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(Encyclopedia)ibex īˈbĕks [key], wild goat, genus Capra, found in rugged country on mountain ranges from central Asia to the Himalayas, S Europe, and NE Africa. Ibexes are surefooted and agile; they usually trav...Dariel
(Encyclopedia)Dariel, pass, Georgia: see Daryal. ...Bernstein, Walter
(Encyclopedia)Bernstein, Walter, 1919-2021, American screenwriter, b. Brooklyn, NY, Dartmouth College (BA, 1940). After attending high school, Bernstein enrolled at ...Iberian Gates
(Encyclopedia)Iberian Gates, pass, Georgia: see Daryal. ...Kasbek, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Kasbek, Mount: see Kazbek, Mount, Georgia. ...South Sandwich Islands
(Encyclopedia)South Sandwich Islands: see South Georgia. ...United Nations Members (table)
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(Encyclopedia)Turks, term applied in its wider meaning to the Turkic-speaking peoples of Turkey, Russia, Central Asia, Xinjiang in China (Chinese Turkistan), Azerbaijan and the Caucasus, Iran, and Afghanistan. They...Saakashvili, Mikheil
(Encyclopedia)Saakashvili, Mikheil mēˈkäēl sä-äˈkäshvēˈlē [key], 1967–, Georgian lawyer and political leader, president of Georgia (2004–7, 2008–13), b. Tbilisi. He received law degrees from Kiev U...Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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