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World > Accident Archive The following list includes the date, target of attacks, and casualties of significant attacks by the terrorist goup al-Qaeda. 1993 (…
The biggest cities to ever exist
For the first time in human history, a majority of people live in urban environments. The world's largest cities today fall under a class that researchers call "…
(Encyclopedia) Mohammed bin Salman, 1985–, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, b. Riyadh. The son of King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, he received a law degree from King Saud Univ. (2007) and then worked in…
(Encyclopedia) Ben-Gurion, DavidBen-Gurion, Davidbĕn-g&oomacr;ˈrēŏn [key], 1886–1973, Israeli statesman, b. Plońsk, Poland, as David Grün. He settled in Palestine in 1906, but lived for periods…
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