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Tidal-wave deaths unlikely in Los Angeles area, geologists say.
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Byline: Jennifer Radcliffe
Dec. 28--Large tidal waves could threaten the Southern California coast after each major Pacific Ocean earthquake, but an early warning system and the nature of Los Angeles area faults would most likely prevent the same devastation seen this week in south Asia, geologists said.
As recently as 1960, the Los Angeles shoreline was pounded by gigantic waves after a large earthquake in Chile, which set off a tsunami that killed 60 people in Hawaii and 130 people in Japan.
But Los Angeles residents have hours of warning to ...
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'Crusades': Storming the Castle
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...withstand repeated sieges, some lasting five years, by Nur ad-Din and Saladin (or Salah al-Din). It finally fell to...translated captions are occasionally a little convoluted (Nur-ad-Din also appears as Nureddin, for instance, and the...
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The Second Crusade: Scope and Consequences
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review
; ...implications for the crusader states, opening the way for Nur ad-Din to take over Damascus and thus creating a situation in...meant that Damascus was less important to him than for Nur ad-Din, while his appalling reputation for brutality and...
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BOOK REVIEW: WARRIORS OF GOD
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...by earthly things. This brings him to the attention of Nur Ad-Din, a powerful Arab leader who mentors him and makes him...Expecting him to be a mere extension of his own power, Ad-Din is surprised as Saladin follows him along the path to...
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Into his Lord's mercy: remembering Martin Lings (January 24, 1909-May 12, 2005).(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Islam & Science
; ...joining a Shadhili Sufi order of which Sidi Ab Bakr Sirj ad-Dn (Martin Lings) was a member. We had struck a deep...life in which Rene Guenon, Frithjof Schuon (Shaykh 'Isa Nur ad-Din Ahmad, 1907-1998), and Martin Lings (1909-2005...
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IRAQ-CULTURE: WAR COULD WIPE OUT ANCIENT HISTORY
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...are legendary cities. For example, Mosul, intensely bombed to destroy Iraqi missile launch sites, is home to the Nur ad-Din mosque, built in 1170. Close by are the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, the largest archaeological...
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The northern jewel
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post
; ...Arabs teamed up to win the castle after a month-long siege, but their alliance ended in 1154 when Zengi's son, Nur Ad-Din, took control of Damascus. He attempted to take Nimrod twice in 1157, but had to retreat both times when a Crusader...
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Selected Sufi texts of Shaykh Yusuf: translations and commentaries.
Magazine article from: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
; ...Islamic learning in the archipelago, he was initiated into the Qadriyyah tariqah (sufi order / brotherhood) by Shaykh Nur ad-Din ar -Raniri (Azra 2006: 66). The travels of the shaykh took him from Banten to Arabia; however, this journey was...
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IRAQ-CULTURE: THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION IN THE BLAST OF WAR
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...are legendary cities. For example, Mosul, intensely bombed to destroy Iraqi missile launch sites, is home to the Nur ad-Din mosque, built in 1170. Close by are the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, the largest archaeological...
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Trial of Egypt's Sa'ad al-Din Ibrahim finally underway
Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News
; ...31-2001 Trial of Egypt's Sa'ad al-Din Ibrahim finally underway The trial of Egyptian human rights activist Sa'ad al-Din Ibrahim has finally begun in Egypt...chief accountant, Nadia `Abd al-Nur, when Egypt's State Security police...
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MAJOR GENERAL KEVIN J. BERGNER (USA) HOLDS A DEFENSE DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING
News Wire article from: Political Transcript Wire
; ...network that operated in Salah ad Din and Anbar. We previously...Abu Ayyub al-Masri. Sa'ad Hamid Mahmud Nusayf was a...terrorists operating in Salah ad Din and also supported the...who is also known as Abu Nur, he was found guilty of terrorism...
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