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  Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1996, with the support of the Congress, U.S. President Bill Clinton signed into law the "Iran and Libya Sanctions Act" in order to prohibit American companies from investing and doing business with Iran, mainly with its strategic oil sector and also for some spare parts like for its aviation.
The majority of Iran's population speak one of the Iranian languages, though Persian is the official language.
While the number, percentage, and definition of the different Iranian peoples is disputed, the major ethnic groups and minorities in Iran include the Persians (51%), Azeris (24%), Gilaki and Mazandarani (8%), Kurds (7%), Arabs (3%), Baluchi (2%), Lurs (2%), Turkmen people (2%), Qashqai, Armenians, Georgians, Persian Jews, Assyrians and others (1 %).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iran   (4061 words)

  
 Search Tuna Report for The Kurds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kurdistan History Genetically, Kurds are the descendants of all those who ever came to settle in Kurdistan, and not any one of them....
Kurdistan versus 430 on Iran, 364 on Turkey, 257 on Syria, and 129 on...
Kurdistan is an area of the world that consists of parts of Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and a bit of Syria....
www.searchtuna.com:8004 /ftlive/1259.html   (6475 words)

  
 Ethnologue: Bibliography of Ethnologue Data Sources
Gunn, H. Peoples of the plateau region of northern Nigeria.
Peoples of the middle Niger region of northern Nigeria.
The syntax and semantics of verb morphology in modern Aramaic: A Jewish dialect of Iraqi Kurdistan.
www.ethnologue.com /ethno_docs/bibliography.asp   (7065 words)

  
 Adherents.com
The Texas Klan eagerly became involved, regarding the fishing dispute as part of a larger international conspiracy among people of color to wrench control of the nation from the white majority...
Between 1889 and 1841, 3,811 fl people were lynched for 'crimes' such as threatening to sue a white man, attempting to register to vote, joining labor unions, being 'disrespectful' to a white man, looking at a white woman, or for no reason at all.
To stem the increasing frequency of the group's crimes in 1871, Congress passed legislation authorizing the president to use federal troops against the Klan.
www.adherents.com /Na/Na_417.html   (3214 words)

  
 Kurds - Information and Links
However, despite promises of the creation of such a state made in the early 20th century, all the region's governments are opposed to it.
The exact number of Kurdish people living in Middle East is unknown due to both absence of a recent study on this issue and the fact that some of Kurdish people have mixed with other local ethnic groups.
The estimated numbers for the percentage of Kurdish people living in Turkey vary from 3% (Encyclopedia Americana [1]) to 20% (CIA Factbook [1]).
www.kurdayeti.net   (473 words)

  
 Exploratorium: Ten Cool Sites: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It explores the marvelous things people have dreamt up to solve the basic problem of how to get from one place to another in the least amount of time with the least amount of trouble.
AKA Kurdistan - "With no central library, historical archive, or place for safekeeping, thousands of images documenting the history of Kurdistan have been lost." This Web site stands in the place of such institutions and adds an interactive element.
This Library of Congress site presents highlights of what is on view in the library's exhibition, "The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship," and includes a wide array of important and rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings.
www.exploratorium.edu /learning_studio/cool/history.html   (4459 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Political parties and leaders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ, the only party recognized by the government [ISAIAS Afworki]; note - a National Assembly committee drafted a law on political parties in January 2001, but the full National Assembly has not yet debated or voted on it
Basotholand African Congress or BAC [Khauhelo RALITAPOLE]; Basotholand Congress Party or BCP [Ntsukunyane MPHANYA]; Basotho National Party or BNP [Maj. Gen.
Congress of Democrats or COD [Ben ULENGA]; Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia or DTA [Katuutire KAURA, president]; Monitor Action Group or MAG [Kosie PRETORIUS]; South West Africa People's Organization or SWAPO [Sam Shafishuna NUJOMA]; United Democratic Front or UDF [Justus GAROEB]
www.phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2118.html   (2951 words)

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