Second, there is an underlying historical tension between the large Sunni majority and the Alevi Bektashi minority, loosely linked to Shia Islam.

Its history has been marked by violent confrontations between members of different religious denominations.

On 15 May 2005, Ethiopia carried out its third ever multiparty elections.

UNAMSIL has achieved successes that are unique in the history of United Nations peacekeeping efforts.

Given the unique history of UNAMSIL, I cannot but feel a deep sense of satisfaction as I submit this last report on the Mission.

At this decisive moment in Dutch history my father was positioned on the bank of the river Waal near the city of Nijmegen.

In Syria a Sunni majority country where, incidentally, a Sunni Muslim caliphate, the Umayyads, once prospered Iran is spending billions of dollars to prop up President Bashar al Assad s regime, dominated by members of a minority Shia sect, the Alawites (historically known as Nusayris).

During the half century of the Fifth Republic, a bipartisan system of left and right has traditionally prevailed. But now France is becoming a country dominated by a tripartite system of more or less equal strength the left, the right, and the extreme right.

The national unity Government constitutes the most broadly representative Government in Iraq's history in terms of ethnicity, faith and political affiliation.

My last book was about the story behind the Shi'a Sunni split, and for that I'd worked closely with the earliest Islamic histories, so I knew the events to which the Koran constantly refers, its frame of reference.

Steve Jurvetson Steve.

The History at the End of History

I named this group of artists around an idea, which I put out there called post black, really meant to define them as artists who came and start their work now, looking back at history but start in this moment, historically.

ZK It's Steve. All right Steve, now, follow me.

The history of China is older than that of Japan.

With Shia dominated Iran providing weapons, money, troops, and training for Assad s forces, the conflict s sectarian dimension has taken on greater significance. Indeed, government forces have devolved into a sectarian army, motivated by the fear that, if the largely Sunni rebels are victorious, they will annihilate the Shia affiliated Alawite minority that has ruled Syria for decades.

And it made me think. I love studying these moments in American history when there was this frenzy of partisan anger, that the economy was on the verge of total collapse.

Do it over and over again. And they ask you questions about your lifestyle and your family history, your medication history, your surgical history, your allergy history ... did I forget any history?

And once again, I'd like to look back to prehistory to say something about it.

As Shia Muslims, Iranians are a minority within the Muslim community, a reality that has caused them to feel persecuted. Rather than accept their minority status, various Iranian governments have attempted to establish their country s hegemony in the Arab world.

I know that the overwhelming majority of countries represented in this historic room are as impatient as the Canadian delegation to resume important work.

Indeed, throughout the region, warring parties are relying on sectarian identity politics to mobilize support, further polarizing populations along religious, ethnic, and ideological lines. Saudi Arabia and Iran are using Yemen s internal divisions over historic political and socioeconomic grievances in their proxy war there, presenting the conflict as a manifestation of the historic Sunni Shia rift.

The historical witnesses of the Frontline Broadcasting Station of the year talk about the history of the fort.

Certainly that's true for most of human prehistory.

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History

They are the drivers of history, as we see by looking at history.

Steve Truglia A leap from the edge of space

They not only recorded history they helped change the course of history.

Steven Schwaitzberg A universal translator for surgeons

Bachelor of History, 1957 Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Faculty of History.

In addition to persecuting minorities, the Islamic State has set about erasing all physical traces of religious diversity. Its forces have demolished Sufi shrines, Shia mosques, Christian churches, and ancient monuments they consider to be remnants of a corrupt and profane past.

The history of the Islamic Republic is filled with cases of factions exploiting foreign policy to gain power against their domestic rivals. It is common for competing groups to sacrifice national interests such as Iran s international credibility to achieve their own goals.

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Ever since, the country could be held together only by an iron fist Iraq s history is replete with Shia, Kurdish, and even Christian Assyrian revolts, all put down in bloody fashion by the ruling Sunni minority. Throughout its history, modern Iraq has always been the most oppressive of the Arab countries.

They not only recorded history they helped change the course of history.

Women Without Men returns to history, but another part of our Iranian history.

KATMANDU Confounding everyone except themselves, Nepal s hard line Maoists have taken a commanding role following the country s landmark elections. The people of Nepal have more than one reason to celebrate.

And of course, the Internet is longer than just 5,000 days the Web is only 5,000 days.

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Past legacy

Shi Jiuyong (China)