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Fawaz al-Nashimi
Fawaz al-Nashimi (?-Saudi Arabia, June 2004), also known as Turki bin Fuheid al-Muteiry, was a member of Al-Qaeda and was identified by the group as the 20th hijacker of the September 11th attacks. Born in Saudi Arabia, Nashimi participated in the 29 May 2004 Al-Khobar massacres and successfully es..
Fawaz al-Rabeiee
Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeiee (Arabic: فواز الربيعي), aka Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei (born in 1979 in Saudi Arabia, a Yemeni national) is a convicted al-Qaeda terrorist, sentenced to death in Yemen, and escapee now at large. He became wanted in 2002, by the United States D..
Fawaz Damra
Fawaz Damra is an imam living near Cleveland, Ohio. He is in the process of being deported and has had his United States citizenship stripped for supposedly lying to immigration officials while obtaining that citizenship. [NOW on PBS Profile of Fawaz Damra] [Cleveland Plain Dealer c..
Fawaz Gruosi
Fawaz Gruosi is an iconic jeweller famous for his obsesssion with black diamonds. He is the driving force behind the luxury de Grisogono house of jewellery and is known as an experienced diamond-cutter. Some of his more famous work includes the 300 carat (60 g) Spirit of de Grisogono black diamond. ..
Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdallah Mahdi
Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdallah Mahdi is a citizen of Yemen, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. [list of prisoners (.pdf)], US Department of Defense, April 20 2006 His detainee ID number is 678. Contents 1 Combatant Status Review Tr..
Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdullah Mahdi
Mahdi, Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdullah is a Saudi Arabian national, detained in Guantanamo Bay from his initial detention in Afghanistan in 2001. As of early December 2005, he remains in detention. Fawaz Mahdi has been held in custody for four years, without having any charges laid against him, in cont..
Fawaz Zureikat
Fawaz Abdullah Zureikat (or Zuraiqat or Zurayqat and variations) (1955 - ) is a Jordanian businessman from a wealthy family with land-owning and farming interests. Zureikat was implicated in the United Nations Oil for Food scandal relating to corruption surrounding Iraq's oil exports. In the 2004 ..
Fawcett
Fawcett may refer to: People Fawcett, Bill, mystery writerFawcett, Brian (born 1944), Canadian poet and novelistFawcett, Charles, British historianFawcett, David (born 1963), Australian politicianFawcett, Eric (1927-2000), British-Canadian physicistFawcett, Farrah (born 1947), U.S. actressFawcett,..
Fawcett City
Fawcett City is a fictional city, and the home of DC Comics' Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family. Its name is derived from the original publishers of Captain Marvel comics, Fawcett Comics. Features of Fawcett City include radio station WHIZ, which employs Captain Marvel's teenaged alter ego Billy ..
Fawcett Comics
Whiz Comics #2, the first appearance of Captain Marvel, the company's most popular character. Hopalong Cassidy #30, April 1949 Fawcett Comics, a subsidiary of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comics publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. Its most..
Fawcett G. Taylor
Fawcett G. Taylor (April 29, 1878-?) was a Manitoba politician, and was the leader of that province's Conservative Party from 1922 to 1933. Taylor was born in Meadow Lea, Manitoba. He worked as a barrister, and served as mayor of Portage La Prairie from 1912 to 1915. In the provincial election of..
Fawcett Publications
Fawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett (1883-1940). At the age of 16, Fawcett ran away from home to join the Army, and the Spanish-American War took him to the Philippines. Back in Minnesota, he ..
Fawcett Society
The Fawcett Society is an organization in the United Kingdom which promotes feminism and campaigns for equality between men and women. It is a charity registered with the Charity Commission. It grew out of the suffragette movement of the second half of the 19th century, and in 1953 was renamed the ..
Fawcett Stadium
Fawcett Stadium is a football stadium in Canton, Ohio. The stadium, originally built in 1924, seats 22,375. The stadium is home to the Canton McKinley High School Bulldogs. It is also the location of the annual NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame Game at the beginning of the exhibition season. In additio..
Fawdon
Fawdon is a electoral ward of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is close to the A1 western bypass. It is the site of a Nestle Rowntree factory on Rowan Drive, which opened in 1958, employs 600 workers and produces 40,000 tonnes of chocolate a year. It is Nestle's second largest factory after York. The site m..
Fawdon Metro station
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Fawful
Fawful is a fictional video game character who appears in the game [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]] and its sequel, [[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]. He is the accomplice to the villainous Cackletta and a large source of the game's comic relief. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]..
Fawkes
redirect [[Template:HP character]] In the fictional Harry Potter series of novels and films, Fawkes is Albus Dumbledore's pet phoenix. It is likely that Fawkes is named after Gunpowder Plot conspirator Guy Fawkes. Fawkes seems to be the counterpart of Lord Voldemort's snake Nagini. Fawkes is colou..
Fawkham
Fawkham is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located to the north-east of Sevenoaks town. The main village in the parish is Fawkham Green. The 12th century parish church is dedicated to St Mary; it is part of the united benefice of Fawkham and Ha..
Fawkham Green
Fawkham Green is a the main village within the civil parish of Fawkham in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The village is located approximately ten miles (16km) northeast of Sevenoaks town. The 12th century church, part of a united benefice with Hartley, is dedicated to St Mary. External ..
Fawkham Junction
Fawkham Junction ([51.399495° N 0.285419° E]) is a railway junction on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), which links London and the Channel Tunnel in the United Kingdom. The junction links the CTRL with the standard, third rail lines that are used by Eurostar trains for acce..
Fawkner, Victoria
Fawkner is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland. It is located in the northern end of the Moreland municipality and is bound by Merri Creek on the east, the Hume Highway on the west and the Western Ring Road on the north, and Boundary road on..
Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues
The Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues are an Australian football (soccer) club from Epping, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was formed in 1965, and currently play in the Victorian Premier League. External links [Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues at Football Vederation Victoria website�..
Fawkner Park, Melbourne
--> Fawkner Park is a popular park in Melbourne's South Yarra. It provides for teams playing Cricket, Soccer, Australian Rules Football, Tennis and Rugby. History and Layout The park was created in 1862, named after Melbourne co-founder John Pascoe Fawkner. It is trapezoidal in shape with an ar..
Fawkner railway station, Melbourne
Former mortuary van on display near Fawkner railway station. Fawkner is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Upfield line in the suburb of Hadfield. The station is 14.4 km from Flinders Street Station and is in Metcard Zones 1+2. The station is unmanned..
Fawley
Fawley is a place name that is used more than once in the United Kingdom. In each case, the origins of the name are different: Fawley, Berkshire ('clearing frequented by fallow deer')Fawley, Buckinghamshire ('fallow-coloured clearing')Fawley, Hampshire ('clearing with ploughed land')Fawley Chapel, ..
Fawley, Berkshire
Fawley is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It is located in the west of the district of West Berkshire, close to the Berkshire-Oxfordshire border and near the Ridgeway. Villages close by include South Fawley and Brightwalton. See also Berkshire DownsList of places in BerkshireLis..
Fawley, Buckinghamshire
Fawley is a village in the south western corner of Buckinghamshire, England. It sits on the border between Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, about seven miles west of Great Marlow and north of Henley-on-Thames. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'fallow-coloured woodland clearing'..
Fawley, Hampshire
Fawley is a village and parish in Hampshire, England. It is situated in the New Forest on the western shore of the Solent, approximately 7 miles (11 kilometres) south of Southampton. Fawley is also the site of an oil refinery, operated by Exxon-Mobil, which is the largest facility of its kind in the..
Fawley Bottom
Fawley Bottom is a very small village in south Buckinghamshire, England, north of Henley-on-Thames. The artist John Piper and his wife, the librettist Myfanwy Piper, were notable long-term residents of the farmhouse at Fawley Bottom in the 20th century. Their son Seb Piper, another artist, still li..
Fawley Court
Fawley Court stands by the River Thames, north of Henley-on-Thames, on a site that has been occupied for around a thousand years. The name "Fawley" comes from the Old English word for fallow deer. After the Norman Conquest, Fawley Manor was given by William I to his brother-in-law, Walter Gifford, ..
Fawley F.C.
Fawley F.C. is a football club based in Hampshire, England. In 2002, they changed their name from Esso Fawley F.C. to their present name. For the 2006-07 season, they are members of the Wessex League Division One. |- !colspan="3" style="background:#ccf; text-align:center;"|Wessex League Division..
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers was a British sitcom made by the BBC and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. Only twelve episodes were produced, but the series has had a lasting and powerful influence on later shows. The show is set in a fictional hotel named Fawlty Towers in the Devon town of Torquay on "The Englis..
Fawna MacLaren
Fawna MacLaren (born December 18, 1965) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in January, 1989. She was selected as Playboy's 35th Anniversary Playmate after a nationwide search, but she modelled for the magazine only during a brief period at the ..
Fawnskin, California
Fawnskin, California is an unincorporated community of San Bernardino County located on the north shore, more specifically at Grout Bay, of Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino National Forest. It sits at an elevation of 6750 feet at the north end of Grout Bay and is bordered by Big Bear City to its..
Fawn Deer
-->Fawn Deer is a anthropomorphic female toon deer from the 1993 Disney Animated Show Bonkers which aired on the Disney Afternoon She origanlly made her debut in the animated short "Petal to the Metal" which was shown before the movie 3 Ninjas --> She officially made her animated televison debut..
Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania
Fawn Grove is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 463 at the 2000 census. Geography Fawn Grove is located at [39°43′48″N, 76°27′3″W] (39.730004, -76.450761)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau..
Fawn Hall
Fawn Hall (born in 1959) is a notable figure in the Iran-Contra affair. She was Lt. Colonel Oliver North's secretary from February 1983 until she was fired on November 25, 1986. She smuggled confidential papers out of her employer's office on November 25, 1986, causing President Ronald Reagan to fo..
Fawn Hopping Mouse
The Fawn Hopping Mouse (Notomys cervinus) is a rodent native to the central Australian desert. Like all hopping mice it has strong front teeth, a long tail, dark eyes, big ears, well-developed haunches and very long, narrow hind feet. It weighs between 30 and 50 g. (Compare with the common House Mo..
Fawn Lake Township, Minnesota
Fawn Lake Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 440 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 92.5 km² (35.7 mi²). 88.1 km² (34.0 mi²) of it is land and 4.4 km² (1.7 mi²) of it (4..
Fawn M. Brodie
Cover of Fawn McKay Brodie: A Biographer's Life Fawn McKay Brodie (September 15, 1915–January 10, 1981) was a historian, biographer, and professor at UCLA, best known for the biographies Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History, an early work of psychohistory, and No Man Knows My History, o..
Fawn River
Fawn River may refer to Fawn River in the U.S. state of MichiganFawn River in the Canadian province of Ontario This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point dire..
Fawn River (Michigan)
For the Fawn River in the Canadian province of Ontario, see Fawn River (Ontario). The Fawn River is a small river in the southwest of the U.S. state of Michigan and northeast of Indiana. It flows into the St. Joseph River at Constantine. The headwaters arise in a series of lakes and marshes in nort..
Fawn River (Ontario)
The Fawn River is a river in northwestern Ontario that joins the Severn River to eventually empty into Hudson Bay. ..
Fawn River Township, Michigan
Fawn River Township is a township in St. Joseph County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,648 at the 2000 census. The township is named for the Fawn River. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 51.5 km² (19.9 mi²). 50.5 km² (19.5 mi..
Fawn Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Fawn Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,504 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 33.5 km² (12.9 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 2,..
Fawn Township, Pennsylvania
Fawn Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Fawn Township, Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaFawn Township, York County, Pennsylvania This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this p..
Fawn Township, York County, Pennsylvania
Fawn Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,727 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 70.1 km² (27.1 mi²). 70.1 km² (27.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.04% is water. Demographic..
Faworki
Faworki (also known as chrust, chrusty, chruściki)¹ are traditional Polish sweet crispy biscuits in the shape of thin folded ribbons, deep-fried and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Most often they are eaten in time of carnival and on Fat Thursday the last Thursday before Lent - not to be confused w..
Fawsley
Fawsley is a hamlet in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. External links *[Map sources] for ..
Fawzia of Egypt
Princess Fawzia of Egypt, as Queen Consort of Iran Princess Fawzia bint Fuad of Egypt (Arabic: فوزية بنت الملك فؤاد, Persian: فوزیه فؤاد) (Alexandria, Egypt, November 5, 1921 -) was the Queen consort of Shahanshah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran and a princess of Egypt..
Fawzi al-Mulki
Fawzi El-Mulki (1910–1962) (Arabic: فوزي الملقي) was a Jordanian diplomat and politician. While serving as ambassador to the United Kingdom in the early 1950s, he befriended King Hussein, whow was studying there. In 1953 Hussein appointed al-Mulki to be prime minister of Jordan. He w..
Fawzi Al-Qawuqji
Fawzi Al-Qawuqji (1890-1977) was an Arab nationalist who served as an officer in the Ottoman army during World War I, but is probably best known as the commander of the Arab Liberation Army during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Qawuqji also fought against the French in Syria during the rebellion of 1..
Fawzi Al Shammari
Fawzi Al-Shammari (born February 13, 1979) is a Kuwaiti athlete who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. Achievements 2005 West Asian Games - gold medal (400 metres)2003 Pan Arab Championships - gold medal (400 metres)2003 Pan Arab Championships - gold medal (200 metres)2003 Asian Championships - go..
Fawzi Hariri
Fawzi Franso Toma Hariri (1959 Arbil, Iraq - ) is Iraq's Minister of Industry and Minerals. He was sworn in on May 20, 2006. Hariri is an Assyrian Christian, son of the politician Franso Hariri (1937-2001). Fawzi Hariri lived for 16 years in London where he worked for British Airways. Like his fathe..
Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah
Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah is a Kuwaiti detained in Camp Delta, in the United States naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. According to an interview Fawzi's father gave to Amnesty International Fawzi had traveled to the Pakistan/Afghanistan border area, to do charitable outreach work. He c..
Fawzi Selu
Fawzi Selu (1905-1972) (Arabic: فوزي السلو) was a Syrian military leader, politician and head of state (December 3, 1951 - July 11, 1953). He studied at the Homs Military Academy and joined the French-sponsored Troupe Speciales that was created when France imposed its League of Nations m..
FAW Premier Cup
The FAW Premier Cup (formerly the FAW Invitation Cup) is a Welsh football cup competition, organised annually by the Football Association of Wales since 1997. Since the biggest clubs were excluded from playing in the Welsh Cup in 1996, the FAW needed another competition where their best teams could ..
FA Women's Cup
The Football Association Women’s Challenge Cup Competition, commonly referred to as the FA Women's Cup, is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in England - designed as an exact equivalent to the FA Cup. Arsenal won the 2004 competition, beating Charlton Athletic 3-0 in the final on ..
FA Women's Premier League
The FA Women's Premier League is the major women's football (soccer) competition in England. It is run by The Football Association since 1993. 34 teams compete in the three divisions of the Women's Premier League. The competition is run in a pyramid format, with the FA Women's Premier League Nation..
FA Women's Premier League National Division
FA Women's Premier League logo The FA Women's Premier League National Division is at the top of the English women's football league pyramid. Below it are simultaneously the Northern and Southern divisions. The league is played on a home and away basis, with each team playing each other twice..
FA Women's Premier League Northern Division
The FA Women's Premier League Northern Division is a league in the second-level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Southern divisions. These two divisions are below the National Division. The league is played on a home and away basis, with each team playing each other twic..
FA Women's Premier League Southern Division
The FA Women's Premier League Southern Division is a league in the second level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Northern division. These two divisions are below the National Division. The league is played on a home and away basis, with each team playing each other twice, a..
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