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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...blity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]] of [[Latin America]]."
21: ...h language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast)
27: | [[Abel Pacheco]]
35: ...)<br /> - Total ([[2003]]):<br /> - GDP/head:
49: | '''[[National anthem]]''' - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [ht...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...[[India]], the [[Maldives]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Southeast Asia]] and [[China]], a distance readily surpa...
4: ...olars particularly in the Islamic East, meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full title and name is give...
6: ... account as exists of some parts of the world in the [[14th century]].
8: ...unt assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
10: ==The Hajj (with detours)== - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ... different religions dot the landscape of China. The most widespread religion of China is [[Chinese tr...
5: ...and [[Taoism]] as religions, while others regard them as solely philosophies of life.
7: ...to Buddhism while the reverse is not necessarily the case.
9: ...a conception of [[heaven]] and [[yin and yang]]. The Chinese have also believed in such practices as [...
11: ...d into [[corruption]] could lose the [[Mandate of Heaven]] and be overthrown by a [[rebellion]]. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...8th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...res [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...iam III of England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
10: ...852]] - [[Count Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont...
11: ...Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...o the Tanzanian ocean port of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages...
3: ...e growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] majority.
12: national_anthem = [[Burundi bwacu]] |
25: population_estimate_year = 2003 |
31: GDP_PPP_year = 2003 | - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
18: ...die, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian
46: *[[Abd-ar-rahman III]], (912-961), prince of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
16: *[[Agathon]] (c. 448-400 BCE), Athenian tragic poet
17: ...[[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
21: ...d Agmon|Agmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist
25: *[[Agnes de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] [[1056]]-[[1068]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...lizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...d Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ... second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thail...
11: ...], and is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ..."Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]] - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...n consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
6: ...ngue d'oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil'' and in English.
8: ...that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, died as a baby.
10: ...t is on display at the Louvre. Within a month of their marriage, [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] had d...
12: ... the campaign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
8: ...policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]...
10: ... I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...ife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daught...
15: ...ct, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin. - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ... is the most listened-to radio talk show host in the United States, and has an audience estimated by A...
6: ...n [[Missouri]], had once owned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
8: ... he was not drafted because a physical found that he had an "inoperable [[pilonidal cyst]]" and "a [[A...
10: ...ty as Limbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''The Rush Limbaugh Show''.)
12: ...cepted a position as director of promotions with the [[Kansas City Royals]] [[baseball]] team. - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
5: ...f York]]. These boys would play a major role in the destiny of both sisters.
9: ... betrothed (the legal equivalent of marriage) at the Chateau d'Amboise in [[France]], probably on [[De...
11: ...large portion of which came to them from their mother, Anne Beauchamp).
13: == Duchess of Gloucester ==
15: ... around 1473. Anne's health was never good, and she probably suffered from tuberculosis. - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ... that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by marriage.
13: ...emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], spawning biographies, magazine article...
15: ...or [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...and]], after being named as the "other party" in the Earl and Countess of Dartmouth's divorce.
24: ... all of her [[O-level]] examinations. At age 16 she briefly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], ... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
13: | [[Warren Christopher]]
22: | [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] <br>now the [[Czech Republic]]
35: ..., [[United States|American]] diplomat, served as the 64th [[United States Secretary of State]].
37: ...overnment ([[Condoleezza Rice]] has since become the second female Secretary of State).
40: ...Russian Institute at [[Columbia University]], and her Masters and Doctorate from Columbia University's... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...ze for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].
6: ... was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rivals in the same year.
8: ...Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and Kim.
10: ...ng mother. In that year, the long-time leader of the [[socialist]] ruling party, General [[Ne Win]], s...
12: ...ered freedom if she would leave the country, but she refused. - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ...eader in [[sustainable development]] and [[public health]].
5: ...emale Prime Minister February - October [[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having ...
7: ...ice Strong]], who had been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and for [[Agenda 21]].
9: ... by [[Thorbj?agland]]. She resigned as leader of the [[Det norske Arbeiderparti|Labour Party]] in [[19...
11: ...arlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[Jong-Wook Lee|Jong-Wook Lee]]. - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ...Washington|Washington state]] and is a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party...
7: ...for U.S. Representative [[Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant.
9: ...led a successful campaign to build a new library there.
11: ==In the Washington and United States Houses==
13: ...ve growth plans, and she negotiated its passage. She also worked on legislation regulating nursing hom... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...d African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to se...
29: ...confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later that day.
31: ...) and the first female to have been appointed to the post.
34: ...d on weekends; Rice's mother, Angelena, was a teacher." [http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?021014...
35: ...University of Denver. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
2: ..."font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
3: ...#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:thatcher.jpg]]
25: |[[Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ...in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellati...
29: ...e the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
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