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2017 Year in Review - World News
Top events for the nation and the world in 2017 Prev Next Smog Alert China and India Face Pollution Issues On January 13, China issued its first-ever nationwide red alert for smog. A…September 2017 Current Events: World News
Top of Page Disaster News | Science & Technology News | US News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world…Lleida
(Encyclopedia) LleidaLleidalyāˈᵺə [key] or LéridaLéridalāˈrēᵺä [key], city (1990 pop. 111,825), capital of Lleida prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Segre River. Lleida is the center of a fertile…John of Austria, 1629–79, Spanish general and statesman
(Encyclopedia) John of Austria, 1629–79, Spanish general and statesman; illegitimate son of Philip IV. He helped put down Masaniello's revolt (1647) in Naples, was viceroy of Sicily (1648–51), and…bullfighting
(Encyclopedia) bullfighting, national sport and spectacle of Spain. Called the corrida de toros in Spanish, the bullfight takes place in a large outdoor arena known as the plaza de toros. The object…Duran
(Encyclopedia) Duran,&sp;DurandDuran,both: düräNˈ [key], or DuranteDuran,düräNtˈ [key], Jewish family of scholars. Profiat Isaac ben Moshe ha-Levi Duran, 1350–1414, called Efodi, was born…Ronaldinho
(Encyclopedia) Ronaldinho (Ronaldo Assis de Moreira), 1980–, Brazilian soccer player. Also nicknamed “El Gaucho,” the agile attacking forward was a footballer from childhood. Known almost as much for…Spanish civil war
(Encyclopedia) Spanish civil war, 1936–39, conflict in which the conservative and traditionalist forces in Spain rose against and finally overthrew the second Spanish republic. For Germany and…Weyler y Nicolau, Valeriano
(Encyclopedia) Weyler y Nicolau, ValerianoWeyler y Nicolau, Valerianovälāryäˈnō wāˈlĕr ē nēkōläˈ&oomacr; [key], 1838–1930, Spanish general. His early career was spent in Santo Domingo and Cuba,…Tarragona
(Encyclopedia) TarragonaTarragonatär-rəgōˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 112,360), capital of Tarragona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Mediterranean Sea at the mouth of the Francolí River. A port…Trending
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