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Drogheda

(Encyclopedia) Drogheda Drogheda drôˈədə, droiˈdə [key], town, Co. Louth, E central Republic of Ireland, on the Boyne…

Kherson

(Encyclopedia) KhersonKhersonkhĕrsônˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 355,000), capital of Kherson region, S Ukraine, on the Dnieper River near its mouth on the Black Sea. It is a rail junction and a sea and…

Tiananmen Square

Student Demonstrations in Tiananmen Square June 3-4, 1989   A massive demonstration for democratic reform, begun on Tiananmen Square by Chinese students in April, 1989, was brutally…

Samara, city, Russia

(Encyclopedia) SamaraSamarasəmäˈrə [key], formerly Kuybyshev, city (1989 pop. 1,254,000), capital of its region, E central European Russia, on the left bank of the Volga and at the mouth of the…

Stralsund

(Encyclopedia) StralsundStralsundshträlˈz&oobreve;ntˌ [key], city (1994 pop. 69,230), Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, NE Germany, on the Strelasund (an inlet of the Baltic Sea), opposite Rügen Island…

Places of Pain

There are places in the world whose names bring to mind human pain and suffering caused by other people, nature, or both. Included here are some of these places and…

Arnold, Benedict

(Encyclopedia) Arnold, Benedict, 1741–1801, American Revolutionary general and traitor, b. Norwich, Conn. As a youth he served for a time in the colonial militia in the French and Indian Wars. He…