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- United Nations (29685 bytes)
3: ...t of the organization, are able and willing to fulfill these obligations. The General Assembly determi...
5: ...[[World War II]], to refer to the [[Allies]]. Its first formal use was in the [[1942]] [[Declaration b...
20: ...I]], the [[Allies]] used the term "United Nations Fighting Forces" to refer to their alliance. From Au...
24: ...es]] — and by a majority of the other 46 signatories.
26: ...y architech [[Oscar Niemeyer]]. UN headquarters officially opened on [[January 9]], [[1951]]. While th... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisi...
49: ...on]] and [[Limburgish language|Limburgish]] are official [[regional language]]s<br><sup>2</sup> Prior ...
55: ...or most foreign embassies. The Netherlands ranked fifth on the [[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]]...
66: ...1637, and, according to Murray Sayle, the world's first bear raider -- Isaac le Maire, who forced pric...
68: After briefly being incorporated in the [[First French Empire]] under [[Napoleon]], the Kingdo... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
12: official_languages = [[Turkish language|Turkish]]|
49: ... [[Southwest Asia]] from [[Southeast Europe]]. [[Anatolia]] is situated between the [[Black Sea]] on the...
52: ...ey is a member state of the [[United Nations]], [[NATO]], [[Organization for Security and Co-operation i...
58: ...o build the state, or the history of the land ([[Anatolia]]) that unites everything in it. For anything ...
60: ...voked the terms of the [[Treaty of Sevres]] on [[Anatolia]]. In 1923 the [[Treaty of Lausanne]] recognis... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
25: | '''[[Official language]]s'''
28: | '''[[Official script]]'''
70: ...that is now Kazakhstan since the [[1st century BC|first century BC]]. From the [[4th century|fourth ce...
76: ...great resentment against colonial rule during the final years of tsarist Russia, with the most serious...
80: ...akh Soviet Socialist Republic]] (SSR) contributed five national divisions to the Soviet Union's World ... - Greece (54754 bytes)
15: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Greek language|Greek]]
50: ...el|''Ellás''}} ([[IPA]]: [{{IPA|e̞ˈlas}}])), officially the '''Hellenic Republic''' ({{lang|el|Ελ...
65: ... Greece's [[Aegean Sea]] saw the emergence of the first civilizations in Europe, namely the [[Minoan c...
68: ... the eastern Mediterranean. When the Roman Empire finally split in two, the [[Eastern Roman Empire]], ...
82: ...ire]]. Its last emperor, [[Constantine XI]], died fighting on the walls and was buried anonymously alo... - Germany (46412 bytes)
19: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[German language|German]]<s...
35: |'''Formation<br>Unification/reunification<br><br><br>'''
51: ...e|Romany]] and [[Frisian language|Frisian]] are officially recognised and protected as minority langua...
57: ...ny is a member state of the [[United Nations]], [[NATO]], the [[G8]] nations and a founding member of wh...
62: ...sand years, the state now known as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state only in [[1871]], when... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
16: | '''[[Official language]]'''
52: ...uropean Union]] and has a population of more than five million. The capital is [[Bratislava]].
63: ...oins with the names of Celtic kings represent the first known use of writing in Slovakia. Since [[Anno...
65: ...the 8th century and its ruler [[Pribina]] had the first Christian church in Slovakia consecrated by 82...
69: ...f art. In 1467, [[Matthias Corvinus]] founded the first university in Bratislava, but the institution ... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
17: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[French language|French]], ...
57: ...f "Gallia". One of these peoples, the [[Franks]], finally installed a new kingdom under the rulers of ...
65: ...ruction in 1830 till 1935. It now serves as the office of the king.]]
67: ...of neutrality was abandoned, and Belgium joined [[NATO]]. It was also one of the founding members of the...
71: ...any seeing Belgian decisions as contributing significantly to the troubles in Rwanda in the [[1990s]] ... - Romania (19812 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Romanian language|Romanian]] |
68: ...]]. [[Union]] of Tranylvania with Romania was ratified in the [[Treaty of Trianon]] in [[1920]].
74: ...resident on [[December 12]], [[2004]], and took office [[December 20]]. Traian Băsescu managed to...
76: ...veloped closer ties with Western Europe, joined [[NATO]] in [[2004]] and became an acceding country to t...
86: ...ve branch, is also elected by popular vote, every five years (until 2005, four years). - Hungary (18459 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] ...
57: ... other provinces, was affected by the migrations. First came the [[Huns]], who built up under [[Attila...
65: ...om]] and secured civil rights. The Austrians were finally able to prevail only with Russian help.
69: ...y. In June, the [[Treaty of Trianon]] was signed, fixing Hungary's borders. Compared with the pre-war ...
71: ...x.200,000) wasn't let to be transported into eliminatory camps because Horthy hindered it. - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
3: ...f Afghanistan|constitution]] the country is now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Rep...
21: | '''[[Official language]]s''' || [[Persian language|Persian]...
64: ...ellors, who served occasionally as regents, identified with the epithet Mohammadzay.
72: ...4]], when 10,000 people were killed from factions fighting in the Kabul area. Backed by Pakistan and h...
90: ...een operating in Kabul since [[December]] 2001. [[NATO]] took control of this Force on [[August 11]], [[... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
7: ...European Union]]) in [[1986]]. Portugal made significant social and economic progress in the subsequen...
15: In the early [[first millennium BC]], several waves of [[Celts]] i...
17: ...success was only achieved by bribing Lusitanian officials to kill their own leader. During this period...
31: ...n I]]), with the help of [[Nuno ?vares Pereira]], finally defeated the Castilians in Portugal's most h...
40: ...ces in geographic knowledge. The discoveries were financed by the wealth of the [[Order of Christ]], a... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
12: official_languages = [[Slovenian language|Slovenian]],...
54: ... is also a member of the [[Council of Europe]], [[NATO]], and has observer status in [[La Francophonie]]...
59: ...a|Carantania]], the first Slovenian state and the first stable Slavic state, was formed in the [[7th c...
61: ... surviving written documents in Slovenian and the first ever Slavic dialect documents in [[Latin alpha...
65: ...s independence from Yugoslavia. Slovenia joined [[NATO]] on [[29 March]] [[2004]] and the [[European Uni... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom...
46: ...inority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's official name is as follows:
52: ...>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]. As of April 2005, th...
54: ...m]], and a member of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. Usually known simply as the '''United Kingdom'...
58: ...ded Wales]] as a [[principality]]) with those of, first, [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and then [[Kingdom of... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
15: | align=left width=110 |'''[[Official languages]]''' || [[French language|French]],...
55: ...]] that Luxembourgs independence was formally ratified. The country was attacked by [[Germany]] during...
57: ...ng member of [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] ([[1949]]), the [[United Nations]]. In [[1957]]...
96: ... farms. Luxembourg has especially close trade and financial ties to [[Belgium]] and [[the Netherlands]...
101: ...ed by the practice and the recognition of three official languages: [[French language|French]], [[Germ... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...idely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of nearly all [[Central America|Cent...
14: official_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<sup>...
37: sovereignty_type = [[Reconquista|Unification]] |
48: ...], the [[Aranese]] dialect of [[Occitan]] is co-official<br><sup>2</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[peseta|S...
62: ...ᤩz]]) near Tartessos. In the 8th century BC the first Greek colonies, such as Emporion (modern [[Emp... - Sickle (1231 bytes)
15: * '''Sickle''' is a fictional unit of money in the [[Harry Potter]] seri...
16: * '''SS-25 Sickle''' is the [[NATO reporting name]] for the [[RT-2PM Topol]] [[inter... - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: Colonial America was defined by ongoing battles with Native Americans, a se...
24: ...nies. Both sides permitted this trade when it benefitted them, but opposed it when it did not.
32: ...ronts. Crucially, the [[Treaty of Ghent]] which officially ended the war saw the end of the British al...
45: ... Confederate General [[Pierre Beauregard]] opened fire upon [[Fort Sumter]].
54: ...ade the United States a major military as well as financial power. - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e increasingly awkward. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region t...
6: ...e zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as ...
24: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific location may vary due to the use of [[daylight s...
31: ... About [[August 23]], [[1852]], time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Gree...
33: ...me to be observed nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitud...
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