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Aozou Strip

(Encyclopedia)Aozou Strip ouˈzo͞o [key], 114,000 sq mi (295,000 sq km) strip of land in N Chad on the Libyan border. The region, which is believed to have significant uranium and oil deposits, has been bitterly c...

Lockerbie

(Encyclopedia)Lockerbie lŏkˈərbē [key], village (1991 pop. 3,892), Dumfries and Galloway, S Scotland, site of a 1988 airplane crash. On Dec. 21, 1988, a New York–bound Pan Am Boeing 747 exploded in flight as ...

Misurata

(Encyclopedia)Misurata: see Misratah, Libya.

Murzuk

(Encyclopedia)Murzuk: see Marzuq, Libya.

Ghadames

(Encyclopedia)Ghadames: see Ghudamis, Libya.

Garian

(Encyclopedia)Garian: see Gharyan, Libya.

Gat

(Encyclopedia)Gat: see Ghat, Libya.

Bardia

(Encyclopedia)Bardia: see Bardiyah, Libya.

Bengasi

(Encyclopedia)Bengasi: see Benghazi, Libya.

Azizia

(Encyclopedia)Azizia: see Al Aziziyah, Libya.