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Bethesda
Bethesda , pool in Jerusalem, perhaps the one discovered under the Crusaders' Church of St. Anne near St. Stephen's Gate in the northeast corner of the city. According to the Gospel of St. John, its healing properties, which made it the resort of the sick, were the result of an angel's visits.... Read more |
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Burgenland
Burgenland , province (1991 pop. 270,880), 1,530 sq mi (3,963 sq km), E Austria. The capital is Eisenstadt . It is a narrow, hilly region bordering Slovakia in the northeast and Hungary in the east, and it is indented by Neusiedler Lake. It is primarily agricultural, but industry and tourism are... Read more |
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north-east African highland-and-steppe floral region
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Lake Nyasa
Lake Nyasa , or Lake Malawi , Port. Niassa, c.11,600 sq mi (30,040 sq km), c.360 mi (580 km) long and from 15 to 50 mi (24-80 km) wide, E central Africa, in the Great Rift Valley . Lake Nyasa, the third largest lake in Africa, is bordered by Tanzania in the north and northeast, by Mozambique... Read more |
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Montreux
Montreux , resort area (1990 pop. 22,917), on the northeast shore of the Lake of Geneva, Vaud canton, W Switzerland. It is composed of the communes of Le Châtelard, Les Planches, and Veytaux, which were merged in 1962. Montreux is a leading resort on the Lake of Geneva, and lies on a railway... Read more |
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Saint Croix
Saint Croix , island (2000 pop. 53,234), 80 sq mi (207 sq km), the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands , in the West Indies. Christiansted , on the northeast coast, is the island's leading town. A campus of the Univ. of the Virgin Islands is located at Golden Grove, midway between Christiansted and... Read more |
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Yarkant
Yarkant or Yarkand , river, c.500 mi (800 km) long, rising in the Karakorum range, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, NW China, and flowing northeast to join with the Aksu to form the Tarim River. The city of Shache or Yarkant, forms an oasis at the western end of the Taklimakan desert; it is... Read more |
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Tenants
Southern Tenant Farmers' Union and National Farm Labor Union. Galvanized by a 1934 visit to northeast Arkansas by the socialist leader Norman Thomas, local Socialist party members H.L. Mitchell and Clay East helped found the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union (STFU). Initially focused on securing for... Read more |
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Jilin (province)
Jilin or Kirin , province (1994 est. pop. 25,150,000), 72,000 sq mi (186,528 sq km), NE China; one of the original Manchurian provinces. The capital is Changchun . It is bordered by Heilongjiang prov. and Russia on the northeast, by North Korea on the southeast, and by the Inner Mongolian... Read more |
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Maritime Territory
Maritime Territory or Primorsky Kray , administrative division (1992 pop. 2,309,000), c.64,900 sq mi (168,100 sq km), Russian Far East, between China (Manchuria or the Northeast) in the west and the Sea of Japan in the east. Vladivostok is the capital. The population (constituting 50% of the... Read more |
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JOHN PAUL'S MESSAGE ASSAILS ABORTION, DIVORCE
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MP shot dead; Lankan govt, rebels trade accusations.
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AP Top News at 7:36 a.m. EDT
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AP Top News at 8:17 a.m. EDT
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AP Top News at 7:35 a.m. EDT
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AP Top News at 8:07 a.m. EDT
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AP Top News at 7:57 a.m. EDT
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AP Top News at 7:37 a.m. EDT
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