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Pakistan: Prime Ministers

Prime Ministers Liaquat Ali Khan (1947–1951)   Khwaja Nazimuddin (1951–1953)   Mohammad Ali Bogra (1953–1955)   Chaudhri Mohammad Ali (…

Pirenne, Henri

(Encyclopedia) Pirenne, HenriPirenne, HenriäNrēˈ pērĕnˈ [key], 1862–1935, Belgian historian. He was for many years a professor of history at the Univ. of Ghent. A leader of Belgian passive resistance…

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 …

State Department Notes on Egypt

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions National Security Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Egyptian Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORY…

Lucas van Leyden

(Encyclopedia) Lucas van LeydenLucas van Leydenlüˈkäs vän līˈdən [key], 1494–1533, Dutch historical and genre painter and engraver. With Lucas, Dutch painting of scenes from daily life may be said to…

Bedouin

(Encyclopedia) BedouinBedouinbĕdˈ&oomacr;ĭn [key] [Arab.,=desert dwellers], primarily nomad Arab peoples of the Middle East, where they form about 10% of the population. They are of the same…