Timur
(1336–1405), emperor of the Mongol empire. Born in what is now Uzbekistan, Timur, known as Temur-i-Lenk ("Timur the Lame," or in English, Tamerlane) because his right arm an...
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Tamerlane (1336-1405) was a celebrated Turko-Mongol conqueror whose victories, characterized by acts of inhuman cruelty, made him the master of the greater part of western Asia. His vast empire disint...
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Prague (dpa) - Hollywood good doer Angelina Jolie was on Wednesday
in the Czech city of Prague to film her next action film Wanted, the
film's publicist Kathryn Donovan told...
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Prague (dpa) - Hollywood star and UN humanitarian ambassador
Angelina Jolie was on location Wednesday in the Czech city of Prague
to film Wanted, her next action film.
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Jakarta (dpa) - Frustrated by a slow government response to help
drive away rampaging wild elephants, farming villagers in Indonesia's
Aceh province have threatened to kill ...
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Russian law enforcement agencies have tortured three former Guantanamo inmates and subjected them and four others to continual harassment and abuse, a U.S.-based rights group said in a report Thurs...
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A man formerly held in the U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was killed Wednesday in a shootout with security agents in a restive North Caucasus republic, Russia's top security agency said.Rus...
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Bochum, Germany (dpa) - Nokia announced Tuesday the closure of its
German mobile-phone factory, bringing gloom to 2,000 employees and
ending Germany's last vestige of wirele...
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Search teams confirmed Wednesday there were no survivors from a plane that crashed in southern Cambodia with 22 people aboard, including South Korean and Czech tourists, officials said."This is a t...
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The Lebanese military has been pounding the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp relentlessly for nearly three months, trying to wipe out Islamic militant fighters. But instead, it has given them a new form ...
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Moscow (dpa) - This December 31, a new-spangled intruder will be
pitching hard to win Russians from their beloved New Year's tradition
of over 30 years - the sequel.
...
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Overnight downpours sent storm waters coursing back into some low-lying areas Tuesday, as authorities warned of the threat of diseases and anger mounted at the government's response to the disaster...
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Timur
Tamerlane
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie in Prague to shoot latest film
