Operation Red Spider
Operation Red Spider was an anti-money laundering sting operation of an online magazine, Cobrapost. Cobrapost released video footage, recorded largely by hidden cameras, showing high-ranking officials and some employees of…
Necessary Roughness (film)
Necessary Roughness is a 1991 American sport comedy film directed by Stan Dragoti, his final film. The film stars Scott Bakula, Héctor Elizondo, Robert Loggia, and Harley Jane Kozak. Co-stars…
Haghani Circle
Haghani school (also Haqqani) is a Shi’i school of thought in Iran based in the holy city of Qom and formerly headed by Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, an influential…
Port Arthur (Tasmania)
Port Arthur is a small town and former penal settlement on the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, the island state of Australia. The town is about one and a half hours…
Rio Grande (Rio Grande do Sul)
Rio Grande is the oldest city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, the most important port city in the state and has one of the most important…
Santana (Madeira)
Santana is a town and municipality on the northeastern coast of Madeira. . . . Santana (Madeira) . . . Santana (suhn-TUH-nuh, /sɐ̃.ˈtɐ.nɐ/) is on a high plateau above the…
Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order (French: Ordre royal de Victoria)[lower-alpha 1] is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch…