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  1. Burundi (13403 bytes)
    41: ...me_zone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] |
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    58: ...mitien Ndayizeye]] replaced Buyoya as President. Yet the most extreme Hutu group, Palipehutu-FNL (comm...
    60: ...r way, amid fears that the FNL will demand a blanket amnesty in exchange for laying down their armss.
  2. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
    4: ...idents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-1998)
    56: ...abbar|Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem]], (born 1947), US athlete
    91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the cente...
    103: ...ahams, Harold]], (1899-1978), track and field athlete
    104: *[[Joze Abram|Abram, Joze]], (1875-1938), poet
  3. Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
    8: ... by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
    10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed ...
    13: ... normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leading to false assertions that she was crea...
    15: ...under the direction of her governess, the [[Margaret Pole%2C Countess of Salisbury|Countess of Salisbu...
    19: ...marriage to her annulled. In [[1533]], Henry secretly married another woman, [[Anne Boleyn]]. Shortl...
  4. Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
    6: ...dio as a teenager in the late [[1960s]] in his hometown of [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]], using the nam...
    16: ...refers on-air to the "Excellence In Broadcasting Network", or "E-I-B"; however, this is merely an on-a...
    18: ...in the United States. The show is usually split between call-in segments and monologues by Limbaugh; ...
    20: ...e attracted widespread support and attention in [[1998]] when he complained that some radio stations wer...
    26: ... it was aired too late in the evening in many markets. (In many places it was aired at 1:30 AM or eve...
  5. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
    2: ..._(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</sm...
    7: ..., '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor...
    9: ...I of England|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous...
    11: ...ouncil|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
    13: ...r of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
  6. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    13: ...y]], [[mental cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], spawning b...
    15: ...be nominated for [[sainthood]] &mdash; while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
    22: ...er Lady Althorp's adultery with wallpaper heir [[Peter Shand Kydd]], Diana's mother sued for custody o...
    24: ...e 16 she briefly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[S...
    28: ...dy Fermoy, was a longtime friend of [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]] . [[Charles, Prince of Wales|...
  7. Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
    5: ...me Minister February - October [[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having 8 female ...
    9: ...Thorbj?agland]]. She resigned as leader of the [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[1992]].
    11: ...ral of the [[World Health Organization]] in May [[1998]]. In this capacity, Dr. Brundtland adopted a far...
    15: ...John Paul II]], [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]].
  8. Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
    57: ...in, what was at that time, a very patriarchal society, Indira was expected to be a passive leader, but...
    59: ... doll), as people thought that she would be a puppet in the hands of other Congress leaders. But she p...
    63: ...ppointment, she created "notoriously weak" [[cabinet]]s, centralizing her own personal authority in a ...
    67: ...ed warmth in its relations with Russia (after Soviet disintegration) as compared to its relations with...
    69: ...was being used inappropriately. The nationalized network of banks Gandhi created are successful and wi...
  9. Sonia Gandhi (4483 bytes)
    7: ...ffliated to the [[University of Cambridge]]) she met [[Rajiv Gandhi]], who later became [[Prime Minist...
    11: ...r. She finally entered politics just before the [[1998]] Lok Sabha elections, assuming the helm of the C...
    15: ...onal Advisory Council]] with the status of a Cabinet Minister.
    17: ... Two Together' (two volumes of letters exchanged between [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Indira Gandhi]] fr...
  10. Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Kelly&Bastian.jpg|220px|thumb|Petra Kelly on the cover of [[Alice Schwarzer]]'s ''E...
    2: ..., and lived and studied in the [[United States]] between [[1959]] and [[1970]].
    8: ...1979]] of ''Die Gr?, the [[German Green Party]]. Between [[1983]] and [[1990]], she was a member of th...
    12: ...ly unexpected and occurred without her consent. (Details of this event are discussed for instance at [...
    14: ... and presents, since [[1998]], the international Petra Kelly Prize [http://www.boell.de/en/10_preise/1...
  11. Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
    22: ...y|pregnant]], and in [[U.S. Senate election, 1998|1998]] ran for the US Senate seat vacated by [[Dale Bu...
    24: ...; Special Committee on Aging; Select Committee on Ethics; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry ...
  12. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    2: ...+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
    24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
    27: ...cknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to ...
    29: ...r also dispatched a [[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in...
    31: ...itain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] ...
  13. Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
    1: [[image:Margaret_Atwood.jpg|right|framed|Margaret Atwood]]
    2: ...laces in North America and around the world, she returned to Toronto, where she currently lives. She i...
    4: ...ian fiction]], a theme that shows up both in the settings and atmosphere of her fiction and in her [[n...
    6: ...effect. She ranks as a key figure in [[Canadian poetry]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voice...
    10: ...'', was included in the French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
  14. Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
    1: ...'Veronica Franco''' ([[1546]]-[[1591]]) was a [[poet]] and [[courtesan]] of Venice during the sixteent...
    3: ...e "catalog," ''Il Catalogo di tutte le principale et piu honorate cortigiane di Venezia''.
    5: ...5 and 1580, respectively. She published books of letters and collected the works of other leading writ...
    7: ...n her house and possessions were looted. On her return in 1577 she was to face a trial before the [[I...
    9: ...e and times of Veronica Franco were made into the 1998 movie, "Dangerous Beauty".
  15. Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
    7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
    11: ...apitalism]]. Her novels were based upon the [[archetype]] of the Randian [[hero]], a man whose ability...
    19: ...munist]] message, attracting the attention of Soviet officials). There is a story told that she named ...
    28: ...as Shrugged]]'' is often seen as Rand's most complete statement of Objectivist philosophy in any of he...
    33: ...ganda]] by U.S. patriots, trying to put their Soviet allies in [[World War II]] under the best possibl...
  16. Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
    10: ... acclaim and some financial success during her lifetime.
    28: ...[April 7]], [[1938]] and was interred in the [[Cimeti貥 de Saint-Ouen]] in Paris. Amongst those in at...
    30: ...Centre Georges Pompidou]], in Paris and at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].
    32: In [[1998]], a book by author [[June Rose]] titled, ''Suzan...
  17. Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
    3: ...f was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the [[Bloomsbury group|Bloomsbur...
    9: ...led as one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], ...
    13: ...imultaneously as corrosion and rejuvenation- all set in a highly imaginative and symbolic narrative en...
    15: ...ur life, that without me you could work" (<i>The Letters of Virginia Woolf</i>, vol. VI, p. 481).
    20: ...anon and the future of women in education and society.
  18. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
    1: [[Image:aretha_franklin.jpg|thumb|200px|Aretha Franklin]]
    2: ...list ever by such industry publications/media outlets as [[Rolling Stone]] and [[VH1]].
    6: ...ents. Her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come.
    16: She returned to working with Wexler, but her last Atlanti...
    18: ...for several years after that. She lives today in Detroit.
  19. Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
    5: During her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" f...
    9: ...om the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]''.
    11: ...]] ("Easter according to John"). The two works together form a "diptych" on the death and resurrection...
    18: * Quintet for piano, two violins, viola, and violoncello (1...
    23: *String Quartet No. 1 (1971)
  20. Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
    5: ...ive rhythmic, driving sound. She has been a cigarette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain...
    7: ...and ''[[Clouds (album)|Clouds]]'' (1969) were archetypes of the nascent singer-songwriter movement of ...
    9: ... Mitchell's many songs focusing on the dichotomy between the benefits of her stardom and its costs, bo...
    11: ...he best of this period. Exploring the various facets of relationships, from infatuation on "[[A Case ...
    13: ...listically diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the [[Drum|Warrior Drums]]...

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