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The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred between 7 April and 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. [4] During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu militias.
Céline Marie Claudette Dion CC OQ (/ s eɪ ˌ l iː n d i ˈ ɒ n / say-LEEN dee-ON, [b] French: [selin maʁi klodɛt djɔ̃]; [c] born 30 March 1968) [3] is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Queen of Power Ballads", [4] [5] she is noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals.
This is a list of fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, games, etc.). Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as we know it – as opposed to underground, inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet with a different physical geography.
Battoulah (Persian: بطوله،بتوله, romanized: al-baṭṭūleh), also called Gulf Burqah (Arabic: البرقع الخليجي), [1] [note 1] is a metallic-looking fashion mask traditionally worn in southern Iran [5] [6] by Muslim [7] [8] Arab women.
Fatima bint Muhammad (Arabic: فَاطِمَة بِنْت مُحَمَّد, romanized: Fāṭima bint Muḥammad; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra' (Arabic: فَاطِمَة ٱلزَّهْرَاء, romanized: Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. [1]
Madonna Louise Ciccone [a] (/ tʃ ɪ ˈ k oʊ n i /; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.Regarded as the "Queen of Pop", she has been recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting and visual presentation.
Reportedly, in early 1994, Omar led 30 men armed with 16 rifles to free two young girls who had been kidnapped and raped by a warlord, hanging him from a tank gun barrel. [24] Another instance arose when in 1994, a few months before the Taliban took control of Kandahar, two militia commanders confronted each other over a young boy whom they ...
Mildred Albert (1905–1991) – fashion show producer and radio and television personality; Louisa May Alcott – 19th-century author of Little Women [10] Horatio Alger Jr. – author [11] Fred Allen – radio comedian [12] Frederick Lewis Allen – writer [13] Joseph Allen (1749–1827) – born in Boston, United States Congressman [1]