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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of State. H...
15: ...een Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively.
22: ===Heiress Presumptive===
23: ...VIII]]'s abdication, she became [[heiress presumptive]] and was henceforth known as HRH The Princess El...
27: ...the military, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
10: ...Mary I of Scotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...tle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leading to f...
15: ...t only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]] upon the subject, but was herself the Princess...
21: ...nt and the hatred Queen Anne had for her was perceived as unjust; all [[Europe]], furthermore, regarded...
42: Mary's first Act of Parliament retroactively validated Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...izabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impatience ...
16: ... from her father as he married his succession of wives. Henry's last wife [[Catherine Parr]] helped rec...
22: ... She came to speak or read six languages: her native [[English language|English]], as well as [[French...
27: ...beth to succeed rather than her next-closest relative, [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Stuart]], later Mary Q...
33: ...atute]] and since she was a Protestant), the relatively unimportant [[Owen Oglethorpe]], [[Bishop of Ca... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...he choice of the English Parliament, various coercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy b...
15: ...; for treatment, she was sent to [[France]]. She lived with her grandmother, [[Henrietta Maria|Queen He...
19: ...us toleration to Roman Catholics was not well-received by the English people. Public alarm increased wh...
26: ...eaching the age of two years. Her only son to survive infancy, [[William, Duke of Gloucester]], died at...
28: ...self to her half-brother, James II's son and putative heir, James Francis Edward Stuart (the "Old Prete... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...k were already married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the ...
16: ...ictoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the throne. Since the law at that time made ...
20: ... examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported that her husband's personal surna...
25: ...ldless, Ernest Augustus was also the heir-presumptive to the British throne.
29: ...ut Sir Robert Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. Victoria strongly objected to the rem... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
13: ...ery]], [[mental cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], spawning ...
22: ...rial, meant custody of Diana and her brother was given to their father. On the death of her paternal gr...
40: ...nship with him, as well as married art dealer [[Oliver Hoare]].
44: ..., and after numerous legal wranglings, they were given to the Princess's voice coach, who had originall...
52: ...d give hope to people with AIDS, and helped save lives of people at risk.'' - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ... Virginia]], [[United States]], the third of the five daughters of railroad tycoon [[Chiswell Dabney La...
8: ...ed, and the first to take a seat, in the House of Commons. She would be re-elected many times, serving unti...
10: ...et ''"The Week"'' for spreading lies about the "Cliveden Set." - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
28: ...Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
33: ...'Kim''' in her teens. She was educated at the [[University of British Columbia]] (B.A., LL.B.) and stud...
35: ...Campbell lectured in political science at the [[University of British Columbia]] and at [[Vancouver Com...
39: ...Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]].
41: ...convention]] that June. As leader of the Conservatives Campbell automatically became Prime Minister of ... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...baronet]] and explorer Sir Henry Gore-Booth, she lived as a child at the [[Anglo-Irish]] family's ances...
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
14: ...thers in opposition to the Treaty. She fought actively for the [[republican]] cause in the [[Irish Civ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
22: |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
27: ... member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and the figurehead of a political philoso...
29: ...nd successfully challenged Heath for the Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the...
33: ...s the [[poll tax]]. At the same time the Conservative Party began to split over her sceptical approach ...
36: ...ent', in practice he supported the local Conservatives). When the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] wo... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...he Valiant Five''' or '''The Famous Five''' were five [[Canada|Canadian]] women who, in [[1927]] asked ...
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
18: *the act exclusively used the word "he" to refer to senators.
20: ...ttee of the Privy Council]] in London—effectively Canada's highest court at that time. On [[Octob...
24: Along with [[Th鲨se Casgrain]], the Five have been commemorated on Canada's newest [[Canad... - Asia (16910 bytes)
6: ...ya]]. About 60 percent of the world's population live in Asia.
12: ...ich means "to set". From a Middle Eastern perspective, the east (Asia) is the land of the rising sun wh...
14: ...sia is rooted in a [[Greek language|Greek]] term given originally to the plains of [[Ephesus]] in [[Ana...
72: ...an Ocean]] nations of [[Sri Lanka]] and the [[Maldives]].
154: Forestry is extensive throughout Asia except Southwest and Central Asia... - Canada (35540 bytes)
8: ...Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[representative democracy]] and is a [[constitutional monarchy]] ...
15: ...or General of Canada]], who exercises the prerogatives of the head of state (the monarch), and the [[Pr...
21: ...ation, and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavi...
29: !Standard<br>[[Time Zone]]<br>([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]])
82: ...|The [[Parliament of Canada]] above the [[Ottawa River]] in [[Ottawa, Ontario|Ottawa]], [[Ontario]].]] - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
65: ...esident are elected by the Supreme Council every five years. Although unofficial, the Presidency is her...
71: ... ventures, along with other factors like the relatively low price of commodities, the warm temperatures...
94: ...ti, Arab, European and East Asian. Some of the natives are originally of [[Persian]] and [[Indian subco...
99: By law, Etisalat actively [[censor|censors]] [[website|internet sites]] t...
128: ==Universities== - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ... an independent state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of [[Ireland]], off the coas...
7: native_name = ɩre<br>Ireland |
67: ... for the area temporarily excluded. Though it received the [[Royal Assent]], the Third [[Home Rule Act ...
69: ...Anglo-Irish War|War of Independence]], representatives of the British government and the Irish rebels n...
71: ...il of the Irish Free State|President of the Executive Council]]. - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
62: ...re-Columbian Maya creation story, is one that survived.
67: ...n [[2003]]. Guatemala still has to build an operative democracy based on the rule of law, equality befo...
74: In his executive tasks, he is assisted by a cabinet of ministers, ...
96: In [[1998]], [[Hurricane Mitch]] caused relatively little damage to Guatemala compared to its neig...
108: ...an estimated 40% and 1% of the population, respectively. - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
3: native_name = Islamic Republic of Pakistan<...
62: ...orus]] (Paurava) at the [[Battle of the Hydaspes River|Hydaspes]] near [[Jhelum]]. After Alexander's de...
72: The [[British empire|British]] arrived in the east of Sub-Continent under the false pre...
79: ...ion Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus and others lost their lives as a direct consequence and millions more became...
87: ...ratic and military rule, while making some impressive recent economic strides. - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
5: native_name = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northe...
54: ...union", etc, please first contribute to the extensive discussion of this topic on this article's talk p...
62: ...y to Scotland and to England and Wales as, respectively, "North Britain" and "South Britain", though th...
64: ... of date in the Irish case since 1922. An alternative, the ''Islands of the North Atlantic'' (IONA) has...
76: ...]] before the UK joins the Euro, a demand which, given the German economic difficulties following adopt... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
36: ...ably the most famous of all [[state motto]]s: "[[Live free or die]]".
51: ...tes into Canada, primarily via the [[Connecticut River]] waterway.
60: ...vernor's Council]] of the Colonial era. The Executive Council's duties include voting on state contract...
62: ...s data, this averages out to about one Representative for every 3090 people.
64: ...rs are paid just $100 a year, plus mileage, effectively meaning that state laws are written by voluntee... - Space (10661 bytes)
4: ... it is part of the fundamental structure of the universe, a set of [[dimension]]s in which [[Object (ph...
8: ...time]] – a conception that challenges intuitive notions of distance and time.
21: ...easurements of space and time are held to be relative to velocity.
24: ...ectively to the relatively empty parts of the [[universe]]. Any area outside the [[celestial body's at...
34: * [[Projective space]]
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