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Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics

10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.

The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

bird. mourning dove. pigeon and dove. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) family Columbidae.

Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

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News •

Qatar’s Emir visits Syria in historic first meeting with interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa • Jan. 31, 2025, 1:31 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)

Qatar's Emir to visit Damascus on Thursday, Al Jazeera says • Jan. 30, 2025, 2:31 AM ET (Straits Times)

Qatar's Emir visits Syria, first head of state to visit Damascus since Assad's fall • Jan. 27, 2025, 5:54 AM ET (Reuters)

Qatar’s UK ambassador calls for Emir to receive Nobel Prize for ceasefire mediation • Jan. 26, 2025, 2:58 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)

Facts

Also Known As	amīr

Topics

amīr al-umarāʾ amīr al-baḥr amīr al-muʾminīn caliph vizier ḥājib sultan

Key People

Mohammad Omar

Mohammad Omar

emir of Afghanistan