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  1. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    44: ...ally filmed them. These tapes have not been broadcast in the United Kingdom.
    50: ...f [[AIDS]] sufferers was summarised in December [[2001]] by [[Bill Clinton]] at the 'Diana, Princess of ...
    60: ...[[Landmines Bill 1998]] to the [[British House of Commons]], the [[Foreign Secretary]], [[Robin Cook]], pai...
    80: ...pital room where Diana's body lay and paid their last respects. After their visits, the Anglican [[Arch...
    85: ...e legal [[speed limit]] of 50 km/h (30 mph), and faster than was prudent for the Alma underpass. In [[1...
  2. Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
    1: ...ialite politician and a member of the prominent [[Astor family]].
    3: <table align=right><tr><td>[[Image:NancyAstor.jpg]]</td></tr></table>
    4: ...ncy Lancaster]], became famous as a 20th-century tastemaker and the owner of the influential British de...
    6: ...1st Viscount Astor]] and grandson of [[John Jacob Astor III]].
    8: ...ed, and the first to take a seat, in the House of Commons. She would be re-elected many times, serving unti...
  3. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    33: ...e was forced to resign in [[1990]], her loss at least partly due to inadequate advice and campaigning. ...
    36: ...ntham, England|Grantham]] in [[Lincolnshire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]]...
    43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
    59: ...ttila the Hen", and "The Grocer's Daughter". The last nickname was due to her father's profession, but ...
    68: ...rthern Ireland]], she announced in the [[House of Commons]] that "The future of the constitutional affairs ...
  4. Canada (35540 bytes)
    41: ...oronto, Ontario|Toronto]]||-6 (Central),<br> -5 (Eastern)
    42: |rowspan=2|[[Central Canada|Central]], Eastern
    44: ...ebec]]||[[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]]||-5 (Eastern)
    86: ...how that these lands have been inhabited for at least 10,000 years. Several [[Viking]] expeditions occ...
    90: ...settlements]] were established along the [[East Coast of the United States|Atlantic seaboard]] and arou...
  5. United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
    2: ...[[Middle Eastern]] country situated in the south-east of the [[Arabia|Arabian Peninsula]] in [[Southwes...
    32: ...by population|Population]]'''<br>&nbsp;- Total ([[2001]]) <br>&nbsp;- [[Density]]
    61: ...Trucial Sheikdom States of the [[Persian Gulf]] coast granted the [[United Kingdom]] control of their d...
    71: ...the [[Singapore]] or [[Hong Kong]] of the Middle East.
    88: ... of vast desert wasteland; with mountains in the east. Its strategic location along southern approaches...
  6. Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
    1: ...ve-sixths of the island of [[Ireland]], off the coast of north-west [[Europe]]. It is the westernmost s...
    67: ...ed by 1915, not the four years it did ultimately last.) For the prior reasons Redmond and his Irish [[N...
    69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
    85: ... peace settlement for Northern Ireland, the [[Belfast Agreement]], was approved in [[1998]] in referend...
    92: ...tution, parliamentary elections must be held at least every seven years, though a lower limit may be se...
  7. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
    51: ...h Asia]] that overlaps onto the Greater [[Middle East]] and [[Central Asia]]. The country borders [[Ind...
    62: ... and propered greatly under Menander's rule. The last Greek king to rule independently was probably [[S...
    72: ...h Asia. The shrinking Mughal Empire fell prey to East India Company's conspiracies and the eventual col...
    74: ...Independence was organized under the rule of the last Mughal Emperor [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]], the Britis...
    79: ...the Muslim majority part of [[Bengal]]) became [[East Pakistan]]. The [[Partition of India]] was so mis...
  8. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    27: population_census_year = 2001 |
    58: ...Republic of Ireland]]. Six counties in the north-eastern portion of the island, meanwhile, remained a p...
    60: The UK is situated off the north-western coast of continental [[Europe]], and has a land border ...
    91: ...ntable to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in B...
    93: ... his or her ability to command the support of the Commons. The current Prime Minister is [[Tony Blair]] of ...
  9. Space exploration (14877 bytes)
    15: ...vilian Space eXploration Team]] launched the [[GoFast Rocket]] on a suborbital flight, the first amateu...
    56: ... betterment of the impoverished instead of being wasted on spacecraft that sometimes don't work. Some e...
    177: ||[[April 28]] [[2001]]
    194: {{Commons|Category:Space exploration}}
    217: Main articles: [[Astronaut]]s and [[human spaceflight]]
  10. Socrates (7975 bytes)
    23: ... Socrates|Apology]]'', 38. In Greek, "ho de anexetastos bios ou bi? anthor?".)
    27: ...y some gadfly; in this way the god seems to have fastened me on the city, some such one who arousing an...
    29: ...clepius]]; will you remember to pay the debt?'' (Last words, according to the ''[[Phaedo]]'' &mdash; [[...
    37: {{commons|Socrates}}
    51: * Taylor, C. C. W. (2001). ''Socrates: A very short introduction''. Oxford...
  11. Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
    5: ..., with each [[U.S. state|state]] entitled to at least one seat. In the Senate, on the other hand, each ...
    13: ...tion that did not give them an equal vote in at least one house of Congress. Because terms are stagger...
    15: ... [[direct election|directly elected]] by [[first past the post]] to serve two-year terms from [[Congres...
    17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
    26: ...s of the general Congress are now regularly broadcast on [[C-SPAN]], as are newsworthy meetings of [[Co...
  12. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    37: The city was devastated by the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]], but...
    42: ...an word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between [[Point Sur]] and the [[San Franci...
    58: ... significantly outstripped the development of infrastructure, including [[sanitation]], a serious chole...
    64: ...ay saved thousands. With the centennial of the disaster approaching, a city supervisor sponsored a reso...
    85: ...gay people moved to San Francisco's [[The Castro|Castro district]], which previous to their arrival, ha...
  13. Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
    31: ..., his mother Klara died a painful death from [[breast cancer]]. He gave his share of the orphans' benef...
    33: ...mmunity, including many [[Orthodox Jews]] from [[Eastern Europe]]. He was influenced by the [[pseudosci...
    45: ... his only education and suggests he did have at least some understanding of the military.
    73: ...ticularly hostile. The [[1930]] election was a disaster for [[Heinrich Br?]'s centre-right government, ...
    75: ... death, which is generally viewed as an event of lasting turmoil for Hitler.
  14. American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
    19: ...involvement in the war proved decisive, though disastrous for the French economy. France's standing arm...
    23: ...ent in the Continental Army in January 1777. At least 5,000 black soldiers fought as [[Patriot (America...
    25: Most [[American Indian]] communities east of the [[Mississippi River]] were affected by the...
    54: ...he invasion of Canada ended as an embarrassing disaster for the Americans, but Arnold&#8217;s improvise...
    103: ...ttle at Monmouth]] on [[June 28]], [[1778]], the last major battle in the North. Washington's second-in...
  15. Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
    42: ... California|Coloma]] (located some 50 miles northeast of the fort), a large number of gold-seekers came...
    44: ... grown to extend significantly north, south, and east of there). A number of directly adjacent towns or...
    46: ... the early [[1850s]] the Sacramento valley was devastated by floods, fires and cholera epidemics. Despi...
    61: Sacramento became a port (79 nautical miles northeast of San Francisco) when a schooner loaded with iro...
    78: ...[WISL]]. The [[Sacramento Solons]], a [[Pacific Coast League]] professional baseball team, played in Sa...
  16. Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
    15: ... away from the persecution they had faced in the East. Upon arrival their religious prophet [[Brigham Y...
    31: ...sporting events. Both have had a significant and lasting impact.
    38: ... ft (3,500 m) above sea level 5 mi (8 km) to the east of Downtown. The [[Oquirrh Mountains]], located 7...
    40: ...], [[Parley's Canyon]] opens up at the very southeast corner of the city proper near [[Canyon Rim, Utah...
    42: ...ake Bonneville]]. This lake once encompassed the eastern [[Great Basin]]. Its largest remnant is the [[...
  17. Russia (28007 bytes)
    2: ... a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]. With an area...
    13: The vast lands of Russia were home to disunited tribes who...
    15: The Varangian dynasty lasted several centuries, during which they affiliated...
    17: ...fered from internal disputes and was overrun by eastern invaders, the [[Golden Horde]] of the pagan Mo...
    21: Like in the Balkans and Asia Minor long-lasting nomadic rule retarded the country's economic a...
  18. Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
    12: ...theology|theologian]] and an [[Augustinian]] [[monasticism|monk]] whose teachings inspired the [[Protes...
    19: ...Eisleben]], [[Germany]] and was baptized on the feast day of [[Martin of Tours|St. Martin of Tours]], a...
    21: ...t received a Bachelor's degree in [[1502]] and a Master's degree in [[1505]]. According to his father's...
    23: ..., Luther left his law school and entered the [[monastery]] there.
    26: ...God escaped him. He devoted himself to [[fasting|fasts]], [[flagellation]]s, long hours in [[prayer]] a...
  19. Global warming (53726 bytes)
    3: ... [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/06/20010611-2.html] and assess the extent to which the ef...
    16: ...uded that "most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is [[Attribution of recent climate chang...
    26: ...perature record]] in about [[1860]]; or over the past century; or the most recent 50 years.
    28: ....no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/figspm-1.htm]. Over the past 1-2 thousand years the temperature has been relat...
    32: * Record of past century see: '''[[Instrumental temperature record...
  20. Dog (69384 bytes)
    17: ...]] [[mammal]] that has been domesticated for at least 14,000 years and perhaps for as long as 150,000 y...
    39: ...ound. They can identify a sound's location much faster than can a human, and they can hear sounds up t...
    43: ... of a wide variety of facial expressions; in contrast to cats, for instance, who have many fewer nerves...
    122: ...y a few months, while giant breeds such as the [[Mastiff]]s take 16 to 18 months for the skeleton to ma...
    126: ...ssociation with [[hominid]] remains that are at least 400,000 years old. The molecular genetic data su...

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