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That worry applies above all to Saudi Arabia, the richest Arab nation, home to Mecca and Medina, and base for American soldiers.

First mentioned in the 11th century and chartered in 1288, it became a market centre and base for herring fisheries in the late 13th century.

As a Black Sea littoral country invaded and partitioned by Russia in 2008, Georgia is closely following events in Crimea, Ukraine's Russian-majority region and base for the Kremlin's Mediterranean fleet.

The Taiping captured the city of Nanjing that year, massacred its entire Manchu population and held the city as their capital and base for 11 years until the civil war ended.

The Duke and Duchess's Kensington Palace apartment has been refurbished ahead of their arrival, and will be a family home and base for the heir when he takes up his job of being royal full-time.

Daubed with the graffiti of rival gangs along its main streets, the area has been the scene of many riots over the years, most recently in 2007 when the police moved in and evicted squatters from the Youth House, a social centre and base for environmental activists.

They made farm gates, fittings for local shops and bases for the sculptures of the artist Barbara Hepworth.

Its territory has provided ISAF with vital supply routes and bases for attacks on suspected terrorists by unmanned drone aircraft.

Meanwhile, the islands themselves are great for defensive fortifications and bases for missiles and patrol aircraft.

It'll end with the Israeli government destroying the tunnels and bases for Hamas.

Many factors contribute to an incomplete understanding and evidence base for risk and risk presentation.