Encyclopedia - 2003: Encyclopedia - 2003
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Freshwater ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zacarias Moussaoui: Encyclopedia - Zacarias Moussaoui
Zacarias Moussaoui (born May 30, 1968) is a French terrorist of Moroccan descent involved in the conspiracy that resulted in the Septembe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asia-pacific Economic Cooperation: Encyclopedia - Asia-pacific Economic Cooperation
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a group of Pacific Rim countries who meet with the purpose of improving economic and politica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians: Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians
edit Many Christians have experienced persecution from both non-Christians and from other Christians during the history of Christianity. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Bali Bombings: Encyclopedia - 2005 Bali Bombings
The 2005 Bali bombings were a series of explosions that occurred on October 1, 2005, in Bali, Indonesia. Bombs exploded at two sites in J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2002 Bali Bombing: Encyclopedia - 2002 Bali Bombing
The 2002 Bali Bombing occurred on October 12, 2002 in the town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people and injuring ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pseudonym: Encyclopedia - Pseudonym
A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. A pseudonym is dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia - Singapore
The Republic of Singapore (Chinese: 新加坡共和国, Pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó, Malay: Republik Singapura; Tamil: சிங்�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Christians - Jewish Persecution Of Christians
The New Testament reports that the earliest Christians suffered persecution at the hands of the Jewish leadership of the day, commencing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - History
The first records of Singapore's existence are in Chinese texts from the 3rd century. The island was an outpost of the Sumatran Srivijaya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mohammad Sidique Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Mohammad Sidique Khan - Biography
Born in St James's University Hospital, Leeds, he grew up in Beeston but moved to Lees Holm in Dewsbury, near Leeds in West Yorkshire in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - February 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - February 2005 - Events
February 2005 - February 28 2005. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released by the U.S. State Department (U.S. State Departme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asia-pacific Economic Cooperation: Encyclopedia Ii - Asia-pacific Economic Cooperation - History And Development
In January 1989, Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke called for more effective economic cooperation across the Asia Pacific Region. This ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 Jakarta Embassy Bombing: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 Jakarta Embassy Bombing - Reactions
Australian Prime Minister John Howard expressed his "utter dismay at this event" and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said, "this was ai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2002 Bali Bombing: Encyclopedia Ii - 2002 Bali Bombing - Legal Proceedings
2002 Bali bombing - Initial charges and trials. In April 2003 Indonesian authorities charged Abu Bakar Bashir (also rendered "Ba'asyir"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - History
The first records of Singapore's existence are in Chinese texts from the 3rd century. The island was an outpost of the Sumatran Srivijaya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - February 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - February 2005 - Events
February 2005 - February 28 2005. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released by the U.S. State Department (U.S. State Departme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zacarias Moussaoui: Encyclopedia Ii - Zacarias Moussaoui - Personal History
Zacarias Moussaoui - Childhood. Moussaoui was one of four siblings, brought up by an emotionally extreme mother in France. There was no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counter-terrorism In Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Counter-terrorism In Singapore - Arrest Of Jemaah Islamiah Members
The main terrorist threat to Singapore is from the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist group which has links to al-Qaeda and Abu Sayyaf. Jemaa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pseudonym: Encyclopedia Ii - Pseudonym - Pseudonyms In Print
When used by an author, a pseudonym is also called a pen name (or in French nom de plume.) Some authors use pseudonyms for a variety of r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 - Events
2003 - January. January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. January 1 - Pascal Couchepin becomes Pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Bali Bombings: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Bali Bombings - Response
2005 Bali bombings - Indonesia.  Indonesia — President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has condemned the blasts as a "criminal act" an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Christians - Hindu Persecution Of Christians
23 Jan 1999 - Graham Staines, an Australian Christian missionary aged 55 years, and his two sons, aged 8 and 10, were burned to death in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Christians - Persecution In Japan
Persecution of Christians - Arrival of Christianity. Following the arrival in Japan of the Portuguese in the early 1500s, Christianity ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zacarias Moussaoui: Encyclopedia Ii - Zacarias Moussaoui - Overview
Moussaoui is said to have been a replacement for the "first" 20th hijacker, possibly Ramzi Binalshibh (bin al-Shibh), a member of the Ham...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counter-terrorism In Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Counter-terrorism In Singapore - Social Cohesion
One of the aims of Jemaah Islamiyah is to exploit race and religion issues to create instablity in the region and to stir up conflict bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Geography
Singapore is a diamond-shaped island with surrounding smaller islands. There are two connections from Singapore to the Malaysian state of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Politics And Government
Main articles: Politics of Singapore and Laws of Singapore Singapore is a republic with a Westminster system of a unicameral parliament...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Economy
Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy in which the state plays a major role. It has one of the highest per capita gross d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Tourism
Singapore as a travel destination has become noted among many international travellers, making tourism one of the largest industries in S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Demographics
Main articles: Demographics of Singapore and Religion in Singapore Singapore is the second most densely populated independent country i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Transport
Singapore is a major transport hub in Asia, as it lies strategically on major trade routes on both land, sea and air. Its history has bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Christians - Persecution Of Christians In China
Persecution of Christians - Emperor Tang Wu Zong. Tang Wu Zang (of the Tang dynasty) ruled from 840 to 846. Known as a Taoist zealot, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counter-terrorism In Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Counter-terrorism In Singapore - Homeland Security
The Singapore Police Force has in recently years enhanced security at various locations in the country. On August 15, 2005, the newly est...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Bali Bombings: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Bali Bombings - Casualties
The latest report cites 20 dead and between 101 to 129 injured. [18] Some earlier reports put the number of fatalities as between 26 to 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 Jakarta Embassy Bombing: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 Jakarta Embassy Bombing - Arrest And Conviction
The attack has been blamed on Jemaah Islamiah, a group alleged to have links to Al-Qaeda, which has also been connected to the 2002 Bali ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Bali Bombings: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Bali Bombings - Prior Warnings
Indonesian authorities were expecting such an event, after the Indonesian President warned of more bombings within the country, and the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Bali Bombings: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Bali Bombings - Investigation
Indonesian police believed that three suicide bombers carried out the bombings. A presidential spokesman Dino Djalal said that the police...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pseudonym: Encyclopedia Ii - Pseudonym - Nom De Guerre
Pseudonyms are adopted by resistance fighters, terrorists and guerrillas often to make enquiries more difficult, to create and maintain a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zacarias Moussaoui: Encyclopedia Ii - Zacarias Moussaoui - Court Proceedings
After the attack, Moussaoui was implicated in the attack and in December, 2001 a federal grand jury in Virginia charged him with conspira...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 - Deaths
For more deaths, see: Deaths in 2003 2003 - January. January 3 - Sid Gillman, American football coach (b. 1911) January 4 - Conrad Hal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Tourism
Singapore as a travel destination has become noted among many international travellers, making tourism one of the largest industries in S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Economy
Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy in which the state plays a major role. It has one of the highest per capita gross d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Transport
Singapore is a major transport hub in Asia, as it lies strategically on major trade routes on both land, sea and air. Its history has bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Demographics
Singapore is the second most densely populated independent country in the world. Eighty-four percent of Singaporeans live in public housi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2002 Bali Bombing: Encyclopedia Ii - 2002 Bali Bombing - The Attack Itself
At 23:05 (15:05 UTC) on 12 October 2002, a bomb hidden in a backpack ripped through Paddy's Bar. The device was small and crude, but kill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Culture
As Singapore is a small and relatively modern amalgam of semi-indigenous Malay population with the majority of third generation Chinese, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Geography
Singapore is a diamond-shaped island with surrounding smaller islands. There are two connections from Singapore to the Malaysian state of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore - Politics And Government
Singapore is a republic with a Westminster system of a unicameral parliamentary government, with the bulk of the executive powers resting...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pseudonym: Encyclopedia Ii - Pseudonym - Nom De Guerre
Pseudonyms are adopted by resistance fighters, terrorists and guerrillas often to make enquiries more difficult, to seek and create an au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pseudonym: Encyclopedia Ii - Pseudonym - Regnal Name
In many monarchies, the prince starting his reign chooses his official name (regnal name) to be used hence, which may differ from his (bi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pseudonym: Encyclopedia Ii - Pseudonym - The Origin Of Nom De Guerre
The assigning and adopting of noms de guerre was a long standing tradition in the French army, it certainly existed before 1651. In 1716 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pseudonym: Encyclopedia Ii - Pseudonym - Pseudonyms In Entertainment
When used by an actor, performer, or model, a pseudonym is a stage name or screen name. Actors — and others in show business ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pseudonym: Encyclopedia Ii - Pseudonym - Other Pseudonyms
Others in public life have adopted pseudonyms for many reasons. In the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries, it was established ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2002 Bali Bombing: Encyclopedia Ii - 2002 Bali Bombing - Suspects
The organisation immediately suspected of responsibility for the bombing was Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamist group linked in many news repo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Bali Bombings: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Bali Bombings - The Explosions
The Indonesian national news agency, ANTARA, reported that the first two explosions occurred at 6:50 p.m. local time, near a Jimbaran foo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Christians - Persecution Of Christians By Christians
Upon the establishment of official ties between the state and Christianity, the state and the Church turned their considerable negative a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Christians - Early Persecutions Outside The Roman Empire
In 337, a spate in the ongoing hostilities between Sassanid Persia and the Roman Empire led to anti-Christian persecutions by the Persian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Christians - Islamic Persecution Of Christians
Persecution of Christians - Iconoclasm. Persecution of Christians - Ottoman Empire. Persecution of Christians - Genocide in Turkey. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Christians - Nazi-fascist Persecution
Although far less hostile to Christianity than to Judaism, which the Nazis sought to exterminate in the Holocaust throughout the Third Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Christians - Discrimination And Persecution In The Soviet Union
After the Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks undertook a massive program to remove the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church from the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Christians - Persecution Of Early Christians By Romans
Persecution of Christians - Persecutions narrated in the New Testament. According to the New Testament, Jesus' crucifixion was authoriz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mohammad Sidique Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Mohammad Sidique Khan - Intelligence Assessments
Khan is alleged to have travelled regularly to Pakistan and Afghanistan to attend military training camps, [4] and is also believed to ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Bali Bombings: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Bali Bombings - Prior Warnings
Indonesian authorities were expecting such an event, after the Indonesian President warned of more bombings within the country, and the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Bali Bombings: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Bali Bombings - Casualties
The latest report cites 20 dead and between 101 to 129 injured. [18] Some earlier reports put the number of fatalities as between 26 to 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Bali Bombings: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Bali Bombings - Suspects
The attacks bear the hallmarks of the active terrorist network Jemaah Islamiah (JI), an organisation linked to Al-Qaeda, which is believe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Bali Bombings: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Bali Bombings - Investigation
Indonesian police believed that three suicide bombers carried out the bombings. A presidential spokesman Dino Djalal said that the police...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mohammad Sidique Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Mohammad Sidique Khan - London Bombings
On the morning of July 7, 2005, Khan is said by police to have travelled by car with his three accomplices to Luton in Bedfordshire (see ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persecution Of Christians: Encyclopedia Ii - Persecution Of Christians - Persecution In Other Eastern Bloc Nations
Enver Hoxha conducted a campaign to extinguish all forms of religion in Albania in 1967, closing all religious buildings and declaring th...   » Read the article