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Answer: In Persian, the suffix “stan” means “place of.” In Russian — remembering that Kazakhstan borders Russia, and five ‘stans used to be part of the Soviet Union — the word “stan” means “settlement.” So we have seven countries in Central Asia that share the “stan” suffix: Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan The [...]
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The upheaval continues in Iran, with the daughter and four other kin of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, who ran unsuccessfully for a third term against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005, arrested by Iranian authorities. Rafsanjani is also chairman of the Assembly of Experts, which names the Supreme Leader. But if there’s any threat to [...]
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Tuesday afternoon in Seattle we were hitting as many of the sights in the tourist district surrounding the famous Space Needle and so ducked into the Pacific Science Center, home to two Imax theaters. Read more
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8:01pm UK, Monday June 22, 2009 Riot police have attacked hundreds of protesters with tear gas and fired live bullets in the air to disperse a rally in central Tehran. Protesters are [...]
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Kylie Minogue is reportedly helping younger sister Dannii prepare for the upcoming series of The X Factor. Read more
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Tropical Storm Andres strengthened off the southwestern coast of Mexico on Monday, prompting emergency preparations for a storm that forecasters said might become a hurricane in coming days. Read more
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He has made no secret of his love of women but the sex scandal surrounding Silvio Berlusconi is now threatening to topple him, as more claims emerge of the systematic recruitment of young women paid to attend private parties at his homes in Rome and Sardinia. Read more
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Rep. Daryl Issa, R-Vista, is making himself a reputation as the Republican to watch in the House. His new brainstorm today is that former Monterey congressman now CIA chief Leon Panetta should switch jobs… Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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Another school very evident at Chelsea Flower show was Writhlington School. Pupils embarked in March 2009 on a trip to Sikkim in the Himalayas to take part in the Gangtok Schools’ Orchid project. This has furthered the work of the botanical team at the school and resulted in a stand in the Continuous Learning area [...]
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Hasta la semana pasada, Mark Malloy era uno de muchos latinos que se apartaban del Partido Republicano. El maestro de escuela intermedia, de padre estadounidense y madre nicaragüense, hacia parte del grupo de votantes latinos conservadores que, motivados por la asociación de los republicanos con una dura posición ante la inmigración, se inclinaban aparentemente hacia [...]
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BERLIN — President Obama may be the most popular politician in Germany. But that hasn’t won him any favors from the German government. Read more
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MUMBAI — Grainy images of men wielding AK-47s riveted a packed courtroom here one day last week as the public prosecutor rolled soundless video footage from November’s deadly attacks on the city. Read more
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CAJON BONITO, Mexico — When Valer Austin arrived at her ranch, hidden in the deep folds of desert canyons, her workers told her, “You just missed the bear.” This Story MEXICO AT WAR: On the Wild Border, A Revival of Nature Special Report: Mexico at War “This is as wild as you can get,” Austin [...]
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TEHRAN, June 21 — The Iranian government and opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi stepped up their war of words Sunday after at least 10 people were killed in clashes on Saturday, while an uneasy calm prevailed on the streets of Tehran on Sunday for the first time since Iran’s worst political crisis in 30 years [...]
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NAZRAN, Russia (Reuters) – The head of Russia’s troubled southern region of Ingushetia was wounded in an assassination attempt on Monday, a law enforcement source said. Read more
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi urged supporters to continue protests over the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a direct challenge to the Islamic Republic’s leadership. Read more
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Iranian authorities have deployed thousands of security officers on the streets of Tehran, after a week of mass protests over a disputed election. Read more
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MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev vowed Sunday to invest in farming despite the financial crisis in a bid to make the country more self-sufficient. Read more
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TEHRAN, Iran – A backstage struggle among Iran’s ruling clerics burst into the open Sunday when the government said it had arrested the daughter and other relatives of an ayatollah who is one of the country’s most powerful men. Read more