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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
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23: leader_names = [[Vicente Fox ]] |
52: footnotes= |
55: END INFOBOX - Costa Rica (12931 bytes)
1: ... today, Costa Rica has only a national [[police]] force. Unlike most of its [[Continent|continental]] ...
5: ...er: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
32: | '''[[Population]]'''<br /> - Total ([[2004]] [[Estimation|E]]) <br /> - [[Population de...
71: ...uepos, on the Pacific coast.]]Costa Rica (Spanish for "Rich Coast"), although still a largely agricult...
76: - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ... article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janei...
7: ...l|Carnival]] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da T...
9: ...per of Rio de Janeiro is about 6,150,000 ([[as of 2004]]), occupying an area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles)...
15: ..., for instance, was founded by a native chief for supporting defense.
17: ...n called ''Morro do Castelo'' (Castle Hill). Therefore, the city developed from current Downtown (Cent... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...onfucianism]] ([[1st century BC|100 BC]]) and the forced imposition of a common system of writing by t...
7: ...he most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...es said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Following this period Sima Qian relates that a syste...
18: ...] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have been alleged to be...
22: Archaeological findings provide evidence for the existence of the [[Shang Dynasty]] (商... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... is disagreement about whether Arthur, or a model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest ment...
4: :''Main article: [[Historical basis for King Arthur]]''
5: ...ve been of [[Romano-British]] origin, and to have fought against the [[pagan]] [[Saxon]]s. His power b...
7: ...e reign of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom w...
9: ...tion unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him to have become a major legendary figure. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón''...
3: ...e to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although...
5: ...João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as Joh...
11: ...slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Weste...
13: ...ristóvão Colombo''. ''Columbus'' is a Latinized form of his surname. The Latin roots of his name can... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
3: ...including [[Taoism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Chinese folk religion]].
7: ...belief in multiple belief systems. It is possible for someone to claim to be a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] w...
9: ...hin China include [[ancestor worship]], [[Chinese folk religion]], [[Confucianism]], [[shamanism]], an...
11: ...ty]], but rather someone who mediated between the forces of heaven and earth. A central idea of the [[...
15: ==Chinese folk religion== - November 4 (10686 bytes)
15: ...ity of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]].
20: ...1921]] - The [[Sturmabteilung]] or SA is formally formed by [[Adolf Hitler]]
25: ... General Field Marshal [[Erwin Rommel]] leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
30: ...lyn Monroe]] and [[Clark Gable]] -- the last film for both.
36: ...ivia]] becomes a member of the [[Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works|Be... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: The '''Republic of Burundi''' (formerly Urundi) is a small landlocked nation in the...
3: ...uling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] majority...
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53: ... Territory under Belgian administrative authority following [[World War II]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
72: *[[Philip Abelson|Abelson, Philip Hauge]] (1913-2004)
105: ...na Abramovic|Abramovic, Marina]], (born 1946), performance artist - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
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21: ...]], [[Brigadier General]] in the [[Israel Defence Forces]]
33: ...Jose Miguel Agrelot|Agrelot, Jose Miguel]], (1927-2004), Puerto Rican entertainer
36: ...a|Agricola, Johannes]], (1494-1566), Protestant reformer - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
9: ...gland]], [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[UK Armed Forces]] and [[List of Lords of the Isle of Man|Lord...
20: ... on several occasions, most recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the ce...
23: ..., she became [[heiress presumptive]] and was henceforth known as HRH The Princess Elizabeth. She was t...
27: ...ld be allowed to contribute directly to the war effort. She joined the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service...
33: ...le heir to the throne, as Philip had been trained for royal responsibilities. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
9: ... competebat." Melisende was no mere regent-queen (for her son Baldwin III), but a Queen Regnant, reign...
11: ... minting of money, granting of fiefdoms and other forms of patronage, and in diplomatic correspondence...
13: ...her position, he designated Melisende as guardian for the young Baldwin, excluding Fulk altogether.
15: ...excluded Melisende from granting titles and other forms of patronage, and publicly dismissed her autho...
21: ...een's party to openly challenge Fulk, as Fulk's unfounded assertions of infidelity was a public affron... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
8: ...ootball|football]] knee from [[high school]]" [Colford, pp 14 – 20].
16: ... as a talk show host at KFBK in [[Sacramento, California]]. After achieving some local success, he mov...
18: ...udience decline in the [[1970s]]. The program has for over 15 years been the most popular talk radio s...
20: ...s by cutting out his dramatic pauses to make room for more commercials.
22: ... in" to a live broadcast during the week of the [[2004 Republican National Convention]] to give a previe... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...eir wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duke of Kent a...
14: ...ristened Alexandrina Victoria, from birth she was formally [[Style (manner of address)|styled]] ''Her ...
16: ...ce the law at that time made no special provision for a child monarch, Victoria would have been eligib...
18: ...ed the match). Whatever Albert's original reasons for marrying Victoria may have been, theirs proved t...
27: ....) The Melbourne ministry would not stay in power for long; it was growing unpopular and, moreover, fa... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
13: ...ruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], spawning biographies, mag...
15: ...th, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw h...
22: ...er heir [[Peter Shand Kydd]], Diana's mother sued for custody of her children, but Lord Althorp's rank... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...wn for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events, Queen Mary's valuable collection of j...
11: ...relatives and staying in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the ...
17: ...Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]'s fondness of May, as well as her strong character and...
30: ...[[25 December]] [[1901]] – [[29 October]] [[2004]]); and had issue.
38: ...ce]], [[London]]. York Cottage was a modest house for royalty, but was a favourite of George, who like... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
4: ...o Prize]] and the [[Sakharov Prize|Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought]]. In [[1991]] she won the [[...
8: She studied at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and at the [[School...
10: ...n]], stepped down, leading to mass demonstrations for [[democracy|democratisation]], which were violen...
12: ...olence, Aung San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest...
14: ...to establish a [[health]] and [[education]] trust for the Burmese people. - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
1: [[Image:bbhutto.jpg|frame|200px|Benazir Bhutto; a formal portrait from when she was Prime Minister]]
3: ...s well, and remained in jail until [[November]] [[2004]].
6: ...m. This seems to have been a formative experience for her, in that watching her father in action broug...
8: ... the first Asian woman to be President of the [[Oxford Union]], after the election had to be re-run be...
15: ...f the opposition while [[Nawaz Sharif]] became PM for the next 3 years. Again in October [[1993]] elec... - Gro Harlem Brundtland (3306 bytes)
5: ...[1981]]; her cabinet was renowned internationally for having 8 female ministers out of 18.
7: ...ominent member of the Brundtland Commission - and for [[Agenda 21]].
9: Brundtland became Norwegian Prime Minister for two subsequent terms - from May 9, [[1986]] unti...
11: ...American]] as their ''Policy Leader of the Year'' for coordinating a rapid worldwide response to stem ...
15: ...mes]] listed her the 4th most influental European for the last 25 years, behind [[Pope John Paul II]],...
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