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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...efered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
3: ''See also: [[Military of Costa Rica]]''
6: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de Costa Rica'''</big></big>
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Costa rica flag large.png|125px|]]
11: ...align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Costa Rica|Full Size]]) - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He believed that the [[earth]...
3: ...explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the ...
5: ...ess than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe...
7: ...s of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United Stat...
9: ...he first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...dynasty|Merinid Sultanate]] rule in the [[Islamic calendar]] year 703, into a [[Berber]] family. He wa...
11: ...nt on a ''[[hajj]]'' – a pilgrimage to [[Mecca]]. Once done, however, he continued travelling, e...
13: ...g that city he was forced to turn back due to a local rebellion.
15: ...o prophesied that Ibn Battuta would only reach Mecca after a journey through [[Syria]]. An additional ...
17: ...ad]]. After four days, he then journeyed on to Mecca. There he completed the usual rituals of a Muslim... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...emple]]s of many different religions dot the landscape of China. The most widespread religion of China...
5: ...f system as either a religion or a [[philosophy]] can be problematic. Thus, some regard [[Confucianism...
7: ...Buddhism while the reverse is not necessarily the case.
11: ...was regarded as the [[Son of Heaven]], and he typically led the imperial court in performing elaborate...
28: ... centered on 'the way', an understanding of which can be likened to recognising the true nature of the... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three day...
10: * [[1852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Pi...
12: ... of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Un... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...reat Lakes (Africa)|Great Lakes]] region of [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on the north, [[T...
3: ...tsi]] minority with the growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] majority.
11: image_map = LocationBurundi.png |
14: capital = [[Bujumbura]] |
25: population_estimate_year = 2003 | - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]...
14: ...[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
28: ..., Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
29: ...a Abbot|Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
37: *[[Emma Abbott|Abbott, Emma]], (1849-1891), American singer - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
11: ...z|Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel]], (1835-1910), American man of science
18: *[[Mehmet Ali Agca|Agca, Mehmet Ali]], (born 1958), failed assassin of [[...
19: ...gee|Agee, James]], (fl. early 20th century), American poet
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist
28: ...yes Agnew|Agnew, David Hayes]], (1818-1892), American surgeon - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...os]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Saint...
9: ...serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the sec...
19: ===Education===
20: ...was instructed in religion by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer i... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
6: ... ''other Aenor'' in the ''langue d'oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil'' an...
8: ..., and enjoyed riding, hawking, and hunting. She became heiress to [[Aquitaine]], the largest and riche...
10: ...s VI of France|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
12: ... dramatically emphasized the role of women in the campaign, with her, the Queen of France, as their le...
14: ...f his empire. A particularly poor decision was to camp one night in a lush valley surrounded by tall p... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...''. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of En...
13: ...s wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn dau...
15: ...ls]]. A great part of the credit of her early education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not on...
17: ...is or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]]. Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII's chief advisor, managed...
19: ... appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Pope were abolished, and the King ... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...Girardeau, Missouri]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[radio]] [[talk show]] host. A [[conservatism...
4: == Early career ==
6: ...wned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
8: ... an "inoperable [[pilonidal cyst]]" and "a [[American football|football]] knee from [[high school]]" [...
14: == Talk radio and television career == - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
5: ...e and her elder [[sister]], [[Isabella Neville]], came into contact with the younger [[son]]s of [[Ric...
11: ...' titles and properties (a large portion of which came to them from their mother, Anne Beauchamp).
15: ...al home in the familiar surroundings of Middleham Castle, Richard having been appointed Governor of th...
25: ...rk: Love & War'' by [[Sandra Worth]] published in 2003 and a winner of multiple awards. The book has bee...
32: | width="30%" |Followed by:<br />'''[[Catherine of Aragon]]''' - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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11: ... The Princess of Wales'''. She was almost always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite nev...
13: ...hilanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of...
15: ...]] — while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...e only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the "other party" i... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
4: ...d:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2 | [[Image:secalbright.jpg|Madeleine Albright]]
30: | '''[[Political party|Political Party]]:'''
35: ... in the [[Czech Republic]]), [[United States|American]] diplomat, served as the 64th [[United States S...
39: == Academic and public career ==
40: ...t [[Johns Hopkins University]], received a Certificate from the Russian Institute at [[Columbia Univer... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
8: ...Kingdom]] and at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]. While in [[...
10: She returned to Myanmar in [[1988]] to care for her ailing mother. In that year, the long-t...
14: ...on prize money to establish a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people.
16: ... a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in [[1997]], the Burmese government denied ...
18: ...Yang? After a surgical operation in [[September]] 2003, she was again placed under house arrest in Yang? - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
5: ...e Prime Minister February - October [[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having 8 fe...
7: ...undtland Commission]], developing the broad political concept of [[sustainable development]] in the co...
9: Brundtland became Norwegian Prime Minister for two subsequent ter...
11: ...arlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[Jong-Wook Lee|Jong-Wook Lee]].
17: Her hallmark political activities have been chronicled by her husband,... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maria Cantwell.jpg|frame|Maria Cantwell]]
3: '''Maria E. Cantwell''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is the j...
7: Maria Cantwell was born in [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indiana...
9: ...eminded her of Indianapolis. She led a successful campaign to build a new library there.
13: In [[1986]], Cantwell became the youngest woman ever elected to the Washingt... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
24: |'''[[Political party|Political Party]]'''
25: |[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
27: ...can American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (...
31: ...g his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female to have been...
35: ...r. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
21: |'''[[Political Party]]:'''
27: ...oviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation tha...
29: ...al election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[20t...
31: ...early 1980s, her policies initially caused large-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial ...
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