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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
19: ...y, the city was threaten or invaded by several - mostly French - pirates and buccaneers, such as [[Jea...
21: ...l [[1808]], when the Portuguese Royal Family and most of the [[Lisbon]] nobles, fleeing from [[Napoleo...
23:
25: ...hek managed to have [[Bras�a]] built, at great cost, by [[1960]]. On April 21st that year, the capit...
35: ..., crosses a former Roman-style aqueduct - the "Arcos da Carioca" built in 1750 and converted to a tram... - Main Page2 (2348 bytes)
10: ...s [[animals]] from around the world. Includes videos and animal pictures and clipart.
42: ===March 2007 Calendar===
43: {{MarchCalendar2007a}} - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
5: ...for Best Supporting Actress—making her the most-nominated actor of all time, surpassing [[Kathar...
7: ...'', ''[[Out of Africa]]'', ''[[Ironweed]]'', ''[[Postcards from the Edge]]'', and playing [[Lindy Cham...
9: ...adition of playing "cold" characters, and often those with accents—in short, characters that wer...
13: By the year [[2000]], Streep was arguably the most recognized film actor in the world, and her stat...
15: ..., [[2006]], and [[2007]], and remains one of the most respected actors in history. - Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
2: ...ited States|American]] [[actor|actress]] perhaps most familiar as Elle Woods in the [[film]] ''[[Legal...
33: *''[[Just Like Heaven]]'' (2005) (currently in post-production)
34: *''[[Walk the Line]]'' (2005) (currently in post-production)
37: *''[[Rapunzel Unbraided]]'' (2007) (currently announced start of production) (voice... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: ...y but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.
7: ... particular rulers. Often there are also several possible spellings of the names.
9: ...re is a 60 year discrepancy between the dates proposed by these two authors. There is no attempt to re...
63: ===Position uncertain===
65: *Ba (two different writings, possibly two separate kings) - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
1: ... is unrelated to its African heritage; it was proposed by a ''[[The Times|Times]]'' article in [[1897]...
25: | [[Lagos]]
57: ...dio]] brought most areas in the north under the loose control of an Islamic empire centered in Sokoto.
67: ...states that led to the extermination of 30,000 Igbos. Following the creation of Biafra, war broke out ...
71: ...ratic dream; particularly, with the ever daunting 2007 election around the corner. Many people fear the ... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
71: ...ic home of the [[Phoenicia]]ns, Semitic traders whose maritime culture flourished there for more than ...
78: ...sed with prosperity built on [[Beirut|Beirut's]] position as a regional center for finance and trade.
85: ...n]] (PLO). In the early [[1970s]], difficulties arose over the presence of Palestinian refugees, and f...
87: ...re a number of mostly [[Maronite]] militias, the most important of which was the one linked to the [[K...
89: Cross-border attacks from Lebanon against [[Israel|Isr... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
35: |[[January 1]], [[1993]] (division of [[Czechoslovakia]])
56: ...''Slovenská republika''). The relation between those two name forms is exactly the same as with for e...
63: ...anding [[Roman Empire]] maintained a chain of outposts around the [[Danube]]. From 20 to 50 AD, the Ki...
65: ... state, known as the [[Principality of Nitra]], arose in the 8th century and its ruler [[Pribina]] had...
67: ...half of present-day Hungary, while the ethnic composition of present-day Slovakia itself became more d... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ... [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] being its closest neighbors. The island is 430 km<sup>2</sup> (1...
3: Barbados is mainly composed of [[coral]] and [[limestone]]. It is tropical ...
4: {{Barbados infobox}}
5: Barbados has one of the highest standards of living and li...
8: {{main|History of Barbados}} - Romania (19812 bytes)
62: ...achia]] by [[Basarab I]], and [[Moldavia]] by Dragos during the 13th and 14th century respectively. In...
64: ...tem, and brief periods of independence. Moldavia lost its eastern side [[Bessarabia]] to the [[Russian...
66: ... (since [[1301]] Hungary and Transylvania became possessions of House of [[Anjou]], of [[Habsburg]], a...
76: ...opean Union]], hoping to join on [[January 1]], [[2007]].
84: The members of both chambers are chosen in elections held every four years. - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
69: ...ed in blacks outnumbering whites by a ratio of almost 20 to one, leading to constant threat of revolt....
80: ...roving bills, and other state functions. For the most part, the monarch (through her representative, t...
84: ...inister, and the parliamentary [[Leader of the Opposition]].
86: ...ster to call the next general election by October 2007.
94: ...aining Depot Newcastle. As on the British model NCOs are given several levels of professional training... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
2: ...onarchy on the coast of the [[Persian Gulf]], enclosed by [[Saudi Arabia]] in the south and [[Iraq]] i...
53: | [[Rhanterium epapposum]]<br>Locally called ''Arfaj''
61: ...Wells.jpg|thumb|right|During the first Gulf War, most of Kuwait's oil wells were set on fire by retrea...
66: ...eign affairs and taxation/duties. This is unlike most other Arab emirates of the Persian Gulf where th...
68: ...trading from [[India]]. By the [[18th century]], most of the local people made a living selling [[pear... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
13: national_motto = ''Morir antes que esclavos vivir''<br>([[English language|English]]: "To die...
14: national_anthem = ''[[Bolivianos, el hado propicio]]'' |
59: ...e [[Moxos]] in the eastern lowlands and the [[Mollos]] north of present-day [[La Paz]] also developed ...
62: ...duced much of the Spanish empire's wealth, and Potos�site of the famed Cerro Rico — "Rich Moun...
67: ... Pacific]] ([[1879]]–[[1883|83]]), when it lost its seacoast, and the adjoining rich [[nitrate]]... - California (63989 bytes)
11: LargestCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |
15: PostalAbbreviation = CA |
64: Fossil = [[Smilodon|Saber-toothed cat]] |
89: ...ost populous state in the U.S.]], as well as the most physically diverse, with the highest and the low...
91: ...lifornia|San Diego]], [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], and [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco... - Kansas (21369 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = KS |
37: ...state|state]] in the [[United States]]. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is '''KS'''.
69: ...rms. Their current term will end in January of [[2007]], and they are able to run for re-election in [[...
82: ...th America is located in [[Osborne County, Kansas|Osborne County]]. This spot is used as the central r...
89: ... in Kansas at 680 feet), and the [[Neosho River|Neosho]], the southern drainage system of the state. ... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = NM |
42: === Native American Pueblos ===
44: ...owns in the valley of the [[Rio Grande]] and pueblos nearby.
46: ...the upper Rio Grande valley led to long-standing hostility that impeded the Spanish conquest of New Me...
52: ...rs]] in [[1610]]. Although the colony failed to prosper, some missions flourished. Spanish settlers ar... - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
24: ...ited to 175,000 people chosen by the government, mostly male
27: ...ge for women older than 21 (to take effect in the 2007 national elections) [http://www.aljazeera.com/me....
31: ...ly one restriction on the general suffrage - the possession of at least ?50 (~[[USD]]250) worth of cas...
33: ...uller]] became active in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], the latter being the author of the book ''T...
35: ...age Association was also formed at this time by those who believed that suffrage should be brought abo... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...ing [[outer space|space]] endeavors. One of the most famous and important aspects of space exploratio...
6: ...rn Virginia displays an unparalleled array of aerospace technology in one place: [[Space Shuttle Ente...
13: ...first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yuri Gagarin]] on [[April 12]]...
19: ... due to a [[Brazilian rocket explosion|rocket explosion]] that killed several technicians. They had th...
28: ...it in two, with the other part being the China Aerospace Corp. China became only the third country on... - Cold War (18329 bytes)
7: ...Cold War took the form of an armed conflict. In those conflicts, the major powers, particularly the Un...
9: ...the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia lost the superpower status that it had won in the Sec...
12: ...on shaped the lives of people around the world almost as much as the actual fighting did.
14: ...rticularly the city of [[Berlin]]. Arguably, the most vivid symbol of the Cold War was the [[Berlin Wa...
17: ...[[rocketry]], which led to the [[space race]]. (Most or all of the rockets used to launch humans and ... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...re [[ellipse|elliptical]], Venus's orbit is the closest to [[circle|circular]], with an [[eccentricity...
3: Because Venus is closer to the Sun than the Earth, it always appears in...
5: ...dess Venus's hand mirror: a circle with a small cross underneath ([[Unicode]]: ♀).
12: ===Atmosphere===
14: ...otates at a mere 6.5 km/h). Winds in the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to...
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