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- Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ..., is seen as an exceptional example of political stablity in the region, and sometimes refered to as t...
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: ...om'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón'' in [[Spanish]], ''Cr...
3: ...reach the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...out time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consistent is the first e...
7: ...ica]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the an...
9: ...d beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first ... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
1: [[Image:IbnBattuta.jpg|thumb|250px|Ibn Battuta (1304-1377).]]
2: ...i Lanka]], [[Southeast Asia]] and [[China]], a distance readily surpassing that of his prior, near-con...
4: ...ibn Muhammed ibn Ibrahim Ibn Battuta al-Lawati al-Tanji'''.
6: ...]], several years after his return Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his journeys to a scholar named ...
8: ...uta's life comes from one source – Ibn Battuta himself (via Ibn Juzayy). In places the things he... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...ion]] and its constituent components, including [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Chinese folk religion]...
5: ...lematic. Thus, some regard [[Confucianism]] and [[Taoism]] as religions, while others regard them as ...
7: ...uddhist]] while living life according to [[Taoism|Taoist]] principles and participating in [[ancestor ...
9: ...eligion]], [[Confucianism]], [[shamanism]], and [[Taoism]]. Most Chinese have a conception of [[heaven...
25: ==Taoism== - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitr...
10: ...inia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
12: ... America|Confederate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of do...
14: ...Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[James G. Blain...
15: ...]] - [[Menelik II of Ethiopia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Et... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...[[Lake Tanganyika]] where it enjoys access to the Tanzanian ocean port of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The count...
14: capital = [[Bujumbura]] |
25: population_estimate_year = 2003 |
31: GDP_PPP_year = 2003 |
34: GDP_PPP_per_capita = 627 | - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ..., (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-1998)
5: ...[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
7: ...urt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
18: ...badie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
31: ...Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
6: ...[John Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
20: ...igrant to Germany who died as a result of an deportation attempt
24: ...[[Gianni Agnelli|Agnelli, Gianni]], (1921-2003), Italian industrialist
26: ...ana Agnesi|Agnesi, Maria Gaetana]], (1718-1799), Italian polymath - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...d the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...nd is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]]...
11: ...l union]] nations of which she is or was Head of State. She is married to [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edi...
20: ...ral occasions, most recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the centenar...
23: ...e King, and the King won't leave under any circumstances". In [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her fir... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: ...ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[1124]] &nda...
6: ...was the long-time mistress of [[William IX of Aquitaine]], the [[Troubador]]. Eleanor was named after ...
8: ...hawking, and hunting. She became heiress to [[Aquitaine]], the largest and richest of the provinces th...
10: ... present that is still in existence, a [[rock crystal vase]] that is on display at the Louvre. Within ... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...or her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she...
13: ... been theorised by some authors to be from congenital [[syphilis]] transferred to her from her mother,...
15: ...when scarcely four and a half years old, she entertained some visitors with a performance on the [[har...
17: ...en she was a young child, the Princess Mary's marital future was being negotiated by her father. When...
26: ...t her his favor was if she accepted humiliating attacks on her religion and royal position. The Lady ... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...t listened-to radio talk show host in the United States, and has an audience estimated by Arbitron at ...
6: ... had once owned the radio station where Limbaugh started his career.
8: .../www.snopes.com/military/limbaugh.htm]. Limbaugh stated that he was not drafted because a physical fou...
10: ..., as a [[Top 40]] music radio [[disc jockey]] on station [[KQV]], using the name '''Jeff Christie'''. ...
14: == Talk radio and television career == - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
5: ...er [[sister]], [[Isabella Neville]], came into contact with the younger [[son]]s of [[Richard, Duke of...
9: ...ther, [[George, Duke of Clarence]]. It is not certain that a formal marriage ceremony ever took place...
11: ...store King Henry to the throne, succeeded in this task but was defeated and killed in battle a few mon...
15: ...at [[Westminster Abbey]], and they made their marital home in the familiar surroundings of Middleham C...
21: ...r until the late [[20th century]], when one was established by the Richard III Society. - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
13: ...age. Her bitter accusations of [[adultery]], [[mental cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the wor...
15: ...while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
24: ...] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]. Diana was a talented amateur [[pianist]], excelled in [[sports]]...
30: ...rried, should be, preferably, a virgin, and Protestant. Diana fulfilled all of these qualifications.
32: ...enior), her sexual experience, and her lack of suitably aristocratic lineage. - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
7: | 64th Secretary of State
31: | [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
35: ... served as the 64th [[United States Secretary of State]].
37: ... has since become the second female Secretary of State).
42: ...to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legislative Assistant to Senator [[Edmund Muskie]]. - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
6: ...an]], who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in [[1947]] and was [[assassination|assassinate...
8: ...arried [[Michael Aris]], a scholar of [[Tibet|Tibetan]] culture. They had two sons, Alexander and Kim...
10: ...hich were violently suppressed. A new military junta took power.
14: ...Peace Prize's [[US$]]1.3 million prize money to establish a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the...
16: ...Aris, a British citizen, was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in [[1997]], the Burmese government de... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
3: ...[physician]], and an international leader in [[sustainable development]] and [[public health]].
5: ...[1965]]. She was Norwegian Minister for Environmental Affairs 1974-79, and became Norway's first femal...
7: ...], developing the broad political concept of [[sustainable development]] in the course of extensive pu...
11: ...arlem Brundtland was succeeded, on [[July 21]], [[2003]], by [[Jong-Wook Lee|Jong-Wook Lee]].
15: ... Financial Times]] listed her the 4th most influental European for the last 25 years, behind [[Pope Jo... - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
3: ...shington state]] and is a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].
7: ...]]. Her mother, Rose, was an administrative assistant.
11: ==In the Washington and United States Houses==
13: ...on every door in her district. As a state representative, she helped write the [[Growth Management Act...
15: ...he [[Clipper Chip]], she voted in support of [[NAFTA]], and she supported President Clinton's 1993 bud... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
4: ... [[Image:Condoleezza Rice.jpg|200px|Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice-Bush]]
7: |66th Secretary of State
25: |[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
27: ... the administration of [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the fir...
29: ... State. On [[January 26]] [[2005]], the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] confirmed her nomination ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...ich involves reduced government spending, lower [[tax]]es and regulation, and a programme of [[privati...
29: ... also dispatched a [[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in ...
31: ...c growth occured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret ...
33: ...to [[European Union|European]] [[Economic and Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from wit...
38: ...[[1946]], the third woman to hold the post. She obtained a second class degree and worked as a researc...
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