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2004 Olympics: 2004 Men's Boxing Medalists

Weight Class Champion Lt. Flyweight (106 lbs) Yan Bhartelemy Varela, CUB   Atagun Yalcinkaya, TUR   Shiming Zou, CHN / Sergey Kazakov, RUS Flyweight (112) Yuriorkis Gamboa…

Female Literary Figures

  Aidoo - Corelli | Dickinson - Luce | Mansfield - Rukeyser | Sackville - Yourcenar Anaïs Nin Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists…

February 2009 Current Events: World News

U.S. News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of February, 2009. Iceland Swears in First Female Prime Minister (Feb. 1): Johanna Sigurdardottir will lead an…

Largest U.S. Bankruptcies, 1980–Present

Filing away some of America's biggest IOUs Bankruptcy is the legal process of getting out of insolvency. Insolvency is when a person or business is incapable of paying back its debts. These debts…

Costa Rica

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Costa Rica Costa Rica kŏsˈtə rēˈkə [key], officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2020 est…

CURRENT WORLD CHAMPIONS

(As of Sept. 5, 2006)Weight classWBCWBAHeavyweightOleg Maskaev (Kazakhstan)Nicolay Valuev (Russia)CruiserweightO'Neil Bell (U.S.)O'Neil Bell (U.S.)Light heavyweightTomasz Adamek (Poland)…

April Current Events 2023: Disaster News

Top of Page World News | U.S. News | Science & Technology News | Current Events This Week Russian Region Of Kamchatka Struck By Volcano And Earthquake Two Fatalities Reported As Tornadoes…

Marshall Islands

(Encyclopedia) Marshall Islands, officially Republic of the Marshall Islands, independent nation (2015 est. pop. 53,000), in the central Pacific. The Marshalls extend over a 700-mi (1,130-km) area…

122nd PREAKNESS STAKES

122nd PREAKNESS STAKES Grade I for three-year olds; 10th race at Pimlico in Baltimore. Date— May 17, 1997; Distance— 13/16 miles; Stakes Purse— $751,000 ($488,150 to winner; $150,200 for 2nd…