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Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Teodoro
(Encyclopedia) Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Teodoro, 1942–, Equatoguinean military and political leader, president of Equatorial Guinea (1979–). He graduated (1963) from Spain's Zaragoza Military Academy…Marais
(Encyclopedia) MaraisMaraismärāˈ [key] [Fr.,=swamp], old quarter of Paris, on the right bank of the Seine. Until the 18th cent. it was the most aristocratic section of Paris. The Hôtel des Tournelles…Darjeeling
(Encyclopedia) Darjeeling or Darjiling Darjeeling both: därjēlˈĭng [key], town, West…April 2016: Pope Francis Visits Refugees in Greece as the EU Implements Deportations to Turkey
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of April 2016. 1. Panama…Immigrants Admitted as Permanent Residents Under Refugee Acts, by Country of Birth, 1971–1998
Covers immigrants who were allowed to enter the United States under 1953 Refugee Relief Act and later acts; Hungarian parolees under July 1958 act; refugee-escapee parolees under July 1960…Ai Weiwei
(Encyclopedia) Ai WeiweiAi Weiweiīˈ wāwā [key], 1957–, Chinese artist, architect, filmmaker, and political activist. He is the son of poet Ai Ch'ing, who was internally exiled (1958–76) to work camps…River Brethren
(Encyclopedia) River Brethren, name used to designate certain Christian bodies originating in 1770, during a revival movement among German settlers in E Pennsylvania. In the 1750s, Mennonite refugees…Quy Nhon
(Encyclopedia) Quy Nhon or Qui NhonQui Nhonboth: kwē nyôn [key], city (1989 est. pop. 201,972), SE Vietnam, on the South China Sea coast. Quy Nhon is a growing commercial and industrial center that…Erlangen
(Encyclopedia) Erlangen Erlangen ĕrˈläng-ən [key], city, Bavaria, S Germany, at the confluence of the Schwabach and…Livorno
(Encyclopedia) LivornoLivornolē vôrˈnô [key], Brit. Leghorn, city (1991 pop. 167,512), capital of Livorno prov., Tuscany, central Italy, on the Ligurian Sea and on the Aurelian Way. It is a busy…Trending
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