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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ...most of its [[Continent|continental]] neighbors, Costa Rica, alongside [[Uruguay]], is seen as an exce...
3: ''See also: [[Military of Costa Rica]]''
6: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de Costa Rica'''</big></big>
10: | align="center" width="140px" | [[Image:Costa rica flag large.png|125px|]]
11: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Costa Rica|Full Size]]) - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hers. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reached the [[Ameri...
3: ...nd. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out...
5: ...Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472...
9: ...]], the [[Columbian Exchange]] of species (both those harmful to humans, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacter...
11: ...est Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and c... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...00 miles (120,700 km). This journeying covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world, extendi...
6: ...ial manuscript may be translated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Ma...
8: Almost all that is known about Ibn Battuta's life comes...
13: ...y used routes existed to Mecca, and Ibn Battuta chose the least-travelled: a journey up the Nile, then...
20: Once again hooking up with a caravan he crossed the border into [[Mesopotamia]] and visited [[... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...ferent religions dot the landscape of China. The most widespread religion of China is [[Chinese tradit...
5: ...eligions, while others regard them as solely philosophies of life.
7: ...ofess a belief in multiple belief systems. It is possible for someone to claim to be a [[Buddhism|Budd...
9: ...[[Confucianism]], [[shamanism]], and [[Taoism]]. Most Chinese have a conception of [[heaven]] and [[yi...
11: ...ynasty that had lapsed into [[corruption]] could lose the [[Mandate of Heaven]] and be overthrown by a... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under...
14: ...arty|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecut...
22: * [[1924]] - [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] of [[Wyoming]] elected as the first woman gove...
23: ...28]] - [[Arnold Rothstein]], [[New York City]]'s most notorious gambler, is shot dead over a [[poker]]...
24: ...esident [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States Customs Service... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
3: ...rse resources, Burundi is one of the poorest and most conflict-ridden countries in Africa and in the w...
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31: GDP_PPP_year = 2003 |
58: ...dayizeye]] replaced Buyoya as President. Yet the most extreme Hutu group, Palipehutu-FNL (commonly kno...
72: ...[deforestation]], [[soil erosion]] and [[habitat loss]]. There are two [[national park]]s, [[Kibira N... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
6: ...nk Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot
62: ...Abeille|Abeille, Louis]], (1765-1832), German composer - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
24: *[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist
30: *[[Joaquim Agostinho|Agostinho, Joaquim]], (1942-1984), Portuguese cyclist
31: *[[Paolo Agostino|Agostino, Paolo]], (1593-1629), Italian musician
32: *[[Benjamin Agosto|Agosto, Benjamin]], (born 1982), American skater
33: *[[Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...arbuda]], [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica...
9: ...rd of Mann, has two-->; she has reigned in these positions since the death of her father, [[George VI ...
15: ...fter her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of...
20: ...French]], as she has shown on several occasions, most recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[Fr...
23: ...o consider this, saying, "The children could not possibly go without me, I wouldn't leave without the ... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...ault]], [[Anjou]]) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Europe during the [[Middle Age...
8: She was raised in one of Europe's most cultured courts, the birthplace of [[courtly lov...
10: ...ea from the river [[Loire]] to the [[Pyrenees]]: most of what is today the southwest of France. Howev...
14: ...ght in a lush valley surrounded by tall peaks in hostile territory. Predictably, the Turks attacked an...
18: ...ralty law|admiralty law]]. She later introduced those conventions in her own lands, on the island of [... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost three hundred religious dissenters executed; as ...
21: ...fficially null and void from the beginning. She lost the dignity of a Princess, becoming a mere "Lady...
23: ...tly expected her troubles to end when Queen Anne lost royal favour and was beheaded in [[1536]]. The ...
26: ...closer together, again improving the Lady Mary's position.
30: ...e appealed to her cousin and former matrimonial prospect, the Emperor Charles V. Charles threatened w... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...Limbaugh is the most listened-to radio talk show host in the United States, and has an audience estima...
6: ...ame '''Rusty Sharpe'''. His father, a [[judge]] whose wealth and power gave him considerable influence...
8: ...aft]], but he was classified 1-Y due to an undisclosed medical problem [http://www.snopes.com/military...
12: ... Limbaugh took a break from radio and accepted a position as director of promotions with the [[Kansas ...
16: ...984]], Limbaugh returned to radio as a talk show host at KFBK in [[Sacramento, California]]. After ach... - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
11: ...it is likely that Richard's desire to marry her arose out of a childhood affection, and that Clarence'...
15: ...ever good, and she probably suffered from tuberculosis.
21: ...d poisoned her. Anne died, probably of [[tuberculosis]], on [[March 16]], 1485, at [[Westminster Abbe...
25: ...rk: Love & War'' by [[Sandra Worth]] published in 2003 and a winner of multiple awards. The book has bee... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...al Highness The Princess of Wales'''. She was almost always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media ...
15: ...g her lifetime, she was often referred to as the most photographed person in the world. To her admire...
28: Diana's family, the Spencers, had been close to the British Royal Family for decades. Her mat...
34: ...ss The Princess of Wales'' and was ranked as the most senior royal woman in the United Kingdom after t...
38: ...l depression]]. She later developed [[bulimia nervosa]], and made a number of [[suicide]] attempts. In... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
22: | [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] <br>now the [[Czech Republic]]
25: | [[Joseph Medill Patterson Albright]]
35: ...' (born [[May 15]] [[1937]] in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]], now in the [[Czech Republic]]), [[Unite...
56: ...ary-General|UN Secretary-General]] [[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]].
59: ...e of her role in the [[Kosovo War|Kosovo]] and [[Bosnia war]]s as well US policy in the Balkans per se... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
12: Heavily influenced by [[Mohandas Gandhi]]'s philosophy of nonviolence, Aung San Suu Kyi entered poli...
16: ...l Aris, a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in [[1997]], the Burmese government ...
18: ...Yang? After a surgical operation in [[September]] 2003, she was again placed under house arrest in Yang?
19: ...vernment to release [[Parliamentary opposition|opposition]] leader Aung San Suu Kyi after a recent ann... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
5: ...edical doctor (cand. med.) at the [[University of Oslo]] in [[1963]], and Master of Public Health at t...
11: ...arlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[Jong-Wook Lee|Jong-Wook Lee]].
15: ...paper [[The Financial Times]] listed her the 4th most influental European for the last 25 years, behin... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
7: ...S. Representative [[Andrew Jacobs]]. Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant.
21: ...alnetworks+site:grc.com] [http://www.aluminumstudios.com/spyware/] [http://www.wired.com/news/technolo...
27: ... Cantwell was behind Senn by a year, and quickly lost the Washington State Labor Council and NARAL end...
29: ...ntwell promoted Internet privacy and cited her opposition to the [[Clipper Chip]], but to critics her ...
35: ...rsements of the [[Seattle Times]], the [[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]], the [[Spokesman-Review]], and t... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ... (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to serve in that post.
31: ...d the first female to have been appointed to the post.
35: ...ver]] when her father accepted an administrative position at the University of Denver. Her name is a v...
41: ...ations]] and led her to call Korbel, "one of the most central figures in my life" [http://www.rider.ed...
43: ...81]], at age 26, she received her [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from the Graduate School of Internati... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...nion|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck...
29: ...hip]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]. Thatcher also dispa...
31: ...also aimed to cut back the [[welfare state]] and foster a more flexible labour market that would creat...
33: ...in and she was forced to resign in [[1990]], her loss at least partly due to inadequate advice and cam...
38: ...[[British Xylonite]] and then [[J. Lyons and Co.|Joseph Lyons & Company]], where she helped develop me...
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