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February 2018 Current Events: Disaster News
Top of Page World 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 news…Third World
(Encyclopedia) Third World, the technologically less advanced, or developing, nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, generally characterized as poor, having economies distorted by their…zaibatsu
(Encyclopedia) zaibatsuzaibatsuzīˈbäts&oomacr; [key] [Jap.,=money clique], the great family-controlled banking and industrial combines of modern Japan. The leading zaibatsu (called keiretsu after…How Many Countries in the World?
The Question: How many countries are there in the world today? The Answer: There are 196 countries in the world today. Unless you don't count Taiwan. Taiwan is not considered an official…Little League World Series Champions
Year Champion Runner-up Score1947 Williamsport, Pa. Lock Haven, Pa. 16–71948 Lock Haven, Pa. St. Petersburg, Fla. 6–51949 Hammonton, N.J. Pensacola, Fla. 5–01950 Houston, Tex. Bridgeport,…June 2001 Disasters
May–June, Utah: Hordes of crickets and grasshoppers infested more than 1.5 million acres in 18 of the state's 29 counties, causing some $25 million in crop damage. June 6, Bangladesh: Severe…September 2016: Typhoon Megi Devastates Tawain, China
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of September 2016. 1. Death of Uzbekistan's…Yuan T. Lee Biography
Yuan T. LeechemistBorn: 11/29/1936Birthplace: Hsinchu, Taiwan Yuan T. Lee was one of three who shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Although Lee's childhood in Taiwan was interrupted by…Sanmao
Sanmao (sometimes San Mao) was the pen name of Chen Mao-ping, a Chinese writer who became internationally recognized for her descriptions of life in the Western Sahara in the 1970s. In English she…Chen Shui-bian
Chen is the former president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) who resigned in 2008 and was sentenced to life in prison in 2009. Chen was a populist progressive who rose from a poor family: his "…Trending
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