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	Van (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Van is also the name of a Chrono Cross character whose lives in the two worlds are quite different.
		Unlike the German "von", the Dutch "van" is not an indication of nobility.
		Dick Van Dyke, Martin Van Buren) or in the case where the word is not of Dutch origin, as in Vietnamese names (e.g.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Van (240 words)

	Van (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Van lies in an oasis at the foot of a hill.
		It is the capital of Van province with 880,000 inhabitants (2004 estimate).
		Today Van is a predominantyl Kurdish city, since the Armenian section of the population were deported by government order in 1915 and 1916 and many of them were massacred mainly by Kurds.
	www1.i-cias.com /e.o/van.htm (509 words)

	Chronology of the Armenian Genocide -- 1915 (January-March)
		In Sivas Province the population in all the Armenian villages is disarmed.
		Chetes and gendarmes attack Armenians in the towns of Bayburt (Papert) and Terchan in Erzerum Province, and in Bitlis.
		In Aleppo, the capital of the province, Jemal Pasha falsely announces that the Armenians of Zeitun are in revolt and therefore he is instructing the military authorities, to the exclusion of the civilian government, to take measures to punish the Armenians.
	www.armenian-genocide.org /1915-1.html (1269 words)

	ipedia.com: Van Province Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Van is a province in eastern Turkey, east of Lake Van.
		It is 20 927 km² and has a population of 877 524 (2000).
		In the 9th century BC, the Van area was the center of the Urartian kingdom.
	www.ipedia.com /van_province.html (121 words)

	VAN PROVINCE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Van is a province in eastern Turkey, between Lake_Van and the Iranian border.
		The province and the surrounding area is the home of famous Turkish_Van cats.
		In the 9th_century_BC, the Van area was the center of the Urartian kingdom.
	www.witwib.com /Van_Province (113 words)

	Chronology of the Armenian Genocide -- 1915 (April-June)
		Armenians are deported from the northern villages of Erzerum Province.
		Armenians in the Khnus region of Erzerum Province are massacred.
		Turkish refugees are settled in the emptied Armenian villages of the Tortum District of Erzerum Province.
	www.armenian-genocide.org /1915-2.html (2019 words)

	Anatolia.com
		The province of Van sits by Lake Van, and was the ancient Urartian capital of Tuspa.
		It is situated in a green, fertile oasis in the midst of rocky mountains.
		Van is also famous for its Van cat, a pure white, longhair cat which has the strange feature of one blue eye and the other green.
	www.anatolia.com /anatolia/destinations/van (415 words)

	Van - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		"van" is also a common Dutch word meaning "of" or "from", e.g.
		as in Dick van Dyke or George Vancouver, shared with the German "von".
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Van (94 words)

	Van Province -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Its adjacent provinces are (Click link for more info and facts about Bitlis) Bitlis to the west, Siirt to the southwest, Şırnak and (Click link for more info and facts about Hakkari) Hakkari to the south, and (Click link for more info and facts about Agri) Agri to the north.
		The province and the surrounding area is the home of famous (Click link for more info and facts about Turkish Van) Turkish Van cats.
		In the 9th century BC, the Van area was the center of the (Click link for more info and facts about Urartian kingdom) Urartian kingdom.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/va/van_province.htm (140 words)

	T.C. Kultur Bakanligi / Ministry of Culture, Republic of Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Early Bronze Age of the Van province was revealed by the archaeological excavations at the Dilkaya and Van Castle mounds and at Karagündüz.
		Van's Early Bronze Age culture is symbolised by ceramics which are fl or dark in colour, burnished and adorned with reliefs or incised lines.
		Ceramics of this type, in which pots, pans and large earthenware jars are predominant, are famous for their handles, which were achieved by means of making a hole in the clay with the fınger, and are thus referred to as “fıngerpierced handles”.
	www.discoverturkey.com /english/yeni/van/early_bronze.html (333 words)

	Viet Nam: Religious intolerance - recent arrests of Buddhists - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Vo Van Liem is reportedly being detained in Chau Binh re-education camp, Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province.
		Nguyen Van Hoang is reportedly being detained in Chau Binh re-education camp, Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province.
		Tran Van Dien is reportedly being detained in Chau Binh re-education camp, Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/engASA410012001?Open (4820 words)

	Turkish Van
		Vans fell out of fashion by the late 19th century; Angora (Ankara) Zoo kept these cats as protected species, and domesticated breed were reestablished in the mid 1950's.
		The city of Van is but a few miles from Mount Ararat and there are those who like to believe that when the Ark came to rest on the mountain top and the flood waters receded that the cats left the Ark and made their way down the mountain slopes into Van.
		Vans have been known to wreak havoc, such as shredding curtains, knocking ornaments and plants off shelves, mantelpieces and kitchen surfaces etc., sometimes this is quite deliberate!
	www.moggies.co.uk /breeds/turkvan.html (1024 words)

	Vitenam
		Van, they began exclaiming around his home Hung Hadistrict, was the King of Ratkillers.
		At the end of Van's year of prominence, 1997, some 55 million rats were said to have been killed nationwide.
		However, law enforcers point out that the use of poison and electricity in the pursuit of rats must be banned as many enemies of the vermin, such as dogs, snakes, cats and even humans, have been regularly mistakenly caught in traps employing these elements.
	www.terrierman.com /vitenam.htm (681 words)

	Van, Van Cities, Van Life Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Van is a city with a short name, a long history, and numerous interesting things to see, especially if you like history and natural beauty.
		Besides the local museum, the Rock of Van and the citadel, you should visit the Church of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island, the Urartian ruins at Çavustepe, 25 km (16 miles) SE of Van, and the dramatic Kurdish fortress at Hosap, 33 km (21 miles) farther to the SE.
		Old Van was completely destroyed by the end of World War I (1914-1918) after being occupied by Russian forces and modern Van was built to replace it after the war.
	www.thekusadasi.com /van.html (870 words)

	T.C. Kultur Bakanligi / Ministry of Culture, Republic of Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The fınding of these pottery, which had been extremely well fıred, painted and burnished, in the Van province was connected with the trade in obsidian (volcanic glass) that was carried on with Northern Mesopotamia.
		Mounts Nemrut and Süphan, both of which are in the Van province, are Anatolia's richest source of obsidian.
		It was for this reason that trade between the Lake Van Basin and Northern Mesopotamia gradually died out in the years that followed.
	www.discoverturkey.com /english/yeni/van/ancient_times.html (372 words)

	aboks
		Van der Westhuizen, 28, admitted that it will be difficult to pick up the side for the Tri-Nations match against New Zealand at Minolta Loftus on August 7 in the wake of their heavy tour defeats to the All Blacks and Australia.
		Van der Westhuizen, who spent a long time on the sidelines following an injury to knee ligaments in South Africa's 13-7 defeat to England at Twickenham in December last year, felt he had overcome the injury physically and psychologically.
		Van der Westhuizen, capped in 50 Tests for South Africa and the country's record Test try-scorer with 25, acknow-ledged that it was a big step up from the Currie Cup to international rugby, but said: "The pattern we employ at the Blue Bulls is much pacier than that of other Currie Cup sides.
	www.dispatch.co.za /1999/07/27/sport/ABOKS.HTM (503 words)

	Van Cats \| TourArmenia is TACentral.com
		Historic records show the Van cat on cliff-side carvings in the van region from the middle bronze age, especially proliferating in carvings done by Assyria and Urartu, the latter a forebear of the Armenian race.
		The area around Van is mountainous and suffers extremes of temperature to which the Van Cat has fully adapted, shedding its long hair for a shorter cooler coat in the summer, and with tufts of hair between its pads to protect its paws from the cold in the winter.
		Vans are great climbers, so don't be surprised to find them sitting on top of doors, kitchen units or wardrobes, and some wouldn't think twice about climbing your curtains and sitting on the curtain rail.
	www.tacentral.com /features.asp?story_no=6 (1485 words)

	Genocide1915.info - The Armenian Genocide History Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Ittihadist Mustafa Abdulhalik Renda, the vice-governor of Seghert, is appointed governor-general of Bitlis Province.
		In Van Province, regular gendarmes and chetes are reported attacking many villages inhabited by Armenians and Assyrians.
		Sabit, the governor-general of Kharput Province, informs the Interior Ministry that all the road are filled with the bodies of women and children and time cannot be found to bury them.
	www.genocide1915.info /history_chronology.asp?ArmeniaDiaspora.com (7257 words)

	Ambassador Morgenthau's Story. 1918. Chapter Twenty-Three.
		The city of Van, which is the capital of the vilayet, lies on the eastern shores of the lake of the same name; it is the one large town in Asia Minor in which the Armenian population is larger than the Moslem.
		But the Turks asserted that large numbers of Armenian soldiers in Van and other of their Armenian provinces deserted, crossed the border, and joined the Russian army, where their knowledge of roads and the terrain was an important factor in the Russian victories.
		Doctor Ussher, the American medical missionary whose hospital at Van was destroyed by bombardment, is authority for the statement that, after driving off the Turks, the Russians began to collect and to cremate the bodies of Armenians who had been murdered in the province, with the result that 55,000 bodies were burned.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/morgenthau/Morgen23.htm (1828 words)

	Thomas W. van Thienen, O.S.A. (1915-2001)
		Thomas W. van Thienen was born October 7, 1915 in Amsterdam, Holland to Johannes van Thienen and Johanna Maria ter Weijde.
		In 1953 Father van Thienen was assigned on loan to the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel, Chicago, Illinois, where he faithfully served until his death.
		As a senior member of the Province, Father van Thienen retired at St. Monica Monastery, Chicago, while continuing his priestly ministry at St. Gerald Parish, Oak Lawn, Illinois, and as Chaplain to the Knights of Columbus.
	www.midwestaugustinians.org /death/newsvanthienen.html (467 words)

	Perfume Pagoda
		Van Phuc village has been well-known for its Lua Van or silk weaving craft.
		Van Phuc village worships Lady La Thi Nga, a goddess who started and handed down the craft to the villagers.
		Van Phuc has a memorial house dedicated to President Ho Chi Minh who came, worked and wrote the appeal for national resistance which was announced on December 19 1946.
	www.queencafe.com.vn /Travel/2001-No1-Thay-TayphuongPagoda-VanPhucSilkVillage.htm (710 words)

	VAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Lake Van and the surrounding affords you the opportunity to see those magnificient moments.
		The eastern part of lake Van where the city was located was used to be called Waini in Urartu language.
		Lake Van, the largest lake in Turkey, is 1.646 meters high and covers an area of 3.713 km2.
	www.armory.com /~turkiye/turkey/dogu/van.html (556 words)

	www.scrum.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		However, as is the case with most of the traditionally "smaller unions", many of their top players have left for the bigger provinces.
		Even with the loss of 16 players — 10 to other provinces and six to the Springboks or long-term injuries — the Cheetahs once again proved their strength in depth in reaching their third Bankfin Currie Cup semifinal in four years.
		The sale of Springbok flyhalf Braam van Straaten to Western Province in the 1999 pre-season severely hampered the Falcons progress, with the backline lacking a commanding leader throughout the campaign.
	www.scrum.com /internationals/curriecup00/squads.asp (918 words)

	Hudson River Section - Colen Donck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He felt that the inhabitants deserved the rights of legal residents of a domain within the Netherlands, and he soon fell afoul of director-general Peter Stuyvesant, who was determined to carry out the Company's policy of administering its own rather autocratic brand of justice to the settlers, treating them as mere workers rather than citizens.
		As one of the Nine Men, a council of residents who were to assist Stuyvesant in governing the province, and as the only lawyer in the province, Van der Donck crafted a remonstrance or complaint to the States General, the governing body of the Netherlands, over the treatment of New Netherlanders.
		Van der Donck traveled to the Netherlands as official representative of the council and presented the remonstrance to the Hague.
	www.nnp.org /newvtour/regions/Hudson/colen_donck.html (518 words)

	The Land of the Turkish Van cat: beautiful eastern Anatolia
		Lake Van is a saline (salty) lake, located in eastern Turkey at 5640 feet (1719 meters) above sea level, has no outlet, a maximum length of 75 miles (120 kilometers), a maximum width of 50 miles (80 kilometers), and an area of 1450 square miles (3755 square kilometers).
		A castle was constructed in 9 BC at 80 m height from the lake by Urartian King Sardur.
		Creative cat fanciers have further supposed that since the Turkish Vans are swimming cats, then they must be the original descendents of the cats that Noah brought with him.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Bluffs/3583/page4.html (891 words)

	Turkey: medical concern: Ferzinde and Sirin Abi
		In May 1996 they were formally arrested and committed to prison in Van, a city near the border with Iran, after 15 days in police custody during which time they were allegedly subjected to very serious torture.
		After later being taken to Van State Hospital from prison, he alleged that his injuries were neither noted nor attended to because police had threatened doctors not to document torture-related injuries.
		In the 10 provinces under State of Emergency in the east and southeast - such as Van province - anyone suspected of offences under the Anti-Terror Law can be held in police custody for up to 30 days without access to family, friends or legal counsel.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/turkey/document.do?id=963223EE48CE9E9D802569000068A277 (1119 words)

	Viet Share - Que Huong Viet Nam Men Yeu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Thanh Hoa, a large province in Middle North area of Vietnam, Hoa Binh, Ninh Binh to the Norht; Nghe An to the South, the West is connected Laos and the East sea to the East.
		Gia Lai, the mountainal province that the border is in west-north land of Vietnam, the Norht same border with Kon Tum, the South is near Daklak and the South is near Campodia.
		Dong Thap, the province is bordered in the East by Tien Giang and Long An Provinces, in the West by An Giang, in the South by Vinh Long and in the North by Campodia.
	www.vietshare.com /vietnam/quehuongvietnam.asp (4119 words)

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		A Wheatfield, with Cypresses, painting by Vincent van Gogh
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Van_Dyck.html (139 words)

	Boucher to captain Proteas
		Western Province will again be heavily represented with Gary Kirsten, Herschelle Gibbs, Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince and Paul Adams all being selected in the starting X1.
		The only new cap is Northerns middle-order batsman Martin van Jaarsveld while Eastern Province fast bowler Mornantau Hayward is recalled to the team for the first time since the 2nd Test against Australia in Melbourne last December.
		Van Jaarsveld, who was recently named as one of South Africa's five cricketers of the year, made his senior international debut in the second one day international against Bangladesh last Sunday.
	www.channel4.com /sport/cricket/news/nr_5109.html (312 words)

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		Honthorst, Gerrit van (1590-1656), Dutch painter, best known for his night scenes in the style of the Italian baroque painter Caravaggio.
		Van (city), city in eastern Turkey, the capital of Van province.
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