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- Bangladesh (29715 bytes)
67: ...ns caused it to be divided into a predominantly Muslim [[Pakistan]] and a predominantly [[Hinduism|Hin...
79: ...tinued to provide coverage through the BBC Bangla radio services in South Asia. Among international effor...
81: ...ndhu [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], using a makeshift radio transmitter from Kalurghat near the [[port]] city...
88: ...government]]. The president is elected by the legislature every five years and his normally limited po...
133: ...[natural gas]]), insufficient power supplies, and slow implementation of economic reforms, caused by p... - Botswana (22276 bytes)
60: ...1 [[constitution]] established a consultative legislative council.
69: ...y the National Assembly following countrywide legislative elections. The cabinet is selected by the pr...
124: ...ss (seven weekly newspapers). Two privately owned radio stations began operations in 1999. In 2000, the g... - Vietnam (18265 bytes)
37: ...rea, which is slightly larger than New Mexico and slightly smaller than Germany. The topography consis...
47: ...orld's second-fastest growing economy. Simultaneously, [[investment]] grew three-fold and [[domestic s...
49: ...th GDP of US$227.2 billion (est., 2004). This translates to US$2700 per capita. The impressive growth ...
59: ...the rural population. They live in an area previously part of Cambodia and which Vietnam conquered in ...
61: ...ver, official Vietnamese figures are known to grossly underestimate the native Khmer Krom of southern ... - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ...itime border with [[Estonia]]. The [[Ŭand|Ŭand Islands]], off the southwestern coast, are under Finn...
80: ...ts acts are not subject to judicial review. [[Legislation]] may be initiated by the Council of State, ...
84: .... The relative strengths of the parties vary only slightly in the elections due to the proportional el...
88: ...ders, violate the constitutional basic rights grossly, the law was enacted in the same manner as a con...
102: The [[Ŭand|Ŭand Islands]] enjoy a degree of [[autonomy]]. According t... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
3: ...>اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان<br />Islāmī Jamhūriya-i-Pākistān |
11: capital = [[Islamabad]] |
51: ...egional Cooperation]], the [[Organization of the Islamic Conference]], and the [[World Trade Organizat...
68: ===Arrival of Islam===
69: ...uch of South Asia. Following the rule of various Islamic empires, including the [[Ghaznavid Empire]], ... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
3: ...s now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Republic]] of Afghanistan'''.
5: ...''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<br>'''Dawlat-e Eslami-e Afghanestan'''</big>
40: ...|| [[Sunni Islam]] <small>77%</small><br>[[Shi'a Islam]] <small>22%</small>
72: ...an sought to impose a strict interpretation of [[Islam]]ic [[Sharia]] law. The Taliban gave safe haven...
88: ...sidential form of government with a bicameral legislature. - Nepal (22444 bytes)
14: ...327;रियसि<br />(transliteration: Ja'nani Jan'mabhumis'hcha Swar'gadapi G...
144: Radio broadcast stations:
145: * AM 6 (govt. owned Radio Nepal),
147: * shortwave 1(govt. owned, Radio Nepal) (March 2005)
160: ... traditions). About 4.2% of the population is [[Muslim]] and 3.6% of the population follows the indige... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...aribs were eventually deported to [[Roatan]], an island off the coast of [[Honduras]].
61: ... 1860s. Conditions remained harsh for both former slaves and immigrant agricultural workers, as depres...
63: ... Crown Colony government installed in 1877, a legislative council created in 1925, and universal adult...
65: ...d the Grenadines became the last of the Windward Islands to gain independence.
67: ...ausing extensive damage to the west coast of the island. - Palau (8171 bytes)
2: ...lic of Palau''' (also spelled '''Belau''') is an island nation in the [[Pacific Ocean]], located some ...
56: ... U.S. broad powers such as control of 51% of the island in time of national emergency. The U.S. espec...
61: ...2000]] and took office in [[2001]]. He had previously served as vice president. He was re-elected in [...
88: ...)|Southwest Islands]], some 600 km from the main islands, is also part of the country.
112: * [[List of radio stations in Palau]] - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
3: ...d the second-link bridge]] on the south with the island of [[Singapore]];
5: *[[East Malaysia]], the northern part of the island of [[Borneo]], is bordered to the south by [[I...
74: ... showed it on his early map with a label that translates as "''Golden Chersonese''", the Straits of Ma...
76: ...iginally these were Hindu or Buddhist nations. [[Islam]] arrived in the [[14th century]] in [[Terengga...
78: ... a century, and within that time period spread [[Islam]] to most of the [[Malay archipelago]]. [[Malac... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
54: ...is [[Northern Ireland]], which is located on the island of [[Ireland|Ireland]].
58: ...Six counties in the north-eastern portion of the island, meanwhile, remained a part of the United King...
62: ...] (often also including its smaller neighbouring islands, though never Ireland). Politically, the term...
64: ...the Irish case since 1922. An alternative, the ''Islands of the North Atlantic'' (IONA) has been propo...
74: ...f of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witn... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
64: ...es the Chamber of Deputies in the drafting of legislation.[http://www.ce.etat.lu/structure.htm]
113: ...languages. French remains the language of the legislation, due to the application of the [[Napoleonic ...
132: * [[Radio Luxembourg]] - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
1: ...ludes a number of islands, including the sizable island of [[Bioko]] where the capital, [[Malabo]] (fo...
72: ...egotiating and ratifying treaties and calling legislative elections. Obiang retains his role as comman...
107: ...risco, Elobey Grande, Elobey Chico, and adjacent islets.
113: ...in established a base on the island to combat the slave trade. The mainland portion, Rio Muni, became ...
118: ...rcent of the population, are indigenous to Bioko Island. - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Michael Easley]] |
42: ...he demise of one, the "Lost Colony" of [[Roanoke Island]], remains one of the great mysteries of Ameri...
48: ...le attempt by Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston to slow Union Gen. Sherman's advance into the Carolinas...
58: ...h Carolina|Raleigh]] and its governor is [[Mike Easley]], a Democrat. Its two U.S. senators are [[Eliz...
62: ...nited States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Mike Easley]]. ''See [[List of North Carolina Governors]]'' - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
52: ...by [[Massachusetts]], and on the east by [[Rhode Island]]. The state capital is [[Hartford, Connecticu...
54: ...rough the center of the state, flowing into Long Island Sound, Connecticut's outlet to the [[Atlantic ...
83: ...kups tens of miles long are common, and the daily radio broadcasts of where crashes have completely block...
229: *[[Wesleyan University]] - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
38: ...t the state song. Ray Charles sang it on the legislative floor when the bill passed.
58: ...le]]. The [[Georgia General Assembly|state's legislature]] also met at other temporary sites, includi...
64: ...d on the [[Separation_of_powers|separation of legislative, executive and judicial power]]. Executive ...
68: Legislative authority resides in the General Assembly, c...
74: ...y commissions have considerable power to pass legislation within their county as a [[municipality]] wo... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
53: ...mes K. Polk|James Polk]] ran for President on the slogan "[[Fifty-Four Forty or Fight]]," referring to...
101: ...Oregon]] serve four-year terms. The [[Oregon Legislature]] consists of a thirty-member Senate and six...
103: ...orts of [[William S. U'Ren]] and his [[Direct Legislation League]]. Under his leadership, the state ov...
105: ...'', for example). During the same period, the legislature has referred 363 measures to the people, of ...
109: *[[1981]] The Oregon [[Legislature]] approves experimentation with vote-by-mail... - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
40: ...to the [[Green Bank Telescope]] at the [[National Radio Astronomy Observatory]].
48: ...ti-secessionist legislators convened a [[rump legislature]] and formed a pro-Union reformed government...
58: ... full-time, but part-time. Consequently, the legislators hold a full-time job in their community of r...
60: ... early April. The remainder of the year sees legislators gathering periodically for interim meetings ...
252: *[[West Virginia Wesleyan College]] - Nevada (17565 bytes)
39: ...ag; "The Battle Born State" is the official state slogan, as Nevada was admitted into the union during...
53: ...re the permission of both the Nevada and Utah legislatures and the U.S. Congress.
57: ...owever re-outlawing gambling has never been seriously considered since.
77: ...s in a mountain region that includes semiarid grasslands and sandy deserts, and is the most arid (dry)...
252: *[[List of radio stations in Nevada]] - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
36: ...th smallest state. The state is named after the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
43: During the [[English Civil War]] the Island of [[Jersey]] remained loyal to The English Cr...
57: Slightly more than a week after victory at [[Trenton...
63: ...d to ratify the Constitutional Amendments banning Slavery and granting rights to America's black popul...
68: ...st of Governors of New Jersey]]; [[New Jersey Legislature]]''
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