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Featured article: December 16, 2006
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Zarqawi took responsibility, on several audiotapes, for numerous acts of terrorism in Iraq and Jordan. These acts include suicide bombings, and the killing of soldiers, police officers, and civilians. As an Islamist identified with the Salafi movement, Zarqawi opposed the presence of United States and Western military forces in the Islamic world and opposed the West's support for and the existence of Israel. In September 2005, he reportedly declared "all-out war" on Shia Muslims in Iraq and is believed responsible for dispatching numerous Al-Qaeda suicide bombers throughout Iraq, especially to areas with large concentrations of Shia civilians. As the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq he is suspected of responsibility for thousands of deaths. Zarqawi was killed in a US airstrike in June 2006. (more...)

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A 1909 Edison Records recording of husband-and-wife team Jack Norworth and Nora Bayes' 1908 hit Shine On, Harvest Moon. Performed by Ada Jones and Billy Murray. (file info)

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L'Hemisferic, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and Laserium, on the grounds of the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències ("City of Arts and Sciences"), in Valencia, Spain.

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Track map of all tropical cyclones that passed over Delaware from 1851 to 2005

The following is a list of tropical cyclones that affected the U.S. state of Delaware. Since reliable records began, no tropical cyclone has struck the state while maintaining hurricane intensity, and only two storms since 1851 caused hurricane-force winds in the state.

  • October 21, 1749- A hurricane is observed over Delaware.[1]
  • Fall, 1783- Nine large ships crash near Cape Henlopen during a hurricane, killing several people.[2]
  • September 2, 1785- A hurricane causes 181 deaths in the state. Whether or not it made landfall is unknown.[3]
  • September 3–5, 1815- A tropical storm passes over extreme southeastern Delaware. Effects, if any, are unknown.[4]
  • September 3, 1821- The eye of the Norfolk and Long Island Hurricane moves directly over Cape Henlopen for 30 minutes.[5]
  • August 17, 1830- A hurricane that passes to the east of the state capsizes three ships along the Delaware capes.[6]

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  1. ^ Michael Chenoweth (2006). "A Reassessment of Historical Atlantic Basin Cyclones; 1700–1855". NOAA. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/Chenoweth/chenoweth06.pdf. Retrieved 2006-07-23. 
  2. ^ Edward N. Rappaport and Jose Fernandez-Partagas (1996). "The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492–1996". National Hurricane Center. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadlyapp2.shtml?. Retrieved 2006-07-23. 
  3. ^ Edward N. Rappaport and Jose Fernandez-Partagas (1996). "The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492–1996". National Hurricane Center. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadlyapp1.shtml?. Retrieved 2006-07-23. 
  4. ^ HHIT Project (2005). "Track map for 1815 hurricane". http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~jelsner/HHITProject/HHITyears/1815/storm1_track.pdf. Retrieved 2006-07-23. 
  5. ^ Ho (2005). "1821 Hurricane information". http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~jelsner/HHITProject/HHITyears/1821/storm1_pt1_ho.pdf. Retrieved 2006-07-23. 
  6. ^ Ludlum (2005). "1830 Hurricane information". http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~jelsner/HHITProject/HHITyears/1821/storm1_pt1_ho.pdf. Retrieved 2006-07-23. 
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