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January 2008 Current Events

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World | Nation | Business/…

Sudan Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments Date of Information: 9/26/2022[source] Pres. Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, Field Mar. Prime Min. (acting) Osman…

State Department Notes on Qatar

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Defense Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Qatari Relations PEOPLENatives of the Arabian…

Afghanistan—Who's Who

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,…

Marshall, Kerry James

(Encyclopedia) Marshall, Kerry James, 1955–, American painter, b. Birmingham, Ala., B.F.A. Otis Art Institute (now Otis College of Art and Design), Los Angeles, 1978. A figurative and narrative…

Allah

(Encyclopedia) AllahAllahălˈə, äˈlə [key], [Arab.,=the God]. Derived from an old Semitic root refering to the Divine and used in the Canaanite El, the Mesopotamian ilu, and the biblical Elohim, the…

Accident Archive

Some of the biggest disasters in history are not natural at all, but are caused by human error or involve vehicles. Modern-day conveniences like air travel and nuclear power come with risks attached…

Year in Review, 2008

2008 news of the world from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe The Taliban Related Links 2008 Year in Review 2008 News of the…

Tanta

(Encyclopedia) TantaTantatänˈtä [key], city (1986 pop. 336,517), capital of Gharbiyah governorate, N Egypt, in the Nile River delta. It is a cotton-ginning center and the main railroad hub of the…