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Warsaw

(Encyclopedia) WarsawWarsawwôrˈsô [key], Pol. Warszawa, city (1993 est. pop. 1,655,700), capital of Poland and of Mazowieckie prov., central Poland, on both banks of the Vistula River. It is a…

Major Independent Agencies

There are several administrative divisions of the government whose job it is to enforce and administer laws and regulations. Because provisions for these agencies were not outlined in the…

Ahmed Chalabi, 2003 News

leading Iraqi opposition leader and former banker, returned to his native soil in February, after 45 years in exile. In September, he demanded that the U.S. transfer some power to the Iraqi…

Paul Wolfowitz, 2005 News

diplomat, in May became head of the World Bank, an international agency charged with overseeing development in third-world countries. Wolfowitz's many critics asserted that his failure to…

October 2003

WorldIsrael To Expand Barrier and Settlements (Oct. 1) Government approves expansion of barrier miles into parts of Palestinian-controlled West Bank to protect Jewish settlements. (Oct. 2)…

Y2 Panic

What do we really have to fear from the turn of the millennium? by Tasha Vincent It's important to understand that planes aren't going to fall from the sky. The elevators aren't going to the…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 18, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 17, 1805April 19, 1805April 18, 1805 Thursday April 18th 1805. A fine morning, set out at an early hour. one Beaver caught this morning by…