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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
5: [[Image:Rio_deJaneiro_LE2002059_lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of ...
9: ...ropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest ...
15: ...y|pirates]] and privateers, especially by then enemies of Portugal, such as the [[Netherlands]] and [[...
17: ...ty was moved within a palicade on top of a hill, imitating the medieval European strategy of defense o...
19: ... da Bahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio. - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ncisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
42: ...Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
49: *[[Pêro Vaz de Caminha]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of...
53: *[[Alvaro Caminha]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of...
62: *[[Miguel Corte-Real]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...immigration and emigration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ... crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. ...
15: [[Image:Statute_ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipa...
28: ...arring States period]]. Though there remained a nominal [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] king ...
30: ...in Shi Huang Di|First Emperor]] (Shi Huangdi), forming the first Chinese empire under the [[Qin Dynast... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
11: ...ctly, for the deaths of tens, if not hundreds, of millions of [[indigenous people]]s, exploitation of ...
15: ...], he was seen by many contemporaries as a poor administrator and was stripped of his governorship in ...
25: In [[1470]], the family moved to [[Savona]], where Christopher worked f...
29: ...tugal. Columbus's ship was burned and he swam six miles to shore.
33: ...eaching the Portuguese trade post [[São Jorge da Mina]] at the [[Guinea]] coast. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: ...under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
10: ...ount Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdo...
12: ...a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
22: * [[1924]] - [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman governor in the [[...
28: ...re killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
3: ...to the supremacist claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political part...
18: leader_names = [[Domitien Ndayizeye]] |
53: ...[United Nations]] Trust Territory under Belgian administrative authority following [[World War II]].
58: ...up, CNDD-FDD. Later that year, FRODEBU leader [[Domitien Ndayizeye]] replaced Buyoya as President. Yet...
60: ...ntinued. Renewed negotiations are now under way, amid fears that the FNL will demand a blanket amnesty... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara
61: ...Abegg, Richard Wilhelm Heinrich]] (1869-1910), chemist
65: ...s Abel|Abel, Frederick Augustus]] (1827-1902), chemist
92: ...n]], (born 1976), actor from [[India]], son of [[Amitabh Bachchan]] - Raccoon (4751 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Procyonidae]]}}
12: ...obox_section_binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Procyon lotor | author = [[Carolus Linna...
14: ...igent omnivores with a reputation for slyness and mischief.
16: ...h light and dark alternating rings. The coat is a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur. On rare occas...
35: ...e German newsmagazine ''Der Spiegel'' reported in 2002 that the raccoon had established itself in a smal... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
21: ...Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
23: ==== Adami - Adamo ====
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
25: ...i, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...den Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
5: {{British Royal Family}}
9: ...rrent head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand.
11: ...isters of the United Kingdom]] and numerous Prime Ministers in the other [[personal union|personal uni...
15: ...re. She was named after her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmo... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ..., and has an audience estimated by Arbitron at 20 million listeners weekly.
6: ...gave him considerable influence in Southeastern [[Missouri]], had once owned the radio station where L...
8: ...ndisclosed medical problem [http://www.snopes.com/military/limbaugh.htm]. Limbaugh stated that he was ...
10: ...im is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''The Rush Limbaugh Show''.)
16: ...on [[August 1]], [[1988]] via a company called Premiere Broadcasting. Limbaugh refers on-air to the "E... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: | [[Image:Elizabeth_I_(Ermine_Portrait).jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I'...
9: ...llors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of Englan...
27: ...t at Philip's behest, as he worried that his wife might die in childbirth, in which case he preferred ...
35: ...il]] for advice on the matter. The [[Act of Uniformity 1559]] required the use of the Protestant ''[[B...
37: ...the Council and conflicts at court were greatly diminished. Elizabeth's chief advisors were Sir Willia... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...rial Revolution]], a period of great social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom....
14: ...le, the Prince of Wales, inherited the Crown, becoming King George IV. Though she occupied a high posi...
16: ...ecedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Regent.
18: ... German prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original ...
20: ...m|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten-Windsor]].) - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
15: ... her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detracto...
24: ... student, having failed all of her [[O-level]] examinations. At age 16 she briefly attended [[Institu...
26: ===Marriage and family===
28: ...e Spencers, had been close to the British Royal Family for decades. Her maternal grandmother, the Dowa...
30: ... to marry. In order to gain the approval of his family and their advisors, including his great-uncle [... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ... style [[HSH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...own for setting the tone of the [[British Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality and propriet...
9: ...rom the [[Habsburgs]], the once powerful ruling family of Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mo...
11: ...er, the Duchess of Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoi...
19: ...rge soon were deeply in love. George never took a mistress and wrote to May every day. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
8: .... While in [[England]], Suu Kyi met and married [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] cultu...
10: ...isation]], which were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.
14: ... one. She used the Nobel Peace Prize's [[US$]]1.3 million prize money to establish a [[health]] and [[...
16: ...], she would be denied re-entry. When her husband Michael Aris, a British citizen, was diagnosed with ...
18: ...was again put under house arrest. On [[May 6]], [[2002]], following secret confidence-building negotiati... - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: ...Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ... in [[1993]] but was dismissed three years later amid various [[Political corruption|corruption]] scan...
6: ...hing her father in action brought her out of academia and showed her the ways of [[power politics]]. H...
8: ...ing in the middle of a period when her father's administration was being challenged both at home and a...
13: ...a [[coalition government]] on [[December 2]], becoming the youngest (35 years old) and first woman to ... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...lized countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]].
33: ... Soviet Government at the [[London School of Economics]].
41: ...Conservatives Campbell automatically became Prime Minister of Canada.
43: ...ce was finalized before she was sworn in as Prime Minister.
45: ...liamentary opposition|opposition]] to a Liberal [[minority government]]. - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
9: ...ary 26]] [[1950]]<br>in [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[New Zealand]]
29: |37th Prime Minister
34: |colspan=2 bgcolor=#DDDDDD align=center|'''Premiership'''
43: ... [[February 26]], [[1950]]) has served as [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] since December [[1999]].
45: ...h [[Jim Anderton]]'s Progressive Coalition Party (2002, with parliamentary supply and confidence from [[... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
22: |[[Miami, Florida]]
27: ...was the first woman to hold that post. She was nominated by [[President of the United States|Presiden...
30: ... then became an investigative reporter for the Miami News. Janet Reno has three younger siblings.
32: ...n [[Ithaca, New York]], where she majored in [[chemistry]], became president of the [[Women's Self Gov...
36: ...no was named staff director of the [[Judiciary Committee]] of the [[Florida House of Representatives]]...
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