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Shirin Ebadi -- shih-REEN' eh-BAH'-dee

Dalton Eby -- EE'-bee

Edinburgh -- EH'-din-bur-uh

Boudewijn van Eenennaam -- BOH'-duh-van vahn AY'-nuh-nohm

Edward Egan -- EE'-gihn

Jan Egeland -- yahn EHG'-lahnd

Robert Ehrlich -- UR'-lik

Eid al-Adha -- eed al-AHD'-hah

Walid Eido -- wah-LEED' eye-EE'-doh

Rolf Ekeus -- eh-KAY'-us

Elan -- ee-LAHN'

Ihsan Elashyi -- ih-SAHN' eh-LAH'-shee

Mohamed el-Atriss -- el-AH'-trees

Mohamed ElBaradei -- ehl-BEHR'-uh-day

Wadih El-Hage -- WAH'-dee ehl-HAHJ'

Amer El-Maati -- ah-MEER' el-MAH'-tee

Mounir El Motassadeq -- moo-neer ehl mah-tuh-SAD'-uhk

Magdy el-Nashar -- MAG'-dee el-nash-AHR'

Adnan El Shukrijumah -- ahd-NAHN' el SHOOK'-ree joohm-HAH'

Sarah Eltantawi -- ehl-tehn-TOW'-ee

Aicha El Wafi -- EYE'-shuh el-WAH'-fee

Embraer -- em-BRAY'-ur

Enceladus -- ehn-SEH'-lah-duhs

Guillermo Endara -- geel-YAYR'-moh en-DAHR'-ah

Ben Endres -- EN'-dris

Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn

Saeb Erekat -- sah-EEB' EHR'-ih-kaht

Adam Ereli -- EHR'-eh-lee

Erez -- EHR'-ehz

Eritrea -- ehr-ih-TREE'-uh

Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa -- eh-RA'-soo-rees OH'-sah

Gerhard Ertl -- EHR'-tul

Mike Escudie -- EHS'-kyoo-jay

Martin Esparza -- mahr-TEEN'

ETA -- EH'-tah

Roger Etchegaray -- roh-ZHAY' eh-cheh-gah-RAY'

Mark Everson -- EE'-vur-suhn

Gnassingbe Eyadema -- nyah-SING'-bay ee-yah-DEE'-mah

F

John Fabrizi -- fuh-BREE'-zee

Fajr (Hezbollah missile) -- FAH'-zher

Fallujah -- fuh-LOO'-juh

Falun Gong -- FAH'-luhn goong

Steve Farese -- fah-REES'

Iyman Faris -- EYE'-mihn FEHR'-ihs

Amjad Hussain Farooqi -- AHM'-jed hoo-SAYN' fuh-ROO-kee

Louis Farrakhan -- FAHR'-uh-kahn

Andrew Fastow -- FAS'-tow

Fatah -- FAH'-tah

Raouhi Fattouh -- ROW'-hee fa-TOO'

Fatwa -- FAHT'-wah

Christophe Fauviau -- KREE'-stohf FOH'-vee-oh

Ahmad Fawzi -- FOW'-zee

Dodi Fayed -- DOH'-dee FY'-ehd

Italia Federici -- ih-TAL'-yuh fed-uh-REE'-chee

Yuri Fedotov -- fee-DOH'-tuhv

Douglas Feith -- fyth

George Felos -- FEE'-lohs

Lamen Khalifa Fhimah -- LAH'-mehn kah-LEE'-fah feh-HEE'-mah

Vinson Filyaw -- FIHL'-yaw

Joschka Fischer -- YUSH'-kuh FISH'-ur

Fiserv -- FY'-serv

Kyle Foggo -- FOH'-goh

Anders Fogh Rasmussen -- AHN'-derz FOHG RAHS'-moo-sihn

Fon Verettes -- fon ver-ET

Michael Fortier -- FOR'-tee-ur

Pim Fortuyn -- pim for-TOWN'

Byron Fouty -- FOW'-tee

Vicente Fox -- vih-SEN'-tay

Rend Rahim Francke -- rend RAH'-heem fran-KEE'

Louis Freeh -- LOO'-ee free

James Frey -- fry

Johan Friso -- YOH'-han FREE'-soh

Craig Fugate -- FYOO'-gayt

Yasuo Fukuda -- yah-soo-oh foo-koo-dah

Futalognkosaurus -- FOO'-ta-long-koh-SOHR'-us

G

Gabon -- ga-BOHN'

Adam Yehiye Gadahn -- ah-DAHM' YEH'-heh-yuh guh-DAHN'

Gadid -- guh-DEED'

Moammar Gadhafi -- MOO'-ah-mahr gah-DAH'-fee

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi -- sayf

Kai Gadison -- KY GAD'-ih-suhn

Yegor Gaidar _ yeh-GOHR' GY'-dahr

Faysal Galab -- FY'-suhl gah-LAHB'

Dennis Galbraith -- GAHL'-bruhth

Jorge Galindo -- HOHR'-hay gah-LIN'-doh

Gallaudet University -- gal-uh-DET'

Ejup Ganic -- AY'-oop GAH'-nich

Akbar Ganji -- AHK'-bar GAHN'-jee

Gardez -- gahr-DEHZ'

Leonel Garza -- lay-oh-NEHL'

Gautier -- goh-SHAY'

Laurent Gbagbo -- BAHG'-boh

Samir Geagea -- sah-MEER' zhah zhah

Robert Geathers -- GA'-thurz

Harold Gehman -- GAY'-muhn

Amin Gemayel -- ah-MEEN' jeh-MAY'-el

Pierre Gemayel -- jeh-MAY'-el

John Geoghan -- GAY'-gan

Mark Geragos -- GEHR'-uh-gohs

Julie Gerberding -- GUR'-bur-ding

Pete Geren -- GEHR'-ehn

Eugene Germain -- juhr-MAYN'

Gina Gershon -- ger-SHON'

Bill Gerstenmaier -- GUR'-sten-my-ur

Ghanim Ghudayer -- GHAH'-nem kuh-DAYR'

Carlos Ghosn -- GOHN

Al Ginglen -- JING'-lun

Louis Giovino -- jee-oh-VEE'-noh

Raanan Gissin -- rah-NAHN' GIH'-seen

Rajiv Gandhi -- rah-ZHEEV' GAHN'-dee

Ahmed Ghailani -- guh-LAHN'-ee

Ali Ghufron -- GOO'-frahn

Ray Girouard -- juh-RARD'

Gizo -- GEE'-zoh

Glasgow -- GLAS'-goh

Ben Glisan -- GLIH'-sen

Faure Gnassingbe -- fahr nyah-SING'-bay

Yahya Goba -- YAH'-yah GOH'-bah

Tim Goeglein -- GAYG'-lyn

Ron Goetzel -- GEHT'-zuhl

Gol Airlines -- gohl

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu -- een-YAR'-ee-too

David Gorcyca -- GOHR'-sih-kah

Gonaives -- goh-nah-EEV'

Cyclone Gonu -- GOH'-noo

Kristin Gossel -- GAH'-sul

Mark Goudeau -- goo-DOH'

Justin Gouveia -- GOOV'-way

Gozo -- GOHT'-soh

Graco -- GRAY'-koh

Edward Gramlich -- GRAM'-lihk

Sam Granato -- grah-NAH'-toh

Charles Graner -- GRAY'-nur

Hermione Granger -- hur-MY'-nee

Graz -- grahts

Ronald Allen Grecula -- GREK'-yuh-luh

Bunnatine Greenhouse -- BUHN'-uh-teen

Christine Gregoire -- GREG'-wahr

Robert Greifeld -- GRY'-feld

Grenada -- greh-NAY'-duh

Adrian Grenier -- grehn-YAY'

Ray Gricar -- GREE'-kahr

Ioan Griffud -- YOH'-uhn GRIH'-fith

Matt Groening -- GREE'-ning

Groton -- GRAH'-tun

Gstaad -- guh-SHTAHD'

Carl Gugasian -- guh-GAH'-see-uhn

Guinsaugon -- gween-sow-OO'-gahn

Carlos Gutierrez -- goo-tee-AYR'-ehz

Guixi -- gway-shee

Hamid Gul -- HAH'-mihd gool

Sai Gunturi -- sy guhn-TOO'-ree

Abimael Guzman -- ab-ee-MY'el GOOZ'-mahn

Gwinnett -- gwih-NEHT'

King Gyanendra -- gee-YAN'-en-drah

H

Nate Haasis -- HAY'-sihs

Selcan Hacaoglu -- sel-JAHN' hah-JAH'-oh-loo

Hesham Mohamed Hadayet -- huh-SHAHM' moh-HAH'-med hah-DY'-eht

Haaretz -- hah-ah-REHTS'

Rabih Haddad -- RAH'-bee hah-DAHD'

Hadera -- hah-DEHR'-uh

Mizban Khadr Hadi -- MIHZ'-bahn KAH'-dur HAH'-dee

Haditha -- hah-DEE'-thuh

Michael Hagee -- HAYG'-ee

Haifa -- HY'-fuh

Hajj -- hahj

Halabja -- hah-LAHB'-juh

Tarja Halonen -- TAHR'-yah HAH'-luh-nen

Dan Halutz -- DAHN hah-LOOTS'

Hamas -- hah-MAHS'

Farid Hamayoun --HAH'-may-yoon

Imad Hamed -- ih-MAHD' hah-MED'

Muhammed Hameeduddin -- ha-MEED'-oo-din

Salim Ahmed Hamdan -- sah-LEEM' ahk-MEHD'-hahm DAHN

Hamdania -- hahm-dah-NEE'-ah

Yaser Esam Hamdi -- YAH'-ser EE'-sahm HAHM'-dee

Assem Hammoud -- AH'-sem hah-MOOD'

Abdelaziz Hamze -- ahb-del-ah-ZEEZ' HAHM'-zeh

Ahmed Hannan -- AH'-mehd hah-NAHN'

Hatshepsut -- haht-shehp-SOOT'

Ismail Haniyeh -- IHS'-may-el hah-NEE'-yuh

Mahmoud Abu Hanoud -- mah-MOOD' ah-boo hah-NOOD'

Mokhtar Haouari -- MOHK'-tahr how-AHR'-ee

Naveed Afzal Haq -- nah-VEED' AHF'-zal hahk

Abdul Haq -- ahb-DOOL' hahk

Naveed Afzal Haq -- nah-VEED' AHF'-zal hahk

Haqlaniyah -- HAHK'-lah-nee-yuh

Harbin -- HAHR'-bin

Rafik Hariri -- rah-FEEK' hah-REER'-ee

Saad Hariri -- sahd hah-REER'-ee

Farris Hassan -- FAH'-rihs hah-SAHN'

Saeed Hassan -- sah-EED' hah-SAHN'

Wassef Ali Hassoun -- wah-SEF' ah-LEE' hah-SOON'

Haverhill -- HAY'-vruhl

Kip Hawley -- HAH'-lee

Haworth -- HAW'-worth

Hamid Hayat -- hah-MEED' HY'-et

Umer Hayat -- OO'-mer hy-YAHT'

Nathaniel Heatwole -- HEET'-wohl

Hebron -- HEH'-bruhn

James Heidinger -- HY'-ding-gur

Heiligendamm -- HY'-lee-guhn-dahm

David Heim -- hym

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar -- gool-boo-DEEN' hek-mat-YAHR'

Henry Hendee -- HEN'-dee

Tom Henze -- HEN'-zee

Hennepin County -- HEN'-ih-pin

Quadrevion Henning -- kwah-DRAY'-vee-ahn

Herat -- hay-RAHT'

Herodium -- heh-ROH'-dee-uhm

Herzliya -- hurts-LEE'-uh

Hesperia -- heh-SPAYR'-ee-uh

Hezbollah -- hez-BUH'-lah

Hialeah -- hy-uh-LEE'-uh

Abdallah Higazy -- ahb-DAH'-lah hee-GAH'-zee

Farouk Hijazi -- fah-ROOK' hee-JAH'-zee

Hilla -- HIL'-luh

Hindiya -- hin-DEE'-yah

Jeremy Hinzman -- HIHNZ'-min

Hiroshima -- heer-oh-SHEE'-muh or hih-ROH'-shih-muh

Hit -- heet

Hmong -- mung

Katie Hnida -- NY'-da

Charlie Hobaugh -- HOH'-baw

William Hochul -- HOH'-kuhl

Peter Hoekstra -- HUK'-struh

Hokkaido -- hoh-ky-doh

Kim Holien -- HOH'-lee-ehn

Homosassa -- HOH'-moh-sas-uh

Russel Honore -- AHN'-ur-ay

Robert Horan -- hohr-AN'

Takafumi Horie -- tah-kah-foo-mee hoo-ree-ay

John Hostettler -- HOH'-stet-lur

George Hotz -- HOHTZ

Houma -- HOH'-muh

Marques Houston -- MAR'-kus

Andrew Hruska -- huh-ROOS'-kuh

Norman Hsu -- shoo

Marianne Hudec -- HYOO-dek

John Hueston -- HYOO'-stun

John Huhn -- hyoon

Hu Jintao -- hoo jin-tow

Liban Hussein -- LEE'-bahn hoo-SAYN'

Faisal Husseini -- FY'-suhl hoo-SAY'-nee

Craig Hutto -- HUH'-toh

Hutu -- HOO'-too

Abdel Tawab Mullah Huweish -- ahb-DEL' tah-WAHB' MOO'-luh hoo-WAYSH'

Hwang Woo-suk -- whahng woo-suhk

George, Jennifer Hyatte -- HY'-uht

Hyderabad -- HY'-dur-uh-bad

Hyndman -- HY'-man

Tomi Rae Hynie -- TAHM'-ee ray HY'-nee

I

Ibiza -- ee-BEE'-zuh

Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- sahd uh-deen ee-brah-heem

Barzan Ibrahim -- BAHR'-zahn EE'-brah-heem

Muktar Said Ibrahim -- MOOK'-tar sah-EED' EE'-brah-heem

Ica -- EE'-kuh

Carl Icahn -- EYE'-kahn

Jonathan Idema -- ih-DEE'-muh

Iditarod -- eye-DIT'-uh-rahd

Mohammed Osman Idris -- OHS'-man EE'-dree

Robert Iger -- EYE'-gur

Jared Ilovar -- EYE'-luh-vahr

Imam -- ih-MAHM'

Immokalee -- ih-MAHK'-ah-lee

Inamed -- IN'-uh-med

Ingushetia -- ing-goo-SHEH'-tee-ah

James Inhofe -- IN'-hahf

David Innes -- IN'-es

Daniel Inouye -- ih-NOH'-way

Intefadeh -- in-tuh-FAHD'-uh

Irbil -- ur-BEEL'

Irvine -- UR'-vyn

Johnny Isakson -- EYE'-sihk-sun

Riduan Isamuddin -- ree-DWAN' EESAH'-moodin

Thammarak Isaragura na Ayuthaya -- TAHM'-ah-rahk iz-ah-rahng-GOON' na AY-yoo-TEE'-yah

Neville Isdell -- IHZ'-del

Isfahan -- IHS'-fah-hahn

Islamabad -- ihs-LAH'-muh-bahd' (Slight stress on final syllable, not as strong as stress on second syllable)

Hamdi Issac -- HAHM'-dee EYE'-zik

Igor Ivanov -- EE'-gohr ee-VAHN'-awf

Sergei Ivanov -- SUR'-gay ee-VAHN'-awf

Iwo To -- EE'-woh TOH

Alija Izetbegovic -- AHL'-yuh ee-zeht-BEG'-oh-vich

J

Jabaliya -- juh-BAH'-lee-yuh

Jabir Air Base -- jeh-BEER'

San Jacinto -- hah-SIN'-toh

Jacobabad -- jak-oh-ba-BAHD'

Jadiriyah -- jahd-REE'-yah

Jalalabad -- ju-LAH'-lah-bahd

Beit Jalla -- bayt JAH'-lah

Qatradullah Jamal -- kwah-trah-DOOL'-ah jah-MAL'

Zafarullah Khan Jamali -- zahf-ROO'-luh kahn juh-MAH'-lee

Una James -- YOO'-nah

Jammu -- JUM'-moo

Ziad Jarrah -- ZY'-ed jur-RAH'

Sven Jaschan -- YAH'-shan

Abderraouf Jdey -- ab-der-uf juh-DAY'

Jebaliya -- juh-BAH'-lee-yuh

Ben Jelen -- YEL'-in

Elfriede Jelinek -- ehl-FREE'-duh YEHL'-ih-nehk

Jemaah Islamiyah -- jeh-MAH' is-lah-MEE'-uh

Jena -- JEE'-nuh

Jenin -- juh-NEEN'

Kajal Jhaveri -- KAH'-jihl jah-VEHR'-ee

Yukun Jia -- yoo-koon jah

Wen Jiabao -- win jhaw bow

Tanak Jigme Sangpo -- TAH'-nahk JIHG'-mee SAHNG'-poh

Mike Johanns -- JOH'-hanz

Jolo -- HOH'-loh

Louis Jourdain -- johr-DAYN'

Miroslav Jozwiak -- MEER'-roh-slahv yahz-vee-YAK'

Majid Jwad -- MAH'-jihd juh-WAHD'

K

Ahmed Tejan Kabbah -- AH'-mehd TEH'-jahn KAH'-bah

Kabardino-Balkariya --- kah-bahr-DEE'-noh bahl-KAH'-ree-ah

Tanya Kach -- kash

Lech Kaczynski -- lekh kah-CHIN'-skee

Kadima -- kuh-DEE'-muh

Farouk Kaddoumi -- fah-ROOK' kah-DOO'-mee

Lakshman Kadirgamar -- LAHK'-shmahn kuh-DEER'-guh-mahr

Akhmad Kadyrov -- kuh-DEE'-ruhv

Kalai-Zal -- kah-LAY'-zahl

Deepak Kalpoe -- DEE'-pahk KAL'-poh

Satish Kalpoe -- sah-TEESH' KAL'-poh

Jason Kamiya -- ka-MY'-uh

Natascha Kampusch -- nah-TAH'-shuh KAHM'-poosh

Kankakee -- KANG'-kuh-kee

Karabilah -- ka-ruh-BIL'-uh

Radovan Karadzic -- RA'-doh-van KA'-ra-jich

Costas Karamanlis -- KOH'-stus kar-uh-man-LEES'

Karbala -- KAHR'-bah-lah

Islam Karimov -- EES'-lahm kah-REE'-mahv

Mohamed Abdirahman Kariye -- ahb-deer-uh-HAHM' ky-EED'-eh

Raed Karmi -- RAH'-ed KAHR'-mee

Karmiel -- kahr-mee-EHL'

Karnei Shomron -- kahr-NAY' shahm-ROHN'

Hamid Karzai -- HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye

Qayum Karzai -- ky-OOM' KAHR'-zeye

Kashiwazaki -- kah-shih-wah-zah-kee

Anurag Kashyap -- AH'-noo-rahg KAHSH'-yahp

Mikhail Kasyanov -- kah-see-AH'-nahf

Katowice -- kah-toh-VEET'-suh

Moshe Katsav -- moh-SHEH' kaht-SAHV'

Katyusha -- kuh-TOO'-shuh

Kauai -- kuh-WEYE'

Jorma Kaukonen -- YOR'-mah KOW'-kah-nen

Yoriko Kawaguchi -- yoh-ree-koh kah-wah-goo-chee

Naomi Kawase -- kah-wah-see

Kazaa -- kuh-ZAH'

Kazakhstan -- kah-zahk-STAHN'

Bernard Kerik -- KEHR'-ihk

Gil Kerlikowske -- kur-lih-KOW'-skee

Kfar Darom -- kuh-FAHR' duh-ROHM'

Kfar Giladi -- kfahr gee-lah-DEE'

Kfar Kila -- kuh-FAHR' KEE'-luh

Khabarovsk -- hah-BAH'-rohvsk

Phan Van Khai -- fahn vahn keye

Khaldiyah -- KAHL'-dee-yah

Teresa Borcz Khalifa -- teh-REH'-zah borch kah-LEE'-fah

Zalmay Khalilzad -- ZAHL'-may kah-LEEL'-zahd

Ali Khamenei -- hah-meh-neh-EE'

Abdul Qadeer Khan -- ahb-DOOL' kah-DEER' kahn

Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan -- nah-EEM' nohr kahn

Khaneqin -- hah-nah-KEEN'

Kamal Kharrazi - kah-MAHL' kah-RAH'-zee

Khartoum -- kahr-TOOM'

Mohammad Khatami -- HAH'-tah-mee

Abdul-Ilah Khatib -- ahb-dool-ee-LAH' khah-TEEB'

Essid Sami Ben Khemais -- EH'-seed ... keh-MEES'

Mikhail Khodorkovsky -- mih-hah-EEL' khoh-dohr-KAHV'-skee

Ayatollah Khomeini -- ah-yah-TOH'-lah hoh-MAY'-nee

Khost -- hohst (heavy stress on first "h")

Mwai Kibaki -- mwy kih-BAH'-kee

Adam Kidan -- KIH'-dun

Rinko Kikuchi -- rink-oh kih-koo-chee

Kilauea -- kih-luh-WAY'-uh

Kim Jong Il -- kim jawng eel

Nestor Kirchner -- KURSH'-nur

Kiribati -- keer-ih-BAHS'

Kirkuk -- keer-KOOK' or keer-KUK'

Kiryat Shemona -- keer-YAHT' shuh-MOHN'-uh

Kiwa hirsuta -- KEE'-wah hur-SOOT'-uh

Paul Klebnikov -- KLEHB'-nih-kahf

Thomas Klestil -- KLAY'-steel

Amy Klobuchar -- KLOH'-buh-shahr

John Kluge -- KLOO'-gee

Melania Knauss -- meh-LAH'-nee-uh kuh-NOSS'

Knippa, Texas -- kuh-NIP'-uh

Takeru Kobayashi -- tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee

Shosei Koda -- shoh-say koh-dah

Mark Koenig -- KOH'-nig

Koh Racha -- koh rah-chah

Junichiro Koizumi -- joon-ee-chee-roh koh-ee-zoo-mee

Joshua Komisarjevsky -- koh-mih-sahr-JEV'-skee

Valery Korzun -- val-uh-ree kohr-ZOON'

Vojislav Kostunica -- voh-YEE'-slahv kosh-too-NEET'-zuh

George Kouloheras -- koo-loh-HEHR'-us

Dmitry Kovtun -- dih-MEE'-tree kohv-TUN'

Sergei Krikalev -- SUR'-gay KREE'-kuh-lev

Kristallnacht -- kris-TAHL'-nahkt

Frank Kruesi -- KROOS'-ee

Ryszard Krystosik -- RIH'-shahrd krih-STAW'-sehk

Kok Ksor -- kahk kuh-SOHR'

Bassam Salih Kubba -- BAH'-sahm sah-LIH' KOO'-bah

Leonid Kuchma -- KOOCH'-mah

Dennis Kucinich -- koo-SIN'-ich

Kufa -- KOO'-fah

Ted Kulongoski -- koo-luhn-GAH'-skee

Kunar -- ku-NAHR' (The vowel sound in "ku" is similar to the double-o sound in "took")

Kunduz -- KUHN'-dooz

Kushiro -- koo-shee-roh

Kut -- koot

Aleksander Kwasniewski -- kvahsh-NYEV'-skee

Kyrgyzstan -- KEER'-gih-stan

L

Anthony LaCalamita -- luh-kal-uh-MEE'-tuh

Debra Lafave -- luh-FAYV'

Laglio -- LAHL'-yoh

Lagos -- LAY'-gohs or LAH'-gohs

Maurice Lagrone -- lah-GROHN'

Emile Lahoud -- ee-MEEL' lah-HOOD'

Hemant Lakhani -- HEH'-muhnt luh-KAH'-nee

Lakshmi -- LAHK'-shmee

Laminitis -- lam-ih-NY'-tihs

Lashkar-e-Tayyaba -- LAHSH'-kar ay TEYE'-buh

Las Ramblas -- lahs RAHM'-blahs

Mary Landrieu -- LAN'-droo

Mitch Landrieu -- LAN'-droo

Landstuhl -- LAHND'-shtool

James Langevin -- LAN'-jih-vin

Ali Larijani -- lehr-uh-ZHAH'-nee

Latifiyah -- lah-TEE'-fee-yuh

La Villa -- lah VEE'-yah

Sergey Lavrov -- SEHR'-gay LAHV'-rahf

Jorge Lazareff -- HOR'-hay

Lee Hoi-chang -- lee hweh-chayng

LaSalle Leffall -- leh-FAWL'

Patrick Leahy -- LAY'-hee

Mike Leavitt -- LEH'-vit

Michael LeFever -- luh-FEE'-vur

Robert Joseph Legendre -- leh-ZHAHN'-dray

Lehigh -- LEE'-hy

John Lehman -- LAY'-man

Reichen Lehmkuhl -- RY'-kuhn LEHM'-kuhl

Richard Leigh -- lee

Camp Lejeune -- lih-ZHOON'

Le Mans -- lu-MAHN'

Lennar Corporation -- LEN'-ahr

Leola -- lee-OH'-luh

Ted Leonsis -- lee-OHN'-sihs

William Levada -- leh-VAY'-duh

Chiara Levin -- kee-AH'-rah LEV'-in

Robert Levy -- LEE'-vee

Leyte -- LAY'-tay

Daniel Libeskind -- LEE'-behs-kihnd

Liviu Librescu -- LIHV'-yoo lih-BRES'-koo

Lien Chan -- LEE'-ehn jan

Likud -- lee-KOOD'

Lima -- LEE'-muh

Lithonia -- ly-THOH'-nee-uh

Alexander Litvinenko -- leet-vee-NYEN'-koh

Scott Livengood -- LY'-vehn-gud

Ken Livingstone -- LIHV'-ing-stuhn

Tzipi Livni -- TSIH'-pee LIHV'-nee

Lindsay Lohan -- LOH'-un

Pedro Santana Lopes -- lohpzh

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador -- ahn-DRAYS' mahn-WEHL' LOH'-pez OH'-brah-dohr

Andrei Lugovoi -- AHN'-dray LOO'-goh-voy

Alexander Lukashenko -- loo-kuh-SHENG'-koh

Sarah Lunde -- LUHN'-dee

Jean-Marie Lustiger -- zhahn mah-REE' loos-tih-ZHAY'

Valery Lyndin -- vah-LEH'-ree LIN'-din

M

Maalot -- mah-ah-LOHT'

Wangari Maathai -- wan-GAH'-ree mah-DY'

Marcial Maciel -- mahrs-YAHL' mahs-YEL'

Madhya Pradesh -- MUH'-dyuh PRUH'-desh

Magen David Adom -- mah-GHEN' dah-VIHD' ah-DOHM'

Mahawil -- mah-hah-WEEL'

Imam Mahdi -- EE'-mahm MAH'-dee

Ahmed Maher -- AHH'-mehd MAH'-ehr

Mahmoudiya -- mahk-moo-DEE'-ah

Deborah Majoras -- mah-JOHR'-us

Mukhtar Mai -- mook'-TAR' my

Alaa Makki -- AH'-lah MEH'-kee

Malawi -- mah-LAH'-wee

Maldives -- MAHL'-dyvz

Yuri Malenchenko -- YOOR'-ee mal-ehn-CHEHN'-koh

Mamaroneck -- muh-MA'-ruh-nek

Imran Mandhai -- im-rahn mahn-dy

Typhoon Man-Yi -- mahn-yee

Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz -- KAH'-zhee-myehrsh mahr-cheen-KAY'-vihch

Mengistu Haile Mariam -- mehn-JEE'-stoo HY'-lee mahr-ee'-am)

Mirjana Markovic -- meer-ee-YAH'-nah mahr-KOH'-vich

Diarmuid Martin -- DER'-muhd

Marjayoun -- mar-zheye-OON'

Khaled Mashaal -- HAH'-led MAH'-shahl

Aslan Maskhadov -- AS'-lahn mahs-HA'-dahv

Rick Mastracchio -- muh-STRAHK'-ee-oh

Jaime Maya Duran -- HY'-may MY'-uh dur-AHN'

Roger Maynulet -- MAN'-yoo-leht

Mazar-e-Sharif -- mu-ZAHR'-eh-sheh-REEF'

Thabo Mbeki -- TAH'-boh um-BEH'-kee

McAfee -- MAK'-uh-fee

Patrick McGagh -- mik-GAH'

Javier Suarez Medina -- HAH'-vi-er SWAHR'-es muh-DEE'-nuh

Megawati Sukarnoputri -- meh-gah-WAH'-tee soo-kahr-noh-POOT'-rih

Ahmed Mehalba -- AH'-med meh-HAHL'-bah

Detlev Mehlis -- DET'-lev MEL'-ihs

Anwar Mehmood -- an-WEHR' mah-MOOD'

Zeljko Mejakic -- ZHEHL'-koh meh-YAH'-kich

Camilo Mejia -- kah-MEE'-loh meh-HEE'-ah

Hipolito Mejia -- ee-POH'-lee-toh me-HEE'-yah

Meijer -- MY'-ur

Mei Lan -- may lahn

Armin Meiwes -- AHR'-meen MY'-vays

Fayssal Mekdad -- FY'-suhl MEHK'-dahd

Melamine -- MEL'-uh-meen

Charles Melancon -- mel-ahn-SOHN'

Kristian Menchaca -- men-CHAH'-kah

Jean Charles de Menezes -- zheh-AHN' SHAR'-lehs deh meh-NEH'-zehs

Idina Menzel -- ih-DEE'-nah mehn-ZEHL'

Mount Merapi -- meh-RAH'-pee

Ismail Merchant -- ISH'-mayl

Anthony Mercieca -- mur-see-AY'-kuh

Angela Merkel -- AHN'-geh-lah MEHR'-kuhl

Khaled Meshaal -- MAH'-shahl

Stipe Mesic -- STEE'-pay MEH'-sich

Jean-Marie Messier -- zhan mah-REE' MEH'-see-ay

Methuen -- mih-THOO'-uhn

Kweisi Mfume -- kwah-EE'-see oom-FOO'-may

Joseph Micale -- mi-KAYL'

Harriet Miers -- MY'-urz

Mijailo Mijailovic -- mee-EYE'-loh mee-EYE'-luh-vich

Alexander Milinkevich -- mee-leen-KAY'-veech

Bart Millard -- mil-AHRD'

Slobodan Milosevic -- sloh-BOH'-dahn mee-LOH'-shuh-vich

Richard Milstein -- MIL'-steen

Milan Milutinovic -- mee-LAHN' mee-loo-TIN'-oh-vik

John Mittleider -- MIHT'-ly-dur

Amram Mitzna --AHM'rahm MITS'-nah

Ole Mjoes -- OO'-leh MYEHS

Ratko Mladic -- RAHT'-koh MLAH'-dich

Shaul Mofaz -- shah-OOL' moh-FAHZ'

Khalfan Khamis Mohamed -- KAHL'-fahn KAH'-mis moh-HAH'-med

Mahathir Mohamed -- muh-HAH'-thihr moh-HAH'-med

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed -- HAH'-leed shayk moh-HAH'-med

Ramzi Mohammed -- RAHM'-zee moh-HAH'-mehd

Monmouth -- MAHN'-muth

Vladimiro Montesinos -- mon-tay-SEE'-nohs

Monticello, Minnesota -- mahn-tih-SEL'-oh

Evo Morales -- eh-VOH' mohr-AHL'-ays

Mossad -- moh-SAHD'

Mosul -- MOH'-sul

Ennio Morricone -- EHN'-yoh mor-ee-KOHN'-eh

Mounir el Motassadeq -- moo-NEER' el moh-tah-SAH'-dek

Manouchehr Mottaki -- mah-noo-CHAYR' moh-tah-KEE'

Amr Moussa -- AH'-mer MOO'-sah

Zacarias Moussaoui -- zak-uh-REE'-uhs moo-SOW'-ee

Imad Moustapha -- ih-mahd moo-STAH'-fuh

MRSA -- MUR'-suh

Marwan Muasher -- mahr-WAHN moo-AH-shur

Hosni Mubarak -- HAHS'-nee moo-BAH'-rahk

Robert Mueller -- MUHL'-ur

Larry Mugrage -- MUH'-grij

Mujahedeen -- moo-jah-hih-DEEN'

Mujahedeen Khalq -- moo-jah-hih-DEEN' kahlk

Michael Mukasey -- myoo-KAY'-zee

Alan Mulally -- muh-LAHL'-lee

Mumbai -- MOOM'-by

Edvard Munch -- AYD'-vart MOONGK

Frankie Muniz -- MYOO'-nihz

Cristian Mungiu -- moon-joo

Lachlan Murdoch -- LAHK'-lahn MUR'-dahk

Timothy Muris -- MYOOR'-ihs

Pervez Musharraf -- pur-VEHZ' moo-SHAH'-ruhv

Nacer Mustafa -- NAH'-sur moo-STAH'-fah

Amir Khan Muttaqui -- mew-TAH'-kee

Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil -- wah-KEEL' ah-MED' mut-uh-wah-KIHL'

Myanmar -- mee-an-MAWR'

Abdelghani Mzoudi -- ahb-del-GAH'-nee muh-SOOD'-ee