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- Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
106: [[Image:Chester A. Arthur - Project Gutenberg eText 13632.png|thumbnail|250px|right|'''Chester A. Ar...
121: ...ident of the United States|Vice Presidential]] [[:Category:U.S. Republican Party vice presidential nominees|... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
31: Cleveland was a hard worker and was scrupulously honest at a time when many politicians were neit...
36: ... of reform-minded Republicans in the New York legislature. Roosevelt admired Cleveland's stubborn natu...
40: ...an Party|Republicans]], the "[[Mugwumps]]," who disliked the record of his opponent [[James Blaine]] o...
46: ...te seed grain among drought-stricken farmers in [[Texas]], he wrote: "Federal aid in such cases encoura...
52: ...think there's a burglar in the house." Cleveland sleepily mumbled, "No, no. Perhaps in the Senate, m... - Basalt (2961 bytes)
2: ...hly vesiculated, imparting a lightweight "frothy" texture to the rock. The term basalt is often casuall...
12: ...salts of the [[ocean]] floor, most large oceanic islands, and continental [[flood basalt]]s such as th... - Africa (35389 bytes)
3: ...[[square mile|mi²]]) including its adjacent islands, it covers 20.3 percent of the total land are...
24: ...0 [[square mile|mi<sup>2</sup>]]), including the islands.
39: ...nd the world in what became known as the global [[slave trade]], which ceased by law by the nineteenth...
53: ..., which ironically balanced the power of free and slave states despite the much larger population of t...
55: ... created ethnic divides where they did not previously exist, and introduced a cultural dichotomy detri... - United States (58223 bytes)
58: ...s]] in [[1754]], in which a union was first seriously proposed.
60: ...tion Proclamation]], mandating the freedom of all slaves in states in rebellion, though full emancipat...
74: ...e United States|Congress]] (the [[legislature|legislative]] branch), the [[President of the United Sta...
78: ...gave the power to elect senators to the state legislatures; the [[Seventeenth Amendment to the United ...
84: ...ich consists of nine justices and can declare legislation made at any level of the government as [[unc... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
65: ...he federal system; all emirates have secular and Islamic law for civil, criminal, and high courts.
71: ... marvels such as [[Burj Al Arab]] and [[The Palm Islands]], and friendliness to the West have led many...
94: ...hbours. Religious beliefs are mostly [[Muslim]] (Islam is the state religion). However, there are siza...
99: ...ebsite|internet sites]] that are deemed to be un-Islamic or present information on the UAE, its cities...
103: Rooted in [[Islamic culture]], the UAE has strong ties with the r... - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
57: ...areas in the north under the loose control of an Islamic empire centered in Sokoto.
61: ... the American continent. Commodity trade replaced slave trade in the 19th century.
208: ...lani]], the overwhelming majority of whom are [[Muslim]]. Other major ethnic groups of the north are t...
210: ...micro-politically induced) pressure to introduce Islamic [[Sharia]] law.
212: ...to several other African nations which had previously been declared polio-free. On May 18, the state o... - Ghana (10910 bytes)
127: ...l is [[Accra]]. Other cities include (see also [[:Category:Cities in Ghana|Cities in Ghana]]):
158: * [[Islam in Ghana]]
181: ...065674/us559918/ LookSmart - ''Ghana''] directory category
182: ...na/ Open Directory Project - ''Ghana''] directory category
183: ... Africa South of the Sahara: ''Ghana''] directory category - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
77: ... chose to boycott these elections, ensuring a landslide victory for the [[Ethiopian People's Revolutio...
128: ...tes back almost to the founding of the religion; Islamic tradition states that [[Bilal]] was from pres...
163: *[[Islam in Ethiopia]]
273: ...0065672/us559917/ LookSmart - Ethiopia] directory category
274: ...pia/ Open Directory Project - Ethiopia] directory category - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...slates as ''the islands'', referring to the four islands which lay off that city's coast until becomin...
15: ...ter" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]] (translation): The Revolution by the people and for the p...
42: | '''[[Religion]]s''' || [[Sunni Islam]] (state religion)
62: ...[Kusayla]] and [[Kahina]], the Berbers adopted [[Islam]] ''en masse'', but almost immediately expelled...
64: ...h personalities as [[Emir Abdelkader]] made for a slow conquest of Algeria, not technically completed ... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...car is the [[List of islands by size|4th largest island in the world]]. It is the home of five percent...
53: ...tuguese]] sea captain [[Diego Dias]] sighted the island after his ship became separated from a fleet g...
55: ...mportant in Madagascar's economy. In return, the island received British military and financial assist...
59: ...e [[Japan]]ese. The [[Free French]] received the island from the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1943]].
76: ...g the incumbent president from running again. The text of the new Constitution was put to a nationwide ... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
89: ...unds. The land to the south, in the highlands, is slightly less dry, and cooler. The highest point of ...
111: ...he dominant religions are [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], each group representing roughly 50% of the p...
115: ...st majority of Muslims in Eritrea are [[Sunni]] Muslims.
117: ...ment of Eritrea only officially recognizes the [[Islam]]ic, Catholic, Orthodox and [[Evangelical]] [[L...
178: ...5672/us559920/ LookSmart - ''Eritrea''] directory category - Iraq (19222 bytes)
44: ...[Freedom of religion|religious freedom]])'' || [[Islam]]
49: ...q held new [[Iraqi legislative election, 2005|legislative elections]], changing the political face of ...
59: *Serve as Iraq's national legislature. It has named a Presidency Council, consisti...
108: ...1]] was largely the result of the global economic slowdown and lower oil prices. Following the [[2003 ...
114: ...flation (now down to 20%) has contributed to this slow economic recovery in the midst of an insurgency - Mali (7755 bytes)
64: ...nder lines. The National Assembly is the sole legislative arm of the government. It currently consists...
125: ...0065674/us559933/ LookSmart - ''Mali''] directory category
126: ...ali/ Open Directory Project - ''Mali''] directory category
127: ...- Africa South of the Sahara: ''Mali''] directory category
128: ...s/Mali/ The Index on Africa - ''Mali''] directory category - Central African Republic (6564 bytes)
110: ...okSmart - ''Central African Republic''] directory category
111: ...Project - ''Central African Republic''] directory category
112: ...e Sahara: ''Central African Republic''] directory category
113: ... Africa - ''Central African Republic''] directory category
114: ...s Center: ''Central African Republic''] directory category - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
57: ...s established the trans-Saharan trade route for [[slaves]], [[gold]], and [[ivory]]. In the [[15th cen...
61: ...t the 18th, England and France struggled continuously for political and commercial supremacy in the re...
63: ..., and the British tried unsuccessfully to end the slave traffic in The Gambia. They established the mi...
73: ...n United Democratic Party (UDP) boycotted the legislative elections.
80: ...n United Democratic Party (UDP) boycotted the legislative elections. - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
4: ...never controlled [[Taiwan]] and some neighboring islands, which are controlled by the [[Republic of Ch...
13: ...ntang in control of [[Taiwan]] and some outlying islands of [[Fujian]]. On [[October 1]], 1949, [[Mao ...
36: ...more left-leaning communists. It appears China is slowly becoming [[capitalist]].
38: ...o deal with challenges to its rule, it simultaneously attempts to reduce dissent by improving the econ...
40: ...speech is routine, and the Communist Party ruthlessly suppresses any protests and organizations that i... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
97: ...President [[Amine Gemayel]] (who had replaced his slain brother Bachir in [[1982]]), whose term expire...
112: ...story.jsp?story=619657] However, both sons strenously denied these claims, asserting that they were ca...
118: ...ce.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Lebanon%20Syria%20Rallies] rallied in Martyrs' ...
122: ...h the support of the Opposition, which had previously boycotted such negotiations.
140: ...|Prime Minister]] must be a [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]], and - Guinea-Bissau (9517 bytes)
65: ...aces colonized by the Portuguese, who began the [[slave trade]] in the [[17th century]], the interior ...
67: ...s, [[Guinea-Bissau legislative election, 2004|legislative elections]] were held in April [[2004]]. A [...
106: ...onal religious beliefs ([[animism]]); 45% are [[Muslim]], principally [[Fula]] and [[Mandinka]] speake...
138: ...s559925/ LookSmart - ''Guinea-Bissau''] directory category
139: ... Directory Project - ''Guinea Bissau''] directory category - South Africa (40100 bytes)
24: ...r [[5th century]] (the [[Bantu expansion]]). They slowly moved south and the earliest ironworks in mod...
26: ...Madagascar]], and [[India]]. Descendants of these slaves, who often married with Dutch settlers, later...
40: ...ndela]] from prison after 27 years. Apartheid legislation was gradually removed from the statute books...
42: ...ive in [[poverty]]. A series of voluntary and legislative moves under the controversial [[Black Econom...
52: ...l levels of government all have [[legislature|legislative]] and [[executive]] authority in their own s...
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