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Malay Peninsula

(Encyclopedia) Malay PeninsulaMalay Peninsulaməlāˈ, māˈlā [key], southern extremity (c.70,000 sq mi/181,300 sq km) of the continent of Asia, lying between the Andaman Sea of the Indian Ocean and the…

suicide

(Encyclopedia) suicide [Lat.,=self-killing], the deliberate taking of one's own life. Suicide may be compulsory, prescribed by custom or enjoined by the authorities, usually as an alternative to…

prophet

(Encyclopedia) prophet [Gr.,=foreteller], a religious leader and spokesperson, particularly used in the Bible. The prophets emitted messages from the divine through inspired speech, the…

State Department Notes on Kuwait

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations Defense U.S.-Kuwaiti Relations PEOPLEOver 90% of the population…

Kentucky

Kentucky State Information Official Name: The Commonwealth of Kentucky Capital: Frankfort Organized as a territory: January 1, 1777 Entered Union: June 1, 1792 (15th State) Present constitution…

State Department Notes on Djibouti

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy U.S.-Djiboutian Relations PEOPLEAbout two-thirds of the Republic of Djibouti's 650,…

October 2008 Current Events

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 | Nation | Business/…

Indonesia after Suharto

The Year of Living Dangerously:Indonesia after Suharto 17,000 Islands, 300 Ethnic Groups, 250 Languages by Borgna Brunner This article was posted on June 7, 1999.Relatives of pro-independence…

Iraq Crisis, 2005

by Borgna Brunner 1920s–1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 Next: 2006 Jan. 4, 2005 Ali al-Haidari, governor of…

Kurdish History Timeline

by Borgna Brunner Related Links Turkey | Map KurdistanIraq Primer The Kurds have lived in a mountainous, roughly 74,000-square-mile region known as Kurdistan for the past two millennia.…