Spanish Caprice
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Spanish Caprice. Orch. work by Rimsky-Korsakov, Op.34, comp. 1887, often known by mixed It.-Fr. title
Capriccio espagnol.
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Biafra Foundation Statement on Killings in Nigeria
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 11/25/2002; 700+ words
; ...statement from Biafra Foundation: Biafra Foundation strongly condemns...hallmark of life in the Islamic Republic of Nigeria. Biafra Foundation wishes to express...Fundamentalists in Kaduna and Abuja. Biafra Foundation is particularly distressed...
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Biafra Foundation Statement on The Killing Of Christian Biafrans In Nigeria
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 3/23/2002; 568 words
; ...occupied by Nigeria since the end of the Nigeria-Biafra War in 1970, it has been a nightmare. Thousands...determination, freedom and for an independent sovereign republic of Biafra. The Biafra Foundation asks leaders of the free world and Christian...
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What ever happened to...the nation of Biafra? J. Schmit of Portland, Ore. wonders what has become of the nation of Biafra.(The Home Forum)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 7/19/2001; 532 words
; ...the declaration "Long live the Republic of Biafra!" Lt. Col. Chukuemeka Odumegwu...weapons to Nigeria's government. Biafra surrendered after a costly three...that occurred around the time of Biafra's breakaway. Meanwhile, The...
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Nigerian court dismisses treason charges against Biafra separatist campaigners
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/6/2005; 350 words
; ...campaigning for an independent republic. Judge Idowu Awokulehin of...Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra. Treason in Nigeria is punishable...the name of the Republic of Biafra. They were subsequently granted...lived southeastern Republic of Biafra, which declared ...
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We are still shamed by the legacy of Biafra
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/14/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...years ago, that the self-styled Republic of Biafra finally surrendered to the Federal...witnessed many more civil wars, Biafra remains one of the bloodiest...Eastern Region that would become Biafra. Well- educated, Christian...
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From Pages of Fiction, A Volume of Sad Truth; Young Novelist Preserves the Story of Biafra
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Region broke away to form the doomed Republic of Biafra. She wasn't around for the civil...Adichie grew up "knowing that Biafra had happened," she says, but...frightened." She wrote a play about Biafra while she was in high school...
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Ibo warrior who made his peace Remember Biafra? The Ibo do
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/16/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...the man who led secessionist Biafra to war and disaster 28 years...Almost a million people died in Biafra's three-year struggle for...military governor of the federal republic's Eastern Region when, in...invitation of Ibo communities. "Biafra is very much alive," he said...
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Anger, resentment simmer in Nigeria's one-time separtist enclave
News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/11/1998; 700+ words
; ...experiment with independence known as Biafra. ___ By IAN STEWART Associated...lane highway on the outskirts of Biafra's erstwhile capital, Enugu...s military dictatorship, the Republic of Biafra is a bad memory best left in the...
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Nigerian court hears bail request by dozens of separatists accused of treason
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/23/2005; ; 657 words
; ...month war that broke out when the Republic of Biafra declared its independence in 1967...arming opposing sides. People from Biafra say they still are discriminated...Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, which wants to revive the short...
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Nigerian Separatists Face Death Penalty
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/23/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...month war that broke out when the Republic of Biafra, an area in southeast Nigeria, declared...Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, which wants to revive the short-lived Republic of Biafra. The government says the group has...
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Republic of Biafra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Republic of Biafra secessionist state of W Africa, in existence...1967, to Jan. 15, 1970. At the outset Biafra comprised, roughly, the East-Central...which took its name from the Bight of Biafra (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean), was...
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Bight of Biafra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bight of Biafra , eastern bay of the Gulf of Guinea, W Africa. It extends approximately from the Niger River delta, in S Nigeria, to N Gabon. The bight gave its name to the secessionist Republic of Biafra in E Nigeria (1967-70).
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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...seceded (1967) from Nigeria as the Republic of Biafra , with Ojukwu as head of state...bloody war (1967-70) between Biafra and Nigeria and then went into exile in Côte d'Ivoire upon Biafra's defeat. Pardoned, he returned...
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Achebe, Chinua
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...crusader During the years when Biafra attempted to break itself off as...ambassador (representative) to Biafra. He traveled to different countries...stories. After the fall of the Republic of Biafra, Achebe continued to work at the...
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Chinua Achebe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...70), however, Achebe served Biafra as a diplomat. He traveled to...Enugu, the designated capital of Biafra, and founded the Citadel Press...stories. After the fall of the Republic of Biafra, Achebe continued to work as a...
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