• Kabul

    Posted by r2d2 05/05/2009 @ 04:14 3.4058257219899 (4051)

    Tags : kabul, afghanistan, central asia, asia, world

    Kabul
    Kābul (Persian: کابل - Kābul; /kɑː'bol/; Pashto کابل kɑbəl), is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of...
    2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul
    The 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul was a suicide bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on 7 July 2008 at 8:30 AM local time...
    Battle of Kabul (1842)
    The Battle of Kabul was fought from August to October, 1842, between British and Afghan forces. The British re-invaded Afghanistan to avenge the...

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  • Aung San Suu Kyi

    Posted by motoman 05/04/2009 @ 12:19 3.3680884675933 (1899)

    Tags : aung san suu kyi, myanmar, asia, world

    Aung San Suu Kyi
    Aung San Suu Kyi AC (Burmese: အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် or ; MLCTS: aung hcan: cu. krany; IPA: ); born 19 June 1945 in...
    Burma
    Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia, or Indochina. The country is bordered...
    8888 Uprising
    The 8888 Uprising (Burmese: ၈-၄လုံး or ရှစ်လေးလုံး; MLCTS: hrac le: lum: also known as the People Power...
    Ne Win
    Ne Win (Burmese: နေဝင်း IPA: ; 24 May or 14 May, 1911 or 10 July, 1910 – 5 December, 2002; born Shu Maung) was a Burmese statesman...

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  • Kyrgyzstan

    Posted by pompos 04/28/2009 @ 18:13 3.454121306412 (1286)

    Tags : kyrgyzstan, central asia, asia, world

    Kyrgyzstan
    Kyrgyzstan (pronounced /ˈkɝːɡɪstæn/; KUR-gi-stan; Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан ; Russian: Киргизстан ), officially the Kyrgyz...
    Scouting in Kyrgyzstan
    Scouting in Kyrgyzstan was founded in November 1994 and is not yet a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, but is working toward...
    Islam in Kyrgyzstan
    The vast majority of religious people in Kyrgyzstan are Muslims of the Sunni branch, which entered the region during the 8th century. Some Kyrgyz...
    Military of Kyrgyzstan
    The armed forces of Kyrgyzstan, originally formed from former Soviet forces of the Turkestan Military District stationed in the newly independent...

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  • Uzbekistan

    Posted by kaori 04/27/2009 @ 20:13 3.3931095406011 (1132)

    Tags : uzbekistan, central asia, asia, world

    Uzbekistan
    Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси), is a doubly...
    List of birds of Uzbekistan
    This is a list of the bird species recorded in Uzbekistan. The avifauna of Uzbekistan includes a total of 368 species, of which 4 are rare or...
    Islam in Uzbekistan
    Islam is by far the dominant religion in Uzbekistan. In the early 1990s, many of the Russians remaining in the republic (about 8% of the...
    Uzbekistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Uzbekistan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The lone bright spot for the Uzbekistani team in Athens was Asian champion Lyubov...

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  • Hassanal Bolkiah

    Posted by motoman 04/15/2009 @ 10:10 3.4350547730921 (1917)

    Tags : hassanal bolkiah, brunei, asia, world

    Hassanal Bolkiah
    Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, GCB GCMG (born 15 July 1946) is the 29th Sultan of...
    Brunei
    Brunei Darussalam, (pronounced /bruːˈnaɪ/ in English) officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Malay: Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi...
    Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Highway
    Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Highway, (Malay: Lebuhraya Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah; Jawi: ليبوهراي سلطان حسنال بولكيه) (National...
    Politics of Brunei
    The politics of Brunei take place in a framework of an absolute monarchy, whereby the Sultan of Brunei is both head of state and head of government...

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  • Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

    Posted by bender 04/13/2009 @ 17:14 3.3799448022095 (1087)

    Tags : abdullah ahmad badawi, malaysia, asia, world

    Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
    Tun Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi (born 26 November 1939) is a Malaysian politician who served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2009. He was also the...
    Ninth Malaysia Plan
    Ninth Malaysian Plan (Malay: Rancangan Malaysia ke-9) abbreviated as '9MP', is a comprehensive blueprint prepared by the Economic Planning Unit...
    Prime Minister of Malaysia
    The Prime Minister of Malaysia (Malay: Perdana Menteri) is the indirectly elected head of government of Malaysia. He is formally appointed by the...
    Khairy Jamaluddin
    Khairy Jamaluddin bin Abu Bakar (born January 10, 1976) is a Malaysian politician, and the son-in-law of former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah...

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  • Pervez Musharraf

    Posted by motoman 04/12/2009 @ 08:11 3.4000000000003 (1255)

    Tags : pervez musharraf, pakistan, asia, world

    Pervez Musharraf
    General (ret) Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرویز مشرف) (born 11 August 1943), NI(M), TBt is a former President of Pakistan and a former Chief of...
    Movement to impeach Pervez Musharraf
    The movement to impeach Pervez Musharraf was an August 2008 attempt by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the Pakistan Muslim League...
    Pakistan Army
    The Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاک فوج) is the largest branch of the Pakistan military, and is mainly responsible for protection of the state borders...
    Pakistan Peoples Party
    The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) (Urdu: پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی): is a centre-left political party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist...

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  • Karachi

    Posted by bender 04/07/2009 @ 16:10 3.4461371055578 (919)

    Tags : karachi, pakistan, asia, world

    Karachi
    Karachi (help·info) (Sindhi: ڪراچي, Urdu: کراچی Karāchi) is the largest city, main seaport and the financial capital of Pakistan and the...
    Economy of Karachi
    Karachi is the financial and commercial capital of Pakistan; it accounts for a lion's share of Pakistan's revenue generation. It generates over...
    Karachi Stock Exchange
    The Karachi Stock Exchange or KSE is a stock exchange located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Founded in 1947, it is Pakistan's largest and oldest stock...

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  • Kim Jong-il

    Posted by motoman 04/07/2009 @ 16:10 3.3662456946272 (871)

    Tags : kim jong-il, north korea, asia, world

    Kim Jong-il
    Kim Jong-il (also written as Kim Jong Il) (born 16 February 1941, Vyatskoye, Soviet Union; official biographies state 16 February 1942, Baekdu...
    North Korea
    North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) (Hangul: 조선민주주의인민공화국, Hanja...
    Kim Jong-Il (athlete)
    Kim Jong-Il, sometimes spelled Kim Yong-Il (born 11 September 1962) is a retired South Korean long jumper, best known for winning two gold medals at...
    Song to General Kim Jong-il
    The Song of General Kim Jong-il is a marching song from North Korea. The song praises its current leader, Kim Jong-il, as a part of his cult of...

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  • Iraq

    Posted by sonny 04/03/2009 @ 08:16 3.3571929824395 (1425)

    Tags : iraq, asia, world

    Opposition to the Iraq War
    There has been significant opposition to the Iraq War across the world, both before and during the initial 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States...
    Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq
    The Howard Government supported the disarmament of Iraq during the Iraq disarmament crisis. Australia later provided one of the four most substantial...
    Foreign relations of Iraq
    Since 1980, the foreign relations of Iraq were influenced by a number of controversial decisions by the Saddam Hussein administration. Hussein had...

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