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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
27: ... at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the royal family to actually s...
55: ... the British monarch|coronation]] took place in [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[2 June]] [[1953]].
60: ... as a residence and considers [[Windsor Castle]], west of London, to be her home. She also spends time a...
66: .... This is one reason why it is considered highly unlikely that she will ever [[abdicate]]. Like her mo...
70: The only public issue on which Elizabeth makes her views ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
22: ...tess Spencer|Raine, Countess of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartl...
24: .../www.riddlesworthhall.com/] in [[Norfolk]] and at West Heath School in [[Kent]], where she was regarded ...
36: ...ince Harry of Wales|Prince Henry of Wales]] (commonly called Prince Harry) on [[15 September]] [[1984]...
38: ... suicide attempts did take place, there was certainly a significant risk she would [[miscarriage|misca...
60: ...[[Landmines Bill 1998]] to the [[British House of Commons]], the [[Foreign Secretary]], [[Robin Cook]], pai... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...pularly elected, she remains [[North America]]'s only female head of a national government to date. Sh...
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
51: ...ion of support for Reform in [[Western Canada|the west]] and the [[Bloc Qu颩cois]] in [[Quebec]] preven...
61: ...c Society]]. She was cited for her status as the only woman leader of a North American country to date...
63: ...cy in the world. Its membership is by invitation only and consists of former Heads of State and Govern... - Asia (16910 bytes)
12: ...st (Asia) is the land of the rising sun where the west (Europe) is the land of the setting sun.
32: *[[Southwest Asia]] (or West Asia)
42: * [[Afghanistan]], [[Mongolia]], and the western regions of [[China]] are also sometimes includ...
52: * [[China]], but sometimes only the eastern regions
62: * In [[Indochina|mainland Southeast Asia]], the countries [[Myanmar]], [... - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ...iew article is already too long and should serve only as an introduction for Canada. To keep this over...
32: ... -8 (Pacific),<br>-7 (Mountain)||[[Western Canada|Western]], Pacific
35: |rowspan=3|Western, [[Canadian prairies|Prairies]]
64: ...ft|[[Northwest Territories]]||[[Yellowknife, Northwest Territories|Yellowknife]]||-7
94: ...y of Ghent]] was signed in December 1814. It was only after the French and Napoleonic wars ended in Eu... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...ast of the [[Arabia|Arabian Peninsula]] in [[Southwest Asia]], comprising seven [[emirate]]s: [[Abu Dhab...
71: ...and [[The Palm Islands]], and friendliness to the West have led many to call it the [[Singapore]] or [[H...
88: The UAE lies in [[Southwest Asia]], bordering the [[Gulf of Oman]] and the [[...
90: ...erefore the exact border of the two countries is only known to their governments.
97: ...cations Corporation ("[[Etisalat]]") is also the only [[Internet Service Provider|Internet Service Pro... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...off the coast of north-west [[Europe]]. It is the westernmost state of the [[European Union]], and has a...
58: ...ish language, Ireland". However the state is commonly referred to as the "Republic of Ireland" in orde...
69: ...public]]. This Declaration of Independence was mainly a restatement of the 1916 Proclamation with the ...
83: ...ically terminated membership of the association. Only in 1950 were the rules changed to allow [[India]...
90: ...cted for a seven-year term and can be re-elected only once. The president is largely a [[figurehead]] ... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
57: ...[Mohenjodaro|Ruins of Mohen-jo-Daro]], 80 km southwest of [[Sukkur]], was center of [[Indus Valley Civil...
64: ...ered territory now in India, but lost much of the western parts of the kingdom, including Gandhara, to t...
66: ...ian]] Persian Empire then came to control most of western Pakistan and parts of Sind came under the rule...
79: ...tern part along with parts of the Punjab became [[West Pakistan]], while [[East Bengal (province)|East B...
83: ...akistan]] – geographically separated from [[West Pakistan]] by India – and violent political... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
54: ...f this topic on this article's talk page --> in [[western Europe]]. It is a [[Commonwealth Realm]], and...
60: The UK is situated off the north-western coast of continental [[Europe]], and has a lan...
64: ...ch includes the mainland of Great Britain, the mainland of [[Ireland]], and the smaller islands associ...
74: ...19th century, played a leading role in developing Western ideas of property, liberty, capitalism and [[p...
91: ...use of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in Britain's [[bicameral]... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
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36: ...achusetts]], south of [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], and west of [[Maine]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean|North Atlan...
42: ...d international attention for having the first openly [[gay]] bishop, [[Gene Robinson]], within the [[...
60: Unlike most states, New Hampshire does not have a [[L...
62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
13: ... The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
46: ...Others place it yet further in 476, when the last western emperor, [[Romulus Augustus]], was forced to a...
51: ...e in this. Henceforth, it was fixed policy in the West to refer to the emperor in Constantinople not by ...
59: ...ear the borderlands, the [[Armenians]] being the only sizeable one.
74: ... Constantinople, and Honorius became ruler in the west, with his capital in [[Ravenna]]. At this point i... - Mars (27704 bytes)
8: ... a quarter the surface area of the [[Earth]] and only one-tenth the [[mass]] (though its surface area ...
11: ... is thin: the [[air pressure]] on the surface is only 750 [[pascal]]s, about 0.75 percent of the avera...
22: ... mineral [[goethite]], which (unlike hematite) ''only'' forms in the presence of water, along with oth...
31: ...[[Mount Everest]] and the [[Mariana Trench]]) is only 19.7 km. Combined with the planets' different ra...
35: ...ble features include the Tharsis volcanoes in the west (including [[Olympus Mons]]), Valles Marineris to... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
11: ...[[Christopher Columbus]] left Spain on his famous westward voyage. He sought for Asia, but the lands he...
22: ...nd, found no trace of the colonists, discovering only the mysterious word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree....
29: ... a harvest, named the winter the Starving Times. Only a third of the colonists survived the first wint...
37: ...]]s out of the far-flung tobacco planters. Thus, unlike in [[Puritanism|Puritan]] New England, there w...
49: ... later relocated to [[Plymouth Colony]] on the mainland, establishing that settlement on [[December 21... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
14: ...generally believe that faith in [[Jesus]] is the only way to achieve salvation and to enter into [[hea...
45: ... organization the Christian church had to deal mainly with occasional, but sometimes severe persecutio...
49: ...ian Schism]], this church broke all ties with the West. It would be the dominant church of Asia for more...
54: This was only the first of several [[ecumenical council|ecumen...
56: ...the Church into Western and Eastern churches: the Western church gradually consolidated under the centra... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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50: ...itaire de Saint-Cyr]] (the French equivalent of [[West Point]]). He graduated in [[1912]] and decided to...
59: At the outbreak of World War II, de Gaulle was only a [[colonel]], having encountered hostility from...
61: ...n armour to retreat at [[Caumont]]. This was the only significant tactical success the French gained a...
69: ...ure the spirit of de Gaulle's position. Although only few people actually heard the speech that night ... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
31: ...tion. It is a [[consolidated city-county]] (the only one in California) situated at the northern tip ...
42: ... the [[Ohlone]] (a [[Miwok]] Indian word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between [[...
56: ...56]]. San Francisco became the USA's largest city west of the [[Mississippi River]].
62: ... it rats infected with [[bubonic plague]]. Mistakenly believing that interred corpses contributed to t...
66: ... remain, whose 30,000 deceased residents are the only permitted within the city to this day. - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
1: ...e Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
8: [[Image:ac.parthenon2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The western face of the Parthenon remains relatively intac...
13: ...ards its centre of 60 millimetres on the east and west ends, and of 110 millimetres on the sides.
17: [[image:ac.parthenon4.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Only a few sculptures remain on the Parthenon.]]
19: ...the battle of the gods and the giants, and on the west the battle of the Greeks and the [[Amazons]]. It ... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
20: ...is' niece and third wife. Of these six children, only Adolf and his younger sister [[Paula Hitler|Paul...
37: ...World War I]] in August [[1914]], he immediately enlisted in the [[Bavaria]]n army.
45: ...efers to Hitler's experience at the front as his only education and suggests he did have at least some...
52: ...he war, Hitler remained in the army, which was mainly engaged in suppressing [[socialist]] uprisings b...
62: ...cle into a propaganda stunt. Hitler was allotted unlimited amounts of time to present his arguments to... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ... use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen served for only a few weeks or months at a time, were generally ...
23: ...er shortages, Washington lifted the ban on black enlistment in the Continental Army in January 1777. A...
48: ... Colonel [[Benedict Arnold]], set out from [[Fort Western]] (present day [[Maine]]) on [[September 25]]....
59: ... and [[Manhattan]], thus allowing Howe to engage only one half of the American army at a time.
71: ...it for duty, and would be reduced to 1,400 after enlistments expired at the end of the year. Spirits w... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
37: ...ved in this area for perhaps thousands of years. Unlike the settlers that would eventually make Sacram...
54: ...tion, Sacramento quickly prospered and became the western end of the Pony Express, and later the [[First...
56: ...rojects were funded though taxes levied on goods unloaded from boats and loaded onto rail cars in the ...
63: ... is now the City of [[West Sacramento, California|West Sacramento]]. The channel would begin at the Sacr...
86: ...ors in [[1994]] it was the oldest daily newspaper west of the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]. Writer...
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