Kabylie, mountainous coastal region in northern Algeria, between Algiers and Skikda. It comprises: (1) the Great Kabylie (Grande Kabylie) or Djurdjura Mountains bounded on the west by the Isser River and on the southeast by the Wadi Soummam; (2) the Little Kabylie (Petite Kabylie, or Kabylie des

Kabylie: …Bejaïa (Bougie); and (3) the Collo Kabylie (Kabylie de Collo) forming the hinterland of Cape Bougarʿoun. The Kabylie is joined to the Tell Atlas on the west by the Bou Zegza Mountains.

Atlas Mountains: Climate of the Atlas Mountains: …of Mount Babor in the Little Kabylie region are covered with snow for four or five months, while the Moroccan High Atlas retains its snows until the height of summer. Winter in the Atlas is hard, imposing severe conditions upon the inhabitants.

Eduardo Kac is a Brazilian American artist who is best known for his works featuring genetically altered organisms in ways that frequently had conceptual or symbolic import. He termed these endeavours “bio art” or “transgenic art.” Kac began staging performance art pieces in Rio de Janeiro as a

stringed instrument: The zither: …of Indonesia often uses a kacapi, a box zither, usually with 18–20 strings and movable bridges. The history of this type of chordophone is obscure indeed, but two instruments of this general shape that may be very old are the African raft and board zithers. The raft zither is constructed…

dietary law: Hinduism: Kacca food contains no ghee and is used as ordinary family fare or as daily payment for servants and artisans, in which case its quality depends on the relative ranks of the parties to the transaction. Food left on plates after eating is defined as…

Sikhism: Guru Gobind Singh and the founding of the Khalsa: …kesh (uncut hair), kangha (comb), kachha (short trousers), kara (steel bracelet), and kirpan (ceremonial sword)—did not become an obligation of all Sikhs until the establishment of the Singh Sabha, a religious and educational reform movement of the late 19th and the early 20th century. The Sikh wedding ceremony, in which…

India: Extent: …are situated on the alluvial Kachchhi desert region of Balochistan, Pakistan, toward Sibi and Quetta. East of the Indus system, toward the north, a number of sites occur right up to the edge of the Himalayan foothills, where at Alamgirpur, north of Delhi, the easternmost Harappan (or perhaps, more properly,…

South Asian arts: Folk dance: Especially spectacular are the kachchi ghori dancers of this region. Equipped with shields and long swords, the upper part of their bodies each arrayed in the traditional attire of a bridegroom and the lower part concealed by a brilliant-coloured papier-mâché horse built up on a bamboo frame, they enact…

Romain Gary was a Lithuanian-born French novelist whose first work, L’Éducation européenne (1945; Forest of Anger), won him immediate acclaim. Humanistic and optimistic despite its graphic depictions of the horrors of World War II, the novel was later revised and reissued in English as Nothing

Meir Kahane: There Kahane formed the Kach Party and stirred nationalist fervor against Arabs, whom he campaigned to remove (violently, if necessary) from Israel and all Israeli-occupied areas. He won a seat in the Israeli Knesset (parliament) in 1984, but his term ended when Israel banned the Kach Party for its…

India: Rural settlement: …small, simple one-story mud (kacha) structures, housing both people and livestock in one or just a few rooms. Roofs typically are flat and made of mud in dry regions, but in areas with considerable precipitation they generally are sloped for drainage and made of rice straw, other thatching material,…

Khakass: …culture and everyday life: the Kacha, Sagay (Sagai), Beltir, Kyzyl, and Koybal. Before the Russian Revolution of 1917 the Kacha were seminomadic pastoralists raising cattle, sheep, and horses. The Kyzyl had permanent villages and engaged in both pastoralism and farming. The Sagay, of heterogeneous ethnic composition and origin, changed from…

Bodo: The Kachārī tribe is divided into clans named after aspects of nature (e.g., heaven, earth, rivers, animals, and plants). Descent and succession to property are in the male line. They have a tribal religion, with an extensive pantheon of village and household gods. Marriage is usually…

Gulf of Kachchh, northeastern arm of the Arabian Sea, extending between the Rann of Kachchh (a salt waste) and the Kāthiāwār Peninsula of west-central India. Reaching eastward for some 110 miles (180 km), the gulf varies in width from 10 to 40 miles (16 to 65 km). It is rimmed with mudflats, and

Rann of Kachchh, large area of saline mudflats located in west-central India and southern Pakistan. It is made up of the Great Rann and the Little Rann. The Hindi word Rann means “desert.” The word Kachchh derives from a local fable that the region’s map, if turned upside down, resembles kachchh,

Kachchhi language, member of the Indo-Aryan group of the Indo-Iranian division of the Indo-European language family. Kachchhi is spoken by an estimated 885,000 people, primarily in the Kachchh (Katch) district of Gujarat, India, but with considerable numbers in Pakistan, Kenya, Malaŵi, and Tanzania

Kachchhi language, member of the Indo-Aryan group of the Indo-Iranian division of the Indo-European language family. Kachchhi is spoken by an estimated 885,000 people, primarily in the Kachchh (Katch) district of Gujarat, India, but with considerable numbers in Pakistan, Kenya, Malaŵi, and Tanzania

Kachemak culture, a culture found around the Kachemak Bay of the southern Kenai Peninsula in central southern Alaska. It is divided into three phases, the oldest of which may date back as far as the 8th century bc and the most recent lasting until historic times. The first phase was more distinctly

Gulf of Kachchh, northeastern arm of the Arabian Sea, extending between the Rann of Kachchh (a salt waste) and the Kāthiāwār Peninsula of west-central India. Reaching eastward for some 110 miles (180 km), the gulf varies in width from 10 to 40 miles (16 to 65 km). It is rimmed with mudflats, and

Rann of Kachchh, large area of saline mudflats located in west-central India and southern Pakistan. It is made up of the Great Rann and the Little Rann. The Hindi word Rann means “desert.” The word Kachchh derives from a local fable that the region’s map, if turned upside down, resembles kachchh,

Kachchhi language, member of the Indo-Aryan group of the Indo-Iranian division of the Indo-European language family. Kachchhi is spoken by an estimated 885,000 people, primarily in the Kachchh (Katch) district of Gujarat, India, but with considerable numbers in Pakistan, Kenya, Malaŵi, and Tanzania

Kachin, tribal peoples occupying parts of northeastern Myanmar (Burma) and contiguous areas of India (Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland) and China (Yunnan). The greatest number of Kachin live in Myanmar (roughly 590,000), but some 120,000 live in China and a few thousand in India. Numbering about

Kachin Hills, heavily forested group of highlands situated in the northeasternmost section of Myanmar (Burma). They range north-south and are bordered on the northwest by Arunachal Pradesh state of India, on the north by the Tibet autonomous region of China, and on the east by Yunnan province of

Sino-Tibetan languages: Tibeto-Burman languages: Lahu, Lisu, Kachin (Jingpo), Kuki-Chin, the obsolete Xixia (Tangut), and other languages. The Tibetan writing system (which dates from the 7th century) and the Burmese (dating from the 11th century) are derived from the Indo-Aryan (Indic) tradition. The Xixia system (developed in the 11th–13th century in northwestern…

kachina, in traditional religions of the Pueblo Indians of North America, any of more than 500 divine and ancestral spirit beings who interact with humans. Each Pueblo culture has distinct forms and variations of kachinas. Kachinas are believed to reside with the tribe for half of each year. They

Natural Bridges National Monument: The Kachina and Owachomo bridges are, respectively, 210 and 106 feet (64 and 32 metres) high with spans of 204 and 180 feet (62 and 55 metres). There are many Native American ruins in the vicinity, and pictographs are found on the abutments of Kachina, carved…

doll: Among American Indian dolls, the kachina doll of the Pueblo Indians is noteworthy.

kachina: …a traditional ritual while wearing kachina masks and other regalia. The spirit-being depicted on the mask is thought to be actually present with or within the performer, temporarily transforming him.

Sino-Tibetan languages: Classification: Kirantish, Burmish, Kachinish, and Kukish) should be considered as the classificatory peaks around which other Sino-Tibetan languages group themselves as members or more or less distant relatives. Certainly the stage has not yet been reached in which definite boundaries can be laid down and ancestral Proto-, or…

Amer: …of the state of the Kachwaha Rajputs (warrior rulers of the historical region of Rajputana) in the 12th century and for 600 years continued to be a political center. Its name is derived from Ambarisha, the king of Ayodhya; its full name was Ambarikhanera, but that was later contracted to…

Riyadh: Education: …located in Riyadh is the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), which carries out research designed to promote the enrichment of Saudi society through technological development. KACST is linked to some of the world’s preeminent scientific and technological centers, with whom a number of cooperative projects—including the establishment…

Jarosław Kaczyński is a Polish politician who served as prime minister of Poland (2006–07) and later as deputy prime minister (2020– ). Jarosław and his identical twin, Lech, first came to the attention of the Polish public as child actors in the popular film Those Two Who Would Steal the Moon

Lech Kaczyński was a politician who served as president of Poland (2005–10). Kaczyński and his identical twin, Jarosław, were sons of Rajmund Kaczyński, a soldier who fought the German occupation of Poland, and his wife, Jadwiga, who taught Polish linguistics and served in a literary research

Ted Kaczynski was an American criminal who conducted a 17-year (1978–95) bombing campaign that killed 3 and wounded 23 in an attempt to bring about “a revolution against the industrial system.” Kaczynski was a bright child, and he demonstrated an affinity for mathematics from an early age. He

Ted Kaczynski was an American criminal who conducted a 17-year (1978–95) bombing campaign that killed 3 and wounded 23 in an attempt to bring about “a revolution against the industrial system.” Kaczynski was a bright child, and he demonstrated an affinity for mathematics from an early age. He

Fukko Shintō: Kada Azumamaro (1669–1736) was a pioneer in the Fukko Shintō movement. Kamo Mabuchi (1697–1769) rejected both the Buddhist- and Confucian-centred interpretations of Shintō and stressed a morality of pure simplicity in accordance with the order of heaven and earth as preserved in ancient Japanese tradition.…

Tai languages: The relationship of Tai languages to other language families: …its relatives is called either Tai-Kadai or simply Kadai. The former assumption that Tai and its relatives belonged to the Sino-Tibetan family is now not widely accepted. The similarity between the Tai and Chinese phonological systems (especially tone) is no longer taken as criterial, and, although many lexical items are…

Southern Africa: Political organizations and trade unions: …working-class militancy, and in 1920 Clements Kadalie, a Nyasaland migrant, founded the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU). Initially consisting of dockworkers in Cape Town, the ICU spread rapidly as a mass movement in the towns and in the countryside, where those who had been evicted responded with millenarian zeal…

Uganda: Relief: include Mounts Morungole, Moroto, and Kadam, all of which exceed 9,000 feet (2,750 metres) in elevation. The southernmost mountain—Mount Elgon—is also the highest of the chain, reaching 14,178 feet (4,321 metres). South and west of these mountains is an eastern extension of the Rift Valley, as well as Lake Victoria.…

Kadamba family, minor dynastic power that held sway in an area to the northwest of Mysore city on the Indian subcontinent between the 4th and 6th centuries ce. Their chroniclers claim that the family migrated from northern India, but other records suggest that they were indigenous to Kuntala

Bana: …great work, the prose romance Kadambari, is named for the heroine of the novel. The book describes the affairs of two sets of lovers through a series of incarnations. Both works were left unfinished; the second was completed by the author’s son, Bhusanabhatta.

Atīśa: …the basis of the Tibetan Bka’-gdams-pa (“Those Bound by Command”) sect of Buddhism, founded by his disciple ’Brom-ston.

Kadapa, city, southern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It is located 5 miles (8 km) south of the Penneru River and is surrounded on three sides by the Nallamalai and Palkonda hills. The city’s name is derived from the Telugu word kadapa or gadapa (“gate”) and is so named because it is the

Kadar, small tribe of southern India residing along the hilly border between Cochin in the state of Kerala and Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nādu. The Kadar live in the forests and do not practice agriculture, building shelters thatched with leaves and shifting location as their employment

Ján Kadár was a motion-picture director who was important in the “New Wave” of Czechoslovak cinema of the early 1960s. Kadár attended Charles University, Prague, and the Film School at Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (1938). During World War II he was interned in a Nazi labour camp, after which he

János Kádár was the premier of Hungary (1956–58, 1961–65) and first secretary (1956–88) of Hungary’s Communist Party who played a key role in Hungary’s transition from the 1956 anti-Soviet government of Imre Nagy to the pro-Soviet regime that followed. Kádár managed to convince the Soviet Union to

Ismail Kadare was an Albanian novelist and poet whose work explored his country’s history and culture and gained an international readership. Over a career shaped by censorship under Albania’s communist dictatorship, Kadare emerged as one of the most widely read European writers of his generation,

history of Mesopotamia: The Kassites in Babylonia: His successors Kadashman-Enlil I (c. 1375–c. 1360) and Burnaburiash II (c. 1360–c. 1333) were in correspondence with the Egyptian rulers Amenhotep III and Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV). They were interested in trading their lapis lazuli and other items for gold as well as in planning political marriages.

Kadavu Island, island of Fiji, in the South Pacific, 50 miles (80 km) south of Viti Levu, across the Kadavu (Kandavu) Passage. It was visited by the British naval captain William Bligh in 1792. Volcanic in origin, Kadavu has an area of 159 square miles (411 square km) and is bisected by a central

Kadazan: They speak Kadazan (sometimes called Kadazandusun), an Austronesian language with numerous dialects. Originally the Kadazan lived in large kinship groups in longhouses containing 150–200 persons. Most now live in individual dwellings that accommodate smaller family units. In rural areas, irrigated wet rice is the principal crop, supplemented…

Kadazan, term embracing a number of peoples that together constitute the largest indigenous ethnic group in the state of Sabah, Malaysia, on the northeastern extremity of the island of Borneo. The Kadazan are grouped along the coastal plain from Kudat to Beaufort and in the hills around Tambunan.

Kadazan, term embracing a number of peoples that together constitute the largest indigenous ethnic group in the state of Sabah, Malaysia, on the northeastern extremity of the island of Borneo. The Kadazan are grouped along the coastal plain from Kudat to Beaufort and in the hills around Tambunan.

Kadazan: They speak Kadazan (sometimes called Kadazandusun), an Austronesian language with numerous dialects. Originally the Kadazan lived in large kinship groups in longhouses containing 150–200 persons. Most now live in individual dwellings that accommodate smaller family units. In rural areas, irrigated wet rice is the principal crop, supplemented…

Muammar al-Qaddafi was the de facto leader of Libya (1969–2011). Qaddafi had ruled for more than four decades when he was ousted by a revolt in August 2011. After evading capture for several weeks, he was killed by rebel forces in October 2011. The son of an itinerant Bedouin farmer, Qaddafi was

Kaddish, in Judaism, a doxology (hymn of praise to God) that is usually recited in Aramaic at the end of principal sections of all synagogue services. The nucleus of the prayer is the phrase “Glorified and sanctified be God’s great name throughout the world which He has created according to His

American literature: Experimentation and Beat poetry: …elegy for his mother, “Kaddish” (1961), gave powerful impetus to the Beat movement. Written with extraordinary intensity, these works were inspired by writers as diverse as Whitman, the biblical prophets, and English poets William Blake and Christopher Smart, as well as by the dream-logic of the French Surrealists and…

Rebiya Kadeer is a Uyghur entrepreneur and human rights activist. A longtime advocate of greater autonomy for China’s Uyghurs (a Turkic Muslim population that accounts for a slim majority of the population of the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang of western China), she was nominated for the 2006

Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), militant Kurdish nationalist organization founded by Abdullah (“Apo”) Öcalan in the late 1970s. Although the group initially espoused demands for the establishment of an independent Kurdish state, its stated aims were later tempered to calls for greater Kurdish

Zeami: …most important is the collection Fūshi kaden (1400–18; “The Transmission of the Flower of Acting Style,” also known as the Kaden sho), “flower” representing the freshness and appropriateness of fine acting—written as manuals for his pupils, Zeami said the actor must master three basic roles: the warrior, the woman, and…

Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski was a Polish sociopolitical novelist and lyrical short-story writer whose experimental works savagely satirized Polish society after World War I. After working as a foreign correspondent and studying music in Brussels, Kaden-Bandrowski joined the military in 1914 in order

Leonid Kadenyuk was a Ukrainian cosmonaut who flew on the U.S. space shuttle Columbia and was the first Ukrainian citizen in space. Upon graduating from the Chernihiv Higher Air Force School in 1971, Kadenyuk became a flight instructor until his enrollment in 1976 at the Air Force Cosmonaut

Kadesh, ancient city on the Orontes (Al-ʿĀṣī) River in western Syria. The site is located about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Homs. It was the site of two battles in ancient times. Kadesh is mentioned for the first time in Egyptian sources when Thutmose III (1479–1426 bce) defeated a Syrian

Kadesh-barnea, city of ancient Palestine. Its precise location is unknown, but it was situated in the country of the Amalekites, southwest of the Dead Sea and on the western edge of the wilderness of Zin. It twice served as an encampment for the

Battle of Kadesh, major battle in 1275 bce between the Egyptians under Ramses II and the Hittites under Muwatallis, in Syria, southwest of Ḥimṣ, on the Orontes River. In one of the world’s largest chariot battles, fought beside the Orontes River, Pharaoh Ramses II sought to wrest Canaan and Syria

Kadesh-barnea, city of ancient Palestine. Its precise location is unknown, but it was situated in the country of the Amalekites, southwest of the Dead Sea and on the western edge of the wilderness of Zin. It twice served as an encampment for the

Kadet, a Russian political party advocating a radical change in Russian government toward a constitutional monarchy like Great Britain’s. It was founded in October 1905 by the Union of Liberation and other liberals associated with the zemstvos, local councils that often were centres of liberal

qadi, a Muslim judge who renders decisions according to the Sharīʿah (Islamic law). The qadi’s jurisdiction theoretically includes civil as well as criminal matters. In modern states, however, qadis generally hear only cases related to personal status and religious custom, such as those involving

Iraq: Premiership of Mustafa al-Kadhimi: …new government was formed by Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the third prime minister-designate to attempt to do so since Abdul Mahdi’s resignation. Kadhimi, who had previously directed the country’s intelligence agency from 2016 until his appointment as prime minister, was not associated with any particular faction and lacked a political history, but…

qadi, a Muslim judge who renders decisions according to the Sharīʿah (Islamic law). The qadi’s jurisdiction theoretically includes civil as well as criminal matters. In modern states, however, qadis generally hear only cases related to personal status and religious custom, such as those involving

Kodiak Island, island, southern Alaska, U.S. It lies in the Gulf of Alaska and is separated from the Alaska Peninsula by Shelikof Strait, 30 miles (50 km) off the Alaskan coast and some 250 miles (400 km) southwest of Anchorage. The largest Alaskan island (and the second largest island in the

Chalcedon, ancient maritime town on the eastern shore of the Bosporus, opposite modern Istanbul, Turkey. A Megarian colony founded in the early 7th century bce is the earliest known settlement at the site. According to Herodotus, it became known as the “city of the blind” because the site was so

Kadima, centrist Israeli political party formed in November 2005 by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon following his split from the Likud party. When his policy of unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip and certain West Bank settlements encountered opposition from within Likud, Sharon

Kediri, traditional region of eastern Java, Indonesia. From the 11th to the early 13th century, Kediri was the dominant kingdom in eastern Java, renowned for its naval and commercial strength and for its achievements in literature. It was absorbed into the later kingdoms of Singasari and Majapahit

Kediri, city, East Java (Jawa Timur) propinsi (or provinsi; province), eastern Java, Indonesia. It is situated on the Brantas River at the foot of Mount Wilis, 65 miles (105 km) southwest of Surabaya. Kediri is the centre of a sugar industry and of trade in such agricultural products as coffee,

Kaḍiri, Hinduized kingdom in eastern Java, established about the 11th century. Little is known of the kingdom. According to the Pararaton (“Book of Kings”), a mighty king of eastern Java, Airlangga, divided his kingdom between his two sons before he died in 1049: the western part was called Kaḍiri,

Stakhanov, city, eastern Ukraine. It is situated in the northern part of the Donets Basin. The city developed in the 19th century as a coal-mining settlement. From 1935 to 1943, it was known as Sergo. Stakhanov was one of the major coal-mining towns of the Donets Basin, though it declined in

Stakhanov, city, eastern Ukraine. It is situated in the northern part of the Donets Basin. The city developed in the 19th century as a coal-mining settlement. From 1935 to 1943, it was known as Sergo. Stakhanov was one of the major coal-mining towns of the Donets Basin, though it declined in

Chad: Ethnic groups: …the Maba, among whom the Kado once formed an aristocracy. They constitute a nucleus surrounded by a host of other groups who, while possessing their own languages, nevertheless constitute a distinct cultural unit. The Tama to the north and the Daju to the south have formed their own separate sultanates.…

Kadoma, city, east-central Ōsaka fu (urban prefecture), west-central Honshu, Japan. It is located on the left bank of the Yodo River, bordering Ōsaka city. The city is known for its cultivation of lotus flowers. After the establishment of a railway connection to Ōsaka in 1909, industrialization was

Kadoma, town, central Zimbabwe. Named for nearby Kadoma (Gatooma) Hill, it was constituted a village in 1907 and received municipal status in 1917. Located in a fertile area and on the main road and railway between Harare (formerly Salisbury) and Bulawayo, the town is a commercial centre for

Kadoya Shichirobei was a Japanese trader who became a leader in the overseas Japanese community of Annam (modern Vietnam). Kadoya left Japan for Annam in 1631 and settled in a Japanese community near Tourane (now Da Nang). When, two years later, the Tokugawa shogunate issued a decree forbidding

Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 1988, ruled that a North Dakota statute allowing certain public school districts to charge a fee for bus service did not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In 1979 North Dakota

Schisandraceae: …with about 25 species, and Kadsura, with 22 species, are mostly climbing vines with separate male and female flowers that are often found on separate plants. The fruits produce one to five seeds each. A few species are occasionally cultivated as ornamentals—for example, the magnolia vine, or five-flavour berry (Schisandra…

Schisandraceae: …fruits, and kadsura vine (Kadsura japonica), for its clusters of scarlet-coloured fruits.

Schisandraceae: …fruits, and kadsura vine (Kadsura japonica), for its clusters of scarlet-coloured fruits.

Kenya: Political process: Its early principal opposition, the Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU), merged with KANU in 1964. Since Kenya’s transformation from single-party KANU rule back into a multiparty state in the early 1990s, many political parties have been created and alliances between parties have been formed, often in advance of upcoming elections.…

Kadu languages, group of related languages spoken along the western and southern edge of the Nuba Hills in Sudan. These languages were formerly classified as part of the Kordofanian group within the Niger-Congo language family, but they are now widely believed to form a subgroup within the

Kadu languages, group of related languages spoken along the western and southern edge of the Nuba Hills in Sudan. These languages were formerly classified as part of the Kordofanian group within the Niger-Congo language family, but they are now widely believed to form a subgroup within the

Kaduna, city, capital of Kaduna state, north-central Nigeria. It lies along the Kaduna River, which is a major tributary of the Niger River. Sir Frederick (later Lord) Lugard, the first British governor of Northern Nigeria, selected the present site along the Lagos-Kano Railway for a town, and

Kaduna, state, north-central Nigeria. Its area includes the traditional emirate of Zaria and Jemaa town. Kaduna was substantially reduced in size when its northern half became Katsina state in 1987. Kaduna is bordered by the states of Zamfara, Katsina, and Kano to the north; Bauchi and Plateau to

Kaduna River, main tributary of the Niger River, in central Nigeria. It rises on the Jos Plateau 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Jos town near Vom and flows in a northwesterly direction to a bend 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Kaduna town. It then adopts a southwesterly and southerly course before

Kāduqlī, town, southern Sudan. It is situated 149 miles (240 km) south of Al-Ubayyid, at the northern edge of the White Nile plain. Kāduqlī came under Egyptian rule in the early 19th century and was probably a centre for recruiting slaves for the Egyptian army. It is now a trading centre for gum

Chechnya: History: With Putin’s backing, Ramzan Kadyrov, the son of Akhmad Kadyrov, gained the Chechen presidency in 2007. Denying accusations by human rights groups that he employed kidnapping, torture, and murder to quash opposition, Kadyrov maintained the support of Russia, and in early 2009 he claimed that the insurgency had…

Kaédi, town, southern Mauritania. It lies along the right bank of the Sénégal River where it is joined by the Gorgol River. The banks of these streams and other tributaries are seasonally inundated and cultivated and support the densest settled population in the nation. The remainder of the area,

Pauline Kael was a prominent American film critic of the second half of the 20th century. Kael graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1940. For a number of years she made a precarious living with various minor jobs. She had been an avid fan of the movies since childhood, and in

William G. Kaelin, Jr. is an American scientist known for his studies of tumour suppressor genes and proteins and for his role in identifying the molecular mechanisms that allow cells to sense and adapt to changes in oxygen levels. His discoveries concerning cellular oxygen-sensing mechanisms

Kaema Highlands, tableland, northern North Korea. Called the roof of the Korean Peninsula, the Kaema Highlands are bounded on the north by Paektu Mountain (9,003 feet [2,744 m]), on the west by the Nangnim Mountain Range, on the east by the coast of the Sea of Japan (East Sea), and on the south by

Kaema Highlands, tableland, northern North Korea. Called the roof of the Korean Peninsula, the Kaema Highlands are bounded on the north by Paektu Mountain (9,003 feet [2,744 m]), on the west by the Nangnim Mountain Range, on the east by the coast of the Sea of Japan (East Sea), and on the south by

Berthold Kaempfert was a West German composer who achieved international success with the love song “Strangers in the Night,” made popular by Frank Sinatra. Kaempfert was trained at the Hamburg Music Academy and served with a naval band during World War II. Captured in 1945, he formed a