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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...Costa Rica has only a national [[police]] force. Unlike most of its [[Continent|continental]] neighbor...
69: ...Central America. Since the late [[19th century]] only two brief periods of violence have marred its de...
78: ...ca has no military by constitution and maintains only domestic police and security forces for internal...
107: ...endent on tourism, agriculture, and electronics exports. The economy emerged from [[recession]] in 1997 ...
109: ...ons have already started developing in the area exporting goods. - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...ing ''River of January'' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]) is the name of both a [[Rio de Janeiro (...
13: ...e area where Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedition led by Italian [...
15: ...or instance, was founded by a native chief for supporting defense.
19: ...or]]. In [[1763]], the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio.
21: ...accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... the Kingdoms of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[...
5: ...as John Cabot) was first to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third ...
9: Unlike the voyage of the Scandinavians, Columbus's vo...
13: ...''Cristòfor Colom'' and in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ''Cristóvão Colombo''. ''Columbus'' is ...
19: ...in]].) The account that has traditionally been supported by most historians is as follows: - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
8: ...ny others there is no way to know whether he is reporting or story-telling. The following account assume...
13: ...ney up the Nile, then east by land to the Red Sea port of [[Aydhad|'Aydhad]]. However, upon approaching ...
15: ...first trip who prophesied that Ibn Battuta would only reach Mecca after a journey through [[Syria]]. A...
20: ...ra]], then [[Isfahan (city)|Isfahan]], which was only a few decades away from being nearly destroyed b...
22: ... its gates to the [[Mongols]], it had become an important trading centre after most of its nearby rivals... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
19: ...]] begins when 40,000 [[sailor]]s take over the [[port]] in [[Kiel]].
60: *[[1930]] - [[Dick Groat]], MLB shortstop;NL Most Valuable Player in 1960
68: ...[1955]] - [[Matti Vanhanen]], prime minister of Finland
73: *[[1972]] - [[Luis Figo]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[football (soccer)|football]] star
141: [[nl:4 november]] - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...a]] where it enjoys access to the Tanzanian ocean port of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives ...
58: ...undian government issued arrest warrants for the FNL leaders Agathon Rwasa and Pasteur Habimana, and d...
60: ...otiations are now under way, amid fears that the FNL will demand a blanket amnesty in exchange for lay...
70: ...Ruzizi River]], north of Lake Tanganyika, is the only area below 3,000 ft: this area forms part of the...
74: ...s in Burundi. Although [[Lake Victoria]] is commonly considered to be the source of the Nile, the [[K... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
31: ...pularly elected, she remains [[North America]]'s only female head of a national government to date. Sh...
51: ...nd the [[Reform Party]]. The concentration of support for Reform in [[Western Canada|the west]] and the...
61: ...c Society]]. She was cited for her status as the only woman leader of a North American country to date...
63: ...cy in the world. Its membership is by invitation only and consists of former Heads of State and Govern... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
14: ...emburg believed that an independent Poland could only come about through revolutions in [[Germany]], [...
19: ...apital]] and [[labour (economics)|labour]] could only be countered if the proletariat took over power ...
38: ... forty thousand sailors and marines took over the port in protest at a proposed engagement with the Brit...
42: ... Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Luxemburg supported the KPD's involvement in the national constitut...
48: ...and particular slogans, of the workers' struggle only in the course of the development of this struggl... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
10: ... on [[June 17]], [[1928]], and arrived at [[Burry Port]], [[Wales]], [[United Kingdom]] approximately 21...
22: ...es (4113 km) away. Their last positive position report and sighting were over the [[Nukumanu Islands]], ...
34: ...logical, and anecdotal evidence (but no proof) supporting this theory. - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
4: .... Joplin graduated from Jefferson High School in Port Arthur in [[1960]] and went to college at the [[U...
8: After a return to Port Arthur to recuperate, she again moved to San Fran...
16: ...be one of the last decisions of her life and it reportedly proved to be a rather unhappy experience for ...
18: ...a|Los Angeles]], [[California]] motel room, aged only 27.
26: ...drug-related causes within weeks of Joplin. But unlike Hendrix, whose fame continued to grow after hi... - Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ... was later accidentally changed) in the town of [[Port Arthur, Texas]] and acquired her nickname "Babe" ...
9: ...arlier, she had picked up the sport of golf, the sport by which she would become most famous. She became... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
4: ..."earthenware" and "stoneware" are generally used only for relatively easily constructed utensils such ...
21: ... in a day. Because of its nature, wheel work can only be used to initially create items with radial sy...
25: ...ly), and allowed to air-dry. This method is commonly used for smaller decorative pieces, such as figu...
32: ...l clay body, and then add a colourant to separate portions of the same body. The different coloured cla...
42: ...ting plus metal oxides or carbonates). This is important for functional [[earthenware]] vessels, which ... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
24: ...hich is now a popular neighborhood and contains important buildings of Islamic architecture. ]]
26: ...too far from the ancient course of the Nile to support a city. Just to the south of the modern city's lo...
36: ... sack of [[Baghdad]] in [[1258]] heightened the importance of the city and it became the leading intelle...
62: ...ant that the [[Egyptian Museum]] in Cairo is the only place in the world that many items can be seen.
64: ==Transportation== - Egypt (18830 bytes)
56: |}The '''Arab Republic of Egypt''', commonly known as '''Egypt''', (in [[Arabic language|Arab...
73: ...in [[1869]], Egypt became an important world transportation hub; however, the country also fell heavily ...
75: ...uk I, a constitutional monarch, to abdicate in support of his son King Ahmed Fouad II. Finally the '''Eg...
130: ...exandria is Egypt's second largest city and chief port. Here is that city's state-of-the-art library.]][...
142: ... more than 5 million Egyptians working abroad, mainly in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf area like [[UAE]], and... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Port Conway, Virginia]]
25: ...he time) called an "assembly of demi-gods." To support Constitutional ratification in New York State, Ma...
38: ...h the United States. Both countries blockaded the ports of the other, preventing commerce with either. I...
115: Madison's portrait was on the U.S. [[Large_bills|$5000 bill]]. ... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
22: ... first of non-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English langu...
35: As a member of the state Senate he supported the [[War of 1812]] and drew up a classificatio...
41: ...ial election of 1824]] he appeared as a strong supporter of [[William H. Crawford]], and received the el...
43: ... Hart Benton (senator)|Benton]] in presenting a report on executive patronage. In the debate on the "[[T...
45: ...state)|Georgia]] in the spring of [[1827]] won support for Jackson from Crawford. - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
20: ...ics, Arthur had been Collector of Customs for the Port of [[New York City|New York]]. He was appointed b...
29: ...acks who objected to the segregation of city transportation. He also took an active part in the reorgan...
31: ...President [[Ulysses Grant]] as Collector of the [[port of New York]] [[1871]]-[[1878]].
40: ...talwart Republicans, the onetime Collector of the Port of New York became, as President, a champion of c...
42: ...hat made certain Government positions obtainable only through competitive written examinations. The sy... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...d]] '''al-ʼIskandariyyah''') is the chief seaport in [[Egypt]], and that country's second largest c...
3: ... civilization|Hellenistic]] world — second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth throughout much o...
23: ...e silt thrown out by Nile mouths. An Egyptian townlet, Rhacotis, already stood on the shore and was a...
27: ...age]]; and for some centuries more it was second only to [[Rome]]. Nominally a free Greek city, Alexa...
29: It was not only a center of [[Hellenism]], but was also the grea... - Australia (39438 bytes)
48: ...ea. A part of [[Australasia]], it includes the mainland and a number of islands, the largest of which ...
50: .... The shortest border distance is between the mainlands of Papua New Guinea and Australia at about 15...
55: ...en from South Head.jpg|200px|thumb|left|View of [[Port Jackson]], taken from the South Head, from ''A Vo...
66: ...eite.jpg|260px|thumb|left|[[Port Arthur, Tasmania|Port Arthur]], [[Tasmania]] was Australia's largest pe...
67: ...onvicts due to an acute labour shortage. The transportation of convicts to Australia was phased out betw... - Land bridge (3351 bytes)
20: ...[[containerization|containers]] by rail between [[port]]s on either side of a land mass, such as [[North...
23: ... project of railway constructions to link cities, ports and mines within the country, and potentially wi...
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