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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...l]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exceptional example of political stabl...
21: ...age|Spanish]] (Official), ([[English language|English]] and indigenous languages on the Atlantic coast...
30: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 125th]] <br /> [[1 E...
33: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 122nd]]<br /> ...
35: ...chasing_Power_Parity|PPP]])<br /> - Total ([[2003]]):<br /> - GDP/head: - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... most probably [[Genova|Genoese]], although some historians claim he could have been born in other pla...
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided b...
3: ... or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Amer...
5: ...own to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing pre...
7: ... anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...[[China]], a distance readily surpassing that of his prior, near-contemporary and traveller [[Marco Po...
4: ...ng "the Sun of Religion". His full title and name is given as '''Shams ad-Din Abu Abdullah Muhammad ib...
6: ...''Rihla'' still gives as complete an account as exists of some parts of the world in the [[14th centur...
8: ...The following account assumes the former where it is not obviously the latter.
13: ...irst of his detours. Three commonly used routes existed to Mecca, and Ibn Battuta chose the least-trav... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...stituent components, including [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Chinese folk religion]].
5: ...atic. Thus, some regard [[Confucianism]] and [[Taoism]] as religions, while others regard them as sol...
7: ...hristian concepts into Buddhism while the reverse is not necessarily the case.
9: ...gion]], [[Confucianism]], [[shamanism]], and [[Taoism]]. Most Chinese have a conception of [[heaven]] ...
11: Historically, the [[Chinese sovereign|emperor]] was r... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]...
10: ...t Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom o...
13: ...ic journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is published.
14: ...ne]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
17: ...d]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is published. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...ountry is land-locked, much of its western border is adjacent to [[Lake Tanganyika]] where it enjoys a...
3: ...t faces in seeking to bring an end to the supremacist claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the...
13: ...ndi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
25: population_estimate_year = 2003 |
31: GDP_PPP_year = 2003 | - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
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4: *[[Sani Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria...
5: ...aristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (go...
9: ...ti]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
10: *[[Andre Agassi|Agassi, Andre]], (1970-), tennis player
12: *[[Louis Agassiz|Agassiz, Louis]], (1807-1873), work on [[ice age]]s, [[glacier]]...
21: ...on|Agmon, David]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
24: ...Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
7: ...Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[United Kingdom|Unite...
9: ...he Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state ...
11: ...is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
15: ...yon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named a... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
6:
8: She was raised in one of Europe's most cultured courts, the bi...
10: ... month of their marriage, [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France...
12: ...es dressed as [[Amazons]] is disputed by serious historians. However, her testimonial launch of the [[...
14: ...tive. This did nothing for her popularity in [[Christendom]]. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
8: ...igious dissenters executed; as a consequence, she is often known as '''Bloody Mary'''. Her religious p...
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once re...
13: ...les, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; C...
15: ...due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]] upon the subject, bu... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ... an audience estimated by Arbitron at 20 million listeners weekly.
6: ...e owned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
8: ...[[draft]], but he was classified 1-Y due to an undisclosed medical problem [http://www.snopes.com/mili...
10: ... claim to use a "golden microphone". (This claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden micro...
14: == Talk radio and television career == - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
5: ...s would play a major role in the destiny of both sisters.
9: ...egal equivalent of marriage) at the Chateau d'Amboise in [[France]], probably on [[December 13]], [[14...
11: ...determination to be the sole heir to the Neville sisters' titles and properties (a large portion of wh...
15: ...er good, and she probably suffered from tuberculosis.
19: ...e the boy his heir, probably in deference to her wishes. - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
13: ... spawning biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...ated for her high-profile involvement in [[AIDS]] issues and the international campaign against [[land...
22: ...artmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the "...
24: ...witzerland]]. Diana was a talented amateur [[pianist]], excelled in [[sports]] and reportedly longed ... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
13: | [[Warren Christopher]]
37: ...n turn made her the highest ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government ([[Condoleezza Rice]] ...
40: ...l Science]], she studied at the [[Johns Hopkins SAIS|School of Advanced International Studies]] at [[J...
42: ...] to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator [[Edmund Muskie]].
63: ...er 5]], [[1996]], for the ''[[60 Minutes]]'' television program. On the theme of US sanctions against ... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...[[nonviolence|nonviolent]] pro-[[democracy]] activist in [[Burma]]. In [[1990]] she won the the [[Raft...
6: She is the daughter of General [[Aung San]], who negotia...
8: ... [[England]], Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They ...
10: ...ng to mass demonstrations for [[democracy|democratisation]], which were violently suppressed. A new mi...
12: ... San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ...arlem Brundtland''' (born [[April 20]], [[1939]]) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] politician and [[physician...
5: ...s renowned internationally for having 8 female ministers out of 18.
7: ...had been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and for [[Agenda 21]].
9: Brundtland became Norwegian Prime Minister for two subsequent terms - from May 9, [[1986]...
11: ...arlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[Jong-Wook Lee|Jong-Wook Lee]]. - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ...enator]] from [[Washington|Washington state]] and is a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|...
7: ...bs]]. Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant.
9: ...ke Terrace]] because it reminded her of Indianapolis. She led a successful campaign to build a new lib...
13: ...she negotiated its passage. She also worked on legislation regulating nursing homes.
15: ...t term, she got the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Administration to drop its support of the [[Clipper Chip]... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the first [[African American]] [[woman]], the sec...
31: ...urity Advisor|National Security Advisor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (...
34: ...er.com/fact/content/?021014fa_fact3] (Alma Powell is married to Colin Powell.)
35: ...the [[Italian]] musical term "con dolcezza" which is a direction to play "with sweetness". [http://www...
37: ...ptist Church]] by [[white supremacy|white supremacists]] on September 15, [[1963]]. Rice states that g... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...ganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]...
31: ...ism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
36: ...lected as an Alderman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
38: ...degree and worked as a research chemist for [[British Xylonite]] and then [[J. Lyons and Co.|Joseph Ly...
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