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  1. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of St...
    20: ... on several occasions, most recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the ce...
    29: ...dging to devote her life to the service of the people of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    33: ...s claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten bef...
    55: ...ronation of the British monarch|coronation]] took place in [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[2 June]] [[1953]...
  2. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
    12: ...f Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 M...
    18: ...tch, but his objections failed to dissuade the couple. Many scholars have suggested that Prince Albert...
    20: ...merged the Royal House name and family surname, replacing both with one deliberately English sounding ...
    29: ...wives of Whigs, but Sir Robert Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. Victoria strongly o...
    37: ... the assassination attempt; others attributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King...
  3. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[Engla...
    9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
    11: ...having had the right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] ra...
    13: ...pic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[adulte...
    34: The wedding took place at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in [[London]] on [[...
  4. Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
    21: | '''Place of Birth:'''
    41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
    47: ...rhaul of Canada's social policies in all their complexities could not be done in just 47 days (the tim...
    61: In [[2004]], she was included in the list of 50 most import...
    63: ..., the former President of Brazil. On January 1st, 2004, Ms. Campbell assumed the role of Secretary Gener...
  5. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
    31: ..., her policies initially caused large-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands ...
    33: ...At the same time the Conservative Party began to split over her sceptical approach to [[European Union...
    36: ...derman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
    43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
  6. Canada (35540 bytes)
    1: ...e you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until...
    3: ...or Canada. To keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of...
    10: ...e for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/populat...
    21: ...tates|U.S.]], with which it has had a long and complex relationship (''see'' [[U.S.-Canada relations]]...
    86: ... that the [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|First Peoples]] have inhabited parts of what is now called Ca...
  7. United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
    67: ...on's founding until his death on [[2 November]] [[2004]]. His son, [[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan]] was ...
    71: ...moderate foreign policy stance have allowed it to play a vital role in the affairs of the region. In r...
    88: ...nd [[Saudi Arabia]]. It is a flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert...
    99: ...sent information on the UAE, its cities or its people in bad light. Censorship of Internet sites perta...
    136: {{commons|United Arab Emirates}}
  8. Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
    1: ...sh constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre]]'').<!--
    65: The partition of Ireland came about because of complex constitutional developments in the early twenti...
    67: ...al Assent]], the Third [[Home Rule Act 1914]]'s implementation was suspended until after the [[World W...
    69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
    73: ...of public support for the settlement that the "people have no right to do wrong". They objected most t...
  9. Guatemala (8475 bytes)
    32: <br>&nbsp;- Total ([[2004]])
    99: ...in 2000 provided world agricultural prices do not plunge.
    104: ...d Amerindians descendants of indigenous [[Maya people]] constitute 43% of the population. Whites and o...
    123: {{commons|Guatemala}}
    125: *[[List of places in Guatemala]]
  10. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
    7: ...> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
    22: population_estimate_year = 2004 |
    28: GDP_PPP_year = 2004 |
    51: ...India]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]] (Persia), [[People's Republic of China|China]] and the [[Arabian Se...
    59: Pakistan is the birthplace of some of the most ancient civilizations and ...
  11. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    52: ...National Statistics]]. As of April 2005, the July 2004 estimates were not yet available.<br><sup>7</sup>...
    54: ...[[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. Usually known simply as the '''United Kingdom''' or the '''UK''', it ...
    64: ...) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles.
    69: ...land was on the brink of economic ruin and was deeply unpopular with the broader Scottish population.
    71: ...nd]]. This was also an unpopular decision, taking place just after the unsuccessful United Irishmen Re...
  12. New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
    38: ...[lilac|purple lilac]]. Its state bird is the [[purple finch]]. Its state tree is the [[Paper Birch|Ame...
    49: ...eeded for the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] that took place north of Boston a few months later.
    62: ...out to about one Representative for every 3090 people.
    64: ...ves and state senators are paid just $100 a year, plus mileage, effectively meaning that state laws ar...
    66: ...: [[Killington, Vermont]] voted on [[March 2]], [[2004]] to secede from [[Vermont]] and join New Hampshi...
  13. Space exploration (14877 bytes)
    1: ... the most famous and important aspects of space exploration was the landing of the first man on the mo...
    6: ...ticles of space hardware, including a full-size replica of the [[Apollo 11]] [[Saturn V]] rocket, the ...
    13: ...anywhere else, such as to the [[Moon]] or [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. The first successful orbital launch ...
    15: ...the first amateur space flight. On [[June 21]], [[2004]], [[SpaceShipOne]] became the first privately-fu...
    19: ...er 23]], [[2004]] with a VSV-30, or [[Brazilian Exploration Vehicle]], launched on a [[sub-orbital]] m...
  14. Mars (27704 bytes)
    2: ...t|North Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)]]
    4: ... This feature also earned it the name of "the Red Planet." Mars has two [[Natural satellite|moon]]s ([...
    8: Mars has always fascinated people. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxi...
    11: ...[[telescope]]s, and possibly confirmed in [[March 2004]] by the [[Mars Express Orbiter]], present measur...
    13: ...o become uniformly distributed in the atmosphere. Plans are now being made to look for other 'companio...
  15. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    3: ...mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
    14: ''I've studied all available charts of the planets and stars and none of them match the others....
    16: .... (These measurements became the possessions of Kepler following Tycho's death.)
    18: ...he rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of [[silver]] and [[gold]]. Tycho's ...
    33: ...as strongly critical of those who dismissed the implications of the astronomical appearance, writing i...
  16. United States Senate (35505 bytes)
    10: ...tish House of Lords as possible."<!--Harpers, May 2004, 42-->
    12: ... (nine out of the 13) in [[1788]], but its full implementation was set for [[March 4]], [[1789]]. Howe...
    16: ...hed for the direct election of senators by the people, rather than state legislatures; they achieved t...
    23: ...post]] system, under which the candidate with a [[plurality]] of votes (not necessarily an absolute ma...
    25: ...censuring members; [[censure]] requires only a simple majority and does not remove a senator from offi...
  17. Formula One (29650 bytes)
    2: ... for position during the [[2004 Monaco Grand Prix|2004]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]], one of the nineteen annu...
    9: ...a]]. New races in [[Bahrain]] and [[China]], one planned for [[2005]] in [[Turkey]], and others discu...
    24: ...n's superiority, and it quickly and permanently replaced the front-mounted engine model.
    28: ...aluminium sheet chassis called a [[monocoque]] in place of the traditional tubular chassis; this prove...
    35: ...ntributing to [[Bernie Ecclestone]]'s eventual complete financial control of the sport.
  18. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    42: ...ne]] (a [[Miwok]] Indian word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between [[Point Sur...
    44: European discovery and exploration of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] began in...
    56: ...od. All of the county not in the city limits was split off to form [[San Mateo County, California|San ...
    62: ...terred corpses contributed to the transmission of plague, and possibly also motivated by the opportuni...
    69: ...e after the Earthquake. On July 22, 1916 a bomb exploded on Market Street during a [[Preparedness Day]...
  19. Parthenon (12682 bytes)
    3: ...s]]. The building was officially called the '''Temple of Athena the Virgin''', and its popular name de...
    5: ...d by the [[Iran|Persians]]. As well as being a temple, the Parthenon was used as a treasury, and was t...
    9: ... [[447 BC]] and the building was substantially completed by [[438 BC]], but work on the decorations co...
    11: ...e effect of these subtle curves is to make the temple look even more symmetrical than it actually is.
    19: ...long the outer frieze of all four sides of the temple, above the lines of columns and below the pedime...
  20. Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
    6: place_of_birth = [[Braunau am Inn]], [[Austria-Hunga...
    9: place_of_death = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
    13: ...he systematic extermination of over 11 million people, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]]...
    20: ...on more strictly than was usual for that time and place.
    22: ...ng a Hitler, but a Schicklgruber. This was also exploited in Allied propaganda during the Second World...

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