WorldChristian Churches Targeted in Iraq (Aug. 1): Four churches attacked in coordinated car bombings in Baghdad and Mosul. About a dozen people killed. Secessionist Tension Rises in Georgia…
(Encyclopedia) MedinaMedinamĭdēˈnə [key], Arabic Medinat an-Nabi [city of the Prophet] or Madinat Rasul Allah [city of the apostle of Allah], city (1993 pop. 608,226), Hejaz, W Saudi Arabia. It is…
(Abu Ala) politician, accepted the position as Palestinian prime minister in September, after Mahmoud Abbas resigned from the post. Qurei, a longtime ally of Yasir Arafat and speaker of the…
U.S. reservist military police officer in Iraq, turned over to U.S. Army officials the infamous CD containing the appalling photographs of fellow soldiers abusing and humiliating Iraqi…
missionary from Kansas, was killed in June during a fire fight in the Philippines between members of Muslim rebel group Abu Sayyaf and government troops. Filipino nurse Deborah Yap also died…
U.S. Army reservist, in January was found guilty by a military jury of abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The jury sentenced him to serve ten years in a military prison. He…
Army official, investigated allegations of humiliating abuse endured by Iraqis at the hands of U.S. soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison. His report, completed in March, said prisoners had…
public official, became the country's first Hispanic attorney general in February. In a tighter vote than anticipated, the Senate approved his nomination 60–36. Gonzales, former counsel to…
