An Nasiriyah
An Nasiriyah , city (1987 pop. 265,937), provincial capital, SE Iraq, on the Euphrates River. It is the center of a date-growing region. Founded in 1870, the city was captured by the British in 1915. Nearby are the ruins of Ur.
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AFGHANISTAN: FIVE PEOPLE KILLED IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/9/2004; 60 words
; Five people traveling in a vehicle were killed in an ambush on 4 August in the outskirts of Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Nangarhar, Hindukosh News Agency reported. The victims were traveling to the shrine of a saint. The motive and...
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IRAN: EARTHQUAKE HITS SOUTHERN PROVINCE.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 1/18/2000; 42 words
; According to IRNA, an earthquake measuring 3.6 degrees on the open-ended Richter scale jolted the cities of Kazeroun and Mamassani in the southern province. Shiraz Seismological registered the epicenter of the tremor 81km northwest of the provincial capital of Shiraz.
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 "The Informed Constituent (Albany, NY)")
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Below the southern border of Saudi Arabia, about 45 Jews in the village of Al-Salem have been seeking refuge in a hotel in the provincial capital of Sanaa after receiving death threats asking them to leave the province.(YEMEN)
Newspaper article from: The Informed Constituent (Albany, NY); 2/1/2007; 91 words
; ...the southern border of Saudi Arabia, about 45 Jews in the village of Al-Salem have been seeking refuge in a hotel in the provincial capital of Sanaa after receiving death threats asking them to leave the province. A local Jewish community leader, Dawood Yosuf...
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IRAN: BONAB AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS - STATISTICS.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 10/16/2006; 66 words
; ...22). The northwestern city exported dried fruits to Africa, Asia, the United States, and Europe. The volume was worth $82.57 million. Bonab, which has a population of 123,000, is located 127 kilometers south of the provincial capital Tabriz.
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IRAN: TURKISH COMPANY TO INVEST IN TABRIZ DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 1/18/2007; 59 words
; ...mining, petrochemical and cement production, auto parts manufacturing, textile and recycling projects in this northwestern provincial capital. The volume of investment by the company will be announced in the next few days. Sabanci is the major shareholder of Turkey...
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YAMAHA OPENS NEW CHINESE PIANO PLANT.
Magazine article from: Music Trades; 12/1/1998; 62 words
; ...Usa million first phase, the project, located in the Xiaoshan Economic and Technological Development Zone in Xiaoshan, near the provincial capital of Hangzhou, will be capable of producing 50,000 pianos and 45,000 sets of components annually.
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IRAN: CHINESE, CANADIAN COMPANIES TO BUILD AUTO-MANUFACTURING PLANT IN MAZANDARAN.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 6/22/2006; 62 words
; ...governor-general for planning announced. Zoning of the factory is currently underway, Valiyollah Farzaneh said in the provincial capital Sari. He said that the cars produced by the factory would be sold at a price of 4500 to 4800 U.S. dollars.
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IRAQ - Oct 21 - Shi'ite Infighting Threatens Troop Withdrawal.
Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Recorder; 10/28/2006; 523 words
; ...a dispute between rival Shi'ite groups in the southern provincial capital of Amara. The town was overrun on Oct 20 by fighters of...Sadrists had broken out in August in the neighbouring provincial capital of Diwaniya, prompting a crackdown by US forces earlier...
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IRAN: JEWISH ESPIONAGE TRIAL CONTINUES.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 5/21/2000; 44 words
; According to IRNA, the seventh session in the trial of 13 Iranian Jews accused of spying for the Zionist regime started in this provincial capital city behind closed doors. The session started at Branch 3 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Shiraz presided by Judge Sadeq Nourani.
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IRAN: ONGOING DROUGHTS LEAD TO HEAVY DAMAGES IN PROVINCES.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 5/2/2000; 78 words
; ...expert at the provincial Meteorological Department Ardeshir Afshari announced that rainfall in the three cities of Yasouj (provincial capital), Dogonbadan and Dehdasht amounted to 439.8mm, 211.8mm and 306mm, respectively in the last Iranian year (ended March 19...
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Nasiriya
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
see An Nasiriyah , Iraq.
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Larsa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, ancient city of S Babylonia, in modern Iraq, 30 mi (48 km) NW of An Nasiriyah. It was the biblical Ellasar (Gen. 14.1). When the last king of the third dynasty of Ur was overthrown (c.1950 BC) by the Elamites...
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