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41cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …
42Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural… …
43Lodge Committee — The Lodge Committee was a U.S. Senate committee which held hearings to investigate allegations of war crimes in the Philippine American War. The hearings commenced on January 31, 1902ref|start and adjourned on June 28, 1902.ref|finish They were… …
44MODERN TIMES – FROM THE 1880S TO THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY — introduction effects of anti jewish discrimination in russia pogroms and mass emigration german jewry racism and antisemitism The Economic Crisis of the Early 1930s In Soviet Russia after 1917 new types of social organization contribution to… …
45United States Senate Committee on the Philippines — The Committee on the Philippines was a standing committee of the United States Senate from 1899 to 1921.[1] The committee was established by Senate resolution on December 15, 1899, to oversee administration of the Philippines, which Spain had… …
46Cuauhtémoc — For other uses, see Cuauhtémoc (disambiguation). Cuauhtémoc Blanco Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan Bust of Cuauhtémoc in el Zócalo, Mexico City …
47Grandier, Urbain — (d. 1634) Priest framed and executed in the LOUDUN POSSESSIONS of Ursuline nuns in France. Urbain Grandier was brought down by his own arrogant charm and success, Reformation politics, and a spiteful nun he spurned. Burned alive at the stake,… …
48Execution by burning — has a long history as a method of punishment for crimes such as treason, heresy and witchcraft (burning, however, was actually less common than hanging, pressing, or drowning as a punishment for witchcraft). This method of execution fell into… …
49Human rights in Bahrain — Bahrain s record on human rights has been praised as one of the most progressive in the Middle East by western human rights groups and the UN, with Human Rights Watch calling it a posterchild for the Middle East. The government s ongoing… …
501949–1956 Palestinian exodus — The 1949 1956 Palestinian exodus was the continuation of the 1948 1949 exodus of Palestinian Arabs from Israeli controlled territory after the signing of the Cease fire agreements. [ [http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/9a798adbf322aff38525617b006d88… …
