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Barbarossa

1. the nickname of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I
2. real name Khair ed-Din. c 1465--1546, Turkish pirate and admiral: conquered Tunis for the Ottomans (1534)
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Barbarossa

disastrous invasion of Russia; sealed Nazi fate (1941–1943). [Eur. Hist.: Hitler, 888–921, 922–955]
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Finally, Musa (as) met Khidr at a junction of two rivers meeting.
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"They are gathering all the money they have to find another homeland," Khidr said of displaced Yazidis, many of whom still live in makeshift camps.
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--O you who are in search of Noah's age and Khidr's water, Come and renew your vows by drinking each cup.
Karim Khidr, head of Research, agreed that the political bottleneck lies in passing a constitution with a vast majority, and with a high turnout as evidence of consensus building.
Among those detained are dozens of opposition party members including the elderly Sidiq Yousif, civil society activists such as Jfar Khidr, who is disabled, and Amal Habani, a women's rights activist who has spoken out against Sudan's draconian public order regime.
He wanders through the desert with his servant seeking "the meeting of the two seas." In a miraculous moment, Moses encounters his guide, the mysterious, saintly figure known as Khidr, and begins traveling with him.
Hamdan Buti Al Shamisi's door derives inspiration from a poem that describes the beauty of a loved one by the late poet, Rashid Al Khidr; Hessa Al Awadhi and Ali Khashwani's work are inspired by the verses of a poem by renowned Emirati poet Ousha Bint Khalifa Al Suwaidi, known as the 'Gulf Laureate Poet.'
Amira Khidr, 33, of Harnall Lane, Hillfields, Coventry, admitted stealing goods worth PS330 from Asda.
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