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Rohingya
(Encyclopedia) Rohingya, Muslim ethnic, cultural, and linguistic group living primarily in Rakhine State, W Myanmar. A minority of some 1.5 million in a country that is predominantly Buddhist, they…Fox Quesada, Vicente
(Encyclopedia) Fox Quesada, VicenteFox Quesada, Vicentevēsānˈtā fōks kāsäˈᵺä [key], 1942–, Mexican political leader, president of Mexico (2000–6). Raised on a ranch in rural central Mexico's…North Rhine–Westphalia
(Encyclopedia) North Rhine–WestphaliaNorth Rhine–Westphalianôrth rīn-wĕstfālˈyə [key], Ger. Nordrhein-WestfalenNorth Rhine–Westphalianôrtˈrīn-vĕstˌfäˈlən [key], state (1994 pop. 17,759,000), 13,111…employment bureau
(Encyclopedia) employment bureau, a government-run establishment for bringing together the employer offering work and the employee seeking it. As a not-for-profit service, employment bureaus operate…coolie labor
(Encyclopedia) coolie labor, term applied to unskilled laborers from Asia, especially from India and China. With the discontinuance of slavery, the use of Chinese and Indian contract labor in British…genealogy
(Encyclopedia) genealogygenealogyjēˌnēŏlˈəjē, –ălˈ–, jĕ– [key], the study of family lineage. Genealogies have existed since ancient times. Family lineage was originally transmitted through oral…Asian-American History
From Chinese laborers in the 1800s to millions of U.S. citizens today by David Johnson Related Links Features Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Timeline of Asian-American…ENTER TITLE HERE
1513 After Juan Ponce de León, a Spanish explorer, helped conquer what is now the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, he secured a commission to conquer and colonize the island of "Bimini", an…Facts and Stats about Asian Americans and Their Cultures
Find population and demographic information and immigration statistics and read about Asian languages. Featured Biography Yuan T. Lee Chemist Immigration Foreign-…Australia
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Australia Australia ôstrālˈyə [key], smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the…