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December 2007

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World Putin's Party…

1984 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“What's Love Got to Do With It,” Tina TurnerAlbum of the YearCan't Slow Down, Lionel Richie (Motown)Song of the Year“What's Love Got to Do With It,” Graham Lyle and Terry Britten…

Aleppo

(Encyclopedia) Aleppo Aleppo əlĕpˈō [key] or Alep Alep əlĕpˈ [key], Arabic Haleb, city (2021 est. pop. 1,917,000), capital of Aleppo governorate, NW…

Indian literature

(Encyclopedia) Indian literature. Oral literature in the vernacular languages of India is of great antiquity, but it was not until about the 16th cent. that an extensive written literature appeared.…

India-Pakistan Wars

(Encyclopedia) India-Pakistan Wars, name given to the series of conflicts between India and Pakistan since 1947, when the Indian subcontinent was partitioned and the two countries became independent…

Aswan

(Encyclopedia) Aswan or AssuanAssuanboth: äswänˈ, ăswănˈ [key], city (1986 pop. 190,579), capital of Aswan governorate, S Egypt, on the Nile River at the First Cataract. It is one of the driest…

Timur

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Empire of Timur (1405) TimurTimurtĭm&oobreve;rˈ [key] or TamerlaneTimurtămˈərlān [key], c.1336–1405, Mongol conqueror, b. Kesh, near Samarkand. He is also called Timur Leng…

Beijing

(Encyclopedia) Beijing Beijing bā-jĭng [key] or Peking Peking…

Turks

(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…

1990 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“Another Day in Paradise,” Phil CollinsAlbum of the YearBack on the Block, Quincy Jones (Qwest/Warner Bros.)Song of the Year“From a Distance,” Julie Gold, songwriterBest New…