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A monarchy (emirate) on the Arabian Peninsula, Qatar occupies a desert peninsula and the nearby small Hawar Islands (also claimed by Bahrain) on the west coast of the Persian Gulf. Area (including ...
Dubayy
constituent emirate of the United Arab Emirates (formerly Trucial States or Trucial Oman). The second most populous and second largest state of the federation (area 1,510 square miles [3,900 square ...
Calendar of 2000
Maj. Gen. Paul Kagame, a Tutsi, is nominated by the Rwandan Patriotic Front to run for president of Rwanda; he has been acting as interim president since Pasteur Bizimungu resigned the post (see ...
Calendar of 2003
A second attempt by British forces occupying Basra, Iraq, to install a governing council is thwarted by protesters incensed that the council was chosen by the British and by disagreements between ...
Bahrain
Bahrain Island has an excellent system of paved roads, and its causeway connections to Al-Muharraq and Sitrah islands and to Saudi Arabia facilitate travel. There are no railroads, but the principal ...
Abu Dhabi
city and capital of Abu Zaby emirate, one of the United Arab Emirates (formerly Trucial States, or Trucial Oman), and the national capital of that federation. The city occupies most of a small ...
The Gulf States' Construction Boom
In the early 21st century, virtually all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries-Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)-showcased levels of economic ...
Equestrian Sports
Godolphin, the stable that held the cream of the horses owned by the Maktoum family of the United Arab Emirates, continued to dominate European thoroughbred racing in 1999, gaining nine Group 1 ...
Middle East and North Africa: Middle Eastern and North African Affairs
The Arab Islamic fundamentalist movement became a more significant force in 1993 but without achieving a breakthrough in terms of popular mobilization. The most dramatic operation in which the ...
Calendar of 2001
The Los Angeles Sparks overwhelm the Charlotte Sting to win the Women's National Basketball Association championship, and the team's centre, Lisa Leslie, is named Most Valuable Player. |
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