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(Encyclopedia) AcehAcehäˈchā [key], special region (1980 pop. 2,875,634), 21,387 sq mi (55,392 sq km), N Sumatra, Indonesia, formerly known as Atjeh or Achin. The capital and largest city is Banda…fasting
(Encyclopedia) fasting, partial or temporary abstinence from food, a widely used form of asceticism. Among the stricter Jews the principal fast is the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur; in Islam the…Tyre
(Encyclopedia) TyreTyretīr [key], ancient city of Phoenicia, S of Sidon. It is the present-day Sur in Lebanon, a small town on a peninsula jutting into the Mediterranean from the mainland of Syria S…The Houthis of Yemen
The history of the rebel group that has overthrown the government Map of YemenRelated Links Yemen Country Profile Saudi Arabia Country Profile 2015…What is the World's Oldest Country?
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