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Bukhara

(Encyclopedia) Bukhara Bukhara bəkäˈrə [key], city, capital of Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, in the Zeravshan River…

Selim I

(Encyclopedia) Selim I (Selim the Grim)Selim Isĕlĭmˈ [key], 1467–1520, Ottoman sultan (1512–20). He ascended the throne of the Ottoman Empire by forcing the abdication of his father, Beyazid II, and…

Movies and Film: The Lean Years

The Lean YearsMovies and FilmBritish Film HistoryThe BeginningsShooting (in) the WarThe Lean YearsEngland's Left Foot: Irish Cinema In the decades following World War II, the British film industry…

NFL Football Preview 1999: NFC East

NFC East Dallas Cowboys - Put away your shovels because the Cowboys aren't dead yet. The Cowboys were humiliated by their 20-7 playoff loss to Arizona last season and would love…

Ceuta

(Encyclopedia) Ceuta Ceuta thā&oomacr;ˈtä [key], autonomous city, c.7 sq mi (19 sq km), NW Africa, a possession of…

State Department Notes on Djibouti

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy U.S.-Djiboutian Relations PEOPLEAbout two-thirds of the Republic of Djibouti's 650,…

2004 Olympics: Boxing

Weight Class ChampionLt. Flyweight (106 lbs)Yan Bhartelemy Varela, CUB Atagun Yalcinkaya, TUR Shiming Zou, CHN / Sergey Kazakov, RUSFlyweight (112) Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano, CUB …