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airport
airport or airfield, place for landing and departure of aircraft, usually with facilities for housing and maintaining planes and for receiving and discharging passengers and cargo. There are about 16,000 airports in the United States, ranging from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International... Read more |
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heliport
heliport airport designed exclusively for helicopter traffic.... Read more |
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Malabo
Malabo , city (1997 est. pop. 50,000), capital of Equatorial Guinea, on Bioko island, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the chief port and commercial center of Bioko. Fish processing is the city's main industry, and cacao and coffee are the leading exports. Malabo was founded in 1827 by the British on... Read more |
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Entebbe
Entebbe , town (2002 pop. 55,086), S Uganda, on Lake Victoria, near Kampala. Located in a region producing cotton, coffee, and plantains, it is the site of a major international airport. Entebbe was founded in 1893, and from 1894 to 1962 it was the administrative capital of the British Uganda... Read more |
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Yola
Yola , city, E Nigeria, a port on the Benue River. Cotton, peanuts, hides, and skins are shipped from Yola. The city is a road junction and has an airport; there is ferry service across the Benue. Yola was founded in 1841 as the capital of a Muslim Fulani state. The British captured Yola in 1901.... Read more |
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Iwakuni
Iwakuni , city (1990 pop. 109,530), Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Aki Sea. The site of Iwakuni International Airport, the city contains petrochemical, paper, and metal machine-tool industries. The Kintai Bridge, built in 1673, is famous for providing residents with an escape route... Read more |
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Dhahran
DHAHRAN Town that is the center of Saudi Arabian oil production. Dhahran (al-Zahran) is a town of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia of perhaps 100,000, not far from al-Dammam and the gulf coast. There was no settlement at Dhahran before Saudi Arabia's first oil strike was made there in... Read more |
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Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900-1975) was a Colombian general and dictator-president. Though he interrupted briefly Colombia's civil war, his rule ultimately became an oppressive regime of terror. Gustavo Rojas was born in ancient Tunja on March 12, 1900. After receiving... Read more |
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Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea city (1991 pop. 155,720) and district, Essex, E England, at the mouth of the Thames River. The city is a popular seaside resort; its extensive amusement pier suffered major damage from fire in 2005. Manufactures include aluminum foil, paint, electronic equipment, and... Read more |
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Why Morocco welcomed human rights activist Aminatou Haidar home by arresting...
...arrested and deported by Moroccan...investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya...Saharan city of Laayoune, police proved...phone from the Spanish-controlled Canary Islands airport to which she was deported, Haidar ... |