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- Botswana (22276 bytes)
1: ...osely tied to South Africa's, is dominated by [[cattle]] raising and [[mining]], especially [[diamond|...
15: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Pula (Rain)''</big>
58: ...ilities broke out between the Batswana and Boer settlers from the Transvaal. After appeals by the Bats...
62: ...om office in 1998. The presidency passed to the sitting vice president, [[Festus Mogae]], who was elec...
75: ...district councilors and district development committees. There has been ongoing debate about the polit... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
13: | align=center colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: One People, One Nation, One Destiny''</small>
33: ...00,000 of which 230,000 live in [[Georgetown]] ([[2002]])
62: ...d [[Carib]] tribes of [[Amerindian]]s. European settlement began in the early [[17th century]] with th...
64: ...olition of [[slavery]] in [[1834]] led to black settlement of urban areas and the importation of inden...
119: ... are the dominant religions in Guyana, with the latter two concentrated in the Indo-Guyanese community... - Vietnam (18265 bytes)
6: ...[Japan]] occupied Vietnam. After the war, France attempted to re-establish control but ultimately fail...
19: ...lthough a number of opposition groups do exist scattered overseas among [[exile]] communities within c...
47: ...bated the unemployment situation. The country is attempting to become a member of the WTO.
51: ...income. Corruption, bribery and embezzlement committed by many government officials have pushed proper...
57: ...luvial deltas and in the coastal plains, having little in common with the minority peoples of the high... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
14: ...an=2 | <small>''[[List of state mottos|National motto]]: Unity, Freedom, Work''</small>
46: ...s at [[Great Zimbabwe]], a Shona-speaking state, attest the existence of a medieval Bantu civilization...
56: ...|UN]] economic sanctions against Rhodesia. In an attempt to distance the country from its colonial mas...
62: ...|Lancaster House]] in an attempt to negotiate a settlement in the civil war.
74: ...ights]] abuses and of [[election]] tampering in [[2002]]. Later, Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth... - Finland (29511 bytes)
12: | align=center colspan=2 | <small>''National [[motto]]: None''</small>
24: ... Ministers of Finland|Prime minister]]''': || [[Matti Vanhanen]]
46: ... currency since 1999, in public circulation since 2002.</small>
51: ...t [[Mesolithic]] settlers. The arrival of the [[Battle-Axe]] Culture (or Cord-Ceramic Culture) in Sout...
53: ...sia]] and the Baltic region. There is not much written information of Finnish history before the 13th ... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: national_motto = Yaqeen-e-muhkam, ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidenc...
62: ...nto the beginning of the [[1st century]] CE, as petty rulers (such as [[Theodamas]]) and as administra...
81: ...kistan Wars|three all out wars]] due to these unsettled issues. Other inherited legacies of British ru...
90: ...28]], [[1933]] in the pamphlet ''Now or Never'' [http://www.zyworld.com/slam33/non.htm]. He saw it as ...
92: ...ن (Bakstaan), as the Arabic alphabet lacks the letter "P." - Indonesia (12958 bytes)
12: national_motto = [[Bhinneka Tunggal Ika]] <br> ([[Javanese lang...
62: ...he war drawing to a close, Japan sponsored a committee, led by [[Sukarno]], to plan for independence. ...
64: ...me the country's first president, with Mohammad Hatta as the first vice president. ''See [[Indonesian ...
68: ... against an alleged [[Communism|Communist]] coup attempt against a weakening [[Sukarno]]. In the afte...
117: ...]] by the UN, it became an independent state in [[2002]]. - Israel (51605 bytes)
10: national_motto = n/a |
60: ...Judah|Jewish kingdoms and states]] existed intermittently in the region for over a millennium until th...
66: === Caliphate, Crusades, and the Ottoman Empire ===
68: ...sades|Crusaders]], before becoming part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1517 until 1918. Throughout the...
73: ...ions]] transferred control of Palestine from the Ottoman Empire to the [[United Kingdom]] as a mandate... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
17: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: None''</small>
33: ... population|Ranked 38th]]<br>28,717,213 <small>([[2002]])</small><br>43/km²
55: ...tive name for the [[Pashtuns]]: ''[[Afghan]]'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_name_ety...
74: ...er]] 2001. After a nationwide [[Loya Jirga]] in [[2002]], Karzai was elected President.
78: ...h 3]]) and Baghlan Province ([[March 25]]). The latter was the worse of the two, and incurred most of ... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
14: ...al-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: जननी जन&#...
58: Nepal has a long [http://www.dilliramanregmi.org/writings1.html history...
66: ...fore turning the gun on himself. His [[suicide]] attempt was not immediately successful, however, and ...
83: ... mountains over 8,000 metres), are major tourist attractions and are cited as [[Wonders of the world|w...
113: ...stment procedures. The government has also been cutting expenditures by reducing subsidies, privatizin... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
13: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Out of Many One People''</small>
30: | [[P. J. Patterson]]
65: ... [[Taino]] people from South America, who first settled there around the year [[1000]] - [[400]] BC.
71: ...etween all the [[British West Indies]]. Jamaica attained full independence by leaving the federation ...
80: ...the Governor-General) is a figurehead, and what little real power she has is reserved for times of cri... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
13: national_motto = None |
57: ...was populated as early as 10,000 years ago, and settled in the [[7th century|7th]] and [[8th century|8...
67: ...l clerk. He became a member of the permanent committee of the All-African Peoples Conference (founded ...
72: ...d Belgium gave the order to kill Lumumba, but an attempt with a poison toothbrush was not undertaken. ...
76: In recent years, the Belgian government has admitted that it also played a role in Lumumba's overthr... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
20: ...al-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu<br>([[Malay language...
80: ...hor, and the [[Aceh|Sultanate of Aceh]]; and the attacks only stopped in [[1641]], when the [[Netherla...
82: ...h East India Company]] seat of government in Calcutta until [[1867]] when their administration was tra...
84: ...tion that favoured the merchants of the Straits Settlements. Finally, the [[Pangkor Treaty of 1874]] p...
90: ...orneo (renamed [[Sabah]]), and [[Sarawak]], the latter two colonies being on the island of [[Borneo]].... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
15: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: For Kuwait''</small>
65: ...e than sixty years before migrating over sea to settle in the Isle De Chader, where they built a small...
66: ...Ottoman flag over his palace and fully realizing Ottoman authority over his lands. The current rulers ...
68: ...of oil in the Persian Gulf. This massive growth attracted many immigrant laborers who were rarely gra...
72: ...[scorched earth]] policy by [[Kuwaiti_oil_fires|setting fire to Kuwaiti oil wells]], fires which were ... - Ukraine (22193 bytes)
3: ... [[Russia]], [[Poland]], [[Lithuania]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]]. A brief period of independence foll...
18: ... align="center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: none''</small>
76: ... wars between East European monarchies and the [[Ottoman Empire]].
82: ...s crushed the [[Red Army]]. In the encirclement battle of [[Kiev]], the city was acclaimed by the Sovi...
84: ... estimated 11 million Soviet troops who fell in battle against the Nazis, about a fourth (2.7 million)... - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
13: national_motto = ''Morir antes que esclavos vivir''<br>([[Engli...
85: ...wers in the Chapare region. The policy produced little net reduction in coca, and in the mid-1990s Bol...
93: ... prohibited from running for national office in [[2002]] but could do so in [[2007]].
95: ...-off against Sᮣhez de Lozada on [[August 4]], [[2002]].
103: ...dash; social divisions, a radical opposition committed to extra-parliamentary action, and an ongoing f... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
1: ...d from that of southern tribes, or noting the 'glitter of the sun rising across the lake' (as seen in ...
7: national_motto = Unity and Freedom |
51: ...e Malawi in [[1859]]. Subsequently, [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Presbyterian]] churches established missio...
53: ... was marked by a number of unsuccessful Malawian attempts to obtain independence. A growing [[Europe]]...
63: ...]] in [[Missouri]] in [[1995]]. Malawi's newly written constitution (1995) eliminated special powers p... - Peru (12264 bytes)
14: ...al-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: None''</small>
28: | '''[[Population]]'''<br> - Total ([[2002]])<br> - [[Population density|Density]] || [...
57: Until [[2002]], Peru was divided into 24 [[department]]s (''de...
115: ...ent world regions. Peru's economy is one of the better-managed in Latin America.
116: ...ver the next few years, the country is likely to attract both domestic and foreign investment in the t... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ... The [[Celtic|Celtics]], a later wave of Celts, settled in [[Alentejo]].
21: ...mbol, is known as the "Cradle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (court...
29: ...s a nation to [[June 24]], [[1128]], with the [[Battle of S㯠Mamede]] by [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afons...
31: ...tugal's most historic battle of Portugal, the [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]. The victorious John was then ...
42: ... exploration of Africa. Before this voyage very little information was known in Europe about what lay ... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
10: national_motto = None |
27: population_census_year = 2002|
59: ...c]] ancestors of the present-day [[Slovenians]] settled in the area in the [[6th century]]. The Slavic...
61: ...ments in [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] script, were written around [[1000]]. During the [[14th century]], m...
91: ...usually considered together as Primorska (the [[Littoral Region]]). [[White Carniola]] (Bela krajina) ...
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