drama, 12 episodes on GMM25, in which heir Home and ghost-seeing chef Peach exorcise haunted inherited houses.

Peaceful Warrior

Peaceful Warrior (2006) is a drama directed by Victor Salva, adapted from Dan Millman's novel Way of the Peaceful Warrior, starring Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte as Socrates, and Amy Smart; Lionsgate released it June 2, 2006.

Peacekeeper Rail Garrison

The Peacekeeper Rail Garrison was a US Air Force plan of the late 1980s to base 50 Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles on 25 trains, terminated in 1991 before deployment.

Peacekeeping

UN peacekeeping: consent-based deployment of international troops, police, and civilians since 1948 (UNTSO), guided by consent, impartiality, and limited force; over 70 missions, three principles, and measurable conflict-reducing effects.

Peacemaker (character)

Peacemaker (Christopher Smith) is a DC Comics antihero created by Joe Gill and Pat Boyette, first appearing in The Fightin' 5 #40 (1966) at Charlton Comics; a pacifist who kills for peace, later reinvented at DC in 1988 and made famous by John Cena in The Suicide Squad and the Peacemaker series.

Peacemaker (TV series)

Peacemaker is a James Gunn-created HBO Max action-comedy starring John Cena as Christopher Smith, spun off from The Suicide Squad (2021). Two eight-episode seasons aired in 2022 and 2025; season 2 is part of the new DCU, with no season 3 currently planned.

Peacemaker Kurogane

Peacemaker Kurogane (PEACE MAKER鐵) is Nanae Chrono's Shinsengumi manga sequel to Peace Maker, following 15-year-old Ichimura Tetsunosuke as Hijikata's page; adapted into a 24-episode 2003 GONZO anime, 2018 films, and 2010 live action.

Peacemaker season 1

Peacemaker season 1 (2022) is the HBO Max spinoff of The Suicide Squad, written by James Gunn with John Cena as Chris Smith on Project Butterfly; 8 episodes, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, mostly DCU canon except its Justice League cameo.

Peacemaker season 2

Peacemaker season 2 is the 2025 second season of James Gunn's HBO Max DC series, its first set in the new DCU after Superman, starring John Cena with Frank Grillo's Rick Flag Sr. as antagonist; eight episodes, 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Peach (桃)

Peach (桃; Prunus persica), a Rosaceae stone fruit domesticated in China's lower Yangzi valley from at least 8000 BP, spread via the Silk Road through Persia; China grows about 70 percent of world production.

Peach and Me (มีสติแล้วลูกพีช)

Peach and Me (มีสติแล้วลูกพีช, Mi Sati Laeo Luk Phit) is a 2026 GMMTV Thai BL romantic comedy, a four-episode special sequel to Me and Thee starring Pond Naravit and Phuwin Tangsakyuen as newlyweds Thee and Peach, airing July 11 to August 1, 2026 on GMM25 and iQIYI.

Peach Blossoms Look Like a Memory (人面桃花长相忆)

Peach Blossoms Look Like a Memory (人面桃花长相忆) is a 2025 Chinese 81-episode vertical short drama directed by Yang Yuan, starring Meng Jiaxin and Ai Hongchen, second on DataEye's 2025 annual heat list; distinct from the Red Fruit drama 人面桃花.

Peach Bottom nuclear power plant

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station is a two-unit nuclear power plant near Delta, Pennsylvania, with two boiling water reactors generating about 2,770 MW, co-owned by Constellation and PSEG.

Peach Bowl

The Peach Bowl, currently the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, is an annual college football bowl game in Atlanta first played in 1968, and one of six bowls hosting College Football Playoff games.

Peach gum

Peach gum (桃胶), the injury-induced exudate of Prunus persica, yields type II arabinogalactan polysaccharides with arabinose and galactose as main sugars; extracted fractions emulsify better than gum arabic.

Peach leaf curl

Peach leaf curl, caused by Taphrina deformans, is a spring fungal disease of peaches and nectarines causing red, puckered, curled leaves; controlled only by dormant-season fungicide sprays or resistant cultivars like Frost and Redhaven.

Peaches (musician)

Peaches, born Merrill Beth Nisker (b. 1966), is a Canadian electroclash and electro-punk musician from Toronto based in Berlin, known for The Teaches of Peaches (2000), "Fuck the Pain Away," sex-positive queer feminist lyrics, and the 2026 album No Lube So Rude.

Peaches (The Presidents of the United States of America song)

"Peaches" is a 1995 song by The Presidents of the United States of America, written by Chris Ballew and Dave Dederer. Released as a single in February 1996, it peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 8 on Modern Rock Tracks, and No. 1 in Iceland, driving the debut album to double platinum.

Peaches & Herb

Peaches & Herb, American vocal duo formed 1966 in Washington, D.C.; Herb Fame constant, rotating "Peaches" partners including Francine Barker and Linda Greene; hits "Reunited" (1979, four weeks #1) and "Shake Your Groove Thing" (#5).

Peaches Geldof

Peaches Geldof (Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof, 1989–2014), English journalist, TV presenter, and model, daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates; Elle Girl columnist at 15, Disappear Here co-editor, died of a heroin overdose aged 25.

Peaches!

Peaches! is the Black Keys' 2026 covers album on Easy Eye Sound/Warner, ten blues reinterpretations recorded live in Nashville after Delta Kream, born from sessions during Dan Auerbach's father's terminal illness.

Peachoid

The Peachoid is a 135-foot water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina, shaped and painted like a giant peach, holding one million gallons for Cherokee County.

Peachtree Street

Peachtree Street is Atlanta's main north-south thoroughfare, named for the Muscogee Creek settlement Standing Peachtree (Pakanahuili). It began as a Native American trail, spawned 71 Peachtree-named streets, and fronts landmarks like the Fox Theatre and High Museum.

Peachy Keenan

Peachy Keenan, pseudonym of American conservative writer Laurie Stalberg Gigliotti (born 1973), Claremont Institute's The American Mind contributing editor, Catholic convert in Southern California, author of Domestic Extremist (2023) and Supervillains.

Peacock (2010 film)

Peacock (2010) is an American psychological thriller directed by Michael Lander, starring Cillian Murphy as bank clerk John Skillpa, whose female alter ego Emma is exposed by a train derailment in Peacock, Nebraska; released straight to DVD by Lionsgate.

Peacock (streaming service)

Peacock is an American subscription streaming service owned by NBCUniversal, offering TV and film libraries, originals, live news, and live sports. It launched nationally in 2020.

Peacock (孔雀) (2005 film)

Peacock (孔雀) is Gu Changwei's 2005 directorial debut, written by Li Qiang, about three siblings in 1970s Anyang, Henan. It won the Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix at the 55th Berlinale and earned about 10 million RMB in China.