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Oulu
(Encyclopedia) OuluOuluōˈl&oomacr; [key], Swed. Uleåborg, city (1998 pop. 115,493), capital of Oulu prov., W central Finland, at the mouth of the Oulu River on the Gulf of Bothnia. It is a…Nyköping
(Encyclopedia) NyköpingNyköpingnüˈchöˌpĭng [key], city (1990 pop. 26,380), capital of Södermanland co., SE Sweden, a port on the Baltic Sea. It is a commercial and industrial center, producing flour…Crystal Palace
(Encyclopedia) Crystal Palace, building designed by Sir Joseph Paxton and erected in Hyde Park, London, for the Great Exhibition in 1851. In 1854 it was removed to Sydenham, where, until its damage…Giammattei, Alejandro
(Encyclopedia) Giammattei, Alejandro (Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla), 1956–, Guatemalan politician. A surgeon by training, he worked for the Guatemalan ministry of public health in the early…Thetis
(Encyclopedia) ThetisThetisthēˈtĭs [key], in Greek mythology, a nereid, mother of Achilles. She was loved by both Zeus and Poseidon, but because of a prophecy that her son would be greater than his…Benediktsson, Bjarni
(Encyclopedia) Benediktsson, BjarniBenediktsson, Bjarnibĭyärˈnē bĕnĕdĭktˈsōn [key], 1908–70, Icelandic statesman. A lawyer, he was a vocal advocate of Iceland's independence from Denmark, and became…stavkirke
(Encyclopedia) stavkirkestavkirkestäfˈkērˌkĕ [key] [Nor.], medieval wooden church building of Scandinavian countries. Of hundreds erected in the 11th, 12th, and 13th cent., only a score survive, and…bow and arrow
(Encyclopedia) bow and arrow, weapon consisting of two parts; the bow is made of a strip of flexible material, such as wood, with a cord linking the two ends of the strip to form a tension from which…April 2016: A New Cease-Fire Between the Houthis and Yemeni Forces in Yemen
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of April 2016. 1.…Merseyside
(Encyclopedia) Merseyside, former metropolitan county, NW England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Greater Liverpool metropolitan area and comprised five…Trending
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