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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
7: ...xplored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]...
11: ...e]]s, exploitation of the Americas by Europe, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him fo...
13: ...s surname. The Latin roots of his name can be translated "Christ-bearer, Dove". Columbus' signature re...
27: ...ent a year on a ship bound towards [[Khios]] (an island in the [[Aegean Sea]]) and, after a brief visi...
35: ...a Islands]] and owned one of them ([[Porto Santo Island]]), but died when Felipa was a baby, leaving h... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
7: Hurston's work slid into obscurity for decades, explainable for a n...
11: Quote:"Dat's a big ole resurrection lie, Ned. Uh slew-foot, drag-leg lie at dat, and Ah dare yuh tuh ...
17: ...ademics to study [[Voodoo]], even travelling to [[Haiti]] in 1937, and presuming a scientific basis for t... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
9: ...f [[Prizren]], even though most Albanians are [[Muslim]] and the majority of their native Macedonia ar...
91: In [[1981]], Teresa flew to [[Haiti]] to accept the [[Legion d'Honneur]] from the rig...
106: ... of Mother Teresa as a "helper of the poor" was misleading, and that only a few hundred people are ser... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
10: ...he subject, ''Divine Horsemen: the Living Gods of Haiti'', is often considered a definitive source. The ...
23: ...performance by [[Chao-li Chi]], Chinese flute and Haitian drums musical collage by Maya Deren
28: ...erel Ito as ''Divine Horsemen, The Living Gods of Haiti'' - North America (12844 bytes)
4: ...ericas were not the [[East Indies]], but a previously undiscovered [[New World]].
26: ...mere Island]], [[Baffin Island]], and [[Victoria Island]] in the north)
27: ...Revillagigedo archipelago]] and numerous smaller islands closer to the coast)
28: ...es]], most of it – includes the [[Aleutian Islands]], [[Alaska]], but not the US state of [[Hawa...
39: ...outheastern end of the continent lies a chain of islands territories called the [[Antilles]], the [[Ca... - 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...
66: ...eacekeeping]], including actions in [[Kosovo]], [[Haiti]], [[Somalia]] and [[Liberia]], and the first [[G...
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 ... - List of countries by continent (11037 bytes)
83: * [[Christmas Island]] (Australia)
84: * [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] (Australia)
107: * [[Pakistan]] - [[Islamabad]]
153: * [[Norway]] - [[Oslo]]
161: * [[Slovakia]] (Slovensko) - [[Bratislava]] - List of national capitals (10847 bytes)
47: <tr><td>[[Bratislava]] <td>[[Slovakia]]
58: <tr><td>[[Cape Town]] <td>[[South Africa]] (legislative)
91: <tr><td>[[Honiara]] <td>[[Solomon Islands]]
93: <tr><td>[[Islamabad]] <td>[[Pakistan]]
117: <tr><td>[[Ljubljana]] <td>[[Slovenia]] - Cuba (25106 bytes)
2: ...Islands]] and [[Jamaica]], and to the southeast [[Haiti]].
6: ... of [[1898]]. The [[United States]] occupied the island until its independence was granted in [[1902]]...
22: ...ba_shootdown/27/]. This extraterritorial U.S. legislation is considered highly controversial, and the ...
24: ...storical or political interests in the Caribbean island , some U.S. citizens visit Cuba by traveling t...
41: ...4 provinces, and one special municipality (the [[Isla de la Juventud]]). - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
1: ...a]] and to the west of [[Hispaniola]], on which [[Haiti]] and the [[Dominican Republic]] are situated.
67: ...the massive use of imported [[Africa]]n [[slavery|slave]] labor.
69: ...reat of revolt. Following a series of rebellions, slavery was formally abolished in [[1838]].
71: Jamaica slowly gained increasing independence from the [[Uni...
82: ... a bipartisan joint committee of the Jamaican legislature in 1961-62, approved in the [[United Kingdom... - Florida (24937 bytes)
47: The [[Florida Legislature]] has a Senate of 40 members and a House of ...
49: ...ide elected offices; both houses of the state legislature; 18 of the state's 25 seats in the [[United ...
66: ...]], particularly the [[Bahamas]], [[Cuba]], and [[Haiti]].
80: ... threat during the summer and fall. Florida saw a slew of destruction in [[2004]] when it was hit by a...
107: Religiously, Florida is mostly Protestant, but with a growin... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...hen mean solar time), resulting in time differing slightly from [[town]] to town. As [[telecommunicati...
31: ...plies to the island of Great Britain, not to the island of [[Ireland]].
41: ...rial waters and the lands they border, including islands. About [[1950]], a letter suffix was added to...
51: ...C Monday it is already 00:30 Tuesday in the Line Islands (UTC + 14) while the time is 23:30 ...
68: *[[Cook Islands]] - History of the United States (1988-present2) (20668 bytes)
10: ... of the [[Eastern Europe]]an [[Warsaw Pact]] were slowly collapsing. The fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] w...
16: ...icts in [[Somalia]], [[Bosnia]], [[Kosovo]] and [[Haiti]], often with the cooperation of the [[United Nat...
23: ...United States Department of State]] about Kuwaiti slant drilling. This had continued for years, but no...
43: ...orty years as the minority party while simultaneously pursuing their "[[Contract with America]]," whic...
47: ...tical firestorm on the right, where it was vigorously opposed on the general principle that government... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
32: ...], ''Chubasco'' in [[Mexico]], and ''Taino'' in [[Haiti]].
63: ... just west of [[Africa]] near the [[Cape Verde]] islands.
130: ... in mountainous areas, this can lead to deadly mudslides.
144: ...y only available if the storm is passing over an island or a coastal area, or it has overtaken an unfo...
156: ...d streams flood, roads become impassable, and landslides can occur. - List of politics by country articles (10131 bytes)
13: ...ics of the British Virgin Islands|British Virgin Islands]] - [[Politics of Brunei|Brunei]] - [[Politic...
16: ...he Congo]] - [[Politics of the Cook Islands|Cook Islands]] - [[Politics of Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] - [...
25: [[Politics of the Faroe Islands|Faroe Islands]] - [[Politics of Fiji|Fiji]] - [[Politics of...
31: [[Politics of Haiti|Haiti]] - Holy See (see [[Politics of the Vatican City|...
37: ...Politics of Japan|Japan]] - [[Politics of Jarvis Island]] - [[Politics of Johnston Atoll]] - [[Politic... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
15: ...The [[United States]] takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
18: ...$25 million for the [[U.S. Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]].
19: ...nal character | character]] created by [[Elzie Crisler Segar]], first appeared in a [[newspaper]] [[co...
89: ...[[1943]] - [[Ren預r鶡l]], former [[President of Haiti]]
142: * [[2004]] - [[Czeslaw Niemen]], Polish musician (b. [[1939]]) - January 1 (18244 bytes)
15: *[[1738]] - [[Bouvet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer ...
16: ...dition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published.
18: *[[1801]] - Legislative union of [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[...
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
21: *[[1808]] - Importation of [[slave]]s into the [[United States]] is banned - Mango (12190 bytes)
34: ...mon [[motif]], known as the [[paisley (design)|paisley]], in Indian textiles.
36: ...climates. Some lowland forests in the [[Hawaiian Islands]] are dominated by introduced mangos.
41: ...ripe, the unpeeled fruit gives off a distinctive, slightly sweet smell. In the center of the fruit (a ...
43: ...fruit is very sweet, with some varieties having a slight acidic tang. The texture of the flesh varies ...
51: ...ace, but not your refigerator. Refrigeration will slow the ripening process. - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
31: *[[Pierre Joseph Cambon]] - Member of the Legislative and the Convention, directed French financia...
83: ...ral, close to [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], served in [[Haiti]] - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
21: ...s President, his domestic priorities included legislation to upgrade [[education]], to restrict [[hand...
48: ...nutes, became a debacle as Clinton gave a notoriously dull speech that lasted over half an hour (he jo...
67: ...l details of the plan. It was the first major legislative defeat of Clinton's administration.
71: ...ime in 40 years, in large part due to stalled legislation, including a failed attempt to create a comp...
73: ...n]], Clinton, and [[Yasser Arafat]] during the [[Oslo Accords]] on [[September 13]], [[1993]].]]
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