Search

Search results

Displaying 211 - 220

Timeline: Philippines History, Part II

Part II: Marcos, People Power, Estrada, and Arroyo by David Johnson and Shmuel Ross 1965 1972 1983 1996 2000 2001 2002 2005 2008 2010 2012 2014 Back: Part I 1965…

Who's Who in Afghanistan

A look at some of the key players by David Johnson Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan. Source: AP Photo/Allauddin Khan. Afghanistan's location between India, Persia, China, and the…

Atatürk, Kemal

(Encyclopedia) Atatürk, KemalAtatürk, Kemalkĕmälˈ ätätürkˈ [key], 1881–1938, Turkish leader, founder of modern Turkey. He took the name in 1934 in place of his earlier name, Mustafa Kemal, when he…

2001 World News Events

—Borgna Brunner The ultimatum issued to the Taliban after Sept. 11 to turn over bin Laden was the last of several such demands made by the U.S. and the UN after bin Laden was implicated in the…

Words of Five Letters

Try the Find a Word: Crossword Search Abode of dead: Babylonian, ARALUAborigine: Borneo, DAYAKAftersong, EPODEAloe, AGAVEAnimal: Footless, APODEAnt, EMMETAntelope: African, ADDAX, BEISA,…

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Ayman al-Zawahiri is the former head of Egyptian Islamic Jihad and the former partner of Osama bin Laden in al-Qaeda, a violent militant group that targets Americans, Jews and other "enemies of Islam…

Saudi Arabia Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Saudi Arabia Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Saudi Arabian Relations PEOPLESaudi Arabia's 2007…

The Most and Least Religious Countries

The importance of religion around the world Religion has played an extremely important role in the history of almost every country in the world. We can see this everywhere around us. From art to…

The Koran/Sura LXI — Battle Array

Sura LXI — Battle ArrayMedina — 14 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ALL that is in the Heavens and all that is on the Earth praiseth God. He is the Mighty, the Wise…