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From Private to Prophet

The Year in Movies by Peter Keough A year in film can be seen as a record of commercial and artistic achievement, in which case 1998 will be remembered as the year Hollywood made more…

Asian Food Primer: Singapore Food

by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaiiPapua New…

Births: Summary of Birth Rate Data for 2009

The source for the data on U.S. births, birth rates, and fertility rates in this section is the National Vital Statistics Reports series published by the National Center for Health…

Ten Years After Hurricane Katrina: Fact Sheet

From the U.S. Census Bureau Hurricane Katrina is the costliest U.S. hurricane on record, and the deadliest to strike our nation since 1928. After initially making U.S. landfall on Aug. 25…

Benin Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Benin Index: Geography People History Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Beninese Relations GEOGRAPHY Benin, a narrow, north-south strip of land in…

Burma Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Burma Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Burmese Relations PEOPLEAlthough Burmese is the most…

The World's Most Notorious Despots, Part 2

The World's Most Notorious Despots by Borgna Brunner Top Ten Despots TamerlaneIvan the TerribleRobespierreJoseph StalinAdolph HitlerMao ZedongFrancois DuvalierNicolae CeausescuIdi…

Preference for Racial or Ethnic Terminology

Preferred term1PercentHispanic Hispanic57.88% Of Spanish origin12.34 Latino11.74 Some other term7.85 No preference10.18White White61.66% Caucasian16.53 European American2.35 Some other term1.97…

July 2009 Current Events: World News

U.S. News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of July 2009. U.S. Military Taking Back Afghan Valley from Taliban (July 2): In an attempt to take back the…

Ethnicity and Race by Countries

Find the ethnic and racial composition of every country in the world, listed alphabetically. Afghanistan Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimaks 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, others 4…