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Averroës

(Encyclopedia) AverroësAverroësəvĕrˈōēz [key], Arabic Ibn Rushd, 1126–98, Spanish-Arab philosopher. He was far more important and influential in Jewish and Christian thought than in Islam. He was a…

State Department Notes on Afghanistan

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Afghan Relations PEOPLE Afghanistan, often called the crossroads of…

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August 2005

WorldSudan Leader Killed in Crash (Aug. 1): Government confirms that John Garang, leader of the opposition Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) who was recently named vice president, had been…

Significant U.S. Conflicts

During the first phase of its history, the United States tried to isolate itself from foreign conflicts. In the 1900s, however, the United States participated in two world wars, became a global…

U.S. Embassy Bombings

Primer on the Embassy Bombings and the U.S. Strikes on Sudan and Afghanistan by Ben Snowdon and David Johnson RELATED LINKS Kenya | Map Tanzania | Map Osama…

Kashmir

Things Get Rough in Kashmir 50 years later the struggle continues by Ben Snowden "If we want to save not only South Asia from nuclear war, but the world as a whole, Kashmir is the root."—…