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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...political conflict. Figueres also abolished the [[military]] and today, Costa Rica has only a national...
3: ''See also: [[Military of Costa Rica]]''
35: ...chasing_Power_Parity|PPP]])<br /> - Total ([[2003]]):<br /> - GDP/head:
63: ...yaCeramics.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Pre-Columbian Ceramics from Nicoya, Costa Rica]]
69: ...the democratic system without the assistance of a military. - 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. - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...ying covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world, extending also to present-day [[India]], ...
4: ... to the names of scholars particularly in the Islamic East, meaning "the Sun of Religion". His full ti...
11: ...nued travelling, eventually covering about 75,000 miles over the length and breadth of the Muslim worl...
17: ...ttuta joined up with a caravan travelling the 800 miles from Damascus to [[Medina]], burial place of [...
20: ...th a caravan he crossed the border into [[Mesopotamia]] and visited [[al-Najaf]], the burial place of ... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
11: ... and he typically led the imperial court in performing elaborate annual rituals. He was not believed t...
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Isl...
23: ...f Buddhists in China range from 70 million to 150 million.
35: ...in China, particularly in the western, minority-dominated regions, can be connected with non-Chinese n...
42: ...duction of [[Nestorianism]] spread by European or Middle-Eastern travellers who came to China in AD [[... - 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]] |
25: population_estimate_year = 2003 |
31: GDP_PPP_year = 2003 |
53: ...[United Nations]] Trust Territory under Belgian administrative authority following [[World War II]]. - 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]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
20: ...Amir Ageeb|Ageeb, Amir]], (1969-1999), Sudanese immigrant to Germany who died as a result of an deport...
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist
32: *[[Benjamin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer
35: *[[Mikael Agricola|Agricola, Mikael]], (1510-1557), Finnish theologian & scholar ... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
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...
25: ===Military service=== - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...st and most powerful women in Europe during the [[Middle Ages]]. She was [[Queen consort]] of both [[F...
6: ...r and her mother, as Dangereuse was the long-time mistress of [[William IX of Aquitaine]], the [[Troub...
10: ...be both King of France and [[Dukes of Aquitaine family tree|Duke of Aquitaine]]. Thus, her holdings wo...
14: ...s]], [[Byzantine Emperor]], who feared that their militaristic aims would jeopardize the tenuous safet...
16: ... her Aquitaine knights, and the divided Crusade armies could not overcome the Muslim forces. For reaso... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
17: ...ther. When she was but two years old, she was promised to the [[Dauphin]] Francis, son of [[Francis I...
21: ...atfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]]. She was not permitted to see her mother Catherine, or attend her f...
26: ...wife, [[Catherine Parr]], was able to bring the family closer together, again improving the Lady Mary'...
30: ...otestant monarch; his Parliament's [[Act of Uniformity]] prescribed Protestant rites for church servic...
33: ... line of succession, and because it was made by a minor. Under the guidance of [[John Dudley, 1st Duke... - 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... - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
5: ...pawn]]. Much of her [[childhood]] was spent at [[Middleham Castle]], one of her [[father]]'s properti...
9: ...as [[betrothed]] by her father to [[Edward of Westminster|Edward, Prince of Wales]], heir to [[Henry V...
11: ...prevent such a marriage was motivated by his determination to be the sole heir to the Neville sisters'...
15: ... child, [[Edward of Middleham | Edward]], born at Middleham in around 1473. Anne's health was never g...
19: ...s created [[Prince of Wales]]; however, Edward of Middleham died suddenly on [[April 9]], [[1484]] at ... - 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 [... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
37: She was nominated by [[President of the United States|Presiden...
39: == Academic and public career ==
44: ...ilson International Center for Scholars at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] following an international ...
53: Before becoming Secretary of State, Albright served as a member...
63: ...rview on [[December 5]], [[1996]], for the ''[[60 Minutes]]'' television program. On the theme of US s... - 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: ...Yang? After a surgical operation in [[September]] 2003, she was again placed under house arrest in Yang? - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
5: ... was 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, [[19...
11: ...arlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[Jong-Wook Lee|Jong-Wook Lee]].
15: ...he last 25 years, behind [[Pope John Paul II]], [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]]. - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
7: ...ve [[Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant.
9: ...race, Washington|Mountlake Terrace]] because it reminded her of Indianapolis. She led a successful cam...
15: ...irst term, she got the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Administration to drop its support of the [[Clipper Ch...
19: ...twell is an avid Mariners fan.) She became a multimillionaire as the company grew.
21: ...earch?p=realnetworks+site:grc.com] [http://www.aluminumstudios.com/spyware/] [http://www.wired.com/new... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
19: |[[Birmingham, Alabama]]
27: ...ond [[United States Secretary of State]] in the administration of [[President of the United States|Pre...
29: ...nited States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in la...
34: ...h-school guidance counsellor, and was an ordained minister who preached on weekends; Rice's mother, An...
35: ...moved to [[Denver]] when her father accepted an administrative position at the University of Denver. H... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...n]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''Iron Lady''' ...
29: ...l elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[20th century]]. In foreign relatio...
31: ...ured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher ass...
33: ...al approach to [[European Union|European]] [[Economic and Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challen...
38: ...a second class degree and worked as a research chemist for [[British Xylonite]] and then [[J. Lyons an...
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