.... officially neutral, some commanders assisted one side or the other. After the British had departed and the state of Israel had been established on May 15, 1948, under the premiership of David BEN-GURION, the Palestine Arab forces and foreign volunteers were joined by regular armies of Transjordan (now the kingdom of JORDAN), IRAQ, LEBANON, and SYRIA, with token support from SAUDI ARABIA. Efforts by the UN to halt the fighting were unsuccessful until June 11, when a 4-week truce was declared. When the Arab states refused to renew the truce, ten more days of fighting erupted. In that time Israel greatly extended the area u .....

.... and largest city is Madrid (population, greater city, 1991, 3,010,492), also the capital of Madrid autonomous region; the second largest city, chief port, and commercial center is Barcelona, capital of Barcelona province and Catalonia region. Other important cities include Valencia, capital of Valencia province and Valencia region, a manufacturing and railroad center; Seville, a cultural center; Saragossa, and Bilbao (369,839), a busy port. Religion Roman Catholicism is professed by about 97 percent of the population. The country is divided into 11 metropolitan and 52 suffragan sees. In addition, the archdioceses of Barcelon .....

.... these waters stretched the barren wastes of the Sahara desert. On the edge of the desert, the Egyptians built giant pyramids as burial places for their pharaohs. They carved the Great Sphinx out of solid rock as a guardian of King CheopsÕ Great Pyramid at Giza. The ancient Egyptians called their country Kemet, which means black (after the land). The Greeks called the country Aigyptos, from the name Ha-ka-ptah, the main temple of the Egyptian capital at Memphis. Many modern beliefs and ideals, as well as much of manÕs knowledge, had their origin in Egypt. The ancient Egyptians developed the worldÕs first national gove .....

.... Jews want Peace and the Arabs wanna kick the Jews out. One of the Biggest debates is over the Mosque in Jerusalem. The Mosque is located right by the Whaling Wall, which is the remnants of an ancient Jewish Temple. They are both major parts of each religion so they are fighting over who has ownership of what. In Israel they like many of the sports we do. Soccer, Basketball, Football, etc. They eat many of the same foods we do. Some of the foods native to that area of the world are: Falafel, Hummus, Techina, and Shwarma. The population of Israel is roughly 6 million. Almost on sixth of those live in a city calle .....

.... Other hazards include the remobilisation of ash, volcanic tremors and avalanches. A future eruption would effect population, buildings, transport, water supply, livestock and crops. In the event of an eruption many of the surrounding villages (especially in the valleys) would have to be evacuated. LOCATION: Mt. Ruapehu is situated in North Island, New Zealand (Fig.1) within the Southern end of the Taupo volcanic zone, which stretches NE to White Island in the Bay of Plenty (Fig.2). Mt. Ruapehu is the largest volcano of New Zealand (about 2800m) and is situated within the Tongariro National Park. INTRODUCTION: Mt. Ruapehu is a c .....

.... California, and California is one of my favourite places in the world. Now I'am going to tell you a little bit about Lassen Peak.This volcano is located in Northern California.The volcano consists of a chain of vents aligned roughly north to south, extending at least 8km north.Volcanism began at Lassen Peak between 600,000 and 350,000 years ago. The people that studied this volcano only use the last 35,000 years to predict the volcanoes next eruption. The most recent eruption at Lassen Peak was in 1914-1917 A.D. The eruption began on May,30,1914 when a small eruption occurred in a new vent near the summit of the Peak. Du .....

.... problems. The article introduced Egypt as a superstitious culture which was graphically proven in a picture shown in the article. This picture showed the head of a woman with the body of a snake. This picture gives the reader the impression that Egyptians believe in black magic. Whenever the media introduce a culture, they should mention all the positive and the negative aspects of that specific culture. For instance, whenever you watch a program about the United States of America back home, you see only sky-scrapers and big luxurious cities. This doesn't portray the entire United States. In reality, Egypt .....

.... are 20 00 N, and 12 00 W. It's neighbors are Algeria to its northwest, Mali to it's west, Western Saharas to it's northeast, Morocco to it's north, and to its south Burkina Faso. It's total area is about 1,030,700 sq miles and it's land area about 1,030,400 sq miles which is slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico. It has land boundaries are Algeria, Mali, Senegal, Western Sahara which make up the 5,074 sq miles of it's total land.[3][2] Mauritania is made up of mostly desert and barren plains of the Sahara. There is only one rainy season from July to October, but it delivers about 25 inches of precipitation a .....

.... practice traditional African religions, while the rest are Christian. Most Botswanan children attend elementary school, but only fifteen percent will go on to high school. The small percent of people that go to college attend the University of Botswana in Gaborone, the nation's capital. Great Britain once had control over Botswana. South Africa wanted Botswana, then called Bechuanaland, as part of their country. But Great Britain refused. On September 30,1966, Botswana was declared independent. It's official name is The Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama became the nation's first president. Some of Botswana's chief resou .....

.... several fertile low lying valleys,but only about 5% of the country`s land area,chiefly at higher elevations,is cultivated.Soil exhaustion and erosion,largely the result of primitive slash burningfarming methods,are problems in argricultural regions} ,salt,oil,gold,fine timber hardwoods, rice,cacao,tobacco,bananas,beans,maize sugar,illegal drugs is the 2nd most highest export crop,textiles chemicals,silver,plantium,copper,bauxite,iron ore,phosphates,uranium,leather,books,and emeralds. Colombia,republic in South America,situated in the northwetsern part of the continent,and bounded on the north by Panama and the Caribean sea,on the .....