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Babol

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Babol , town (1991 pop. 137,348), N Iran, near the Caspian Sea, NE of Tehran. It is the region's chief commercial center and was once the major trading center of N Iran. Processed food and textiles are produced, and fruits, tea, tobacco, and cotton are raised nearby. Founded in the 16th cent., it was built on the site of the ancient city of Mamter. Ruins of a palace of Abbas I are there. Located in the Caspian littoral, the city receives abundant rainfall. It was formerly called Barfrush. Author not available, BABOL. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

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Mazandaran
...149), c.20,400 sq mi (52,840 sq km), N Iran, bordering the Caspian Sea in the north. Sari is the capital; other cities include Babol, Amul, and Gorgan. It is traversed by the Elburz Mts., which run parallel to the Caspian Sea and divide the province into many... Read more

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	Iran's reformers still optimistic about elections.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) ; Byline: Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson BABOL, Iran _ Pro-democracy leaders in Iran face...meaningful results. Voter apathy is rampant in Babol, where 34 candidates across the political...45, gesturing toward fellow vendors in Babol's Grand Mosque bazaar. He declined to give... Read more
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	IRAN-CHINA JV TO SET UP CAR FACTORY IN MAZANDARAN ; ...Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro and China's Chery Automobile Co., an MP said. Ali Naseri, who represents the Caspian littoral city of Babol constituency in the Majlis, added that 30 percent of the total investment in the project will be made by the Chinese carmaker... Read more
	Dr. Gaguik Hovakimian, Prominent Iranian-Armenian Scientist and Former Public Figure ; ...92. Dr. Hovakimian was born on July 15, 1911 in the city of Babol in the north of Iran, where his father, Manuel Hovakimian Bakhtiari...occasions and gave scientific lectures at the Iranian university in Babol. Dr. Hovakimian was member of numerous academic and scientific... Read more
	Tenants deny racial attack on owner of takeaway ; ...accused of racially abusing and attacking the owner of a Westcountry takeaway business have gone on trial. Iranian national Mehdi Babol Havajei was called a "Paki" and a "suicide bomber", and was beaten with a belt and part of a golf club, a court was told. Ahmed... Read more
	Iran ; ...Darya Ardabil Arak Abadan BAHRAIN BALUCHISTAN Bandar Beheshti Bandar-e Anzali Bandar-e Bushehr Bandar-e 'Abbas Bojnurd Borujerd Babol Birjand Caspian Sea Dasht-e Kavir Dasht-e Lut Dezful Elburz Mts. Esfahan Euphrates R. Gonbad-e Kavus Gorgan Gulf of Oman Hamadan... Read more
	ROUNDUP.(Provincial News) ; ...municipal jail early yesterday morning, the police reported. Supt. Tony Freyra, Daet police chief, identified the inmates as Romeo Babol, 24, accused of theft, and Christian Ng, 20, who was merely placed under police custody the other day by his father. Freyra... Read more
	India's gum market growing. ; ...market. Cadbury's Bubbaloo, launched there in July, joins rivals Boomer gum, made by WM. WRIGLEY JR. CO. of the U.S., and Big Babol, made by Italian company PERFETTI VAN MELLE SPA, to try to entice children, the main chewers of bubble gum. Cadbury is offering... Read more
	Too much bounce ; ...should I do to ensure that the ride is less bouncy but still using the same springs? Will it help if I change the absorber? - Babol Reply: Basically you have fitted uprated and lowered springs that in effect have lowered the car between 40 and 50mm. It would... Read more
	Pupils are on song with help from Phil.(News)(Concert review) ; ...behaviour and attendance. More than 500 youngsters -160 of them performing - enjoyed the occasion. CAPTION(S): SWEET MUSIC: Cathcart Street primary pupils Norbert Babol, Robin Taggart (RLPO), Reno Robinson, Ruth Davies (RLPO oboe), Charlie Williams Read more

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