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Sudan (" as - Sdn ", ), also known as North Sudan and officially the Republic of the Sudan (" Jumhriyyat as - Sdn "), is a country in Northern Africa . It is bordered by Egypt to the north , the Red Sea , Eritrea , and Ethiopia to the east , South Sudan to the south , the Central African Republic to the southwest , Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest . It is the third largest country in Africa . The River Nile divides the country into eastern and western halves . Before the Sudanese Civil War , South Sudan was part of Sudan but broke away in 2011 . Its predominant ___MASK32___ is Islam . Jordan ('), officially The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ('), is an Arab kingdom in Western Asia , on the East ___MASK99___ of the Jordan River . Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the east and south , Iraq to the north - east , Syria to the north , Israel , Palestine and the Dead Sea to the west and the Red Sea in its extreme south - west . Jordan is strategically located at the crossroads of Asia , Africa and Europe . The capital , Amman , is Jordan ' s most populous city as well as the country ' s economic , political and cultural centre . CBS ( an initialism of the network ' s former name , the Columbia Broadcasting System ) is an American ___MASK55___ broadcast ___MASK6___ network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation . The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with ___MASK36___ production facilities and operations in New York City ( at the CBS Broadcast Center ) and Los Angeles ( at CBS Television City and the CBS Studio Center ). Michelle Marie Pfeiffer ( born April 29 , 1958 ) is an American ___MASK29___ , singer and ___MASK22___ . She began her acting career in 1978 and had her first starring film role in " Grease 2 " ( 1982 ), before receiving mainstream attention for her breakout performance in " Scarface " ( 1983 ). Her greatest commercial successes include " Batman Returns " ( 1992 ), " Dangerous Minds " ( 1995 ), " What Lies Beneath " ( 2000 ) and " Hairspray " ( 2007 ). Africa is the world ' s second - largest and second - most - populous continent . At about 30 . 3 million km² ( 11 . 7 million square miles ) including adjacent islands , it covers 6 % of Earth ' s total surface area and 20 . 4 % of its total land area . With 1 . 1 billion people as of 2013 , it accounts for about 15 % of the world ' s human population . The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north , both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast , the Indian Ocean to the southeast , and the Atlantic Ocean to the west . The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos . It contains 54 fully recognized ___MASK65___ states ( countries ), nine territories and two " de facto " independent states with limited or no recognition . Egypt (; ', , " Kimi "), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt , is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula . Egypt is a Mediterranean country bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast , the Gulf of Aqaba to the east , the Red Sea to the east and south , Sudan to the south , and Libya to the west . Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies Jordan , and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies Saudi Arabia , although Jordan and Saudi Arabia do not share a land border with Egypt . It is the world ' s only contiguous Afrasian nation . Israel , officially known as the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East , on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea . It has land borders with Lebanon to the north , Syria to the northeast , Jordan on the east , the Palestinian territories of the West ___MASK99___ and Gaza Strip to the east and west , respectively , and Egypt to the southwest . The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area . Israel ' s financial and technology center is Tel Aviv , while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem , although the state ' s sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized . The Gaza Strip (' ), or simply Gaza "', is a small self - governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea , that borders Egypt on the southwest for and Israel on the east and north along a border . Gaza , together with the West ___MASK99___ , comprise the Palestinian territories claimed by the Palestinians as the State of Palestine . The territories of Gaza and the West ___MASK99___ are separated from each other by Israeli territory . Both fall under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority , but Gaza has since June 2007 been governed by Hamas , a Palestinian Islamic organization which came to power in free elections in 2006 . It has been placed under an Israeli and U . S .- led international economic and political boycott from that time onwards . LouAnne Johnson is an American ___MASK97___ , ___MASK8___ and retired United States Marine . She is best known for the book " My Posse Don ' t Do Homework ", which was adapted as the film " Dangerous Minds " in 1995 , and a TV series in 1996 . She was portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer in the film , and by Annie Potts in the TV series . Batman Returns is a 1992 American ___MASK48___ film , directed and produced by Tim Burton , based on the DC Comics character Batman . It is the second installment of Warner Bros .' initial " Batman " film series , with Michael Keaton reprising the title role of Bruce Wayne / Batman . The film introduces the characters of Max Shreck ( Christopher Walken ), a corrupt business tycoon who teams up with the Penguin ( Danny DeVito ) to take over Gotham City , as well as the character of Catwoman ( Michelle Pfeiffer ). Los Angeles ( Spanish for " The Angels "), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L . A ., is the second - most populous city in the United States ( after New York City ), the most populous city in California and the county seat of Los Angeles County . Situated in Southern California , Los Angeles is known for its mediterranean climate , ethnic ___MASK45___ , sprawling metropolis , and as a major center of the American ___MASK78___ industry . Los Angeles lies in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over . Ion ___MASK6___ is an American broadcast , cable , and satellite ___MASK6___ network that is owned by Ion Media Networks . The network first began broadcasting on August 31 , 1998 as Pax TV , focusing primarily on family - oriented ___MASK78___ programming ; it rebranded as i : Independent ___MASK6___ on July 1 , 2005 , converting into a general ___MASK78___ network featuring mainly recent and older acquired programs ; the network adopted its current identity as Ion ___MASK6___ on January 29 , 2007 . Dangerous Minds is a 1995 American drama film directed by John N . Smith , and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer . It is based on the autobiography " My Posse Don ' t Do Homework " by retired U . S . Marine LouAnne Johnson , who took up a teaching position at Carlmont High School in Belmont , California , in 1989 , where most of her students were African - American and Latino teenagers from East Palo Alto , a poverty - stricken , racially segregated , economically deprived city at the opposite end of the school district . Starring Michelle Pfeiffer as Johnson , the film was released to a mixed to mostly negative critical reception , but became a surprise box office success in the summer of 1995 , leading to the creation of a short - lived ___MASK6___ series . The Seventh Deadly Sin is the seventh studio album by American ___MASK72___ Ice - T . The album was released on September 12 , 1999 . Della Reese ( born Delloreese Patricia Early ; July 6 , 1931 ) is an American nightclub , jazz , gospel and pop ___MASK59___ , film and ___MASK6___ ___MASK29___ , one - time talk - show hostess and ordained ___MASK85___ , whose career has spanned six decades . She has also appeared as a guest on several talk shows and as a panelist on numerous game shows . Touched by an Angel is an American supernatural drama ___MASK6___ series that premiered on CBS on September 21 , 1994 , and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27 , 2003 . Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson , the series stars Roma Downey , as an angel named Monica , and Della Reese , as her supervisor Tess . Throughout the series , Monica is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives . From season three on , they are frequently joined by Andrew ( John Dye ), the angel of death ( who first appeared as a recurring character in season two ). The series went into syndication in 1998 , and has been shown on Ion ___MASK6___ ( formerly PAX - TV ), Hallmark Channel , and Up . Brandi Younger better known as Gripsta , is an Oakland , California born female rap artist / ___MASK29___ discovered by Ice - T at the age of 13 . She was featured on song titled `` Funky Gripsta '' off of his 1993 album release Home Invasion and later signed to Tuff Break / A & M Records in the 1990s . Her debut single `` Pop Goz the 9 '' was partially leaked in January 1994 , its music video was directed by Ice - T . However Gripsta ' s debut single was never officially released . The Tuff Break label on A & M records was dropped before her scheduled release date . She was later featured on The Seventh Deadly Sin , Ice - T ' s 7th album , Released : October 12 , 1999 as well as numerous features on record label Def Jam ' s The Murda Squad album . She worked with many artists under that association including South Central Cartel , Spice One and Sh ' killa . Gripsta was also featured in a principal role in the movie Dangerous Minds in which she played one of the many troubled teens that ___MASK29___ Michelle Pfeiffer sought to reform . Other ___MASK74___ credits include a guest star appearance in the `` Leaving the Life '' episode of the CBS television show Promised Land , a semi popular spin - off of CBS more successful show Touched by an Angel . Gripsta has since changed her name to Egypt . Saudi Arabia , officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( KSA ), is an Arab ___MASK65___ state in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula . With a land area of approximately , Saudi Arabia is geographically the fifth - largest state in Asia and second - largest state in the Arab world after Algeria . Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north , Kuwait to the northeast , Qatar , Bahrain , and the United Arab Emirates to the east , Oman to the southeast , and Yemen to the south . It is separated from Israel and Egypt by the Gulf of Aqaba . It is the only nation with both a Red Sea coast and a Persian Gulf coast , and most of its terrain consists of arid desert or barren landforms . A homeland for the Jewish people is an idea rooted in Jewish culture and ___MASK32___ . In the early 19th century , the Napoleonic Wars led to the idea of Jewish emancipation . This unleashed a number of ___MASK51___ and secular cultural streams and political philosophies among the Jews in Europe , covering everything from Marxism to Chassidism . Among these movements was Zionism as promoted by Theodore Herzl . In the late 19th century , Herzl set out his vision of a Jewish state and homeland for the Jewish people in his book " Der Judenstaat ". Herzl was later hailed by the Zionist political parties as the founding father of the State of Israel . In the Balfour Declaration of 1917 , the United Kingdom became the first world power to endorse the establishment in Palestine of a " national home for the Jewish people ." The British government confirmed this commitment by accepting the British Mandate for Palestine in 1922 ( along with their colonial control of the Pirate Coast , Southern Coast of Persia , Iraq and from 1922 a separate area called Transjordan , all of the Middle - Eastern territory except the French territory ). The European powers mandated the creation of a Jewish homeland at the San Remo conference of 19  26 April 1920 . In 1948 , the State of Israel was established . Donald Clarence " Don " Simpson ( October 29 , 1943  January 19 , 1996 ) was an American film ___MASK22___ , screenwriter , and actor . Simpson , along with his producing partner Jerry Bruckheimer , produced such hit films as " Flashdance " ( 1983 ), " Beverly Hills Cop " ( 1984 ), " Top Gun " ( 1986 ), and " The Rock " ( 1996 ). Their films would go on to earn $ 3 billion worldwide . The Promised Land ( translit .: " Ha ' Aretz HaMuvtahat " translit .: " Ard Al - Mi ' ad ; also known as " The Land of Milk and Honey "") is the land which , according to the Tanakh ( the Hebrew Bible ), was promised and subsequently given by God to Abraham and his descendants , and in modern contexts an image and idea related both to the restored Homeland for the Jewish people and to salvation and liberation is more generally understood . Roma Downey ( born 6 May 1960 ) is an Emmy nominated ___MASK29___ and ___MASK22___ from Northern Ireland . She produced the Emmy Nominated Mini - Series , The Bible , for the History Channel and also starred in it , as Mary , the Mother of Jesus . For nine seasons she played Monica , the tender - hearted angel and employee of Tess ( played by Della Reese ), on the CBS television series " Touched by an Angel ", for which she earned multiple Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award Best Actress nominations . Born in Derry , Northern Ireland and classically trained in London , she has performed on stage with the famed Abbey Theatre and has appeared both on and off Broadway . She played the leading role of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the miniseries for NBC , " A Woman Named Jackie " ( 1991 ). Tracy Lauren Marrow ( born February 16 , 1958 ) better known by his stage name Ice - T , is an American ___MASK72___ and actor . He began his career as a ___MASK72___ in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987 , when he released his debut album " Rhyme Pays ", one of the first hip - hop albums to carry an explicit content sticker . The next year , he founded the record label Rhyme $ yndicate Records ( named after his collective of fellow hip - hop artists called the ' Rhyme $ yndicate ') and released another album , " Power ". The Hallmark Channel is an American cable and satellite ___MASK6___ network that is owned by Crown Media Holdings , which is majority owned by Hallmark Cards . The channel ' s ___MASK87___ is primarily targeted at families , and features a mix of ___MASK6___ movies and miniseries , original and acquired ___MASK6___ series , and lifestyle programs . An angel , especially according to Abrahamic religions and Zoroastrianism , is a spiritual being superior to humans in power and intelligence . Angels are typically described as benevolent , dreadful , and endowed with wisdom and knowledge of earthly events , but not infallible ; for they strive with each other , and God has to make peace between them . Most of them serve either as intermediaries between Heaven and Earth , or as guardian spirits . They are studied in the theological doctrine of angelology . In Christian ___MASK54___ , the word " angel " is used to refer to an inspiration from God . The use of the term has extended to refer to artistic depictions of the spirits , and it is also used figuratively to refer to messengers and harbingers , and to people who possess high qualities of goodness , purity , selflessness , intelligence , and / or beauty . John Masius ( born on July 30 , 1950 in Scarsdale , New York . He graduated Scarsdale , N . Y . High School , received a B . S .. In Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania , and an M . B . A from the University of California , Los Angeles . Masius is an award - winning ___MASK97___ and ___MASK22___ of television series , credited for creating the series " Touched by an Angel " ( 1994  2003 ), " Providence " ( 1999  2002 ) and " HawthoRNe " ( 2009  2011 ). Rhyme Pays is the debut studio album by American ___MASK72___ Ice - T . It was released on July 28 , 1987 , by Sire Records and Warner Bros . Records . John Carroll Dye ( January 31 , 1963  January 10 , 2011 ) was an American film and ___MASK6___ ___MASK66___ known for his role as Andrew in the ___MASK6___ series " Touched by an Angel ". Abraham ( Avraham ), originally Abram , is the first of the three patriarchs of Judaism . His story features in the holy texts of all the Abrahamic religions and Abraham plays a prominent role as an example of faith in Judaism , Christianity , and ___MASK26___ . Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance . The term comes from a Greek word meaning " action " ( Classical Greek : , " drama "), which is derived from " to do " ( Classical Greek : , " drao "). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy . They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses , Thalia , and Melpomene . Thalia was the Muse of comedy ( the laughing face ), while Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy ( the weeping face ). Considered as a genre of poetry in ___MASK86___ , the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle ' s " Poetics " ( c . 335 BCE ) the earliest work of dramatic theory . Jerome Leon " Jerry " Bruckheimer ( born September 21 , 1943 ) is an American film and ___MASK6___ ___MASK22___ . He has been active in the genres of action , drama , and science fiction . His best known ___MASK6___ series are "", "", "", " Without a Trace ", " Cold Case ", and the U . S . version of " The Amazing Race ". At one point , three of his TV series ranked among the top 10 in the U . S . ratings  a unique feat in ___MASK6___ . South Central Cartel is a hip hop group based in Los Angeles . Some of its popular songs include " U Gotta Deal Wit Dis ", " Pops Was a Rolla ", " Ya Getz Clowned ", " Gang Stories ", " Servin ' Em Heat ", " Knocc on Wood " ( Remix ), and " All Day Everyday " & " Eastside - Westside " & " It ' s an S . C . C Thang ".