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(Encyclopedia) Groton Groton grŏtˈən [key]. <1> Town (2020 pop. 38,411), New London co., SE…Nagasaki
(Encyclopedia) NagasakiNagasakinägˌäsäˈkē [key], city (1990 pop. 444,599), capital of Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, on Nagasaki Bay. It is one of Japan's leading ports. Shipbuilding is the…Wilmut, Sir Ian
(Encyclopedia) Wilmut, Sir Ian, 1944– British embryologist, b. Warwickshire, England, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1971. While doing postdoctoral research at Cambridge, he was part of the team that produced…May 2009 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of May 2009. First Female Poet Laureate Appointed in UK (May 1): For the first time in 341 years, a woman is…Abdul Qadeer Khan, 2004 News
Pakistani scientist considered the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, admitted in February that he had passed on designs and technology for building nuclear weapons to other…China Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note China Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations Defense U.S.-China Relations PEOPLEThe largest ethnic group is the…South Korea Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note South KoreaChogye temple, Seoul, South Korea, May 5, 2006. [© AP Images] PROFILEOFFICIAL NAME:Republic of KoreaGeographyArea: 98,477 sq. km. (38,022 sq. mi…March 2014 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of March 2014. Russia Dispatches…Bill Richardson, 2000 News
energy secretary, lost virtually any chance to become Vice President Al Gore's running mate when two computer drives containing nuclear secrets were reported missing from the Los Alamos…Wen Ho Lee, 1999 News
59, Taiwan-born American scientist, was fired from his job at Los Alamos National Laboratory in March for allegedly passing on classified information on the W-88 nuclear warhead technology…Trending
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