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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
7: ...rban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...nd used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
15: ..., was founded by a native chief for supporting defense.
17: ...) to southwards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays. - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...inese identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive ...
7: ...] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the mo...
11: ... such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China...
13: == Ancient history ==
14: ...7;皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of th... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...war leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...ntroversy over the centre of his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...eoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "King...
9: ...e little reason for him to have become a major legendary figure.
11: ... of thought believes that Arthur is a half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing so... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...order is adjacent to [[Lake Tanganyika]] where it enjoys access to the Tanzanian ocean port of [[Dar e...
3: ...e of the problems it faces in seeking to bring an end to the supremacist claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]...
10: ... = Unit鬠Travail, Progr賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
13: ...ench language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
16: government_type = [[Republic]] | - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s, because she didn't allow Germans in the government and not a single person was executed during her ...
7: ...macy would be used by political opponents to challenge her right to the throne.
9: ...nd could converse in these languages with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she deli...
11: ...n, the princess found herself at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress.
13: ...izabeth had inherited her fathers sensual temperament and, being free from all control, abandoned hers... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...toria.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelan...
7: ...er British monarch. As well as being [[Monarch|queen]] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ir...
12: ...toria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
14: ...George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
16: ...ot create a council to limit the powers of the Regent. - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: ...] lawyer and politician. She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
3: ... [[Pentti Araj䲶i]], after she was elected president.
5: ...nen.01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|President Tarja Halonen on a state visit to Brazil]]
8: *Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
10: *Member of [[Parliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]] - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: ...d lived and studied in the [[United States]] between [[1959]] and [[1970]].
4: ...ther King, Jr.]], she campaigned for [[Robert F. Kennedy]] and [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] in the [[1968]] ...
6: ...), she participated in numerous peace and environment campaigns in [[Germany]] and other countries.
8: ...[[Bundestag]] (West German Parliament) for the Greens.
10: ...w vision uniting ecological concerns with disarmament, social justice and human rights."'' (See [http:... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...] who frequently visited the house, and were influenced by his artistic and political ideas.
6: ...unding the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[1909]].
8: ...nment. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[191...
10: ...rnation]] of [[Dᩬ ɩreann]], a new Irish Parliament. She was re-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in t...
12: ...n [[Mᩲe Geoghegan-Quinn]] was apointed to the then junior cabinet post of [[Irish Minister for Commu... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
4: |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| [[Image:Condoleezza Rice.jpg|20...
27: ...tration of [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the first [[African...
29: ...y 26]] [[2005]], the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13,...
31: ...can (after Powell) and the first female to have been appointed to the post.
34: ...as a teacher." [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?021014fa_fact3] (Alma Powell is married to Coli... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
3: |style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:thatcher.jpg]]
19: |[[Grantham]], [[England]]
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: ...privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''I...
29: ...orce to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]]. - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...e [[Freikorps]], which were sent in by the government. Luxemburg and hundreds of others were captured,...
6: ...rader Eliasz Luxemburg III and his wife Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was ...
8: ...s leaders were put to death and the party was broken up. Some of its members managed to meet in secret...
10: ...tswissenschaft'' (the science of [[form of government|forms of state]]), the [[Middle Ages]] and econo...
12: ...t focused more and more on gaining further parliamentary rights and on material wealth. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
1: ...rg 13103.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|A young '''Florence Nightingale''']]
3: '''Florence Nightingale,''' [[Order of Merit|OM]] ([[May 12...
7: ... woman of her status, which was to become an obedient wife.
9: ...er decision to her family in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularl...
11: ...ctive role in the reform of the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care. - Maria Callas (4931 bytes)
1: ... in the title role of Donizetti's opera ''Anna Bolena'', La Scala, Milan (1957)]]
5: ...o Serafin]]. Together with Serafin, Callas subsequently recorded and performed many bel canto operas, ...
7: ...r many roles. Her later [[stereo]] recordings evidence masterly musical interpretations with an increa...
9: ...age a comeback recital in [[1973]] tour with the tenor [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]] but it was a disaster d...
11: ...]], widow of assassinated US president [[John F. Kennedy]]. - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...pected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th century]].
5: ... texture to her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
7: ...ngwriter movement of the time. ''Clouds'' represented a commercial breakthrough, containing her fir...
9: ...ressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it entails.
11: ... told by her producer and then-friend [[David Geffen]]). It remains her best selling single to this d... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
6: ... Mary ([[Miriam]] in Hebrew, Mariam in Greek) is mentioned by name in three of the four [[Gospels]], a...
8: ...ditions built around the figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic an...
13: ...ted by Elisabeth as the mother of her Lord, and then forthwith gave utterance to her hymn of thanksgiv...
15: ...so during this period Joseph died, for he is not mentioned again.
17: ...lene]], [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and other women (John 19:26). Mary cradling the dead body of her... - Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
1: ...aienin_Kannon.JPG|thumb|right|Kannon statue in Daienin, Mt. Koya, Japan]]
2: ...the '''Goddess of Mercy''', Kuan Yin is also reverenced by [[China|Chinese]] [[Taoists]] as an [[immor...
4: ...n obsolete system of romanization, is sometimes seen. In [[Korean language|Korean]], she is called '''...
6: ...ave added many distinctive characteristics and legends. Most notably, while Avalokitesvara can be dep...
10: ...rst introduced into the country from the mid-7th century. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
2: ...resa-03.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for...
4: ...rk among the [[poverty|poor]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
6: ...]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa'''...
9: ...igrated from south Kosovar city of [[Prizren]], even though most Albanians are [[Muslim]] and the majo...
11: ...f Teresa's early life except from her own reminiscences. She recounted that she felt a vocation to hel... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
1: [[Image:MayaDeren.png|200px|thumb|right|Maya Deren]]
2: ...kovskaya''' on [[April 29]], [[1917]], '''Maya Deren''' was an [[American]] [[avant-garde]] [[filmmake...
4: ...k]]. In [[1928]], she became a [[naturalized citizen]]. By [[1935]] she was very active in various [[s...
6: ... It was in 1943 that she adopted the name Maya Deren.
8: ...e [[Grand Prix Internationale]] for 16mm [[experimental film]] at [[Cannes]] for ''Meshes of the After... - Nadia Comaneci (5337 bytes)
3: ...e to be one of the greatest athletes in the 20th century and one of the world's greatest gymnasts of a...
7: ...as at the [[1975]] European Championships in [[Skien]], Norway, winning three gold medals and one silv...
9: ...dals (individual all-around, balance beam and uneven bars), a silver medal (team all-around) and a bro...
11: ...at the 1978 World Championships. A fall from uneven bars resulted in a 4th place finish, but she won ...
15: ...Nadia explains her defeat by writing "That Day Yelena just performed better". Comaneci retained her O...
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