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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
9: She is also [[Head of the Commonwealth]], [[Supreme Governor of the Church of England|S...
27: ...e ATS) where she was known as No 230873 Second Subaltern Elizabeth Windsor, and was trained as a driver...
29: ... life to the service of the people of the Commonwealth and Empire.
33: ...Edinburgh]] before their marriage. This marriage, although not arranged as such, was eminently suitable...
55: ...nion 1800|Act of Union]] in 1801 to be out of the country at the moment of succession. [[Treetops Hotel]] w... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
13: ...ted that his wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a sti...
21: ...as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although she was illegitimate under English law.
35: ...ished by having his [[ear]]s cut off. Still, the country remained devoted to Mary. On [[19 July]], Jane's...
44: ...ncy of Spain. Insurrections broke out across the country when she refused. The Duke of Suffolk once again...
53: ...ns also inspired her to institute social reforms, although these were unsuccessful as well. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
14: Although christened Alexandrina Victoria, from birth ...
29: ...he Royal Household on the basis of their party loyalties). Many of the Queen's Ladies of the Bedchamber...
37: ...cted the country with a wave of patriotism and loyalty.
39: The shooting had no effect on the queen's health or on her pregnancy. The first child of the roya...
43: ...still punishable by death. Feeling that such a penalty would be too harsh, Prince Albert encouraged Par... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
43: ...lso in [[1993]], Campbell and Eddy were divorced, although the divorce was finalized before she was swo...
47: ...days (the time allotted to an election campaign), although her comment is widely remembered as suggesti...
53: Although many pundits saw the unprecedented scope of ...
61: ...atus as the only woman leader of a North American country to date, but controversy ensued among academics i... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
31: ...artlands of [[northern England]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a perio...
41: ...ove and were married later in 1951. Denis was a wealthy businessman, and he funded his wife to read for...
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
66: ...days of [[British Empire|Empire]], and wanted the country to punch above its weight in international affair...
68: ...rthern Ireland]], she announced in the [[House of Commons]] that "The future of the constitutional affairs ... - Asia (16910 bytes)
14: An alternative explanation is that the word Asia is root...
24: ...ountries stretch beyond Asia. See [[Bicontinental country]] for details about the borderline cases between ...
41: ...Kazakhstan]] (excluding its small [[Bicontinental country#Countries in both Asia and Europe|European]] terr...
64: ... [[Singapore]] and [[Indonesia]] ([[Bicontinental country#Countries in both Asia and Oceania|some]] of the ...
66: The country of [[Malaysia]] is divided in two by the [[South ... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...dence provided resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything e...
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the northern-most in the wo...
17: ...g member of the [[United Nations]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is...
111: ...t to the [[Pacific Ocean]] in the west; hence the country's motto. To the north lies the [[Arctic Ocean]]; ...
113: Canada is the world's second-largest country in total area, after [[Russia]]. Much of Canada ... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...' is an [[petroleum|oil]]-rich [[Middle Eastern]] country situated in the south-east of the [[Arabia|Arabia...
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65: ... elected by the Supreme Council every five years. Although unofficial, the Presidency is hereditary to ...
71: ...ern state with a high [[standard of living]]. The country's per capita GDP is not far below the GDPs of the...
97: ...Provider|Internet Service Provider (ISP)]] in the country. Etisalat runs a [[monopoly]] in business and per... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ... of the [[European Union]], and has a [[developed country|developed economy]] and an approximate population...
6: {{Infobox Country |
69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
73: ... state would remain part of the [[British Commonwealth]] and that [[TD (parliament)|TD]]s would have to...
77: ...es and perhaps as many as 4000 people were killed altogether. As their forces retreated, the Irregulars... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
1: The '''Republic of Guatemala''' is a country in [[Central America]], in the south of the conti...
54: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]'''
62: ...rst arrived in [[1523]] and colonised the area. [[Alta Verapaz]] is known for the fact that after faili...
85: ...cities are the capital [[Guatemala City]], [[Quetzaltenango]] and [[Escuintla]].
123: {{commons|Guatemala}} - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
2: {{Infobox Country|
51: ...ember of the [[United Nations|UN]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], the [[South Asian Association for ...
59: ...te Hun]]s, and [[Scythian]]s. This period saw the country advance in trade and culture to a level where the...
111: ...of women in the parliament of any Muslim-majority country, according to data from the Inter-Parliamentary U...
132: ...d to provide Pakistan with [[F-16]] fighter jets, although (because of the [[Pressler amendment]]) only... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
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54: ...age --> in [[western Europe]]. It is a [[Commonwealth Realm]], and a member of the [[European Union]] ...
56: ...ed Kingdom's principal international land border, although there is also a nominal frontier with France...
64: ...tion out of date in the Irish case since 1922. An alternative, the ''Islands of the North Atlantic'' (I...
78: ...nformation Commissioner]] stated in 2004 that the country is currently in danger of becoming a [[Mass surve... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
38: ... State" because it has numerous granite quarries, although that industry has declined greatly in recent...
62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ...
64: ... scale, many New Hampshire lawmakers are either wealthy or retired.
92: ...: It is now the second-most-forested state in the country, after Maine, in terms of percentage of land cove...
99: ...hereby attracting commuters, light industry, specialty horticulture, and service firms from other juris... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
28: ...hina Aerospace Corp. China became only the third country on Earth to send a human into space independently...
31: ...per an agreement signed on [[June 14]], [[1962]]. Although it was officially an inter-governmental spac...
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194: {{Commons|Category:Space exploration}} - Cave (10592 bytes)
25: ..., [[marble]], [[loess]], [[ice]], [[granite]], [[salt]], [[lava]], [[sandstone]], and [[gypsum]]. The ...
60: ...nt) is [[Voronya Cave]] ([[Abkhazia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]), with a depth of 2,080m. This was the...
76: {{Commons|Cave|Cave}} - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
61: ...964;ες) are praised for defending their country against invaders, of which most famous is the her...
72: ...lso the first [[Christianity|Christian]] emperor. Although the empire was not yet "Byzantine" under Con...
78: ...and the initial invasions were attracted to the wealth of [[Rome]]. Throughout the [[5th century]] vari...
82: ...h century was also a time of flourishing culture (although Justinian closed the university at Athens), ...
88: ...from the former imperial lands in western Europe, although the southern Byzantine provinces differed si... - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...or in French a simple ''chau'' connotes a grand [[country house]] at the center of an [[estate]]. When Euro...
28: ...les were also developed to defend key part of the countryside such as a mountain pass or river estuary, and...
44: ...est to denote a type of fortress, then new to the country, brought in by the Norman [[knight]]s whom [[Edwa...
65: ... lighter natures, some castles and even fortified country-houses or castellated mansions managed to make a ...
67: ...tles which survived were continually improved and altered to serve as residences. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
10: ...cation at home in his early years, and that his health during that time, as later, was delicate. He ent...
21: ...ere threefold: discovery of truth, service to his country, and service to the church. Knowing that a presti...
29: ... retrieving his position by a marriage with the wealthy widow Lady [[Elizabeth Hatton]] failed, and in ...
33: ... he endeavoured to obtain further promotion and wealth by supporting the king in his arbitrary policy.
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
11: ...ations, they acquired the degree of centralized wealth and power necessary to begin systematic attempts...
22: ...the coast of today's [[North Carolina]] by Sir [[Walter Raleigh]]. The second resupply ship, delayed f...
27: ...r community but instead were seeking individual wealth. A lack of social bonds in the community was fur...
56: Although it is a common myth in modern American socie...
60: ...olitical, and military safety of their community. Although some characterize the strength of Puritan so... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
47: ...r the fatherland, equal to her religious piety"). Although traditionalist and [[monarchist]], the famil...
69: ...aptly capture the spirit of de Gaulle's position. Although only few people actually heard the speech th...
98: ...conference) that he was at the disposition of the country. As a journalist expressed the concerns of some w...
110: ...oversaw tough economic measures to revitalise the country, including the issuing of a new [[franc]] (worth ...
112: ...h ties to its own former empire notwithstanding. Although his supporters would argue that subsequent B...
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