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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...ceptional example of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as the "[[Switzerland]...
16: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: ?Pura vida!<br>(Popular saying meanin...
18: | align=center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationCostaRica.png]]
32: ...[[2004]] [[Estimation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population density|Density]]
33: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 122nd]]<br /> 4,159,757 <br /> 81.40/km&s... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ... stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they ...
5: ...hroughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...e isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|...
9: ...[[horse]]s), and the first large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans.
11: ...sive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[Italian American]]s hail Columbus... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...na]], a distance readily surpassing that of his prior, near-contemporary and traveller [[Marco Polo]].
4: ...rly in the Islamic East, meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full title and name is given as '''Shams a...
6: ...he ''Rihla'', or "Journey". Whilst apparently fictional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as comple...
8: ...ing account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
13: ...y he was forced to turn back due to a local rebellion. - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...[[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Chinese folk religion]].
5: ...me regard [[Confucianism]] and [[Taoism]] as religions, while others regard them as solely philosophi...
9: ...ism]], and [[Taoism]]. Most Chinese have a conception of [[heaven]] and [[yin and yang]]. The Chinese ...
11: ...andate of Heaven]] and be overthrown by a [[rebellion]].
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democr...
15: ...ns the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crow...
16: ... [[King William Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
17: ...[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...on in the [[Great Lakes (Africa)|Great Lakes]] region of [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on t...
3: ... with the growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] majority.
10: national_motto = Unit鬠Travail, Progr賠([[F...
11: image_map = LocationBurundi.png |
12: national_anthem = [[Burundi bwacu]] | - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a...
91: ...aharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam
95: ...], (born 1969), British women's boxing world champion - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
14: *[[Agatho of Alexandria]], (pope 665-681), religious figure
17: ...n|Agazarian, Jack]], (1916-1945), [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, WW II hero
20: ...ant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist
47: *[[Antonio Aguilar|Aguilar, Antonio]], Mexican singer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...cial portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden J...
9: ...f Mann, has two-->; she has reigned in these positions since the death of her father, [[George VI of t...
11: ...in the other [[personal union|personal union]] nations of which she is or was Head of State. She is ma...
17: ...f succession to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle,...
19: ===Education=== - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
5: == Biography ==
10: ...d not be merged with France until the next generation. She also gave him a wedding present that is st...
12: ...[[Second Crusade]] from V麥lay, the rumored location of [[Mary Magdalene]]'s burial, dramatically emp...
14: ...aughtered as many as 7000 Crusaders. As this decision was made by Eleanor's servant, it was generally ...
16: ...usalem]] instead. When Eleanor declared her intention to stand with Raymond and the Aquitaine forces, ... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...she is often known as '''Bloody Mary'''. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed ...
13: ...ince of Wales]], sometimes leading to false assertions that she was created Princess of Wales, even th...
15: ...]. A great part of the credit of her early education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only ...
19: ...man Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Pope we...
21: ...ng a mere "Lady". Her place in the line of succession was transferred to the Princess Elizabeth (daugh... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...d has an audience estimated by Arbitron at 20 million listeners weekly.
6: ...astern [[Missouri]], had once owned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
10: ...s a [[Top 40]] music radio [[disc jockey]] on station [[KQV]], using the name '''Jeff Christie'''. It ...
12: ...adio and accepted a position as director of promotions with the [[Kansas City Royals]] [[baseball]] te...
14: == Talk radio and television career == - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
9: ...en consort of Henry VI. Margaret harboured suspicions about Warwick's motives, particularly since Ann...
11: ...ville sisters' titles and properties (a large portion of which came to them from their mother, Anne Be...
23: == Depictions in fiction ==
25: ...rk: Love & War'' by [[Sandra Worth]] published in 2003 and a winner of multiple awards. The book has bee... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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13: ...pawning biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...mdash; while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...land|King Charles I]]. During her parents' acrimonious divorce over Lady Althorp's adultery with wallp... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
27: | '''[[Profession]]:'''
40: ...e [[Johns Hopkins SAIS|School of Advanced International Studies]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]], rec...
42: ...re she was responsible for foreign policy legislation. From [[1976]] to [[1978]], she served as Chief ...
44: ... Institution]] following an international competition in which she wrote about the
47: ...search in developments and trends in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...n as [[Yang?, [[Myanmar]]) is a [[nonviolence|nonviolent]] pro-[[democracy]] activist in [[Burma]]. In...
6: ...ence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|assassinated]] by rivals in the same year.
10: ...ns for [[democracy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power...
12: ... Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. ...
14: ...prize money to establish a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people. - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ...an]] politician and [[physician]], and an international leader in [[sustainable development]] and [[pu...
5: ...ctober [[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having 8 female ministers out of 18.
7: ... been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and for [[Agenda 21]].
11: ...arlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[Jong-Wook Lee|Jong-Wook Lee]].
20: {{succession box | before=[[Odvar Nordli]]| title=[[List of N... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ...well''' (born [[October 13]], [[1958]]) is the junior [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] f...
7: ... Her father, Paul, served as county county commissioner, city councilman, state legislator, and Chief ...
9: ... her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration. After earning her degree, she moved to [[Seattl...
13: ...egotiated its passage. She also worked on legislation regulating nursing homes.
15: ..., she got the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Administration to drop its support of the [[Clipper Chip]], she... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
21: |'''[[Profession]]'''
27: ...ted States Secretary of State]] in the administration of [[President of the United States|President]] ...
29: ... States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later t...
31: ...sh's [[United States National Security Advisor|National Security Advisor]] during his first term. She ...
35: ...an]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www.wnyc.org/l... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...er vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...elations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a ...
31: ...lth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occured that led to...
33: ...use of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation.
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