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in the Old Testament (2 Samuel), a Jewish military commander under King David, who was his mother's brother. He led the commando party that captured Jerusalem for David and as a reward was appointed ...
United Nations
According to UNICEF, 300,000 children under the age of 18 were serving as regular soldiers, guerrilla fighters, spies, porters, cooks, suicide commandos, and sexual slaves in conflicts in 50 ...
Military Affairs
(For Approximate Strengths of Selected Regular Armed Forces, see Table.)Southern Africa
By the end of the 18th century, Cape settlers-called Boers (Dutch boer, "farmer")-were far more numerous than their Portuguese counterparts, largely because of natural increase. Men outnumbered women ...
Korea, North
During the late 1960s, the North had significantly escalated its subversion and infiltration activities against the South-from about 50 incidents in 1966 to more than 500 in 1967. One of its most ...
Haiti
The new government of Haitian Pres. Jean-Bertrand Aristide faced several political challenges in 2001. Leaders of 15 political organizations that had boycotted the November 2000 presidential election ...
Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement
Preliminary figures released in June from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program indicated that in 2001 the Crime Index, comprising murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, ...
Ho Chi Minh
In 1938 Ho returned to China and stayed for a few months with Mao Zedong at Yen-an. When France was defeated by Germany in 1940, Ho and his lieutenants, Vo Nguyen Giap and Pham Van Dong, plotted to ...
Vietnam War
While Kennedy had at least the comforting illusion of progress in Vietnam (manufactured by Harkins and Diem), Johnson faced a starker picture of confusion, disunity, and muddle in Saigon and of a ...
LEBANON
A republic of southwestern Asia, Lebanon is situated on the Mediterranean Sea. Area: 10,230 sq km (3,950 sq mi). Pop. (1994 est.): 2,965,000 (including Palestinian refugees estimated to number nearly ...
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