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- Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo (549 bytes)
3: ...nister of Social Affairs and then Ambassador to [[UNESCO]] before briefly serving as Prime Minister in [[1... - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
4: ...roughs came with the [[musical film]] ''[[Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]]'' (''The Umbrellas of Cherbour...
8: She is a [[UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador]] and is the mother of two ch...
12: *1999 - ''Place Vendôme''
23: * ''[[Place Vendôme]]'' (1998)
37: * ''[[Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]]'' ([[Jacques Demy]]), (1964) - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ... facto'' independence and/or some international diplomatic recognition from selected states, but are n...
5: ...to the principles of the [[Atlantic Charter]] and pledged them not to seek a separate peace with the [...
20: ...nd the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] met to elaborate the plans at the [[Dumbarton Oaks|Dumbarton Oaks Estate]...
24: ...ot represented at the conference, but for which a place among the original signatories had been reserv...
28: ...left|thumb|UN offices occupy a portion of this complex in [[Vienna]]]] - Thailand (14276 bytes)
1: ...also the name of the [[Thai ethnic groups|Thai people]] - leading some inhabitants, particularly the s...
62: ... 543 years ahead of the western calendar. For example, the year AD [[2000]] is equal to the year 2543 ...
77: ...g'') is the same as that of the province: for example, the capital of Chiang Mai province (''changwat ...
99: ...t 2,576 m. The northeast consists of the [[Khorat Plateau]], bordered to the east by the [[Mekong]] ri...
112: ...d botanic gardens, as well as, [[Sukhothai]]: the UNESCO world heritage site in 1961. - Germany (46412 bytes)
73: ...to draw up a constitution for the new Germany, completed in [[1849]]. However, the Prussian king [[Fre...
93: ...ncentration camp]]s were set up for groups and people perceived as threats. Open persecution of [[Jew]...
97: ... million more [[Roma (people)|Roma]], [[Slavic people|Slavs]], [[homosexual]]s, [[communist]]s, [[Jeho...
101: ...ern forces [[Berlin Airlift|airlifted food and supplies]].
103: ...t Germany benefitted from the American [[Marshall Plan]] for the reconstruction of Europe after the wa... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...en the black majority and the white minority have played a large part in the country's [[History of So...
13: ...nto Namibia and Botswana, and elsewhere. These people, who are a physically distinct population from o...
24: ...ulations displaced earlier [[hunter-gatherer]] peoples as they migrated.
26: ...d [[Cape Frontier Wars]] against the [[Xhosa]] people, and imported [[slaves]] from [[Indonesia]], [[M...
32: ... tactics much better on local conditions. For example, the Boers wore [[khaki]] clothing, which was th... - Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
1: The '''People's Republic of Bangladesh'''is a country in [[Sou...
40: | '''[[Unemployment Rate]]''' || 3.6%
49: | '''[[National Flower]]''' || Water lily|Shapla ([[Water lily]])
65: ...l sites of mass architecture, in the form of [[temple]]s and monasteries, bearing proofs of such influ...
69: ...rights to speak a language and for this reason, [[UNESCO]] recognized [[21 February]] as [[International M... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...istan]] and [[Tajikistan]] in the north, and [[People's Republic of China|China]] in the easternmost p...
68: ...were murdered in 1978 when the [[communist]] [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]] launched a c...
72: ...his fighting occurred in [[1994]], when 10,000 people were killed from factions fighting in the Kabul ...
74: ...]] and agreed on a [[Bonn Agreement (Afghanistan)|plan]] for the formulation of a new government struc...
78: ...s of homes and over 1800 lives. Over 4000 more people were injured. The earthquakes occurred at Samang... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
59: ===European exploration and administration (1870–1960)===
61: ...]]'s novella ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'' also takes place in Congo Free State. In 1908, the Belgian parl...
67: ... of the permanent committee of the All-African Peoples Conference (founded in [[Accra]], 1958) and pre...
72: ... was not believed by many). Riots of protest took place in many parts of the world. See his ''Congo: M...
74: The [[CIA]] had aided Mobutu and was pleased with the outcome, having viewed the [[Soviet... - 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%... - Ming Dynasty Tombs (3836 bytes)
7: ...then customary [[Feng Shui]] ([[geomancy]]) principles. According to these, bad spirits and evil winds...
9: ...ter road named the "Spirit Way" leads into the complex which is one of the finest preserved pieces of ...
11: ...hao Ling. The last one was uncovered in 1989, but plans for new archeological research and further ope...
13: The Ming Tombs are a [[Unesco]] [[World Heritage Site]], and has been since Aug... - Aswan Dam (6375 bytes)
10: ...nstruction of the first dam in 1899 and it was completed in 1902. A gravity dam, it was 1,900 m long a...
13: ... mid-1956 when Egypt formally recognised the [[People's Republic of China]]. The Egyptian government i...
15: ...th the works (such as the [[Principe P�Debod temple]] in Madrid).
18: ...of lower [[Nubia]] and over 90,000 people were displaced. With hydroelectric output of 2.1 gigawatts, ...
25: ...[[schistosomiasis]] (bilharzia), due to the thick plant life that has grown up in Lake Nasser, which h... - Abu Simbel (4501 bytes)
2: ...thumb|right|200px|A bay of Lake Nasser and the temple of Nefertari]]
4: ... '''Abu Simbel''' comprises two massive rock [[temple]]s in southern [[Egypt]], built on the western b...
5: It is a part of the '''Nubian Monuments''' [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]], which runs from Abu Si...
7: The twin temples were carved out of the mountainside by [[Pharao...
9: ==The Greater Abu Simbel Temple== - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
5: ...cale the wall, but to insure that semi-nomadic people on the outside of the wall could not cross with ...
20: ...ina, the Wall was of no strategic value as the people who the Wall was intended to keep out were rulin...
22: ...er of being attacked by brigands. Because many people died while building the wall, it has obtained th...
24: ... locations the Wall is in disrepair, serving as a playground for some villages and a source of stones ...
38: ...|250px|Entrance to the Great Wall]]The wall is complemented by defensive fighting stations, to which w... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...ted when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. [[Earthquake]]s, [[landsl...
4: ... deep [[ocean]]; it simply has a much smaller [[amplitude]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [...
6: ...rmed by wind action upon the ocean (with which people are more familiar). However, since they are not ...
10: ...by any disturbance that rapidly [[displacement|displaces]] a large mass of [[water]], such as an [[ear...
12: ...here denser oceanic plates slip under continental plates in a process known as subduction. - Earth Day (8264 bytes)
1: ... to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the planet's fragile environment.
10: ...nd us of our shared responsibility to protect the planet. The [[United Nations]] celebrates ''Earth Da...
12: ...dea of a global holiday called ''Earth Day'' at a UNESCO Conference on the Environment in [[1969]], the sa...
33: ...ersally ignored or dismissed by serious policy people working on environment.
35: ...rganizers notes that the 1970 April 22 event took place between college students' Spring Break and fin... - Forbidden City (7592 bytes)
3: ...seum]] in [[Taiwan]].) As such, it is listed by [[UNESCO]] as the largest collection of preserved ancient ...
5: ... of the People's Republic of China|seal of the People's Republic of China]]. The Palace Museum is now ...
10: ...4 years and an estimated 200,000 men. From its completion in [[1422]] to [[1644]], when a peasant revo...
14: ...lar in shape, it is the world's largest palace complex and covers 720,000 square meters. Surrounded by...
22: ...of China]], but is now available to the common people. - Venice (22017 bytes)
10: ...lpine]] trade routes, and partly to ensure the supply of mainland [[wheat]], on which the city depende...
12: ...ian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses.
14: ...period and politics and the military were kept completely separate. War was regarded as a continuation...
20: Though the people of Venice generally remained orthodox [[Roman Ca...
31: ...n groups. As weapons became more expensive and complex to operate, professional soldiers were assigned... - Prague (7962 bytes)
14: ...mia]], it is home to approximately 1.2 million people. (It can be derived from jobs statistics, howeve...
16: ...Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|UNESCO]] list of [[world heritage site]]s.
35: * Various places connected to [[Franz Kafka]]
103: * [[Clementinum]] (complex of libraries)
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