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• ...that the map (pictured) by Piri Reis, a 16th-century Islamic cartographer, is the oldest surviving Turkish map to show the Americas?
• ...that the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways add about 500 km of new track each year to their network with planned links to Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan?
• ...that although the official cause of the 2007 Balad aircraft crash is fog, the insurgent group Islamic Army in Iraq says they shot it down?

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1. Wikipedia:Recent additions 208, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
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