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- China (38909 bytes)
3: ...cribed as a single [[civilization]] or multiple civilizations, as a single [[state]] or multiple state...
5: ...[[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...y of China|Communist]] victory in the [[Chinese Civil War]] in [[1949]] established the [[People's Rep...
25: ... the Yellow River valley, the cradle of Chinese civilization, to these peoples. For example, the Xianb...
34: ...essarily follow [[political divisions of China|provincial boundaries]]. In many contexts, "China" is c... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
3: Landlocked, facing population pressures and having sparse resources, Burundi is one of the poorest...
58: ...oration of democracy. After several more years of violence, a cease-fire was signed in 2003 between Bu...
64: ...ndi has been dominated in recent years by the [[civil war]] and a long [[peace process]] and move to [...
74: ...flows for 690 km (429 miles) before reaching Lake Victoria. The source of the [[Ruvyironza River]], a...
76: ... into 16 administrative [[Provinces of Burundi|provinces]]. The [[capital city]], [[Bujumbura]], has b... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
14: == Talk radio and television career ==
16: ...ually became syndicated on [[August 1]], [[1988]] via a company called Premiere Broadcasting. Limbaugh...
18: ...ow, such as [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] or even President G...
22: ...004 Republican National Convention]] to give a preview of his nomination acceptance speech.
24: Limbaugh's first television exposure came with a [[1990]] guest host stin... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...'''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as it would imply ...
13: ...g biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...nd emulated for her high-profile involvement in [[AIDS]] issues and the international campaign against [...
22: ...first wife, [[Frances Shand Kydd|Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp]] (formerly The Honourable Franc...
24: ... At age 16 she briefly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: ...ace Prize]] in [[1979]] and [[India]]'s highest civilian award, the [[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She ...
9: ...[[ܳk?a town in the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] province of [[Kosovo]] (now [[Skopje]] in the [[Republi...
13: ...name Sister Mary Teresa in honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her fina...
17: ...] she received permission from [[Pope Pius XII]], via the [[Archbishop]] of Calcutta, to leave her com...
26: ..., by granting a [[Decree of Praise]], [[Pope Paul VI]] granted Mother Teresa's request to expand her o... - Billie Jean King (2811 bytes)
5: ...r live audience for tennis) as well as television viewers in 37 countries. She scooped winner-takes-al...
9: ...ms, as well as serving on the boards of several [[AIDS]] charities. King currently resides in New York a... - Gastrointestinal tract (16596 bytes)
13: *[[Mouth]] (buccal cavity; includes [[salivary glands]], [[mucosa]], [[to...
33: ...iver]] secretes [[bile]] into the small intestine via the [[gallbladder]] and [[biliary system]]. The...
41: ...st of human anatomical features]], [[abdominal cavity]]
51: ...can use them to build and nourish cells and to provide energy.
59: ... action of peristalsis looks like an ocean wave moving through the muscle. The muscle of the organ pro... - Immune system (14564 bytes)
3: It is often divided into the two sections of innate and adaptive i...
6: ...me. While study of the bacterial immune system provides useful insights into immunology, higher organi...
8: ... foreign [[pathogen]]s (such as [[virus (biology)|viruses]], [[bacterium|bacteria]], [[parasite]]s), s...
15: ...body, it is destroyed by forced [[apoptosis]], leaving behind T cells that can be safely released into...
18: ...o pathogens changes during the lifetime of an individual, seem to have appeared somewhat abruptly in [... - Dye (6033 bytes)
3: [[Archaeology|Archaeological]] evidence shows that, particularly in [[India]] and th...
23: ...ine particle size gives a large surface area that aids dissolution to allow uptake by the fibre. The dye... - United Nations (29685 bytes)
3: UN membership is open to all "peace-loving states" that accept the obligations of the [[UN...
5: ...as transferred to the UN as it was founded by the victorious powers in the war as a condition of the [...
20: ...ted Kingdom]], the [[United States]], and the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] met to elaborate the plans at the ...
24: ...mdash; [[Republic of China]], [[France]], the [[Soviet Union]], [[United Kingdom]], and the [[United S...
26: ... agencies located in [[Geneva]], [[The Hague]], [[Vienna]], and elsewhere. - Africa (35389 bytes)
8: ...t of the continent, as the [[Africa (province)|province of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], cor...
37: ...the earliest nation states ever formed. Other [[civilization]]s include [[Ethiopia]], the [[Nubian kin...
41: ...eating many [[colony|colonial]] nation states, leaving only two independent nations ([[Liberia]] and [...
51: ...other similarity who resided on both sides. The division of the land between [[Belgium]] and [[France]...
55: ... thumb, and one could move from Hutu to Tutsi and vice versa. - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...], [[Pakistan]], [[Russia]], [[Tajikistan]] and [[Vietnam]]. Although it officially remains a [[commun...
4: ...as parts of itself, an eternally complete and indivisible country. This claim is controversial with th...
13: After [[World War II]], the [[Chinese Civil War]] between the [[Communist Party of China]] a...
15: ...stry, healthcare, and education, which raised [[living standard]]s of average Chinese. They also belie...
21: ...ought and purging the moderate leadership, but is viewed by his supporters as an experiment in direct ... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
19: ...ish. The reigning trend in all areas of public services, including educational institutions, seems to ...
24: ... the [[Fish River]], in today's [[Eastern Cape Province]]. These [[Iron Age]] populations displaced ea...
26: ...ercent of the population in the [[Western Cape Province]].
32: ...y themselves with German [[South West Africa]] provided the British with yet another excuse to take co...
34: ... by the Afrikaner governments. One of the main provisions of the treaty ending the war was that blacks... - Botswana (22276 bytes)
58: ...Cape Colony]] and is now part of the northwest province of South Africa; the majority of [[Setswana]]-...
60: ...ized tribal rule and powers. A European-African advisory council was formed in 1951, and the 1961 [[co...
62: ...ice in 1998. The presidency passed to the sitting vice president, [[Festus Mogae]], who was elected in...
67: ...[[Botswana Congress Party]] (BCP) won 1 seat. Individuals elected by the National Assembly hold an add...
69: ...dent from the National Assembly; it consists of a vice president and a flexible number of ministers an... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
28: ...- Declared<br/> - Recognised|| [[Rhodesian Civil War]]<br>''(as Rhodesia)'' [[November 11|Nov. 11...
32: ...Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] +2 ([[Daylight Savings Time|DST, yes or not]])
46: ...state, attest the existence of a medieval Bantu civilization in the region. Linked to the establishmen...
58: === Civil War ===
60: As [[guerrilla]] activities fighting minority rule intensified, the Smith... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
10: ... Cubans.After some delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was adopted in [[1976]].
12: ... Nuclear Missiles were installed in Cuba by the Soviet Union and aimed at the USA. This led to an Inte...
14: ...pril [[1980]], over 10,000 Cubans stormed the Peruvian embassy in Havana seeking political asylum. In ...
16: ... the Soviet people, our country could not have survived the confrontation with imperialism".
18: ...] dealt Cuba a giant economic blow and when the Soviets stopped their 6 billion dollars-per-year subsi... - Uganda (11554 bytes)
1: ... country includes a substantial portion of [[Lake Victoria]], within which it shares borders with Keny...
67: ...ted the most effective national response to [[HIV/AIDS]] of any African country.
72: ...a [[Prime Minister of Uganda|prime minister]] who aids him in his tasks. The current prime minister is [...
78: ...ortant cities are located in the south, near Lake Victoria, including the capital [[Kampala]] and the ...
80: ... districts]], spread across four administrative divisions: North, East, South and West. The districts ... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
66: ... was incorporated within the [[Ottoman Empire]], evidenced by Sheik Mubarak's flying the Ottoman flag ...
68: ...rs who were rarely granted citizenship. Kuwait, having amassed great wealth, was the first of the Pers...
70: ...ge that Kuwaiti territory was in fact an Iraqi province, and that annexation was retaliation for "econ...
78: ...was also the crown prince. A council of ministers aids the prime minister in his task as head of governm...
86: Kuwait is divided into 6 governorates (''muhafazat''): - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ...al has witnessed a constant flow of different [[civilization]]s during the past 3100 years. [[Iberians...
17: ...i capital, because of their alliance with Rome. [[Viriathus]], the Lusitanian leader, drove the Roman ...
23: ...re both expelled or partially integrated by the [[Visigoths]].
27: ...me Count of Portugal as a payment for military services to Leon. Henry declared Portugal independent{{...
31: ...e of Portugal, the [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]. The victorious John was then acclaimed as king by the pe... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
51: ...ls]] after [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]], and the Zambian town near the falls is n...
61: ...a]] hydroelectric station on the Zambezi River provided sufficient capacity to satisfy the country's r...
63: ...ement]], but Zambia's problems were not solved. Civil war in the former Portuguese colonies generated ...
65: ...depressed, it became increasingly difficult to service its growing debt. By the mid-1990s, despite lim...
69: ...n among people, but not at the expense of the individual.
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