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Look up: Irene

  1. Irene
    Irene was the Greek goddess of peace. She was sometimes regarded as one of the Horae, who presided over the seasons and the order of nature, and were the daughters of Zeus and Themis.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Irene
    Irene is a city partly in Clay County, partly in Turner County and partly in Yankton County South Dakota, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Irene
    One of the `minor planets` of our solar system. Discovered by Hind on 19 May 1851. Diameter in km: 150. More data in TABLE 13. THE MINOR PLANETS
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  4. Irene
    In Greek mythology, the goddess of peace (Roman Pax). According to Hesiod she was one of the Horae, goddesses of the seasons, and the daughter of Zeus and Themis, the personification of order. A...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  5. Irene
    `Irene` (sometimes written `Irini`) is a name meaning `peace`, originating from the Greek ΕιÃ?Â?ηνη, from the Greek goddess Eirene, a horae, and is cognate with the English word `irenical`. In Greek it is pronounced as three syllables. It may refer to the following:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene

  6. Irene
    (from the article `Netherlands, The`) ...of Princess Beatrix, the heiress to Queen Juliana (who had succeeded Wilhelmina on her abdication in 1948), to a German diplomat aroused ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/38

  7. Irene
    (from the article `Johnson, Samuel`) ...farce Lethe in 1740 and one for the opening of the Drury Lane theatre. Garrick, now its manager, returned the favours. Early in 1749 Johnson`s ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/38

  8. Irène
    (from the article `Voltaire`) It was the theatre that brought him back to Paris in 1778. Wishing to direct the rehearsals of Irène, he made his triumphal return to the city he had ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/38

  9. Irene
    Byzantine ruler and saint of the Greek Orthodox Church who was instrumental in restoring the use of icons in the Eastern Roman Empire.[3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/38

  10. Irene
    Irene is a French girl name. The meaning of the name is `Peaceful` Where is it used? The name Irene is mainly used In English, Italian and In Greek Mythology (Latinized) .How do they say it elsewhere? Irina ( In Russian, Bulgarian and In Romanian) Irena ( In Polish, Czech, Dutch and In Scandinavian) Irén ( In Hungarian) Eirene ( In Greek Mythology a
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Ire

  11. Irene
    Irene (īrē'nē) , c.750–803, Byzantine empress (797–802). She served (780–90) as regent for her son, Constantine VI, and later was made (792) joint ruler. Devoted to the Orthodox Church, she bent most of her efforts to suppressing iconoclasm. In 797 Irene had h...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08

  12. Irene
    Irene, in Greek religion and mythology: see Horae.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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