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Featured Article: Armenia
Armenia (Armenian language: "Hayastan"), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked, mountainous country located in the Southern Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Armenia lies in the highlands surrounding the Biblical mountain of Ararat, upon which, in the Judeo-Christian tradition, Noah's Ark came to rest after the Great Flood. (Gen. 8:4). Armenia prides itself on being the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion.
Popular Article: Rye
Rye is the common name for the cereal grass Secale cereale, grown extensively as a grain crop. As a member of the grass family Poaceae and the tribe Triticeae, it is closely related to wheat and barley. The term rye also refers to the edible grain of these plants. The term rye also can be used for any of the members of the Secale genus, but is particularly used for Secale cereale.
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan regarded the breakdown of the family, particularly the black family, as central to the problem of poverty (source: Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
