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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of St...
29: ...dging to devote her life to the service of the people of the Commonwealth and Empire.
33: ...s claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten bef...
55: ...ronation of the British monarch|coronation]] took place in [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[2 June]] [[1953]...
64: ... in some cases, such as [[South Africa]], she has played an important role in retaining or restoring g... - Australia (39438 bytes)
47: <!-- [[Australian English]] please. -->
48: ...88]]. As the population grew and new areas were explored, six self-governing [[Crown Colony|Crown Colo...
50: ...aterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[Torres Strait Islander]]s.
54: ...to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voyages a...
62: ...claiming the land for Britain in [[1770]]. This replica was built in 1988 for Australia's bicentennial... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...e you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until...
3: ...or Canada. To keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of...
10: ...e for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/populat...
21: ...tates|U.S.]], with which it has had a long and complex relationship (''see'' [[U.S.-Canada relations]]...
86: ... that the [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|First Peoples]] have inhabited parts of what is now called Ca... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
63: ... missionaries. At the same time, the [[Oromo]] people began to migrate north into Ethiopian territorit...
67: ...e modernisation, when the [[Italian]]s began to replace the British influence. [[Assab]], a port near...
69: ...om Ethiopia in an amicable separation following a referendum. In [[1994]], a constitution was adopted leading ...
77: ...suring a landslide victory for the [[Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front]] (EPRDF). Inte...
83: ...nt began a drive to move more than two million people away from the arid highlands of the east, propos... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: .... It is the home of five percent of the world's [[plant]] and [[animal]] species, 80 percent of them u...
68: ...y and "Malgasization" of the education system crippled the economy, leaving traces even today of a hig...
70: ...rong in [[Antananarivo]] and the surrounding high plateau.
72: ...ations and crippling general strikes, Ratsiraka replaced his prime minister in [[August]] [[1991]] but...
74: ...nstitutions, and set an 18-month timetable for completing a transition to a new form of constitutional... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
64: ...ed the Ethiopian army. Two years later, after a [[referendum]], independence was declared.
66: ... dispute, even while a tentative peace remains in place.
71: ...bly, is entirely populated by members of the [[People's Front for Democracy and Justice]] (PFDJ). This...
98: ...ivestock]] and 55,000 homes. The attack prevented planting of crops in Eritrea's most productive regio...
100: ...mental social problems like [[illiteracy]], [[unemployment]], and low skills, and to convert its diasp... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...Western world|Western civilization]] and the birthplace of [[democracy]], Greece has a long and rich h...
52: ...n world|western civilization]] and being the birthplace of [[democracy]], [[philosophy]], the [[Olympi...
57:
65: ...nglish/greece/living/read_greek/alphabet.html]. [[Plato]] described how the Greeks live round the Aege...
68: ...he Byzantine Empire, centered around [[Constantinople]] (known in ancient times as [[Byzantium]]), rem... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
49: ...removed Saddam Hussein's Government from power, replacing it with an interim American-backed Provision...
56: ...ged [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] announced plans to turn over sovereignty to an [[Iraqi Interim...
58: On [[January 30]], [[2005]], the Iraqi people voted in an election conducted by their transiti...
60: ...the Iraqi people for their approval in a national referendum in October 2005. Under the new constitution, Iraq...
64: ...a new Iraqi constitution, as outlined above, to replace the [[Law of Administration for the State of I... - Central African Republic (6564 bytes)
2: ...he nation was first ruled by French [[plantocracy|plantation]] interests, and, for three decades after...
66: ...鮠A new constitution was approved by voters in a referendum held on [[December 5]] [[2004]]. Full multiparty ... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
65: ...], the Gambia became a [[republic]] following a [[referendum]].
73: ...renda. In late 2001 and early 2002, The Gambia completed a full cycle of presidential, legislative, an...
78: ... politicians from deposed President Jawara's [[People's Progressive Party]] (PPP) and other senior gov...
80: ...dential [[Elections_in_the_Gambia|election]] took place in [[September]] [[1996]], in which retired Co...
84: ...ew constitution for The Gambia, which approved by referendum in August 1996. The constitution provides for a s... - Saint Kitts and Nevis (6100 bytes)
59: ...nce in 1983. In August 1998, a vote in Nevis on a referendum to separate from St. Kitts fell short of the two-... - Serbia and Montenegro (13848 bytes)
3: ...the two states may seek full independence via a [[referendum]], which can be held in 2006 at the earliest.
23: | [[Serbian language|Serbian]] (implicitly)<sup>1</sup>
85: ... extremely varied, with much of Serbia comprising plains and low hills (except in the more mountainous...
87: ...each with populations of about 140,000-180,000 people.
114: ...tion of Serbia]] (DOS) coalition government has implemented stabilization measures and embarked on an ... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ...ages. The abbreviation is similarly used; for example, it is used as Switzerland's [[country code top-...
63: ...II]], and although a German intervention was both planned and anticipated, it ultimately didn't occur....
65: ...population and the cantons voted in favor of a completely revised federal [[constitution]].
67: ...advanced this application since the rejection, by referendum, of the [[European Economic Area]] in December 19...
84: ...], and 1 from the [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)]]. This traditional distributi... - Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
1: ...ia]]. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[T...
52: ...201 BC]]. The earliest ancestors of the Kyrgyz people, who are believed to be of [[Turkic]] descent, l...
54: ...ry draft on the Kyrgyz and other Central Asian peoples, caused many Kyrgyz to flee to China.
58: ...d [[Kyrgyz alphabet]] was introduced, which was replaced by [[Latin script]] in [[1928]]. In [[1941]] ...
66: ...work against secession from the [[U.S.S.R.]] In a referendum on the preservation of the U.S.S.R. in March 1991... - East Timor (13677 bytes)
19: ..., which received some vocal support from the [[People's Republic of China]], was communist. With the [...
23: ...e brought in to restore order. These were later replaced by UN forces.
66: ...ps and anti-independence militias, and 260,000 people fled westward. Over the next three years, howeve...
77: ...ed, there are also small numbers of mixed race people, known in Portuguese as ''[[Mesti篝]''. The bes...
86: ... a disadvantage. East Timor is a member of the [[CPLP]], Community of Portuguese Language Countries, a... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
72: ...e services, and little prospects for productive employment in the small and weak economies of the sout...
76: ...killing and attacking non-muslims. Over 10,000 people are killed a month.
83: ...7, the structure of regional administration was replaced by the creation of 26 states. The executives,...
85: ...randum of understanding with the [[SPLA]]. He was placed in a maximum-security prison and remains in c...
92: ...retaliation for Ugandan support of the [[Sudan People's Liberation Army]]. Beginning from the mid-199... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...ted coffee, tobacco, indigo, cotton, and sugar on plantations worked by African slaves. In [[1763]], S...
61: ...in [[1834]]; the resulting labor shortages on the plantations attracted Portuguese immigrants in the 1...
65: ...te control over its internal affairs. Following a referendum in 1979, St. Vincent and the Grenadines became th...
67: ...nd 1987, hurricanes devastated banana and coconut plantations; 1998 and 1999 also saw very active hurr...
91: ...l at introducing new industries, and a high [[unemployment rate]] of 22% continues. The continuing dep... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
62: ...he Audiencia de Charcas located in Chuquisaca (La Plata — modern Sucre). Bolivian [[silver]] min...
69: ...ing the early part of the 20th century, [[tin]] replaced silver as the country's most important source...
71: ...gs of political awareness among the indigenous people. From the end of the Chaco War until the [[1952]...
76: ...en, impatient with schisms in the coalition, he replaced civilians with members of the armed forces an...
85: ... (during which Sᮣhez de Lozada was Minister for Planning). The most dramatic change undertaken by th... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
49: ...emains possess features resembling [[Bushman]] people.
51: ...ries]]. Other missionaries, traders, hunters, and planters soon followed.
59: ...ok effect in May 1963, providing for virtually complete internal self-government. The Federation of Rh...
61: ...one-party state. On [[June 14]], [[1993]], the people of Malawi voted overwhelmingly in favor of multi...
74: ...elections, the first in the multi-party era, took place in on November 21, 2000. The UDF party won 70%... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ...s]], forming the [[Celt-Iberian]]s. Early Greek explorers named the region "[[Ophiussa]]" (Greek for "...
21: ...radle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (courtesy IPPAR)]]
25: An [[Islam]]ic invasion took place in [[711]]. Many of the ousted nobles took ref...
29: ...as formally recognized. Afonso, aided by the [[Templar Knights]], continued to conquer southern lands ...
31: ...torious John was then acclaimed as king by the people.
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