We learn from this splendid and rather moving book that the original flag of what was to be Saudi Arabia was designed ... impossible to realise and Sykes himself repudiated them. The Ottoman Empire ...

So far, 33 skeletons have been found near Eptapyrgio prison northeast of the city, a former Byzantine-era fortress later known as Yedi Kule under Ottoman ... to the Greek communist party (KKE ...

"It is utterly dangerous and wrong to mischaracterise the investigations," Turkish Justice Minister Yilzam Tunc said.

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...