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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...ed by the [[United States]] to the north, and [[Belize]] and [[Guatemala]] to the southeast. It is the...
21: government_type = [[Federal Republic]] |
33: population_census_year = 2000 |
37: GDP_PPP = $1.064 trillion |
42: established_events = • Declared<br> &bull... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
5: ...Janeiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...[[Corcovado]] mountain, and for its yearly [[Brazilian Carnival|Carnival]] celebration. It also has th...
9: ...olitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest cit...
13: ...y Portuguese explorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since ...
15: ...onies, and Europe. Fortresses were built and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defen... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...migration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...ic]] times, the [[Huang He]] valley began to establish itself as a cultural center, where the first vi...
11: ...Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...tes that a system of inherited rulership was established during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this mod...
15: ...ovided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]] - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ..., the first candidate of the [[United States Republican Party]] for the office of [[President of the U...
7: ...]]s from [[California]]. In [[1856]] the new Republican Party nominated him as their first [[President...
9: ...This declaration led to a conflict with [[Abraham Lincoln]] and led to Frémont's removal from command...
13: ...es are also named after him, such as [[Fremont, California]] and [[Fremont, Nebraska]]. [[Fremont Pea...
15: ...otanical author abbreviation]] '''Frém.''' is applied to plants he described. - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...r and [[Jurisprudence|jurisprudent]] from the [[Maliki]] [[Madhhab]] (a school of [[Fiqh]], or Sunni I...
4: ...ularly in the Islamic East, meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full title and name is given as '''Sham...
6: ...te the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling'', but is often simply referred to as the ''Rih...
8: ...o way to know whether he is reporting or story-telling. The following account assumes the former where...
11: ...5,000 miles over the length and breadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...and its distribution in the alloy controls the qualities of the resulting steel. Steel with increased...
8: ... oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon quite readily, so that ...
10: [[Image:LightningVolt Iron Ore Pellets.jpg|thumb|left|250px|...
11: ...yering known as [[pearlite]] due to its [[pearl]]-like appearance, or the similar but less beautiful [...
13: ...ical composition. As such, it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
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9: ...e of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
12: ...[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
13: ...fic journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is published.
14: ...d]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest ... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ... on the south and east, and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] on the west. Although the country...
3: ...[[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] majority.
6: ...name = Republika y'u Burundi<br>R鰵blique du Burundi |
13: ...|Kirundi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
16: government_type = [[Republic]] | - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
1: [[Image:031002 RushLimbaugh.jpg|right|Rush Limbaugh]]
2: ...s an audience estimated by Arbitron at 20 million listeners weekly.
6: ...issouri]], had once owned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
8: ...em [http://www.snopes.com/military/limbaugh.htm]. Limbaugh stated that he was not drafted because a ph...
10: ...mbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''The Rush Limbaugh Show''.) - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...[Image:elizabeth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the R...
3: ...s of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Rastrelli]], particularly in [[Peterhof]] and [[Tsarskoye S...
5: ==Life before becoming Empress==
7: ...at that time, her illegitimacy would be used by political opponents to challenge her right to the thro...
9: ...ency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and vi... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
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16: | [[Colin Powell]]
22: ...ue]], [[Czechoslovakia]] <br>now the [[Czech Republic]]
30: | '''[[Political party|Political Party]]:''' - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
10: ...ation]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.
12: ...osophy of nonviolence, Aung San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratisation and was put under...
14: ...ce Prize's [[US$]]1.3 million prize money to establish a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Bu...
18: ...he scene with the help of her driver, Ko Kyaw Soe Lin, but was arrested upon reaching Ye-U. She was i...
19: ... pressured the Burmese government to release [[Parliamentary opposition|opposition]] leader Aung San S... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
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25: | [[politician]]
27: | '''[[Political party|Political Party]]:'''
31: ...n]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized countries in the world, after British Prime Mi... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
5: ==Early life==
7: ...Irish neighbourhood on the south side of Indianapolis. Her father, Paul, served as county county commi...
9: ...lis. She led a successful campaign to build a new library there.
15: ...ote to narrowly defeat her in the Republican landslide year of [[1994]].
19: ...ll is an avid Mariners fan.) She became a multimillionaire as the company grew. - Tarja Halonen (6272 bytes)
1: .... She has been the [[President of Finland]] since 2000.
6: ==Highlights of political career==
7: ...and's Social Democratic Party]] [[1971]]–[[2000]]
8: *Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary [[1974]]–[[1975]]
10: ...rliament of Finland|parliament]] [[1979]]–[[2000]] - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
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13: |[[Colin Powell]]
24: |'''[[Political party|Political Party]]'''
25: |[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
27: ...[[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madelei... - Debbie Stabenow (3609 bytes)
3: ...s Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]) in [[2000]]. She was the first woman from Michigan elected ...
5: ...in (his wife Jane Abraham is rumored to be a Republican candidate for Stabenow's [[2006]] reelection). - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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21: |'''[[Political Party]]:'''
25: |[[Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ...K)|Conservative Party]] and the figurehead of a political philosophy that became known as [[Thatcheris... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
3: ==Civil rights and political activity==
4: ...ndparents, mother, and brother; most of her adult life she worked as a seamstress.
6: ...ation center for workers' rights and [[racial equality]].
8: ...1955]], in Montgomery, Parks refused to obey a public bus driver's orders to move to the back of the b...
10: ...he law legalizing segregation in public buses was lifted. This event helped spark many other protests ... - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ...omen's rights. She is the founder and original publisher of ''[[Ms. magazine]]''.
4: == Early Life ==
5: ... The family split in [[1944]], and Gloria went to live with her mother in Toledo. As a child in Toledo...
8: ...r. She majored in government studies and became politically active, working for [[Adlai Stevenson]]'s ...
9: ...e a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her infamous undercover expose in workin...
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