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- Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
18: ... it was only grown as an ornamental plant. The US quickly became a major producer of the fruit, with ...
26: ... the theory being that the fruit's low [[glycemic index]] is able to help the body's [[metabolism]] burn ...
31: ...o toxicity.'' [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1216519...
33: * [http://www.dietsindex.com/learn/grapefruit-diet.html Grapefruit Diet]- ... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
9: ...bjects out of nothing. Though she was apparently quite adept at these feats, her interests were more...
15: ...mber 1875, with [[Henry Steel Olcott]], [[William Quan Judge]] and others. The Society was a modern d...
17: ...n, and it was at this time that she moved the headquarters to [[Adyar]] near [[Madras]], [[India]].
21: ...were sent to [[Europe]], one third with [[William Quan Judge]] to the [[United States]], and one thir...
51: ...tings''. This series has 14 volumes including the index. - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...r]] is melted and cooled rapidly by dumping the liquid sugar onto a cold surface. The resulting solid...
13: ...), which is the same chemical compound found in [[quartz]], or in its polycrystalline form, [[sand]]....
22: ...perties (the germainium contributing to a lower [[index of refraction]]). Undersea cables have sections...
26: ...[[United States]]), but the same toolmaking techniques can be applied to industrially-made glass.
30: ...C]][[Oxygen|O]]<sub>3</sub>), or [[potash]], the equivalent [[potassium carbonate|potassium]] compoun... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
12: ... the Prime Minister [[Li Si]] drew up an official index of characters and unified the written form for th...
14: ...developed into a beautiful script which is the unique calligraphic style of Japan. In contrast to the...
48: ... characters, the character basically fits into a square space, with each character of roughly the sam...
50: ...torious for its economy of individual penstrokes. Quite often different characters written in the reg...
61: *[[Yan Zhenqing]] 顏真卿 - Personal life (2762 bytes)
10: ...do so may adopt a [[lifestyle]] or assess their [[quality of life]].
12: ...owever, may assail the would-be life-conductor. Acquaintances may encourage such to "get a life" - in...
20: *[[physical quality-of-life index]] - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
3: ==Structure and technique==
18: ...rd (music)|chord]]s. The [[hand#The four fingers|index finger]] is used to sound notes on the prima, whi...
30: ...the Holy Trinity. This idea, while whimsical, is quite difficult to reconcile when one is confronted... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
4: ...und-icon.png|30px]] [[media:Toque-de-angola.ogg|Toque de Angola]] ([[ogg]] format, 17 seconds, 174KB)...
8: ...caxixi_baqueta_vadero.jpg|thumb|right|A caxixi, baqueta, and dobr㯝]
9: ...d of the verga to the other. A [[gourd]] ("caba硦quot;), dried, opened and hollowed-out, attached t...
10: ... today, most makers follow the tourist consumer's quest for (pretended) authenticity, and use clear v...
11: ...oduce the sound. The [[caxixi]] accompanies the vaqueta. The dobr㯠is moved back and forth from the ... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
50: ...mmand of all forces in the West and moved his headquarters to Virginia where he turned his attention ...
56: ...atest champion, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln had been quoted after the massive losses at Shiloh, "I can't...
58: ...wly created rank of [[General of the Army]] (the equivalent of a four-star, "full" general rank in th...
66: ...heir recommendations. His failure to establish adequate political allies was a factor in the scandals...
164: ...ily over $450,000 ($9,500,000 in [[consumer price index|2005 dollars]]). Clemens called the memoirs "the ... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
2: ...]] (rock of the earth's interior made molten or liquid by high pressure and temperature) erupts throu...
10: ... plugs. [[Mount Pel饝] on the island of [[Martinique]] is another example.
12: ...ce of 130 kilometers, and covered an area of 800 square km. Note that the terms ''felsic'' and ''mafi...
15: ...e examples of places where volcanoes extrude huge quantities of lava that gradually build a wide moun...
29: [[Image:Volcano q.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A volcanic eruption can be ... - Africa (35389 bytes)
3: ...,050 [[square kilometre|km²]] (11,677,240 [[square mile|mi²]]) including its adjacent islan...
24: ...[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]] (11,677,240 [[square mile|mi<sup>2</sup>]]), including the islands...
26: ...[[1 E12 m2|9,700,000 km<sup>2</sup>]] (3,760,000 square miles), has a coast-line of 32,000 km (19,800...
53: ...t gave ex-slaves and natives to the area roughly equal [[legislative power]] despite the fact the ex-...
59: ...ed control of the republic of Rwanda. As a consequence, 40 years after independance and decades of ... - Australia (39438 bytes)
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Governor-General of Australia|Governor...
56: ...[[Lachlan Macquarie]] of [[New South Wales]] subsequently used it in his dispatches to [[England]]. I...
63: ...[Torres Strait Islands]] and parts of far north [[Queensland]], they have distinct cultural practices...
67: ..., [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] in 1851 and [[Queensland]] in 1859. The [[Northern Territory]] wa...
69: ...h Court of Australia|High Court]] case ''[[Mabo v Queensland (No 2)]]'' overturned the notion of Aust... - Canada (35540 bytes)
8: ...tutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
18: ...ian French|French]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and is widely spoken in [[New Brunswick]].
44: |align=left|[[Quebec]]||[[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]]||-5 (Eastern)
66: |align=left|[[Nunavut]]||[[Iqaluit, Nunavut|Iqaluit]]||-7, -6, -5, -4
70: ... cities include [[Toronto, Ontario]]; [[Montreal, Quebec]]; [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]; [[Ottawa... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...ies as an independent nation on the continent. Unique among African countries, Ethiopia maintained in...
61: ... on their direct descent from [[Solomon]] and the queen of [[Sheba]].
126: ...hnicities.[http://www.abesha.com/abesha18/aboutus.php] Both of these terms are [[Arabic language|Arabic...
216: | Arbegnoch Qen
255: *[http://www.ethiopianembassy.org/index.shtml Embassy of Ethiopia in Washington DC] infor... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
3: ...yah al-Jazā’irīyah<br>ad-Dīmuqrāţīyah ash-Sha’bīyah'''...
31: ...untries by area|Ranked 11th]] <br /> 2,381,740 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> Negligible
49: ...man|Kassaman <small>(Qassamman Bin Nazilat Il-Mahiqat)]]''<br>(<small>[[Arabic language|Arabic]]: ''[...
62: ...ia]] [[Fatimid]]s overthrew the Rustamids, and conquered Egypt. They left Algeria and Tunisia to the...
64: ... the early 1900s when the last [[Tuareg]] were conquered. - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
19: leader_titles = [[Dutch monarch|Queen]]<br>[[Prime minister of the Netherlands|Prim...
55: ...nked fifth on the [[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]], behind [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Australia]], ...
68: ...ing William III]] was succeeded by his daughter [[Queen Wilhelmina]] in [[1890]], Luxembourg seceded ...
72: ...ed to neighboring countries, mainly due to its unique infrastructure of waterways and reliance on win...
75: The name [[Holland]] is widely used as being equivalent to The Netherlands; its use is similar to... - Andorra (11532 bytes)
23: | [[Jacques Chirac]]
42: ...2003) || [[List of countries by Human Development Index|NA]] – <font color=gray>unranked</font>
87: ...ains executive power. The two co-princes serve coequally with limited powers that do not include veto...
90: ...erving as [[President of France]], currently [[Jacques Chirac]] (it has historically been any Head of... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...t]] and [[animal]] species, 80 percent of them unique to Madagascar. Most famous among those are the ...
6: native_name = Republique de Madagascar <br> Repoblikan'i Madagasikara |
18: ...mes = [[Marc Ravalomanana]] <br> [[Jacques Sylla]] |
61: ...everal months of bitter fighting. The French subsequently established reformed institutions in [[1956...
68: During the 16 subsequent years of President Ratsiraka's rule, Madagasc... - Paraguay (10959 bytes)
26: ...f countries by area|Ranked 58th]] <br> 406,750 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 2.3%
73: * [[Boquer
124: ...orters without borders]] World-wide press freedom index 2002: Rank 32 out of 139 countries - Greece (54754 bytes)
64: === Prehistory and Antiquity ===
68: ...ugh, in many ways, Greek culture would in turn conquer Roman life. Greece became a province of the [[...
74: ...ting impact of successive invasions, and the reconquest of Greece began. Greeks from [[Sicily]] and [...
82: ...r, a new age was dawning: Greece was gradually conquered by the Ottomans during the [[15th century]].
87: ...hile the [[Ottomans]] were completing the main conquest of the Greek Mainland, two Greek migrations o... - Mali (7755 bytes)
3: The '''Republic of Mali''' (''République du Mali'') is a land-locked nation in [[West Af...
6: |+<big><big>'''République du Mali'''</big></big>
34: ...countries by area|Ranked 23rd]] <br> 1,240,000 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 1.6%
49: | ''[[Pour l'Afrique et pour toi, Mali]]'' (For Africa and for You, ...
99: *[[Architecture of Mali]]- [[Great Mosque of Djenné]] - Central African Republic (6564 bytes)
1: ... on the west. The CAR is situated north of the [[equator]], separating the [[Congo River]] basin from...
4: |+<big><big>'''Republique Centrafricaine'''<br></big></big>
32: ...countries by area|Ranked 42nd]] <br /> 622,984 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br /> 0%
62: ...ic became independent in [[1960]]. The new nation quickly descended into [[dictatorship]] under the r...
100: *[http://www.kodro.net/ Republique Centrafricaine] official government site (in Fr... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
31: ... of countries by area|Ranked 158th]]<br>10,380 [[square kilometre|km²]]<br>11.5%
59: ...this grant was confirmed by letters patent from [[Queen Elizabeth I]]. In [[1618]], [[King James I]] ...
65: ...World War II]], the pace of constitutional reform quickened. Following general elections in [[1962]],...
160: ...[http://www.afrika.no/index/Countries/Gambia/ The Index on Africa - ''Gambia''] directory category
167: * [http://gambiagateway.atspace.com/information/index.html Gambia Information] - Guinea-Bissau (9517 bytes)
25: | [[Henrique Rosa]]
31: ...f countries by area|Ranked 133rd]] <br> 36,120 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 12% / Negligible
88: *[[Quinara Region]]
141: ...a.no/index/Countries/Guinea_Bissau/index.html The Index on Africa - ''Guinea-Bissau''] directory category - South Africa (40100 bytes)
1: ...[[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Swaziland]]. [[Lesotho]] is an independ...
11: ...ss, their populations are not as such that they require nationwide recognition.
17: ...al languages. While each language is technically equal to every other, English has emerged recently a...
93: ... climate along the border with [[Mozambique]]. It quickly rises over a [[mountain|mountainous]] [[esc...
102: ...bos]], a [[floristic province|floral kingdom]] unique to South Africa, is found near [[Cape Town]].]] - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
63: ...barian kingdom founded by the Germanic tribe of [[Quadi]], existed in western and central Slovakia.
69: ... invasion of the [[Mongols]] in 1241 and the subsequent famine. However, medieval Slovakia was charac...
71: ... capital in 1536. But the [[Ottoman wars]] and frequent insurrections against the [[Habsburg Monarchy...
144: ...ched 7.5 percent p.a. in real terms in the fourth quarter of [[2006]] according to the Statistics Off...
148: ...d regulated prices. Nonetheless, [[Consumer price index|CPI]] fell below 3 % in 2005. - Republic of the Congo (9324 bytes)
3: native_name = R鰵blique du Congo |
47: ... Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. A quarter century of experimentation with [[Marxism]]...
52: ...e 15th century, and commercial relationships were quickly established with the kingdoms--trading for ...
81: ...part of [[sub-Saharan Africa]], straddling the [[Equator]]. To the south and east it is bounded by th...
124: ....afrika.no/index/Countries/Congo_Brazzaville/ The Index on Africa - ''Congo-Brazzaville''] directory cate... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...and's interior. It is located 13? north of the [[Equator]] and 59? west of the [[Prime Meridian]], ab...
11: ...anish colonization of the Americas|Spanish]] [[conquistadors]] seized many Caribs on Barbados and use...
25: ...]], with a ceremonial [[president]] replacing the Queen.
61: ...island is well developed and there are many local quality-hotels known internationally which offer wo...
116: ...ger, Barbados Transport bus cannot. Many routes require a connection in Bridgetown. However, if you w... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
1: ...'' ([[French language|French]]: ''Royaume de Belgique'', [[Flemish language|Flemish]]: ''Koninkrijk B...
5: |+<big>'''Royaume de Belgique'''<br>'''Koninkrijk Belgi맧'<br>'''K?reich Bel...
55: ...low of different [[race]]s and [[culture]]s. Consequently, Belgium is one of Europe's true [[melting ...
73: ...s (such as the French-speaking [[Front D%E9mocratique des Francophones|FDF]], which, however, has had...
125: Belgium has an area of 30,510 [[square kilometre|km²]]. Belgium has three main ... - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
28: ...f countries by area|Ranked 116th]] <br> 71,740 [[square kilometre|km?]] <br> 0.2%
91: ...ne is an extremely poor nation with tremendous inequality in income distribution. It does have substa...
100: ...struction of medical infrastructure and hospital equipment, rural inaccessibility, poor and disadvant...
131: ...//www.afrika.no/index/Countries/Sierra_Leone/ The Index on Africa - ''Sierra Leone''] directory category
148: * [http://www.daco-sl.org/encyclopedia2004/index.htm Sierra Leone Encyclopedia 2004] - Botswana (22276 bytes)
27: ...countries by area|Ranked 44th]] <br /> 600,370 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br /> 2.5% ...
71: ...al courts, though all persons have the right to request that their case be considered under the forma...
119: [[Gaborone]] is host to the headquarters of the 14 nation [[Southern African Develo...
242: ...afrika.no/index/Countries/Botswana/index.html The Index on Africa - ''Botswana''] directory category - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ...to the west, [[Zambia]] to the north and [[Mozambique]] to the east.
48: As of [[1837]] the Shona were frequently raided by the [[Ndebele]], led by king [[Mz...
52: ...or the [[British South Africa Company]], which conquered the Ndebele and their territory (named "Rhod...
56: ... [[1966]] and [[1968]] proved fruitless, the UK requested [[United Nations|UN]] economic sanctions ag...
88: ... [[Tanzania]], 77.1%, [[Malawi]], 61.8%, [[Mozambique]], 46.5%. - Cuba (25106 bytes)
10: ...t|July 26 Movement]]' subsumed these other groups quickly and took over Cuba's government in [[1959]]...
12: ...he newly elected Kennedy administration, and subsequently led to the Cuban Missile crissis in October...
16: ...mong others) and [[Africa]] ([[Angola]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Ethiopia]]). In Angola alone, Cuba had ...
36: ...ever refused by the National Assembly, and a subsequent crackdown resulted in the imprisonment of 75 ...
74: ...t and the highest point is the [[Pico Real del Turquino]] at 2,005 m. The local [[climate]] is tropic... - Finland (29511 bytes)
59: ...la]], in [[1835]]; and Finnish getting a legally equal status with Swedish in [[1892]].
84: The parliament has, since [[equal and common suffrage]] was introduced in [[1906...
112: ...urface area of the country is growing by about 7 sq. kilometres a year.
116: ...y lies above the [[Arctic Circle]], and as a consequence the [[midnight sun]] can be experienced &mda...
123: ...ics industries. Trade is important, with exports equalling almost one-third of [[Gross Domestic Produ... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
1: ...ashmir earthquake]] for the 8 October 2005 [[earthquake]] in [[Pakistan-administered Kashmir]].''
7: national_motto = Yaqeen-e-muhkam, ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Fait...
59: ...dus Valley civilization]] and was subsequently conquered by many groups, including [[Aryans]], [[Acha...
62: ...s]]) and as administrators, after the area was conquered by various Central Asian groups, most notabl...
64: ...ula Kadphises]]. Kadphises' son [[Vima Takto]] conquered territory now in India, but lost much of the... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
98: ...[[West Bahr al Ghazal]], [[West Darfur]], [[West Equatoria]], [[West Kurdufan]], and [[White Nile, Su...
113: ..., Sudan began exporting crude oil and in the last quarter of 1999 recorded its first trade surplus, w...
126: ...1605;ناصير) and Shaiqiyah (الشايق&#...
182: *[http://www.suna-sd.net/Index_EN.htm Sudan News Agency (SUNA)] and [http://www....
195: *[http://www.afrika.no/index/Countries/Sudan/ The Index on Africa - ''Sudan''] directory category - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ...north, [[Zambia]] on the north-west, and [[Mozambique]] on the east, south, and west. [[Lake Malawi]]...
51: ... along the shore of Lake Malawi in [[1859]]. Subsequently, [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Presbyterian]] chu...
76: ...acefully, they were concerned about "serious inadequacies" in the poll.
85: ... 400 kilometers (250 mi.) farther south in Mozambique. East and west of the Rift Valley, the land for...
96: ...aize]], and during the 1980s exported substantial quantities to its drought-stricken neighbors. Agric... - Peru (12264 bytes)
22: ...of Peru|President]]''' || [[Alejandro Toledo Manrique]]
43: <sup>1</sup> [[Quechua language|Quechua]], [[Aymara language|Aymar and other reg...
55: ...ocated in the central coast of the country, is unique in that it doesn't belong to any of the twenty-...
63: * [[Arequipa Region|Arequipa]]
73: * [[Lambayeque Region|Lambayeque]] - Portugal (61755 bytes)
7: ...nificant social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last f...
17: ...ginians]] out in the [[Punic Wars]]. The Roman conquest of Portugal started from the south, where the...
25: ...uista]]). In [[868]], Count [[V�ra Peres]] reconquered and governed the region between the [[Minho ...
27: ...d and his son, [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso Henriques]] (Afonso I), took control of the county. The ...
29: ...rom the Moors. In [[1250]], the Portuguese [[Reconquista]] ended when it reached the southern coast o... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
11: national_anthem = [[God Save the Queen]]<sup>3</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[British monarchy|Queen]]<br>[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|P...
64: The [[British Isles]] is a term frequently used to refer to the [[archipelago]] which ...
74: ...zenith, the [[British Empire]] stretched over one quarter of the earth's surface. The first half of t...
87: ...mage:Ac.thequeen.jpg|thumb|182px|left|Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II]] - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...alan]]: ''Regne d'Espanya''; [[Basque language|Basque]]: ''Espainiako Erresuma'') is a country locate...
37: sovereignty_type = [[Reconquista|Unification]] |
48: ...[Catalan language|Catalan]], [[Basque language|Basque]], and [[Galician language|Galician]] are co-of...
58: ...]]. This may have included the [[Basque people|Basque]]s, the only pre-Celtic people in Iberia surviv...
83: ...me years of French-supported independence but was quickly returned to the Spanish Crown, except [[Ros... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
1: ...suggestive of its being situated near both the [[equator]] and the Gulf of Guinea.
3: ...<big><big>'''Rep?a de Guinea Ecuatorial<br>R鰵blique de la Guin饠ɱuatoriale'''</big></big>
7: ...e:Equatorial guinea flag large.png|125px|Flag of Equatorial Guinea]]
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10: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Equatorial Guinea|In Detail]]) - Texas (39610 bytes)
52: With an area of [[1 E11 m?|690,000]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]], Texas forms the s...
76: ...[[November 6]], [[1528]] shipwrecked Spanish [[conquistador]] [[?var N?Cabeza de Vaca]] became the fi...
131: ...A Mexican force of over 500 men, led by Rafael Vasquez, invaded Texas for the first time since the re...
147: ...Bill of Rights]], and includes some provisions unique to Texas.
149: ...r of elected officials, the Governor's powers are quite limited in comparison to other state governor... - List of people by name: A (45 bytes)
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