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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's cap...
15: ...Atlantic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were buil...
17: ...dation is at the feet of now world famous Sugar Loaf mountain (P㯭de-A纣ar). Later, the whole city w...
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25: Rio was maintained as Brazilian capital after the military overthrew the [[monarchy]] and im... - Main Page2 (2348 bytes)
42: ===March 2007 Calendar===
43: {{MarchCalendar2007a}} - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
7: ...utenant's Woman]]'', ''[[Silkwood]]'', ''[[Out of Africa]]'', ''[[Ironweed]]'', ''[[Postcards from the...
15: ...oduction for release in [[2005]], [[2006]], and [[2007]], and remains one of the most respected actors i...
25: ... - [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] for best actress, in ''[[The French Lieutenan...
34: *[[2004]] - [[AFI Life Achievement Award|American Film Institute l...
38: *[[1979]] - [[BAFTA]] Best Actress, in ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' - Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
37: *''[[Rapunzel Unbraided]]'' (2007) (currently announced start of production) (voice... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
15: ...gypt is from [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/ Late Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt].
80: *Khafre ([[Chephren]]) 2520-2494
83: *Shepseskaf 2472-2467
87: *Userkhaf 2465-2458
101: *Merenre Nemtyemzaf 2255-2246 - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
1: ...in City]]. The country's name is unrelated to its African heritage; it was proposed by a ''[[The Times...
57: ... as a terminal of north-south trade between North African [[Berber]]s and forest people. In the early ...
61: ...rs established coastal ports for the increasing traffic in [[slave]]s destined for the American contin...
67: ... the Biafran populace, Philip Effiong, Chief of Staff of the rebel army accepted the terms of surrende...
69: ..., [[Olusegun Obasanjo]]. A new constitution was drafted in 1977, and elections were held in 1979, whic... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
32: | [[Najib Mikati]] (resigned after parliamentary elections)
66: The country was named after [[Mount Lebanon]]; the word "Lebanon" (also "L...
73: Following the collapse of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after [[World War I]], the [[League of Nations]] [[F...
85: ...hey numbered more than 300,000, led by [[Yassir Arafat]]'s [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO)...
108: ...Syria and Israel denied any involvement. After [[Rafik Hariri|Hariri]]'s assassination, [[Druze]] lead... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
67: After the disintegration of the [[Great Moravia|Grea...
71: After the [[Ottoman Empire]] started its expansion i...
75: ...own as the [[Slovak National Uprising]], in 1944. After [[World War II]], Czechoslovakia was reassembl...
77: ...d the [[Czech Republic]] went their separate ways after January 1, [[1993]], an event sometimes called...
110: ...year term on the [[UN Security Council]] for 2006-2007. Slovakia is also a member of [[WTO]], [[OECD]], ... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
15: ...To work the plantations, slaves were brought from Africa; the [[slave trade]] ceased a few years befor...
21: ...ference with the United Kingdom in June [[1966]]. After years of peaceful and democratic progress, Bar...
56: ...final venues hosting the [[2007 cricket World Cup|2007 Cricket World Cup]].
124: ...s (also known colloquially as ''Bajan'') are of [[African]] descent, mostly descendants of the [[slave...
173: ...kit/HDR04_PKE_HDI.pdf 29th] (3rd in the Americas, after [[Canada]] and the [[United States]] - Romania (19812 bytes)
68: ... [[Bessarabia]] that had been regained by Moldova after the Crimean War [[1852]], as a swap with [[Dob...
72: ...ch would have required the CDR to resign en masse after 200 days from a mixed coalition government (so...
76: ...opean Union]], hoping to join on [[January 1]], [[2007]].
162: After Romania's Communist regime was overthrown in l...
166: ...ials, and is expected to join the EU in January [[2007]]. - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
67: ...as achieved through the massive use of imported [[Africa]]n [[slavery|slave]] labor.
82: The Jamaica Constitution, 1962 was drafted by a bipartisan joint committee of the Jamaica...
86: ...ster to call the next general election by October 2007.
98: ...uarters JDF contains the JDF commander, command staff as well as intelligence, judge advocate office, ...
139: After a period of steady growth from 1985 to 1995, r... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
66: ...ering the affairs of the State, including foreign affairs and taxation/duties. This is unlike most oth...
70: ...n disputed territories. The monarchy was deposed after annexation, and an Iraqi governor installed.
72: ...ian Gulf War]] to reinstate the Kuwaiti [[Emir]]. After six weeks of fighting in the early 1990, Iraq ...
80: ... subject to [[Islamic law]] and effective for the 2007 Parliamentary Election; formerly, Kuwait and Saud...
86: Kuwait is divided into 6 governorates (''muhafazat''): - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
79: ...otorious for human rights abuses, [[narcotics]] trafficking, and economic mismanagement. Later convict...
81: ... executive. In October [[1982]], twenty-two years after the end of his first term of office (1956-60),...
89: ...until about the third year of its term in office. After that, regional, global and domestic factors co...
93: ... national office in [[2002]] but could do so in [[2007]].
135: ...inces, or ''provincias'', which handle some local affairs. - California (63989 bytes)
89: ...t [[Economy of California|economy]] in the world (after the rest of the U.S., [[Japan]], [[Germany]], ...
101: ...ly dissolved and abandoned. For a quarter century after the achievement of Mexican independence in 182...
109: ...tant upper California numbered around 4,000. But after gold was discovered, the population burgeoned ...
113: ...ental Railroad|first transcontinental railroad]]. After this rail link was established, hundreds of th...
124: ...ublican, whose current term lasts through January 2007. Schwarzenegger was only the second person in the... - Kansas (21369 bytes)
69: ...rms. Their current term will end in January of [[2007]], and they are able to run for re-election in [[...
89: ... Missouri at [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], after a course of 150 miles across the state. The [...
101: ... the Kansas Territorial Government convened and drafted a pro-slavery constitution. ([http://www.lecom...
108: ...ce Center]], located in [[Hutchinson, Kansas]] is affiliated with the [[Smithsonian Institute]]. The m...
122: ...sportation equipment, commercial and private aircraft, food processing, publishing, chemical products,... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
62: ...]], usually leaving in early summer and returning after a 4 to 5 week stay in New Mexico. The Trail di...
80: ...eparate entity in [[1863]]. Union troops withdrew after the conclusion of the war.
96: Albuquerque expanded rapidly after the war. High-altitude experiments near [[Rosw...
105: ...ficers, all of whose terms also expire in January 2007, include Secretary of State [[Rebecca Vigil-Giron...
107: ... 33% were registered Republicans, and 17% did not affiliate with either of the two major parties. - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
27: ...ge for women older than 21 (to take effect in the 2007 national elections) [http://www.aljazeera.com/me....
31: ... that [[New Jersey]], on becoming a Federal State after the [[American Revolution]], placed only one r...
33: ...ition bore only five signatures. She was shortly afterward joined in her propaganda by [[Elizabeth Ca...
35: ... [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and immediately after little was heard of the movement, but in 1869 ...
37: ...Ohio]], but were brought back to New York shortly afterward and opened there on a much bigger scale. ... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
6: ...uttle Enterprise]], a Concorde and scores of aircraft. The [[U.S. Space & Rocket Center]] museum in [[...
15: ...became the first privately-funded manned [[spacecraft]].
41: ...(Moon-Ship-1) which is slated to be launched by [[2007]].
50: ...ram and general aerospace research. It was formed after the breakup of the Soviet Union and the dissol...
56: ...he impoverished instead of being wasted on spacecraft that sometimes don't work. Some examples include... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
2: ...as the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after [[World War II]] between the [[United States]]...
5: ...ht|[[NLF]] casualties during the [[Vietnam War]]. After the balance of power in Europe were firmly est...
7: ...etnam War]]; the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan|Afghan War]]; and CIA-assisted military coups agains...
27: *[[anti-aircraft artillery]],
39: *[[reconnaissance aircraft]], and - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ... the second [[planet]] from the [[Sun]], is named after the [[Roman mythology|Roman goddess]] [[Venus ...
3: ...be seen a few hours before sunrise or a few hours after sunset. However, when at its brightest, Venus ...
5: ... that it is the third brightest object in the sky after the Sun and [[Moon]]. Its symbol is a stylized...
23: ...esult of [[tidal locking]], with [[tidal force]]s affecting Venus's rotation whenever the planets get ...
25: ...l Montes, all surface features on Venus are named after real or mythological females. Venus's thick a...
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