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January 2009 Current Events: World News

U.S. News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of January, 2009. Mills Elected Ghana's President in Runoff (Jan. 2): In a very tight…

Abd ar-Rahman Khan

(Encyclopedia) Abd ar-Rahman KhanAbd ar-Rahman Khanäbˌdär-rämänˈ [key]Abd ar-Rahman Khankän, khän [key], 1844?–1901, emir of Afghanistan (1880–1901); grandson of Dost Muhammad. He opposed his uncle…

Gottheil, Richard James Horatio

(Encyclopedia) Gottheil, Richard James Horatio, 1862–1936, American Orientalist and Semitic scholar, b. Manchester, England; son of Gustav Gottheil. He taught Semitic languages at Columbia from 1886…

Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani

(Encyclopedia) Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, 1932–2016, emir of Qatar (1972–95). Khalifa was the son of Hamad bin Abdullah al-Thani, the second emir's heir apparent, but Hamad died (1948) before the…

Medina, city, Saudi Arabia

(Encyclopedia) MedinaMedinamĭdēˈnə [key], Arabic Medinat an-Nabi [city of the Prophet] or Madinat Rasul Allah [city of the apostle of Allah], city (1993 pop. 608,226), Hejaz, W Saudi Arabia. It is…

Inauguration Factfile

Media coverage, famous addresses, inaugural trivia, and life after the presidency   Elections Campaign 2016 Campaign 2012 2012 Election Results Elections, 1789–2012 How is the…