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Bejaïa
Bejaïa , formerly Bougie , city (1998 pop. 147,076), N Algeria, a port on the Gulf of Bejaïa (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea). The northern terminus of the Hassi Messaoud oil pipeline from the Sahara, Bejaïa is the principal oil port of the W Mediterranean. Exports, aside from crude petroleum, include iron, phosphates, wines, dried figs, and plums. The city also has textile and cork industries. A minor port in Carthaginian and Roman times, Bejaïa was the Roman Saldae. It became the capital of the Vandals in the 5th cent. It later disappeared but was refounded by the Berbers in the 11th cent. and became an important port and cultural center. After Spanish occupation (1510-55), the city was taken by the Ottoman Turks. Until it was captured by the French in 1833, Bejaïa was a stronghold of the Barbary pirates (see Barbary States ). City landmarks include a 16th-century mosque and a casbah (fortress) built by the Spanish in 1545.
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Sudan: Beja People's Problems Exacerbated By Rebels.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 4/6/2005; 700+ words
; ...Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The Beja, a semi-nomadic group of people, who...Committee (IRC) said on Tuesday. Although Beja can be found throughout northeast Africa...the IRC. The organisation estimates the Beja population in the area to be between 45...
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Theories of sickness and misfortune among the Hadandowa Beja of the Sudan: narratives as points of entry into Beja cultural knowledge.(Review)
Magazine article from: Africa; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Sickness and Misfortune among the Hadandowa Beja of the Sudan: narratives as points of entry into Beja cultural knowledge. London: Kegan Paul International...pounds sterling], ISBN 0 7103 0591 5. The Beja people live in a semi-arid mountainous area...
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Theories of sickness and misfortune amongst the Hadandowa Beja: narratives as points of entry into Beja cultural knowledge. (Book Reviews: Medical Anthropology).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...sickness and misfortune amongst the Hadandowa Beja: narratives as points of entry into Beja cultural knowledge. xiv, 366 PP., maps, illus...the sickness and misfortune narratives of the Beja pastoralists of the eastern Sudan as entries into...
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Beja Congress calls for ICC investigation of Port Sudan incident.
News Wire article from: Sudan Tribune (Sudan); 5/17/2009; 700+ words
; May 16, 2009 (LONDON) -- The Beja Congress of east Sudan issued an appeal...International Criminal Court (ICC). Beja people collect water in the rebel-controlled...on January 28, 2005. On that day, 22 Beja citizens including women and children were...
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Laurie Beja Miller Named Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager, the Disney Store -- North America.
Business Wire; 8/16/1999; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 1999-- Laurie Beja Miller has been named senior vice president...president of The Disney Store Worldwide. Beja Miller will be responsible for product...brand across all channels," said Park. Beja Miller, 42, joins The Disney Store from...
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Esatern Sudan Beja, SPLM discuss electoral alliance.
News Wire article from: Sudan Tribune (Sudan); 7/29/2008; 596 words
; ...Osman Musa Bawanin, chairman of the Beja Congress advocating the rights of people...in the southern capital, Juba. "The Beja Congress will actually support the SPLM...general Yasser Arman told reporters. The Beja Congress has been banned by various regimes...
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Studies from P. Beja and colleagues provide new data on wildlife research.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 7/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...abundances of some predators," wrote P. Beja and colleagues. The researchers concluded...population sinks for protected species." Beja and colleagues published their study in...For additional information, contact P. Beja, ERENA, Rua Robalo Gouveia 1-1A, P...
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Aid official: Sudan orders two U.S.-based aid agencies to withdraw from trouble Beja area
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/5/2006; ; 607 words
; ...international charity groups to withdraw from the Beja area, an official said. It was unclear...Warwick told The Associated Press. The Beja area is one of Sudan's least developed...Arab-dominated central government. The Beja Congress, an exiled group representing...
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Tunisia's Olympic Beja names Selmi as new coach
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 12/26/2008; 248 words
; Tunisia's Olympic Beja names Selmi as new coach TUNIS, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian soccer club Olympic Beja (OB) named Ali Selmi as new coach to replace Mahmoud Ouertani, the club said on Friday. "Ali Selmi will take charge till the...
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Elections in Bousalem, Beja and Sfax.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 8/11/2000; 430 words
; ...Interestingly, only the ruling RCD party has listed candidates. In Beja and Sfax, the upcoming elections are to select new members of...representative in the next 12 months. This is also the case of the Beja MP, Aissa Hidoussi, who has been called to lead the housing...
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Beja
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
BEJA a people of the eastern sudan. The indigenous...medieval times they have been known as the Beja. They inhabit the hills and the coastal plain...finally had a real and lasting impression on the Beja. The Beja Conference is a political and armed...
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Bejaïa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bejaïa , formerly Bougie , city (1998...076), N Algeria, a port on the Gulf of Bejaïa (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea...Hassi Messaoud oil pipeline from the Sahara, Bejaïa is the principal oil port of the...
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Sudan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...principal groups in the north are Arab, Beja, Nuba, Nubian, and Fur. Nearly half...Sudanese political and economic life. The Beja, who comprise 6 to 7 percent of the population...ethnic allegiances: For example, many Beja belong to the Khatmiyya order, which is...
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Alentejo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...capital of Altro Alentejo is Évora , and the capital of Baixo Alentejo is Beja . The historic province has been further subdivided into the districts of Beja, Évora, and most of Setúbal and Portalegre. Alentejo...
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Eritreans
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...POPULATION: 3 million LANGUAGE: Tigrinya; Tigre; Northern Cushitic Beja; Eastern Cushitic Afar and Saho; Central Cushitic Bilen Agew...Eritrean languages include Tigrinya, Tigre, Northern Cushitic Beja, Eastern Cushitic Afar and Saho, Central Cushitic Bilen Agew...
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