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Peter Carey

Name at birth: Peter Philip CareyAustralian writer Peter Carey won the Booker Prize twice, for Oscar and Lucinda (1988) and for True History of the Kelly Gang (2001). A one-time chemistry and zoology…

Jiang Qing

Jiang Qing was the last wife of Mao Zedong and one of the most powerful women in China while Mao was alive. After he died she was tried and sentenced to death as an enemy of the state. Jiang Qing…

Guru Biography

rapperBorn: 7/17/1962 Died: 4/19/2010Best Known as: rapper in the duo Gang Starr Born Keith Elam, Guru began his career in the mid-1980s as MC Keithy E. After…

Pancho Villa

A hero to some and a villain to others, Pancho Villa was a brutal modern-day version of Robin Hood. Born a peasant, Doroteo Arango got on the wrong side of the law early; according to legend he shot…

Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown is the wishy-washy child hero of the newspaper comic strip Peanuts. Charlie Brown is a lovable loser who dreams of hitting the game-winning home run but usually strikes out. He first…

Fighting Organized Crime

United Nations launches major international effort by David Johnson This article was posted on December 15, 2000. Related Links Encyclopedia: Organized CrimeInternational Terrorist…