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Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi Biography

Gordon Kiyoshi HirabayashiactivistBorn: 1918Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. An American of Japanese ancestry, Hirabayashi was a sociology student at the University of Washington in Seattle when…

Spy Game

Director:Tony ScottWriters:Michael Frost Beckner and David ArataUniversal Pictures; R; 115 minutesRelease:11/01Cast:Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack Spy Game teams up two of…

Keanu Reeves Biography

Keanu Reeves actorBorn: 9/2/1964Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon Despite a deadpan style, Keanu Reeves has developed an impressive portfolio of acting parts. His theatrical start at Shakespeare and…

Amal Clooney

Name at birth: Amal AlamuddinAmal Clooney is the accomplished British barrister and human rights activist who married actor George Clooney in 2014. Amal Clooney was born Amal Alamuddin in Beirut in…

George Clooney

George Clooney spent 10 years as an acting unknown until his role as Dr. Doug Ross in the hospital drama E.R. made him TV's hottest heartthrob in 1994. He left the show in 1999 and moved on to an…

Arab-Israeli Wars

(Encyclopedia) Arab-Israeli Wars, conflicts in 1948–49, 1956, 1967, 1973–74, and 1982 between Israel and the Arab states. Tensions between Israel and the Arabs have been complicated and heightened by…

Barak, Ehud

(Encyclopedia) Barak, EhudBarak, Ehudāˈkh&oomacr;d bäräkˈ [key], 1942–, Israeli military and political leader, prime minister of Israel (1999–2001). The son of East European immigrants in…

International Terrorist Organizations

From al-Qaeda to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia by Ben Snowden and Laura Hayes Pursuant to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, the secretary of state formally…