French | ... he time Gershwin had spent in Paris, it evokes the sights and energy of the | capital in the 1920s. It is one of Gershwin's best-known compositions |
Mozambique | ... ti-colonial armed struggle. During the 1970s, in the Portuguese colonies of | and Angola for example, the Marxist movements FRELIMO and MPLA, which were ... |
Canada | In | , rutabagas are used as filler in foods such as mincemeat and Christmas ca ... |
Tanzania | ... cisco de Almeida conquered Kilwa, an island located in what is now southern | |
French | André Paul Guillaume Gide (; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a | author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. Gide's career ... |
Mexico | ... is several miles north of the Rio Grande and the international border with | |
Kingdom of Tungning | ... n 1635. They called the place Tancoia. The Dutch were later expelled by the | government founded by Ming Dynasty loyalists of Koxinga in 1662. Zheng Jin ... |
Morocco | ... , milk or water, and pureed avocado. Chocolate syrup is sometimes added. In | , there is a similar chilled avocado and milk drink, that is sweetened wit ... |
Russia | ... and later in Washington. Torvalds is an author and co-writer of books about | and the Soviet Union |
New Zealand | ... when William Soltau Davidson fitted a compression refrigeration unit to the | vessel Dunedin in 1882, leading to a meat and dairy boom in Australasia an ... |
Angola | ... ed struggle. During the 1970s, in the Portuguese colonies of Mozambique and | for example, the Marxist movements FRELIMO and MPLA, which were to eventua ... |
People's Republic of China | ... sistance. The United States, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, France, the | , the World Bank, the UN Development Programme and the European Developmen ... |
Poland | ... thin the Irgun and Betar. Begin had served as head of the Betar movement in | , and was a respected leader. , then the commander of the Irgun, raised th ... |
Uganda | ... e Karachi, followed by Muslim Rohingya refugees from Burma, and Asians from | . According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), ... |
Italy | ... to Giovanni Dall'Orto, 25-Sept-2007.jpg|San Pietro Celestino Church, Milan, | File:Roedeliusplatz 2007 11 Glaubenskirche.jpg|Saint Anthony & Saint Sheno ... |
Netherlands | ... Hay. Bute studied at Eton College (1720–1728) and the University of Leiden, | (1728–1732), where he graduated with a degree in civil and public law. On ... |
Netherlands | Nederlek is a municipality in the western | , in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 1 ... |
Japan | ... ised elixir, they would surely be executed. Legends claim that they reached | and colonized it. It is also possible that the book burning, a purge on wh ... |
Chile | ... January 1921, to take part in fleet maneuvers off Panama and later off the | an coast, south of Valparaíso |
Netherlands | Bergschenhoek is a town and former municipality in the | . It is situated roughly 10 km to the north of Rotterdam in the province o ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... im al-Andalus, drinking songs were a recognised and valued literary genre). | completely bans the production, importation or consumption of alcohol and ... |
Soviet Union | ... shington. Torvalds is an author and co-writer of books about Russia and the | |
Persia | ... on 27 April 1064 as sultan of Great Seljuq, and thus became sole monarch of | from the river Oxus to the Tigris |
Vietnam | The People's Republic of China, along with | , North Korea, Laos, and Cuba, is one of the five remaining official Commu ... |
Egypt | ... ed death of Joseph (XII: 13, 18) and in his response to the sons' plight in | . (XII: 83, 86-87, 96) Islamic literature fleshes out the narrative of Jac ... |
Albania | ... huania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, —all now members of the EU—, | , Croatia, and the Republic of Macedonia issued another statement on Iraq, ... |
Roman | ... us for its exquisitely detailed yet monumentally scaled temple ruins of the | period, when Baalbek, then known as Heliopolis, was one of the largest san ... |
Israel | ... onduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, | , Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, ... |
Shang Dynasty | ... n originated in China. Although proto-porcelain wares exist dating from the | (1600–1046 BCE), by the Eastern Han Dynasty period (196–220) glazed cerami ... |
Kuwait | ... hs of imprisonment including, or instead of, lashes (see hudud). Similarly, | also bans the importation or consumption of alcohol, but does not impose c ... |
Han Dynasty | ... n wares exist dating from the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BCE), by the Eastern | period (196–220) glazed ceramic wares had developed into porcelain. Porcel ... |
Thailand | ... as is (uncooked), or cooked in soups or stir-fries. Similar condiments from | and Burma are called nam pla (น้ำปลา) and ngan bya yay (ငံပြာရည်) respecti ... |
Canada | ... rth) of the Massif Central from which areas the cult eventually extended to | |
Laos | The People's Republic of China, along with Vietnam, North Korea, | , and Cuba, is one of the five remaining official Communist states in the ... |
Spain | ... f his newly created College of Cardinals in a coronation held in Seville in | . During his papacy, he purported to canonize Generalissimo Francisco Fran ... |
Ethiopia | In | , avocados are made into juice by mixing them with sugar and milk or water ... |
India | ... state appealed to all, or that all Muslims were happy with the situation in | . In a book written on statecraft for Jahangir, the author advised him to ... |
Dutch | Wateringen is a town in the | province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, a ... |
Bahrain | In 1867, when a large | i force sacked and looted Doha and Al Wakrah. This attack, and the Qatari ... |
Qin Dynasty | China's first imperial dynasty was the | (221–206 BCE). The Qin unified the Chinese Warring States by conquest, but ... |
Japan | was a | ese physicist and author who was born in Tokyo. He was a professor at Toky ... |
Germany | ... wo Germanic tribes, were a combination of a number of peoples from northern | and the Jutland Peninsula |
Angola | Transport in | comprises |
El Salvador | ... , she steamed with DesDiv 32 to Balboa, Canal Zone, and thence to La Unión, | . Departing that port on 27 February, she proceeded north and soon resumed ... |
Namibia | ... grid, and to connect the Angolan lines with all neighboring countries, with | , Zambia, and with the Republic of the Congo. The Benguela Railway already ... |
Netherlands | ... uction and development assistance. The United States, Belgium, Germany, the | , France, the People's Republic of China, the World Bank, the UN Developme ... |
Vietnam | ... fishy liquid. (The salt extracts the liquid via osmosis.) The variety from | is generally called nước mắm (well known by brand names including nước mắm ... |
Sri Lanka | ... by R. Edwin in a colorful description of a large snake found in Ceylon (now | ), most likely a reticulated python, Python reticulatus. The account, whic ... |
Italy | In northwest | the church of Sant’Ilario at Casale Monferrato was dedicated to him as ear ... |
Philippines | ... occasionally added to ice cream and other desserts. In Brazil, Vietnam, the | and Indonesia, a dessert drink is made with sugar, milk or water, and pure ... |
Canada | ... d in the definition of both statutory and common law offences in Australia, | , England and Wales and other common law jurisdictions. It is a synonym fo ... |
Netherlands | Schoonhoven (, locally ) is a city and municipality in the western | , in the province of South Holland. The municipality has a population of 1 ... |
Italy | ... to Giovanni Dall'Orto, 25-Sept-2007.jpg|San Pietro Celestino Church, Milan, | File:9188 - Milano - Marco Bianchi - San Pietro Celestino (1735) - Foto Gi ... |
Indonesia | ... ed to ice cream and other desserts. In Brazil, Vietnam, the Philippines and | , a dessert drink is made with sugar, milk or water, and pureed avocado. C ... |
Albania | ... t immigrant group came from other European nations (particularly those from | and Greece): 0.68% and East Africa: 0.42%. Immigrants from North Africa an ... |
Soviet | ... two Syrian missile boats in an engagement off Tartus. During the battle, a | merchant ship was hit by Israeli missiles and sank |
South Africa | It is native to the moister southern and eastern areas of | , from coastal areas of the Western Cape east to KwaZulu-Natal and north t ... |
Thailand | ... uly 29, 1990, Carbajal faced Muangchai Kittikasem, who came to Phoenix from | to defend his IBF light flyweight championship. Carbajal methodically took ... |
Zambia | ... to connect the Angolan lines with all neighboring countries, with Namibia, | , and with the Republic of the Congo. The Benguela Railway already connect ... |
New Zealand | Robeson embarked on a a two month concert tour of Australia and | in October 1960, with Essie, with the primary purpose of generating money ... |
Netherlands | Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle is a former municipality in the western | , in the province of South Holland |
Cambodia | ... followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who were the ruling party in | from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, and Khie ... |
France | ... travelling abroad, busking around Europe with his guitar. He spent time in | and visited Belgium and Germany. Other trips took him to Italy and through ... |
Yugoslavia | ... uring this period, she toured the United States and Canada, and appeared in | and at the Edinburgh Festival |
United Kingdom | ... production that affected this era was the Inland Revenue Act of 1880 in the | , which required homebrewers to obtain a licence at a price of 5 shillings |
Yugoslavia | ... table political union of the 20th century that covered most South Slavs was | , but it ultimately broke apart in the 1990s along with the Soviet Union |
Canada | Kinzie was born in Quebec City, | to John McKenzie and Anne McKenzie. His father died before Kinzie was a ye ... |
Germany | ... und Europe with his guitar. He spent time in France and visited Belgium and | . Other trips took him to Italy and through Yugoslavia ("I felt a madness ... |
Burma | ... angladesh arrived in the Karachi, followed by Muslim Rohingya refugees from | , and Asians from Uganda. According to the United Nations High Commissione ... |
Syria | ... s of Europeans (mostly foreign-born). Citizens of Middle East (particularly | n and Lebanese) ancestry are a minority with a presence in the capital. Ar ... |
France | ... velopment assistance. The United States, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, | , the People's Republic of China, the World Bank, the UN Development Progr ... |
Iraq | ... last and longest serving Latin American nation in the Iraq War. Service in | was a coveted assignment for the officers and long-service non-commissione ... |
Germany | Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, | . It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks ... |
Iran | ... ief Uri Bar-Lev believed the Grad-model Katyusha rocket was manufactured in | . In March 2008, 230 buildings and 30 cars were damaged by rocket fire on ... |
Republic of the Congo | ... an lines with all neighboring countries, with Namibia, Zambia, and with the | . The Benguela Railway already connects to the Democratic Republic of the ... |
Belgium | ... busking around Europe with his guitar. He spent time in France and visited | and Germany. Other trips took him to Italy and through Yugoslavia ("I felt ... |
German | Comfort was established in 1854 by | immigrants, who were Freethinkers and abolitionists. Ernst Hermann Altgelt ... |
Canada | ... crossing point for bootleggers illegally importing alcoholic beverages from | . They typically arrived to the island via small speed boats. During the w ... |
Somalia | ... fghanistan. The smaller groups consist of Muslim refugees from Burma, Iraq, | , Bangladesh, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, etc |
England | ... and now with AXA). The architect George Corson who worked mainly in Leeds, | , was born in Dumfries and articled to Walter Newall in the town |
Bahrain | ... ai, Bangalore and Kolkata. International flights to Middle East cities like | , Muscat, Sharja, Jeddah, Riyadh, Doha and to Southeast Asian cities Singa ... |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... ith the Republic of the Congo. The Benguela Railway already connects to the | |
Germany | ... rtilizer outputs of plant physiological understanding in eighteenth century | . In the United States, a scientific revolution in agriculture began with ... |
Aruba | ... of the Netherlands, consisting of the autonomous countries the Netherlands, | , Curaçao and Sint Maarten |
Italy | ... Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, | , Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait ... |
Gold Coast | ... rief stops in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the Ivory Coast, he arrived in the | in December 1947 |
United Kingdom | File:HeatonMoorRd4499.JPG|Saint Mary & Saint Mina Church, Heaton Moor, | File:9180 - Milano - Marco Bianchi (sec. XVIII) - San Pietro Celestino (17 ... |
Malawi | ... member of the United Democratic Front, is the urban governor for Blantyre, | . On January 8, 2003, he was stoned by a mob which argued that the governm ... |
Bulgaria | From 2009 to 2011 in | are opened five hypermarkets resided in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas and ... |
Bahrain | Alcohol was first permitted in | , known to be the most progressive Persian Gulf state and the earliest to ... |
Dutch | ... in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the | province of South Holland. The municipality of Leiden has a population of ... |
El Salvador | The Armed Forces of | , in Spanish Fuerza Armada de El Salvador is the official name of the comb ... |
Slovakia | ... ern European "Vilnius ten" countries, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, | , Bulgaria, Romania, —all now members of the EU—, Albania, Croatia, and th ... |
Brazil | ... d for milkshakes and occasionally added to ice cream and other desserts. In | , Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia, a dessert drink is made with sug ... |
Syria | ... rically clear. The most accepted explanation is that the name for the, then | n (now Turkish), Hellenistic city of Antioch on the Orontes (Arabic: Antāk ... |
Iran | ... er groups consist of Muslim refugees from Burma, Iraq, Somalia, Bangladesh, | , Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, etc |
South Africa | ... ping is also used in Kwaito music, a genre that originated in Johannesburg, | and is composed of hip hop elements. Rapping can be delivered over a beat ... |
United Kingdom | ... ondon, the band released the album Love in 1985, which charted at #4 in the | , and which included singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary" and "Rain". In ... |
Fiji | ... cluding by constitutional mandate a representative of the Banaban people in | (Banaba Island, former Ocean Island), in addition to the attorney general, ... |
Romans | ... ngs Raus and Rapt (or Rhaus and Raptus) moved south, and first attacked the | in the lower Danube area. In about 271 the Roman Emperor Aurelian was obli ... |
Afghanistan | ... armed forces began seeing active service again, first in Kosovo and then in | , there has been a campaign to revive the Iron Cross and other military me ... |
German | The | and Austrian equivalent of an hereditary knight is a Ritter. This designat ... |
Normandy | Gide was brought up in isolated conditions in | and became a prolific writer at an early age, publishing his first novel, ... |
France | ... ks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe. Its sister city is Menton, | |
England | ... born at Livingstone Hospital into a middle class family in Dartford, Kent, | . His father, Basil Fanshawe ("Joe") Jagger (13 April 1913 – 11 November 2 ... |
Portuguese | ... open their 2008 album Carried to Dust with the song "Victor Jara's Hands". | folk band Brigada Víctor Jara is named after him |
Maldives | In 2009 President Tong attending the Climate Vulnerable Forum (V11) in the | , along with 10 other countries that are vulnerable to climate-change, and ... |
Uzbekistan | ... of Muslim refugees from Burma, Iraq, Somalia, Bangladesh, Iran, Tajikistan, | , etc |
Italy | ... s between 2002 and 2007, the population of Bari grew by 2.69 percent, while | as a whole grew by 3.56 percent. The current birth rate of Bari is 8.67 bi ... |
Iceland | ... Atlantic islands as far west as the Azores and Madeira. It is not found in | . In the south east, it reaches the Caucasus range. British Robins are lar ... |
Vietnam | ... lkshakes and occasionally added to ice cream and other desserts. In Brazil, | , the Philippines and Indonesia, a dessert drink is made with sugar, milk ... |
Netherlands | Alkmaar is a municipality and a city in the | , in the province of Noord Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditio ... |
French | ... ue to exhibit the collections of the Dutch stadtholders. It was inspired by | example. By then it was known as the National Art Gallery (Dutch: National ... |
Soviet Union | ... s was Yugoslavia, but it ultimately broke apart in the 1990s along with the | |
Cyprus | ... ish High Commissioner of Palestine, Sir Harold MacMichael and deport him to | . However, the Haganah leaked the planned operation and it was thwarted be ... |
Pakistan | ... age is increasing, especially amongst the growing urbanized middle class of | . Around 44% speak Punjabi, 15.5% speak Pashto, 15.5% speak Sindhi, 10.5% ... |
Mexico | ... xas Revolution, establishing the independence of the Republic of Texas from | . The San Jacinto Monument, in the unincorporated area of La Porte, commem ... |
England | Cotman was born in Norwich, | , the eldest son of a prosperous silk merchant and lace dealer, and was ed ... |
Austrian Empire | ... Brna) about 10 km (6 mi) south-east of Brno in Moravia, at that time in the | (present day Czech Republic). The battle is often regarded as a tactical m ... |
Chile | Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (September 28, 1932 – September 16, 1973 ) was a | an teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, political activist ... |
Greece | In 2010, Carrefour and Marinopoulos Group, the largest group of retail in | , established a franchise company MSC Bulgaria to develop hypermarkets and ... |
Danish | In the Old English poem Beowulf, Heremod is a | king who was driven into exile and in Old English genealogies Heremod appe ... |
India | In the Philippines, Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam, and southern | (especially the coastal Kerala and Karnataka region), avocados are frequen ... |
Panama | ... was a long-time opponent of transferring possession of the Panama Canal to | , calling its construction an "historic American achievement", and warned ... |
Qatar | ... for local beliefs, banned its troops in Saudi Arabia from drinking alcohol. | bans the importation of alcohol and it is a punishable offense to drink al ... |
Bulgaria | ... an "Vilnius ten" countries, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, | , Romania, —all now members of the EU—, Albania, Croatia, and the Republic ... |
Slovenia | ... ere took place before World War II in the Union Hostel in Ljubljana (now in | ) with great success |
Confederate States of America | ... s a primary infantry weapon occurred during the American Civil War when the | planned to recruit twenty regiments of pikemen in 1862. In April 1862 it w ... |
Armenia | Yerevan (, ) is the capital and largest city of | and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated alon ... |
Iceland | ... "six days' sail north of Britain, and [...] near the frozen sea", possibly | , was also never invaded by the Romans |
Britain | During World War I, Poirot left Belgium for | as a refugee. It was here, on 16 July 1916, that he again met his lifelong ... |
Czech Republic | ... h-east of Brno in Moravia, at that time in the Austrian Empire (present day | ). The battle is often regarded as a tactical masterpiece |
Iraq | ... e Polish II Corps, commanded by Władysław Anders, arrived in Palestine from | . The British insisted that no Jewish units of the army be created. Eventu ... |
Ethiopia | In | jerky is called qwant'a. In addition to salt, it is seasoned with black pe ... |
Kiribati | ... CCC), the purpose of which is to support the initiative of the President of | to hold a consultative forum between vulnerable states and their partners ... |
Qin Dynasty | According to the Records of the Grand Historian, after the collapse of the | the hegemon Xiang Yu appointed Liu Bang as prince of the small fief of Han ... |
Panama | ... port is an international airport located 24 km (15 miles) from Panama City, | . In 2006, it underwent a major expansion and renovation program in order ... |
Germany | ... oviev deserved some of the blame for the failure of the Communist revolt in | in the fall of 1923, but he managed to shift it to Karl Radek, the Cominte ... |
Prussia | ... eir, Charles II, Duke of Zweibrücken (Deux-Ponts), supported by the king of | , led to the War of Bavarian Succession. By the peace of Teschen (13 May 1 ... |
Israel | 20 June 1926 - 17 October 2001) was an | i general, politician, and historian who founded the right-wing nationalis ... |
Indonesia | ... the edge of the continental shelf north-west of Australia and south of the | n island of Rote |
Netherlands | ... the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of the autonomous countries the | , Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten |
Belgian | Originally called Rijndael, the cipher was developed by two | cryptographers, Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, and submitted by them to t ... |
Dutch | ... s multi-layered The Stunt Man (1980). SIFF was instrumental in the entry of | films into the United States market, including the first major American su ... |
Puerto Rican | ... ales, for his ability to conquer both scoring and team championships in the | BSN league, is one of Puerto Rico's most famous basketball players |
Roman Republic | ... ment of the Roman state, from about 500 BC through the expansion during the | and the Roman Empire. Roman roads enabled the Romans to move armies and tr ... |
Republic of China | ... of Communist activity, especially after a bloody crackdown in Shanghai, the | in 1927 drove many Communists into hiding. The Communists and the Li nativ ... |
New Zealand | The Russell Museum, in the Bay of Islands, | has a sea-going one-fifth scale replica of the Endeavour. It was built in ... |
Mexican | ... e general in charge of the occupation and defense of the recently purchased | provinces of Sonora and Chihuahua in 1881, before being mortally wounded b ... |
Burma | ... ivil war in Afghanistan. The smaller groups consist of Muslim refugees from | , Iraq, Somalia, Bangladesh, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, etc |
Singapore | ... Bahrain, Muscat, Sharja, Jeddah, Riyadh, Doha and to Southeast Asian cities | and Kuala Lumpur are available here. It has a dedicated Heli-taxi service ... |
United Arab Emirates | The | restricts the purchase of alcohol from a liquor store to non-Muslim foreig ... |
Russia | ... e to southern Europe during winter, a few as far as Spain. Scandinavian and | n Robins migrate to Britain and western Europe to escape the harsher winte ... |
Roman Empire | ... , from about 500 BC through the expansion during the Roman Republic and the | . Roman roads enabled the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to com ... |
Romania | ... s ten" countries, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, | , —all now members of the EU—, Albania, Croatia, and the Republic of Maced ... |
Soviet Union | ... oviets arrived they in general took all German prisoners back to a Gulag in | where life expectancy was about five years. Fortunately, one of the Hungar ... |
Russian Empire | He was born in Izhevskoye (now in Spassky District, Ryazan Oblast), in the | , to a middle-class family. His father, Edward Tsiolkovsky (in ), was Poli ... |
Germany | ... m Schnelten, a small peasantry near the village of Lastrup in Lower Saxony, | |
Republic of China | ... es, making Chen Chu the first female mayor of a special municipality in the | .In 2007, the ROC applies for membership in the United Nations under the n ... |
Afghanistan | ... d biggest group of foreign born population consists of Muslim refugees from | that have settled in Pakistan due to civil war in Afghanistan. The smaller ... |
Panama | ... arted from San Diego on 7 January 1921, to take part in fleet maneuvers off | and later off the Chilean coast, south of Valparaíso |
Kazakhstan | Former Soviet states such as | , have very large minority Slavic populations with most being Russians. Al ... |
Colombia | ... of Antioquia are known as antioqueños. Of the five main regional groups in | , the predominant group in Antioquia are known as paisa, referring to thos ... |
Dutch | The Rijksmuseum is a | national museum in Amsterdam, located on the Museumplein. The museum is de ... |
Soviet | ... tin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (19 September 1935) was an Imperial Russian and | rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory. Along with his fol ... |
Gold Coast | Kwame Nkrumah was born in 1909 to Madam Nyaniba in Nkroful, | . Nkrumah graduated from the Achimota School in Accra in 1930, studied at ... |
Japan | ... anada, through Canada to Europe, or the Panama Canal to Europe also through | , Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Said and Triest |
Germany | Backnang is a town in | in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, roughly 30 kilometers northeast of ... |
Northern Ireland | ... F). The gang conducted paramilitary activities during the 1970s in Belfast, | . It was most notorious for its late-night kidnapping, torture and murder ... |
Indonesia | In the Philippines, Brazil, | , Vietnam, and southern India (especially the coastal Kerala and Karnataka ... |
Greenland | ... expansion out of Scandinavia into Europe and the British Isles, as well as | and Iceland |
Spain | ... f of the First Army. In the cartography unit at Bordeaux, Zapf drew maps of | , especially the railway system, which could have been used to transport a ... |
Japan | ... gy, media, and science. Many countries such as Korea (Kim Yeong-seo, 2009), | (Kubota, 1998) and China (Kirkpatrick & Zhichang, 2002) frame education po ... |
Iceland | ... , wine and stronger beers in Norway (Vinmonopolet), Sweden (Systembolaget), | (Vínbúðin) and Finland (Alko). Bars and restaurants may, however, import a ... |
Kenya | ... unteer for the African Medical Research and Education Foundation (AMREF) in | , and in 1991 he spent a month flying for the Kenya Wildlife Service. To m ... |
Scotland | ... geration was demonstrated by William Cullen at the University of Glasgow in | in 1756. Cullen used a pump to create a partial vacuum over a container of ... |
Spain | Badalona is a city in eastern Catalonia, | . It is located in the comarca of the Barcelonès, joined to Barcelona and ... |
Republic of China | ... he Ch'iung-yai or Qiongya Circuit (瓊崖道) under the 1912 establishment of the | . In 1921, it was planned to become a Special Administrative Region (瓊崖特別行 ... |
United Kingdom | ... convenience stores and online retailers. In Australia, New Zealand and the | , jerky products are available and becoming more common. They are carried ... |
Italy | A similar product is quite popular in Rome, | , and its hinterland: it is called coppiette and was originally made with ... |
United Kingdom | ... ht and, in February 1979, received the longest combined prison sentences in | legal history. However, gang leader Lenny Murphy and his two chief "lieute ... |
Hong Kong | ... through Canada to Europe, or the Panama Canal to Europe also through Japan, | , Singapore, Port Said and Triest |
Vietnam | In the Philippines, Brazil, Indonesia, | , and southern India (especially the coastal Kerala and Karnataka region), ... |
Egypt | ... g this century, exercising formidable power over neighbors like Babylon and | . In the last two decades of the century, however, the empire began to unr ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... 5,000 troops as part of a US-led coalition, specifically for the defense of | |
Ghana | ... oped nations. Kwame Nkrumah, who in 1957 became leader of newly independent | , was one of the most notable figures to use the term. A classical definit ... |
Finland | ... rs in Norway (Vinmonopolet), Sweden (Systembolaget), Iceland (Vínbúðin) and | (Alko). Bars and restaurants may, however, import alcoholic beverages dire ... |
Bahrain | ... milies and tribes. Most of these tribes settled in Muharraq, the capital of | and the center of power at that time |
Canadian | ... ecies, A. sarcophagus, was apparently restricted in range to the modern-day | province of Alberta, after which the genus is named. Scientists disagree o ... |
Brazil | In July 2010, after the visit of | ian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the sale of a Barroso-class corv ... |
Soviet | ... er floors of the Syrian GHQ and the Air Force Command were badly damaged. A | cultural center, a television station, and other nearby structures were al ... |
India | ... techu, paraffin, lime and sweet or savory flavorings. It is manufactured in | and exported to a few other countries. A mild stimulant, it is sold across ... |
Anguilla | ... ricanes in 1995, a group of fifteen Green Iguanas was found to be living on | ; an island where that species have never been recorded previously. Biolog ... |
Armenia | ... rossed the Euphrates and entered and invaded the city. He then marched into | and Georgia, which he conquered in 1064 |
India | ... uatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, | , Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, ... |
Guadeloupe | ... come caught on the trees and rafted two hundred miles across the ocean from | , where Green iguanas are an indigenous species. By examining the weather ... |
Iraq | ... ed out in the service of Britain was aimed at sabotaging pro-Nazi forces in | , including the assassination of Haj Amin al-Husayni. Among others, Raziel ... |
Finnish | ... nd of the detective she is most famous for creating – in Ariadne's case the | sleuth Sven Hjerson. We never learn anything about her husband, but we do ... |
England | ... is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York, | . It is located on the River Ouse, almost 5 miles south of York. Nearby ar ... |
Frankish Kingdom | ... no. During the 6th century Bavaria and Alamannia became stem duchies of the | . On conquering the Lombard Kingdom of Italy in 774, Charlemagne had himse ... |
Modena | Giovanni was born at Mirandola, near | , the youngest son of Francesco I, Lord of Mirandola and Count of Concordi ... |
Romans | The | became adept at constructing roads, which they called viae. They were inte ... |
Sicilie | ... found also moyst swimming upon wells in the country of the Agrigentines of | , which they use for lamps instead of oyle, and which they call falsely Si ... |
Japan | ... which, for Western audiences, was transformed into Super Mario Bros. 2. In | , the character is known to his Japanese name as Mamu (マム, Mamū) |
Singapore | ... ada to Europe, or the Panama Canal to Europe also through Japan, Hong Kong, | , Port Said and Triest |
Bahrain | ... ho ruled Bahrain and Bushehr in Persia, the Bani Utbah Al-Khalifa liberated | from the Persians in 1783 |
England | ... at first restricted to a few powers in Europe, in May 1702 it widened when | declared war on Spain and France. The hostilities in North America were fu ... |
Burma | ... ransportation and a Rs 1,000 fine. As a result, Tilak was sent to Mandalay, | from 1908 to 1914. While imprisoned, he continued to read and write, furth ... |
Sweden | ... lace for selling spirits, wine and stronger beers in Norway (Vinmonopolet), | (Systembolaget), Iceland (Vínbúðin) and Finland (Alko). Bars and restauran ... |
Samoa | ... a goodwill cruise to Australia and New Zealand. After calling at Pago Pago, | , on 10 July and 11 July, she arrived in Melbourne on 23 July. In company ... |
Mexican | ... rales, aided with the help of his brother in law the half Puerto Rican-half | Federico Fico Lopez, took the Mets to a total of 8 BSN finals, winning 3 c ... |
Fiji | ... els continue to rise, the government of Kiribati is negotiating a deal with | to evacuate the entire population to areas of Fiji that the Kiribati gover ... |
Puerto Rico | In February 2012, the government of | proposed that the islands' iguanas, which were said to have a population o ... |
Brazil | In the Philippines, | , Indonesia, Vietnam, and southern India (especially the coastal Kerala an ... |
Germany | ... 7-Glaubenskirche-gesamt1.JPG|Saint Anthony & Saint Shenouda Church, Berlin, | File:Roedeliusplatz 07-05-17-Glaubenskirche-gesamt4.JPG|Saint Anthony & Sa ... |
Luxembourg | At the same time, Pei designed a new museum for | , the Musée d'art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, commonly known as the Mudam. Dra ... |
Romania | ... ved by some that Jacques Chirac's criticism could be presumed to imply that | and Bulgaria, which were not yet official EU members, should not be allowe ... |
Sweden | The flag of | is a Scandinavian cross that extends to the edges of the flag. This Scandi ... |
Sweden | ... nicipality (Kalmar kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, southeastern | . The city of Kalmar is the municipal seat |
Papua New Guinea | ... ts upon survival, rather than being an aid. For some communities such as in | and South America (except Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and ... |
New Zealand | ... ity in supermarkets, convenience stores and online retailers. In Australia, | and the United Kingdom, jerky products are available and becoming more com ... |
Qatar | ... beration of Bahrain in 1783, different Arab families and tribes mostly from | moved to Bahrain to settle there since the Persians have been expelled fro ... |
Canada | ... tion. Flaherty began his career as a prospector in the Hudson Bay region of | , working for a railroad company |
Italy | ... his collaborators for doing so at an international conference in Trieste ( | ), in May 1965 |
Indonesia | ... a, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, | , Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Ka ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... , after World War I ended, the Slavs established such independent states as | , the Second Polish Republic, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovene ... |
Republic of China | ... irty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the | (Taiwan). On December 25, 2010, it merged with Kaohsiung County to form a ... |
Finnish | ... sis Kivi , born Alexis Stenvall, (10 October 1834 – 31 December 1872) was a | author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, Seve ... |
Philippines | In the | , Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam, and southern India (especially the coastal K ... |
Second Spanish Republic | ... Mexico and the United States, where it was received as an ambassador of the | . That tour secured the club financially, but also resulted in half the te ... |
Roman Empire | ... ged its form several times between the founding of Rome and the fall of the | . This article generally discusses the early Roman or pre-Julian calendars ... |
Ukraine | ... t to obtain access to the Black Sea and to incorporate present-day southern | , where the Russians founded the new cities of Odessa, Nikolayev, Yekateri ... |
India | ... at the primary and secondary school levels. However, some countries such as | , Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan, and the Philippines use a second official ... |
Czech Republic | Bystré and Polička in the | (since 1997 |
Kingdom of Naples | ... ormer, ratified in 1713, recognised Philippe as King of Spain, however, the | , the Duchy of Milan, the Austrian Netherlands and the Kingdom of Sardinia ... |
Japan | ... e of , a Japanese tanka poet and novelist active during the Meiji period of | |
Yugoslavia | ... and visited Belgium and Germany. Other trips took him to Italy and through | ("I felt a madness there, even then") to Greece |
Equatorial Guinea | The military of | (in Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Guinea Ecuatorial) was reorganized in 1979 ... |
Italy | ... received large numbers of immigrants from: Europe, especially from Germany, | and Russia; Middle East, mainly Lebanon or Syria; and even China, who brou ... |
Second Polish Republic | ... ended, the Slavs established such independent states as Czechoslovakia, the | , and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Germany | ... the area received large numbers of immigrants from: Europe, especially from | , Italy and Russia; Middle East, mainly Lebanon or Syria; and even China, ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... far afield of the Kingdom of Ma'in, as far away as al-'Ula in northwestern | and even on the island of Delos and in Egypt. It was the first of the Sout ... |
Croatia | ... lovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, —all now members of the EU—, Albania, | , and the Republic of Macedonia issued another statement on Iraq, in gener ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... y continuing onwards towards Vladivostok, from where they emigrated back to | through Vancouver in Canada, through Canada to Europe, or the Panama Canal ... |
Fiji | The Green Iguana is present on some of the islands of | , where it is known as the American iguana. They pose a threat to the nati ... |
Italy | ... ent time in France and visited Belgium and Germany. Other trips took him to | and through Yugoslavia ("I felt a madness there, even then") to Greece |
Macau | ... meat used to make the product. Some are sold in strands instead of slices. | has opened numerous specialty shops also, many of which are franchise exte ... |
Latvia | ... paternal-grandfather Gustav Leibson, a merchant from Mitau (now Jelgava in | ) changed his name from Leibson to Lawson after becoming a British Citizen ... |
Finland | ... Europe into the 20th century, and remains popular today in Sweden, Russia, | and Norway |
France | ... cademic degree in 1993. His final dissertation was on the Dutch response to | 's decision under President Charles de Gaulle to leave NATO's integrated c ... |
Belgium | ... n to shift to reconstruction and development assistance. The United States, | , Germany, the Netherlands, France, the People's Republic of China, the Wo ... |
Syria | ... e in Romania, Bulgaria, Morocco and Tunisia. An Irgun unit also operated in | and . David Raziel later died during one of these operations |
English | Francis Edward Bache (September 14, 1833 – August 24, 1858) was an | organist and composer |
Central African Republic | ... setulosus and Praomys) and one shrew (Sylvisorex ollula) collected from the | . Traces of EBOV were detected in the carcasses of gorillas and chimpanzee ... |
Canada | ... om sliced, whole muscle meat, is readily available in the United States and | in varying meats, brands and qualities, both as packaged and unpackaged. T ... |
Russia | ... arge numbers of immigrants from: Europe, especially from Germany, Italy and | ; Middle East, mainly Lebanon or Syria; and even China, who brought new fo ... |
Georgia | ... Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Poland, India, Switzerland, | etc |
Chile | ... For some communities such as in Papua New Guinea and South America (except | , Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Bolivia), spiders are included ... |
Norway | ... the 20th century, and remains popular today in Sweden, Russia, Finland and | |
Bangladesh | After Pakistan-India war in 1971, thousands of Biharis and Bengalis from | arrived in the Karachi, followed by Muslim Rohingya refugees from Burma, a ... |
Yemen | ... he two are heading a caravan from Salalah, Oman, they cross the border into | and find the unexplored desert area that the Necronomicon calls "Roba el E ... |
Iran | ... Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, | , the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhst ... |
Oman | While the two are heading a caravan from Salalah, | , they cross the border into Yemen and find the unexplored desert area tha ... |
Bolivia | ... than 10 people. On the other hand, the largest foreign communities are the | n and the Colombian, with 4,879 and 3,730 respectively. They are followed ... |
Republic of Macedonia | ... , Bulgaria, Romania, —all now members of the EU—, Albania, Croatia, and the | issued another statement on Iraq, in general support of the US's position ... |
Libya | ... rte District (or Sirt or Surt District; Surt, ), is one of the districts of | . It lies in the north of the country and borders the Gulf of Sidra. Its c ... |
England | ... d civil parish in the unitary authority of City of York in North Yorkshire, | , on the River Foss, north of York and south of Strensall. Prior to 1996 i ... |
Germany | ... t to reconstruction and development assistance. The United States, Belgium, | , the Netherlands, France, the People's Republic of China, the World Bank, ... |
Denmark | ... Wadden Sea, and also the westernmost of this archipelago, which extends to | . The next island in the archipelago, to the north of Texel, is Vlieland |
Samoa | ... Paramount to produce another film on the order of Nanook, Flaherty went to | to film Moana (1926). Flaherty shot Moana in Safune on the island of Savai ... |
French Equatorial Africa | From July 1926 to May 1927, he travelled through the | colony with his lover Marc Allégret. He went successively to Middle Congo ... |
Japan | ... onchurch Movement (Mukyōkai) of Christianity in the Meiji and Taishō period | |
Prussia | ... popularity of the city as a spa dates from the early 19th century, when the | n queen visited the site to improve her health. During the 19th century, t ... |
Gabon | ... pecies. In a 2002–2003 survey of 1,030 animals which included 679 bats from | and the Republic of the Congo, 13 fruit bats were found to contain EBOV RN ... |
Roman Empire | In the | , the city was known as Portus Victoriae Iuliobrigensium. Its present name ... |
Greece | ... im to Italy and through Yugoslavia ("I felt a madness there, even then") to | |
West Francia | ... y came to an agreement at Meerssen. The western half of Lotharingia went to | and the eastern half to East Francia. In 876 Charles invaded eastern Lotha ... |
U.K. | ... ingent was one of the largest in the coalition forces, along with the U.S., | and Saudi Arabia |
Colombia | ... me communities such as in Papua New Guinea and South America (except Chile, | , Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Bolivia), spiders are included in traditi ... |
French | ... was also used in early photographic technology. It was most notably used by | scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in the first picture ever taken. The bit ... |
Japan | ... Sahara (佐原 健二 Sahara Kenji, born Tadashi Ishihara) (born 14 May 1932) is a | ese actor. He was born in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa. His real name is Masayo ... |
Honduras | ... Ocean to the south and southwest, with Guatemala to the north-northwest and | to the north-northeast. In the southeast, the Golfo de Fonseca separates i ... |
Egypt | ... al-'Ula in northwestern Saudi Arabia and even on the island of Delos and in | . It was the first of the South Arabian kingdoms to end, and the Minaic la ... |
Republic of Ireland | ... sau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, the | , Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Sout ... |
Republic of the Congo | ... 002–2003 survey of 1,030 animals which included 679 bats from Gabon and the | , 13 fruit bats were found to contain EBOV RNA fragments. As of 2005, thre ... |
Cuba | The People's Republic of China, along with Vietnam, North Korea, Laos, and | , is one of the five remaining official Communist states in the world. but ... |
Brazil | ... th America and become immersed in free jazz, most notably Ivo Perelman from | and Gato Barbieri of Argentina (this influence is more evident in Barbieri ... |
Guatemala | ... he country borders the North Pacific Ocean to the south and southwest, with | to the north-northwest and Honduras to the north-northeast. In the southea ... |
Monaco | ... o be small in 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939, although 1937 was marked by | 's acceptance of the Court protocol. The Court's judicial output in 1940 c ... |
East Francia | ... he western half of Lotharingia went to West Francia and the eastern half to | . In 876 Charles invaded eastern Lotharingia but was defeated near Anderna ... |
Puerto Rico | ... shot at a world title by the WBO title holder Josue Camacho, who came from | to the challenger's hometown to defend his title. Carbajal put on a brilli ... |
Philippine | ... ld War II, was restored. It also became a fishing port for boats sailing to | and Indonesian waters. Largely because of its climate, Kaohsiung has overt ... |
British | ... he Gold Coast, from 1952 to 1966. Overseeing the nation's independence from | colonial rule in 1957, Nkrumah was the first President of Ghana and the fi ... |
India | ... ma having visited Mombasa in 1498. Gama's voyage was successful in reaching | and this permitted the Portuguese to trade with the Far East directly by s ... |
French | ... earlier example of such a sentence, and probably many more. The pioneering | syntactician Lucien Tesnière came up with the French sentence "Le silence ... |
Lebanon | ... rom: Europe, especially from Germany, Italy and Russia; Middle East, mainly | or Syria; and even China, who brought new forms of agriculture, mining, li ... |
Germany | ... z 2007 11 Glaubenskirche.jpg|Saint Anthony & Saint Shenouda Church, Berlin, | File:Roedeliusplatz 07-05-17-Glaubenskirche-gesamt1.JPG|Saint Anthony & Sa ... |
Soviet Union | After the war, the armed forces of France, the | and the United States experimented with the V-1 |
Norway | In the spring of 1966, McTell met another émigré to Paris, a student from | named Nanna Stein. The pair soon became inseparable. Back in England, they ... |
El Salvador | ... theast. In the southeast, the Golfo de Fonseca separates it from Nicaragua. | is the smallest Central American country in area and is the only one witho ... |
New Zealand | ... d Pearl Harbor with the Fleet, bound for a goodwill cruise to Australia and | . After calling at Pago Pago, Samoa, on 10 July and 11 July, she arrived i ... |
Spain | ... community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of | . Located east of Gijón and west of Bilbao, the city has a population of 1 ... |
Canada | ... stok, from where they emigrated back to Czechoslovakia through Vancouver in | , through Canada to Europe, or the Panama Canal to Europe also through Jap ... |
France | ... scripted and sent to Pirmasens to help reinforce the Siegfried Line against | . Not used to the hard labor, he developed heart trouble in a few weeks an ... |
Puerto Rico | ... De La Salle in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Four years later he became a member of | 's national basketball team. Morales didn't go to the Montreal Olympics be ... |
Fiji | ... c office or consulate in Kiribati, staff from the American embassy in Suva, | make frequent visits to Kiribati. The U.S. provides economic development a ... |
Brazil | ... ties such as in Papua New Guinea and South America (except Chile, Colombia, | , Uruguay, Argentina and Bolivia), spiders are included in traditional foo ... |
Azerbaijan | The word 'Bayat' in the | i and Turkish language means 'old'. The original meaning of this word may ... |
Russian Empire | In the | , a limited version of a Dry Law was introduced in 1914. It continued thro ... |
Canada | Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, | . It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the nort ... |
Normandy | ... hed in four volumes between 1811 and 1819. He also made several journeys to | in France, between 1817-20, and the engravings produced were also publishe ... |
Nicaragua | ... e north-northeast. In the southeast, the Golfo de Fonseca separates it from | . El Salvador is the smallest Central American country in area and is the ... |
India | ... British power in the Persian Gulf as a result of their growing interests in | . Britain's desire for secure passage for East India Company ships led it ... |
Republic of the Congo | ... with his lover Marc Allégret. He went successively to Middle Congo (now the | ), Oubangui-Chari (now the Central African Republic), briefly to Chad and ... |
Prussia | ... rt and millions of rubles to setting up a "Northern Accord" between Russia, | , Poland, and Sweden, to counter the power of the Bourbon–Habsburg League. ... |
Germany | It was popular knowledge in | that Walter appeared to play better the worse the weather was, and so now ... |
Greenland | ... by its title, and seems by some internal evidence, to have been composed in | . If so, it can be no earlier than about 985 since there were no Scandinav ... |
Yuan Dynasty | ... rge numbers of Han Chinese arrived, settling mostly in the north. Under the | (1206–1368) the island became an independent province then in 1370 was pla ... |
Gold Coast | ... 7 April 1972), P.C., was the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the | , from 1952 to 1966. Overseeing the nation's independence from British col ... |
Morocco | ... mostly in the Middle East and North Africa. Berber languages are spoken in | , Algeria, Libya and across the rest of North Africa and the Sahara Desert ... |
Russian Empire | ... me nations that had Slavic origins. Pan-Slavism became compromised when the | started to use it as an ideology justifying its territorial conquests in C ... |
UK | ... ies from which the vocal had been omitted. Otway's and Barrett's only other | chart success came in July 1980 with "DK 50-80", a modest #45 hit |
Italy | Walter's wife of five decades was Italia Walter, a woman from | |
Czechoslovakia | ... these settled in Bucks as it is close to London. President Edvard Beneš of | lived at Aston Abbotts with his family while some of his officials were st ... |
France | ... collapsed in 1510 when the Pope allied with Venice against his former ally | . The conflict is also referred to as the War of the League of Cambrai and ... |
Papua New Guinea | ... ge of Northern England, Eastern Australia, New Zealand, Southern France and | . The European Super League and Australasian National Rugby League are the ... |
Khiva | By the 1890s, the Central Asian khanates of | , Bukhara and Kokand had fallen, becoming Russian vassals. With Central As ... |
Haiti | ... Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, | , Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Irel ... |
France | Image:Bullypyrite.jpg|As a replacement mineral in an ammonite from | |
Ethiopia | ... r widely spoken Afroasiatic languages are Amharic, the national language of | , with 18 million native speakers; Somali, spoken by around 19 million peo ... |
USSR | Five episodes of the | science fiction TV series This Fantastic World adapted Ray Bradbury's stor ... |
Roman Empire | In this century, the | saw a crisis, marking the beginning of Late Antiquity. In Persia, the Part ... |
Lithuania | ... absorb New Russia, Crimea, Northern Caucasus, Right-Bank Ukraine, Belarus, | , and Courland at the expense, mainly, of two powers – the Ottoman Empire ... |
Finland | ... d kindness. He then crossed the Atlantic, where he visited Denmark, Sweden, | , Russia, Ottoman Empire, Greece, the Holy Land, Egypt, Italy, Austria, Ge ... |
Lebanon | Many other Arab countries such as | or mainly Muslim countries such as Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Turkey do not ... |
Ethiopia | ... Semitic complex arose in the Tihama region of Yemen and spread to northern | and Eritrea (specifically the Tigray Region, central Eritrea, and coastal ... |
Switzerland | Zinoviev spent the first three years of World War I in | . After the Russian monarchy was overthrown during the February Revolution ... |
Japan | ... se Emperor Xuanzong brings the Tang Dynasty to its pinnacle. Nara period in | |
New Zealand | ... ries including Britain, the United States, Canada, Argentina, Australia and | . The size of the diaspora is demonstrated by the number of people around ... |
Ethiopia | ... of Atlas); see also: Atlas Mountains. The term Ethiopic Ocean, derived from | , was applied to the southern Atlantic ocean as late as the mid-19th centu ... |
Belgium | In | , the national radio station Studio Brussel has a weekly show called Jungl ... |
Luxembourg | In | , Kleeschen is accompanied by the Houseker a frightening helper wearing a ... |
China | ... e center was the city of Chita. It had extensive international borders with | (998 km) and Mongolia (868 km) and internal borders with Irkutsk and Amur ... |
Scottish | ... (25 May 1713 – 10 March 1792), styled Lord Mount Stuart before 1723, was a | nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1762–1763) under G ... |
Poland | The Gorals of southern | and northern Slovakia are partially descended from Romance-speaking Vlachs ... |
Netherlands | Heemskerk is a municipality and a town in the | , in the province of North Holland |
Laos | ... munist Party (ICP), ostensibly to include revolutionaries from Cambodia and | |
Parthian Empire | ... mpire saw a crisis, marking the beginning of Late Antiquity. In Persia, the | was succeeded by the Sassanid Empire |
North Korea | ... at Shenyang, China, with a portion of the service continuing to Pyongyang, | |
Japan | ... ated areas that were to become a major source of raw materials and food for | , and Kaohsiung was chosen. It became the southern terminus of the main no ... |
Poland | ... wenckfeld was born in Ossig near Liegnitz, Silesia now Osiek, near Legnica, | , to noble parents in 1489. From 1505 to 1507 he was a student in Cologne, ... |
Iran | ... gerous or repressive by Western nations, such as Zimbabwe, North Korea, and | . Conflicts with foreign countries have occurred at times in China's recen ... |
Greece | ... horse ownership with social status extends back at least as far as ancient | , where many aristocratic names incorporated the Greek word for horse, lik ... |
Sweden | ... icity and kindness. He then crossed the Atlantic, where he visited Denmark, | , Finland, Russia, Ottoman Empire, Greece, the Holy Land, Egypt, Italy, Au ... |
United Kingdom | ... rson and on Film, and its success allowed her to take the production to the | |
Russian Empire | During her reign Catherine extended the borders of the | southward and westward to absorb New Russia, Crimea, Northern Caucasus, Ri ... |
United Kingdom | ... lla before moving to the unrecognized state of Sealand off the coast of the | and establishing HavenCo. In December 2002, he left HavenCo following a di ... |
Algeria | ... n the Middle East and North Africa. Berber languages are spoken in Morocco, | , Libya and across the rest of North Africa and the Sahara Desert by about ... |
United Kingdom | ... m and Reconstructionist Judaism in North America and Liberal Judaism in the | view homosexuality to be acceptable on the same basis as heterosexuality. ... |
England | The RHS has four flagship gardens in | : Wisley Garden, near the village of Wisley in Surrey; Rosemoor in Devon; ... |
Uruguay | ... h as in Papua New Guinea and South America (except Chile, Colombia, Brazil, | , Argentina and Bolivia), spiders are included in traditional foods. This ... |
Iraq | Meanwhile, in discussions over proposed U.S. action against | , McCain was a strong supporter of the Bush administration's position. He ... |
Syria | ... e Thutmose III, he failed to capture Harran, and retreated back to northern | . At this point, Ashur-uballit vanished from history, and the Assyrian Emp ... |
Romania | In Hungary and | , children typically leave their boots on the windowsill on the evening of ... |
Philippines | In the | , 103.5 Max FM has The Bass Hour every Saturday at midnight that caters to ... |
Italy | Image:Pyrite-elba_hg.jpg|Crystal cluster from Elba, | Image:Bullypyrite.jpg|As a replacement mineral in an ammonite from Franc |
Zhou Dynasty | ... saw a significant growth of the money economy first established during the | (c. 1050–256 BCE). The coinage issued by the central government mint in 11 ... |
New Zealand | ... t place in the culture and heritage of Northern England, Eastern Australia, | , Southern France and Papua New Guinea. The European Super League and Aust ... |
Russia | ... the world's first twin city when it formed a twinning relationship with the | n city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) during World War II. The relationship ... |
Austria | ... e Jungfrau Maria von Zeituon Kirche.JPG|Our Lady of Zeitoun Church, Vienna, | File:Heilige Jungfrau Maria von Zeituon Kirche2.JPG|Our Lady of Zeitoun Ch ... |
Belgian | Hooglede is a municipality located in the | province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Gits an ... |
United Kingdom | In the | there is some ambiguity between the terms highway and road. The Highway co ... |
Central African Republic | ... ly to Middle Congo (now the Republic of the Congo), Oubangui-Chari (now the | ), briefly to Chad and then to Cameroun before returning to France. He rel ... |
Honduras | ... s and Salvadorans, namely issues concerning immigration from El Salvador to | . These existing tensions between the two countries coincided with the inf ... |
Zimbabwe | ... es that are regarded as dangerous or repressive by Western nations, such as | , North Korea, and Iran. Conflicts with foreign countries have occurred at ... |
United Kingdom | In the | , the avocado became widely available in the 1960s when it was introduced ... |
Libya | ... dle East and North Africa. Berber languages are spoken in Morocco, Algeria, | and across the rest of North Africa and the Sahara Desert by about 25 to 3 ... |
France | In | , the American University of Paris has a two-hour Drum and Bass program ca ... |
Netherlands | In the | the first Balkenende cabinet supported the USA. After that government fell ... |
Senegal | Groundnuts are the third largest export from | after fish and phosphates. The amount of groundnut crop which the Mourides ... |
France | ... rought to the rest of the world in 1951 by Minoru Mochizuki with a visit to | where he introduced aikido techniques to judo students. He was followed by ... |
Guatemala | ... 45 km of borders, including 342 km of borders with Honduras and 203 km with | . El Salvador has a coastline of 307 km |
Honduras | ... y, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, | , Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israe ... |
British | The Dragon School is a | coeducational, preparatory school in the city of Oxford, founded in 1877 a ... |
Soviet Union | ... writer sympathizing with the cause of communism, he was invited to tour the | as a guest of the Soviet Union of Writers. The tour disillusioned him and ... |
French | ... or gadolinium. However, the discovery of europium is generally credited to | chemist Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, who suspected samples of the recently dis ... |
Belgium | ... size of Hainan Island (, 97% of the province) is comparable to the size of | . The PRC, however, regard it as the second largest island, since it consi ... |
Georgia | ... h diplomacy. Poland has also been promoting NATO membership for Ukraine and | , a plan seen by Russia as threatening to its security |
Belgian | Wielsbeke is a city located in the | province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Ooigem, ... |
Anguilla | In 1999 Lackey lived in the San Francisco Bay Area after a period in | before moving to the unrecognized state of Sealand off the coast of the Un ... |
Republic of the Congo | ... Gnassingbé Eyadéma, former president of Togo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, of the | , Idriss Déby, president of Chad, and Hamani Diori former president of Nig ... |
Russia | ... t), also known as Kuzbass after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of | (an oblast), located in southwestern Siberia, where the West Siberian Plai ... |
Austrian Empire | ... ge of Radomerščak near the Lower Styrian town of Ljutomer, then part of the | |
Singapore | ... h India; Fremantle, Australia; British Hong Kong; Simon's Town, Cape Colony | ;and Sydney, Australia. The 1904–1905 war confirmed the direction of the A ... |
UK | AFI toured the | with Sick of It All and The Dear & Departed in April 2010, and supported G ... |
Soviet | A minor planet 2140 Kemerovo discovered in 1970 by | astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova is named after Kemerovo Oblast |
Dutch | ... otect the city from pirate attacks. The fort was partially destroyed by the | in the mid 17th century, rebuilt, then destroyed again in 1776 by an earth ... |
Netherlands | ... re, Greece, the Holy Land, Egypt, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Britain, | , Switzerland and Portugal. He returned to Brazil on 22 September 1877 |
Greek | Alexander Balas , ruler of the | Seleucid kingdom in 150–146 BC, was a native of Smyrna of humble origin, b ... |
India | ... uage of most Muhajirs (Muslim refugees that arrived from different parts of | after Partition of India and independence of Pakistan in 1947) that form n ... |
Duchy of Parma | ... the Kingdom of Naples to Don Carlos of Spain, in exchange for the minuscule | |
Zambia | ... ng British supplies, and remaining undefeated. He eventually surrendered in | eleven days after the Armistice was signed in 1918. To chase von Lettow th ... |
Cameroon | Ham was born July 1956 in | , captured by animal trappers and sent to Rare Bird Farm in Miami, Florida ... |
New Zealand | In | , Aeon hosts a four-hour drum & bass show called System Bypass on 105.4 BO ... |
Eritrea | ... lex arose in the Tihama region of Yemen and spread to northern Ethiopia and | (specifically the Tigray Region, central Eritrea, and coastal areas like A ... |
Bolivia | ... a and South America (except Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and | ), spiders are included in traditional foods. This suggests arachnophobia ... |
Slovenia | In | , Saint Nikolaus (Miklavž) is accompanied by an angel and a devil (parkelj ... |
Bermuda | ... girl). Due to his father's work, Sheen also spent part of his childhood in | , where the family lived on St. John's Road, Pembroke. He graduated from C ... |
Soviet republics | ... clude the several considered Eastern European and Caucasus states, formerly | . The European Union membership for at least some of those states, includi ... |
Slovakia | The Gorals of southern Poland and northern | are partially descended from Romance-speaking Vlachs who migrated into the ... |
Kingdom of Naples | ... andidate ascended the throne, however, Charles was obliged to surrender the | to Don Carlos of Spain, in exchange for the minuscule Duchy of Parma |
Albania | Wisdom was a cult figure in | , where he was one of the few Western actors whose films were allowed in t ... |
Togo | ... former president of Côte d'Ivoire, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, former president of | , Denis Sassou-Nguesso, of the Republic of the Congo, Idriss Déby, preside ... |
Russia | ... s. He then crossed the Atlantic, where he visited Denmark, Sweden, Finland, | , Ottoman Empire, Greece, the Holy Land, Egypt, Italy, Austria, Germany, F ... |
Honduras | ... usetts. El Salvador has 545 km of borders, including 342 km of borders with | and 203 km with Guatemala. El Salvador has a coastline of 307 km |
England | ... gular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in | in 1895 as a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payment ... |
Russia | ... tical situation before the onset of the First World War—"France was a lady, | was a bear, and performing in the county cricket team was much more import ... |
Netherlands | Texel is a municipality and an island in the | , in the province of North Holland. It is the largest and most populated o ... |
Israel | The Republican leadership supports a strong | , but supports efforts to secure peace in th |
Lithuania | ... f Weimar Germany, while the Memel Territory was detached and was annexed by | in 1923. Following Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, war-torn ... |
People's Republic of China | ... ou Peninsula (雷州半島) of Guangdong, is the largest island administered by the | . The size of Hainan Island (, 97% of the province) is comparable to the s ... |
Malta | ... owledged the Catholic faith as penitents, were transported to the island of | ; twenty-four, who adhered to Judaism, were publicly burned (May, 1556). T ... |
Canada | Shaffer was born and raised in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, | , the son of Shirley and Bernard Shaffer, a lawyer. Shaffer was raised in ... |
Haiti | ... e: Pòtoprens; ) is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean country of | . The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officia ... |
France | ... trality and its position between the possessions of the Habsburg Empire and | made it the venue of several international negotiations, including the Lea ... |
United Kingdom | Throughout the conflict, the | 's government remained the strongest supporter of the U.S. plan to invade ... |
Suriname | ... he liqueur Advocaat in its original recipe, made by the Dutch population of | and Recife, with the name deriving from the same source |
Indonesia | ... restored. It also became a fishing port for boats sailing to Philippine and | n waters. Largely because of its climate, Kaohsiung has overtaken Keelung ... |
Sudan | ... is widely available. Morocco prohibits the sale of alcohol during Ramadan. | bans all alcohol consumption and extends serious penalties to offenders pu ... |
Russian Empire | ... ion from the time of its creation in 1903. Between 1903 and the fall of the | in February 1917, he was a leading Bolshevik and one of Lenin's closest as ... |
New Zealand | ... ips , , and , Thompson left Melbourne on 6 August and made port at Dunedin, | , four days later |
Russian Empire | As of 1878, there were only three free Slavic states in the world: | , Serbia and Montenegro. Bulgaria was also free but was de jure vassal to ... |
India | ... Chhodo Andolan) or the August Movement was a civil disobedience movement in | launched on 9 August 1942 in response to Gandhi's call for immediate indep ... |
Russia | Chita Oblast (, Chitinskaya oblast) was a federal subject of | (an oblast) in southeast Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was th ... |
Slovakia | In the Czech Republic and | , Mikuláš, in Poland Mikołaj and in Ukraine Svyatyi Mykolay is often also ... |
Italian | ... uality of the script as opposed to the content. He plays Robert, a decadent | aristocrat with extreme sexual tastes and murderous tendencies who lives w ... |
Sweden | ... ation was 4,442 at the 2010 census. Lindström's slogan is "America's Little | ". U.S. Route 8 serves as a main arterial route for the community |
Germany | ... ch-Orthodoxes Gemeindezentrum Frankfurt 2.jpg|Saint Mark Church, Frankfurt, | File:Heilige Jungfrau Maria von Zeituon Kirche.JPG|Our Lady of Zeitoun Chu ... |
Malaysia | ... secondary school levels. However, some countries such as India, Singapore, | , Pakistan, and the Philippines use a second official language in their go ... |
France | ... hern Madagascar to southern Mozambique. The island has been a possession of | since 1897, but is also claimed by Madagascar. The island, garrisoned by a ... |
Puerto Rico | The Republican Party has expressed its support for the U.S. citizens of | to exercise their right to determine a future permanent non-territorial po ... |
Kashgar | ... Sogdiana. There are indications that he may have led expeditions as far as | in Chinese Turkestan, leading to the first known contacts between China an ... |
Netherlands | Anna Paulowna is a municipality and a town in the | , in the province of North Holland. The municipality derives its name from ... |
Northern Ireland | ... law, Highways Act 1980, which covers England and Wales but not Scotland or | , the term road is defined to be "any length of highway or of any other ro ... |
Bulgaria | ... that Jacques Chirac's criticism could be presumed to imply that Romania and | , which were not yet official EU members, should not be allowed to join be ... |
British | ... s a spokesman for the restaurant chain in its early years, underscoring the | character of its food. It is unclear if Treacher had a financial interest ... |
Pakistan | ... school levels. However, some countries such as India, Singapore, Malaysia, | , and the Philippines use a second official language in their governments. ... |
Netherlands | Edam-Volendam is a municipality in the | , in the province of North Holland, consisting of the towns of Edam and Vo ... |
Angola | ... nfederacy in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Annobón population, native to | , was introduced by the Portuguese via São Tomé |
Serbia | ... 878, there were only three free Slavic states in the world: Russian Empire, | and Montenegro. Bulgaria was also free but was de jure vassal to the Ottom ... |
Iceland | ... , consisting of Albion (Great Britain), Hibernia (Ireland), Thule (possibly | ) and many smaller islands. Over time, Albion specifically came to be know ... |
Epirus | The kings of the | claimed to be descended from Achilles through his son, Neoptolemus. Alexan ... |
Macau | ... hina and disapproval from the western countries. Negotiations in January in | between the aviation authorities from both the Republic of China and Peopl ... |
Russia | ... a oblast) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in southeast Siberia, | . Its administrative center was the city of Chita. It had extensive intern ... |
Japan | ... iefu state under Liu Qubei. Korea was ruled by the Three Kingdoms of Korea. | entered the Kofun period |
Soviet | ... opularly known as Klim Voroshilov (4 February 1881 – 2 December 1969) was a | military officer, politician, and statesman. He served as Defense Minister ... |
Madagascar | ... e island has been a possession of France since 1897, but is also claimed by | . The island, garrisoned by a detachment from Réunion, has a weather stati ... |
Algeria | In the 9th century, the Hebrew grammarian Judah ibn Quraysh of Tiaret in | was the first to link two branches of Afroasiatic together; he perceived a ... |
Canada | Also shares eastern border with the Yukon Territory, | |
French | ... aury de Chartres; Almaricus, Amalricus, Amauricus; died c. 1204-1207) was a | theologian, after whom the Amalricians are named |
India | In some states of | alcoholic drinks are banned, for example the states of Gujarat, Nagaland a ... |
Singapore | ... primary and secondary school levels. However, some countries such as India, | , Malaysia, Pakistan, and the Philippines use a second official language i ... |
Scotland | ... the English law, Highways Act 1980, which covers England and Wales but not | or Northern Ireland, the term road is defined to be "any length of highway ... |
Cyprus | ... Graecia), the Black Sea, the Ionian coasts of Asia Minor and the islands of | and Sicily. In Plato's Phaidon, Socrates remarks, "we (Greeks) live like a ... |
Ukraine | ... Zinoviev was born in Yelizavetgrad, Imperial Russia (currently Kirovohrad, | ), to Jewish dairy farmers, who educated him at home. Between 1923 and 193 ... |
Switzerland | ... he Holy Land, Egypt, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Britain, Netherlands, | and Portugal. He returned to Brazil on 22 September 1877 |
Denmark | ... d. Besides, Peter intervened in a dispute between his Duchy of Holstein and | over the province of Schleswig (see Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernsto ... |
Czech Republic | In the | and Slovakia, Mikuláš, in Poland Mikołaj and in Ukraine Svyatyi Mykolay is ... |
Kaliningrad Oblast | ... sia was divided at Joseph Stalin's insistence between the Soviet Union (the | in the Russian SFSR and the constituent counties of the Klaipėda Region in ... |
Sicily | ... he Black Sea, the Ionian coasts of Asia Minor and the islands of Cyprus and | . In Plato's Phaidon, Socrates remarks, "we (Greeks) live like ants or fro ... |
Mozambique | ... ique Channel, about a third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern | . The island has been a possession of France since 1897, but is also claim ... |
Greenland | ... age of a sample. For example, a study of the Amitsoq gneisses from western | used five different radiometric dating methods to examine twelve samples a ... |
Maldives | In 2009, President Tong attended the Climate Vulnerable Forum (V11) in the | , along with 10 other countries that are vulnerable to climate-change, and ... |
Nigeria | ... rsion of Caesar salad contains large slices of mature avocado. In Kenya and | , the avocado is often eaten as a fruit, and is eaten alone, or mixed with ... |
Philippines | ... terials within a prescribed distance from the structure. Communities in the | also maintain fire lines wide between the forest and their village, and pa ... |
Albania | ... , he was greeted by many appreciative fans, including the then President of | , Sali Berisha. During this trip, Wisdom was filmed by Newsnight as he vis ... |
Japan | Another version of Super-8 film, Single-8, was produced by Fuji in | . Introduced in 1965 as an alternative to the Kodak Super 8 format, it had ... |
Lebanese | ... k the Syrian General Staff Headquarters in Damascus. The jets attacked from | airspace to avoid the heavily-defended regions around the Golan Heights, a ... |
USSR | ... and Navy Affairs and Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the | , a post he held until 1934. Frunze's position was compatible with the Tro ... |
Japan | ... wned by foreign investors, more than any other main European index. German, | ese, American and British investors are amongst the most significant holde ... |
Canada | The breed is still relatively rare in the United States, | , and the United Kingdom despite long recognition by their respective kenn ... |
Uganda | ... easons, to build a railway linking Mombasa with the British protectorate of | . A major feat of engineering, the "Uganda railway" (that is the railway i ... |
Egypt | Ramadan is met with various decorations throughout the streets. In | , lanterns are known to be a symbol of Ramadan. They are hung across the c ... |
Soviet Union | ... war-torn East Prussia was divided at Joseph Stalin's insistence between the | (the Kaliningrad Oblast in the Russian SFSR and the constituent counties o ... |
Syria | ... er Arab countries such as Lebanon or mainly Muslim countries such as Egypt, | , Jordan and Turkey do not have any ban on alcohol, and production as well ... |
Germany | ... 7-Glaubenskirche-gesamt4.JPG|Saint Anthony & Saint Shenouda Church, Berlin, | File:Koptisch-Orthodoxes Gemeindezentrum Frankfurt 2.jpg|Saint Mark Church ... |
Honduras | ... he Soccer War or 100 hour War, was a four-day war fought by El Salvador and | in 1969. It was caused by political conflicts between Hondurans and Salvad ... |
Soviet | ... of 1917. In their efforts to placate Muslims within their borders, the new | leaders were eager to establish cordial relations with neighboring Muslim ... |
United Kingdom | ... d is considered the formal introduction of aikido to the United States. The | followed in 1955; Italy in 1964; and Germany 1965. Designated "Official De ... |
Poland | ... point for the wave of revolutions that swept the Eastern Bloc, starting in | . Collectively known as the Revolutions of 1989, they heralded the dissolu ... |
England | ... ventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in | . Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the ... |
Dutch | ... ika "Rie" Wilhelmina Mastenbroek (26 February 1919 – 6 November 2003) was a | swimmer and a triple Olympic champion |
Sweden | ... s; it is thus the largest and most populous state with limited recognition. | was the first western country to establish diplomatic relations with the P ... |
New Zealand | In 1959 the United States, Australia, Canada, | , South Africa, and the United Kingdom defined the length of the internati ... |
Nigeria | ... al waves and succeeded former Neolithic populations. It is said the Igbo of | (mostly Aro) slave traders arrived and founded very few tiny settlements i ... |
Jordan | ... countries such as Lebanon or mainly Muslim countries such as Egypt, Syria, | and Turkey do not have any ban on alcohol, and production as well as consu ... |
Madagascar | ... al island in the Mozambique Channel, about a third of the way from southern | to southern Mozambique. The island has been a possession of France since 1 ... |
Egypt | ... one important journey in their lives; just as Jacob migrated from Canaan to | , Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina |
Bulgaria | ... ree free Slavic states in the world: Russian Empire, Serbia and Montenegro. | was also free but was de jure vassal to the Ottoman Empire until official ... |
Kenya | ... Chilean version of Caesar salad contains large slices of mature avocado. In | and Nigeria, the avocado is often eaten as a fruit, and is eaten alone, or ... |
Democratic Kampuchea | ... urgency in 1967–68 to the fall of the Lon Nol government in April 1975; the | regime, from April 1975 to January 1979; and the period following the Thir ... |
El Salvador | ... etween Hondurans and Salvadorans, namely issues concerning immigration from | to Honduras. These existing tensions between the two countries coincided w ... |
Côte d'Ivoire | ... ngo, former president of Gabon, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, former president of | , Gnassingbé Eyadéma, former president of Togo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, of t ... |
Ghana | ... Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972), P.C., was the leader of | and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1952 to 1966. Overseeing t ... |
Iceland | ... renada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, | , India, Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, ... |
Yugoslavia | The Balkan Air Force supporting the partisans in | was based at Bari |
England | ... carried the French language, and their variant of the French culture, into | in 1066. With the Norman Conquest, they became the ruling aristocracy of A ... |
Gabon | ... t often mentioned are the recently deceased Omar Bongo, former president of | , Félix Houphouët-Boigny, former president of Côte d'Ivoire, Gnassingbé Ey ... |
El Salvador | ... also known as the Soccer War or 100 hour War, was a four-day war fought by | and Honduras in 1969. It was caused by political conflicts between Hondura ... |
Equatorial Guinea | The first inhabitants of the region that is now | are believed to have been Pygmies, of whom only isolated pockets remain in ... |
Hong Kong | ... of provincial status under a cloud. It involved the duty-free imports from | of 90,000 Japanese-made cars and trucks at a cost of C¥ 4.5 billion (US$ 1 ... |
Poland | In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Mikuláš, in | Mikołaj and in Ukraine Svyatyi Mykolay is often also accompanied by an ang ... |
Netherlands | Drechterland is a municipality in the | , in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The muni ... |
Fiji | In 2012, the government began negotiating with | to buy land in to which it could move some of its population due to rising ... |
Assyria | Shalmaneser IV was king of | (783 - 773 BC). He succeeded his father Adad-nirari III, and was succeeded ... |
England | The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) was founded in 1804 in London, | as the Horticultural Society of London, and gained its present name in a R ... |
Republic of China | ... countries and maintains embassies in 162. Its legitimacy is disputed by the | and a few other countries; it is thus the largest and most populous state ... |
Russia | ... been inhabited by the Unanga since the last ice age. Early contact was with | n fur traders who sought sea otters in these islands. Whaling, fishing and ... |
Iran | ... orrectly (; ), was the title accorded to Hasan Ali Shah (; ; 1804 in Kohak, | – 1881 in Bombay, India), the governor of Kirman, 46th Imam of the Nizari ... |
Canada | The Royal London Wax Museum in downtown Victoria, British Columbia, | , features "royalty to rogues and the renowned. |
Iceland | ... of Scandinavia into Europe and the British Isles, as well as Greenland and | |
Hungary | ... Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, | , Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, ... |
Egypt | ... any other Arab countries such as Lebanon or mainly Muslim countries such as | , Syria, Jordan and Turkey do not have any ban on alcohol, and production ... |
Philippines | ... wever, some countries such as India, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan, and the | use a second official language in their governments. According to GAO (201 ... |
Soviet | ... it 451, A Piece of Wood, To the Chicago Abyss, and Forever and the Earth. A | adaptation of "The Veldt" was filmed in 1987 |
England | ... sers". For the purposes of the English law, Highways Act 1980, which covers | and Wales but not Scotland or Northern Ireland, the term road is defined t ... |
Ukraine | In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Mikuláš, in Poland Mikołaj and in | Svyatyi Mykolay is often also accompanied by an angel (anděl/anioł/anhel) ... |
Scotland | ... addition, the closure of the Torpedo Experimental Establishment, Greenock, | in 1959 and the migration of its staff to Portland in Dorset disrupted the ... |
Mongolia | ... ty of Chita. It had extensive international borders with China (998 km) and | (868 km) and internal borders with Irkutsk and Amur Oblasts, as well as wi ... |
Montenegro | ... were only three free Slavic states in the world: Russian Empire, Serbia and | . Bulgaria was also free but was de jure vassal to the Ottoman Empire unti ... |
Canada | In 1959 the United States, Australia, | , New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom defined the length of ... |
England | ... was outlawed in Germany, but his ideas influenced Anabaptism, Puritanism in | , and Pietism on mainland Europe |
British | ... d by navigators since at least the 16th century, it takes its name from the | ship Europa, which visited it in December 1774. Ruins and graves on Europa ... |
Roman Empire | ... he bell-shaped vase of Ciempozuelos (between 1970 and 1470 BCE). During the | , the region was part of the Citerior Tarraconese province, except for the ... |
Iraq | ... key operates Blue Iraq, a communications and IT company serving the DoD and | i domestic market in Iraq |
England | ... the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought between France and | , later Great Britain, in North America for control of the continent. The ... |
Yemen | | is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East. Its relativ ... |
El Salvador | ... es over land reform in Honduras and immigration and demographic problems in | . Honduras is more than five times the size of neighbouring El Salvador, b ... |
Hungary | ... e in 1544 in a Hungarian codex. The Komondor breed has been declared one of | ’s national treasures, to be preserved and protected from modification |
France | ... rmed in Dunstable, England. Gothic Architecture and trouvère music begin in | . In the mid-12th century, the Cappella Palatina is built in Palermo, Sici ... |
Austria | File:Image-Coptic church (Vienna)4.JPG|Coptic Church in Vienna, | File:Image-Coptic church (Vienna)3.JPG|Coptic Church in Vienna, Austria Fi ... |
Soviet | A minor planet 3009 Coventry discovered by | astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1973 is named after the city |
Germany | ... the United States. The United Kingdom followed in 1955; Italy in 1964; and | 1965. Designated "Official Delegate for Europe and Africa" by Morihei Uesh ... |
Japan | ... nd studio albums under the new management of Alan Eichler, many recorded in | , and several were released on her own label, Emily Records |
Soviet Union | ... The realist school's influence shows in Reagan's Evil Empire stance on the | and George W. Bush's Axis of evil |
Norway | ... e of drawn thread work that is most popular today. It originally comes from | , and there from the traditional district of Hardanger. The backbone of Ha ... |
Britain | Zinoviev is remembered in | as the alleged author of the "Zinoviev Letter" which caused a sensation wh ... |
Honduras | ... of the war go deeper. The roots of the war were issues over land reform in | and immigration and demographic problems in El Salvador. Honduras is more ... |
Democratic Kampuchea | After taking power, the Khmer Rouge leadership renamed the country | . The Khmer Rouge subjected Cambodia to a radical social reform process th ... |
Uganda | ... outbreak in Kikwit, Zaire (EBOV) and the 2007-2008 outbreak in Bundibugyo, | (BDBV). The mean incubation period, best calculated currently for EVD outb ... |
Afghanistan | Alcohol was banned in | during the rule of the Taliban. In the wake of the ousting from power of t ... |
Russia | ... theory posits that the word may have originated from the ancient farmers of | , the Chuvash, who nurtured the breed for generations and contributed many ... |
El Salvador | ... beginning of 2006 demarcation had not yet been completed, but Honduras and | maintain normal diplomatic and trade relations |
Bhutan | ... ates propelled Hindu settlement eastward across Nepal, then into Sikkim and | . A backlash developed in the 1980s as Bhutan's political elites realized ... |
Haiti | ... from the nectar of a particular palm flower) was once a popular dessert. In | it is often consumed with cassava or regular bread for breakfast |
Macau | The Macao Science Center in | was designed by Pei Partnership Architects in association with I. M. Pei. ... |
People's Republic of Poland | ... constituent counties of the Klaipėda Region in the Lithuanian SSR) and the | (the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship). The capital city Königsberg was rename ... |
Iran | The Imam Hasan Ali Shah was born in 1804 in Kahak, | to Shah Khalil Allah, the 45th Ismaili Imam, and Bibi Sarkara, the daughte ... |
Oman | ... erous descendants found along the coast that can directly trace ancestry to | and are typically the wealthiest and most politically influential members ... |
Mexico | ... ipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of | , southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular ... |
Ghana | ... it is commonly served in sandwiches, sushis, on toast, or with chicken. In | , it is often eaten alone in sliced bread as a sandwich. In Sri Lanka, wel ... |
Italy | ... duction of aikido to the United States. The United Kingdom followed in 1955 | ;in 1964; and Germany 1965. Designated "Official Delegate for Europe and A ... |
Bhutan | ... ic of China, Syria, Iran, Vietnam, and many countries in Europe and Africa. | , seeking to preserve an economic and cultural system centered around the ... |
Cameroon | In 1972, Mongo Beti, a writer in exile from | published Main basse sur le Cameroun, autopsie d'une décolonisation ('Crue ... |
Austria | ... Jungfrau Maria von Zeituon Kirche4.JPG|Our Lady of Zeitoun Church, Vienna, | File:Image-Coptic church (Vienna)4.JPG|Coptic Church in Vienna, Austria Fi ... |
Kuwait | Perhaps the only major regional ally that supported the US' action was | , whose hostility towards Saddam's Iraq stemmed from the events surroundin ... |
Bhutan | ... rder disputes are a disputed border with India and an undefined border with | . China is additionally involved in more minor multilateral disputes over ... |
Sicily | ... France. In the mid-12th century, the Cappella Palatina is built in Palermo, | and the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript illustrates the Synopsis of Histories ... |
Vietnam | ... e with the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, Syria, Iran, | , and many countries in Europe and Africa. Bhutan, seeking to preserve an ... |
Scotland | ... as a boundary with Caledonia, which covered roughly the territory of modern | . A southern part of what is now Scotland was occupied by the Romans for a ... |
Brazil | ... the islands are named after the Abrolhos Archipelago off the east coast of | , which was discovered and named by Portuguese navigators early in the 16t ... |
Sikkim | ... high birthrates propelled Hindu settlement eastward across Nepal, then into | and Bhutan. A backlash developed in the 1980s as Bhutan's political elites ... |
Soviet Union | ... o win the Vietnam War. The country is edging towards a nuclear war with the | , freelance costumed vigilantes have been outlawed and most former superhe ... |
Hong Kong | ... ker Street. There are also Madame Tussauds in Dam Square, Amsterdam; Berlin | ;; Shanghai; and three locations in the United States: the Venetian Hotel ... |
Northern Ireland | ... Mike Piggott as backing musicians. Despite the civil unrest and violence in | , the tour included concerts in the province - in fact, McTell continued t ... |
Northern Ireland | ... 2008 study in the Republic of Ireland found that for teenagers aged 15–19: | has the highest rate of recreational drug use among teenagers in the Europ ... |
Persia | ... nters with the Islamic shamshir inspired its creation, these "scimitars" of | were not developed until long after the falchion. More likely, it was deve ... |
Senegal | ... town, commune and kingdom of Gandiaye in the Department of Kaolack, central | , lies along National Route 1 about 24 kilometers from Kaolack. The popula ... |
Switzerland | ... mountain in the Glarus Alps and the highest summit in the Canton of Glarus, | . It is located on the border between the cantons of Graubünden (south) an ... |
India | Diwali is an official holiday in | , Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Surinam ... |
Duchy of Neopatria | ... s reign saw the incorporation of the County of Urgell, Duchy of Athens, and | into the Crown of Aragon |
Iran | ... e trade with the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, Syria, | , Vietnam, and many countries in Europe and Africa. Bhutan, seeking to pre ... |
Azores | ... rn Siberia, south to Algeria and on the Atlantic islands as far west as the | and Madeira. It is not found in Iceland. In the south east, it reaches the ... |
Cyprus | ... ek Orthodoxy. The Greek flag is widely used by the Greek Cypriots, although | has officially adopted a neutral flag to ease ethnic tensions with the Tur ... |
Pakistan | ... istani languages. Among countries that use English as an official language, | is the third most populous in the world |
New Zealand | In Australia and | , it is commonly served in sandwiches, sushis, on toast, or with chicken. ... |
Romans | ... Baden', translates as 'baths'. The springs of Baden-Baden were known to the | , and the foundation of the town refers to the emperor, Hadrian, with an i ... |
Republic of Ireland | A 2008 study in the | found that for teenagers aged 15–19 |
England | ... rew. In 1349, the Black Death, which wiped out a third of the population of | , attacked the village and the population greatly reduced, with parts beco ... |
Afghanistan | ... "jewel in the crown" of the British Empire, India. The British feared that | would become a staging post for a Russian invasion of India, after the Tsa ... |
Guatemala | ... nland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, | , Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, ... |
Iran | ... est to prosper, popular with those crossing the causeway from Saudi Arabia. | began restricting alcohol consumption and production soon after the 1979 R ... |
Panama | ... story. It is a port of call for shipping and cruising lines running between | and San Francisco, California, United States. The city of Acapulco is the ... |
Roman Empire | ... continuing most notably into Classical Greece, through the influence of the | and its Greek Eastern successor the Byzantine Empire. Other cultures and s ... |
Algeria | The Robin occurs in Eurasia east to Western Siberia, south to | and on the Atlantic islands as far west as the Azores and Madeira. It is n ... |
Duchy of Athens | ... Blanche of Anjou. His reign saw the incorporation of the County of Urgell, | , and Duchy of Neopatria into the Crown of Aragon |
Thailand | ... 1990s as a resistance movement operating in western Cambodia from bases in | . In 1996, following a peace agreement, their leader Pol Pot formally diss ... |
Matabeleland | ... . This continued after independence in 1980, during the Gukurahundi wars in | in the 1980s. This led to the political merger of Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe ... |
Serbia | The medieval | n state is formed by Stefan Nemanja and continued by the Nemanjić dynasty. ... |
Syria | ... xtensive trade with the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, | , Iran, Vietnam, and many countries in Europe and Africa. Bhutan, seeking ... |
Visigothic Kingdom | During the period of the | , the region lost its importance. The population was scattered amongst sev ... |
New Zealand | ... o is a town on the shore of Lake Taupo in the centre of the North Island of | . It is the seat of the Taupo District Council and lies in the southern Wa ... |
People's Republic of China | ... ever, even North Korea has extensive trade with the Russian Federation, the | , Syria, Iran, Vietnam, and many countries in Europe and Africa. Bhutan, s ... |
Japan | In 1895, Taiwan was ceded to | as part of the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was during this period that the c ... |
Denmark | ... e that combines drawn thread work with needlelace techniques is Hedebo from | , which originates from the area around Copenhagen and Roskilde. It uses t ... |
Poland | As late as | 's Kościuszko Uprising in 1794, the pike reappeared as a child of necessit ... |
Honduras | ... the Court awarded most of the disputed territory to Honduras, and in 1998, | and El Salvador signed a border demarcation treaty to implement the terms ... |
French | ... en-Baden suffered severely from the various combatants, especially from the | , who pillaged it in 1643 and left it in ashes in 1689. The margrave Louis ... |
Iceland | Fire & plague insurance first become available in | , and the first documented outbreaks of influenza occur |
Morocco | ... ars "for tourists" and in large cities. Wine, however, is widely available. | prohibits the sale of alcohol during Ramadan |
Belgian | Zedelgem is a municipality located in the | province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Aart ... |
Roman Republic | ... s not known how years were identified during the Roman monarchy. During the | , years were named after the consuls, who were elected annually (see List ... |
Qatar | ... ear his childhood home. He also designed the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, | . Although it was originally planned for the corniche road along Doha Bay, ... |
South Africa | ... to developing countries in need of labor, such as the Americas, Australia, | , Southeast Asia, Malaya and other places |
Ethiopia | ... he area between the Eastern Sahara and the Horn of Africa, including Egypt, | and |
Netherlands | Echt-Susteren (Dutch ; ) is a municipality in the southeastern | . Echt-Susteren was created in 2003 by merging the former municipalities o ... |
British | ... cape unharmed and returned to Detroit with his family. Viewing himself as a | citizen, Kinzie had a strong anti-American streak in him until the massacr ... |
Soviet Union | ... ast Republic, which merged with Russia in November 1922, a month before the | was constituted. In 1923, Chita Oblast was formed |
Serbia | In | and among the Serbian people living across the world, Saint Nicholas is ce ... |
Guinea-Bissau | ... n, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, | , Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, the R ... |
Austrian | After Archduke Charles' | army was defeated by Napoleon at the Battle of Wagram, the Armistice of Zn ... |
Egypt | ... st to the area between the Eastern Sahara and the Horn of Africa, including | , Ethiopia and |
Iceland | ... e Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the | ic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Along with Snorri Sturluson's Prose ... |
Russia | ... n Man, a 500-page survey of Western literature in all its genres, including | and the United States but excluding Asia, from the second half of the 15th ... |
Honduras | ... rt of Justice. In 1992, the Court awarded most of the disputed territory to | , and in 1998, Honduras and El Salvador signed a border demarcation treaty ... |
Tunisia | ... mport, sale and consumption of alcohol, with heavy penalties for offenders. | has a selective ban on alcohol products other than wine, with consumption ... |
Confederate States of America | ... an Declaration of Independence (1847), the declarations of secession by the | (1860–61), and the Vietnam Declaration of Independence (1945). These decla ... |
Serbia | ... es of Germany and Austria–Hungary before World War I. Russia was France and | 's ally, and that loss of prestige had a significant effect on Germany's f ... |
Duchy of Parma | ... aty also recognised Philip V of Spain's son, Don Carlos, as the heir to the | and Grand Duchy of Tuscany; Charles had prior endorsed the succession of t ... |
Italian | Andrea Andreani (1540–1623) was an | engraver on wood, who was among the first printmakers in Italy to use chia ... |
England | Naseby is a small village in the District of Daventry in Northamptonshire, | |
Confederate | ... studied medicine, became a doctor, and served as a surgeon on the staff of | general Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War. He was a pioneer in p ... |
Italy | ... are used to embellish drawn thread work. It was first used in 16th century | . Needlelace evolved from this when the lacemakers realized that they can ... |
Anguilla | ... West Chester, Pennsylvania and has also lived throughout the US and Europe, | , Sealand, Dubai, and Iraq. As a teenager, he was briefly involved with th ... |
Mexico | ... a dessert or snack. This contrasts with Spanish speaking countries, such as | or Argentina, where the opposite is true and sweet preparations are often ... |
Belgian | Harelbeke is a municipality located in the | province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Harelbek ... |
German | Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (31 October 1920 – 17 June 2002) was a | footballer. In his time with the German national team, he won 61 caps and ... |
Bangladesh | ... k child out of wedlock (the McCains' dark-skinned daughter was adopted from | ), that his wife Cindy was a drug addict, that he was a homosexual, and th ... |
Han Dynasty | ... asty, and archaeological finds has pushed the dates back to as early as the | (206 BCE – 220 CE). By the Sui Dynasty (581–618) and Tang Dynasty (618–907 ... |
South Africa | The legal system is based on Roman-Dutch law with | n influences. A five member Supreme Court, headed by the Chief-Justice has ... |
Japan | ... er, was born in Brownsville in the early 1900s. He recorded, toured Europe, | and shortly before his death in 1997 returned to Brownsville to perform Ju ... |
Libya | ... are foreigners. Afghan citizens are prohibited by law from buying alcohol. | bans the import, sale and consumption of alcohol, with heavy penalties for ... |
Austria | ... Jungfrau Maria von Zeituon Kirche2.JPG|Our Lady of Zeitoun Church, Vienna, | File:Heilige Jungfrau Maria von Zeituon Kirche4.JPG|Our Lady of Zeitoun Ch ... |
Spanish Guinea | ... under Spanish rule. Between 1926 and 1959 they were united as the colony of | |
Britain | In | , Hindus celebrate Diwali with great enthusiasm. People clean and decorate ... |
Bulgaria | In the Republic of | , Saint Nicholas is one of the most celebrated saints. Many churches and m ... |
Brazil | ... as exotic, are a relative novelty in Portuguese-speaking countries, such as | , where the traditional preparation is mashed with sugar and lime, and eat ... |
Republic of China | After control of Taiwan was handed to the | in 1945, the official romanization of the city name came to be "Kao-hsiung ... |
Russia | ... stralia, and within historical Circassia in the North Caucasus currently in | |
North Korea | ... ete economic autarkies are rare. A possible example of a current autarky is | , based on the government ideology of Juche (self-sufficiency), which is c ... |
Honduras | ... 2 . As of the beginning of 2006 demarcation had not yet been completed, but | and El Salvador maintain normal diplomatic and trade relations |
Eritrea | ... om Latrun were flown on thirteen planes, on October 19 to a camp in Asmara, | . Eleven additional transports were made. Throughout the period of their d ... |
Namibia | ... 9 May 1500. A shipwreck found in 2008 by the Namdeb Diamond Corporation off | was at first thought to be possibly Dias' ship; however, recovered coins c ... |
Russia | ... securing a near impossible victory against a far larger and better equipped | n army at the Battle of Racławice on April 4 of that year |
Democratic Kampuchea | ... to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, and Khieu Samphan. | was the name of the state as controlled by the government of the Khmer Rou ... |
Italian | The Adventures of Pinocchio (, ; ) is a novel for children by | author Carlo Collodi, written in Florence. The first half was originally a ... |
Indonesia | ... lonising the west of the island and the surrounding archipelago that is now | . The border between Portuguese Timor and the Dutch East Indies was formal ... |
Netherlands | ... l-Meaning Brought Me Here, and, in April 1972, issued it as a single in the | , where it charted, climbing slowly to No. 9 in May |
Kingdom of Naples | ... the death of Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland, Bari came to be included in the | and its history contracted to a local one, as malaria became endemic in th ... |
Japan | ... , Project Eden, and Vibes, is a rail shooter video game released by Sega in | in 2001 for the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2, with a European Dreamcast rel ... |
Venezuela | ... dugout canoes. They are believed to come primarily from what is now eastern | . By the time Columbus arrived in 1492 AD, the region was under the contro ... |
Mexico | ... t in the state, far larger than the state capital Chilpancingo and as well, | 's largest beach and balneario resorted city |
Finland | In | , Bassoradio has two drum and bass shows every week |
British | ... rs, more than any other main European index. German, Japanese, American and | investors are amongst the most significant holders of CAC 40 shares. This ... |
Iraq | ... communications and IT company serving the DoD and Iraqi domestic market in | |
Puerto Rican | ... ons per square mile (278.4/km²), ranking third in terms of population among | municipalities |
India | ... ns. A colonel by 1796, Wellesley saw action in the Netherlands and later in | , where he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War at the Battle of Seringap ... |
Brazil | ... n, headed by Pedro Álvares Cabral. This flotilla first reached the coast of | , landing there in 1500, and then continued eastwards to India. Dias peris ... |
The Gambia | ... economically well-established in parts of Africa, especially in Senegal and | . In Senegal, the brotherhood controls significant sections of the nation' ... |
Scottish | An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a book by the | empiricist philosopher David Hume, published in 1748. It was a revision of ... |
El Salvador | ... arded most of the disputed territory to Honduras, and in 1998, Honduras and | signed a border demarcation treaty to implement the terms of the ICJ decre ... |
Belarus | Citizenship act of the Republic of | (2002) states that permanent residence term requirements may be waived for ... |
Belgium | ... into an urban one, but with a strong contrast between northern and southern | . During the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period, Flanders was charact ... |
French | After the war had ended, Zapf was held by the | as a prisoner of war at a field hospital in Tübingen. He was treated with ... |
Soviet Union | ... med Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the fifteen republics of the | . Yerevan was the first city in the Soviet Union, for which a general plan ... |
Germany | ... One of these is on the Königssee lake, near Berchtesgaden in south-eastern | . Here the lake is considered so environmentally sensitive that steam and ... |
Senegal | ... ent Jawara's tenure. It maintained close relations with the United Kingdom, | , and other African countries. The July 1994 coup strained The Gambia's re ... |
Portugal | ... d a pressing reason to venture outside the Empire. Upon arriving in Lisbon, | , he immediately went to the Janelas Verdes palace, where he met with his ... |
Spain | ... Jew and writer of a tract on the Trinity and Incarnation, who was exiled to | in 378-380 and then relapsed to Judaism; but he afterwards abandoned this ... |
Roman Empire | ... d from Israel in 587 BCE by the Babylonians, and from Judea in 70 CE by the | . It subsequently came to be used to refer to the historical movements of ... |
Modena | ... stroyed. Verona surrendered soon afterwards, followed by Aquileia, Mutina ( | ), and Ravenna. The road to Rome was now wide open to Constantine |
Serbia | ... , Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, Poland, Russia, San Marino, | , Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukrain ... |
Bulgaria | According to the Constitution of Bulgaria, Article 25(2): "A person of | n origin shall acquire Bulgarian citizenship through a facilitated procedu ... |
France | ... leading producer of kiwifruit in the world, followed by New Zealand, Chile, | , Greece, Japan and the United States. In China, kiwifruit was traditional ... |
West Francia | ... divided by the Treaty of Meerssen between its neighbours, East Francia and | . After brief wars in 876 and 879 West Francia ceded its half of Lotharing ... |
Kuwait | ... f military police from reserve units. The 1st Cav sent additional troops to | as a protective measure against possible aggressive actions from Iraq. The ... |
Chile | ... ow the leading producer of kiwifruit in the world, followed by New Zealand, | , France, Greece, Japan and the United States. In China, kiwifruit was tra ... |
Soviet Union | ... ding for conventional military forces; the goal was to keep pressure on the | and reduce federal deficits. In 1954 Eisenhower first articulated the Domi ... |
North Yemen | The former | came under control of Imams of various dynasties usually of the Zaidi sect ... |
Yugoslavia | ... cally weak—namely, those in South America, the Balkans and eastern Europe ( | , Romania and Hungary)—and had raw materials vital to Germany's growth. Tr ... |
Malta | In | , the term ħelwa tal-Tork is used to refer to a tahini-based block confect ... |
Qin Dynasty | ... 206 BCE – 220 CE) was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the | (221–207 BCE) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE). It was fou ... |
Singapore | ... esia, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, Poland, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, | , Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Vanuatu, ... |
Bulgaria | ... le, by providing either significant troops or political support: Australia, | , Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Nethe ... |
England | ... hire ( or ; abbreviated Beds.) is a ceremonial county of historic origin in | that forms part of the East of England region |
Bulgaria | ... owing the family trend, Ferdinand was himself to found the royal dynasty of | |
Slovakia | ... o, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, Poland, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, | , Slovenia, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Vatican C ... |
France | ... the rise of separate Western and Eastern Frankish kingdoms (later to become | and Germany respectively), only entrenched this newly landed warrior class ... |
Brazil | ... th , is in the Puerto Rico Trench. The Atlantic's width varies from between | and Sierra Leone to over in the south |
Egypt | ... l history is a tangled chronicle of contesting local Imams. The Fatimids of | helped the Isma'ilis maintain dominance in the 11th century through the Su ... |
Sierra Leone | ... h accepted the position and sailed for the Gold Coast. After brief stops in | , Liberia, and the Ivory Coast, he arrived in the Gold Coast in December 1 ... |
Romania | ... namely, those in South America, the Balkans and eastern Europe (Yugoslavia, | and Hungary)—and had raw materials vital to Germany's growth. Trade with t ... |
Russia | It is part of | , and is Russia's largest island, and is administered as part of Sakhalin ... |
Russia | ... blic of China is the second-largest country in the world by land area after | and is either the third- or fourth-largest by total area, after Russia, Ca ... |
Lesotho | ... n, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, | , Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagas ... |
Sweden | ... ee movement between the member states. While the UK (along with Ireland and | , and non-EU members Norway and Switzerland) did not impose restrictions, ... |
Sierra Leone | ... the Puerto Rico Trench. The Atlantic's width varies from between Brazil and | to over in the south |
Dutch | ... el, sailed into Delaware Bay, which lay within the territory claimed by the | , passing Cape May and Cape Henlopen in late March 1638, and anchored at a ... |
Kazakhstan | ... t passenger service from Urumqi in China's Xinjiang to Almaty and Astana in | . |
Venezuela | ... (primarily from the Pitch Lake in Trinidad and Tobago and Lake Bermudez in | ), Gilsonite, the Dead Sea, bituminous rock and tar sands. Asphalt was min ... |
Slovenia | ... gro, Nauru, Palau, Poland, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, | , South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Vatican City and th ... |
Roman | The first recorded name of the lake is Lacus Lemannus from | times; it became Lacus Lausonius, although this name was also used for a t ... |
Liberia | ... position and sailed for the Gold Coast. After brief stops in Sierra Leone, | , and the Ivory Coast, he arrived in the Gold Coast in December 1947 |
India | ... most notably in the Royal Indian Navy which found public support throughout | , from Karachi to Mumbai and from Vizag to Kolkata. Many historians have a ... |
Israel | File:Magon0292.jpg|Annunciation Coptic Church, Nazareth, | File:Coptic Church in Jaffa.jpg|Coptic Church, Jaffa, Israel File:StMarkCo ... |
Afghanistan | Many Fort Hood units have deployed to | for Operation Enduring Freedom, and to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. T ... |
Czech Republic | ... viding either significant troops or political support: Australia, Bulgaria, | , Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Philippi ... |
Greece | ... producer of kiwifruit in the world, followed by New Zealand, Chile, France, | , Japan and the United States. In China, kiwifruit was traditionally colle ... |
United Kingdom | ... ward-basing arrangements for its Atlantic-based Polaris fleet with both the | and Spain permitting the use of bases at the Holy Loch in Scotland and at ... |
Dutch | In the early 1990s, Deicide was on tour in Europe with Gorefest, a | death metal band. In Stockholm, during the Gorefest set, a bomb was discov ... |
Croatia | The | n law on citizenship , article 11, defines emigrants and gives them privil ... |
New Zealand | ... spread from China in the early 20th century, when seeds were introduced to | by Mary Isabel Fraser, the principal of Wanganui Girls' College, who had b ... |
Turpan | ... the traditional Silk Road (via Badakhshan, the Pamirs, Yarkand, Kucha, and | to the Ming China's border as Suzhou, Gansu |
Jordan | In the region of the Levant, which includes Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, | and the Palestinian territories, halawa is typically the sesame or tahini- ... |
Poland | ... ia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, | , Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, ... |
Bolivia | ... Green Iguana extends from southern Mexico to central Brazil, Paraguay, and | and the Caribbean; specifically Grenada, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago, St. ... |
Libya | ... tablished diplomatic relations with several additional countries, including | , the Republic of China (on Taiwan), and Cuba |
Austria | ... y at the time. France was fighting on the side of Piedmont-Sardinia against | , who had occupied much of today's Italy. Napoleon's headquarters were loc ... |
Norway | ... ber states. While the UK (along with Ireland and Sweden, and non-EU members | and Switzerland) did not impose restrictions, France put in place controls ... |
Russia | ... htenstein, Lithuania, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, Poland, | , San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Turkmeni ... |
East Francia | ... interregnum, was divided by the Treaty of Meerssen between its neighbours, | and West Francia. After brief wars in 876 and 879 West Francia ceded its h ... |
Russian Empire | ... h century, but the reform process was not allowed to run its course, as the | , the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy through a seri ... |
Italy | ... side of Piedmont-Sardinia against Austria, who had occupied much of today's | . Napoleon's headquarters were located in the small city of Solferino. Dun ... |
Albania | ... art as South America, Iran and many Eastern Bloc countries, particularly in | , where his films were the only ones by Western actors permitted by Enver ... |
Kenya | Kingsley's father, born in | , is of Gujarati Indian descent; Kingsley's paternal grandfather was a spi ... |
Soviet | ... rshon Aronovich Radomyslsky Apfelbaum , was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a | Communist politician. Zinoviev is best remembered as the longtime head of ... |
UK | ... uzzles (Improve Your Game) offering 100 game positions was published in the | in 2003 but is no longer in print |
Poland | ... h (March 26, 2003) mentioned Warsaw's contribution prominently in a speech, | asked that its participation in the coalition not be used for "propaganda ... |
Republic of China | ... iplomatic relations with several additional countries, including Libya, the | (on Taiwan), and Cuba |
Britain | Oology became increasingly popular in | and the United States during the 1800s. Observing birds from afar was diff ... |
Spain | ... – a Galician father, Francisco Estévez from Salceda de Caselas in Galicia ( | ) and a first-generation Irish mother, Mary-Anne Phelan from Borrisokane i ... |
People's Republic of China | ... down of the system after an few decades. Modern communist states, which the | forms an example of, therefore prefer to define a framework of permissible ... |
Lebanon | ... Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, | , Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia ... |
Third Republic | ... tate, or laïcité, would not enter French law again until 1880-81 during the | , with the signing of the Jules Ferry laws and the 1905 French law on the ... |
Iraq | ... of the willing" in favor of forcibly removing Saddam Hussein from power in | , with some number of other countries expressing their support in private. ... |
Puerto Rico | ... ent camps in Hawaii and Alaska (not states at the time), the United States, | , the West Indies, and South and Central American countries |
New Zealand | ... Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward' was developed by Hayward Wright in Avondale, | around 1924. It was initially grown in domestic gardens, but commercial pl ... |
Lithuania | In | , it is called chalva. It is widely used as a snack and sold packed in sma ... |
Bulgaria | ... seven years after he was elected. Ferdinand was elected Knyaz of autonomous | by its Grand National Assembly on 7 July 1887 in the Gregorian calendar (t ... |
Iceland | ... ares a name with Hel, a female figure associated with the location. In late | ic sources, varying descriptions of Hel are given and various figures are ... |
Nicaragua | ... eady to move out to provide assistance. Fort Hood units also aided Managua, | , after an earthquake ravaged the city |
Cuba | ... ditional countries, including Libya, the Republic of China (on Taiwan), and | |
San Marino | ... n, Lithuania, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, Poland, Russia, | , Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu ... |
New Zealand | ... or donors in 2010/2011 were Australia (A$15 million), Taiwan (A$11 million) | ;(A$6 million), the World Bank (A$4 million), and the Asian Development Ba ... |
Swiss | ... as Simmler (Josiah Simler, Simlerus) (6 November 1530 – 2 July 1576), was a | theologian and classicist, author of the first book relating solely to the ... |
Poland | The History of | is rooted in the arrival of the Slavs, who gave rise to permanent settleme ... |
Japan | ... Indian POWs and Indian expatriates in South-East Asia, with the help of the | ese. Its aim was to reach India as a fighting force that would build on pu ... |
Switzerland | ... While the UK (along with Ireland and Sweden, and non-EU members Norway and | ) did not impose restrictions, France put in place controls to curb migrat ... |
Ukraine | ... , Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, | , Vanuatu, Vatican City and the states with limited recognition |
French | Jacques Paul Migne (25 October 1800 – 24 October 1875) was a | priest who published inexpensive and widely distributed editions of theolo ... |
People's Republic of China | ... Originally known as yang tao, it is declared as the "National Fruit" of the | . Other species of Actinidia are native to India and Japan and southeaster ... |
United States Virgin Islands | ... en introduced to Grand Cayman, Puerto Rico, Texas, Florida, Hawaii, and the | . Though the species is not native to Martinique, a small wild colony of r ... |
Japan | ... ors providing development assistance in 2009 were Australia (A$11 million), | (A$2 million), New Zealand (A$6.6 million), Taiwan (A$10.6 million), and o ... |
Russia | ... efan Stambolov, whose foreign policy saw a marked cooling in relations with | , formerly seen as Bulgaria's protector |
Scotland | ... rather than taking the longer and more dangerous route around the north of | . The strait is the busiest international seaway in the world, used by ove ... |
Second Empire | His publishing house was complemented during the | by painter artists' workhalls for the decoration of churches: three of the ... |
Kucha | ... e routes of the traditional Silk Road (via Badakhshan, the Pamirs, Yarkand, | , and Turpan to the Ming China's border as Suzhou, Gansu |
Israel | File:Magon0293.jpg|Annunciation Coptic Church, Nazareth, | File:Magon0294.jpg|Annunciation Coptic Church, Nazareth, Israel File:Magon ... |
Cameroon | ... of modern southern Libya, eastern Niger, northeastern Nigeria and northern | . The history of the Empire in the longue durée is mainly known from the R ... |
Iceland | ... s a submarine mountain range called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It extends from | in the north to approximately 58° South latitude, reaching a maximum width ... |
Bulgaria | ... on Marita began on 6 April 1941, with German troops invading Greece through | and Yugoslavia in an effort to secure its southern flank |
Philippines | In the | , a similar game which was first distributed in 1978 and is still in circu ... |
United Kingdom | ... he Polaris program, American Senators and naval officers suggested that the | might use Polaris. In 1957 Chief of Naval Operations Arleigh Burke and Fir ... |
India | ... of the People's Republic of China. Other species of Actinidia are native to | and Japan and southeastern Siberia. Cultivation spread from China in the e ... |
Lebanon | In the region of the Levant, which includes | , Syria, Iraq, Jordan and the Palestinian territories, halawa is typically ... |
Martinique | ... , and the United States Virgin Islands. Though the species is not native to | , a small wild colony of released or escaped Green Iguanas endures at hist ... |
Vanuatu | ... Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, | , Vatican City and the states with limited recognition |
Canada | During the mid-nineteenth century, ships carrying timber from | (particularly Quebec City) would arrive at Padstow and offer cheap travel ... |
Israel | ... word Diaspora then was used to refer to the population of Jews exiled from | in 587 BCE by the Babylonians, and from Judea in 70 CE by the Roman Empire ... |
Cuba | ... former colonised nations, were funded by both sides throughout this period. | , the Soviet bloc, Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser, and some governments of ... |
Germany | ... s version of Turbo C was also released for the Atari ST, but distributed in | only |
Burma | ... st the allies, including the British Indian Army, in the forests of Arakan, | and in Assam, laying siege on Imphal and Kohima with the Japanese 15th Arm ... |
Mag Mell | ... n had two sons, Connla and Art. Connla fell in love with a fairy woman from | , and went with her to her otherworld home in her crystal boat, leaving Ar ... |
Soviet Union | ... l trade, particularly with the then world powers such as Great Britain, the | , and France, with which it expected to go to war and consequently could n ... |
Armenia | ... the next few years while they invaded the Sassanid Empire. When defeated in | by the Sassanids, the Huns abandoned their invasion and turned their atten ... |
Yugoslavia | ... an on 6 April 1941, with German troops invading Greece through Bulgaria and | in an effort to secure its southern flank |
Malaysia | ... esently marked by the PRC, signifies the country's southernmost border. But | also claims that it is on their continental shelf |
Sultanate of Brunei | During the reign of Sultan Bolkiah in 1485 to 1521, the | decided to break the Dynasty of Tondo's monopoly in the China trade by att ... |
New Zealand | ... ment assistance in 2009 were Australia (A$11 million), Japan (A$2 million), | (A$6.6 million), Taiwan (A$10.6 million), and other donors providing A$16. ... |
Vatican City | ... e, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Vanuatu, | and the states with limited recognition |
Syria | In the region of the Levant, which includes Lebanon, | , Iraq, Jordan and the Palestinian territories, halawa is typically the se ... |
New Zealand | ... rei) was a species of massive eagles that once lived on the South Island of | . The species was the largest eagle known to have existed. Its prey consis ... |
United Kingdom | As legislation, such as the Wild Birds Protection Act 1954 in the | , made it impossible to collect eggs legally, the practice of egg collecti ... |
Assyria | ... Ahaz, the king of Judah, Ahaz appealed to Tiglath-Pileser III, the king of | , for help. This the Assyrian king obliged, but Judah became a tributory o ... |
England | ... "Swede" is used instead of rutabaga in many Commonwealth Nations, including | , Wales, Australia, New Zealand. The name turnip is also used in parts of ... |
United Kingdom | ... new project. The band name refers to the international dialing code of the | , the country where Hoppus and Barker first discussed the project. After t ... |
Romania | Reich was ordered to leave France and head for | , and the Leibstandarte was ordered to Bulgaria. The Leibstandarte, attach ... |
Japan | ... ple's Republic of China. Other species of Actinidia are native to India and | and southeastern Siberia. Cultivation spread from China in the early 20th ... |
Assyria | ... rgence of city-states in the Fertile Crescent, including the Babylonian and | n empires. Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, f ... |
United Arab Emirates | ... ates then under British protection (the seven trucial sheikdoms—the present | --and Bahrain) in a plan to form a union of Arab emirates. By mid-1971, as ... |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania | ... archy established. The Jagiellon dynasty period brought close ties with the | , cultural development and territorial expansion, culminating in the estab ... |
Guinea-Bissau | ... monitoring group (ECOMOG). It also has sought to mediate disputes in nearby | and the neighbouring Casamance region of Senegal |
Soviet Union | Following the dismantling of the USSR or | , Yerevan became the capital of the Republic of Armenia on 21 September 19 ... |
Iraq | In the region of the Levant, which includes Lebanon, Syria, | , Jordan and the Palestinian territories, halawa is typically the sesame o ... |
Slovak Republic | ... is tour marked the first time the band performed in Turkey, Greece, and the | |
Albania | ... opean standards, in fact the highest in Europe after Ireland (the E.U.) and | (perhaps higher than Ireland's), and so most population growth is due to n ... |
Libya | ... , South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, | , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mal ... |
Bermuda | ... l 25, 1791, Kinglassie - d. October 31, 1858, London, England), governor of | (1839–46), Barbados (1846–48), and Malta (1851–58); knighted 185 |
Eritrea | ... roclaimed in 1888, and in 1890 the town was incorporated into the colony of | |
South Africa | ... ntly in 1981. It was broadcast on 5 June that year. He toured Australia and | . After the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, a hospice was named in his honour. In ... |
Russian Empire | ... overnorate (now part of Lysychansk city in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine), in the | , into a railway worker's family of Russian ethnicity. However, according ... |
Puerto Rico | ... . Lucia, St. Vincent, and Útila. They have been introduced to Grand Cayman, | , Texas, Florida, Hawaii, and the United States Virgin Islands. Though the ... |
Canada | ... took control of the distribution of alcohol. Distilleries and breweries in | , Mexico, and the Caribbean flourished as their products were either consu ... |
Libya | ... d an area covering not only much of Chad, but also parts of modern southern | , eastern Niger, northeastern Nigeria and northern Cameroon. The history o ... |
France | ... rly with the then world powers such as Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and | , with which it expected to go to war and consequently could not rely upon ... |
Benin | ... ns–West African Coastal Highwayleaves the city as the Badagry Expressway to | and beyond as far as Dakar and Nouakchott; The Trans-Sahara Highway to Alg ... |
Afghanistan | ... esuits as a Lay Brother in Goa, India, traveled in 1603–1605 from India via | and one of the routes of the traditional Silk Road (via Badakhshan, the Pa ... |
Confederacy | ... t over their loyalties, with John Chupco refusing to sign a treaty with the | . From 1861-1866, he led as chief of the Seminole who supported the Union ... |
Switzerland | ... ther countries soon followed with their own stamps. The Canton of Zürich in | issued the Zurich 4 and 6 rappen on 1 March 1843. Although the Penny Black ... |
Carolingian Empire | ... e kingdom of Middle Francia, itself formed of the threefold division of the | by the Treaty of Verdun in 843. Neither Lotharingia nor Middle Francia had ... |
Prussia | ... halt-Zerbst belonged to the ruling family of Anhalt, but held the rank of a | n general in his capacity as Governor of the city of Stettin ( Szczecin, P ... |
Belgium | During World War I, Poirot left | for Britain as a refugee. It was here, on 16 July 1916, that he again met ... |
Israel | ... 1973 oil crisis puts the nation of America in gridlock; Both the leaders of | and Egypt shake hands after the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978; ... |
Mexico | ... ng in his director's chair, stands in Plaza John Huston in Puerto Vallarta, | |
Senegal | ... e disputes in nearby Guinea-Bissau and the neighbouring Casamance region of | |
Niger | ... ing not only much of Chad, but also parts of modern southern Libya, eastern | , northeastern Nigeria and northern Cameroon. The history of the Empire in ... |
Malta | ... 8, London, England), governor of Bermuda (1839–46), Barbados (1846–48), and | (1851–58); knighted 185 |
Turkmenistan | ... nd, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, | , Tuvalu, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Vatican City and the states with limited recog ... |
Prussia | ... es of thermodynamics. His brother Joseph Ewart became British ambassador to | . John, a doctor, became Chief Inspector of East India Company hospitals i ... |
Mexico | ... ntrol of the distribution of alcohol. Distilleries and breweries in Canada, | , and the Caribbean flourished as their products were either consumed by v ... |
Israel | File:Magon0294.jpg|Annunciation Coptic Church, Nazareth, | File:Magon0292.jpg|Annunciation Coptic Church, Nazareth, Israel File:Copti ... |
Liberia | ... Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, | , Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mala ... |
Soviet Union | ... omatic relations were later established once again after the breakup of the | . The Gambia has an embassy in Moscow. Russia is represented in The Gambia ... |
Tuvalu | ... n Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, | , Ukraine, Vanuatu, Vatican City and the states with limited recognition |
United Kingdom | The will-o'-the-wisp can be found in numerous folk tales around the | , and is often a malicious character in the stories. In Welsh folklore, it ... |
Nigeria | ... Chad, but also parts of modern southern Libya, eastern Niger, northeastern | and northern Cameroon. The history of the Empire in the longue durée is ma ... |
Monaco | The | yacht company Wally has announced a "gigayacht" designed for billionaires ... |
Mexico | ... il War Brownsville was used as a smuggling point for Confederate goods into | , most importantly cotton smuggled to European ships waiting at the Mexica ... |
Belgian | ... yanza-Kicukiro Genocide Memorial Site where 5,000 victims were killed after | soldiers who serving in the United Nations peacekeeping forces abandoned t ... |
South Africa | ... do material. An alleged dodo egg is on display at the East London museum in | , but genetic studies are underway to determine its authencity |
Alsace-Lorraine | ... rced to open a new training camp just for foreign volunteers at Sennheim in | |
Iraq | ... d units have deployed to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom, and to | for Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 4th Infantry Division was able to capture ... |
United Kingdom | ... which could convert the larger grid into a standard 4×4 Boggle grid. In the | , Hasbro UK currently markets Super Boggle, which features both the 4×4 an ... |
Egypt | ... isis puts the nation of America in gridlock; Both the leaders of Israel and | shake hands after the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978; The 1970 ... |
Belgium | ... nintentionally injure a species that depends on the species it replaces. In | , Prunus spinosa from Eastern Europe leafs much sooner than its West Europ ... |
Russia | ... 2 Germans were enumerated, making Germans the fifth largest ethnic group in | . In 1999, there were 353,441 Germans in Kazakhstan and 21,472 in Kyrgyzst ... |
Burma | ... rs 14. China extends across much of East Asia, bordering Vietnam, Laos, and | in Southeast Asia; India, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan in South Asia; Afghan ... |
Northern Ireland | ... he band had to travel in a bulletproof bus for the remainder of the tour of | and the Republic of Ireland. Mustaine later alleged that he had been misle ... |
Estonia | ... states are: Andorra, Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, | , Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegr ... |
Mexico | ... tates which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of | . It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo |
England | Ralph McTell (born Ralph May in Farnborough, Kent, | , 3 December 1944 and raised in Croydon) is an English singer-songwriter a ... |
Scotland | Kinglassie (Gaelic: Cille MoGhlasaidh) is a small village in central Fife, | .It is located 0.5 miles to the southwest of Glenrothes. The population of ... |
Lebanon | From 1985, Waite became involved in hostage negotiation in | , and he assisted in successful negotiations which secured the release of ... |
Mali | In some tropical floodplain areas such as the Inner Niger Delta of | , annual flooding events are a natural part of the local ecology and rural ... |
France | After the Dutch surrender, the Leibstandarte moved south to | on 24 May. Becoming part of the XIX Panzer Corps under the command of Gene ... |
Japan | ... the Benelux countries, France and Germany, with emerging markets growing in | , the United Kingdom and the United States |
Switzerland | Dunant was born in Geneva, | , the first son of businessman Jean-Jacques Dunant and Antoinette Dunant-C ... |
Carthage | ... y Geiseric captured the Western Roman province of Africa and its capital of | . Carthage was the richest province of the Western Empire and a main sourc ... |
Poland | ... enmark, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Philippines, | , Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and ... |
Portugal | ... Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, | , Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and (United St ... |
Pakistan | ... world, including the European Union, India, Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia, | , GCC countries, Russia, South Africa, Singapore and Turkey. As of August ... |
Chile | ... area, in late autumn and winter. Other notably foggy areas include coastal | (in the south), coastal Namibia, and the Severnaya Zemlya islands |
South Africa | ... ropideae. The Genipa species sensu Drake are better placed in the otherwise | n genus Hyperacanthus. Other species are now in Randia, and a number of ad ... |
Qatar | ADSL launched 2002 in | provided by Qtel with 25000 ADSL user |
Liberia | ... euphorbias. The coffee plant grows wild in such widely separated places as | and southern Ethiopia. The higher mountains have a special flora showing c ... |
Russia | ... t and began a lengthy correspondence with Trinidadian Marxist C.L.R. James, | n expatriate Raya Dunayevskaya, and Chinese-American Grace Lee Boggs, all ... |
Armenia | ... and a main source of food for Rome. The Sassanid Shah Yazdegerd II invaded | in 441 |
Venezuela | Proponents of such theories include Federico Brito Figueroa a | n historian who has written widely on the socioeconomic underpinnings of b ... |
Nigeria | The Kanem-Bornu Empire existed in modern Chad and | . It was known to the Arabian geographers as the Kanem Empire from the 9th ... |
Latvia | ... a, Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, | , Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, ... |
Slovakia | ... an, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, | , Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and (United States) |
Greenland | On September 30, 1897 Lieutenant Robert Peary brought six Inuit people from | to the American Museum of Natural History in New York, at the request of t ... |
Carthage | ... r all to see. After the ceremonies, Maxentius' disembodied head was sent to | ; at this Carthage would offer no further resistance. Unlike his predecess ... |
Netherlands | The Western Scheldt in the province Zeeland in the southwestern | , is the estuary of the Scheldt river. This river once had several estuari ... |
Kyrgyzstan | ... in Russia. In 1999, there were 353,441 Germans in Kazakhstan and 21,472 in | . According to the 2001 census, 33,300 Germans lived in |
Assyria | ... hreatened Jerusalem. (; ) Ahaz appealed to Tiglath-Pileser III, the king of | , for help. Ahaz's "dread" of Rezin and Pekah, "Son of Remaliah" is record ... |
Kyrgyzstan | ... , Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, | , Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania ... |
Afghanistan | ... nder house arrest in Calcutta. However, he escaped and made his way through | to Germany to seek Axis help to raise an army to fight the British. Here, ... |
Polish | In the 16th century the | Hanseatic trade city near the Baltic Sea had a large trade volume with Eng ... |
Republic of Ireland | ... a bulletproof bus for the remainder of the tour of Northern Ireland and the | . Mustaine later alleged that he had been misled by T-shirt bootleggers ab ... |
Senegal | ... Moscow. Russia is represented in The Gambia through its embassy in Dakar ( | ) |
Namibia | ... er. Other notably foggy areas include coastal Chile (in the south), coastal | , and the Severnaya Zemlya islands |
Singapore | ... g Kong, Australia, Malaysia, Pakistan, GCC countries, Russia, South Africa, | and Turkey. As of August 2008, more than 113 countries around the world, i ... |
Somalia | In | , halva is known as halwo. A staple of Somali cuisine, it is a popular con ... |
Orange Free State | ... ike of the United Kingdom, which had annexed the republics of Transvaal and | in the Boer War. The Boers were descendants of early Dutch colonists, to w ... |
Venezuela | ... undinamarca and educated in Bogotá. He then spent time in Cuba and Caracas, | , returning in 1847. He founded a publishing house and a newspaper before ... |
Portugal | ... ritories of France, Africa, North America, South America, Southern Europe : | , Greece and South Italy, Near East and Middle East and the South Asia). T ... |
Romania | ... taly, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, | , Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and (United States) |
Hungary | ... e: Andorra, Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, | , Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, ... |
Bangladesh | ... , allowing for the raising of crops through recessional agriculture. But in | , which occupies the Ganges Delta, the advantages provided by the richness ... |
United Kingdom | ... countries, France and Germany, with emerging markets growing in Japan, the | and the United States |
El Salvador | ... is a 1986 war drama film which tells the story of an American journalist in | covering the Salvadoran civil war. While trying to get footage, he becomes ... |
Duchy of Carinthia | ... ow on almost all sides lacked opportunities for expansion. The neighbouring | , the large territories of the Archbishop of Salzburg, as well as a genera ... |
Russia | ... eing incorporated into Kamchatka Krai on July 1, 2007, a federal subject of | (an oblast). To the north, it bordered Magadan Oblast and Chukotka Autonom ... |
Republic of Georgia | ... Union, at the Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology, | . The development of antibacterial-resistant bacteria has sparked renewed ... |
Spain | ... ed. A bronze statuette of this Heliopolitan Zeus was discovered at Tortosa, | ; another was found at Byblos in Phoenicia. A comparable iconic image is t ... |
Norway | ... Walker. These sketches are sometimes published in Scandinavia, however. In | , they've appeared in the Norwegian Beetle Bailey comic book, Billy, with ... |
Roman Empire | ... y BC Britannia came to be used for Great Britain specifically. In AD 43 the | began its conquest of the island, establishing a province they called Brit ... |
Iran | ... ورسينا Pur Sina "son of Sina"; c. 980, Afshana near Bukhara– 1037, Hamadan, | ), commonly known as Ibn Sīnā or by his Latinized name Avicenna, was a Per ... |
Burma | During World War II, Gambian troops fought with the Allies in | . Banjul served as an air stop for the U.S. Army Air Corps and a port of c ... |
Colombia | ... 25, 1812 – May 21, 1882) was a Colombian lawyer, writer, and journalist of | |
Slovenia | Halva, called helava in Slovene, is a sweet widely consumed in | . It became popular there when Slovenia had contact with the Ottoman Empir ... |
Mexico | ... a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as | and the Caribbean Islands especially in Puerto Rico where they are also kn ... |
Pakistan | ... dering Vietnam, Laos, and Burma in Southeast Asia; India, Bhutan, Nepal and | in South Asia; Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in Centr ... |
Philippines | ... econd most important port, after Veracruz, due to its direct trade with the | . This trade would focus on the yearly Manila Galleon, which was the nexus ... |
Belarus | The other non-member states are: Andorra, Australia, Bahrain, | , Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithu ... |
Siam | ... Souza and the East India Company, in exchange for military protection from | ese and Burmese armies who were threatening Kedah. For Light, Penang was a ... |
England | Christopher Tolkien was born in Leeds, | , the third and youngest son of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. He was educated ... |
East Timor | Portuguese Timor was the name of | when it was under Portuguese control. During this period, Portugal shared ... |
Italy | ... Public Weal. The matter became more urgent after Charles VIII's invasion of | (known as the First Peninsular War) |
Lithuania | ... ustralia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, | , Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Tu ... |
Russian Empire | ... reat's rule, the Catherinian Era, is often considered the Golden Age of the | and the Russian nobility. The Manifesto on Freedom of the Nobility, issued ... |
Israel | ... the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between | and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. The war began when ... |
Belgium | ... own carriage to the dining car. On 15 July the same year during a visit to | Ferdinand also became the first head of state to fly in an airplane |
Moldova | In Romania and | , the term halva is used to refer to a sunflower-based block confection so ... |
Soviet Union | In the late 20th century conflict between the | and the United States, the charge of neocolonialism was often aimed at Wes ... |
Portuguese | ... d era (750-1258) saw the rise of several settlements, including Murwab. The | ruled from 1517 to 1538, when they lost to the Ottomans. In the 1732, the ... |
Mexico | ... he Texas Revolution and a member of the Mier Expedition during the war with | . When the courthouse in Cameron was completed later that year, county rec ... |
Bahrain | The other non-member states are: Andorra, Australia, | , Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenste ... |
England | ... y town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in | after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom. Until t ... |
Malaysia | ... ts of the world, including the European Union, India, Hong Kong, Australia, | , Pakistan, GCC countries, Russia, South Africa, Singapore and Turkey. As ... |
Cuba | ... in the state of Cundinamarca and educated in Bogotá. He then spent time in | and Caracas, Venezuela, returning in 1847. He founded a publishing house a ... |
Soviet Union | ... iving in Russian Empire at 2,416,290. In 1989, the German population of the | was roughly 2 million. In the 2002 Russian census, 597,212 Germans were en ... |
Philippines | ... h Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, | , Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United King ... |
Scotland | ... which came to encompass the parts of the island south of Caledonia (roughly | ). The native Celtic inhabitants of the province are known as the Britons. ... |
Syria | ... to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and | . The war began when the coalition launched a joint surprise attack on Isr ... |
Japan | ... lity (GEF), the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, and the | ese Government. Australia later joined the coalition, donating US $1.5 mil ... |
Denmark | ... Book" in order to promote reading (as the story was published in Norway and | in 1993, one year prior to its first edition in the original English). Ros ... |
Kuwait | ... l, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, | , Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstei ... |
Serbia | On 11 October 1915, the Bulgarian army attacked | after signing a treaty with Austria-Hungary and Germany stating that Bulga ... |
Puerto Rico | ... and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean Islands especially in | where they are also known as "Gallina de palo" and they are very common th ... |
British | ... scent Wahhabis of Arabia, and the Ottomans. The period also saw the rise of | power in the Persian Gulf as a result of their growing interests in India. ... |
Czech Republic | ... ther non-member states are: Andorra, Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Bulgaria, | , Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Micronesia, Monaco, ... |
Burmese | ... he East India Company, in exchange for military protection from Siamese and | armies who were threatening Kedah. For Light, Penang was a convenient maga ... |
Indonesia | ... shared the island of Timor with the Netherlands East Indies, and later with | |
Netherlands | ... ulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, | , Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine ... |
Russian Empire | ... and in several waves. The 1914 census puts the number of Germans living in | at 2,416,290. In 1989, the German population of the Soviet Union was rough ... |
India | IFRS are used in many parts of the world, including the European Union, | , Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia, Pakistan, GCC countries, Russia, South A ... |
Bulgaria | The other non-member states are: Andorra, Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, | , Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Micr ... |
Egypt | ... October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by | and Syria. The war began when the coalition launched a joint surprise atta ... |
Uttar Pradesh | Omkara is a version in Hindi set in | , starring Ajay Devgan as Omkara (Othello), Saif Ali Khan as Langda Tyagi ... |
Norway | ... navia-based, European Disney publisher Egmont in reference to the fact that | had officially declared 1993 to be "The Year of The Book" in order to prom ... |
Madagascar | ... continental Asia. Malagasy is a geographic outlier, spoken in the island of | in the Indian Ocean |
Nauru | ... Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, | , Palau, Poland, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia ... |
UK | Reliable caliper-type disc brakes were developed in the | by Dunlop and first appeared in 1953 on the Jaguar C-Type racing car. The ... |
Austria-Hungary | ... ctober 1915, the Bulgarian army attacked Serbia after signing a treaty with | and Germany stating that Bulgaria would gain the territory she sought at t ... |
Israel | File:Coptic Church in Jaffa.jpg|Coptic Church, Jaffa, | File:StMarkCopticOrthodoxChurchBellaireTX0.JPG|Saint Mark Church, Bellaire ... |
West Florida | East Florida and | were new royal territories, transferred to Britain during the French and I ... |
Japan | ... ical support: Australia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, | , Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, ... |
Israel | ... Sputnik in 1957 he had to play catchup in the space race. Eisenhower forced | , the UK and France to end their invasion of Egypt during the Suez Crisis ... |
Roman Republic | ... from equus "horse") was a member of the second highest social class in the | and early Roman Empire. This class is often translated as "knight"; the me ... |
Czech Republic | In 1995 the | amended its Citizenship Law to provide the Interior Ministry with the disc ... |
Belgium | ... -Kreis, Rhein-Sieg, Ahrweiler, Daun, Bitburg-Prüm, and the Liège province ( | ) |
Canada | ... the west, New Orleans in the south, Washington, D.C., and north to Toronto, | . The trip was "an unalloyed triumph", Pedro II making a deep impression o ... |
Soviet Union | ... red and occupied since the 1967 Six-Day War. Both the United States and the | initiated massive resupply efforts to their respective allies during the w ... |
Jordan | ... 1935 which led him and his followers in rebellion against King Abdullah of | . And later at 1937, when they were forced to leave Jordan, Prince Rashed ... |
Sicily | In 1853, Dunant visited Algeria, Tunisia, and | , on assignment with a company devoted to the "colonies of Setif" (Compagn ... |
England | Ireland, Scotland, | , Wales, Appalachia, and Newfoundland |
Montenegro | ... ic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Micronesia, Monaco, | , Nauru, Palau, Poland, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, S ... |
Swedish | New Sweden (, ) was a | colony along the Delaware River on the Mid-Atlantic coast of North America ... |
Indonesian archipelago | Over the following three centuries, the Dutch would come to dominate the | with the exception of the eastern half of Timor, which would become Portug ... |
Canada | The Avon River is a river in Perth County, Ontario, | . The river was named after the River Avon in England when the town of Str ... |
Bavarian Soviet Republic | ... ook over the Bavarian government in Munich and declared the creation of the | . The uprising was brutally attacked by Freikorps, which consisted mainly ... |
Belgium | ... t way to the sea. It is an important shipping route to the Port of Antwerp, | . Therefore, unlike the other sea arms, it is not closed by a dam as part ... |
Spain | ... of Sheen's parents were immigrants, his father from Parderrubias, Galicia, | ; and his mother from Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland. After moving ... |
Niger | ... Congo, Idriss Déby, president of Chad, and Hamani Diori former president of | |
Laos | ... apan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, | , Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxe ... |
Scotland | Ireland, | , England, Wales, Appalachia, and Newfoundland |
Italy | ... r political support: Australia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, | , Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Ro ... |
Kingdom of Iraq | ... Allies. However, in 1938, when an attack on a main British pipeline in the | was found to be connected to the German Ambassador, Dr. Fritz Grobba, Ibn ... |
Romania | In | and Moldova, the term halva is used to refer to a sunflower-based block co ... |
Syria | ... isting mainly of his mercenaries, Necho took the coast route Via Maris into | , supported by his Mediterranean fleet along the shore, and proceeded thro ... |
Latvia | ... Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, | , Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, ... |
Denmark | ... his simplicity and kindness. He then crossed the Atlantic, where he visited | , Sweden, Finland, Russia, Ottoman Empire, Greece, the Holy Land, Egypt, I ... |
Iran | ... s. Wisdom gained a celebrity status in lands as far apart as South America, | and many Eastern Bloc countries, particularly in Albania, where his films ... |
Belgium | Renowned for its coal and steel, | has experienced strong industrial growth since the Middle Ages. For many y ... |
Latvia | ... pport: Australia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Japan, | , Lithuania, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia ... |
British Mandate for Palestine | Perlman was born in Tel Aviv, | . His parents, Chaim and Shoshana Perlman, were natives of Poland and had ... |
Roman Empire | ... a member of the second highest social class in the Roman Republic and early | . This class is often translated as "knight"; the medieval knight, however ... |
Roman | ... the River Tyne. The city developed in the area that was the location of the | settlement called Pons Aelius, though it owes its name to the castle built ... |
Panama | ... rnia Gold Rush in the mid 19th century, with ships going to and coming from | stopping here |
Algeria | ... onial nations, the relation with the French language is often more complex. | n intellectual Kateb Yacine wrote in 1966 tha |
Italian | ... iovanni Pico della Mirandola (; 24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494) was an | Renaissance philosopher. He is famed for the events of 1486, when at the a ... |
Democratic Republic of Armenia | ... quently, Yerevan became the capital and the centre of the newly-independent | , although the members of the Armenian National Council were yet to stay i ... |
Mauritius | ... s, especially on Mauritius. The dodo rampant appears on the coat of arms of | . A smiling dodo is the symbol of the Brasseries de Bourbon, a popular bre ... |
Roman rule | ... reinterpreted by Roman writers under the name of Mars. Greek writers under | also recorded cult practices and beliefs pertaining to Mars under the name ... |
Palau | ... y, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, | , Poland, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South ... |
Cyprus | ... Jewish immigration and illegal immigrants were placed in detention camps in | , which increased the anger of the Jewish community towards the mandate go ... |
England | ... lish Hanseatic trade city near the Baltic Sea had a large trade volume with | and Scotland, and many English and Scots had come to live in Elbląg (see E ... |
Belgian | ... 00 census, the township population was 10,813. It was named after the major | city of Antwerp. Antwerp Township was established in 1837 |
Swedish | ... assed into the hands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the south and | rule in the north, the privileged status of the local German-speaking aris ... |
India | ... and the Trans-Karakoram Tract, which are controlled by China and claimed by | . None of these figures include the of territory ceded to China by followi ... |
Benelux | ... d from wine production in 1979. Today, Madeira's primary markets are in the | countries, France and Germany, with emerging markets growing in Japan, the ... |
Indonesia | ... s. This sustainable approach can be seen in Central Kalimantan and Sumatra, | |
Sicily | ... odern Belgrade) and Sirmium. During 442 Theodosius recalled his troops from | and ordered a large issue of new coins to finance operations against the H ... |
Liechtenstein | ... alia, Bahrain, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, | , Lithuania, Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, Poland, Russia, ... |
Belgium | ... same time, in 1920, the districts of Eupen and Malmedy were transferred to | (see German-Speaking Community of Belgium). Shortly after, France complete ... |
Germany | ... skirchen is a Kreis (district) in the south-west of North Rhine-Westphalia, | . Neighboring districts are Aachen, Düren, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Rhein-Sieg, A ... |
Belgium | After a hastened decolonization process of the Belgian Congo, | continued to control, through The Société Générale de Belgique, an estimat ... |
Lithuania | ... Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, | , Micronesia, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, Poland, Russia, San Marino ... |
Algeria | In 1853, Dunant visited | , Tunisia, and Sicily, on assignment with a company devoted to the "coloni ... |
Kievan Rus' | ... traced to Slavic-speaking populations that were loosely organized under the | empire beginning in the 10th century AD |
Japan | ... the size of Japan, is just off the east coast of Russia, and just north of | |
Crown of Castile | In 1504, Philip's mother-in-law died, leaving the | to Joanna. Isabella I's widower and former co-monarch, King Ferdinand II, ... |
England | ... lly a part of the township. The village calls itself sister city to Oxford, | . Oxford is located roughly from Flint and from Detroit |
Scotland | ... but in such terms as to leave it uncertain as to whether Pelagius was from | or . He was certainly well known in the Roman province, both for the harsh ... |
Ethiopia | ... ee plant grows wild in such widely separated places as Liberia and southern | . The higher mountains have a special flora showing close agreement over w ... |
Mauritius | ... esiding on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, were expelled to | in the 1960s, in connection with the erection of an American strategic mil ... |
Denmark | ... gnificant troops or political support: Australia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, | , Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Philippines, Pola ... |
Sicily | ... 0), a Lombard merchant's son, was the third of the great admirals of Norman | . The Basilica di San Nicola was founded in 1087 to receive the relics of ... |
Pakistan | Halva in | is similar to that in India. There are various types of halva category swe ... |
New Zealand | ... ean Kiribati will be inundated. Paul Kench at the University of Auckland in | and Arthur Webb at the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission in Fiji ... |
France | ... ion in 1979. Today, Madeira's primary markets are in the Benelux countries, | and Germany, with emerging markets growing in Japan, the United Kingdom an ... |
Bermuda | In | and the Bahamas local leaders were angry at the food shortages caused by B ... |
Fiji | ... aland and Arthur Webb at the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission in | released a study in 2010 on the dynamic response of reef islands to sea le ... |
Tunisia | In 1853, Dunant visited Algeria, | , and Sicily, on assignment with a company devoted to the "colonies of Set ... |
Sierra Leone | ... former colonies, and has been seen again following British intervention in | . on the other hand, it was Nigeria that first intervened in Sierra Leone |
Monaco | ... h Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Micronesia, | , Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, Poland, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, ... |
Canada | ... s, glaciers, and peaks of the Coast Mountains. An international border with | (British Columbia) runs along the crest of the Boundary Ranges of the Coas ... |
Russia | ... electric boat was developed by Moritz von Jacobi in 1839 in St Petersburg, | - a boat which carried 14 passengers at 3 mph. It was successfully demonst ... |
Madagascar | ... he demoralizing news that Port Arthur had fallen reached the fleet while at | . Admiral Rozhestvensky's only hope now was to reach the port of Vladivost ... |
Poland | The Scottish Reformed Church in Elbląg, Royal Prussia, | , was founded by Scottish emigrants to Elbląg |
Germany | ... . Today, Madeira's primary markets are in the Benelux countries, France and | , with emerging markets growing in Japan, the United Kingdom and the Unite ... |
Hungary | ... troops or political support: Australia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, | , Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portu ... |
Republic of China | ... ded that the People's Republic of China reject the use of force against the | , but, much to his shock, the Carter administration did not ask them to ru ... |
Lebanon | ... t the polished blocks of stone for Solomon's temple were sent by Hiram from | or Tyre is not supported by any evidence (comp. 1 Kings 5:8). Hiram sent m ... |
Panama | ... cattered groups of Muiscas were present in the Darién region (in modern day | ), a coastal region in the far north of Antioquia. However, there are no h ... |
Kuwait | ... ccupation of Basra in 1777 many merchants and families moved from Basra and | to Zubarah. After this movement, Zubarah became a thriving center of trade ... |
Lithuania | Latvia cooperates with Estonia and | in the joint infantry battalion BALTBAT and naval squadron BALTRON which a ... |
Russia | ... Chamber Orchestra have toured many countries including Denmark, Hong Kong, | , the British Isles, and Central Europe. The Symphonic Band is also an ens ... |
Brazil | ... n China, India and the United States, as well as Nutrilite organic farms in | , Mexico and the United States (California and Washington State). Amway br ... |
Hungary | ... us newspapers and signed by the leaders of Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, | , Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic showed support for the US, saying ... |
Norwegian | ... the International Red Cross Movement and initiating the Geneva Convention. | military physician Hans Daae, who had received a copy of Müller's book, ad ... |
Sikkim | ... ore in 1951, and Pondicherry and its remaining Indian colonies in 1956, and | voted to join the Indian Union in 1975 |
Denmark | The Nordic countries, with the exception of | , have had a strong temperance movement since the late 1800s, closely link ... |
Portuguese | ... ts main commodity. The first European powers to arrive in the area were the | in the early sixteenth century followed by the Dutch in the late sixteenth ... |
Switzerland | ... s were by Bow Wow in 1978 in Hong Kong and at the Montreux Jazz Festival in | , as well played at the Reading Festival in England in 1982. In 1983 Loudn ... |
Lebanon | Baalbek (; / ALA-LC: Ba‘albak) is a town in the Beqaa Valley of | situated east of the Litani River. It is famous for its exquisitely detail ... |
France | Alkanet is grown in the south of | and on the shores of the Levant. It has a dark red root of blackish appear ... |
French | ... (GIMD, Groupe Dassault, or the Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault S.A.) is a | group of companies led by Serge Dassault |
Spain | ... quickly rose in all the great centres of population in England, France and | . The number of these monasteries founded between AD 520 and 700 is amazin ... |
France | The Aude River (Latin Atax) is a river of southwestern | . Its source is in the Pyrenees mountains and it then runs to Carcassonne ... |
Zimbabwe | ... Government was forced to rely on assistance from Angola, Chad, Namibia and | . As well as providing expeditionary forces, these countries unsuccessfull ... |
England | ... cklands is the semi-official name for an area in east and southeast London, | . It forms part of the boroughs of Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Gr ... |
Egypt | ... to be the capital of his empire. Actually, he built it to be the capital of | but not of the entire empire. Babylon was the capital of Alexander's empir ... |
Denmark | ... 's Wind Symphony and Chamber Orchestra have toured many countries including | , Hong Kong, Russia, the British Isles, and Central Europe. The Symphonic ... |
Northern Ireland | ... into a mermaid when her country was flooded (today the Lough Neagh lake in | ). She lived under the sea with her dog (who in the flood became an otter) ... |
Khmer Republic | ... ny form other than air power, announced its support of the newly-proclaimed | |
Niue | Members of IFAD are 162 of the UN members, along with Cook Islands and | , and they are classified as follows: List A (primarily OECD members); Lis ... |
Scotland | ... r officer over a French courtesan led to his being temporarily stationed in | . There he met and deflowered Elspeth Morrison, daughter of a wealthy text ... |
Italy | ... released to various newspapers and signed by the leaders of Britain, Spain, | , Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic showed support ... |
France | ... t, and they quickly rose in all the great centres of population in England, | and Spain. The number of these monasteries founded between AD 520 and 700 ... |
Estonia | Latvia cooperates with | and Lithuania in the joint infantry battalion BALTBAT and naval squadron B ... |
Libya | | has had no railway in operation since 1965, all previous narrow gauge line ... |
Lesotho | ... article concerns systems of transport in Lesotho. As a landlocked country, | has no seaports or harbours, but does possess road, air, and limited rail ... |
Roman | ... eligion, Segomo ("victor, mighty one") was a war god worshipped in Gaul. In | times he was equated with Mars and Hercules. He may be related to Cocidius ... |
Brazil | ... of these tribes–historical evidence suggests that both groups migrated from | |
Hong Kong | ... ymphony and Chamber Orchestra have toured many countries including Denmark, | , Russia, the British Isles, and Central Europe. The Symphonic Band is als ... |
Portugal | ... d to various newspapers and signed by the leaders of Britain, Spain, Italy, | , Hungary, Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic showed support for the U ... |
Oman | ... ately 22% of the country's population. The traditional economy of Baluch in | is based on a combination of trade, farming and semi-nomadic shepherding |
Egypt | In the Old Kingdom of | , the Egyptian pyramids were constructed and would remain the tallest and ... |
Philippines | ... , China shares maritime boundaries with South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and the | . The PRC and the Republic of China (Taiwan) make mutual claims over each ... |
Kingdom of England | ... nst Austria's Charles, lasted for almost 14 years. The Kingdom of Portugal, | , Scotland, Ireland and the majority of the Holy Roman Empire endorsed Cha ... |
Scotland | ... y Sir John Sinclair in his Husbandry of Scotland to have been introduced to | around 1781–1782. An article on the topic in The Gardeners' Chronicle sugg ... |
North Korea | ... y forces, these countries unsuccessfully attempted to retrain the DRC Army. | and Tanzania also provided assistance with training. During the first year ... |
Panama | ... r egg laying, apart from defending the nesting burrow during excavation. In | , the Green iguana has been observed sharing nest sites with American croc ... |
Cook Islands | Members of IFAD are 162 of the UN members, along with | and Niue, and they are classified as follows: List A (primarily OECD membe ... |
Mag Mell | In Irish mythology, Tethra of the Fomorians ruled | after dying in the Second Battle of Mag Tuiredh |
Falkland Islands | ... tting as a naval transport. She then made two routine return voyages to the | , the first to deliver provisions and the second to bring home the British ... |
Afghanistan | ... ry much unwanted) favour of assigning him as aide to General Elphinstone in | . Flashman survived the ensuing debacle by a mixture of sheer luck and uns ... |
Sweden | In 1914, | put in place a rationing system, the Bratt System, in force until 1955. Ho ... |
Brazil | ... over 187 million making it the world's sixth most-populous country, behind | and ahead of Bangladesh. During 1950–2011, Pakistan's urban population exp ... |
South Africa | ... rcourse with the interior. Game reserves have, however, been established in | , British Central Africa, British East Africa, Somaliland, etc., while mea ... |
Assyria | ... he whole of Mesopotamia and beyond. It would not be surpassed in size until | n times 1500 years later |
Poland | ... in the invasion of Iraq: the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and | . Other countries have provided logistical and intelligence support, chemi ... |
Madagascar | ... altic Sea to the Pacific via the Cape of Good Hope. After a port of call at | , then Cam Ranh Bay (later part of South Vietnam), Rozhestvensky finally r ... |
Zimbabwe Rhodesia | ... imbabwe Rhodesia, leading support for the Internal Settlement government in | , under Abel Muzorewa, and campaigned along with Samuel Hayakawa for the i ... |
Egypt | ... s mother is of Greek, Maltese, and Croatian descent, Her father was born in | to an originally Jewish family who were of Spanish, Swiss, and ancestry |
Russia | ... ld in Sweden. It is often considered to have originated from Scandinavia or | . It is said to have been widely introduced to Britain around the end of t ... |
Monaco | ... house in Angra dos Reis, Brazil, an apartment in São Paulo, an apartment in | , and a house in Algarve, Portugal |
Kenya | ... the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, | , Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesoth ... |
People's Republic of China | ... torically, China and Somalia had a strong trading tie. In recent years, the | has built increasingly stronger ties with African nations. China is curren ... |
German | Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke (22 March 1771 – 27 June 1848) was a | author and reformer. Most of his life was spent, and most of his reputatio ... |
Spain | ... tement released to various newspapers and signed by the leaders of Britain, | , Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic showed ... |
Honduras | ... iguana has been observed sharing nest sites with American crocodiles and in | with Spectacled Caimans |
Portuguese | ... . 1451 – 29 May 1500 ), a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a | explorer. He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the fir ... |
Belgian | ... iving reinforcements, fuel, and ammunition. Peiper’s men murdered about 100 | civilians |
Lithuania | ... ons of indeterminacy in art, through works such as 4' 33", which influenced | n-born artist George Maciunas. Maciunas (1931–1978) organized the first Fl ... |
Iceland | In 1915, | instituted total prohibition. The ban for wine and spirits was lifted in 1 ... |
Brazil | ... ne of the world's largest natural wetlands is the Pantanal, which straddles | , Bolivia, and Paraguay in South America |
Italy | A second later embassy was unsuccessful; the enemy entered | ; and Milan was taken. Justina and her son fled; but Ambrose remained at h ... |
Nigeria | ... ntal organization based in Ghana. The organization has a presence in Ghana, | , Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Regional leaders of nonviolent ... |
Mongolia | In 1920, Andrews began planning for expeditions to | and drove a fleet of Dodge cars westward from Peking. In 1922, the party d ... |
Hong Kong | ... ajor exposure. First oversease live performances were by Bow Wow in 1978 in | and at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, as well played at the Re ... |
Soviet | Following the 1945 defection of | cipher clerk, Igor Gouzenko and his revelations of espionage, the RCMP Sec ... |
Switzerland | ... e of materials other than paper, such as embossed foil (sometimes of gold). | made a stamp that contained a bit of lace and one of wood. The United Stat ... |
Ethiopia | ... eneral (or soldier and former slave) Abraha with the support of disgruntled | n soldiers. According to the later Arabic sources, Kaleb retaliated by sen ... |
Guatemala | Green Iguanas from | and southern Mexico predominantly have small horns on their snouts between ... |
Iraq | ... Central Asia as well as the Buyid dynasty in the western part of Persia and | provided a thriving atmosphere for scholarly and cultural development. Und ... |
Canada | ... os Coptic Orthodox Church.jpg|Saint Mina & Saint Cyril Church, Mississauga, | File:Mary and Shenouda Coulsdon 045.jpg|Saint Mary & Saint Shenouda Church ... |
United Kingdom | ... t forces directly participating in the invasion of Iraq: the United States, | , Australia, and Poland. Other countries have provided logistical and inte ... |
Italy | The strategic policy of IFAD is detailed in . Its headquarters is in Rome, | and is a member of the |
Ghana | ... women-focused, women-led Pan-African non-governmental organization based in | . The organization has a presence in Ghana, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberi ... |
Assyria | ... , so that temples to him are found in all the large cities of Babylonia and | . A sanctuary for Sin with Syriac inscriptions invoking his name dating to ... |
Algeria | ... ghreb immigrated in the 1960s and early 1970s from North Africa, especially | (following the end of French rule there) . One million European pieds noir ... |
Roman | ... eries follows the exploits of a village of indomitable Gauls as they resist | occupation. They do so by means of a magic potion, brewed by their druid, ... |
Mexico | ... f Brownsville is a major economic hub for South Texas, where shipments from | , other parts of the United States and the world arrive. Brownsville's eco ... |
Pakistan | | 's estimated population in 2011 is over 187 million making it the world's ... |
Japan | (March 22, 1212 – August 31, 1234) was the 86th emperor of | , according to the traditional order of succession. This reign spanned the ... |
Somalia | Historically, China and | had a strong trading tie. In recent years, the People's Republic of China ... |
Finland | In 1919, | enacted prohibition, as one of the first acts after independence from the ... |
Netherlands | ... koog (; ) is an island, a municipality, and a national park in the northern | . Schiermonnikoog is one of the West Frisian Islands, and is part of the p ... |
United Arab Emirates | ... Nicholas F. Seebeck and (2) stamps produced for the component states of the | . Seebeck operated in the 1890s as an agent of Hamilton Bank Note Company. ... |
Republic of Latvia | National Armed Forces are the unified armed forces of the | . Latvia's defense concept is based upon a rapid response force composed o ... |
Iran | In Afghanistan, Turkey and | , after the burial ceremony, on the seventh and fortieth day following the ... |
Russia | Several churches and monasteries in Europe, for instance, in Germany and | , have been modeled on the Church of the Resurrection, some even reproduci ... |
Netherlands | ... te overcame Dutch border guards and spearheaded the German advance into the | , and the Der Führer advanced towards Utrecht. The following day the rest ... |
Sicily | ... d the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins, establishing Greek city states in | , southern Italy, northern Libya, eastern Spain, the south of France, and ... |
Russian Empire | ... d enacted prohibition, as one of the first acts after independence from the | . Four previous attempts to institute prohibition in the early 20th centur ... |
Soviet-backed government | ... soud "the Afghan who won the Cold War". After the collapse of the communist | of Mohammad Najibullah in 1992, Massoud became the Minister of Defense und ... |
Soviet | ... w from the conclusion of several British governments that in the event of a | nuclear attack on the UK alone, as had been threatened in late 1950s by So ... |
Russia | ... ited States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a crop explorer. He went to | to find other wheat varieties and worked with Kansas State University rese ... |
Canada | ... peg is a large, lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, | , with its southern tip about north of the city of Winnipeg. It is the lar ... |
Soviet | ... d from that point onwards the composition of the airline's fleet shifted to | -produced aircraft only. In 1955 LOT inaugurated new services to Moscow an ... |
Italy | ... Lombard) is a town and comune in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, northern | , which possesses many artistic treasures and runs a huge industrial busin ... |
Scotland | ... fiercely loyal brothers Ardan and Ainnle, the sons of Uisnech, they fled to | . For a while, they lived a happy life there, hunting and fishing and livi ... |
Angola | ... as ineffective and the DRC Government was forced to rely on assistance from | , Chad, Namibia and Zimbabwe. As well as providing expeditionary forces, t ... |
France | ... ion of Switzerland (cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Valais), and 40.47 % under | (Haute-Savoie). The average surface elevation of above sea level is contro ... |
Senegal | International: country code - 220; microwave radio relay links to | and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) ( ... |
Soviet | ... the British Polaris missile warheads. Devised as an answer to the improved | defences around Moscow, the system was intended to increase the probabilit ... |
Mexico | ... rive. Brownsville's economy is mainly based on its international trade with | through the NAFTA agreement, and is home to one of the fastest growing man ... |
Netherlands | Bergen op Zoom is a municipality and a city located in the south of the | |
Germany | ... is found throughout their former territory in and around what is now Trier, | . She is also attested in Bath, England, where an altar to her was dedicat ... |
Afghanistan | In | , Turkey and Iran, after the burial ceremony, on the seventh and fortieth ... |
Dominican Republic | ... , possibly due to the substantially high port fees compared to ports in the | |
Jordan | Sela is identified with the ruins of Sela, east of Tafileh in | (identified as biblical Tophel) and near Bozrah, all Edomite cities in the ... |
Ukraine | ... al crop. Warkentin organized mills in central Kansas and imported seed from | to meet growing demand. Carleton worked for the United States Department o ... |
France | ... Island, Antarctica). Eupterornis from the Paleocene of Châlons-sur-Vesle ( | ) has some features reminiscent of loons, but others seem more similar to ... |
Scotland | New Zealand is said to have more pipebands than | ; historical links are maintained by Caledonian Societies throughout the c ... |
Norway | In 1916, | prohibited distilled beverages, and in 1917 the prohibition was extended t ... |
The Gambia | Communications in | |
Bangladesh | ... king it the world's sixth most-populous country, behind Brazil and ahead of | . During 1950–2011, Pakistan's urban population expanded over sevenfold, w ... |
South Africa | Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife travelled to | to support the national team during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and were show ... |
Afghanistan | ... e Chagai, Khuzdar, Kharan districts of Balochistan and in southern parts of | , speak Brahui. The Muhammad Hasni tribe speak Brahui, Balochi and some ot ... |
Canada | ... ampionship has been played on Roulston Lake in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, | . Since 2006, the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships have been played in Minne ... |
Netherlands | (Dutch Low Saxon: Armelo or Armel) is a municipality and a town in the | , in the province of Gelderland in the Veluwe area with a population of ov ... |
Philippines | ... by the high school and college fraternity Scouts Royale Brotherhood of the | . Marc-André Fleury, a Canadian ice hockey goaltender, has a fleur-de-lis ... |
Kiribati | ... the longest islands chains of the world. Eight of the islands form part of | , while the remaining three are United States territories grouped with the ... |
Alsace-Lorraine | ... dustrial exports, the loss of supplies in raw materials and foodstuffs from | , Polish districts and the colonies, along with worsening debt balances, b ... |
Liberia | ... in Ghana. The organization has a presence in Ghana, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, | and Sierra Leone. Regional leaders of nonviolent resistance include Leymah ... |
Italy | ... 9, he was witness to the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in modern day | . He recorded his memories and experiences in the book A Memory of Solferi ... |
Yemen | ... dures are: Bahamas (approved in 2008), Marshall Islands (approved 2009) and | (1977 signatory) |
United Kingdom | ... , Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, | and (United States) |
Kazakhstan | ... , Nepal and Pakistan in South Asia; Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and | in Central Asia; a small section of Russian Altai and Mongolia in Inner As ... |
Guinea-Bissau | ... ternational: country code - 220; microwave radio relay links to Senegal and | ; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007 |
Netherlands | ... f the division behind the line in Münster, awaiting the order to invade the | . The SS Totenkopf and Polizei Divisions were held in reserve |
Sierra Leone | ... e organization has a presence in Ghana, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia and | . Regional leaders of nonviolent resistance include Leymah Gbowee, Comfort ... |
Germany | Several churches and monasteries in Europe, for instance, in | and Russia, have been modeled on the Church of the Resurrection, some even ... |
Germany | Bad Doberan is a former district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, | . It was named after its largest town, Bad Doberan, the German Bad meaning ... |
Andorra | The other non-member states are: | , Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, ... |
Netherlands | ... tinchem (Low Saxon: Deutekem) is a city and municipality in the east of the | . It is situated along the Oude IJssel (Old IJssel) river in a part of the ... |
Kuwait | ... s a key motivator for him and persuaded him to return back to the Najd from | and regain the land of his family. She was well educated in Islam and was ... |
Israel | ... e Middle East to support Egypt and Syria, which were in a state of war with | ; they shot down ten Israeli planes in the Six-Day War. In 1979, at the re ... |
Soviet Union | In part spurred by the collapse of the | and the resultant lack of donor support from the superpower, as well as an ... |
England | ... eux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, as well played at the Reading Festival in | in 1982. In 1983 Loudness toured United States and Europe, and started foc ... |
Sudan | ... ent. The film has been used as an advocacy tool in post-conflict zones like | and Zimbabwe, mobilizing African women to petition for peace and security |
Spain | ... ishing Greek city states in Sicily, southern Italy, northern Libya, eastern | , the south of France, and the Black Sea coasts. Greeks founded more than ... |
Namibia | ... and the DRC Government was forced to rely on assistance from Angola, Chad, | and Zimbabwe. As well as providing expeditionary forces, these countries u ... |
Russia | ... experimental 1929 silent documentary film, with no story and no actors, by | n director Dziga Vertov, edited by his wife |
Canada | ... ss Coptic Orthodox Church.JPG|Saint Georges & Saint Rueiss Church, Toronto, | File:Saint Mina and Saint Kyrillos Coptic Orthodox Church.jpg|Saint Mina & ... |
Brazil | From 1956 to 1967, DKW cars were made in | by the local company Vemag (Veículos e Máquinas Agrícolas S.A.). The first ... |
Confederate | ... sed as a training camp, a military hospital, and a prison camp for captured | soldiers. After the war ended, the Camp Randall site was absorbed into the ... |
Republic of Ireland | ... ion (GAA) in Ireland in 1884. The game is still regulated by the GAA in the | and Northern Ireland. In Great Britain it is regulated by the National Rou ... |
People's Republic of China | ... d used it to build the bunker, since he feared that the Soviet Union or the | would launch nuclear weapons towards the United States. Kung bought hundre ... |
Marshall Islands | ... yet finished their ratification procedures are: Bahamas (approved in 2008), | (approved 2009) and Yemen (1977 signatory) |
Ukraine | ... therlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, | , United Kingdom and (United States) |
Belgium | ... bove the Moerdijk (meaning "north of Moerdijk") is used as an expression in | and the southern parts of the Netherlands to mean "in the Netherlands" or ... |
Spain | ... , Lithuania, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, | , Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and (United States) |
Solomon Islands | ... e to Nauru International Airport, connecting to Honiara, the capital of the | , and further to Brisbane, Australia |
Soviet Union | ... orp. in the 1970s and used it to build the bunker, since he feared that the | or the People's Republic of China would launch nuclear weapons towards the ... |
Dutch East Indies | ... off the island of Savu, Endeavour sailed on to Batavia, the capital of the | , on 10 October. A day later the ship was struck by lightning during a sud ... |
Japan | ... tatuettes of household deities were also cast with this type of material in | , and probably also in China |
Uganda | ... s on his government and complaining of the inconsistency of lifting them on | immediately after Idi Amin's departure, but not Zimbabwe Rhodesia after Ia ... |
Chile | ... aran Africa and Asia. And in the 1970s, a small but well publicized wave of | an and Argentine political refugees (see Chilean coup of 1973) found asylu ... |
Sweden | Lysator is an academic computer club at Linköping University, | with almost 600 members. It is an independent non-profit society, separate ... |
Prussia | ... from until her death at the age of 67. She was born in Stettin, Pomerania, | as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, and came to power ... |
Kiribati | ... ublic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, | , South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia ... |
North Korea | ... n of Russian Altai and Mongolia in Inner Asia; and the Russian Far East and | in Northeast Asia |
Libya | ... basins, establishing Greek city states in Sicily, southern Italy, northern | , eastern Spain, the south of France, and the Black Sea coasts. Greeks fou ... |
Britain | ... rgest atoll in the world in terms of land area. The islands were annexed by | in 1888 with a view to laying the Pacific cable with Tabuaeran (then Fanni ... |
Turkmenistan | ... rrigation project was completed to divert water from the Amu Darya River in | eastward into Uzbekistan in order to irrigate the land surrounding Qarshi. ... |
Norway | ... ernment monopolies in place for selling spirits, wine and stronger beers in | (Vinmonopolet), Sweden (Systembolaget), Iceland (Vínbúðin) and Finland (Al ... |
Japan | ... he 17th century. Koi, on the other hand, were developed from common carp in | in the 1820s. Koi are domesticated common carp (Cyprinus carpio) that are ... |
Israel | ... lso written by Ben Hecht, to help promote the creation of a Jewish state in | . Directed by Stella Adler's brother and acted alongside Marlon Brando. Te ... |
Confederate | ... e killed on their way to Mexico during the Civil War. They were attacked by | forces near Brackettville on August 10, 1862. The bodies were not buried a ... |
Greenland | Islands include Newfoundland (including hundreds of surrounding islands), | , Iceland, Faroe Islands, Great Britain (including numerous surrounding is ... |
Indonesia | ... million years ago, many species and ecosystems have evolved independently. | 's 17,000 islands cover contain 10% of the world's flowering plants, 12% o ... |
Soviet Union | In 1963, Nkrumah was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the | . Ghana became a charter member of the Organization of African Unity in 19 ... |
Sweden | ... SekvensKalkylator, Swedish for "Binary Electronic Sequence Calculator") was | 's first electronic computer, using vacuum tubes instead of relays. It was ... |
Switzerland | ... ment declined to make him a full professor, and in 1796 Zschokke settled in | , where he conducted an educational institution in the castle of Reichenau ... |
Russian Empire | ... Yerevan was transformed from a town of a few thousand residents within the | , to Armenia's principal cultural, artistic, and industrial center, as wel ... |
Colombia | ... the Negro River, the Amazon is called Solimões in Brazil; however, in Peru, | and Ecuador, as well as the rest of the Spanish-speaking world, the river ... |
Sweden | Its common name in | is kålrot (literally "cabbage root"), similarly in Denmark it is known as ... |
Egypt | ... d is one of the oldest extant bodies of historical personages known outside | |
Kazakhstan | ... nian and those from the three Slavic states in the Soviet Union. As of now, | have the largest Slavic minority population, with all if not most, being R ... |
Azores | ... attacked in Gouvea, Alentejo, Olivença, Santarém, and other places. In the | and the island of Madeira, mobs massacred former Jews. Because of these ex ... |
Duchy of Benevento | ... tories between his brother's kingdoms, stretching from the North Sea to the | . The logic of the division was that Lothair had the allegiance of Italy, ... |
Brazil | ... stead continuing to calculate mail rates based on distance to be delivered. | issued the Bull’s Eye stamp on 1 August 1843. Using the same printer as fo ... |
Japan | ... ism also deeply influenced and were expounded upon by scholars in Korea and | |
Slovenia | ... , the Eastern European "Vilnius ten" countries, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, | , Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, —all now members of the EU—, Albania, Croat ... |
French | ... for the novel Frankenstein. Vladimir Lenin rented a little "chalet" at the | bank, near Geneva. Actor Charlie Chaplin spent his final years and passed ... |
Brazil | ... adeira, with the wine's popularity extending from the American colonies and | in the New World to Great Britain, Russia and Northern Africa. The America ... |
Russia | Scouts in the | n oblast of Magadan have a relationship with the Great Alaska Council |
United Kingdom | ... h.org.uk - 98611.jpg|Saint Mary and Saint Abraam Church, Brighton and Hove, | File:HeatonMoorRd4496.JPG|Saint Mary & Saint Mina Church, Heaton Moor, Uni ... |
Northern Ireland | ... 1884. The game is still regulated by the GAA in the Republic of Ireland and | . In Great Britain it is regulated by the National Rounders Association (N ... |
Ostrogothic Kingdom | After the fall of the Roman Empire, the city passed into the hands of the | of Italy and then the Byzantine Empire. During this period the inhabitants ... |
Soviet Union | ... ring the 20th century as Armenia became one of the fifteen republics in the | . In fifty years, Yerevan was transformed from a town of a few thousand re ... |
Brazil | ... , above the confluence of the Negro River, the Amazon is called Solimões in | ; however, in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, as well as the rest of the Spani ... |
Zimbabwe | ... ilm has been used as an advocacy tool in post-conflict zones like Sudan and | , mobilizing African women to petition for peace and security |
Jordan | ... es. In some relatively secular Muslim-majority countries such as Indonesia, | and Turkey, this is not the case |
People's Republic of Poland | ... om Poland as the Soviet Red Army advanced, which led to the creation of the | |
Soviet Union | ... so being Russian or Ukrainian and those from the three Slavic states in the | . As of now, Kazakhstan have the largest Slavic minority population, with ... |
Nauru | Internationally, Our Airline, the national airline of | , also provides a weekly service on behalf of Air Kiribati from Tarawa to ... |
Austria | ... ch people. The first attempt to crush the French Republic came in 1793 when | , the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Kingdom of Naples, Prussia, Spain and the K ... |
Sri Lanka | ... hanushkodi was a flourishing tourist and pilgrimage town. Since Ceylon (now | ) is just away, there were many ferry services between Dhanushkodi and Tal ... |
Slovakia | ... ment of Austro-Hungarian high nobility and also in their ancestral lands in | and in Germany. The Koháry descended from an immensely wealthy Upper Hunga ... |
England | ... James I of England, and so brought under his personal rule the Kingdoms of | (and the dominion of Wales), Ireland and Scotland. On 20 October 1604 King ... |
Canadian | Catriona Ann Le May Doan, OC (born December 23, 1970) is a | speed skater and a double Olympic champion in the 500 m. The proper pronun ... |
Uruguay | ... urn its attention to its southern frontiers. Another civil war had begun in | turning its political parties against each other. The internal conflict le ... |
New Zealand | ... rutabaga in many Commonwealth Nations, including England, Wales, Australia, | . The name turnip is also used in parts of Northern and Midland England, O ... |
Germany | ... stern Netherlands (Achterhoek region), situated directly at the border with | . Since 1 January 2005, Dinxperlo is a part of the municipality of Aalten |
Emirate of Bari | For 20 years, Bari was the center of the | ; the city was captured by its first emir Kalfun in 847, who had been part ... |
United Kingdom | defence of Bermuda is the responsibility of the | Adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000 |
Sweden | Roxen is a medium-sized lake in south central | , east of lake Vättern, part of the waterpath Motala ström and the Göta Ca ... |
Egypt | ... from Petra the tide seems again to have branched out in every direction, to | , Palestine, and Syria, through Arsinoe, Gaza, Tyre, Jerusalem, and Damasc ... |
Switzerland | ... gest lakes in Western Europe. 59.53 % of it comes under the jurisdiction of | (cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Valais), and 40.47 % under France (Haute-Sav ... |
United Kingdom | At its peak, the Electron was the third best selling micro in the | , and total lifetime game sales for the Electron exceeded those of the BBC ... |
People's Republic of China | Mao Zedong, chairman of the | , was reviled for his persecution of intellectuals. On being compared to t ... |
Netherlands | Moerdijk is a municipality and a town in the South of the | , in the province of North Brabant |
Canada | ... lford, Sr. and Ambrose Blacklock all of whom made their mark politically in | . Malcolm H. Wright was also born in Dumfries, father of Sophie B. Wright ... |
Russia | ... ng from the American colonies and Brazil in the New World to Great Britain, | and Northern Africa. The American colonies, in particular, were enthusiast ... |
Bahrain | ... sula was close enough to the Dilmun civilization (ca. 4000 to 2000 B.C.) in | to have felt its influence |
Lithuania | Later, the Eastern European "Vilnius ten" countries, Estonia, Latvia, | , Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, —all now members of the EU—, Alba ... |
Netherlands | in the southern | , in the province of North Brabant. Schijndel is located approximately fou ... |
Netherlands | is a municipality and a city in the eastern | . It is also a (historical) county; with the Dutch Monarch still holding t ... |
Switzerland | Lake Geneva or Lake Léman (, ) is a lake in | and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. 59.53 % of i ... |
Japan | ... d, India, Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, | , Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, La ... |
Netherlands | ... municipality and eponymous village in the province of North Brabant in the | . Including the villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Neerkant, and Helenaveen, D ... |
Swedish | ... mden occurred along the banks of the Delaware River where the Dutch and the | vied for control of the local fur trade. Europeans continued to settle in ... |
Tunisia | ... 4 million of Maghrebi origin (20% of Algerian origin and 15% of Moroccan or | n origin). Immigrants aged 18–50 count for 2.7 millions (10% of population ... |
France | Lake Geneva or Lake Léman (, ) is a lake in Switzerland and | . It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe. 59.53 % of it comes un ... |
Bermuda | defence of | is the responsibility of the United Kingdo |
United Kingdom | File:HeatonMoorRd4496.JPG|Saint Mary & Saint Mina Church, Heaton Moor, | File:HeatonMoorRd4499.JPG|Saint Mary & Saint Mina Church, Heaton Moor, Uni ... |
Egypt | ... its sovereignty, and Zula with the neighbouring coast passed, nominally, to | in 1866. Zula was the place where the British expedition of 1867 – 1868 ag ... |
Algeria | ... llion are of European origin and about 4 million of Maghrebi origin (20% of | n origin and 15% of Moroccan or Tunisian origin). Immigrants aged 18–50 co ... |
Dutch | ... is well known as the site of numerous shipwrecks, the most famous being the | ships Batavia, which was wrecked in 1629, and Zeewijk, wrecked in 1727 |
Yemen | ... Persian Gulf, from Hadhramaut on the ocean, and even from Sabea (Sheba) or | , appear to have pointed to Petra as a common centre; and from Petra the t ... |
Russia | ... oslof and Buldir islands in the United States, and the Commander Islands in | . On these islands, it shares some of the same cliff habitat as the Black- ... |
Dutch | ... present-day Camden occurred along the banks of the Delaware River where the | and the Swedish vied for control of the local fur trade. Europeans continu ... |
Netherlands | Maasdonk is a municipality in the southern | |
Soviet | ... ns leading to the Madrid Conference of 1991, which, under United States and | sponsorship, brought together all parties in the region, including for the ... |
Canada | ... ats of the 4 x 100 metres relay team that eventually finished second behind | . He qualified for his first major international tournament in 1997, and w ... |
Japan | ... e West Coast of North America and Central America, some extending west into | ese and Russian waters |
United Kingdom | ... developed. Ghost koi developed in the 1980s have become very popular in the | ; they are a hybrid of wild carp and Ogon koi, and are distinguished by th ... |
Russia | ... of North America and Central America, some extending west into Japanese and | n waters |
Bulgaria | ... milian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, was the ruler of | from 1887 to 1918, first as knyaz (prince regnant, 1887–1908) and later as ... |
Netherlands | Mill en Sint Hubert is a municipality in the southern | |
Netherlands | Loenen is a former municipality in the | , in the province of Utrecht. It was in the Vechtstreek area. On January 1 ... |
New Zealand | ... d kiwifruit has long been regularly used as a garnish atop whipped cream on | 's national dessert, the pavlova. It can also be used in curry |
Netherlands | Dinxperlo is a town and former municipality (7442 habitants) in the eastern | (Achterhoek region), situated directly at the border with Germany. Since 1 ... |
United Kingdom | ... the democratic process of their country through voting at elections. In the | , many voters consider 'Prime Minister's Questions', a weekly ritual invol ... |
Sri Lanka | Dhanushkodi has the only land border between India and | which is one of the smallest in the world-just 50 yards in length on a sho ... |
Democratic Republic of Armenia | ... e of the Ararat plain. After World War I, Yerevan became the capital of the | as thousands of survivors of the Armenian Genocide settled in the area. Th ... |
Emirate of Bukhara | ... the Islamic Uzbek (Turkic) city of Nasaf, Qarshi was the second city of the | . It is in the center of a fertile oasis that produces wheat, cotton, and ... |
Tanzania | ... countries unsuccessfully attempted to retrain the DRC Army. North Korea and | also provided assistance with training. During the first year of the war t ... |
Namibia | ... ting films for documentarians D.A. Pennebaker followed by John Marshall, in | . McElwee started filming and producing his own documentaries in 1976 |
France | ... nial action in various states, provoking the anger of the United States and | . Ben Barka himself led what was called the Commission on Neocolonialism o ... |
British | ... me of Königsberg. The city centre of Kaliningrad was completely rebuilt, as | bombs in 1944 and the Soviet siege in 1945 had left it in nothing but ruin ... |
Latvia | Later, the Eastern European "Vilnius ten" countries, Estonia, | , Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, —all now members of th ... |
Mexico | ... io Grande, directly north and across the border from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, | . Brownsville is the 16th largest city in the state of Texas with a popula ... |
Kuwait | ... they lost to the Ottomans. In the 1732, the Bani Utbah tribe migrated from | to Qatar's northwest coast and founded Zubarah. After this migration, the ... |
Netherlands | Asten is a municipality and a town in the southern | |
Vietnam | ... Outside of Europe and North Africa, the highest rate of immigration is from | , Cambodia and Senegal |
Bangladesh | ... abandoned three-month old girl needing medical treatment to the U.S. from a | i orphanage run by . The McCains decided to adopt her and named her Bridge ... |
Prussia | It was created in 1815, when | reorganised its internal administration. In 1972 the Regierungsbezirk Aach ... |
Austria | ... n. This changed in 1938, when two opportunities arose with the Anschluss of | in March and the occupation of the Sudetenland in October. A battalion of ... |
Japan | ... /or to permit rationalization of industry structure and excess capacity. In | for example, such arrangements have been permitted in the steel, aluminum ... |
Uganda | ... ickly, with many new small businesses established by Rwandan returnees from | , Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Kazakhstan | ... esia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, | , Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, ... |
Scotland | ... irst of the Pleistocene Ice Ages. The ice created a dam from Scandinavia to | , and the Rhine, combined with the Thames and drainage from much of north ... |
Germany | Hulst is twinned with Michelstadt, | |
United Kingdom | ... and Shenouda Coulsdon 045.jpg|Saint Mary & Saint Shenouda Church, Coulsdon, | File:St Mary and St Abraham Coptic Orthodox Church - geograph.org.uk - 986 ... |
Fiji | Neither the Phoenix nor Line Islands are served by the domestic carriers. | 's national carrier Air Pacific provides an international service to Cassi ... |
Syria | ... ems again to have branched out in every direction, to Egypt, Palestine, and | , through Arsinoe, Gaza, Tyre, Jerusalem, and Damascus, and by other route ... |
Denmark | ... nd, SAABs räkneautomat SARA, "SAAB's calculating machine", and DASK made in | |
Paraguay | ... gest natural wetlands is the Pantanal, which straddles Brazil, Bolivia, and | in South America |
Georgia | ... people existed in the Caucasus region, in areas such as the North Caucasus, | , and Azerbaijan. In 1941 Joseph Stalin ordered all inhabitants with a Ger ... |
Japan | ... hich reduces their income taxes in times of inflation. LIFO is only used in | and the U.S |
British | Lionhead Studios is a | video game developer, formerly led by Peter Molyneux. It was acquired by M ... |
Micronesia | ... lgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, | , Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, Palau, Poland, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Si ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... ntinuously as rangeland for nomadic tribes from Najd and Al Hasa regions in | , with seasonal encampments around sources of water. In addition, fishing ... |
Soviet Union | ... hed and existed from 1918 to 1939. It was destroyed by Nazi Germany and the | by their Invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II. Millions of ... |
Afghanistan | ... h-southwest of Tashkent, and about 335 km north of Uzbekistan's border with | . It is located at latitude 38° 51' 48N; longitude 65° 47' 52E at an altit ... |
Portugal | ... head projecting forward from the bows below the level of the forecastle. In | at least, carracks were usually very large ships for their time (often ove ... |
Colombia | has a series of major river systems in | , Ecuador and Peru, some of which flow into the Marañón and Ucayali, other ... |
Swiss | ... Dunant (May 8, 1828 – October 30, 1910), also known as Henry Dunant, was a | businessman and social activist. During a business trip in 1859, he was wi ... |
Sweden | ... professional soccer team to play in Europe, which it did during its tour of | in 1919. The team also won the National Challenge Cup, now called the Lama ... |
English | James Brindley (1716 – 27 September 1772) was an | engineer. He was born in Tunstead, Derbyshire, and lived much of his life ... |
Portugal | ... the Gulf of St. Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to | , as well as in the high Arctic islands. In the winter, the range extends ... |
Brazil | Boi-tatá is the | ian equivalent of the will-o'-the-wisp. Regionally it is called Boitatá, B ... |
Netherlands | Hengelo is a town in the eastern part of The | , province of Gelderland. The, very rural, area it situated in is known as ... |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | In December 2006, the Premier of the | completed an official visit to The Gambia in part to pay respects to Presi ... |
Bolivia | ... e world's largest natural wetlands is the Pantanal, which straddles Brazil, | , and Paraguay in South America |
Chile | Deicide has been banned from playing in several venues (such as Valparaiso, | over a promotional poster featuring Jesus Christ with a bullet hole in his ... |
Soviet Union | ... with the IPO in the spring of 1990 for their first-ever performance in the | , with concerts in Moscow and Leningrad, and toured with the IPO again in ... |
Estonia | Later, the Eastern European "Vilnius ten" countries, | , Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, —all now membe ... |
Spain | ... Conn to a standstill before escaping by sea to Beare Island, and thence to | . Conn restored Conaire and Mac Niad to their kingdoms and withdrew |
German | | law allows persons of German descent living anywhere in the world the righ ... |
Austria | In 1778, Jan Ingenhousz, court physician to the | n Empress, repeated Priestley's experiments. He discovered that it was the ... |
Dutch | Zelhem is a village in the | province of Gelderland. It has approximately 11.000 inhabitants. Zelhem is ... |
Soviet Union | ... H&D 10". The H&D system was officially accepted as a standard in the former | from 1928 until September 1951, when it was superseded by GOST 2817-50 |
Slovakia | ... Slovakian) noble family, who held the princely lands of Čabraď and Sitno in | , among others. The family's property was augmented by Clémentine of Orléa ... |
Indonesia | ... ity countries. In some relatively secular Muslim-majority countries such as | , Jordan and Turkey, this is not the case |
India | ... p of the Rameswaram island, at the eastern coast of the Tamil Nadu state of | |
Cuba | ... e in 1965. The Tricontinental Conference was succeeded organisation such as | 's Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin Am ... |
Egypt | | has long been the cultural and informational centre of the Arab world, and ... |
Netherlands | is a municipality and a town in the eastern | . The town has two rivers inside its borders, the Rhine and the IJssel. It ... |
Prussia | ... and 1878–1945, the Province of East Prussia was part of the German state of | . The capital city was |
Norway | ... rally "cabbage root"), similarly in Denmark it is known as kålroe, while in | it has usurped the name of kålrabi in addition to being known as kålrot. T ... |
United Kingdom | ... of former President Jawara's tenure. It maintained close relations with the | , Senegal, and other African countries. The July 1994 coup strained The Ga ... |
Netherlands | Steenderen is a former municipality and a town in the eastern | |
Cuba | ... 90-2007, there were 23 physicians per 100,000 persons. Since the arrival of | n doctors, the infant mortality rate has decreased significantly |
Madagascar | ... millions of insects, about half of which occur nowhere else. The island of | , particularly the unique Madagascar dry deciduous forests and lowland rai ... |
Tamil Nadu | ... e at the southern tip of the Rameswaram island, at the eastern coast of the | state of India |
Dutch | Gendringen is a village in the | province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Oude IJsselst ... |
Czech Republic | ... eaders of Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Denmark and the | showed support for the US, saying that Saddam should not be allowed to vio ... |
Pakistan | ... eneral of India, announced the partitioning of British India into India and | . With the speedy passage through the British Parliament of the Indian Ind ... |
Russia | ... the Netherlands after the war, spurred by the 1917 Bolshevik revolution in | . Socialist leader Pieter Jelles Troelstra wanted to abolish the existing ... |
Japan | ... ack as the fifth century in China. Common carp were first bred for color in | in the 1820s, initially in the town of Ojiya in the Niigata prefecture on ... |
El Salvador | ... northern ranges, such as Mexico, appear orange. Juvenile Green Iguanas from | are often bright blue as babies, however they lose this color as they get ... |
German | Cologne is one of the five governmental districts of the | Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the south-west o ... |
Poland | ... LOT S.A. (, Flight), trading as LOT Polish Airlines, is the flag carrier of | . Based in Warsaw, LOT was established in 1929, making it one of the world ... |
Mexico | ... s secession from the Union. The German settlers were killed on their way to | during the Civil War. They were attacked by Confederate forces near Bracke ... |
Rwanda | ... h training. During the first year of the war the Allied forces defeated the | n force which had landed in Bas-Congo and the rebel forces south-west of K ... |
United Kingdom | ... lso depicted the denomination of the postage and, with the exception of the | , depicted the name of the country from which it was issued. Nearly all ea ... |
Greenland | ... southeast Alaska, and in the Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence through | and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic i ... |
Scotland | In 1834 Arago again visited | , to attend the meeting of the British Association at Edinburgh. From this ... |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... l businesses established by Rwandan returnees from Uganda, Burundi, and the | |
Eritrea | Zula is a small town in central | . It is situated near the head of Annesley Bay (also known as the Bay of Z ... |
India | ... p large (112 gal/423 l) casks of wine known as "pipes" for their voyages to | . The intense heat and constant movement of the ships had a transforming e ... |
Senegal | ... North Africa, the highest rate of immigration is from Vietnam, Cambodia and | |
Poland | ... by Venice from Dalmatia, the Holy Roman Empire from what is now Prussia and | , and the Byzantines from elsewhere in the Balkans, and were generally des ... |
Netherlands | Margraten is a former municipality and a town in the southeastern | |
Mongolia | ... ugh the fragmented China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and | . The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known f ... |
Second Polish Republic | The | was established and existed from 1918 to 1939. It was destroyed by Nazi Ge ... |
Iceland | ... nclude Newfoundland (including hundreds of surrounding islands), Greenland, | , Faroe Islands, Great Britain (including numerous surrounding islands), I ... |
Macau | ... d the Ming Dynasty during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor. The handover of | (Macao) to Portugal in 1557 by the Emperor of China (as a reward for servi ... |
The Gambia | | followed a formal policy of non-alignment throughout most of former Presid ... |
Malaysia | ... reach Zengmu Ansha (James Shoal), which would form a maritime frontier with | |
Denmark | ... signed by the leaders of Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, | and the Czech Republic showed support for the US, saying that Saddam shoul ... |
Jordan | ... a, Indonesia, Iran, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, | , Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latv ... |
Cuba | ... sa and Mayaimi tribes with the aid of the Spanish who moved many of them to | , where the tribes' populations were soon decimated by disease. The Semino ... |
Germany | ... rornithiform Baptornis. A supposed mid-Eocene diver fossil form Geiseltal ( | ) was erroneously assigned to Gavia |
India | ... Governor-General of India, announced the partitioning of British India into | and Pakistan. With the speedy passage through the British Parliament of th ... |
Italian | The authority of Egypt having lapsed over Zula, an | protectorate was proclaimed in 1888, and in 1890 the town was incorporated ... |
Uzbekistan | Avicenna was born c. 980 near Bukhara (in present-day | ), the capital of the Samanids, a Persian dynasty in Central Asia and Grea ... |
Canadian | ... orld's 33rd largest freshwater lake. It is in central North America, in the | province of Manitoba, which is named after the lake. It is located about 7 ... |
Prussia | ... ly captured by Venice from Dalmatia, the Holy Roman Empire from what is now | and Poland, and the Byzantines from elsewhere in the Balkans, and were gen ... |
Netherlands | Simpelveld is a municipality and a town in the southeastern | |
Dutch | ... ng historical record, the first sighting of the Houtman Abrolhos was by the | VOC ships Dordrecht and Amsterdam in 1619, only three years after Dirk Har ... |
Spain | Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, who was born in Seville, | , became closely associated with the Palmar de Troya movement, which had i ... |
Ecuador | ... er, the Amazon is called Solimões in Brazil; however, in Peru, Colombia and | , as well as the rest of the Spanish-speaking world, the river is generall ... |
Austrian | ... French army, commanded by Emperor Napoleon I, decisively defeated a Russo- | army, commanded by Tsar Alexander I and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, aft ... |
British | ... mple anchorage for the largest ocean-going vessels. A road was built by the | from Zula to Senafe in the Ethiopian Highlands |
Poland | ... pers and signed by the leaders of Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, | , Denmark and the Czech Republic showed support for the US, saying that Sa ... |
Soviet Union | ... d scale defined in GOST 2817-45 and GOST 2817-50. It was used in the former | since October 1951, replacing (H&D) numbers, which had been used since 192 ... |
Denmark | ... ts common name in Sweden is kålrot (literally "cabbage root"), similarly in | it is known as kålroe, while in Norway it has usurped the name of kålrabi ... |
Alsace-Lorraine | ... -speaking part of Lorraine was merged with Alsace to become the province of | in the German Empire. Today the greater part of the French side of the Fra ... |
Dutch | Susteren is a city in the | province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Echt-Susteren, a ... |
Aruba | ... ish in color with bold black markings. On islands such as Bonaire, Curaçao, | , and Grenada, a Green Iguana's color may range from green to lavender, bl ... |
Burundi | ... ith many new small businesses established by Rwandan returnees from Uganda, | , and the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Germany | ... separate Western and Eastern Frankish kingdoms (later to become France and | respectively), only entrenched this newly landed warrior class. This was b ... |
Brazil | ... e world, the majority are forest areas and most are located in the tropics. | 's Atlantic Forest is considered one such hotspot, containing roughly 20,0 ... |
Egypt | ... he eleven years since Peter III's reported death wandering abroad as far as | or Constantinople |
Brazil | ... Contemporaneously Fanmi Lavalas in Haiti, the Landless Workers' Movement in | , and in South Africa are three organizations that make use of liberation ... |
Syria | ... e 1970s saw an initial increase in violence in the Middle East as Egypt and | declared war on Israel, but in the late 1970s, the situation in the Middle ... |
Ethiopia | ... aising millions for famine victims in several African nations, particularly | |
Italy | ... ated in the Mediterranean Sea, approximately 93 kilometres south of Sicily, | , and nearly 300 km north (Libya) and northeast (Tunisia) of Africa. Altho ... |
Italy | ... a, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, | , Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, ... |
French | ... d by OAO Avtoframos, a 38%-62% joint venture between the City of Moscow and | automaker Renault SA. In 2005, Avtoframos commenced assembly of Renault Lo ... |
Greece | ... changed Calumet's name to Laurium, after the famous mining town in ancient | . Laurium is located in the center of the Copper Country, the first major ... |
Japan | | and the Kingdom of Tonga have maintained official diplomatic relations sin ... |
Scotland | ... ill and living in Ealing. Merton went to see him and together they left for | , where a friend had offered his house for Owen to recover in. Shortly aft ... |
People's Republic of China | ... he Great Game" to describe relations between the United States, Russia, the | and other nations such as Pakistan and Turkey, over influence with the Cen ... |
Haiti | ... ritories (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, and former colony | ) and Sub-Saharan Africa (especially Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, and ). France ha ... |
Kingdom of Ireland | ... capital in varying geopolitical entities: Lordship of Ireland (1171–1541), | (1541–1800), island as part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire ... |
Russia | KAvZ (, Kurgansky Avtobusny Zavod) is a bus manufacturer in Kurgan, | . The factory started producing buses in 1958, based on trucks from GAZ. D ... |
Philippines | ... ted, and several discoveries made. The expedition returned by the Marianas, | , New Caledonia and the Hawaiian Islands, reaching Kronstadt on July 10, 1 ... |
Kuwait | ... a solid white keffiyeh–different from the checkered one he adopted later in | , which was to become his emblem |
Italian | ... the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia, close to the Austrian and | borders |
Sicily | ... Durum wheat pasta was introduced by Libyian Arabs during their conquest of | in the late 7th century The 9th century Arab physician Isho bar Ali define ... |
United Kingdom | ... an Empire which guaranteed Swiss sovereignty, was taken as a pretext by the | to break the peace of Amiens and declared war on France on 18 May 1803. Th ... |
Bolivia | ... nied by an award-winning sepia coloured video set in a rural village in the | n Altiplano and directed by Gerard de Thame. The track was covered by Liza ... |
Federated States of Micronesia | ... ia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, | , Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, N ... |
Finland | ... r spread to the other Scandinavian countries; first Sweden, then Norway and | |
Egypt | The 1970s saw an initial increase in violence in the Middle East as | and Syria declared war on Israel, but in the late 1970s, the situation in ... |
Russia | ... xpression "the Great Game" to describe relations between the United States, | , the People's Republic of China and other nations such as Pakistan and Tu ... |
Albania | ... , Russia, Greece and Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Macedonia, | , Syria, Central Asia, southern India, the Caucasus region and Turkey. It ... |
Mexico | ... sión," and "Prisioneros de la Piel" made them stars in Chile, Argentina and | , especially after the release of La Ley, their second recording (1992). A ... |
Belgian | SWIFT is a cooperative society under | law and it is owned by its member financial institutions. SWIFT has office ... |
Pakistan | ... ed States, Russia, the People's Republic of China and other nations such as | and Turkey, over influence with the Central Asian republics and access to ... |
Israel | ... increase in violence in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria declared war on | , but in the late 1970s, the situation in the Middle East was fundamentall ... |
Egypt | ... t. Anthony's Monastery 2006.jpg|Monastery of Saint Anthony, Eastern Desert, | File:MonasteroAntonio2.jpg|Monastery of Saint Anthony, Eastern Desert, Egy ... |
Netherlands | ... with several countries, including: the United States of America (2002); the | (2007); Denmark, the Faroes, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Sweden and Norwa ... |
Kuwait | ... dor, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, | , Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United States a ... |
Cape Verde | ... ores, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Madeira, Bermuda, Canary Islands, Caribbean, | , São Tomé and Príncipe, Annobón Province, Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atol ... |
Chile | ... chodytes (Lance Formation, Wyoming) and Neogaeornis (Quinriquina Formation, | ) have been described; both are usually allied with orders which are consi ... |
Canada | ... ster of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for | , charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of ... |
Brazil | ... uguese: Reitor) is used to refer to the highest official of universities in | . Each faculty is headed by a director, who is under the authority of the ... |
imperial period | ... ly modern writings in part because æ was reduced to the simple vowel in the | . In some medieval scripts, the ligature was simplified to ę, small letter ... |
Wassoulou Empire | ... bjugating kingdom after kingdom. With the fall of Samory Ture's new-founded | in 1898 and the Ashanti queen Yaa Asantewaa in 1902, most West African mil ... |
Vietnam | ... by vegetation may act as fire corridors. Annual grassland fires in southern | can be attributed in part to the destruction of forested areas by US milit ... |
Moldova | ... all Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, | , Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherland ... |
Japan | ... il, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, | , Jerusalem, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Thailan ... |
United Kingdom | Billerica is a sister city of Billericay, England, | |
Haiti | ... ance lose most of its colonial empire. By the beginning of the 19th century | had won its independence, the Louisiana Territory had been sold to the Uni ... |
Tanzania | ... pta," which was probably located in the delta of the Rufiji River in modern | |
Kenya | ... a, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, | , Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United ... |
Sudan | In the past, and presently in some parts of the world (such as southern | ), kidnapping is a common means used to obtain slaves and money through ra ... |
Northern Ireland | ... census. The township is named after the town of Strabane in County Tyrone, | . The township borders the borough of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania to the nort ... |
Colombia | A million | n refugees have left Colombia since 1965 to escape the country's violence ... |
Syria | ... Greece and Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Macedonia, Albania, | , Central Asia, southern India, the Caucasus region and Turkey. It is also ... |
Spain | The first Japanese ambassadors to a Western country traveled to | in 1613. All five converted to Christianity and were promptly executed upo ... |
Salvadoran | In El Salvador, Helms had close ties with the right-wing | Nationalist Republican Alliance and its leader and death squad founder Rob ... |
Bavarian Soviet Republic | Munich became a hotbed of extremism: the 1919 | and the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch involving Erich Ludendorff and Adolf Hitler ... |
Elsaß-Lothringen | ... e and the annexed territories of Lorraine, became part of the Reichsland of | . The area of the Vosges department was thus reduced to its current 5,874 ... |
Poland | ... nce, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, | , Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United States and Vatican City |
Canada | ... irst stuffing their mouths with grass before leaving them to die. In Arctic | the Inuit exposed their babies on the ice and left to die |
Italian | Giovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi (May 1, 1908 – July 22, 1968) was an | journalist, cartoonist and humorist whose most famous creation is the prie ... |
Monaco | ... ds, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, | , Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Z ... |
Tunisia | ... uated in Europe, it is located farther south than African Tunis, capital of | , Algiers, capital of Algeria, Tangier in Morocco and also Aleppo in Syria ... |
Russia | The Kola Norwegians were Norwegians who settled along the coastline of the | n Kola Peninsula from approximately 1850 to the closure of the border in t ... |
Canada | The Special Investigations Unit of Ontario, | , is one of only a few civilian agencies around the world responsible for ... |
Iraq | ... as the "Kidnapping Capital of the World." As of 2007, that title belongs to | with possibly 1,500 foreigners kidnapped. In 2004, it was Mexico, and in 2 ... |
Italy | ... y. The first recognizable reference to modern versions of pasta products in | dates to the 13th or 14th century. Pasta has taken on a variety of shapes, ... |
Martinique | ... come from both the French overseas territories (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, | , Réunion, and former colony Haiti) and Sub-Saharan Africa (especially Cot ... |
Denmark | ... ies, including: the United States of America (2002); the Netherlands (2007) | ;, the Faroes, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway (2008); the ... |
Russia | ... ld, with a total installed wind power capacity of 41.8 GW. In January 2011, | began scheduled oil shipments to China, pumping 300,000 barrels of oil per ... |
Nepal | ... pt, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, Kuwait, | , Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United States and Vati ... |
Prussia | ... ty (German: Rhein-Universität) was then founded on October 18, 1818, by the | n king Frederick William III. It was the sixth Prussian University, founde ... |
Second French Empire | ... , duc de Persigny (January 11, 1808 – January 12, 1872) was a French of the | |
Soviet Union | ... gnised by El Salvador (3 March 1934) and the Dominican Republic (1934), the | (de facto 23 March 1935; de jure 13 April 1941), Italy (29 November 1937), ... |
Chile | ... s," "Tejedores de Ilusión," and "Prisioneros de la Piel" made them stars in | , Argentina and Mexico, especially after the release of La Ley, their seco ... |
Andorra | ... rence to Escriva's escape from the Republican zone through the mountains of | during the Spanish Civil War.* In the 1997 novel The Genesis Code by John ... |
Mexico | ... for villages in the U.S. state of Illinois, or the municipal presidents of | 's municipalities. Perhaps the best known sub-national presidents are the ... |
Mexico | ... e belongs to Iraq with possibly 1,500 foreigners kidnapped. In 2004, it was | , and in 2001, it was . Statistics are harder to come by. Reports suggest ... |
Canada | ... a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, | with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral ... |
Cyprus | ... the legitimacy of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on the island of | ; and the Macedonia naming dispute with the small Balkan country which sha ... |
Sweden | In | , Rednex rose to stardom combining country music with electro-pop in the 1 ... |
Kievan Rus' | ... s tend to agree with the Primary Chronicle that these Scandinavians founded | in the 880s and gave their name to the land. Many Slavic scholars are oppo ... |
Roman Republic | ... descendants held this possession, off and on, until it was conquered by the | at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC |
Cuba | ... volution and the introduction of communism, over a million people have left | |
Hong Kong | In | , any allegations of corruption within the police will be investigated by ... |
Canadian | Pictou County is a county in the | province of Nova Scotia. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a pa ... |
Pakistan | ... , Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh condemned the killing of Osama bin Laden in | by the United States. Haniyeh praised Bin Laden, the founder of the jihadi ... |
Finland | ... ited States of America (2002); the Netherlands (2007); Denmark, the Faroes, | , Greenland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway (2008); the United Kingdom, France ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... ia, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, | , Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United States and Vatican City |
Algeria | ... Asia, southern India, the Caucasus region and Turkey. It is also popular in | and on the central Mediterranean islands of Malta |
Malta | | introduced its first allotment gardens in April, 2011. The scheme, which i ... |
Nicaragua | ... esse, Japan's Chiba Prefecture, Mexico's Jalisco, China's Heilongjiang, and | |
Tanzania | ... Iran, Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, | , Thailand, Turkey, United States and Vatican City |
Lordship of Ireland | ... y, the city has functioned as the capital in varying geopolitical entities: | (1171–1541), Kingdom of Ireland (1541–1800), island as part of the United ... |
British | ... merican veterans of the American Civil War who plotted to free Ireland from | rule by striking at the United Kingdom's colonies that lay within easy str ... |
Vietnam | ... ends from Guangzhou port, located in Southern China, to present day coastal | , southern Cambodia, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Burma, Indi ... |
France | ... rom the Walt Disney Company for producing and distributing Disney comics in | |
Vatican City | ... Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United States and | |
Carthage | ... 439 when he invaded the province of Africa Proconsularis and laid siege to | . The city was captured without a fight; the Vandals entered the city whil ... |
France | ... Auvergnat dialect of the Occitan language) is a department in the centre of | named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme |
English | ... olk, KG, Earl Marshal (b. between 1421 and 1430 – d. 22 August 1485) was an | nobleman, soldier, and the first Howard Duke of Norfolk. He was a close fr ... |
Algeria | ... d farther south than African Tunis, capital of Tunisia, Algiers, capital of | , Tangier in Morocco and also Aleppo in Syria, and Mosul in Iraq in the Mi ... |
French Guiana | ... ench society. Black people come from both the French overseas territories ( | , Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, and former colony Haiti) and Sub-Sahara ... |
West Francia | ... ons with Byzantium. He was called imperator Italiae ("emperor of Italy") in | while the Byzantines called him Basileus Phrangias ("Emperor of the Franks ... |
Albania | | maintains the 'yellow line' system hailing from its Socialist Regime - lim ... |
Kazakhstan | ... nimal in the world, with five nations—Albania, Germany, Austria, Mexico and | —making it the national animal. It is also a common motif in the national ... |
Austria | ... inka River in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia, close to the | n and Italian borders |
Iceland | ... ca (2002); the Netherlands (2007); Denmark, the Faroes, Finland, Greenland, | , Sweden and Norway (2008); the United Kingdom, France, Australia and New ... |
Japan | Instant noodles were invented by Momofuku Ando and first marketed in | in 1958. According to Ando's method, a bundle of fresh noodles are flash-f ... |
Sicily | ... glish army back to England after Richard's departure from Palestine, but in | he heard of the king's capture, and diverted to Germany. He, along with Wi ... |
Hungary | ... r threat of punishment by the local German leadership from Croatia, Serbia, | and Romania and used on anti-partisan operations in the Balkans. Himmler a ... |
Luxembourg | ... n of finance to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), headquartered in | |
Greenland | ... es of America (2002); the Netherlands (2007); Denmark, the Faroes, Finland, | , Iceland, Sweden and Norway (2008); the United Kingdom, France, Australia ... |
Fiji | ... of Sir Moti Tikaram, who was the first Lord Chief Justice of an independent | and the world's longest-serving national ombudsman |
Serbia | ... of the 2004 citizenship law provides that the descendants of emigrants from | , or ethnic Serbs residing abroad, may take up citizenship upon written de ... |
Benin | ... ted in the formation the all-powerful Akan Empire of Ashanti, while Ife and | rose to prominence around the 14th century. Further east, Oyo arose as the ... |
Irish Free State | ... ). Following the partition of Ireland in 1922, it became the capital of the | (1922–1949) and now is the capital of the Republic of Ireland. One of the ... |
Malta | ... . It is also popular in Algeria and on the central Mediterranean islands of | |
Sweden | ... pean Handball Championship took place from 25 January to 3 February 2002 in | |
France | Orne is a department in the northwest of | , named after the river Orne |
Thailand | ... ly, Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, | , Turkey, United States and Vatican City |
Cambodia | ... u port, located in Southern China, to present day coastal Vietnam, southern | , Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Burma, India, Ceylon, Pakistan ... |
Slovenia | ... ipality on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region of northwest | , close to the Austrian and Italian borders |
Chile | ... untry's violence and civil wars. In South America, thousands of Argentinan, | an and Uruguayan refugees fled to Europe during periods of military rule i ... |
Mauritius | ... car, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, | , Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Moroc ... |
Canada | ... and Aerosmith sound engineer, Bob Rock, to produce. Recorded in Vancouver, | from October to December 1988, the Sonic Temple record went Top 10 in both ... |
Germany | ... sults from different studies are time dependent. For example, patriotism in | before the Great War (WWI) ranked at or near the top, whereas today it ran ... |
Prussia | The Rhineland became a part of | in 1815 as a result of the Congress of Vienna. Shortly after the seizure o ... |
Canada | ... ing economic ties among nations in Western Europe and to the United States- | -Mexico North American Free Trade Agreement, Japan and other countries alo ... |
Bangladesh | ... ecent immigrants from rural areas, generally impoverished men. One study in | showed that cycle rickshaw driving was connected with some increases in in ... |
Puerto Rico | ... e band in 1994 after looking for success in the United States. Returning to | , they joined long-time friends Pedro and Jorge Arraiza (with whom they ha ... |
Poland | Sesame halva is popular in the Balkans, | , Middle East, and other areas surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The prim ... |
England | ... on out of the Lycée Ingres, informing him that they were headed together to | |
Egypt | File:MonasteroAntonio2.jpg|Monastery of Saint Anthony, Eastern Desert, | File:MonasteroPaolo4.jpg|Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite, Eastern De ... |
North Korea | ... the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as | , and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong ... |
Cyprus | Demetrius conquered | in 306 BC. Following the victory Antigonus assumed the title king and best ... |
Romania | ... punishment by the local German leadership from Croatia, Serbia, Hungary and | and used on anti-partisan operations in the Balkans. Himmler approved the ... |
Northern Ireland | ... e 32-county republic claimed by the Dáil, and that a separate government in | was now functioning |
New Zealand | The pathogenic agent is to be found everywhere except | . The bacterium is extremely sustainable and virulent: a single organism i ... |
Russia | Alexander Nikolayevich Spesivtsev is a | n man who was accused of killing up to 80 people and cannibalising some of ... |
Poland | In | since 1983 international country music festival, known as Piknik Country ( ... |
Dutch | ... lte is a municipality and city in the heart of the region of Salland in the | province of Overijssel |
Normandy | ... ion, on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of | and Perche |
Azores | ... n (including numerous surrounding islands), Ireland, Rockall, Sable Island, | , St. Pierre and Miquelon, Madeira, Bermuda, Canary Islands, Caribbean, Ca ... |
Thailand | ... cated in Southern China, to present day coastal Vietnam, southern Cambodia, | , Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Burma, India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Persia a ... |
Mexico | ... nomic ties among nations in Western Europe and to the United States-Canada- | North American Free Trade Agreement, Japan and other countries along the A ... |
Indonesia | ... inationals and provincial governments have also purchased land in Sulawesi, | , Cambodia and Bulgan, Mongolia. The South Korean government itself announ ... |
People's Republic of Poland | ... elligence and support group, was released from prison. Until the end of the | AK soldiers remained under investigation by the secret police, and it was ... |
Uruguay | ... ence and civil wars. In South America, thousands of Argentinan, Chilean and | an refugees fled to Europe during periods of military rule in the 1970s an ... |
empire | ... , different and generally inferior types of power in the Roman republic and | . Primarily used to refer to the power that is wielded, in greater or less ... |
Norway | ... rlands (2007); Denmark, the Faroes, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Sweden and | (2008); the United Kingdom, France, Australia and New Zealand (2009); Port ... |
Canada | ... tellites available are those mainly servicing the United States of America, | and Latin America, and is on the edge of the reception area. Digital cable ... |
Canada | ... , the colonial militia played an extremely important role in the defence of | . Today, many citizen soldiers serve in the Primary Reserve of the Canadia ... |
Iceland | ... æmundar Edda or the Elder Edda, is a collection of Old Norse poems from the | ic medieval manuscript Codex Regius ("Royal Book"). Along with the Prose E ... |
Puerto Rico | Fiel a la Vega is a Rock en Español band from | formed in 1994. Band members Tito Auger and Ricky Laureano come from the n ... |
Egypt | ... volted against Babylon, and entered into an alliance with Pharaoh Hophra of | . Nebuchadnezzar responded by invading Judah. . Nebuchadnezzar began a sie ... |
Mexico | ... , Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, | , Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Moza ... |
Netherlands | Hulst is a municipality and a city in southwestern | in the east of Zeelandic Flanders |
Soviet Union | ... orts were made to organize science and technology based on the model of the | . However, Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution of 1966-76 had a catastrophic ... |
Morocco | ... ESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Jarre performed a concert named Water for Life in | , on 16 December 2006, to celebrate the year of desertification in the wor ... |
Haiti | ... munities were operating in Brazil alone. Contemporaneously Fanmi Lavalas in | , the Landless Workers' Movement in Brazil, and in South Africa are three ... |
Philippines | ... government secured 95,000 hectares of farmland in Oriental Mindoro, central | , to grow corn. The South Jeolla province became the first provincial gove ... |
Croatia | ... in Yugoslavia was portrayed. Governments of the newly seceded republics of | and Bosnia, as well as Serbia invested heavily with UK and American public ... |
Sweden | ... ; the Netherlands (2007); Denmark, the Faroes, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, | and Norway (2008); the United Kingdom, France, Australia and New Zealand ( ... |
Soviet Union | On 8 August 1945, the | declared war on Japan, in accordance with the agreement at the Yalta Confe ... |
Romania | ... laimed themselves as President for Life. For instance, Nicolae Ceauşescu of | , who ruled until his execution (see Romanian revolution) |
Prussia | ... f Vienna. Shortly after the seizure of the Rhineland, on April 5, 1815, the | n king Friedrich Wilhelm III promised the establishment of a new universit ... |
Hong Kong | ... several islands and island groups while sailing from Cape York to China and | (then a British colony). The first part of the route passed north and west ... |
Serbia | ... ricum. He was born in a hamlet near Bederiana in Naissus (modern Niš, South | ). He was of Thraco-Roman stock, and bore, like his companions and members ... |
Iran | These customs are unique to the people of | and the art of this needlework on women's clothing may provide one with a ... |
Netherlands | ... led Steenwijk) is a municipality in the province Overijssel, in the eastern | |
republic | ... s or potestas, different and generally inferior types of power in the Roman | and empire. Primarily used to refer to the power that is wielded, in great ... |
Morocco | ... African Tunis, capital of Tunisia, Algiers, capital of Algeria, Tangier in | and also Aleppo in Syria, and Mosul in Iraq in the Middle East. Only the t ... |
Irish Republic | ... art of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922), and the | (1919–1922). Following the partition of Ireland in 1922, it became the cap ... |
Netherlands | ... isian: Smellingerlân) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the | |
Norway | ... ardens later spread to the other Scandinavian countries; first Sweden, then | and Finland |
Sudan | Egypt has fairly good relations with | , its southern neighbor, although it has a land dispute with Sudan over th ... |
Netherlands | Meijel is a former municipality and a town in southeastern | |
Afghanistan | ... , an important town of the Samanid Empire, in what is today Balkh Province, | . His father was at the time of his son's birth the governor in one of the ... |
Poland | ... in 1943, he was arrested and imprisoned in prison camps in German occupied | for three years alongside other Italian soldiers. He later wrote about thi ... |
Serbia | ... overnments of the newly seceded republics of Croatia and Bosnia, as well as | invested heavily with UK and American public relations firms, so that they ... |
Moldova | ... nd its borders, most notably to the large population of ethnic Romanians in | |
Italy | ... uses) is the hotheaded priest of a small town in the Po valley in northern | . Don Camillo is a big man, tall and strong with hard fists. For the films ... |
Sweden | ... r allotment gardens later spread to the other Scandinavian countries; first | , then Norway and Finland |
Libya | Egypt is on good terms with | , its western neighbor |
Israel | ... at itrium, a kind of boiled dough, was common in what currently is known as | from the 3rd to 5th centuries AD, Arabs adapted noodles for long journeys ... |
Afghanistan | ... War which had grown enormously unpopular. In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded | which led to an ongoing war for ten years |
Belgian | In 1861, the | industrial chemist Ernest Solvay developed a method to convert sodium chlo ... |
Republic of China | ... the political status of Taiwan and Penghu Islands were still uncertain. The | and Japan signed Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty on April 28, 1952 in and the t ... |
Egypt | ... trius, and hastened to attack Ptolemy in his own dominions. His invasion of | , however, proved a failure; he was unable to penetrate Ptolemy's defences ... |
Poland | From the Constitution of | , Article 52(5): "Anyone whose Polish origin has been confirmed in accorda ... |
Bermuda | ... , Ireland, Rockall, Sable Island, Azores, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Madeira, | , Canary Islands, Caribbean, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Annobón Pr ... |
United Kingdom | ... o denote a partnership between investors or the start of a business. In the | , partnerships are not called societies, but co-operatives or mutuals are ... |
Egypt | ... , as they had already consumed all the corn they had brought with them from | . According to the account, Yahweh heard their murmurings, and so provided ... |
Maratha Empire | ... cided that he must act boldly to defeat the numerically larger force of the | (as he concluded a long defensive war would ruin his army). With the logis ... |
India | ... , later involved in the Charge of the Light Brigade, had just returned from | and were not likely to be posted abroad soon. Flashman threw himself into ... |
Algeria | ... Kay-Scott set sail for Europe, traveling through France, Italy, England and | . Merton later half-jokingly referred to this odd trio as the "Bermuda Tri ... |
Falkland Islands | ... d Martim Vaz, Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island (Also known as Diego Alvarez), | , Tierra del Fuego, South Georgia Island, South Sandwich Islands, and Bouv ... |
Russia | ... movie Murder in Mississippi. He starred as Joseph Stalin's projectionist in | n director Andrei Konchalovsky's 1991 film The Inner Circle. In 1996, he w ... |
Ukraine | ... run (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, | ) |
Uganda | ... e (p. 205) provides a number of examples from other cultures, including the | n Batoro, Mohave Indians, Mangaians, and Ponapese. Amongst the Batoro, old ... |
Kingdom of Jerusalem | ... ad widely. Even in the founder's lifetime it possessed houses in Aleppo and | where "The Premonstrntensian abbey of Saint Samuel was a daughter house of ... |
Iran | ... public or a justice of the peace. In some places, such as Saudi Arabia and | , religion and government are one, and anyone caught promoting a religious ... |
Marshall Islands | ... Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, | , Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, ... |
Romania | ... , Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, | , Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tur ... |
Greenland | ... rik the Red, when Erik was exiled from Iceland he sailed west and pioneered | |
Sweden | ... European countries and America engaged in study-touring; some nations, like | and France, even trained civil servants or technicians to undertake it as ... |
Panama | ... malans, Hondurans, Costa Ricans (however, the country had no dictators) and | nians fled conflict and poor economic conditions |
Aden Protectorate | During the 1960s, the British sought to incorporate all of the | territories into the Federation. On 18 January 1963, the Colony of Aden wa ... |
Japan | ... t emphasis on Taiwan as the center of people's lives as opposed to China or | . During the Chiang regime, China was promoted as the center of an ideolog ... |
Russia | ... ia, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, | , Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukr ... |
France | ... untries and America engaged in study-touring; some nations, like Sweden and | , even trained civil servants or technicians to undertake it as a matter o ... |
France | There's more and more country music artists in | . Some of the most importants are Liane Edwards, , Rockie Mountains, Tahia ... |
Northern Ireland | The general election to the | House of Commons occurred on 24 May. Of 52 seats, forty were won by Unioni ... |
France | ... Hybrid wheat has been a limited commercial success in Europe (particularly | ), the United States and South Africa |
Syria | ... Tunisia, Algiers, capital of Algeria, Tangier in Morocco and also Aleppo in | , and Mosul in Iraq in the Middle East. Only the three largest islands – M ... |
Scottish | The | band the Bay City Rollers were named after this city based on the results ... |
Oman | ... GCC countries of the Persian Gulf. The Baluch are an important community in | , where they make up a sizable minority |
Greenland | The Viking Age settlements in | were established in the sheltered fjords of the southern and western coast ... |
Kingdom of Jordan | ... ry of the Golan Heights. South of the lake, it forms the border between the | (to the east) and Israel and the West Bank (to the west) |
France | #If Lisa is in | , then she is in Europe. (In symbols, f \rightarrow e . |
Yugoslavia | ... public opinion. A well illustrated example of this is the way civil war in | was portrayed. Governments of the newly seceded republics of Croatia and B ... |
Turkmenistan | ... on to be officially proclaimed president for life was Saparmurat Niyazov of | |
Sultanate of Madurai | ... vannamalai and offered stiff resistance to invasions from the north and the | to the south. Then, after nearly three decades of resistance, Veera Ballal ... |
Assyria | ... h Belus on the Euphrates, Ammon in Libya, Apis by the Nile, Arabian Cronus, | n Zeus, Serapis, Zeus of Egypt, Cronus, Phaethon, Mithras, Delphic Apollo, ... |
Israel | ... was convened in Sharm El Sheik in early 2005, which was attended by Egypt, | , the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. The Egyptian Chief of Intelligence ... |
Belarus | Sunflower halva, popular in countries from Eastern Europe, | , Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, is made of sunflower see ... |
Sweden | ... wedish royal tradition stemming from the early 16th century. All regents of | , beginning with Gustav Vasa, have had their own motto during their respec ... |
Sweden | ... .There is a small population of Baluch in several Western countries such as | and Australia. Some Baluch settled in Australia in the 19th century; some ... |
Turkmenistan | ... he offers of Mahmud of Ghazni, and proceeded westwards to Urgench in modern | , where the vizier, regarded as a friend of scholars, gave him a small mon ... |
Saint Helena | ... Howe. Arthur, coincidentally, stopped on his voyage at the little island of | and stayed in the same building to which Napoleon I would later be exiled |
Federation of South Arabia | ... the city's populace as the State of Aden and the Federation was renamed the | . Several more states subsequently joined the Federation and the remaining ... |
Burma | ... astal Vietnam, southern Cambodia, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, | , India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Persia and Iraq. Another branch extends from Pe ... |
Bulgaria | Sunflower halva, popular in countries from Eastern Europe, Belarus, | , Romania, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, is made of sunflower seeds instead ... |
Malaysia | Tikaram was born in Münster, Germany, the daughter of a | n mother, Fatimah Rohani, and an Indo-Fijian father, Pramod Tikaram. Her f ... |
Egypt | ... :MonasteroPaolo4.jpg|Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite, Eastern Desert, | File:Monastry3.jpg|Coptic Monastery in Scetes, Egypt File:Bischoy Kloster ... |
Canada | ... enturies when production was expanding so greatly that immigrant labor from | , Holland and Armenia was imported. Now, these mills stand, mostly renovat ... |
Slovakia | ... herlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, | , Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom |
Japan | ... f Taiwan and Penghu Islands were still uncertain. The Republic of China and | signed Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty on April 28, 1952 in and the treaty came ... |
Canada | ... e, Third Class and the Japanese War medal for service during that campaign. | and Japan have had diplomatic relations since 1928. Both countries are cha ... |
Romania | ... nflower halva, popular in countries from Eastern Europe, Belarus, Bulgaria, | , Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, is made of sunflower seeds instead of sesam ... |
Japan | ... van Oudheden); and the ethnographical museum, of which P. F. von Siebold's | ese collections was the nucleus (Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde). The Biblio ... |
People's Republic of China | ... stated that he believes that Taiwan cannot avoid being assimilated into the | unless it completely rejects its historical Chinese identity and that he b ... |
Sudan | Human rights advocates and opponents of the | ese government portray China's role in providing weapons and aircraft as a ... |
Soviet | ... d vegetables. The latter was caused by the failure of the centrally planned | agricultural program to supply enough fresh produce. As time passed, the n ... |
Poland | ... ), Peko or Pekolasõ (Estonia) and Perun (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, | , Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine) |
Dutch East Indies | ... 10 October 1770, she limped into port in Batavia (now named Jakarta) in the | for more substantial repairs, her crew sworn to secrecy about the lands th ... |
Norway | ... Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, | , Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spai ... |
Netherlands | ... ungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the | , Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak ... |
Botswana | ... ernational, campaigning in the defence of the tribal people, the Bushmen of | and the Arhuaco of Colombia. She made a small supporting video saying the ... |
Croatia | ... ans) drafted under threat of punishment by the local German leadership from | , Serbia, Hungary and Romania and used on anti-partisan operations in the ... |
Russia | ... ular in countries from Eastern Europe, Belarus, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, | and Ukraine, is made of sunflower seeds instead of sesame |
France | ... urned to New York and then took Merton with him to live in Saint-Antonin in | . Merton returned to France with mixed feelings, as he had lived with his ... |
Imperial Russian | ... ere allowed to settle in depleted East Prussia. The province was overrun by | troops during the |
Ukraine | ... ntries from Eastern Europe, Belarus, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Russia and | , is made of sunflower seeds instead of sesame |
India | ... ietnam, southern Cambodia, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Burma, | , Ceylon, Pakistan, Persia and Iraq. Another branch extends from Persian G ... |
Guatemala | ... rule in the 1970s and 1980s. In Central America, Nicaraguans, Salvadorans, | ns, Hondurans, Costa Ricans (however, the country had no dictators) and Pa ... |
Protectorate of South Arabia | ... he remaining states that declined to join, mainly in Hadhramaut, formed the | |
Austria-Hungary | Von Foerster was born in 1911 in Vienna, | , as Heinz von Förster. He studied physics at the Technical University of ... |
Mauritania | ... nia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, | , Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mong ... |
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | ... . In Christian tradition, Jesus was baptised in it by John the Baptist. The | takes its name from this river |
Egypt | ... in Libya, Apis by the Nile, Arabian Cronus, Assyrian Zeus, Serapis, Zeus of | , Cronus, Phaethon, Mithras, Delphic Apollo, Gamos 'Marriage', and Paeon ' ... |
Roman Empire | ... ns marked the beginning of the Silk Road trade network that extended to the | , bringing Han items like silk to Rome and Roman goods such as glasswares ... |
France | In | since 1991 a huge international country music festival known as Country Re ... |
Serbia | ... ted under threat of punishment by the local German leadership from Croatia, | , Hungary and Romania and used on anti-partisan operations in the Balkans. ... |
Colombia | ... he defence of the tribal people, the Bushmen of Botswana and the Arhuaco of | . She made a small supporting video saying the Bushmen are victims of tyra ... |
Mexico | ... eaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation concluded in 1888 between Japan and | was the nation's first "equal" treaty with any country; which overshadows ... |
Soviet | ... central and Eastern European nations remember what it was like living under | Communist rule, which during stalinist times was comparable to Saddam's br ... |
Germany | ... nterberg is a town in the Hochsauerland district of North Rhine-Westphalia, | and a major winter sport resort of the Wintersport Arena |
Iraq | ... pital of Algeria, Tangier in Morocco and also Aleppo in Syria, and Mosul in | in the Middle East. Only the three largest islands – Malta, Gozo and Comin ... |
Spain | , ) is a municipality and city in | , the capital of the province of Biscay in the autonomous community of the ... |
Portuguese | In 1613, the | seized the Mughal ship Rahimi, which had set out from Surat on its way wit ... |
Serbia | ... or Pekolasõ (Estonia) and Perun (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, Poland, | , Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine) |
Poland | ... Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, | , Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Swede ... |
Liberia | ... and Britain following First World War due to the Treaty of Versailles. Only | retained its independence, at the price of major territorial concessions |
People's Republic of China | In Asia, affairs regarding the | changed significantly following the recognition of the PRC by the United N ... |
Malaysia | In late 1989 Cook married for the third time, to | n-born property developer Chiew Lin Chong in Torbay, Devon. She provided h ... |
Portugal | ... an, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, | , Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzer ... |
Slovenia | ... ia) and Perun (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, | , Ukraine) |
Costa Rica | ... 980s. In Central America, Nicaraguans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Hondurans, | ns (however, the country had no dictators) and Panamanians fled conflict a ... |
Yemen Arab Republic | ... ng between Egyptian forces and British-led Saudi-financed guerrillas in the | spread to South Arabia with the formation of the National Liberation Front ... |
Pakistan | ... ortation within individual urban neighborhoods. They are banned entirely in | . While they have been criticized for causing congestion, cycle rickshaws ... |
Brazil | The process of canonisation formally began in 1990 with the petition by 226 | ian bishops, including four cardinals |
Kievan Rus' | ... c languages descend from a common predecessor, the language of the medieval | (9th to 13th centuries) |
Pakistan | ... n Cambodia, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Burma, India, Ceylon, | , Persia and Iraq. Another branch extends from Persian Gulf to Red Sea, co ... |
Slovakia | ... asõ (Estonia) and Perun (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, Poland, Serbia, | , Slovenia, Ukraine) |
Canada | - Kincardine, Ontario, | |
Armenia | ... tion was expanding so greatly that immigrant labor from Canada, Holland and | was imported. Now, these mills stand, mostly renovated into housing and va ... |
Egypt | File:Monastry3.jpg|Coptic Monastery in Scetes, | File:Bischoy Kloster BW 10.jpg|Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Scetes, Egypt Fi ... |
Manchukuo | ... rshal Zhang Xueliang, a former warlord of Manchuria, then Japanese-occupied | |
Germany | In the area that would become | , written mention of Spätzle has been found in documents dating from 1725, ... |
USSR | ... ad discovered mass graves of murdered Polish army officers at Katyn, in the | . The Soviets claimed that the Poles had committed a hostile act by reques ... |
Ukraine | ... ussia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, | , and the United Kingdom |
Guinea-Bissau | ... d'Ivoire and Niger into French West Africa. Portugal founded the colony of | , while Germany claimed Togoland, but was forced to divide it between Fran ... |
Northern Ireland | ... the feature of hexagonal basalt columns with the nearby Giant's Causeway in | |
Irish Republic | ... 9–1922 Dáil Éireann was the revolutionary parliament of the self-proclaimed | . The Second Dáil consisted of members elected in 1921. One of its most im ... |
Nigeria | ... by the Tswana in Portuguese East Africa; among the Ilso and Igbo people of | ; and by the !Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert. The Kikuyu, Kenya's mos ... |
Sudan | Egypt currently disputes sovereignty of the Hala'ib Triangle with | , an area of land located on the Red Sea coast, between the political bord ... |
Yemen Arab Republic | ... -Badr was deposed by coup forces, who took control of Sanaa and created the | (YAR). Egypt assisted the YAR with troops and supplies to combat forces lo ... |
France | ... t of the Kingdom of Arles in the Holy Roman Empire, but now in southeastern | . In early life, he joined the Dominican Order, in which he acquired great ... |
United Kingdom | ... Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the | |
Germany | ... nto French West Africa. Portugal founded the colony of Guinea-Bissau, while | claimed Togoland, but was forced to divide it between France and Britain f ... |
Syria | Halva is available in Argentina, especially from confectioners of | n-Lebanese or Armenian origin. In the 1940s, a halva substitute named Mant ... |
Japan | Outside the U.S., some countries are very liberal in this regard. | , for example, will recognize anyone who claims him- or herself to be a mi ... |
Tanzania | ... that resulted in over a hundred deaths. Shortly after the Madagascar deal, | announced that South Korea was in talks to develop 100,000 hectares for fo ... |
France | ... cott and her husband Cyril Kay-Scott set sail for Europe, traveling through | , Italy, England and Algeria. Merton later half-jokingly referred to this ... |
Ascension Island | ... São Tomé and Príncipe, Annobón Province, Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, | , Saint Helena, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island (A ... |
Ganga Kingdom | ... which a battle was fought in 890. It states that the place was part of the | until 1004 and was known as "Bengaval-uru", the "City of Guards" in Halega ... |
U.K. | ... Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi said that he supported the U.S., | , and Spain for ending diplomatic efforts against Iraq. He also indicated ... |
Roman Republic | The Hasmonean kingdom fell in 63 BC, and the area was incorporated into the | . Queen Cleopatra VII used Ashkelon as her place of refuge when her brothe ... |
Canada | ... ticut River Valley south to Springfield, Hartford and New Haven or north to | (Quebec) |
Japan | ... earthquake here since the magnitude nine Cascadia Earthquake; according to | ese records, it occurred 26 January 1700. Lesser Puget Sound earthquakes w ... |
Malta | Great Britain didn't respect the terms of the Treaty of Amiens by occupying | and gathered a Third Coalition against France. The French intervention in ... |
Germany | ... war, the USSR brought an entire Opel manufacturing line from Brandenburg in | . A factory called MZMA (Moskovsky Zavod Malolitrazhnykh Avtomobiley, that ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... ted the YAR with troops and supplies to combat forces loyal to the Kingdom. | and Jordan supported Badr's royalist forces to oppose the newly formed rep ... |
Iraq | ... Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Burma, India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Persia and | . Another branch extends from Persian Gulf to Red Sea, connecting Persian, ... |
Delhi Sultanate | ... n, including the Ghaznavid Empire (975–1187 CE), the Ghorid Kingdom and the | (1206–1526 CE). The Lodi dynasty, the last of the Delhi Sultanate, was rep ... |
Armenia | ... available in Argentina, especially from confectioners of Syrian-Lebanese or | n origin. In the 1940s, a halva substitute named Mantecol made with peanut ... |
Scotland | ... a similar Old English etymology owing to its path into the foreign land of | . This route is also known as Dere Street. This may also be the case for a ... |
Iceland | ... rose Edda, sometimes referred to as the Younger Edda or Snorri's Edda is an | ic manual of poetics which also contains many mythological stories. Its pu ... |
Falkland Islands | ... ic voyage, Endeavour spent the next three years shipping Navy stores to the | . Renamed and sold into private hands in 1775, she briefly returned to nav ... |
Libya | After the neighboring countries of Egypt and | both gained independence in the early 1950s, relations were initially coop ... |
Cambodia | ... amese American shrimpers as immigrants following the Vietnam War as well as | n and Laotian refugees and their children. Bayou la Batre was a popular de ... |
Russian Empire | All of these languages are today separate in their own right. In the | the official view was that the Belarusian ("White Russian"), Ukrainian ("L ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... bdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia (1876 – 9 November 1953) was the first monarch of | , the third Saudi State. He was usually called Ibn Saud in English-speakin ... |
Malta | ... uania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, | , Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Mic ... |
Italy | ... her husband Cyril Kay-Scott set sail for Europe, traveling through France, | , England and Algeria. Merton later half-jokingly referred to this odd tri ... |
Spanish Morocco | ... epair a perceived injustice, the need of a collaborative base of natives in | , and an attempt to attract the sympathy of wealthy European Sephardis lik ... |
Canada | On the other hand, several major countries are quite restrictive. In | , ULC ministers have been authorized to solemnize marriage only in a few l ... |
Chile | ... h for "The Law") was a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning | an rock band formed by Andrés Bobe and Rodrigo Aboitiz with Mauricio Clave ... |
Poland | In 1993 Jackson held a concert at | 's Sopot International Song Festival and released a step aerobics exercise ... |
Saint Helena | ... cipe, Annobón Province, Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Ascension Island, | , Trindade and Martim Vaz, Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island (Also known as D ... |
People's Republic of China | ... anges which Lee supports. There was concern in the United States and in the | that Chen would be supportive of Lee's positions, a belief which was reinf ... |
Russia | ... lso written as Moskvich, Moskvič or Moskwitch) was an automobile brand from | produced by AZLK from 1945 to 1991 and by OAO Moskvitch from 1991 to 2002. ... |
Russia | ... the Tsar they saw the nobles as corrupt and evil, preventing the people of | from communicating with the well-intentioned Tsar and misinterpreting his ... |
Mexico | ... ceiving their 50th First Division rating in 1989. The band has traveled to: | , Edmonton, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Florida, Atlanta, St. Louis, Missou ... |
Jordan | ... ly 2005, which was attended by Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian Authority and | . The Egyptian Chief of Intelligence, General Omar Suleiman, has played a ... |
Gangavadi | ... ysalas achieved the status of a real kingdom for the first time. He wrested | from the Cholas in 1116 and moved the capital from Belur to Halebidu |
Norway | ... men and women, mainly foreign-Norwegian who had volunteered for war duty in | during the Nazi occupation in early 1940. Through the summer the number wa ... |
Zimbabwe | ... ighboring countries. Thousands of refugees from deteriorating conditions in | have gone to South Africa. The long war in Congo, in which numerous nation ... |
Soviet | The Elektronika BK was a series of 16-bit PDP-11-compatible | home computers developed by NPO Scientific Center, the leading Soviet micr ... |
Roman Republic | ... red by the conception of the United States as a modern reincarnation of the | , a theme that recurs in other elements as well (including the prevalence ... |
Tristan da Cunha | ... onha, Rocas Atoll, Ascension Island, Saint Helena, Trindade and Martim Vaz, | , Gough Island (Also known as Diego Alvarez), Falkland Islands, Tierra del ... |
Spain | ... Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, | , Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom |
Madagascar | ... multinational Daewoo Logistics secured 1.3 million hectares of farmland in | , half the size of Belgium, to grow maize and crops for biofuels. Roughly ... |
United Kingdom | ... lair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the | , France, Spain, and the German-speaking parts of Europe |
Jordan | ... troops and supplies to combat forces loyal to the Kingdom. Saudi Arabia and | supported Badr's royalist forces to oppose the newly formed republic start ... |
Vietnam | ... and their problems with romance and organized crime. Cyclo, a 1995 film by | ese director Tran Anh Hung, is centered on a cycle rickshaw driver. Tollyw ... |
Bangladesh | Various kinds of halua are prepared across | and neighbouring Bengali-speaking regions of Kolkata (Calcutta). Some of t ... |
Chile | ... ral economic theory, with the first neoliberal governments being created in | , where a military coup led by Augusto Pinochet took place in 1973 |
French West Africa | ... ed Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Niger into | . Portugal founded the colony of Guinea-Bissau, while Germany claimed Togo ... |
Egypt | ... s a Palestinian from Gaza, whose mother, Yasser's paternal grandmother, was | ian. Arafat's father worked as a textile merchant in Cairo's religiously m ... |
Nanyue | ... dealt with the region's defense and foreign affairs. The naval conquest of | in 111 BCE expanded the Han realm into what are now modern Guangdong, Guan ... |
Ostrogothic Kingdom | After the conquest of Italy by the Goths, Tyrol became part of the | from the 5th to the 6th century. After the fall of the Ostrogothic Kingdom ... |
Philippines | ... an states; Idi Amin in Uganda, Adolf Hitler in Germany, Ferdinand Marcos in | , for example |
Bermuda | The defence of | remains the responsibility of the National (British) Government, rather th ... |
France | ... Hybrid wheat has been a limited commercial success in Europe (particularly | ), the USA and South Africa. F1 hybrid wheat cultivars should not be confu ... |
Sweden | ... Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, | , Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom |
Saudi Arabia | ... tered as a notary public or a justice of the peace. In some places, such as | and Iran, religion and government are one, and anyone caught promoting a r ... |
Yugoslavia | A Bosnian (at the time part of | ) company named IRIS Computers (sub company of biggest electric company in ... |
Belgium | Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to | include |
Kenya | ... le of Nigeria; and by the !Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert. The Kikuyu, | 's most populous ethnic group, practiced ritual killing of twins. If a mot ... |
Greek | ... le of Salamis (, Naumachia tēs Salaminos) was fought between an Alliance of | city-states and the Persian Empire in September 480 BCE, in the straits be ... |
Madagascar | ... otes encounters with the "White Rajah" of Sarawak, with Queen Ranavalona of | , and with Emperor Maximilian of Mexico; and service as a Union major and ... |
South Africa | ... housands of refugees from deteriorating conditions in Zimbabwe have gone to | . The long war in Congo, in which numerous nations have been involved, has ... |
France | ... , where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom, | , Spain, and the German-speaking parts of Europe |
England | ... sband Cyril Kay-Scott set sail for Europe, traveling through France, Italy, | and Algeria. Merton later half-jokingly referred to this odd trio as the " ... |
Soviet Union | ... to the former factory in order to avoid legal issues after the fall of the | in 1991. Since the factory had no assembly branches outside Russia after 1 ... |
Switzerland | ... Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, | , Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom |
Comoros | | is made up of three islands that have inadequate transportation links, a y ... |
Bulgaria | ... t Slavic region to Christianity the people used service books borrowed from | and Macedonia, which were written in Old Church Slavonic. The Church Slavo ... |
Italy | ... combat near Castel d'Aiano in the Apennine mountains southwest of Bologna, | , Dole was hit by German machine gun fire in his upper right back and his ... |
Portugal | ... Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Niger into French West Africa. | founded the colony of Guinea-Bissau, while Germany claimed Togoland, but w ... |
Switzerland | In | , public sympathy was high for the Republican cause, but the federal gover ... |
Mexico | ... ports and Bravo (2004–07), Channel Five (2007–08) and ESPN (since 2009), In | Televisa Deportes Network HD two games delay in the week |
Belgium | ... cs secured 1.3 million hectares of farmland in Madagascar, half the size of | , to grow maize and crops for biofuels. Roughly half of the country's arab ... |
Spain | ... it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom, France, | , and the German-speaking parts of Europe |
Israel | ... omalian and Ethiopian ports all the way to Egypt. In Europe it extends from | , Lebanon, Egypt, and Italy (historically, Venice) in the Mediterranean Se ... |
Bulgaria | ... ieval rulers. One of the most credible claims has been that of the khans of | (see Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans). A popular, but ultimately unconfir ... |
United Kingdom | British citizens who have only a connection to Jersey, and not with the | or another Member state of the European Union, are not considered to be Eu ... |
Northern Ireland | In April 1988, at a concert in Antrim, | , Mustaine unknowingly dedicated the final song to the IRA. Before the fin ... |
Prussia | ... ods from other areas are Perkūnas (Lithuania), Pērkons (Latvia), Percunis ( | ), Piarun (Belarus), Peko or Pekolasõ (Estonia) and Perun (Bulgaria, Croat ... |
Portugal | ... akia), as well as in parts of Western Europe (Belgium, France, Netherlands, | ). He is also the patron saint of Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Barranquilla, Bari, ... |
El Salvador | ... broadly representative international communities. Hispanics with origins in | , Guatemala, Honduras, other Central American countries, and South America ... |
Russia | ... he area of Miass in the Ilmen mountains, 50 miles southwest of Chelyabinsk, | , where it occurs in granitic rocks. More recently, high-quality crystals ... |
Egypt | File:Bischoy Kloster BW 1.jpg|Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Scetes, | File:Bischoy Kloster BW 9.jpg|Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Scetes, Egypt Fil ... |
Germany | ... expense of China, dividing it with the Japanese as they would do later with | over Poland in Europe. Soon the Soviets became wary of the Japanese ambiti ... |
Israel | The borough was named for the biblical village of Emmaus (now within modern | ), where, according to the New Testament, Jesus was seen by disciples foll ... |
Roman Republic | ... s historians such as Polybius, Livy and Plutarch documented the rise of the | , and the organization and histories of other nations, while statesmen lik ... |
Austria | Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (; ; born July 30, 1947) is an | n and American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, invest ... |
Latvia | ... n origin. Related gods from other areas are Perkūnas (Lithuania), Pērkons ( | ), Percunis (Prussia), Piarun (Belarus), Peko or Pekolasõ (Estonia) and Pe ... |
Greece | ... vina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, | , Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, ... |
Bulgaria | In | , the term halva (халва) is used for several varieties of the dessert. Tah ... |
Egypt | Encouraged by the rhetoric of President Nasser of | against British colonial rule in the Middle East, pressure for the British ... |
Canada | ... June 23, 1978), who were British immigrants to the United States by way of | . Her brother was William Farrell Verdon (August 1, 1923 – June 10, 1991). ... |
Haiti | ... ria, the Republic of Benin, Togo, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, | , Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, ... |
Maldives | ... chtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, | , Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated ... |
Lithuania | ... me is of Indo-European origin. Related gods from other areas are Perkūnas ( | ), Pērkons (Latvia), Percunis (Prussia), Piarun (Belarus), Peko or Pekolas ... |
India | (2006) is a documentary film on cycle rickshaw men in Pondicherry, | |
Scotland | ... dges of the Inner House of the Court of Session (the supreme civil court in | ), and judges from various other Commonwealth member states. The Council w ... |
Gibraltar | ... take part in the Peninsular Campaign and rendezvous with 5,000 troops from | |
Poland | In 2009, Greece had the EU's second-lowest Index of Economic Freedom (after | ), ranking 81st in the world. The country suffers from high levels of poli ... |
Germany | ... d Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, | , Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, ... |
Confederate | ... hooting a Union cavalryman. In fact, the Union trooper had been killed by a | soldier who was fighting the continuing destruction of local facilities. C ... |
Germany | ... nes were hijacked and forced to land in a Western country, predominantly in | and especially in West Berlin, because of it being situated like an island ... |
Syria | ... earliest levels of Tell Aswad, in the Damascus basin, near Mount Hermon in | . These remains were dated by Willem van Zeist and his assistant Johanna B ... |
Belgian | Zoersel is a municipality located in the | province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Halle, St. An ... |
North Korea | ... hips with neighboring countries, especially the People's Republic of China, | and South Korea. Despite some formal statements of regret from Prime Minis ... |
Sweden | ... of imported iron to supplement native supplies. This came principally from | from the mid-17th century and later also from Russia from the end of the 1 ... |
Iraq | ... dog from active duty. She sustained serious injuries with her dog, Rex, in | from an improvised explosive device. Jamie and her dog attended the 2006 S ... |
Kingdom of Ireland | ... of the Irish Free State in 1922. The old Irish Houses of Parliament of the | were located in College Green |
Soviet Union | Meanwhile, Joseph Stalin and his | in the 1920s and early of 1930s stood by Japan’s invasion of China at firs ... |
United Kingdom | ... marked by growing econimic and political reforms, renewed friction with the | over the British presence in the south, and growing pressures to support t ... |
Denmark | ... t years it has started to breed in lowland areas again, e.g., in Sweden and | |
Portugal | ... can patriot Francisco de Miranda) his force was instead ordered to sail for | , to take part in the Peninsular Campaign and rendezvous with 5,000 troops ... |
England | ... rds makes it dissimilar to the Church of England (the established church in | ). Under its constitution (recognised by acts of Parliament), the Kirk enj ... |
Soviet Union | ... reinforced the Treaty of Rapallo in 1922 and improved relations between the | and Germany. In 1926, Germany was admitted to the League of Nations as a p ... |
Netherlands | ... Serbia, Slovakia), as well as in parts of Western Europe (Belgium, France, | , Portugal). He is also the patron saint of Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Barranqui ... |
Swiss | Jacques Necker (30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a French statesman of | birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to ... |
Roman Empire | ... is no doubt of its having continued to subsist throughout the period of the | . Strabo speaks of it as one of the places on the north coast of Sicily wh ... |
Switzerland | He was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, | and after studying law in Neuchâtel and Vienna he became attorney-at-law i ... |
Papua New Guinea | ... in Agibu and Amosa villages of Gimi region of Eastern Highlands province of | where tribal fighting in the region of Gimi has been going on since 1986 ( ... |
France | ... elgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, | , Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lith ... |
Soviet Russia | ... the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Russian Civil War into the period of | and the until 1925 |
Kenya | Transport in Kenya compares well with other East African countries. | has an extensive network of paved and unpaved roads. Its railway system li ... |
Kazakhstan | The economy of | is the largest economy in Central Asia. It possesses enormous potassium re ... |
Puerto Rico | ... c of Benin, Togo, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, | , Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela ... |
Honduras | ... nternational communities. Hispanics with origins in El Salvador, Guatemala, | , other Central American countries, and South America now comprise one of ... |
Netherlands | ... growth in France is the fastest of Europe, matched only by Ireland and the | . However, it is slower than that of the United States, largely because of ... |
Poland | ... ina, dividing it with the Japanese as they would do later with Germany over | in Europe. Soon the Soviets became wary of the Japanese ambition and succe ... |
Roman Republic | Aedile (, from aedes, "temple building") was an office of the | . Based in Rome, the aediles were responsible for maintenance of public bu ... |
Finland | ... elarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, | , France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latv ... |
German | ... From 1772–1829 and 1878–1945, the Province of East Prussia was part of the | state of Prussia. The capital city was |
Mali | ... , Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, | , Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States ... |
Senegal | ... ion won in land in Paraguay and Uruguay. Discussions with Laos, Myanmar and | are also currently underway |
Iran | In 1939, diplomatic relations between Egypt and | were upgraded to ambassadorial level, and Youssef Zulficar Pasha was appoi ... |
Federation of Arab Emirates of the South | ... d, on 11 February 1959, six of the West Aden Protectorate states formed the | to which nine other states were subsequently added |
Carthage | ... cupation. (The Greeks followed a parallel practice in respect to Heracles.) | even sent a yearly tribute of 10% of the public treasury to the god in Tyr ... |
Netherlands | Scheemda is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern | . Since January 1, 2010 it forms a part of Oldambt |
Pakistan | Killings of newborn babies has been on the rise in | , corresponding to an increase in poverty across the country. More than 1, ... |
Estonia | ... baijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, | , Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhs ... |
Guatemala | ... sentative international communities. Hispanics with origins in El Salvador, | , Honduras, other Central American countries, and South America now compri ... |
Carthage | ... lopment of a cross-Saharan trade with cultures across the Sahara, including | and the Berbers; major exports included gold, cotton cloth, metal ornament ... |
India | ... orporation is the second-largest city corporation in the state of Kerala in | . The city is the only local body and city in Kerala which directly contro ... |
Bhutan | ... n be a particular ethnic group, such as the Saxons; a nation state, such as | ; or a broader cultural group, such as a Western society. The word society ... |
Puerto Rico | ... araschino cherry or both. The piña colada has been the official beverage of | since 1978 |
Iceland | ... cs which also contains many mythological stories. Its purpose was to enable | ic poets and readers to understand the subtleties of alliterative verse, a ... |
Brazil | ... isputes. Municipal pollution comes from the eastern United States, southern | , and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexic ... |
Germany | ... and's public opposition to Emperor Napoleon III and settled in Baden-Baden, | . In 1870, however, Johannes Brahms persuaded her to sing in the first pub ... |
Netherlands | Menterwolde is a municipality in the northeastern | |
India | ... ns Children's Fund (UNICEF) up to 50 million girls and women are missing in | 's population as a result of systematic sex discrimination. The UNICEF stu ... |
United Arab Republic | ... r the British to leave South Yemen grew. Following Nasser's creation of the | , attempts to incorporate Yemen in turn threatened Aden and the Protectora ... |
Syria | ... t settlement mound, located in modern-day Ar-Raqqah Governorate in northern | . It is located on a plateau near the south bank of the Euphrates, east of ... |
Zambia | ... r countries – Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania and | , with the DRC (45%) and Tanzania (41%) possessing the majority of the lak ... |
Iran | ... there, it followed a nearly straight line west through mountainous northern | , Mesopotamia and the northern tip of the Syrian Desert to the Levant, whe ... |
Swedish | ... evy om människan i tid och rum) is a poem of science fiction written by the | Nobel laureate Harry Martinson in 1956. It was published on 13 October 195 ... |
Italy | ... statecraft, Paul II lacked eminence and achieved nothing of consequence for | . In the Papal States, however, in 1465 he eliminated the regime of the co ... |
Egypt | File:Bischoy Kloster BW 10.jpg|Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Scetes, | File:Bischoy Kloster BW 1.jpg|Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Scetes, Egypt Fil ... |
Hong Kong | ... ssachusetts State Police in Martin Scorsese's The Departed, a remake of the | police thriller Infernal Affairs. Assessing his work in the two films, Man ... |
Denmark | ... esley was in Ireland in May 1807 when he heard of the British expedition to | . He decided to go, stepping down from his political appointments and was ... |
Dutch | Veendam is a municipality and a town in the northeastern | province of Groningen |
Iraq | ... h Korea also criticized Japan for sending its Ground Self Defence Forces to | , which was seen as a return to militarism. The government of Japan insist ... |
British | ... 8 and 1911 and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a | Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary. The ... |
Czech Republic | ... a, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, | , Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy ... |
Irish Free State | ... eet. It has been the home of the Irish parliament since the creation of the | in 1922. The old Irish Houses of Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland were ... |
Soviet Union | ... ofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai group) which were occupied by the | in 1945. South Korea's assertions concerning Liancourt Rocks (Japanese: "T ... |
Scotland | ... to Fionn. Legend has it he built the Giant's Causeway as stepping-stones to | , so as not to get his feet wet; he also once scooped up part of Ireland t ... |
Russia | In the meantime he had travelled around the world: | and Central Asia (1888-9), a long tour of Persia (1889–90), Siam, French I ... |
Israel | ... . Contentious issues include Egypt's signing of the Camp David Accords with | in 1979, its support for Iraq in Iran's eight-year conflict, the Islamic R ... |
Croatia | ... Prussia), Piarun (Belarus), Peko or Pekolasõ (Estonia) and Perun (Bulgaria, | , Czech republic, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine) |
Roman Empire | During the height of the | , famous historians such as Polybius, Livy and Plutarch documented the ris ... |
Normandy | ... zone. It lies in the English Channel, about from the Cotentin Peninsula in | , France, and about south of Great Britain. Geographically it is not part ... |
Mexico | Fiestas Patrias in | originated in the 19th century and are observed today as five public holid ... |
Cuba | ... practiced throughout areas of Nigeria, the Republic of Benin, Togo, Brazil, | , Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trini ... |
Lebanon | ... d strained relations, and the Iraqis refused to join the initial offensive. | , which shared a border with Israel, was not expected to join the Arab war ... |
Japan | ... the provision. The cash and carry clause was set to expire after two years. | invaded China in July 1937, starting the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Pr ... |
Netherlands | Van Creveld was born in the | in the city of Rotterdam, and has lived in Israel since shortly after his ... |
Japan | ... n, Chris Wilson (formerly of Good Charlotte) for the MxPx All Stars tour in | and South East Asia. The ensemble toured cities like Tokyo, Yokohoma, Nago ... |
Ukraine | ... on Wiking and the Leibstandarte were with Army Group South, heading for the | and the city of Kiev |
Benin | ... re similarities than differences. This belief system is a major religion of | |
Italy | ... rt to the Levant, where Mediterranean trading ships plied regular routes to | , while land routes went either north through Anatolia or south to North A ... |
Egypt | File:Bischoy Kloster BW 9.jpg|Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Scetes, | File:St marcarius.JPG|Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, Scetes, Egypt ... |
Israel | Martin Levi van Creveld (born 5 March 1946) is an | i military historian and theorist |
Bulgaria | ... ercunis (Prussia), Piarun (Belarus), Peko or Pekolasõ (Estonia) and Perun ( | , Croatia, Czech republic, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine) |
Swiss | Hans Schaffner (December 16, 1908 in Interlaken - November 26, 2004) was a | politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1961-1970) |
Russia | Japan contests | 's control of the Southern Kuril Islands (including Etorofu, Kunashiri, Sh ... |
Duchy of Carinthia | ... originating in Gorizia, held not only Tyrol and Gorizia, but for a time the | . At the end of count Meinhard II's rule (1259–1295) the "county and reign ... |
Spain | ... ay (2005), Japan (March 1, 2006), most EU countries (around 2006) including | , Ireland and the , Australia, Hong Kong and the United States (2007), Ser ... |
Colony of Aden | ... ruled as part of British India until 1937, when the city of Aden became the | , a crown colony in its own right. The Aden hinterland and Hadhramaut to t ... |
Moldova | ... ny, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, | , the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and M ... |
Philippines | ... Third Cinema (such as Tomás Gutiérrez Alea of Cuba or Kidlat Tahimik of the | ) |
Albania | ... s ... proving the Greek origin of the interested person and his ancestors." | is since the 1940s demanding that Greece grant a Right of Return to the Mu ... |
Swiss | Pierre Graber (6 December 1908 – 19 July 2003) was a | politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970-1978) |
United Kingdom | ... as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign in the | . Its membership is mostly made up of senior politicians who are (or have ... |
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen | ... am Yahya Muhammad strengthened his control over northern Yemen creating the | |
Germany | ... the Otto cycle engine developed in 1876 by Nikolaus August Otto in Cologne, | , after the operation principle described by Alphonse Beau de Rochas in 18 ... |
Spanish | Ifni was a | province on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, south of Agadir and across from ... |
Lithuania | ... France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, | , Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, ... |
Kenya | Two routes in the Trans-African Highway network pass through | and the capital, Nairobi |
Swiss | ... lf Gnägi (3 August 1917, Schwadernau, Canton of Bern - 20 April 1985) was a | politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1966-1979) |
Korean Empire | ... Goryeo (until 1274), and kings and emperors of the Joseon Dynasty. For the | (1897–1910), era names should be used, but the temple names are often used ... |
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen | The | engaged in hostilities with the House of Saud, feuding over Asir. The conf ... |
Brazil | ... led are practiced throughout areas of Nigeria, the Republic of Benin, Togo, | , Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Suriname, ... |
Jordan | ... st cultivated in the southern Levant with finds at Iraq ed-Dubb in northern | dating back as far as 9600 BC. Genetic analysis of wild einkorn wheat sugg ... |
Ceylon | In August 1689, a French fleet appeared near the coast of | compelling the Governor of Pulicat Lawrence Pitt who was on high seas to s ... |
France | ... ate new "ranger" and "light infantry" units adept at woodland warfare. When | conceded Canada to Great Britain in 1763, defence of the territory remaine ... |
Joseon Dynasty | ... er to kings of the early Goryeo (until 1274), and kings and emperors of the | . For the Korean Empire (1897–1910), era names should be used, but the tem ... |
Estonia | ... Pērkons (Latvia), Percunis (Prussia), Piarun (Belarus), Peko or Pekolasõ ( | ) and Perun (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, ... |
Malaysia | The first RFID passports ("E-passport") were issued by | in 1998. In addition to information also contained on the visual data page ... |
Latvia | ... inland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, | , Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal ... |
Uganda | ... ks the nation's ports and major cities and connects Kenya with neighbouring | . There are 15 airports with paved runways |
Cuba | ... mmakers of the Latin American Third Cinema (such as Tomás Gutiérrez Alea of | or Kidlat Tahimik of the Philippines) |
Philippine | ... 9's Apocalypse Now, a film that gained him wide recognition. Filming in the | jungle in the typhoon season of 1976, Sheen admitted he was not in the gre ... |
Malawi | ... iberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, | , Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius ... |
Parthian Empire | ... red information on Shendu (Indus River valley of North India) and Anxi (the | ). All of these countries eventually received Han embassies. These connect ... |
Rheged | ... and hence ultimately led to another 'foreign land' in Saxon times, that of | or modern |
Uganda | ... e company East African Railways. It jointly served the present countries of | , Tanzania and Kenya. Since the dissolution of the EAR corporation in 1977 ... |
Soviet | ... about a common target, and the B-3 was to have penetration aids to counter | Anti-Ballistic Missile defenses. The B-3 missile evolved into the C-3 Pose ... |
French | Jacques Necker (30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a | statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held ... |
Kazakhstan | ... , Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, | , Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, ... |
Sweden | ... s. In recent years it has started to breed in lowland areas again, e.g., in | and Denmark |
Bangladesh | ... nded with the formal secession of East Pakistan as the independent state of | |
Egypt | ... f victory in the last years of the First Coalition, had gone to campaign in | . Missing two of its most important military figures from the previous con ... |
Republic of China | ... an has strained relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the | (Taiwan) over the Senkaku Islands; and with the People's Republic of China ... |
France | ... d Carabinieri in Italy and the Police Nationale and National Gendarmerie in | |
Norwegian | ... 1977. In January 1986, after a romantic courtship, Ross married billionaire | shipping magnate Arne Næss, Jr.. After several years of legal separation, ... |
United Kingdom | ... are unlawful without shareholder approval in many jurisdictions such as the | , frowned upon in others such as throughout the European Union, and lawful ... |
France | Lawson owns a property in | , and divides his time between France and the UK |
Sweden | Heidelberg is on European walking route E1 ( | -Umbria) |
Czech Republic | ... egal procedures often make remigration difficult, even after Poland and the | joined the European Union |
United Kingdom | In 1812, with the | engaged in Europe, the United States took the opportunity to declare war a ... |
Israel | ... ow. In October 1956 he signed the Protocol of Sèvres with Great Britain and | on behalf of France |
Somalia | Togdheer (, ) is an administrative region (gobolka) in northwestern | . It lies in the territory of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is ... |
Iceland | ... the independent Jarls under his control, many of the rebels having fled to | . He found himself ruling not only Norway, but the Isles, Man and parts of ... |
Morocco | Ifni was a Spanish province on the Atlantic coast of | , south of Agadir and across from the Canary Islands |
Italy | ... and their fossils have been found in places such as California, Florida and | . The conflicting molecular data regarding their relationships is not much ... |
People's Republic of China | ... nowledged, but not accepted by Japan. Japan has strained relations with the | (PRC) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) over the Senkaku Islands; and wit ... |
Ukraine | ... White Island, Leuce, in the Black Sea off the modern coasts of Romania and | , with a temple and an oracle which survived into the Roman period |
Italy | ... tue of Burns, which was designed by Amelia Paton Hill, sculpted in Carrara, | in 1882, and was unveiled by future Prime Minister, Archibald Primrose, 5t ... |
India | Various types of halva from | are distinguished by the region and the ingredients from which they are pr ... |
Israel | ... Ascalonia; Akkadian: Isqalluna) is a coastal city in the South District of | on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border wit ... |
Swiss | Thomas Holenstein (7 February 1896 - 31 October 1962) was a | politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1955-1959) |
Cyprus | In Greece and | , the term halvas (χαλβάς) is used for both varieties of the dessert. Sesa ... |
Dominican Republic | ... ced throughout areas of Nigeria, the Republic of Benin, Togo, Brazil, Cuba, | , Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the ... |
Iran | ... century was restored and reopened in the latter half of the 1990s funded by | , to become the only working mosque in Armenia. Nowadays, Islamic religiou ... |
Poland | ... rly life, but legal procedures often make remigration difficult, even after | and the Czech Republic joined the European Union |
Malaysia | ... Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, | , Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, ... |
Belarus | ... as are Perkūnas (Lithuania), Pērkons (Latvia), Percunis (Prussia), Piarun ( | ), Peko or Pekolasõ (Estonia) and Perun (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic ... |
Italy | ... epublic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, | , Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norw ... |
Japan | ... gle lived in temperate Europe, North Asia, North America, North Africa, and | . In most areas this bird is now a mountain-dweller, but in former centuri ... |
Ireland | ... ted a single body, and the Scots privy council was abolished on 1 May 1708. | , on the other hand, continued to have a separate Privy Council even after ... |
Thailand | ... ssault or revenge is overwhelmingly a female-on-male crime, particularly in | . Lorena Bobbit famously removed her husband's penis in 1993. In cases of ... |
Romania | ... illes on the White Island, Leuce, in the Black Sea off the modern coasts of | and Ukraine, with a temple and an oracle which survived into the Roman per ... |
Soviet Union | ... e Caucasian Chalk Circle, a play is staged as a parable to villagers in the | to justify the re-allocation of their farmland: the tale describes how a c ... |
Italy | ... and the Policía Nacional in Spain, the Polizia di Stato and Carabinieri in | and the Police Nationale and National Gendarmerie in France |
Goryeo | In Korea, temple names are used to refer to kings of the early | (until 1274), and kings and emperors of the Joseon Dynasty. For the Korean ... |
Greece | In | and Cyprus, the term halvas (χαλβάς) is used for both varieties of the des ... |
Moroccan | ... ,879 and 3,730 respectively. They are followed by the Romanian (2,248), the | (2,058), the Ecuadorian (1,832), the Chinese (1,390), the Brazilian (1,273 ... |
Norway | ... arald Fairhair led a fleet from Norway to Scotland. In his attempt to unite | , he found that many of those opposed to his rise to power had taken refug ... |
New Zealand | ... farm building where milk is harvested is often called a milking parlor. In | such a building is historically known as the milking shed - although in re ... |
Canada | ... laims to have congregations located all over the United States and parts of | and many other parts of the world. The organization also states it has a m ... |
Hungary | ... lgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, | , Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Neth ... |
Iran | ... zech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, | , Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherland ... |
Sierra Leone | ... and the coastal regions stretching from southern Ghana to coastal parts of | . Like Islam, elements of Traditional African religion are mixed with Chri ... |
Bermuda | ... Strait, and the northwestern Atlantic and have been spotted as far south as | and Madeira. Ships are subject to superstructure icing in the extreme nort ... |
Russia | ... Britain, the Kingdom of Naples, the Ottoman Empire, Papal States, Portugal, | , Sweden and other states. During the War of the Second Coalition, the Fre ... |
Cyprus | ... sted aid from Athens. Pericles led 250 ships, originally intended to attack | , to their aid because it would further damage Persia. After four years, h ... |
People's Republic of China | ... e United Kingdom, France, Australia and New Zealand (2009); Portugal (2010) | ;, Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Indonesia, Czech Republic, South Africa, Argent ... |
Somalia | Galguduud is an administrative region (gobolka) in central | |
Israel | ... vil lawsuit for the 1996 murders of Yaron and Efrat Ungar near Bet Shemesh, | . Hamas has been ordered to pay the families of the Ungars $116 million. O ... |
English | ... the Dutch effort, and required them to return all of New Netherland to the | , including the three counties they created. That handover took place on J ... |
Prussia | ... er of the national Red Cross societies of Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, | and Spain, he was nearly forgotten in the official discourse of the Red Cr ... |
Paraguay | ... vernment itself announced its intention to invest 30 billion won in land in | and Uruguay. Discussions with Laos, Myanmar and Senegal are also currently ... |
Irish Free State | ... gues that the Second Dáil continued to exist after the establishment of the | . As the Second Dáil was the last Dáil to be democratically elected by all ... |
India | ... issed the High Court declared that if police allegations were true, Amway's | n subsidiary would be in violation of the act and the investigation should ... |
Brazil | The Tapirapé indigenous people of | allowed no more than three children per woman. Furthermore, no more than t ... |
Kathiri | ... nsisted of the three Hadhramaut states (Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla, | State of Seiyun, Mahra State of Qishn and Socotra) with the remaining stat ... |
United Kingdom | Similar technology, such as the IFF transponder developed in the | , was routinely used by the allies in World War II to identify aircraft as ... |
Nigeria | ... next four major producers of sorghum, in decreasing quantities were India, | , Sudan and Ethiopia. The other major sorghum producing regions in the wor ... |
Ethiopia | It is bordered by | , the Somalian regions of Mudug, Hiran, Shabeellaha Dhexe (Middle Shabele) ... |
Israel | ... of unique approaches to publicity and public relations, on and off the web. | has employed a series of Web 2.0 initiatives which are indicative of how a ... |
Normandy | ... ame, by mixing with the local population, the Normans and settled mostly in | in the 9th century |
Iran | ... pects of Baluchi culture. They are of strong significance to the culture of | and hold a special place in the society. The women put on loose dress and ... |
Spain | ... police agencies overlap, include Guardia Civil and the Policía Nacional in | , the Polizia di Stato and Carabinieri in Italy and the Police Nationale a ... |
English | After taking stock, the | declared on November 11, 1674, that settlements on the west side of the De ... |
Austria | ... st common national animal in the world, with five nations—Albania, Germany, | , Mexico and Kazakhstan—making it the national animal. It is also a common ... |
Egypt | ... e include southeastern parts of Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, the Levant, Israel, | and Ethiopia. Recent findings narrow the first domestication of wheat down ... |
Iran | ... Yerevan were Armenians with minorities of Russians, Kurds, Azerbaijanis and | ians present as well. However with the breakout of the Nagorno-Karabakh Wa ... |
Syria | ... actions were carried out by armed Palestinian Arab gangs who were joined by | n and Iraqi reinforcements. The Arab Higher Committee, led by Haj Amin al- ... |
Morocco | ... rested in its lost medieval fortress in order to claim the southern part of | , and for no clear reason Ifni was wrongly considered the most likely area |
France | ... Low Countries, the western Rhineland, the lands today on the border between | and Germany, and what is now western Switzerland. It was born of the tripa ... |
Israel | The Law of Return is legislation enacted by | in 1950, that gives all Jews, persons of Jewish ancestry, and spouses of J ... |
Sudan | ... r major producers of sorghum, in decreasing quantities were India, Nigeria, | and Ethiopia. The other major sorghum producing regions in the world, by h ... |
Andhra Pradesh | In September 2006, following a public complaint, | state police (CID) initiated raids and seizures against Amway distributors ... |
South Africa | ... s, such as Chile, Israel, the Philippines, France, Austria, New Zealand and | , use a centralized system of policing. Other countries have multiple poli ... |
Carthage | ... d in subsequent wars. In the First Punic War it was at first dependent upon | ; and though the citizens, alarmed at the progress of the Roman arms, were ... |
Low Countries | Lotharingia was a region in northwest Europe, comprising the | , the western Rhineland, the lands today on the border between France and ... |
Sweden | ... ary member of the national Red Cross societies of Austria, the Netherlands, | , Prussia and Spain, he was nearly forgotten in the official discourse of ... |
Bolivia | ... immigrants from countries such as El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, | , Peru, Jamaica and elsewhere in the West Indies led a new wave of migrati ... |
Scotland | ... pplique by hand, with the addition of couched threads and cords, tweed from | , fabrics from the Victoria and Albert Museum, and feathers from London Zo ... |
Soviet Union | Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the | , started on 22 June 1941, and all the Waffen-SS formations participated ( ... |
Germany | ... is the most common national animal in the world, with five nations—Albania, | , Austria, Mexico and Kazakhstan—making it the national animal. It is also ... |
United Kingdom | The | has a long heritage of stand-up comedy, which began in the music halls of ... |
Soviet Union | In 1945 Léon Theremin invented an espionage tool for the | which retransmitted incident radio waves with audio information. Sound wav ... |
New Zealand | Some countries, such as Chile, Israel, the Philippines, France, Austria, | and South Africa, use a centralized system of policing. Other countries ha ... |
New Zealand | ... celand, Sweden and Norway (2008); the United Kingdom, France, Australia and | (2009); Portugal (2010); People's Republic of China, Turkey, Mexico, Canad ... |
Switzerland | By 1956 his health had deteriorated and he began to spend time in | for health reasons. In 1957 he retired from the post of editor of Candido ... |
Qu'aiti | ... torate. The eastern protectorate consisted of the three Hadhramaut states ( | State of Shihr and Mukalla, Kathiri State of Seiyun, Mahra State of Qishn ... |
Syria | ... t, and the Nile Delta. These include southeastern parts of Turkey, Lebanon, | , the Levant, Israel, Egypt and Ethiopia. Recent findings narrow the first ... |
Congo | ... ath of human deforestation and development, especially in Indonesia and the | . They are also hunted by humans, as part of the growing African "bushmeat ... |
Iran | ... province of Sakestan, or the present-day Sistan va Balochistan province of | , which holds strong significance to the culture of Baluch people. Baluch ... |
India | In the USA and | , news organizations have begun to rely more on their own websites and hav ... |
Finland | SS Division Nord in northern | took part in Operation Arctic Fox with the Finnish Army and at the battle ... |
Israel | ... smuggling B-17 Flying Fortress bombers from Florida to the nascent state of | during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. All three received Presidential pardons ... |
Western Roman Empire | ... of Emperor Theodosius I (395), the Empire was divided into an Eastern and a | . The Western part faced increasing economic and political crisis and freq ... |
Portugal | ... Norway (2008); the United Kingdom, France, Australia and New Zealand (2009) | ;(2010); People's Republic of China, Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Indonesia, Cz ... |
Ethiopia | Togdheer is bordered by | to the south, and the Somali regions of Woqooyi Galbeed, Sanaag and Sool. ... |
Luxembourg | ... , Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, | , Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall ... |
Dutch East Indies | ... country was still recovering from World War II, the revolt in the oil-rich | saw sharp criticism of the Queen by the Dutch economic elite |
Israel | ... ta. These include southeastern parts of Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, the Levant, | , Egypt and Ethiopia. Recent findings narrow the first domestication of wh ... |
Poland | of Przemyśl, and was the royal secretary of | from 1553. I |
Scotland | File:Lothians and Fife Spanish Civil Warr Memorial.JPG | Kirkcaldy, | File:International brigade memorial.01.JPG| Londo |
UK | The Scottish Green Party was a constituent part of the former | Green Party until 1990, when the Scottish Green Party became a separate en ... |
Northern Ireland | ... nationality law a person born anywhere on the island of Ireland (including | ) is considered "Irish." A person born outside of Ireland with entitlement ... |
Jordan | ... ral Arab countries. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Fatah faced off with | in a brief civil war. Forced out of Jordan and into Lebanon, Arafat and Fa ... |
Georgia | ... Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, | , Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Ma ... |
Lithuania | ... the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War, whereby the united armies of Poland and | , defeated the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg) in 14 ... |
India | ... st. The next four major producers of sorghum, in decreasing quantities were | , Nigeria, Sudan and Ethiopia. The other major sorghum producing regions i ... |
Mexico | ... national animal in the world, with five nations—Albania, Germany, Austria, | and Kazakhstan—making it the national animal. It is also a common motif in ... |
Italy | "Gavia" portisi from the Late Pliocene of Orciano Pisano ( | ) is known from a cervical vertebra that may or may not have been from a l ... |
Paraguay | ... tribe of Guaycuran stock, of about 5,000 by the end of the 18th century in | , practiced systematic infanticide; with never more than two children bein ... |
Vietnam | ... o the community. In addition, Asian and African immigrants from places like | , India, Ethiopia and Nigeria settled into the area. It proved to be an at ... |
Ethiopia | ... geographer, ethnologue, linguist and astronomer notable for his travels in | during the first half of the 19th century. He was the older brother of Arn ... |
Indonesia | ... 2009); Portugal (2010); People's Republic of China, Turkey, Mexico, Canada, | , Czech Republic, South Africa, Argentina, and India (2011) |
Hong Kong | In | and the United States, as well as in both Northern Ireland and the Republi ... |
Iraq | ... e carried out by armed Palestinian Arab gangs who were joined by Syrian and | i reinforcements. The Arab Higher Committee, led by Haj Amin al-Husayni, w ... |
France | Some countries, such as Chile, Israel, the Philippines, | , Austria, New Zealand and South Africa, use a centralized system of polic ... |
Jordan | ... s showed much more reluctance to fully commit to a new war. King Hussein of | feared another major loss of territory as had occurred in the Six-Day War, ... |
UK | ... writer and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the | folk music scene since the 1960s |
Syria | ... Abu Marzook, senior member of Hamas, believed to be currently in Damascus, | and considered a fugitive by the US |
Denmark | ... ncluding publications in countries such as Britain, France, Spain, Germany, | , Australia, and Greece. Titles included the official Amstrad Computer Use ... |
Puntland | The government of the autonomous | macro-region in northeastern Somalia claims the southeastern Togdheer regi ... |
Soviet Union | In one story, Don Camillo visits the | pretending to be a comrade. In another, the arrival of pop culture and mot ... |
Togo | ... re called are practiced throughout areas of Nigeria, the Republic of Benin, | , Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, S ... |
UK | ... lish-speaking world include Triodos Bank, founded in 1980 and active in the | , Netherlands and Spain, La Nef in France and in San Francisco |
Hong Kong | ... a, Sevilla and the Versailles Palace near Paris. A concert was also held in | in March 1994, to mark the opening of the city's new stadium. Jarre perfor ... |
Costa Rica | ... f over $3.6 million to government officials and third party facilitators in | , Egypt, Vietnam, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Myanmar and Banglad ... |
India | ... munity. In addition, Asian and African immigrants from places like Vietnam, | , Ethiopia and Nigeria settled into the area. It proved to be an attractiv ... |
Mongolia | ... ments have also purchased land in Sulawesi, Indonesia, Cambodia and Bulgan, | . The South Korean government itself announced its intention to invest 30 ... |
Abkhazia | ... with the rulers of the state. Joseph Stalin's favourite Dacha was in Gagra, | . The construction of new dachas was restricted until the late 1940s and r ... |
Germany | ... es, the western Rhineland, the lands today on the border between France and | , and what is now western Switzerland. It was born of the tripartite divis ... |
Colombia | ... percent of the total population. 11% of these new immigrants have come from | , 10% from China, 7% from France, 6% from Lebanon, 6% from Romania, 4% fro ... |
Bermuda | Early in its history, | had unusual connections with Ireland. It has been suggested that St. Brend ... |
Soviet republic | ... urkestan is a region in northern Afghanistan, on the border with the former | s of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. In the 19th century there wa ... |
French | Vosges is a | department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown ... |
Austria | Some countries, such as Chile, Israel, the Philippines, France, | , New Zealand and South Africa, use a centralized system of policing. Othe ... |
Italy | ... torian Livy records the legend that just before setting off on his march to | he made a pilgrimage to Gades, the most ancient seat of Phoenician worship ... |
Spain | ... e Count to take Gerbert with him so that the lad could study mathematics in | and acquire there some knowledge of Arabic learning. In the following year ... |
Egypt | File:St marcarius.JPG|Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, Scetes, | File:Macarius Kloster BW 1.jpg|Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, Scet ... |
Irish Republic | ... he IRA Army Council perceived itself to be the legitimate government of the | |
Ethiopia | ... southeastern parts of Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, the Levant, Israel, Egypt and | . Recent findings narrow the first domestication of wheat down to a small ... |
the country's | ... ng the twentieth century, however, Corrèze shared the experience of many of | rural departments as the population fell steadily |
Poland | ... tured along with other abbreviators, such as Filip Callimachus, who fled to | in 1478, all of whom had been accused of pagan views. Not unaccountably, P ... |
Dál Riata | ... c Óengusa, king of the Picts, his brother Bran and the king of the Scots of | , Áed mac Boanta, along with many members of the Pictish aristocracy in ba ... |
Lotharingia | ... o his detention in southern Italy, Louis failed to prevent the partition of | between Louis the German and Charles the Bald. Some jealousy between Louis ... |
Greek | ... ll the Aegean area. We find Cretan vessels exported to Melos, Egypt and the | mainland. Melian vases came in their turn to Crete. After 1600 B.C. there ... |
Nigeria | ... or spiritual lineages as they are called are practiced throughout areas of | , the Republic of Benin, Togo, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, H ... |
Lebanon | ... h faced off with Jordan in a brief civil war. Forced out of Jordan and into | , Arafat and Fatah were major targets of Israel's 1978 and 1982 invasions ... |
Philippines | Some countries, such as Chile, Israel, the | , France, Austria, New Zealand and South Africa, use a centralized system ... |
Swaziland | ... capture of 11 wild African elephants from the Hlane Royal National Park in | . The zoos said the animals were scheduled to be killed due to overpopulat ... |
Kingdom of England | ... gar was not a particularly peaceable man, his reign was a peaceful one. The | was at its height. Edgar consolidated the political unity achieved by his ... |
Portugal | ... ime. Wellesley submitted a memorandum to Lord Castlereagh on the defence of | . He stressed its mountainous frontiers and advocated Lisbon as the main b ... |
Cambodia | ... and provincial governments have also purchased land in Sulawesi, Indonesia, | and Bulgan, Mongolia. The South Korean government itself announced its int ... |
Ethiopia | ... oducers of sorghum, in decreasing quantities were India, Nigeria, Sudan and | . The other major sorghum producing regions in the world, by harvested qua ... |
Mexico | ... nd New Zealand (2009); Portugal (2010); People's Republic of China, Turkey, | , Canada, Indonesia, Czech Republic, South Africa, Argentina, and India (2 ... |
Swiss | Flavio Cotti born in Prato-Sornico on 18 October 1939) is a | politician |
France | ... n the town of Belliac, near the present-day commune of Saint-Simon, Cantal, | . Around 963, he entered the monastery of St. Gerald of Aurillac. In 967, ... |
Spain | ... tional Red Cross societies of Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Prussia and | , he was nearly forgotten in the official discourse of the Red Cross Movem ... |
Canada | ... ealand (2009); Portugal (2010); People's Republic of China, Turkey, Mexico, | , Indonesia, Czech Republic, South Africa, Argentina, and India (2011) |
Somalia | Bay is an administrative region (gobolka) in southern | |
Cyprus | ... owed up their victory by sending a fleet to re-establish their control over | , and 200 ships were sent out to counter them under Cimon, who returned fr ... |
Spanish Sahara | ... there was little Spanish presence until 1934, when the governor-general of | took up residence. During Franco's dictatorship, the colony was made a Spa ... |
Canadian | ... possession of marijuana and pressured by police to name his supplier. As a | citizen and fearing he would be barred from re-entering the U.S., he compl ... |
Cuba | ... abella S. Diack and Edward Everett Horton. His mother was born in Matanzas, | to Mary Orr and George Diack, immigrants from Scotland. Many sources state ... |
Brazil | ... her hit in Britain, and reportedly reached number one on the rock charts in | . After playing a show in Atlanta, Georgia, in February 1990, the band's m ... |
Norwegian | Ellen Greve was born in 1957 in New South Wales, of post-war | migrant parents. She married and had two children. Thereafter, Ellen devel ... |
Tamil Nadu | Tirunelveli, a city in | state, is called "Halwa City". In Thiruvaiyaru, Andavar Sweets was very fa ... |
Swiss | Leon Schlumpf (born February 3, 1925) is a | politician and a former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1979-1987) |
Canada | ... art of the North American Numbering Plan -- calls between Bermuda, the USA, | and most of the Caribbean requires the caller dialing "1", then the 3-digi ... |
Iraq | ... pt's signing of the Camp David Accords with Israel in 1979, its support for | in Iran's eight-year conflict, the Islamic Republic's hailing of Khalid Is ... |
Haiti | In Vodou, and particularly in | , Bedessy is a minor loa who holds the domain of the sky |
Madagascar | ... , Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, | , Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, M ... |
Jordan | ... p was 1.37 tonnes per hectare. The most productive farms of sorghum were in | , where the nationwide average annual yield was 12.7 tonnes per hectare. T ... |
United Kingdom | ... is fully independent, but works closely with the other green parties of the | and Ireland: the Green Party of England and Wales, the Green Party in Nort ... |
Scotland | ... urt. The Lord President of the Court of Session is head of the judiciary in | , and presiding judge (and Senator) of the College of Justice and Court of ... |
Switzerland | ... nds today on the border between France and Germany, and what is now western | . It was born of the tripartite division in 855, of the kingdom of Middle ... |
British | ... broidery consists of 27 panels, each 9 × 3 ft, and shows 81 great events in | history during the 900 years from 1066 to 1966. It took 22 embroiderers 10 ... |
United Kingdom | Aon plc is a public multinational corporation headquartered in London, | , that provides risk management services, insurance and reinsurance broker ... |
Liechtenstein | ... Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, | , Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives ... |
Bulgaria | ... ra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, | , Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hung ... |
Nigeria | Japan and | engage in strong economic and political cooperation. Both countries establ ... |
Philippines | In 2003, the first allotment garden of the | was established in Cagayan de Oro City, Northern Mindanao as part of a Eur ... |
Israel | Some countries, such as Chile, | , the Philippines, France, Austria, New Zealand and South Africa, use a ce ... |
Han Dynasty | The | collapsed at the end of the 2nd century AD, paving the way for the Three K ... |
Iraq | In 2002, the United States began to campaign for the overthrow of | 's President, Saddam Hussein. The United States, under the administration ... |
England | ... pean pole weapon and a technique of stick fighting, especially as in use in | during the Early Modern period |
Germany | ... t be separated from its "terrorist and political activities." In July 2010, | also outlawed Frankfurt-based International Humanitarian Aid Organization ... |
Malta | The geography of | is dominated by water. Malta is an archipelago of coralline limestone, loc ... |
Nigeria | ... Asian and African immigrants from places like Vietnam, India, Ethiopia and | settled into the area. It proved to be an attractive locale for immigrants ... |
India | ... ey, Mexico, Canada, Indonesia, Czech Republic, South Africa, Argentina, and | (2011) |
New Zealand | As herd numbers increased so did the problems of animal health. In | two approaches to this problem have been used. The first was improved vete ... |
Austria | ... e being appointed an honorary member of the national Red Cross societies of | , the Netherlands, Sweden, Prussia and Spain, he was nearly forgotten in t ... |
Russian Empire | ... onization of Mari land. Later it was a sloboda in Vyatka Governorate of the | . It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1918. Town status was gra ... |
Bermuda | | has five television stations, a small cable microwave system, two cellular ... |
Russia | ... a town and the administrative center of Sovetsky District of Kirov Oblast, | . Population |
Ethiopia | ... In addition, Asian and African immigrants from places like Vietnam, India, | and Nigeria settled into the area. It proved to be an attractive locale fo ... |
Parthian Empire | ... loyed in intermittent warfare with the Germanic tribes to the north and the | to the east. While armed insurrections (e.g. the Hebraic insurrection in J ... |
Republic of China | ... China and the Soviet Union. He continued Truman's policy of recognizing the | (based in Formosa/Taiwan) as the legitimate government of China, not the B ... |
British | ... navigation along the Hudson River was obvious to both the Americans and the | from the outbreak of open hostilities. The Hudson was the major means for ... |
Scotland | ... er was born in Matanzas, Cuba to Mary Orr and George Diack, immigrants from | . Many sources state that Edward Everett Horton's grandfather and namesake ... |
Assyria | ... , it has been ruled by the Canaanites, the Philistines, the Israelites, the | ns, the Babylonians, the Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Persians ... |
Prussia | ... came in 1793 when Austria, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Kingdom of Naples, | , Spain and the Kingdom of Great Britain formed the First Coalition. Frenc ... |
Israel | In a September 2003 interview in Elsevier, a Dutch weekly, on | and the dangers it faces from Iran, the Palestinians and world opinion van ... |
Roman Empire | ... later mixed with large group of Germanic peoples arriving at the end of the | such as the Franks the Burgundians, Alamanni and Goths, very small portion ... |
Malta | ... farming. There are currently over 50 allotment plots located in Għammieri, | . All plots are fully irrigated and those who have entered the scheme rece ... |
Czech Republic | ... ugal (2010); People's Republic of China, Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Indonesia, | , South Africa, Argentina, and India (2011) |
Roman | It has been suggested that the | province of Britannia had four archbishops, seated at London, York, Lincol ... |
British | ... FRS (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), was a | statesman and naval officer, and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinbu ... |
Bulgaria | ... to leave France and head for Romania, and the Leibstandarte was ordered to | . The Leibstandarte, attached to the XL Panzer Corps, advanced west then s ... |
Belarus | The distribution comprises Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, | , Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finl ... |
Eastern Han | ... let. The earliest written record of noodles is found in a book dated to the | period (25–220) of China. Noodles, often made from wheat dough, became a s ... |
Romania | ... ome from Colombia, 10% from China, 7% from France, 6% from Lebanon, 6% from | , 4% from Algeria, 3% from the United States and 3% from Congo |
Han Dynasty | ... ngxi, and Zhejiang, mostly in the 2nd century BC, only to be stopped by the | . The Han emperor eventually decided to get rid of the potential threat by ... |
Germany | Heidelberg is a city in south-west | . The fifth-largest city in the State of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart ... |
Scotland | The Scottish Green Party (; ) is a green party in | . It has two MSPs in the devolved Scottish Parliament, Alison Johnstone, r ... |
British | Tiswas was a Saturday morning children's | television series which ran from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982 and was pr ... |
Tanzania | ... ded among four countries – Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), | and Zambia, with the DRC (45%) and Tanzania (41%) possessing the majority ... |
Roman Empire | ... icted with an owl named the Glaucus (or "owl of Athena" and later under the | , "owl of ") perched on her head. This pairing evolved in tangent so that ... |
Algeria | ... , 10% from China, 7% from France, 6% from Lebanon, 6% from Romania, 4% from | , 3% from the United States and 3% from Congo |
United Kingdom | In the | , the British Board of Film Classification has banned films alleged to sho ... |
South Africa | ... ple's Republic of China, Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Indonesia, Czech Republic, | , Argentina, and India (2011) |
Belgium | The distribution comprises Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, | , Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Fran ... |
Laos | ... to invest 30 billion won in land in Paraguay and Uruguay. Discussions with | , Myanmar and Senegal are also currently underway |
Fiji | ... aland, followed by a large loop north into the Pacific calling at Tonga and | , and then back westward to Cape York in Australia by the end of August. T ... |
Bolivia | ... ho were usually buried. The infanticidal custom had such roots among the in | and Paraguay that it persisted until the late 20th century |
Iran | ... erview in Elsevier, a Dutch weekly, on Israel and the dangers it faces from | , the Palestinians and world opinion van Creveld stated |
Chile | Some countries, such as | , Israel, the Philippines, France, Austria, New Zealand and South Africa, ... |
India | ... and he became the second governor of a settlement at Madras (now Chennai), | , in 1687, after Streynsham Master. He was instrumental in the development ... |
Britain | ... rincipal tenor-voices solo instrument in brass band settings, especially in | . It is no surprise, then, that when British composers – some of the same ... |
Israel | ... Strategic Studies), pp.29–30 Arafat spent much of his life fighting against | in the name of Palestinian self-determination. Originally opposed to Israe ... |
People's Republic of China | ... nt of the ROC would be elected by majority vote of Taiwan's population. The | conducted a series of missile tests in the waters surrounding Taiwan and o ... |
Lebanon | ... immigrants have come from Colombia, 10% from China, 7% from France, 6% from | , 6% from Romania, 4% from Algeria, 3% from the United States and 3% from ... |
Russia | ... y Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist | in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Milkman and ... |
Swiss | ... anism was well established by the time he was eight years old. The son of a | clergyman, Roget studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. His life ... |
Belgian | Mol is a municipality located in the | province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Mol. On J ... |
Benin | In spite of the fact that it is illegal, in | , West Africa, parents secretly continue with infanticidal customs |
Egypt | War with the Persians continued. In 460 BC, | revolted under local leaders the Hellenes called Inaros and Amyrtaeus, who ... |
Austria | The distribution comprises Andorra, Armenia, | , Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Re ... |
People's Republic of China | ... ing to improve its relationships with neighboring countries, especially the | , North Korea and South Korea. Despite some formal statements of regret fr ... |
Italy | In some countries 13 is considered a lucky number; for example, | (except in some contexts, such as sitting at the dinner table), China, Tib ... |
Kingdom of Naples | ... the French Republic came in 1793 when Austria, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the | , Prussia, Spain and the Kingdom of Great Britain formed the First Coaliti ... |
Poland | ... as organized in 1833, it was at first named Volhynia, after the province in | . It is believed to have been given to honor General Thaddeus Kosciusko, t ... |
United Kingdom | ... g-established convention originating in Canada's former colonial power, the | , which stipulates that the monarch's representative, the governor general ... |
Lebanon | ... e Crescent, and the Nile Delta. These include southeastern parts of Turkey, | , Syria, the Levant, Israel, Egypt and Ethiopia. Recent findings narrow th ... |
Bishopric of Brixen | ... to the Bishopric of Trent. In 1027 the county of Norital was granted to the | , followed in 1091 by the county of Puster Valley. Since the Bishops were ... |
Iran | In | , halva usually refers to a related confection made from wheat flour and b ... |
Lithuania | ... Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, | , Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mal ... |
Netherlands | ... ish: Èrnem) is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the | . It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located on both bank ... |
Israel | Heavily sesame-flavoured tahini halvah (חלוה) is very popular in | and among people of Jewish background all over the world. Spelled "halvah" ... |
People's Republic of China | There have been some accusations that infanticide occurs in the | due to the one-child policy. In the 1990s, a certain stretch of the Yangtz ... |
Azerbaijan | The distribution comprises Andorra, Armenia, Austria, | , Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Esto ... |
Aden Protectorate | ... th local rulers of traditional polities that, together, became known as the | . The area was divided into numerous sultanates, emirates, and sheikhdoms, ... |
English | Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an | novelist |
Italy | ... hydrous minerals than the CM type. The Renazzo meteorite was discovered in | in 1824 and is one of the most primitive meteorites known |
Canada | ... adjusted by a setting knob. The reference pressure, in inches of mercury in | and the US and hectopascals (previously millibars) elsewhere, is displayed ... |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... ongest freshwater lake. The lake is divided among four countries – Burundi, | (DRC), Tanzania and Zambia, with the DRC (45%) and Tanzania (41%) possessi ... |
English | ... the Dutch in August 1673. The Dutch restored the status that pre-dated the | invasion, and codified it in the establishment of three counties in what h ... |
Germany | ... ndescribed small diver was found in the Late Oligocene deposits at Enspel ( | ); it too may or may not belong to Colymboides. Of the crown genus Gavia, ... |
Sicily | ... one, located in the Mediterranean Sea, approximately 93 kilometres south of | , Italy, and nearly 300 km north (Libya) and northeast (Tunisia) of Africa ... |
Sicily | Melqart protected the Punic areas of | such as Ras Melqart 'Cape of Melqart', where his head, indistinguishable f ... |
Andorra | The distribution comprises | , Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ... |
British | ... the Polaris Sales Agreement in 1963, Polaris missiles were also carried on | Royal Navy submarines between 1968 and the mid-1990s |
British Mandate for Palestine | In 1918, Ashkelon became part of the | . In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Majdal was the forward position of the Egy ... |
France | ... 1% of these new immigrants have come from Colombia, 10% from China, 7% from | , 6% from Lebanon, 6% from Romania, 4% from Algeria, 3% from the United St ... |
Democratic Kampuchea | ... The FUNSK invaded Cambodia along with the Vietnamese Army and overthrew the | Pol Pot state. Many of the Khmer Viet Minh had married Vietnamese women du ... |
British | ... lonial years, the Seminole were on good terms with both the Spanish and the | . In 1784, the treaty ending the American Revolutionary War transferred Br ... |
Indonesia | ... ut in the direct path of human deforestation and development, especially in | and the Congo. They are also hunted by humans, as part of the growing Afri ... |
Madagascar | ... de the Morefield Mine in Amelia, Virginia. It is also found in pegmatite in | and in |
Scotland | ... e are few records, the Vikings are thought to have led their first raids in | on the holy island of Iona in 794, the year following the raid on the othe ... |
India | ... ptured the port of Aden, to provide a coaling station for ships en route to | . The British interest in reducing pirate attacks on British merchants lea ... |
Middle Francia | ... itzerland. It was born of the tripartite division in 855, of the kingdom of | , itself formed of the threefold division of the Carolingian Empire by the ... |
Malta | The Cippi of Melqart, found on | and dedicated to the god as an ex voto offering, provided the key to under ... |
England | ... e death of her first husband, Thomas Yale (1590–1619) in Chester, Cheshire, | , married Governor Theophilus Eaton (1590–1657) of New Haven Colony. In 16 ... |
Egypt | ... le:Macarius Kloster BW 1.jpg|Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, Scetes, | File:Deir as Suriani.jpg|Syrian Monastery, Scetes, Egypt File:Monastery of ... |
Canadian | Queens County is a county in the | province of Nova Scotia |
British | Peter Mark Roget FRS (; 18 January 1779 – 12 September 1869) was a | physician, natural theologian and lexicographer. He is best known for publ ... |
Albania | ... n Eagle is the most common national animal in the world, with five nations— | , Germany, Austria, Mexico and Kazakhstan—making it the national animal. I ... |
Armenia | The distribution comprises Andorra, | , Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, ... |
England | The Lord President of the Council is one of the Great Officers of State in | who presides over meetings of British Privy Council; the Cabinet headed by ... |
Netherlands | ... nted an honorary member of the national Red Cross societies of Austria, the | , Sweden, Prussia and Spain, he was nearly forgotten in the official disco ... |
Burundi | ... world's longest freshwater lake. The lake is divided among four countries – | , Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania and Zambia, with the DR ... |
Uruguay | ... lf announced its intention to invest 30 billion won in land in Paraguay and | . Discussions with Laos, Myanmar and Senegal are also currently underway |
India | ... as of extremely high poverty and overpopulation, such as parts of China and | . Female infants, then and even now, are particularly vulnerable, a factor ... |
Russia | ... 1843 to 1846 she was permanently attached to the Opera in Saint Petersburg, | |
Panama | ... ew Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, | , Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, ... |
France | ... Clarence rebelled again. This time they were defeated and forced to flee to | . There, they made an alliance with Margaret of Anjou, and Warwick agreed ... |
Bhutan | ... States is working towards resettling more than 60,000 ethnic Nepalese from | in the US as a third-country settlement programme. A second wave was drive ... |
Italy | Monte Cassino is a rocky hill about southeast of Rome, | , c. to the west of the town of Cassino (the Roman Casinum having been on ... |
Azores | ... any of these town residents were originally from the island of Faial in the | , and the neighborhood where many of them lived, located between Vineyard ... |
Kenya | As part of East Africa, the territory of what is now | has seen human habitation since the beginning of the Lower Paleolithic. Th ... |
England | ... ng, back packs, and student IDs in a primary school. A school in Doncaster, | is piloting a monitoring system designed to keep tabs on pupils by trackin ... |
Republic of China | ... However, the archipelagos of Kinmen and Matsu are under the control of the | (Taiwan). Thus, there are two provinces (in the sense of government organi ... |
Roman | ... r fish. Electric fish were again reported millennia later by ancient Greek, | and Arabic naturalists and physicians. Several ancient writers, such as Pl ... |
Turkmenistan | ... in northern Afghanistan, on the border with the former Soviet republics of | , Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. In the 19th century there was a province in A ... |
Czech Republic | ... ermany, Greece, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, | , China, Cyprus, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Iran, Italy, Bahrai ... |
Iceland | ... These immigrants moved to Canada and USA after the eruption of a volcano in | in 1875. Immigrants from Iceland then played on behalf of Canada and won t ... |
Malta | ... , West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, | and the Jewish world |
Mexico | In 2009 Verónica Castro went back to telenovelas, and left her native | for Argentina to film the telenovela Los Exitosos Pérez. It premiered in M ... |
Brazil | ... ith major South American economies, becoming the largest trading partner of | and building strategic links with Argentina. Along with Brazil, Russia, In ... |
Ghana | ... a dough served with a spicy stew or sauce for example okra stew etc.) from | is enjoyed throughout the region and beyond even in Central Africa with th ... |
Azores | ... y Islands to the Virgin Islands, then heading north to Bermuda, east to the | , back to Madeira, and then south to the Cape Verde Islands. During this p ... |
Afghanistan | Afghan Turkestan is a region in northern | , on the border with the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekist ... |
Poland | ... sel). The Vandals are assumed to have crossed the Baltic into what is today | somewhere in the 2nd century BC, and to have settled in Silesia from aroun ... |
India | ... us and the writ of certiorari. In certain Common Law jurisdictions, such as | or Pakistan, the power to pass such writs is a Constitutionally guaranteed ... |
Netherlands | ... ce, Russia, Germany, Greece, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Austria, | , Czech Republic, China, Cyprus, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Ira ... |
Vietnam | ... Bo on May 19, 1941. The Việt Minh initially formed to seek independence for | from the French Empire. When the Japanese occupation began, the Việt Minh ... |
India | ... ion evolved to form complex cultures with varying degrees of influence from | and China |
Colombia | ... tor") is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by | on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the ... |
Cyprus | ... Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republic, China, | , Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Iran, Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, Spa ... |
German | Paul Gerhardt (12 March 1607 – 27 May 1676) was a | hymn writer |
Greece | ... tions dating back to 2000 BC, fishing rods go back to ancient Egypt, China, | , Trinidad and Tobago, Rome and medieval England, where they were called " ... |
India | ... e apparent. While the Society was oriented toward an Eastern and especially | n approach, Steiner was trying to develop a path that embraced Christianit ... |
Brazil | ... apartheid, Greece under the military junta (1967–74), Chile under Pinochet, | under military rule (1964–85), and Taiwan under Chiang Kai-Shek (see also ... |
Pakistan | ... e writ of certiorari. In certain Common Law jurisdictions, such as India or | , the power to pass such writs is a Constitutionally guaranteed power. Thi ... |
Third Republic | ... llected religious or ethnic data in its censuses since the beginning of the | , but the country's predominant faith has been Roman Catholicism since the ... |
Sikh Empire | ... ad Caliphate, the Mongol Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Durrani Empire, the | and the British Empire. As a result of the Pakistan Movement led by Muhamm ... |
Mexico | In | , the president is directly elected for a six-year term by popular vote. T ... |
Yugoslavia | ... rth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hungarian-language books have been issued in | for the Hungarian minority living in Serbia. Although not a fully autonomi ... |
Portuguese | ... l Palace, which was constructed in the end of the 19th century to house the | governor and the Monumento de Diogo Gomes, named after the Portuguese navi ... |
Switzerland | ... om Bulgaria, band member Lucy Diakovska's native country, and 2 points from | only. Only the United Kingdom and Poland placed below the four-member fema ... |
Philippines | In 1935 he accompanied MacArthur to the | , where he served as assistant military adviser to the Philippine governme ... |
Republic of China | Until the early 1970s, the | was recognized as the sole legitimate government of China by the United Na ... |
Uzbekistan | ... fghanistan, on the border with the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan, | and Tajikistan. In the 19th century there was a province in Afghanistan na ... |
Indonesia | ... – Anca, Tomado, Langko, and Puroo - around Lindu Lake in Central Sulawesi, | |
Bermuda | ... twards from the Canary Islands to the Virgin Islands, then heading north to | , east to the Azores, back to Madeira, and then south to the Cape Verde Is ... |
United Arab Emirates | ... ights to dozens of countries which include France, Russia, Germany, Greece, | , United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republic, China, Cyprus, Ukr ... |
Palau | ... ands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, | , Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, ... |
Moldova | ... stive list of other countries believed to have similar laws is South Korea, | , Slovakia, and Slovenia. Similarly, the Liberian constitution (currently ... |
France | ... with Taiwan in November 2003. Kiribati briefly suspended its relations with | in 1995 over that country's decision to renew nuclear testing in the South ... |
Irish Free State | ... Oireachtas, was located in Leinster House. Dublin became the capital of the | and later the Republic of Ireland |
Chile | ... n to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with | , that do not have a border with Brazil. The country also includes the Gal ... |
Venezuela | ... a Vega's first album. The other bands selected were Los Amigos Invisibles ( | ), Charly García (Argentina), Los Jaivas (Chile) and Aterciopelados (Colom ... |
Spain | In | , Rector or Rector Magnífico (magnific rector, from Latin Rector Magnificu ... |
Indonesia | Other forms of music from | , Jamaica and elsewhere were assimilated. African soukous and Latin music, ... |
Somalia | ... bo on Luzon Island in the Philippines. In October 1993, Lincoln deployed to | to assist UN humanitarian operations there, spending four weeks flying pat ... |
Austria | File:Image-Coptic church (Vienna)3.JPG|Coptic Church in Vienna, | File:Image-Coptic church (Vienna)2.JPG|Coptic Church in Vienna, Austria Fi ... |
Vijayanagara Empire | ... the northern invasions and would later prosper and come to be known as the | |
Brazil | In | , the president is directly elected for a four-year term by popular vote. ... |
Scotland | ... held commercial relations with their former homes. Some migrated as far as | . Christian IV of Denmark invited some New Christian families to settle at ... |
Scotland | ... ances in Venice, Morocco, London, Greece, India, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, and | . Furthermore, another inconsistency was that one of the original premises ... |
Hong Kong | ... goal of the program is to make Incheon as much an English speaking city as | and Singapore are. This is for the ultimate purpose of establishing Incheo ... |
Algeria | ... obe faites au Bresil et en Ethiopie. The younger Abbadie spent some time in | before, in 1837, the two brothers started for Ethiopia, landing at Massawa ... |
Greece | ... irect flights to dozens of countries which include France, Russia, Germany, | , United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republ ... |
Colombia | ... irst program was launched in Guatemala and in 2006 they started programs in | and Brazil where they are "directly involved with coffee producing communi ... |
England | ... er only a few weeks, and Gosnold decided to return home. Upon his return to | , the British Crown claimed jurisdiction of the island chain |
Alsace-Lorraine | ... ller monarchies, three republican city-states and the Imperial territory of | . After the territorial losses of the Treaty of Versailles and the German ... |
Singapore | ... rogram is to make Incheon as much an English speaking city as Hong Kong and | are. This is for the ultimate purpose of establishing Incheon as a commerc ... |
Venezuela | ... thy Spaniards who fled from the independence revolts in Cuba, Colombia, and | |
Russia | The | n company Etersoft has been developing a proprietary version of Wine since ... |
Burma | From | around 1500 BC, the Mon and ancestors of the Khmer people started to move ... |
Republic of China | ... se of cold (i.e., non-explosive) harpoons. Faced with similar pressure, the | (Taiwan) placed a complete ban on whaling in 1981. Without United States s ... |
Azerbaijan | ... nts and Alumni International Forum (ASAIF) realizes diaspora activities for | |
Soviet Union | In the | , three Winnie-the-Pooh, (transcribed in Russian as "Vinni Pukh") (Russian ... |
Republic of China | ... an, the Việt Minh opposed Japan with support from the United States and the | . After World War II, the Việt Minh opposed the re-occupation of Vietnam b ... |
Bermuda | ... the entire coastal region from South Carolina to Maine, plus the island of | . The London Company was incorporated as a joint stock company by the prop ... |
Honduras | ... ook the Spanish settlements at Vildemos (on the Tabasco river); Trujillo, ( | ) and Granada |
Low Countries | ... imes metaphorically interpreted as being oranges or other fruits. As in the | in medieval times oranges most frequently came from Spain, this led to the ... |
Russia | ... in GDP growth due to slumping oil prices and the August financial crisis in | . A bright spot in 1999 was the recovery of international petroleum prices ... |
Belgian | Gavere is a municipality located in the | province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Asper, ... |
British | ... ds of Contemplation, The Tears of Blind Lions, The Waters of Siloe, and the | edition of The Seven Storey Mountain under the title Elected Silence. On M ... |
Lebanon | In | , modern police were established in 1861, with creation of the Gendarmerie |
Austria | ... lude France, Russia, Germany, Greece, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, | , Netherlands, Czech Republic, China, Cyprus, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan ... |
Slovakia | ... t of other countries believed to have similar laws is South Korea, Moldova, | , and Slovenia. Similarly, the Liberian constitution (currently defunct an ... |
German | Ludwig Ross, the | archaeologist appointed Curator of the Antiquities of Athens at the time o ... |
India | ... 's Frankfurt Airport is managed by the quasi-private firm Fraport. While in | GMR Group operates, through joint ventures, Indira Gandhi International Ai ... |
Brazil | ... was launched in Guatemala and in 2006 they started programs in Colombia and | where they are "directly involved with coffee producing communities by pro ... |
Morocco | ... rch. Discouraged, Orton and Halliwell went on an 80-day holiday in Tangier, | |
Cyprus | ... ortant street behind the Buda Castle. When the Turkish Armed Forces invaded | in 1974, the operations were named after Attila (Atilla I and Atilla II) |
Vietnam | ... he 5th century BC, people of the Dong Son culture, who lived in what is now | , had mastered basic metal working. Their works are the earliest known met ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... t mining district, but it was an independent miner, John "Jack" Mihalcik, a | n immigrant born in 1866, who was the first person to actually discover go ... |
Hungary | After WWII, the Soviet Union and Communist-controlled Poland, | and Yugoslavia expelled hundreds of thousands of ethnic Germans, most of w ... |
Egypt | ... n Grafton Street and from their service in British military intelligence in | and Palestine during the First World War), eighteen high-ranking British I ... |
British | ... om 1899 to 1902 and the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the | Union Flag was the national flag in South Africa |
Scotland | ... cal hunter-warrior of Irish mythology, occurring also in the mythologies of | and the Isle of Man. The stories of Fionn and his followers the Fianna, fo ... |
Bulgaria | ... untries that participated with a total of 14 points – taking 12 points from | , band member Lucy Diakovska's native country, and 2 points from Switzerla ... |
Belgium | ... scription in 2004 of the proto-seed Runcaria heinzelinii in the Givetian of | is an indication of that ancient origin of seed-plants. As with modern fer ... |
People's Republic of China | Most of Fujian is administered by the | . However, the archipelagos of Kinmen and Matsu are under the control of t ... |
Albania | ... arch 1944 from Albanian and Kosovan volunteers, for anti-partisan duties in | and Kosovo. A second Waffen-SS cavalry division followed in April 1944, th ... |
Normandy | ... cruited from the United Kingdom – the demands of reconstruction in mainland | and Brittany employed domestic labour |
Poland | After WWII, the Soviet Union and Communist-controlled | , Hungary and Yugoslavia expelled hundreds of thousands of ethnic Germans, ... |
United Kingdom | ... ntries which include France, Russia, Germany, Greece, United Arab Emirates, | , Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republic, China, Cyprus, Ukraine, Belarus, K ... |
Latvia | ... e been targeted for this type of recruitment are: Australia, Cyprus, Kenya, | , Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, and South Africa |
Russia | ... u) (December 30, 1787 – February 15, 1846) was a Baltic German navigator in | n service |
Austria-Hungary | Karl Popper was born in Vienna (then in | ) in 1902, to upper middle-class parents. All of Karl Popper's grandparent ... |
Lebanon | ... to 1895 when the first immigrants arrived from the Beqaa Valley in today's | and Syria. Islamic Services of America (I.S.A.) was established in Cedar R ... |
Brazil | ... Gambians and Senegalese, as well as a favourite side snack or side dish in | and the Caribbean just as it is in West Africa. It is said that its exact ... |
Brazil | In 1835 the French Academy sent Antoine on a scientific mission to | , the results being published at a later date (1873) under the title of Ob ... |
Afghanistan | ... sugary syrup. This is popular in Iran, Turkey, Somalia, India, Pakistan and | |
Liberia | ... imilar laws is South Korea, Moldova, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Similarly, the | n constitution (currently defunct and being rewritten) allows only people ... |
Japan | ... occasions. In November 1974, pressure from the United States contributed to | and the Soviet Union complying with the 1974-1975 quotas. Similarly, in De ... |
Bangladesh | ... osta Rica, Egypt, Vietnam, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Myanmar and | , between 1983 and 2007, in order to obtain and retain insurance contracts |
Yugoslavia | After WWII, the Soviet Union and Communist-controlled Poland, Hungary and | expelled hundreds of thousands of ethnic Germans, most of whom were descen ... |
Egypt | ... part of the Crusader policy of improving the defences of coastal sites. The | ians retook Ashkelon in 1247 during As-Salih Ayyub's conflict with the Cru ... |
France | The airport serves direct flights to dozens of countries which include | , Russia, Germany, Greece, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Austria, ... |
India | ... rgely made up of the descendants of laborers who were hired for labour from | in the 19th century. Slaves were previously introduced by the British and ... |
India | This halva, produced and served in | , Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Pakistan and surrounding countries (diffe ... |
Poland | ... ve country, and 2 points from Switzerland only. Only the United Kingdom and | placed below the four-member female band |
Pakistan | ... l, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, | , Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Po ... |
Bahrain | ... astal areas in the region of Makran (Chabahar, Gwadar), Gulf (Oman, Kuwait, | ) and Arabian Sea (Karachi and other parts of Sindh) and tribes including ... |
Guatemala | ... spanic and Caribbean immigrants from countries such as El Salvador, Mexico, | , Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Jamaica and elsewhere in the West Indies led a ... |
Kenya | ... hat have been targeted for this type of recruitment are: Australia, Cyprus, | , Latvia, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, and South Africa |
Cuba | ... addition to the wealthy Spaniards who fled from the independence revolts in | , Colombia, and Venezuela |
Slovenia | ... ntries believed to have similar laws is South Korea, Moldova, Slovakia, and | . Similarly, the Liberian constitution (currently defunct and being rewrit ... |
Senegal | ... largest city of Cape Verde, an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean west of | . It lies on the southern coast of Santiago island in the Sotavento Island ... |
Nigeria | ... ra (fried bean balls seasoned with spices served with sauce and bread) from | is a favourite breakfast for Gambians and Senegalese, as well as a favouri ... |
United Kingdom | ... ys, located in the Tarawa archipelago. Kiribati became independent from the | in 1979. It is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the IMF and the Wo ... |
Pakistan | ... ng it with a sugary syrup. This is popular in Iran, Turkey, Somalia, India, | and Afghanistan |
United Arab Emirates | ... and third party facilitators in Costa Rica, Egypt, Vietnam, Indonesia, the | , Myanmar and Bangladesh, between 1983 and 2007, in order to obtain and re ... |
State of Vietnam | On March 8, 1949, after the Elysee accords the | was recognized by France as an independent country ruled by the Vietnamese ... |
Israel | Following WWII, the creation of the state of | , and a series of uprisings against colonialist rule, the Middle East nati ... |
Indonesia | ... oughout the world, but the practice is concentrated more heavily in Africa, | , and the Middle East. There is much controversy surrounding infibulation ... |
Germany | ... in the United Kingdom, as well as several other airports outside of the UK. | 's Frankfurt Airport is managed by the quasi-private firm Fraport. While i ... |
Austria | ... ed on 6. November 1948 that the Sword of Attila was hanging menacingly over | |
German | In 1663 the | physicist Otto von Guericke created the first electric generator, which pr ... |
Soviet Union | ... November 1974, pressure from the United States contributed to Japan and the | complying with the 1974-1975 quotas. Similarly, in December 1978, Chile, S ... |
Belgian | ... rg, Düren, Euskirchen, and also the Netherlands province of Limburg and the | province of Liège |
Chile | ... Los Amigos Invisibles (Venezuela), Charly García (Argentina), Los Jaivas ( | ) and Aterciopelados (Colombia) |
Germany | ... serves direct flights to dozens of countries which include France, Russia, | , Greece, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Czec ... |
Aruba | ... could be woven into his material. This led him to performances in Curaçao, | and Jamaica in the early days, and finally to London, when he was already ... |
Danish | ... er Munk (commonly called Kaj Munk) (13 January 1898 – 4 January 1944) was a | playwright and Lutheran pastor, known for his cultural engagement and his ... |
Nigeria | ... argeted for this type of recruitment are: Australia, Cyprus, Kenya, Latvia, | , Poland, Portugal, and South Africa |
Colombia | ... on to the wealthy Spaniards who fled from the independence revolts in Cuba, | , and Venezuela |
Kazakhstan | ... en Tang and Gan Yanshou (甘延壽/甘延寿) at the Battle of Zhizhi, in modern Taraz, | |
Colombia | ... Caribbean immigrants from countries such as El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala, | , Bolivia, Peru, Jamaica and elsewhere in the West Indies led a new wave o ... |
Spain | ... ern Europe, and with tens of thousands seeking refuge in the United States. | sent many political activists into exile during Franco's military regime f ... |
Marathas | ... many treasures, including the Peacock Throne. A treaty signed in 1752 made | the protector of the Mughal throne at Delhi. In 1803, during the Second An ... |
Italy | ... Holy Roman Empire and sowed the seeds of nascent nationalism in Germany and | that would lead to the two nations' respective consolidations later in the ... |
Syria | ... n the first immigrants arrived from the Beqaa Valley in today's Lebanon and | . Islamic Services of America (I.S.A.) was established in Cedar Rapids in ... |
United Kingdom | ... example, BAA Limited (BAA) operates seven of the commercial airports in the | , as well as several other airports outside of the UK. Germany's Frankfurt ... |
Indonesia | ... passenger seat is located behind the driver on a "delta" tricycle, while in | and Vietnam the driver sits behind the passenger seat on a "tadpole" tricy ... |
Russia | ... airport serves direct flights to dozens of countries which include France, | , Germany, Greece, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Austria, Netherla ... |
Sierra Leone | ... ughout Europe. In September 1983, Mondo was deported to his home country of | and replaced by Nigel Preston, formerly of Theatre of Hate. The single "Go ... |
Switzerland | ... has lived in Washington, D.C.; California; and during some of the 1980s in | . He now lives in Davis, California |
Austria | File:Image-Coptic church (Vienna)2.JPG|Coptic Church in Vienna, | File:StMarkChurch.jpg|Saint Mark Church, Kaleen, Canberra, Australia File: ... |
Spain | ... ") is the patron of the Valladolid, one of the two medieval universities of | |
Mauritius | Port Louis is the capital of | . It is the largest city of the country and main port, which borders the I ... |
Chile | ... iet Union complying with the 1974-1975 quotas. Similarly, in December 1978, | , South Korea and Peru acceded to the IWC after the United States certifie ... |
United Kingdom | ... cy Diakovska's native country, and 2 points from Switzerland only. Only the | and Poland placed below the four-member female band |
French | By the mid—18th century the | chemist Charles François de Cisternay du Fay had discovered two types of s ... |
Germany | ... e through yellow to red and is found in the Stassfurt salt mines in Saxony, | . It is a natural salt occurring in irregular granular masses, and is used ... |
Colombia | ... ezuela), Charly García (Argentina), Los Jaivas (Chile) and Aterciopelados ( | ) |
Goguryeo | ... f the Incheon area dates back to 475 CE. during the reign of King Jangsu of | by the name of "Michuhol". The area underwent several name changes with su ... |
People's Republic of China | ... a by the United Nations and most Western nations, refusing to recognize the | on account of the Cold War. The KMT ruled Taiwan under martial law until t ... |
Portugal | ... dely varied. It seems as though they were usually chosen annually. Today in | the county mayor can still be referred to as 'edil' (e.g. 'O edil de Coimb ... |
El Salvador | ... During the 1980s, Hispanic and Caribbean immigrants from countries such as | , Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Jamaica and elsewhere in the ... |
Egypt | ... million to government officials and third party facilitators in Costa Rica, | , Vietnam, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Myanmar and Bangladesh, be ... |
England | ... (; c. 7 August 943 – 8 July 975), also called the Peaceable, was a king of | (r. 959–75). Edgar was the younger son of Edmund I of England |
Danish | ... he districts of Schleswig-Flensburg and Dithmarschen, the North Sea and the | county of South Jutland. The district is called Kreis Nordfriesland in Ger ... |
Greece | ... countries such as Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Australia, and | . Titles included the official Amstrad Computer User publication, as well ... |
Norway | is a county in | , bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsber ... |
Maratha | ... e declined rapidly as the Hindu Maratha Empire rose to prominence. In 1737, | forces sacked Delhi, following their victory against the Mughals in the Fi ... |
Somalia | ... a roux and cooking it with a sugary syrup. This is popular in Iran, Turkey, | , India, Pakistan and Afghanistan |
Norway | ... don based post-punk band, Ritual. Death Cult made their live debut in Oslo, | in late June 1983 and released the Death Cult EP in July 1983, then toured ... |
Russia | ... here on Chinese territory; and after this part of the valley was annexed to | in 1869, it was rapidly colonized. The high valleys farther north, on the ... |
Panama | In April 2008, the band played at the Movistar Music Fest 2008 in | , with Tego Calderón, Calle 13, and Zion |
Indonesia | ... nment officials and third party facilitators in Costa Rica, Egypt, Vietnam, | , the United Arab Emirates, Myanmar and Bangladesh, between 1983 and 2007, ... |
France | The family moved to | in 1818 where the brothers received a careful scientific education |
Germany | In | , researchers at the University of Stuttgart's Institute of Space Aviation ... |
Russia | ... ular both in time and in space so that a statistical description is needed. | n mathematician Andrey Kolmogorov proposed the first statistical theory of ... |
New Zealand | ... intain a resident ambassador in New York, and its vote is typically cast by | in a proxy arrangement |
India | ... d cooking it with a sugary syrup. This is popular in Iran, Turkey, Somalia, | , Pakistan and Afghanistan |
South Africa | ... esult, a drop in numbers of one partner can reduce success of the other. In | , the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) has invaded and displaced native ... |
German | Christian Thomasius (January 1, 1655 – September 23, 1728) was a | jurist and philosopher |
Gibraltar | ... om Portsmouth (December 1872) south to Lisbon (January 1873) and then on to | . The next stops were Madeira and the Canary Islands (both February 1873). ... |
United Kingdom | ... g revolution of 1688-89 (see Glorious Revolution). The king or queen of the | is one of the last monarchs still to be crowned in the traditional Christi ... |
Russia | ... h of . The world's widest paved runway is at Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport in | and is wide |
Iran | ... a in oil into a roux and cooking it with a sugary syrup. This is popular in | , Turkey, Somalia, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan |
Cartagena | Another Iberian temple to Melqart has been identified at Carthago Nova ( | ). The Tyrian god's protection extended to the sacred promontory (Cape Sai ... |
Syria | ... Valens decided to take control himself. Valens would bring more troops from | and Gratian would bring more troops from Gaul |
Belgians | The attackers claimed to be | originally from Morocco. However, their passports turned out to be stolen ... |
England | ... chagrin of auctioneer Mick Flanagan, but Galwayman William Dee arrives from | , where he has lived for many years, with his own plan for the field. An e ... |
Cyprus | ... ntries that have been targeted for this type of recruitment are: Australia, | , Kenya, Latvia, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, and South Africa |
Vietnam | ... to government officials and third party facilitators in Costa Rica, Egypt, | , Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Myanmar and Bangladesh, between 198 ... |
Hoysala Empire | ... s in 1024 which later passed on to the Chalukya-cholas in 1070. In 1116 the | , overthrew the Cholas and extended its rule over Bangalore. Modern Bangal ... |
Mexico | ... 980s, Hispanic and Caribbean immigrants from countries such as El Salvador, | , Guatemala, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Jamaica and elsewhere in the West In ... |
Cape Verde | ... oth Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole), is the capital and largest city of | , an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean west of Senegal. It lies on the s ... |
Han Dynasty | ... wn as Lady Qi or Consort Qi, was a consort of Emperor Gaozu, founder of the | . Her personal name is unknown, but Taiwanese writer Bo Yang's book Zhongg ... |
Han Dynasty | ... Liu Bang, and his gamble paid off. Liu Bang was victorious, and founded the | ; in 202 BC he restored Minyue's status as a tributary independent kingdom ... |
Norway | ... sion (NAMMCO) was established by the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, and | under the Agreement on Cooperation in Research, Conservation and Managemen ... |
principality of Benevento | ... al of a state comprising a compact and strategic region between the Lombard | and the Byzantine city-states of the coast (Naples, Gaeta, and Amalfi) |
Mexico | ... ) was created in the 1960 Treaty of Montevideo by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, | , Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. The signatories hoped to create a common ma ... |
Union of South Africa | After the Anglo-Boer War from 1899 to 1902 and the formation of the | in 1910, the British Union Flag was the national flag in South Africa |
Italian | In the late 18th century the | physician and anatomist Luigi Galvani marked the birth of electrochemistry ... |
Iran | This halva, produced and served in India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, | , Pakistan and surrounding countries (different versions of it are also fo ... |
Soviet Union | ... many units decided to continue their struggle under new circumstances. The | and the Polish Communist Government it controlled viewed the underground, ... |
Cameroon | ... regions of Burkina Faso; and the northern halves of the coastal nations of | , Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire |
Japan | ... ost European countries. Asterix is less well known in the United States and | |
Iran | ... of the Caucasus and N Transcaucasia, and E. r. hyrcanus southeastwards into | are generally accepted as significantly distinct |
Malaysia | Under a special arrangement agreed during the formation of | , the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak can retain their respecti ... |
Mexico | ... n the winters, they migrated to the south United States and occasionally to | and Cuba |
Japan | ... be ground into flour. The leaves can also be cooked as a leaf vegetable. In | , Erythronium japonicum is called katakuri, and the bulb is processed to p ... |
Germany | The district of Aachen is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, | . Neighboring districts are Heinsberg, Düren, Euskirchen, and also the Net ... |
Canadian | In the | province of Quebec, the Speaker of the National Assembly is termed Preside ... |
Austria | ... Newcomen died, his engines had spread (first) to Hungary in 1722, Germany, | , and Sweden. A total of 110 are known to have been built by 1733 when the ... |
Canada | The Great Northern Loon breeds in | , parts of the northern United States, Greenland, and Alaska. There is a s ... |
Soviet government | ... while working for the Computing Center of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, a | -founded R&D center |
Bangladesh | ... o (pronounced see-clo) in Cambodia and Vietnam, cycle rickshaw in India and | , trishaw from "tricycle rickshaw", in Malaysia and Singapore, becak in In ... |
Algeria | ... dochina, to mainland France. 1.6 million European pieds noirs migrated from | , Tunisia and Morocco. In the 1970s, over 30,000 French colons left Cambod ... |
Paraguay | ... eated in the 1960 Treaty of Montevideo by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, | , Peru, and Uruguay. The signatories hoped to create a common market in La ... |
Suriname | ... e of the Moorish helper. In particular Dutch citizens with backgrounds from | and the Netherlands Antilles might feel offended by the Dutch slavery hist ... |
Solomon Islands | In 1888, Lieut. F. Elton reported that Ugi beach people in the | killed their infants at birth by burying them, and women were also said to ... |
India | The 1947 Partition resulted in the migration of millions of people between | and Pakistan. Millions were murdered in the religious violence of the peri ... |
Cuba | ... rs, they migrated to the south United States and occasionally to Mexico and | |
Netherlands | ... rmany. Neighboring districts are Heinsberg, Düren, Euskirchen, and also the | province of Limburg and the Belgian province of Liège |
Nigeria | ... f Burkina Faso; and the northern halves of the coastal nations of Cameroon, | , Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire |
Persia | ... ravelled around the world: Russia and Central Asia (1888-9), a long tour of | (1889–90), Siam, French Indochina and Korea (1892), and a daring foray int ... |
Uttar Pradesh | Babina is a cantonment town in Jhansi district in the state of | , India. BABINA is an acronym for "British Army Base in Native Asia". This ... |
Swiss | Emil Jannings (23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a | -born German/Austrian actor. He was the first actor to win the Academy Awa ... |
Pakistan | This halva, produced and served in India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, | and surrounding countries (different versions of it are also found in Alba ... |
France | In | , most claims against the national or local governments are handled by adm ... |
Sweden | ... often been connected to that of Vendel, the name of a province in Uppland, | , which is also eponymous of the Vendel period of Swedish prehistory, corr ... |
Philippines | ... apart of traditional customs, such as those in the Pacific Islands and the | . In the medical field, it may be performed for as an alternative to circu ... |
Oman | ... , Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, | , Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, ... |
Benin | ... Faso; and the northern halves of the coastal nations of Cameroon, Nigeria, | , Togo, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire |
Japan | ... also sometimes included anti-communist states of the British Commonwealth, | , Israel, India, and undemocratic anti-communist states such as Spain unde ... |
Afghanistan | ... clashes between the early Indo-Aryans with the BMAC in what is now northern | and southern Turkmenistan (separated from the upper Indus by the mountain ... |
India | ... bina is a cantonment town in Jhansi district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, | . BABINA is an acronym for "British Army Base in Native Asia". This Britis ... |
Canada | The Klondike is a region of the Yukon in northwest | , east of the Alaska border. It lies around the Klondike River, a small ri ... |
Canada | In | , the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary was founded in 1729, making it the f ... |
Malaysia | ... ycle rickshaw in India and Bangladesh, trishaw from "tricycle rickshaw", in | and Singapore, becak in Indonesia, and "trisikad", padyak or traysikad in ... |
Pakistan | ... Partition resulted in the migration of millions of people between India and | . Millions were murdered in the religious violence of the period, with est ... |
Togo | ... and the northern halves of the coastal nations of Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, | , Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire |
Lithuania | Born in Savannah, Georgia, Jaffee spent six years of his childhood in | , returning to America in advance of the Nazi takeover. He studied at The ... |
England | ... the European monarchs: the Germans were struggling against Papal power, and | and France were still engaged in warfare against each other. However, due ... |
Scotland | ... llegiance to Edgar at Chester. Six kings in Britain, including the kings of | and of Strathclyde, pledged their faith that they would be the king's lieg ... |
Finland | ... re frequency. Dendrochronological fire scar data and charcoal layer data in | suggests that, while many fires occurred during severe drought conditions, ... |
Tanzania | ... y East African Railways. It jointly served the present countries of Uganda, | and Kenya. Since the dissolution of the EAR corporation in 1977, the natio ... |
Zimbabwe | ... the N1 which links Cape Town with Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and | ; the N2 which links Cape Town with Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban ... |
Venezuela | ... se the mass and niche news and information communications infrastructure of | . Thus, the media of Venezuela consists of several different types of comm ... |
Afghanistan | This halva, produced and served in India, | , Bangladesh, Iran, Pakistan and surrounding countries (different versions ... |
Canada | ... um native to the northeastern and midwestern United States, and in southern | from New Brunswick west to southeastern Saskatchewan. Isolated populations ... |
Costa Rica | ... ity and collected all of its wealth while Morgan and Mansvelt sailed around | . Eventually, they spotted a Spanish man-of-war on the horizon and decided ... |
Israel | ... ometimes included anti-communist states of the British Commonwealth, Japan, | , India, and undemocratic anti-communist states such as Spain under Franci ... |
Morocco | ... France. 1.6 million European pieds noirs migrated from Algeria, Tunisia and | . In the 1970s, over 30,000 French colons left Cambodia during the Khmer R ... |
Canada | ... aracters, Banshee (from Ireland), Sunfire (from Japan), and Wolverine (from | ), who eventually became the breakout character on the team and, in terms ... |
Pakistan | It is a vagrant to | |
Niue | ... Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, | , Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, ... |
Vietnam | ... is located behind the driver on a "delta" tricycle, while in Indonesia and | the driver sits behind the passenger seat on a "tadpole" tricycle. In the ... |
Spain | ... the wearer had been to the shrine of St. James at Santiago de Compostela in | . These were stuck in hats or into clothing and har |
Scotland | On September 6, 2007, RSPB | and the Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) stated that it was surprised by an ... |
Philippines | ... m the driver sits behind the passenger seat on a "tadpole" tricycle. In the | , the passenger seats are usually located beside the driver. there are als ... |
Italy | ... Expressionism would become the official art of Germany, as Futurism had in | . Benn was elected to the poetry section of the Prussian Academy in 1932 a ... |
Ghana | ... e northern halves of the coastal nations of Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, | and Cote d'Ivoire |
Philippines | ... t and other major teen magazines, and also when Menudo became famous in the | and Japan |
Kenya | ... n Railways. It jointly served the present countries of Uganda, Tanzania and | . Since the dissolution of the EAR corporation in 1977, the national compa ... |
People's Republic of China | ... ck up again at a more sustainable rate as demand from the United States and | soar |
Spain | Melqart was venerated in Phoenician and Punic cultures from Syria to | . The first occurrence of the name is in a ninth-century BCE stela inscrip ... |
Turkmenistan | ... Indo-Aryans with the BMAC in what is now northern Afghanistan and southern | (separated from the upper Indus by the mountain range, and some 400 km dis ... |
Japan | ... r teen magazines, and also when Menudo became famous in the Philippines and | |
Japan | ... gust 1872 – 20 May 1968, aged 95), was a patent attorney with a practice in | , and her mother, Lilian Augusta (née Ruse; 11 June 1886 – 20 February 197 ... |
Cuba | ... 1667, he was commissioned by Modyford to capture some Spanish prisoners in | in order to discover details of the threatened attack on Jamaica. Collecti ... |
Vatican City | ... September 1978), reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and as Sovereign of | from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the ... |
Japan | ... standing Song Awards at the sixteenth annual World Popular Song Festival in | . "Baby Sister" was included on the 1986 album Imagination, released just ... |
Brazil | ... ociation (LAFTA) was created in the 1960 Treaty of Montevideo by Argentina, | , Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. The signatories hoped to cre ... |
Malaysia | Archaeologists have found stone tools in | which have been dated to be 1.83 million years old |
South Africa | ... ited Kingdom; the colours white and blue were also found in the old flag of | |
India | ... included anti-communist states of the British Commonwealth, Japan, Israel, | , and undemocratic anti-communist states such as Spain under Francisco Fra ... |
Hungary | ... 9th century. By 1729, when Newcomen died, his engines had spread (first) to | in 1722, Germany, Austria, and Sweden. A total of 110 are known to have be ... |
Afghanistan | ... s from Kashmir to Bengal. Jahangir would challenge the hegemonic claim over | by the Safavid rulers with an eye on Kabul, Peshawar and Kandahar which we ... |
Israel | ... ar Ba‘al found in the Tanach, whose worship was prominently introduced into | by King Ahab and largely eradicated by King Jehu. In 1 Kings 18.27 it is p ... |
Norway | ... a, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, | , Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philipp ... |
Francia | ... to settle their first colony in the south-west (Gascony) of the kingdom of | , which was more or less abandoned by the Frankish kings after their two d ... |
Germany | ... Northern Friesland" or "North Frisia", is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, | . It includes almost all of traditional North Frisia along with adjacent a ... |
Lebanon | ... m other nations for much longer. For example, Middle East Airlines (MEA) of | flew 707s and 720s in front-line passenger service until the end of the 19 ... |
France | ... ganised into a series of départements, based on those used by revolutionary | . At first organised into its own département, it was merged with Drenthe ... |
Lebanese | ... ans (mostly foreign-born). Citizens of Middle East (particularly Syrian and | ) ancestry are a minority with a presence in the capital. Arab Haitians (a ... |
People's Republic of China | ... aign called Chiến dịch Biên giới (Borderland Campaign). The newly communist | gave the Việt Minh both sheltered bases and heavy weapons with which to fi ... |
Italy | In | he is remembered with the appellatives of "Il Papa del Sorriso" (The Smili ... |
Chile | ... (LAFTA) was created in the 1960 Treaty of Montevideo by Argentina, Brazil, | , Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. The signatories hoped to create a c ... |
Puerto Rico | ... mi, Orlando, New York, and Washington, DC. In June, 2000, upon returning to | , the band held a concert at the Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón. In A ... |
Spain | ... ealth, Japan, Israel, India, and undemocratic anti-communist states such as | under Francisco Franco, South Africa under apartheid, Greece under the mil ... |
French Third Republic | ... anarchist and the assassin of Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of the | |
Bangladesh | This halva, produced and served in India, Afghanistan, | , Iran, Pakistan and surrounding countries (different versions of it are a ... |
Puerto Rico | Published since 1974, El Vocero was at first the third of the four largest | newspapers, trailing El Mundo and El Nuevo Día and leading The San Juan St ... |
Cambodia | Cycle rickshaws are known as cyclo (pronounced see-clo) in | and Vietnam, cycle rickshaw in India and Bangladesh, trishaw from "tricycl ... |
Malta | ... ck to the early 20th century when a favoured Tuscan family left the city to | and the youngest daughter of the family was declared Contessa Morabitto di ... |
Ghana | ... southern part of Nigeria, and the coastal regions stretching from southern | to coastal parts of Sierra Leone. Like Islam, elements of Traditional Afri ... |
Assyria | ... arliest accounting records were found amongst the ruins of ancient Babylon, | and Sumeria, which date back more than 7,000 years. The people of that tim ... |
Cambodia | ... onesia, and "trisikad", padyak or traysikad in the Philippines and cyclo in | . Cycle rickshaws are known as saikka in Myanmar, a transliteration of Eng ... |
Spain | international: 5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, | , Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant ... |
Azerbaijan | ... surrounding countries (different versions of it are also found in Albania, | , Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Montenegro and Turkey), is usually made with w ... |
Russian Empire | ... s for the strategic rivalry and conflict between the British Empire and the | for supremacy in Central Asia. The classic Great Game period is generally ... |
Cuba | ... r expedition against the Spaniards, and he proceeded to ravage the coast of | . In a meeting held by Morgan prior to the start of their journey, he prop ... |
France | international: 5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to Italy, | , Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia; parti ... |
Japan | ... s with most countries and has particularly close ties to Pacific neighbours | , Australia, and New Zealand. Kiribati established diplomatic relations wi ... |
Confederacy | ... t some students from the draft, so the university was one of the few in the | that managed to stay open. However, Chapel Hill suffered the loss of more ... |
Nigeria | ... ambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, | , Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, ... |
Morocco | ... ational: 5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, | , and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant in Medara ... |
British | ... Company rule (1774–1857) and remained so under the British Raj (1857–1920). | had captured Delhi by 1803 and George V announced in 1911 that the capital ... |
Tamil Nadu | The Hoysalas extended their foothold in areas known today as | around 1225, making the city of Kannanur Kuppam near Srirangam a provincia ... |
Tristan da Cunha | ... pent crossing the Atlantic from Bahia to the Cape of Good Hope, touching at | on the way |
Iceland | ... s Greece, Ireland and Portugal and also some EU countries outside the area. | , the country which experienced the largest crisis in 2008 when its entire ... |
Soviet Union | ... e of which was related to power struggles between the United States and the | , created new refugee populations which developed into global diasporas |
Jordan | On 13 November 1966, Israel launched a major raid against the | ian administered West Bank town of as-Samu, in response to a Fatah-impleme ... |
French Indochina | During World War II, Japan occupied | . As well as fighting the French, the Việt Minh started a campaign against ... |
United Kingdom | ... known as saikka in Myanmar, a transliteration of English "side car". In the | and United States cycle rickshaws are more widely pedicabs. In Buffalo, Ne ... |
Duchy of Parma | ... t: Maria Theresa lost the mineral-rich Duchy of Silesia to Prussia, and the | to Spain |
Maratha Confederation | ... uerrillas. Otherwise only the United States (286,730 total combatants), the | , the Ottoman Empire, Italy, Naples and the Duchy of Warsaw ever had more ... |
Indonesia | ... ovince ( or ) is the highest tier of local government subnational entity in | . Each province has its own local government, headed by a governor, and ha ... |
Cambodia | ... hip that later turned out to be stolen. Therefore they went to the river of | and Cochin-China or the bay of Tonquin, until they came to the latitude of ... |
Dutch East Indies | ... a for instance was the world's largest producer of tin and rubber while the | was the source of Holland's wealth |
Soviet Ukraine | ... led to emigrate. Many Ukrainians remaining in Poland were forcibly moved to | (see Repatriation of Ukrainians from Poland to the Soviet Union), and to t ... |
Bulgaria | ... countries (different versions of it are also found in Albania, Azerbaijan, | , Cyprus, Greece, Montenegro and Turkey), is usually made with wheat semol ... |
Tunisia | ... bmarine cables; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and | ; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satelli ... |
Spain | ... ince it was so cunningly brought to Christianity and control of the King of | without warfare. In the 19th century this became an important coffee produ ... |
Mali | ... f the continent. Traditional Muslim areas include parts of Senegal, Gambia, | , Guinea , Niger; the inland areas of Sierra Leone and Liberia; the wester ... |
Normandy | The French region of | takes its name from the Viking invaders who were called Normannorum, which ... |
Estonia | The second son of August von Kotzebue, he was born in Reval (now Tallinn, | ), then part of the Russian Empire. After attending the St Petersburg scho ... |
Puerto Rico | ... , once again substituting Serbia. Proyecto M went to enjoy great success in | and Venezuela |
Senegal | ... far west coast of the continent. Traditional Muslim areas include parts of | , Gambia, Mali, Guinea , Niger; the inland areas of Sierra Leone and Liber ... |
Latvia | ... tern Baltic coast in Truso and Kaup (Old Prussia), and in Grobin (Courland, | ) |
Western Ganga Dynasty | ... The earliest reference to the name "Bengaluru" was found in a ninth century | stone inscription on a "vīra gallu" (literally, "hero stone", a rock edict ... |
Uttar Pradesh | ... shifting the center of Vedic culture east from the Punjab into what is now | . The fixing of the samhitapatha (by keeping Sandhi) intact and of the pad ... |
Japan | ... ree previously introduced characters, Banshee (from Ireland), Sunfire (from | ), and Wolverine (from Canada), who eventually became the breakout charact ... |
Ethiopia | ... rticipated on the single "We Are the World", an appeal for famine relief in | . That same year Jackson featured in anti-drug music video "Stop the Madne ... |
Soviet Union | ... o their opposition to the Japanese, the Việt Minh received funding from the | and the Republic of China. When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the Japa ... |
South Africa | ... nd undemocratic anti-communist states such as Spain under Francisco Franco, | under apartheid, Greece under the military junta (1967–74), Chile under Pi ... |
East Timor | With | gaining its independence, Indonesia currently has 33 provinces, seven of w ... |
United Kingdom | ... hase followed the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. The Great Game ended as the | entered the post-WW2 post-colonial period |
New Zealand | ... and has particularly close ties to Pacific neighbours Japan, Australia, and | . Kiribati established diplomatic relations with Taiwan in November 2003. ... |
New Zealand | ... ollowers. He has had some influence on twentieth century art (including the | painter Melvin Day) and literary criticism (e.g., in the "Vies imaginaires ... |
Nguyễn | ... Vietnam, most rulers are known by their temple names, with the exception of | and Tây Sơn Dynasty rulers, who are known by their era names |
Armenia | ... the conflict between the Romans and Sassanid Persia in Mesopotamia, Syria, | , Lazica and Caucasian Iberia (roughly modern-day Georgia). It details the ... |
Syria | Melqart was venerated in Phoenician and Punic cultures from | to Spain. The first occurrence of the name is in a ninth-century BCE stela ... |
Belgium | ... rtage of family funds from his father's death, led to a move to Brussels in | with his mother in 1785. Until his early twenties, Arthur continued to sho ... |
Croatia | In | , Nikolaus (Sveti Nikola) who visits on Saint Nicholas day (Nikolinje) bri ... |
Confederate States of America | ... orn physician who introduced antiseptic surgery while in the service of the | . Thereafter, in private practice in Canton (Madison County), Mississippi, ... |
Namibia | ... urban; and the N7 which links Cape Town with the Northern Cape Province and | . The N1 and N2 both start in the Central Business District, and split to ... |
Italy | ... f Italy in September 1943, Hitler ordered the II SS Panzer Corps to move to | , but in the end only the Leibstandarte was pulled out of Russia and sent ... |
Qin Dynasty | Minyue was a de facto kingdom until the emperor of | , the first unified imperial Chinese state, abolished the status. In the a ... |
Republic of China | ... the Japanese, the Việt Minh received funding from the Soviet Union and the | . When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the Japanese handed over control ... |
France | In Southeast Asia, many Vietnamese people immigrated to | and later millions to the United States, Australia and Canada after the Co ... |
Sierra Leone | ... include parts of Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea , Niger; the inland areas of | and Liberia; the western, northern and far-eastern regions of Burkina Faso ... |
Sweden | ... d, his engines had spread (first) to Hungary in 1722, Germany, Austria, and | . A total of 110 are known to have been built by 1733 when the joint paten ... |
Venezuela | ... stituting Serbia. Proyecto M went to enjoy great success in Puerto Rico and | |
Kenya | ... ssus (from the Soviet Union), Nightcrawler (from West Germany), Storm (from | ), and Thunderbird (a Native American from the Apache nation), along with ... |
South Africa | In 1959 the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, | , and the United Kingdom defined the length of the international yard to b ... |
Azores | On Madeira and the | , the local population has been described as E. r. microrhynchos, and alth ... |
Greece | ... st opposite Thasos. The site now lies in the Xanthi regional unit of modern | . The municipality of Abdera, or Ávdira (, ), has 18,573 inhabitants (2001 ... |
Mongolia | ... a relatively short slope to the plateau (1,150 to 1,680 m) of north-western | . East of 94° E the range is continued by a double series of mountain chai ... |
England | ... shop of the Province of Canterbury, which covers the southern two-thirds of | |
Netherlands Antilles | ... helper. In particular Dutch citizens with backgrounds from Suriname and the | might feel offended by the Dutch slavery history connected to this emblem ... |
England | ... -track, triple A-side single, Moya, during this period. They toured through | headlining some shows on their own and also touring with Bauhaus and Theat ... |
Nicaragua | ... olia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, | , Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New G ... |
Greenland | ... Great Northern Loon breeds in Canada, parts of the northern United States, | , and Alaska. There is a smaller population (ca. 3,000 pairs) in Iceland. ... |
Swedish | Lars Johan Hierta (22 January 1801, Uppsala – 20 November 1872) was a | newspaper publisher, social critic, businessman and politician. He is best ... |
Niger | ... . Traditional Muslim areas include parts of Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea , | ; the inland areas of Sierra Leone and Liberia; the western, northern and ... |
Sicily | ... all city (a frazione) in the comune of Patti, in the Province of Messina in | , between Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto and Cefalù |
Tajikistan | ... the border with the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and | . In the 19th century there was a province in Afghanistan named Turkestan ... |
India | ... sm were exported from the Indian subcontinent. Islam arrived mostly through | n Muslims and later dominated much of the archipelago around the 13th cent ... |
Tajikistan | ... into Central Asia. In August 329 BCE, at the mouth of the Fergana Valley in | he founded the city of Alexandria Eschate or "Alexandria The Furthest". Th ... |
Singapore | ... in India and Bangladesh, trishaw from "tricycle rickshaw", in Malaysia and | , becak in Indonesia, and "trisikad", padyak or traysikad in the Philippin ... |
Italy | After his travels, Pythagoras moved (around 530 BC) to Croton, in | (Magna Graecia). Possibly the tyranny of Polycrates in Samos made it diffi ... |
Greece | ... states such as Spain under Francisco Franco, South Africa under apartheid, | under the military junta (1967–74), Chile under Pinochet, Brazil under mil ... |
Guatemala | Alta Verapaz is a department in the north central part of | . The capital and chief city of the department is Cobán. Verapaz is border ... |
Singapore | ... and later in Texas; printed circuit boards were manufactured in Ireland and | |
United Kingdom | ... 59 the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the | defined the length of the international yard to be exactly 0.9144 metre. W ... |
Albania | ... istan and surrounding countries (different versions of it are also found in | , Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Montenegro and Turkey), is usually ... |
Hong Kong | ... rent from each other and mainland China. Travelling between mainland China, | and Macau, technically, is not considered international. Although people o ... |
India | ... of Indian freedom fighters opened in the Hill station Udhagamandalam (Ooty) | in March 2007. Another branch of this museum opened in July 2008 at the hi ... |
Afghanistan | ... military leader who played a leading role in driving the Soviet army out of | , earning him the name "Lion of Panjshir" . His followers call him Āmir Sā ... |
Roman Empire | ... ecedence over the lunar Hebrew Calendar among the Christian churches of the | |
Greenland | ... tic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO) was established by the Faroe Islands, | , Iceland, and Norway under the Agreement on Cooperation in Research, Cons ... |
Liberia | ... Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea , Niger; the inland areas of Sierra Leone and | ; the western, northern and far-eastern regions of Burkina Faso; and the n ... |
Goryeo | Temple names are commonly used when naming most Chinese, Korean ( | and Joseon periods), and Vietnamese (such dynasties as Trần, Lý, and Lê) r ... |
Kiribati | ... ment, Kiribati is also a member of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group. | maintains good relations with most countries and has particularly close ti ... |
Indonesia | ... desh, trishaw from "tricycle rickshaw", in Malaysia and Singapore, becak in | , and "trisikad", padyak or traysikad in the Philippines and cyclo in Camb ... |
Madagascar | ... iod there, then went directly over to the Cape of Good Hope. They landed on | where their nine men were pursued by three hundred natives, because one of ... |
Afghanistan | ... re among the first warships to participate in Operation Enduring Freedom in | . Vinson sailed towards the Persian Gulf intending to support Operation So ... |
Russia | In 1832 an electromagnetic telegraph was created by Baron Schilling in | , and in 1833 Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber invented their own co ... |
Macau | ... other and mainland China. Travelling between mainland China, Hong Kong and | , technically, is not considered international. Although people of Hong Ko ... |
Iceland | ... , Greenland, and Alaska. There is a smaller population (ca. 3,000 pairs) in | . On isolated occasions they have bred in the far north of Scotland. The f ... |
Finland | In | , fathom (syli) is sometimes, albeit seldom, used as a maritime unit, of a ... |
Egypt | ... stone inscriptions dating back to 2000 BC, fishing rods go back to ancient | , China, Greece, Trinidad and Tobago, Rome and medieval England, where the ... |
Algeria | Communications in | |
Burkina Faso | ... Sierra Leone and Liberia; the western, northern and far-eastern regions of | ; and the northern halves of the coastal nations of Cameroon, Nigeria, Ben ... |
Navigator islands | ... ropavlovsk in July 1824. Many positions along the coast were rectified, the | visited, and several discoveries made. The expedition returned by the Mari ... |
Vietnam | ... only used when naming most Chinese, Korean (Goryeo and Joseon periods), and | ese (such dynasties as Trần, Lý, and Lê) royalty. They should not be confu ... |
South Africa | The current flag of the Republic of | was adopted on 27 April 1994, at the beginning of the 1994 general electio ... |
Company rule | ... 18th century, Calcutta became the capital of British held territories under | (1774–1857) and remained so under the British Raj (1857–1920). British had ... |
Britain | ... Oregon Country to Americans, was jointly occupied by the United States and | ; a situation agreed to in the Anglo-American Convention of 1818. British ... |
Minyue | This area was also the place for the kingdom of | . The word "Mǐnyuè" was derived by combining "Mǐn" (閩/闽; ), perhaps an eth ... |
Iceland | ... Mammal Commission (NAMMCO) was established by the Faroe Islands, Greenland, | , and Norway under the Agreement on Cooperation in Research, Conservation ... |
Low Countries | ... g Colf with the added element of an ice-covered surface, was popular in the | between the Middle Ages and the Dutch Golden Age. The game was played with ... |
Cambodia | ... da after the Cold War-related Vietnam War. Later, 30,000 French colons from | were displaced after being expelled by the Khmer Rouge regime under Pol Po ... |
Italy | international: 5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to | , France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisi ... |
Scotland | ... pairs) in Iceland. On isolated occasions they have bred in the far north of | . The female lays 1 to 3 eggs on a hollowed-out mound of dirt and vegetati ... |
United Kingdom | ... was the unit used to measure the depth of mines (mineral extraction) in the | . Miners also use it as a unit of area equal to in the plane of a vein. In ... |
Canada | ... roughout North America east of the Rocky Mountains from eastern and central | to the northeast United States. In the winters, they migrated to the south ... |
Niger | ... co, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, | , Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, ... |
Greece | ... ly, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Iceland, India, Pakistan, Germany and | |
Princely State of Mysore | ... ngalore continued to be a cantonment of the British and a major city of the | which existed as a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj. Followin ... |
Mongolia | ... n of the Eurasian Steppe. By the end of his reign, he controlled Manchuria, | , and the Tarim Basin, subjugating over twenty states east of Samarkand. E ... |
Syria | ... Staff, and Governor of Aden), Ali Nasir Muhammad himself remained abroad in | |
Bermuda | In 1922, Merton and his father traveled to | , having left John Paul with his in-laws, the Jenkins family, in Douglasto ... |
Brunei | ... e Malay Annals, the rajas and sultans of the Malay States (now Malaysia and | ) as well as their predecessors, such as the Indonesian kingdom of Majapah ... |
France | ... erformed by the French composer Jean Michel Jarre. It was first released in | in December 1976, on Disques Dreyfus with license to Polydor. The album's ... |
Roman Empire | ... , in the year 50 BC. Julius Caesar has conquered nearly all of Gaul for the | . The little Armorican village, however, has held out because the villager ... |
Philippines | ... oup performed humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in the | in June 2008 after Typhoon Fengshen, which killed hundreds from the centra ... |
India | ... merging as the largest hub for Ayurvedic drug manufacturing industry in the | . Out of the 850 ayurvedic drug-manufacturing units in Kerala, about 150 u ... |
Belgian | Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (6 November 1814 – c. 4 February 1894) was a | musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet ... |
Germany | ... , Malta, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Iceland, India, Pakistan, | and Greece |
Madagascar | ... g perfume. It also is the world's second-largest producer of vanilla, after | . Principal food crops are coconuts, bananas, and cassava. Foodstuffs cons ... |
Portugal | In | , the Rector (Portuguese: Reitor) is the highest official of each universi ... |
Soviet Union | ... a Cold War-era term often used to describe states not under the rule of the | , its European allies, China, Vietnam, Cuba, and other communist nations. ... |
Switzerland | ... d an anthroposophical center for special needs education, the Sonnenhof, in | . In 1940, Karl König founded the Camphill Movement in Scotland. The latte ... |
Singapore | ... pment in Asia, especially by the Four Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, South Korea, | , and Taiwan), resulted in rapid economic transformation and industrializa ... |
England | ... the Angles and the early Scottish Kings. By the year 1000, the kingdoms of | and Scotland had developed from the petty kingdoms of early medieval Brita ... |
Germany | ... d their own code to communicate over a distance of 1200 m within Göttingen, | |
Romania | ... tish units. Irgun members also assisted British forces with intelligence in | , Bulgaria, Morocco and Tunisia. An Irgun unit also operated in Syria and ... |
New Zealand | ... Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, | , Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, ... |
Portugal | ... ese heraldry, as evidenced by the arms of municipal de Santiago do Cacém in | , in which the white of the fallen Moor's clothing and the knight's horse ... |
Chile | ... iberate the continent. Bernardo O'Higgins was the first Supreme director of | . When Chilean troops occupied Lima during the War of the Pacific in 1881, ... |
Canada | This diver is well known in | , appearing on the "loonie" coin and the previous series of $20 bill, and ... |
New Zealand | File:Coptic Orthodox Church, Dunedin.jpg|Coptic Church, Dunedin, | File:Coptic cathedral (Khartoum) 001.jpg|Coptic Cathedral, Khartoum, Sudan ... |
Vijayanagara Empire | ... egion of Bangalore until in 1537 AD Kempe Gowda—a feudatory ruler under the | —established a mud fort considered to be the foundation of modern Bangalor ... |
Pakistan | ... l, Ireland, Malta, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Iceland, India, | , Germany and Greece |
Libya | ... organization. Arafat continued this process in other Arab countries such as | and Syria |
Malaysia | In the Malay Annals, the rajas and sultans of the Malay States (now | and Brunei) as well as their predecessors, such as the Indonesian kingdom ... |
Solomon Islands | ... in the Old World, but with boid species present in Madagascar, Fiji and the | , this is not quite accurate; instead, it seems that they have survived in ... |
Soviet Union | ... rom the original team and consisted of the newly created Colossus (from the | ), Nightcrawler (from West Germany), Storm (from Kenya), and Thunderbird ( ... |
Bangladesh | Cycle rickshaws (রিকশা riksha) are the most popular modes of transport in | and are available for hire throughout the country including the capital ci ... |
Italy | ... me to Holmes when he was a child. It was not until 1986, prior to a trip to | , when his mother provided him with the hand-written copy of his original ... |
People's Republic of China | ... th the Republic of China on Taiwan. Although it did not sever ties with the | , expressing the intention to continue relations, Beijing suspended ties o ... |
Jewish Autonomous Oblast | Around the same time the Soviet Union was advocating the Siberian | across the Manchukuo-Soviet border, some Japanese officials investigated a ... |
Libya | ... 13 March 2011, the PLAN missile frigate Xuzhou was spotted off the coast of | , marking the first time in history a Chinese warship sailed into the Medi ... |
Yemen | As a direct consequence of the country’s poverty, | compares unfavorably with its Middle Eastern neighbors in terms of transpo ... |
Italy | ... all the way to Egypt. In Europe it extends from Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, and | (historically, Venice) in the Mediterranean Sea to other European ports or ... |
France | ... that have been documented have close parallels or variants, particularly in | . Most of the surviving traditional songs are in French, with a minority i ... |
Egypt | ... pian ports all the way to Egypt. In Europe it extends from Israel, Lebanon, | , and Italy (historically, Venice) in the Mediterranean Sea to other Europ ... |
Cuba | Any Latin-American country can join the 1980 Montevideo Treaty. | was the last to accede, becoming a full member on August 26, 1999. In addi ... |
France | ... eries is an unnamed coastal village in Armorica, a province of Gaul (modern | ), in the year 50 BC. Julius Caesar has conquered nearly all of Gaul for t ... |
Croatia | ... prompted a more serious tone for the film, which originally had been set in | . The airline remained a major investor in the film, and showed it as an i ... |
Indonesia | ... tural disasters; in 2005, Lincoln supported Operation Unified Assistance in | after the December 2004 tsunami, and Truman provided aid after Hurricane K ... |
Sicily | ... cket is thought to be a mosaic icon still visible in Monreale Cathedral, in | , created shortly after his death. Becket's cousins obtained refuge at the ... |
Montenegro | ... ions of it are also found in Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, | and Turkey), is usually made with wheat semolina, sugar or honey, and butt ... |
Cambodia | The Indonesian semi-solid fish paste terasi, the | n prahok and the Malay fermented krill brick belacan or budu from liquid a ... |
San Marino | ... Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Switzerland and | voted with other anti-whaling countries |
Bahrain | In | , petroleum production and processing account for about 60% of export rece ... |
India | ... e Israel, Ireland, Malta, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Iceland, | , Pakistan, Germany and Greece |
Netherlands | ... sia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, | , New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Pa ... |
Thailand | In | , any three-wheeler is called samlor (, which literally means "three wheel ... |
Germany | ... uch is the case in many African states; Idi Amin in Uganda, Adolf Hitler in | , Ferdinand Marcos in Philippines, for example |
Republic of China | ... here are High Commissions from Australia and New Zealand and embassy of the | (Taiwan), and the People's Republic of Cuba |
Hong Kong | ... -driven economic development in Asia, especially by the Four Asian Tigers ( | , South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan), resulted in rapid economic transfor ... |
Venezuela | ... o include four more Latin American nations: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and | . It now consisted of 11 nations. In 1980, LAFTA reorganized into the Lati ... |
Fiji | ... and pythons in the Old World, but with boid species present in Madagascar, | and the Solomon Islands, this is not quite accurate; instead, it seems tha ... |
Sicily | ... a kingdom which included the Roman Africa province, besides the islands of | , Corsica, Sardinia, Malta and the Balearics. In 455, they sacked the city ... |
Iran | ... an for painting a picture of Mickey Mouse flipping the bird and saying "Hey | |
Republic of China | On 7 November 2003, Kiribati established diplomatic relations with the | on Taiwan. Although it did not sever ties with the People's Republic of Ch ... |
Austria | ... nd Devorah, died in Nazi concentration camps. He never returned to Germany, | or Poland. He once wrote, "If I should go to Poland or Germany, every ston ... |
Sikh Empire | ... the majority population. However, being roughly analogous to the historical | (1707–1849), some other territories of the greater Punjab region may also ... |
Confederate | Newberry College was a hospital for | and later Union troops during the American Civil War |
Ecuador | ... TA expanded to include four more Latin American nations: Bolivia, Colombia, | , and Venezuela. It now consisted of 11 nations. In 1980, LAFTA reorganize ... |
Roman Empire | ... ered by the Romans, and its northern and eastern part incorporated into the | as the provinces of Raetia and Noricum respectively. The part south of and ... |
Canada | ... eased theatrically on December 13, 1985. In 1986, it was released on VHS in | and the U.S. In other countries, it was released on VHS on February 11, 19 ... |
Qatar | ... the many wealthy Palestinians working there and other Gulf States, such as | (where he met Mahmoud Abbas in 1961). These businessmen and oil workers co ... |
Prussia | ... ichstag on 21 March was held at the Garrison Church in Potsdam, a shrine of | nism, in the presence of many Junker landowners and representatives of the ... |
Croatia | ... sequence. The story is set in the Adriatic Sea, most likely near Rijeka in | and the surrounding Dalmatian islands |
Lebanon | ... and Ethiopian ports all the way to Egypt. In Europe it extends from Israel, | , Egypt, and Italy (historically, Venice) in the Mediterranean Sea to othe ... |
Senegal | ... Serer people's sorghum couscous (called "Chereh" in Serer) particularly in | and The Gambia. Jolof rice originally from the Kingdom of Jolof (now part ... |
Nepal | ... t 200,000 Tibetans live now dispersed worldwide, half of whom in are India, | and Bhutan. In lieu of lost citizenship papers, the Central Tibetan Admini ... |
Mexico | ... abs. In Buffalo, New York, this type of vehicle is known as a bike taxi. In | , they are called bicitaxi or taxi ecologico (literally "ecological taxi") |
India | ... on of South Asia. The territory of the proposed nation is carved out of the | n state of Punjab, where Sikhs are the majority population. However, being ... |
Vietnam | ... states not under the rule of the Soviet Union, its European allies, China, | , Cuba, and other communist nations. The term often referred to states suc ... |
New Zealand | ... kyo and Hamburg. In Kiribati, there are High Commissions from Australia and | and embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the People's Republic o ... |
Germany | ... Gittel and Devorah, died in Nazi concentration camps. He never returned to | , Austria or Poland. He once wrote, "If I should go to Poland or Germany, ... |
Greece | ... ent versions of it are also found in Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, | , Montenegro and Turkey), is usually made with wheat semolina, sugar or ho ... |
Indonesia | ... European proclamation of "Long live the King", on streets and buildings. In | , especially on the island of Java, the sultan's divite right is more comm ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... ived billions of dollars of equipment and financial assistance, mostly from | , which felt threatened by a united Yemen. The United States strongly supp ... |
Uganda | ... litary-backed leaders. Such is the case in many African states; Idi Amin in | , Adolf Hitler in Germany, Ferdinand Marcos in Philippines, for example |
Denmark | ... then unknown Guns N' Roses. The band also appeared at Roskilde Festival in | in June 1987. When the world tour wound through Australia, the band wrecke ... |
Brazil | In | , unlike most Civil-law jurisdictions, there is no specialized court or se ... |
Russia | ... mpanies and Dickinson State University on a trip to Kazakhstan, Ukraine and | . North Dakota exports mostly machinery to Kazakhstan, the eighth largest ... |
Madagascar | ... he New World and pythons in the Old World, but with boid species present in | , Fiji and the Solomon Islands, this is not quite accurate; instead, it se ... |
Thailand | ... ly undergo some form of head-shaving or tonsure during their ordination; in | monks shave their eyebrows as well. Brahmin children have their heads ritu ... |
Azerbaijan | | is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Coope ... |
Cyprus | ... (different versions of it are also found in Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, | , Greece, Montenegro and Turkey), is usually made with wheat semolina, sug ... |
South Africa | ... s and escaped convicts. A "shoot-to-kill" policy was recently introduced in | , which allows police to use deadly force against any person who poses a s ... |
India | Bangalore , also rendered Bengaluru, is the capital of the | n state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City for its garde ... |
Puerto Rico | Ponce (; ) is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of | . The city is the seat of the municipal government |
Russian Empire | ... von Kotzebue, he was born in Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia), then part of the | . After attending the St Petersburg school of cadets, he accompanied Adam ... |
India | ... at about 200,000 Tibetans live now dispersed worldwide, half of whom in are | , Nepal and Bhutan. In lieu of lost citizenship papers, the Central Tibeta ... |
Syria | ... which often became satellites of nations such as Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, | and others |
British | ... chestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (often abbreviated to OMD or O.M.D. ) are a | New Wave/synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wir ... |
Hotakis | ... anis), making them the second Pashtun rulers of Kandahar, after the Ghilzai | |
Nepal | ... the Dream (2001). Four humorous novellas featuring American expatriates in | are collected in Escape from Kathmandu (1989). The Martians (1999), discus ... |
Majapahit | ... nd Brunei) as well as their predecessors, such as the Indonesian kingdom of | , also claimed divine right to rule. The sultan is mandated by God, and th ... |
Mexican | Verónica Castro (born October 19, 1952) is a | actress, singer and television host. She is the mother of singer Cristian ... |
Sweden | In | , there is a system of administrative courts that considers only administr ... |
Nepal | ... Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, | , Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, ... |
English | ... ess ware, like that of Hissariik, in central Phtygia and at Pteria, and the | archaeological expeditions, sent subsequently into north-western Anatolia, ... |
Colombia | ... 1970, LAFTA expanded to include four more Latin American nations: Bolivia, | , Ecuador, and Venezuela. It now consisted of 11 nations. In 1980, LAFTA r ... |
Japan | Lee enjoys a warm relationship with the people and culture of | . Lee often assures Taiwanese audiences that Japan will support Taiwan if ... |
Canada | ... unist nations. The term often referred to states such as the United States, | , and democratic European states such as the United Kingdom, France, and F ... |
Italy | ... ely ceremonial. Countries using this system include Israel, Ireland, Malta, | , Austria, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Iceland, India, Pakistan, Germany and ... |
Srivijaya | ... ntry is intertwined with all the others. For instance, the Malay empires of | and Malacca covered modern day Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore while th ... |
Serbia | ... kan regions, in countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Romania, | , Montenegro, Bulgaria, Russia, Greece and Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Ir ... |
Jordan | ... the main political parties signed a document of pledge and accord in Amman, | , that was designed to resolve the ongoing crisis. Despite this, clashes i ... |
French | ... ay (born Le Tréport, 24 May 1886 - died Monte Carlo, 10 October 1979) was a | conductor, organist and composer. He is best remembered in the United Stat ... |
France | Marcel Moyse (May 17, 1889 in St. Amour, | – November 1, 1984 in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States) was a famous Fr ... |
Iraq | ... lestinian factions, which often became satellites of nations such as Egypt, | , Saudi Arabia, Syria and others |
Sri Lanka | ... the civil war in 1983, more than 800,000 Tamils have been displaced within | as local diaspora, and over a half million Tamils living as the Tamil dias ... |
Italy | ... include the Cyclopean Islands east off Sicily and near Trentino in northern | ; Victoria in Australia; Kerguelen Island in the Indian Ocean; in the Lake ... |
Malta | ... is largely ceremonial. Countries using this system include Israel, Ireland, | , Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Iceland, India, Pakistan, Germa ... |
Mongolia | ... i Mountains are a mountain range in East-Central Asia, where Russia, China, | and Kazakhstan come together, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have thei ... |
Russia | ... arity in Europe into the 20th century, and remains popular today in Sweden, | , Finland and Norway |
Romania | ... n and Balkan regions, in countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, | , Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Russia, Greece and Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Is ... |
Bolivia | By 1970, LAFTA expanded to include four more Latin American nations: | , Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. It now consisted of 11 nations. In 198 ... |
Malta | ... he Roman Africa province, besides the islands of Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, | and the Balearics. In 455, they sacked the city of Rome. Their kingdom col ... |
Sudan | File:Coptic cathedral (Khartoum) 001.jpg|Coptic Cathedral, Khartoum, | File:Amman Coptic Church.jpg|Coptic Church, Amman, Jordan File:Coptic chur ... |
French Polynesia | ... relations with France in protest against French nuclear tests at Mururoa in | |
India | Matheran, | , is a tourist hill station near Mumbai. It is an eco-sensitive zone where ... |
Uruguay | A clinical trial of IPT for treating breast cancer was done in | and concluded that "The group treated with insulin + methotrexate responde ... |
Russia | The Altai Mountains are a mountain range in East-Central Asia, where | , China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together, and where the rivers Irtys ... |
Austria | Harnoncourt was born in Berlin, Germany. He was raised in Graz, | and studied music in Vienna. His mother, Ladislaja Gräfin von Meran, Freii ... |
Roman Empire | ... ope Saint Urban I was Pope from 14 October 222 to 230. He was born in Rome, | and succeeded St. Callixtus I who had been martyred. For centuries it was ... |
Croatia | ... iterranean and Balkan regions, in countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, | , Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Russia, Greece and Cyprus, Egypt, ... |
First Spanish Republic | ... revolt of 1869, the rise of Amadeo to the monarchy, the proclamation of the | , the outbreak of the Third Carlist War and the spread of the ideas of the ... |
Tunisia | ... assisted British forces with intelligence in Romania, Bulgaria, Morocco and | . An Irgun unit also operated in Syria and . David Raziel later died durin ... |
Soviet Union | ... onsibility for the other three zones, controlled by Britain, France and the | . Upon discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, he ordered camera crews ... |
Tuvalu | ... ent by Britain. In 1978 the Ellice Islands became the independent nation of | . The Gilbert Islands became independent as Kiribati on 12 July 1979. Alth ... |
Italy | Greece, together with | and Spain, faces a flood of illegal immigrants trying to enter the EU. The ... |
Germany | In | , the highest administrative court for most matters is the federal adminis ... |
Nauru | ... tes of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, | , Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway ... |
Slovakia | ... er pro-whaling countries. Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg, | , Switzerland and San Marino voted with other anti-whaling countries |
Netherlands | Overijssel (; Dutch Low Saxon: Oaveriessel) is a province of the | in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classifi ... |
Algeria | ... be descendants of moriscos, as well as an indeterminate number of people in | , Tunisia, Mauritania, Libya, Egypt and Turkey. However, the call went unh ... |
Japan | ... enix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, US, and partially by the Sapporo Dome in | (which has a sliding pitch but a fixed roof) |
Sicily | Locations include the Cyclopean Islands east off | and near Trentino in northern Italy; Victoria in Australia; Kerguelen Isla ... |
Israel | ... e the Presidency is largely ceremonial. Countries using this system include | , Ireland, Malta, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Iceland, India, ... |
Colombia | ... Latin American countries that have Irish settlement include Puerto Rico and | |
Soviet Union | ... s of defeated Nazi armies were thrown at the foot of Lenin's Mausoleum. The | held many parades in Red Square for May Day, Victory Day, and the October ... |
Canada | ... erall damage inflicted in a full nuclear exchange. As part of this defense, | and the US established the North American Air Defense Command (now called ... |
Prussia | ... d to respect the concordats signed between the Holy See and Bavaria (1924), | (1929) and Baden (1931). Hitler also agreed to mention these promises in h ... |
Malaya | ... ng the Malayan Emergency from 1948 to 1960, Britain granted independence to | and later, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak in 1957 and 1963 respectively with ... |
People's Republic of China | ... t, military, and business community, fled to Taiwan. On October 1, 1949 the | (P.R.C.) was founded in mainland China by the victorious communists; sever ... |
Haiti | ... d regions and the main island of Luzon. In January 2010 Vinson operated off | , providing aid and drinking water to earthquake survivors as part of the ... |
Cuba | ... ot under the rule of the Soviet Union, its European allies, China, Vietnam, | , and other communist nations. The term often referred to states such as t ... |
Senegal | ... espite the wide variety of cultures in West Africa, from Nigeria through to | , there are general similarities in dress, cuisine, music and culture that ... |
Dutch | ... nguage of the local aboriginal tribe and translates as "bamboo forest". The | established Fort Zeelandia in 1624 and defeated the local tribes in 1635. ... |
Poland | ... Jewish family in Frankfurt, he was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to | . He spent ten months lecturing on Jewish philosophy and Torah at Warsaw's ... |
Nigeria | Despite the wide variety of cultures in West Africa, from | through to Senegal, there are general similarities in dress, cuisine, musi ... |
New Zealand | ... s Merton was born in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, to Owen Merton, a | painter active in Europe and the United States, and Ruth Jenkins, an Ameri ... |
Bhutan | ... Tibetans live now dispersed worldwide, half of whom in are India, Nepal and | . In lieu of lost citizenship papers, the Central Tibetan Administration o ... |
Iceland | ... em include Israel, Ireland, Malta, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, | , India, Pakistan, Germany and Greece |
France | ... States, Canada, and democratic European states such as the United Kingdom, | , and Federal Republic of Germany (all members of NATO). In addition, it a ... |
Italy | In | the rector (Magnifico Rettore) is the head of the university and Rappresen ... |
Sweden | ... in popularity in Europe into the 20th century, and remains popular today in | , Russia, Finland and Norway |
Morocco | ... embers also assisted British forces with intelligence in Romania, Bulgaria, | and Tunisia. An Irgun unit also operated in Syria and . David Raziel later ... |
Lebanon | The Assyrian diaspora expanded by the Civil War in | , the coming into power of the Islamic republic of Iran, the Ba'athist dic ... |
English | Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an | musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist an ... |
France | ... d of the British contingent of an allied force destined for the invasion of | . In 1794, the 33rd regiment was sent to join the force and Wellesley, hav ... |
Israel | ... rrior, he is famous for his combat with the young David, the future king of | . The fight between them is described in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament an ... |
Haiti | ... frican recipes are enjoyed in the West Indies, Australia, Louisiana, Italy, | , and all over the world. Although some of these recipes have been altered ... |
French | ... nce – November 1, 1984 in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States) was a famous | flutist. Many works were composed for Moyse including the 1934 Flute Conce ... |
Puerto Rico | ... to Chile. Other Latin American countries that have Irish settlement include | and Colombia |
Soviet Union | ... Treaty (ABM Treaty or ABMT) was a treaty between the United States and the | on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defe ... |
British | ... f early objects but not systematically excavated until taken in hand by the | School at Athens in 1896, yielded at Phylakope remains of all the Aegean p ... |
France | Edward of York was born at Rouen in | , the second child of Richard, 3rd Duke of York (who had a strong genealog ... |
Soviet | Energia (, , "Energy") was a | rocket that was designed by NPO Energia to serve as a heavy-lift expendabl ... |
Canada | ... r mutual regional trade among the member states, as well as with the US and | , the Pacific Union, the African Union, and the European Union. To achieve ... |
Andhra Pradesh | ... st of present-day Karnataka, minor parts of Tamil Nadu and parts of western | in Deccan India |
Germany | Harnoncourt was born in Berlin, | . He was raised in Graz, Austria and studied music in Vienna. His mother, ... |
Poland | ... using this system include Israel, Ireland, Malta, Italy, Austria, Hungary, | , Turkey, Iceland, India, Pakistan, Germany and Greece |
Oman | ... of small-scale conflict the Portuguese were defeated in Kenya by Arabs from | . Under Seyyid Said, the Omani sultan who moved his capital to Zanzibar in ... |
Tamil Nadu | ... on of halva (or alvaa in Tamil) is from Tirunelveli, a city in the state of | . A closely related semolina preparation widely enjoyed throughout South I ... |
France | On January 31, 1915, Thomas Merton was born in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, | , to Owen Merton, a New Zealand painter active in Europe and the United St ... |
Ecuador | ... ds distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, west of continental | , of which they are a part |
Mauritania | ... moriscos, as well as an indeterminate number of people in Algeria, Tunisia, | , Libya, Egypt and Turkey. However, the call went unheeded by the central ... |
Anjouan | ... ts are rudimentary, although a deepwater facility was recently completed on | . Only small vessels can approach the existing quays in Moroni on Grande C ... |
United Kingdom | ... ch as the United States, Canada, and democratic European states such as the | , France, and Federal Republic of Germany (all members of NATO). In additi ... |
Russia | Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov (, ; born 14 March 1956) is a | n computer engineer, residing in the United States, who developed the popu ... |
Switzerland | ... ling countries. Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg, Slovakia, | and San Marino voted with other anti-whaling countries |
Hungary | ... Countries using this system include Israel, Ireland, Malta, Italy, Austria, | , Poland, Turkey, Iceland, India, Pakistan, Germany and Greece |
Malaya | By 1913, the British occupied Burma, | and the Borneo territories, the French controlled Indochina, the Dutch rul ... |
France | When the metric system was introduced in | in 1795, it included units for length, area, dry volume, liquid capacity, ... |
Egypt | ... city due to its location near the coast and between the Crusader States and | . In 1099, shortly after the Siege of Jerusalem (1099), an Egyptian Fatimi ... |
Japan | Recent research carried out on extremophiles in | involved a variety of bacteria including Escherichia coli and Paracoccus d ... |
Tamil Nadu | ... e 13th century, they governed most of present-day Karnataka, minor parts of | and parts of western Andhra Pradesh in Deccan India |
Netherlands | ... ng house and funk influences. This album featured Jackson's top twenty-five | hit "Sexbox" |
Singapore | ... rcraft were, at one point, used to operate LOT's longest-ever connection to | . By the end of 1989 LOT had achieved much, it had hosted that year's IATA ... |
Austria | ... emonial. Countries using this system include Israel, Ireland, Malta, Italy, | , Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Iceland, India, Pakistan, Germany and Greece |
Mexico | ... and southern Ontario south to central Florida and eastern Texas, as well as | |
Germany | Administrative law in | , called “Verwaltungsrecht”, generally rules the relationship between auth ... |
Uruguay | ... eaty of Montevideo by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and | . The signatories hoped to create a common market in Latin America and off ... |
Croatia | ... channel. The first historical record of the tidal bore was that made by the | n missionary in Spanish service Father Ferdinand Konščak on 18 July 1746. ... |
Cuba | In the late 2000s, Kiribati began to strengthen its relations with | . Cuba provides medical aid to Kiribati. There are currently sixteen docto ... |
Namibia | ... rated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, | , Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, ... |
Bulgaria | ... s. Irgun members also assisted British forces with intelligence in Romania, | , Morocco and Tunisia. An Irgun unit also operated in Syria and . David Ra ... |
Syria | ... , especially from Germany, Italy and Russia; Middle East, mainly Lebanon or | ; and even China, who brought new forms of agriculture, mining, livestock, ... |
Tunisia | ... dants of moriscos, as well as an indeterminate number of people in Algeria, | , Mauritania, Libya, Egypt and Turkey. However, the call went unheeded by ... |
Greece | ... ia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Russia, | and Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Macedonia, Albania, Syria, ... |
Venezuela | ... ndlords and merchants from Latin American countries (and in particular from | ) resulting from the deterioration of the Spanish Empire in Central and So ... |
Japan | ... ts who responded with high-level technophobic fears was 29%. In comparison, | had 58% high-level technophobes, India had 82%, and had 53% |
Carthage | ... o face a new and formidable opponent: the powerful Phoenician city-state of | . In the three Punic Wars, Chartage was eventually destroyed and Rome gain ... |
Kuwait | ... a, but was unsuccessful in both attempts. In 1957, he applied for a visa to | (at the time a British protectorate) and was approved, based on his work i ... |
Mongolia | ... s the longest railway in the world. There are branch lines to China through | and Manchuria, with service continuing to North Korea |
Tonga | ... etime between 3000 BC and AD 1300. The area was not isolated; invaders from | , Samoa, and Fiji later introduced Polynesian and Melanesian cultural aspe ... |
Finland | ... D expenditure in Greece enjoyed the third-highest increase in Europe, after | and Ireland. Because of its strategic location, qualified workforce and po ... |
British | ... a comprising modern-day Smithfield was first settled in the 17th century by | colonists as a farming community and named after Smithfield, London. The a ... |
United Kingdom | ... is My Weakness" (#2 R&B in 1978). White also had a strong following in the | where he scored five Top 10 hits and one number 1 for "You're The First." ... |
Egypt | ... bsidian over all the Aegean area. We find Cretan vessels exported to Melos, | and the Greek mainland. Melian vases came in their turn to Crete. After 16 ... |
Burma | ... ed), or cooked in soups or stir-fries. Similar condiments from Thailand and | are called nam pla (น้ำปลา) and ngan bya yay (ငံပြာရည်) respectively. In L ... |
Oman | ... biting the coastal areas in the region of Makran (Chabahar, Gwadar), Gulf ( | , Kuwait, Bahrain) and Arabian Sea (Karachi and other parts of Sindh) and ... |
France | ... itannia is to the United Kingdom and the British Empire what Marianne is to | or perhaps what Columbia is to the United States. Like Columbia, Britannia ... |
Sikhs | ... d Shah crossed the passes from Afghanistan for the sixth time to subdue the | . He assaulted Lahore and, after taking their holy city of Amritsar, massa ... |
Tamil Nadu | ... nataka and the fertile areas north of the Kaveri River delta in present day | . By the 13th century, they governed most of present-day Karnataka, minor ... |
Soviet Union | ... , which he called "nothing but un-American". The Beach Boys stated that the | , which had invited them to perform in Leningrad in 1978, "obviously .... ... |
Federation of South Arabia | ... toward unification proceeded from 1988. See also: Aden, Aden Protectorate, | , Hadhramaut, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yeme |
Russia | ... Fifth Republic by Charles de Gaulle, are used in France, Finland, Romania, | , Sri Lanka and several post-colonial countries which have emulated the Fr ... |
Han Dynasty | ... rom the northern Xiongnu Empire, and by Chinese influences from the eastern | , who spoke a Sino-Tibetan language |
Austria | ... us de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt) (born 6 December 1929) is an | n conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances ... |
British | ... f New France. In the long struggle between the French and British colonies, | and colonial American troops found the Indian-style tactics (i.e., Guerril ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... s CDs/DVDs of various Western musical groups, television shows and film. In | , religious police actively prevent the practice or proselytizing of non-I ... |
Samoa | ... etween 3000 BC and AD 1300. The area was not isolated; invaders from Tonga, | , and Fiji later introduced Polynesian and Melanesian cultural aspects, re ... |
English | Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (, ), commonly referred to as Spurs, is an | football club based in Tottenham, London, that plays in the Premier League ... |
Northern Ireland | ... rry" in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania was named after the city Derry in | , because the area’s first non-Indian inhabitants were Scotch-Irish |
Iraq | ... g into power of the Islamic republic of Iran, the Ba'athist dictatorship in | , and the present-day unrest in Iraq pushed Assyrians on the roads of exil ... |
North Korea | ... h lines to China through Mongolia and Manchuria, with service continuing to | |
India | ... phobic fears was 29%. In comparison, Japan had 58% high-level technophobes, | had 82%, and had 53% |
Qatar | ... ver, relations between Bahrain and two other Persian Gulf states – Iran and | – were less than amicable. The government of Bahrain has made a concerted ... |
Empire | ... d that Urban's pontificate was during a peaceful time for Christians in the | as Severus did not promote the persecution of Christianity |
Egypt | ... s an indeterminate number of people in Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Libya, | and Turkey. However, the call went unheeded by the central Spanish authori ... |
Malaysia | In | , pedestrian-pulled rickshaws were gradually replaced by cycle rickshaws ( ... |
Samoa | ... , India and Sri Lanka, the Moluccas and New Guinea through to Melanesia and | |
Jordan | File:Amman Coptic Church.jpg|Coptic Church, Amman, | File:Coptic church in Amman.jpg|Coptic Church, Amman, Jordan File:Amman BW ... |
Belize | ... ently with the anti-whaling bloc, was asked specifically to join by the US. | , a country previously accused of having their vote bought and paid for by ... |
People's Republic of China | Reaction to the withdrawal by both the Russian Federation and the | was much milder than many had predicted, following months of discussion wi ... |
Croatia | ... spus, by Minervina, seized and put to death by "cold poison" at Pola (Pula, | ). In July, Constantine had his wife, the Empress Fausta, killed at the be ... |
Canadian | Military service has been part of | life since the 17th century in New France, where colonists were required t ... |
France | | , Comoros' major trading partner, finances small projects only. The United ... |
Portugal | ... lation was estimated at 1 million people, nearly equal to the population of | at the time. They were divided into tribes, each tribe numbering from 300 ... |
Somalia | ... urity Operations, combating piracy in the Persian Gulf and off the coast of | |
Romania | ... ng of the Fifth Republic by Charles de Gaulle, are used in France, Finland, | , Russia, Sri Lanka and several post-colonial countries which have emulate ... |
French | ... Victor Fialin, duc de Persigny (January 11, 1808 – January 12, 1872) was a | of the Second French Empire |
South Africa | ... tment are: Australia, Cyprus, Kenya, Latvia, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, and | |
England | Founded in Cleator, Cumbria, | in 1938 by Jaques Spreiregen, Kangol (the K from silk, the ANG from angora ... |
Zambia | The kwacha (ISO 4217 code: ZMK) is the currency of | . It is subdivided into 100 ngwee |
Ukraine | ... an Federation, Australia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Upon the results of 2011, | became world's sixth wheat exporter as well.The largest importers of wheat ... |
Confederate | ... fought on June 30, 1863. Union cavalry under Judson Kilpatrick encountered | cavalry under J.E.B. Stuart and a sharp fight ensued in the town and in fa ... |
Iran | ... the Civil War in Lebanon, the coming into power of the Islamic republic of | , the Ba'athist dictatorship in Iraq, and the present-day unrest in Iraq p ... |
Switzerland | This is a list of articles related to | |
Kingdom of Jerusalem | ... First Crusade. Until 1153, the Fatimids were able to launch raids into the | from Ashkelon, which meant that the southern border of the Crusader States ... |
Russia | ... as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, | , Greece and Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Macedonia, Albani ... |
Libya | ... well as an indeterminate number of people in Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, | , Egypt and Turkey. However, the call went unheeded by the central Spanish ... |
Aden Protectorate | Efforts toward unification proceeded from 1988. See also: Aden, | , Federation of South Arabia, Hadhramaut, and the People's Democratic Repu ... |
Mexico | ... Texas, and eastern Oklahoma. It also occurs locally in central and southern | . Optimum development is made on lower slopes and terraces in the Southeas ... |
Iran | ... ast, however, relations between Bahrain and two other Persian Gulf states – | and Qatar – were less than amicable. The government of Bahrain has made a ... |
Sri Lanka | ... Leonardo Boff was suspended and others were censured. Tissa Balasuriya, in | , was excommunicated. Sebastian Kappen, an Indian theologian, was also cen ... |
Portugal | ... type of recruitment are: Australia, Cyprus, Kenya, Latvia, Nigeria, Poland, | , and South Africa |
Austria-Hungary | Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, | , the only child of assimilated Jewish parents. Her mother, Gertrud (née L ... |
Sri Lanka | ... epublic by Charles de Gaulle, are used in France, Finland, Romania, Russia, | and several post-colonial countries which have emulated the French model |
Uruguay | ... different places of Argentina, as well as international artist from Brazil, | , Chile, Peru and the United States |
India | ... r and Reunion Island, the Arabian Peninsula, Central and southwestern Asia, | and Sri Lanka, the Moluccas and New Guinea through to Melanesia and Samoa |
Libya | In March 1967 Orton and Halliwell had intended another extended holiday in | , but they returned home after one day because the only hotel accommodatio ... |
Kuwait | ... g the coastal areas in the region of Makran (Chabahar, Gwadar), Gulf (Oman, | , Bahrain) and Arabian Sea (Karachi and other parts of Sindh) and tribes i ... |
Canada | ... States; and at Cape Blomidon, Nova Scotia and Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec in | ; and in Iceland |
Germany | Overijssel is bordered by | to the east, the Achterhoek region of Gelderland to the south, the Veluwe ... |
Bulgaria | ... tries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, | , Russia, Greece and Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Macedonia ... |
Hong Kong | Challenger reached | in December 1874, at which point Nares and Aldrich left the ship to take p ... |
Iceland | ... Cape Blomidon, Nova Scotia and Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec in Canada; and in | |
Uganda | ... ed; others stayed in the lands which had been family homes for generations. | expelled 80,000 South Asians in 1972 and took over their businesses and pr ... |
Poland | ... se singles charted in the US. Another single, "Nirvana", was issued only in | . The album version of "Rain", as well as the remix "(Here Comes the) Rain ... |
Mozambique | ... Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, | , Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Niger ... |
Falkland Islands | ... ith a vapor compression system to bring 30,000 carcasses of mutton from the | in 1886 |
United Kingdom | The term count palatine was not used in the | . Just as Count always remained reserved for continental territories, even ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... ng Arafat. Arafat originally attempted to obtain a visa to Canada and later | , but was unsuccessful in both attempts. In 1957, he applied for a visa to ... |
Soviet Union | ... more saw statehood as an obstacle to effective defense of Alaska should the | seek to invade it. Eisenhower was especially worried about the sparsely po ... |
Germany | Pope Stephen VIII, a native of | , was pope from about 14 July 939 until his death towards the end of Octob ... |
India | ... in, Britain, Germany etc.), and far away lands (North America, Middle East, | etc.) |
Chile | ... places of Argentina, as well as international artist from Brazil, Uruguay, | , Peru and the United States |
Denmark | ... sachusetts, Yellowstone National Park, Great Britain, Canada, Michigan, and | |
British | ... ntury. The Robin has also appeared on many Christmas postage stamps. An old | folk tale seeks to explain the Robin's distinctive breast. Legend has it t ... |
Sri Lanka | ... ion Island, the Arabian Peninsula, Central and southwestern Asia, India and | , the Moluccas and New Guinea through to Melanesia and Samoa |
Pakistan | In the Punjab region of India and | , as well as North China, irrigation has been a major contributor to incre ... |
Germany | ... aul (Lutetia, Corsica etc.), neighbouring nations (Belgium, Spain, Britain, | etc.), and far away lands (North America, Middle East, India etc.) |
Montenegro | ... ons, in countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, | , Bulgaria, Russia, Greece and Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, ... |
Cuba | ... years. Frozen blocks loaded onto Hallowell's schooners travelled as far as | and the West Indies. Other local products exported via the Kennebec (and, ... |
Bulgaria | ... ed after the expulsion from Spain, as well as to Italy, Serbia, Romania and | , and to Vienna and Timișoara, continued to the middle of the 18th century |
Poland | ... or this type of recruitment are: Australia, Cyprus, Kenya, Latvia, Nigeria, | , Portugal, and South Africa |
Kazakhstan | ... re a mountain range in East-Central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and | come together, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their sources. The ... |
Low Countries | ... According to another source, on 6 December every sailor or ex-sailor of the | (which at that time was virtually all of the male population) would descen ... |
Jordan | File:Coptic church in Amman.jpg|Coptic Church, Amman, | File:Amman BW 35.JPG|Coptic Church, Amman, Jordan File:St. Anthony's Mona ... |
Canada | ... ont, some areas of Massachusetts, Yellowstone National Park, Great Britain, | , Michigan, and Denmark |
Brazil | ... ds from different places of Argentina, as well as international artist from | , Uruguay, Chile, Peru and the United States |
Lotharingia | Next to the Dukes of | , Bavaria, Swabia and Saxony, who had become dangerously powerful feudal p ... |
France | The larger Middle Pleistocene Golden Eagles of | (and possibly elsewhere) are referred to a paleosubspecies Aquila chrysaet ... |
Marathas | ... ngzeb, who died in 1707; In 1751-52, Ahamdiya treaty was signed between the | and Mughals, when Balaji Bajirao was the Peshwa. Through this treaty, the ... |
Oman | ... took a less interventionist stance toward both North Yemen and neighbouring | . On January 13, 1986, a violent struggle, known as South Yemen Civil War ... |
Denmark | ... from receiving the Order of the Elephant in person from King Christian X of | . Eisenhower was convinced in 1946 that the Soviet Union did not want war ... |
Spain | ... r of Bologna and as archbishop of Rossano, and was for many years nuncio to | ; his election to the papacy was largely backed by the Spanish faction |
Iran | ... rbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Russia, Greece and Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, | , Lebanon, Macedonia, Albania, Syria, Central Asia, southern India, the Ca ... |
Fiji | ... nds. They were administered by the Western Pacific High Commission based in | . Together they became the crown colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands ... |
India | In | , the Anglo-Indian community is well known for enjoying and performing cou ... |
Morocco | ... uritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, | , Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, ... |
Greece | Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of | around the Aegean Sea. There are three distinct but communicating and inte ... |
Romania | ... es had settled after the expulsion from Spain, as well as to Italy, Serbia, | and Bulgaria, and to Vienna and Timișoara, continued to the middle of the ... |
India | ... e National Academy of Sciences) plus science academies of Brazil, China and | (three of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the developing world ... |
Indonesia | ... gentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, | , Iran, Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabi ... |
Bangladesh | ... ar in 1971 resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the new country of | |
India | In the Punjab region of | and Pakistan, as well as North China, irrigation has been a major contribu ... |
Poland | During World War II, when | was under Nazi German occupation, the German authorities confiscated most ... |
Madagascar | ... ean, southeastern Europe and Asia Minor, Northern, Central and East Africa, | and Reunion Island, the Arabian Peninsula, Central and southwestern Asia, ... |
Belgium | ... eries include parts of Gaul (Lutetia, Corsica etc.), neighbouring nations ( | , Spain, Britain, Germany etc.), and far away lands (North America, Middle ... |
French Indochina | After the 1954 Geneva agreements, | ceased to exist and by 1956 all French Union troops had withdrawn from Vie ... |
Belgian | Brakel is a municipality in the | province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek and the Flemish Ardennes. Th ... |
Italy | ... orded the music video "Macumba". She worked in telenovelas in Argentina and | |
Ukraine | ... th Dakota companies and Dickinson State University on a trip to Kazakhstan, | and Russia . North Dakota exports mostly machinery to Kazakhstan, the eigh ... |
Kingdom of Jerusalem | ... of Jaffa and Ascalon, which became one of the four major seigneuries of the | |
Russia | On December 13, 2001, George W. Bush gave | notice of the United States' withdrawal from the treaty, in accordance wit ... |
India | ... city in 2011, and is sited at their Whitley Plant. However Tata Motors from | owns Jaguar now |
Roman Republic | According to tradition and later writers such as Livy, the | was established around 509 BC, when the last of the seven kings of Rome, T ... |
Russia | ... ame from this compound, which was first discovered in the Ural mountains of | by Gustav Rose in 1839 and is named after Russian mineralogist L. A. Perov ... |
Belgian | Maarkedal is a municipality located in the | province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Etikhov ... |
Palau | ... oping nation in the Pacific never to have been a member of the Group of 77. | (which withdrew from membership in 2004) is the only other Pacific develop ... |
Iran | ... stralia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, | , Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tan ... |
France | ... ent that police have these functions varies among countries, with police in | , Germany, and other continental European countries handling such tasks to ... |
Lebanon | ... Montenegro, Bulgaria, Russia, Greece and Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Iran, | , Macedonia, Albania, Syria, Central Asia, southern India, the Caucasus re ... |
Spain | ... clude parts of Gaul (Lutetia, Corsica etc.), neighbouring nations (Belgium, | , Britain, Germany etc.), and far away lands (North America, Middle East, ... |
Cambodia | ... pa, but a chunkier, more aromatic version known as padaek is also used. In | , it is known as teuk trei (ទឹកត្រី), of which there are a variety of sauc ... |
Ukraine | ... Galicia (1st Ukrainian) formed from volunteers from Galicia in the western | . The 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) was created i ... |
Croatia | ... ei Jidai. It is said Miyazaki based the scenery on Rijeka, former Fiume, in | |
Kenya | France 59%, South Africa 15%, | 6% (1997 |
Montserrat | ... an tobacco plantations. Most of these forced migrants ended up in Barbados, | or Jamaica (Tom McDermot was an Irish campaigner there against colonialism ... |
Kuwait | ... rmed by the northern and southern heads of state during a summit meeting in | in March 1979 |
Egypt | ... ns in 23 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, | , France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, Kuwait, ... |
Italy | The Games were held in Rome, | from September 18 to 25, 1960, with the 1960 Summer Olympics. The only dis ... |
Brazil | ... ions (including the National Academy of Sciences) plus science academies of | , China and India (three of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in th ... |
South Africa | France 59%, | 15%, Kenya 6% (1997 |
Serbia | ... h refugees had settled after the expulsion from Spain, as well as to Italy, | , Romania and Bulgaria, and to Vienna and Timișoara, continued to the midd ... |
Israel | ... ania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Russia, Greece and Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, | , Iran, Lebanon, Macedonia, Albania, Syria, Central Asia, southern India, ... |
Iran | ... the wider Muslim world. He was assassinated in 1981. Political tensions in | exploded with the Iranian Revolution which overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty a ... |
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan | Having ascertained that an uprising against the | would be backed by the people, Massoud made his way to the Panjshir and st ... |
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | According to Ukrainian law, anyone who was a citizen of the | who was residing in Ukraine at the time of its declaration of independence ... |
Brazil | ... , patrol personnel are also known as "general duties" officers. Atypically, | 's preventive police are known as Military Police |
Rwanda | ... 1972 and took over their businesses and properties. The 1990s Civil war in | between rival ethnic groups Hutu and Tutsi turned deadly and produced a ma ... |
England | ... t Indies. After seven weeks at sea, a storm forced the fleet back to Poole, | . The 33rd was given time to convalesce and a few months later, Whitehall ... |
France | ... 3 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, | , India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, P ... |
Han Dynasty | Jia Peilan is credited in passing out | court customs of Double Ninth Festival to commoners |
The Gambia | ... e's sorghum couscous (called "Chereh" in Serer) particularly in Senegal and | . Jolof rice originally from the Kingdom of Jolof (now part of modern day ... |
Assyria | ... portant role in the development of the Silk Road. Scythians accompanied the | n Esarhaddon on his invasion of Egypt, and their distinctive triangular ar ... |
local Islamic emirate | ... Basil I, who sent him ships to assist in the capture of Bari, capital of a | , which succumbed in 871 |
India | ... ies: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, | , Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, ... |
Finland | ... e beginning of the Fifth Republic by Charles de Gaulle, are used in France, | , Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka and several post-colonial countries which hav ... |
Sweden | ... 1758) The type locality was given simply as "Europa"; it was later fixed to | . It was moved to the new genus Aquila by French ornithologist Mathurin Ja ... |
Transylvania | ... yet later pupils, such as Winfried Zillig, the Catalan Roberto Gerhard, the | n Norbert von Hannenheim and the Greek Nikos Skalkottas, are sometimes cov ... |
Cambodia | ... was filmed at 152 locations in 23 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, | , China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jer ... |
Cambodia | ... t and by 1956 all French Union troops had withdrawn from Vietnam, Laos, and | . In 1955, by the order of Prime Minister Diem, the VNA crushed the armed ... |
Normandy | In contrast to the intense Scandinavian influence in | and the British Isles, Varangian culture did not survive to a great extent ... |
Germany | Düren is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, | . Neighboring districts are Heinsberg, Neuss, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Euskirchen ... |
Denmark | ... was 101 kg per capita, with the highest consumption (623 kg per capita) in | , but most of this (81%) was for animal feed. Wheat is the primary food st ... |
Germany | France 43%, United States 43%, | 7% (1997 |
Canada | ... ea of any county in the province, is located in northeastern New Brunswick, | |
French | Port Louis was already in use as a harbor in 1638. In 1735, under | government, it became the administrative center of Mauritius and a major r ... |
Armenia | ... ties with Azerbaijan is summarized by the slogan "One people, two states". | supports ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in ... |
French | In several early | works such as Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail and the ... |
Albania | ... rge Kastrioti, were also interred in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Lezha, | , upon his death |
Iraq | ... a, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Russia, Greece and Cyprus, Egypt, | , Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Macedonia, Albania, Syria, Central Asia, southern ... |
France | Imports - partners: | 59%, South Africa 15%, Kenya 6% (1997 |
Prussia | ... istricts of Jülich and Düren. Both districts date back to 1816 when the new | n province Rhineland was created. Before the Napoleonic Wars all of the ar ... |
restoration of the empire | ... ) to the presidency. With Morny and the marshal Saint Arnaud he plotted the | , and was a devoted adherent of Napoleon III. He succeeded Morny as Minist ... |
Philippines | ... Latin America, Spain, Croatia, Italy, France, Israel, Russia, China and the | . The success of this story brought her new found fame with her single, "A ... |
Indonesia | ... t populous country in the world and has the largest Muslim population after | . It is an ethnically and linguistically diverse country, with a similar v ... |
Moroccan | ... n and about 4 million of Maghrebi origin (20% of Algerian origin and 15% of | or Tunisian origin). Immigrants aged 18–50 count for 2.7 millions (10% of ... |
Indonesia | The | n semi-solid fish paste terasi, the Cambodian prahok and the Malay ferment ... |
Ecuador | ... 2 locations in 23 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, | , Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, Kenya, K ... |
Russia | ... e as the main mobile office of the Tsar and his staff for travelling across | |
Israel | ... powerful collective influence within the IWC. One of the new 2006 members, | , currently receives more than 3 billion dollars a year in aid from the Un ... |
People's Republic of China | ... he only legal party. The PDRY established close ties with the Soviet Union, | , Cuba, and radical Palestinians |
Vietnam | ... hina ceased to exist and by 1956 all French Union troops had withdrawn from | , Laos, and Cambodia. In 1955, by the order of Prime Minister Diem, the VN ... |
Fiji | ... BC and AD 1300. The area was not isolated; invaders from Tonga, Samoa, and | later introduced Polynesian and Melanesian cultural aspects, respectively. ... |
Western Roman Empire | ... 382), the battle is often considered the start of the final collapse of the | in the 5th century. Adrianople actually was fought between the Goths and t ... |
Croatia | ... Rocío Banquells. This telenovela became a success in Latin America, Spain, | , Italy, France, Israel, Russia, China and the Philippines. The success of ... |
Jordan | File:Amman BW 35.JPG|Coptic Church, Amman, | File:St. Anthony's Monastery 2006.jpg|Monastery of Saint Anthony, Eastern ... |
Cyprus | ... egovina, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Russia, Greece and | , Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Macedonia, Albania, Syria, Central A ... |
Soviet Union | ... le, contains the embalmed body of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the founder of the | . Nearby to the south is the elaborate brightly-domed Saint Basil's Cathed ... |
Germany | ... police have these functions varies among countries, with police in France, | , and other continental European countries handling such tasks to a greate ... |
Soviet Union | ... which became the only legal party. The PDRY established close ties with the | , People's Republic of China, Cuba, and radical Palestinians |
Tonga | ... ril 21 and 24, 1616, they were the first Westerners to visit the (Northern) | islands: "Cocos Island" (Tafahi), "Traitors Island" (Niuatoputapu), and "I ... |
Second Spanish Republic | ... lections of April 12, 1931, which preceded the April 14 proclamation of the | . The Catalan Generalitat was revived, and a September 1932 statute of aut ... |
Kyrgyzstan | ... mption was 67 kg, with the highest per capita consumption (239 kg) found in | . In 1997, global wheat consumption was 101 kg per capita, with the highes ... |
France | Exports - partners: | 43%, United States 43%, Germany 7% (1997 |
Egypt | ... y strength, diplomatic expertise and a strategic geographical position give | extensive political influence in the Middle East, Africa, and within the N ... |
Japan | ... f the Trans-Siberian Railway during his stop at Vladivostok, after visiting | at the end of his journey around the world. Nicholas II made notes in his ... |
Kenya | ... who had become the victims of the Africanization drive in newly independent | and wished to move to Britain. The act required "substantial connection" t ... |
Cuba | ... Y established close ties with the Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, | , and radical Palestinians |
Laos | ... ed to exist and by 1956 all French Union troops had withdrawn from Vietnam, | , and Cambodia. In 1955, by the order of Prime Minister Diem, the VNA crus ... |
Russia | ... a became a success in Latin America, Spain, Croatia, Italy, France, Israel, | , China and the Philippines. The success of this story brought her new fou ... |
Mali | ... bia), is enjoyed throughout West Africa and in the Western World; Mafé from | (Note: Mafé or Maafe is a Wolof word for it, the proper name is "Domodah" ... |
Philippines | ... spent several months there, before being sent on a brief expedition to the | , where he established a list of new hygiene precautions for his men to de ... |
Brazil | ... he movie was filmed at 152 locations in 23 countries: Argentina, Australia, | , Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, ... |
France | ... ed at the beginning of the Fifth Republic by Charles de Gaulle, are used in | , Finland, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka and several post-colonial countries ... |
Mongolia | ... itania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, | , Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Ni ... |
Egypt | ... Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Russia, Greece and Cyprus, | , Iraq, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Macedonia, Albania, Syria, Central Asia, so ... |
Brazil | ... mbói, which figures in the etymology of names like jibóia and boitatá (the | ian name for the mythical Giant anaconda) |
Roman Republic | ... uintus Ennius (c. 239 BC – c. 169 BC) was a writer during the period of the | , and is often considered the father of Roman poetry. He was of Calabrian ... |
Britain | ... 03, a statement released to various newspapers and signed by the leaders of | , Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic ... |
Lithuania | ... anor in a town called Giełgudyszki (now Gelgaudiškis in Marijampolė County, | ). In his autobiography, Gielgud states repeatedly and clearly that his fa ... |
Kazakh Khanate | ... a-Khanid Khanate, Great Seljuk Empire, Mongol Empire, Golden Horde, and the | . Uighur tribes started to settle in the most east of Turkestan from the 8 ... |
Maldives | The | is a nation consisting of 26 natural atolls, comprising 1192 island |
Confederate | Set during the American Civil War, the episode opens with two | soldiers. They have been assigned to scout on the Union army that is march ... |
Algeria | ... in Guinea. There are also plans for a trans-Saharan road linking Mali with | . In general, road conditions outside of urban areas are hazardous, especi ... |
Namibia | ... urces for gem material are Brazil and the U.S.. Australia, France, Germany, | , Norway, and Spain have also produced gem quality amblygonite |
Canadian | Florence Lawrence (January 2, 1886 – December 28, 1938) was a | inventor and silent film actress. She is often referred to as "The First M ... |
Ecuador | ... America, and in the 17th century about 500,000, predominantly to Mexico and | |
Austria | He is one of the most successful | n musicians (having sold ~15 million copies), next to Udo Jürgens (~100 mi ... |
Soviet Union | ... Poles who had been expelled from territories in eastern Poland ceded to the | |
Czech Republic | ... ers. Mali and Mongolia voted with other pro-whaling countries. Austria, the | , Hungary, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Switzerland and San Marino voted with oth ... |
Iran | ... re) was a Pashtun dynasty centered in Afghanistan and included northeastern | , the Kashmir region, the modern state of Pakistan, and northwestern India ... |
Iran | ... rthrow the secular state and establish an Islamic regime similar to that in | . The constitution ratified in December 1992 reaffirmed that Uzbekistan is ... |
Dutch | ... ishing, and farming by Native Americans. At the time of colonization by the | it belonged to the matrilineal Lenape tribes, but British colonists did th ... |
Germany | ... e main sources for gem material are Brazil and the U.S.. Australia, France, | , Namibia, Norway, and Spain have also produced gem quality amblygonite |
Angola | The UNCCD has 194 country Parties: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, | , Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, ... |
Saint Helena | ... S), which was set up in May 1975. The UN region also includes the island of | , a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean |
Japanese rule of Taiwan | ... traveling abroad, and became an avid stamp collector. Growing up during the | , he developed a strong affinity for Japan. His father was a middle-level ... |
Sweden | ... olin accepted Protestantism Lutheranism. In 1630 the island was captured by | . Later Pomerania became part of the Prussian (at that time Brandenburgian ... |
Bahrain | Politics of | takes place since 2002 in a framework of a constitutional monarchy where t ... |
Mexico | ... igrated to America, and in the 17th century about 500,000, predominantly to | and Ecuador |
South Africa | ... ntana, widely distributed throughout Europe. There are about 150 species in | |
Afghanistan | ... (, also referred to as the Afghan Empire) was a Pashtun dynasty centered in | and included northeastern Iran, the Kashmir region, the modern state of Pa ... |
Sikkim | "Jhakri" is the common name used for shamans in | , India. They exist in the Limbu, Sunuwar, Rai, Sherpa, Kami, Tamang, Guru ... |
France | ... poor. The main sources for gem material are Brazil and the U.S.. Australia, | , Germany, Namibia, Norway, and Spain have also produced gem quality ambly ... |
Puerto Rico | ... o the United States. The U.S. took occupation of Cuba, the Philippines, and | . The latter possession now officially continues as a self-governing uninc ... |
United Arab Emirates | ... cant budgetary support and project grants from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the | |
Guatemala | ... oard of the Smithsonian Institution to send a team to excavate for ruins in | , Marshall suggested that the team instead excavate around Washington. Whe ... |
Mauritania | This article is about the demographic features of the population of | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
Austria | ... cked IWC members. Mali and Mongolia voted with other pro-whaling countries. | , the Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Switzerland and San M ... |
India | "Jhakri" is the common name used for shamans in Sikkim, | . They exist in the Limbu, Sunuwar, Rai, Sherpa, Kami, Tamang, Gurung and ... |
Marshall Islands | The people of the | are of Micronesian origin, which is traced to a combination of peoples who ... |
Kuwait | ... eceived significant budgetary support and project grants from Saudi Arabia, | and the United Arab Emirates |
Philippines | ... ership transfer to the United States. The U.S. took occupation of Cuba, the | , and Puerto Rico. The latter possession now officially continues as a sel ... |
Duchy of Warsaw | ... azurka - was written in praise of his actions by Józef Wybicki in 1797. The | , a small, semi-independent Polish state, was created in 1807 by Napoleon ... |
British | If... is a sharp and cynical satirisation of | politics and current affairs from a left wing perspective. It's named afte ... |
principality of the Morea | ... ch lordships throughout Greece — in particular, the duchy of Athens and the | — provided cultural contacts with western Europe and promoted the study of ... |
Assyria | ... nd this time. Akkadian continued to flourish, splitting into Babylonian and | n dialects |
Afghanistan | ... hhi, Atta, Jarrah, and bin al-Shibh traveled to terrorist training camps in | and met with Osama bin Laden who recruited the four Hamburg cell members f ... |
Burma | ... soldiers to handle artillery. Bahadur Shah was exiled to Rangoon (Yangon), | (Myanmar), where he died in 1862 |
Burkina Faso | ... d in the 17th century in the area around what is now the border of Mali and | . In 2010 the capital was moved to Sikasso. It resisted the effort of Samo ... |
Scotland | ... f De Nygifte (The Newly Married) and his romantic tragedy of Mary Stuart in | . In 1870 he published Poems and Songs and the epic cycle Arnljot Gelline; ... |
Armenia | ... anistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, | , Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbad ... |
Pakistan | ... tan and included northeastern Iran, the Kashmir region, the modern state of | , and northwestern India. It was established at Kandahar in 1747 by Ahmad ... |
France | In 1933,Rabbi Schneerson moved to Paris, | . He studied mechanics and electrical engineering at the École spéciale de ... |
Nigeria | ... s born in Aveiro. He was the first European to visit the region of Benin in | and named the river located there, the Rio Fermoso. He helped to build a f ... |
Mongolia | ... ndlocked countries. Currently, there are 8 landlocked IWC members. Mali and | voted with other pro-whaling countries. Austria, the Czech Republic, Hunga ... |
Danish | Anders Hejlsberg (born December 1960) is a prominent | software engineer who co-designed several popular and commercially success ... |
Egypt | ... taries, represented for example, in the XVIIIth Dynasty tomb of Rekhmara at | ian Thebes as bearing vases of peculiar forms, were of some Mediterranean ... |
Mexico | The population of the Native Amerindian population in | declined by an estimated 90% (reduced to 1 - 2.5 million people) by the ea ... |
France | ... alherbe near Maidstone, Kent where they kept several cats, before moving to | in January 2003. They sold the property to Vic Reeves, shortly after Baker ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... has at times received significant budgetary support and project grants from | , Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates |
Kingdom of Tungning | ... xinga captured the Dutch fortress Zeelandia and Taiwan became his base (see | ). Concurrently the last Ming pretender had been captured and killed by Ge ... |
Mayotte | This article is about the demographic features of the population of | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
Spain | ... l are Brazil and the U.S.. Australia, France, Germany, Namibia, Norway, and | have also produced gem quality amblygonite |
Germany | ... humanity during World War II (1939–1945). After 1945, the SS was banned in | , along with the Nazi Party, as a criminal organization |
Azores | ... to fight the rematch, his Air France Lockheed Constellation crashed in the | , killing everyone on board |
Mauritania | The military forces of | are listed by the IISS Military Balance 2007 as comprising 15,870 personne ... |
Kara-Khanid Khanate | ... ce are chronologically, the Xiongnu tribes, Uighur Empire, Turkic Kaganate, | , Great Seljuk Empire, Mongol Empire, Golden Horde, and the Kazakh Khanate ... |
Poland | ... rope. The Statistisches Bundesamt estimates the loss of life at 2.1 million | and Soviet Ukraine conducted population exchanges – Poles that resided eas ... |
Dutch | ... ique factors: the rapids and portages along the Fox River and the coming of | -Catholic settlers in 1848. Prior to and during the early European settlem ... |
India | Mauritius has strong and friendly relations with the West, as well as with | and the countries of southern and eastern Africa. It is a member of the Wo ... |
Dominican Republic | ... point. Emigration was extremely high, particularly to St. Thomas and to the | . Both concern and assistance from Britain was in very short supply, not l ... |
Bahrain | Transport in | |
Bulgarian Empire | ... icaea, the Empire received great pressure from the Seljuk Sultanate and the | . The Greek states were fighting for supremacy against both Latins and eac ... |
Benin | ... Afonso was born in Aveiro. He was the first European to visit the region of | in Nigeria and named the river located there, the Rio Fermoso. He helped t ... |
Austria | DJ Ötzi is the stage name of Gerhard Friedle (born 7 January 1971), an | n entertainer and singer. Successful mainly in German-speaking countries, ... |
Mauritius | | has strong and friendly relations with the West, as well as with India and ... |
India | In 1947, when | gained independence from the British rule, Thrissur was under Kingdom of C ... |
Israel | ... nst the Roman Empire in 132 CE, establishing an independent Jewish state of | which he ruled for three years as Nasi ("Ruler"). His state was conquered ... |
Sri Lanka | ... he major marine routes of the Indian Ocean. Maldives' nearest neighbors are | and India, both of which have had cultural and economic ties with Maldives ... |
Norway | ... gem material are Brazil and the U.S.. Australia, France, Germany, Namibia, | , and Spain have also produced gem quality amblygonite |
England | A notable exception to this terminology is in | and elsewhere in Great Britain, where the head of a university has traditi ... |
Turkmenistan | ... ey are also Uzbeks and Turkmen refugees that have moved from Uzbekistan and | and settled in Pakistan. Turkey also provides scholarships to large number ... |
Scotland | He was born in Glasgow, | in 1830 to "Dirty" Dingus McDuck and Molly Mallard, both working as coal m ... |
Soviet | ... th images of the group wearing American military garb in combat, as well as | -style army uniforms set against an American urban backdrop |
United Arab Emirates | Shehhi was a student from the | who moved to Germany in 1996 and soon became close friends with Mohamed At ... |
Japan | Shamanism is still widely practiced in the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa, | ), where shamans are known as 'Noro' (all women) and 'Yuta'. 'Noro' genera ... |
Chile | ... ny, Denmark and Sweden) and also in South America (especially in Argentina, | and Peru). To date, Erasure have sold over 25 million albums worldwide |
Yugoslavia | ... n and Poland as well as territories of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and | . From 1944 until 1948, between 13.5 and 16.5 million Germans were expelle ... |
Venezuela | | is a country in South America, and part of Caribbean South America, border ... |
Italy | ... refuge after the capture of Constantinople by the Turks. He then went on to | , where he attended the lectures of Angelus Sabinus, Sulpitius Verulanus a ... |
Seljuk Sultanate | ... ek states in Epirus and Nicaea, the Empire received great pressure from the | and the Bulgarian Empire. The Greek states were fighting for supremacy aga ... |
Brazil | ... of over 100,000 people, at the Rock in Rio festival held in Rio de Janeiro, | . Galley remained a member — "he's still getting paid," said Coverdale — u ... |
Mauritania | ... and centered in the area along the border of the modern states of Mali and | . The Ghana Empire began possibly as early as the fifth century AD, and wa ... |
Bulgaria | ... gat, an oversized Russian Apple II clone with a Cyrillic character set, and | n Pravetz series 8, a close Apple II replica with Cyrillic support |
Confederate States of America | Danville became the last capital of the | within the space of a few days. Jefferson Davis and the temporary Capital ... |
Cyprus | ... were found in catacombs beneath Rome and Byzantine Icons were also found in | , Crete, Ephesus, Cappadocia and Antioch. Roman frescoes were done by the ... |
Romania | ... Soviet Union and Poland as well as territories of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, | and Yugoslavia. From 1944 until 1948, between 13.5 and 16.5 million German ... |
Samoan Islands | ... ians. During the 1860s, planters in Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, and the | , in need of labourers, encouraged a long-term indentured labour trade cal ... |
Luxembourg | ... ted with other pro-whaling countries. Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, | , Slovakia, Switzerland and San Marino voted with other anti-whaling count ... |
Canada | ... is a feature of long established democracies such as the United Kingdom and | |
Spain | ... itic language — Arabic — the official language of an empire stretching from | to Central Asia |
English | Flambards is a novel by the | author K. M. Peyton |
England | ... clyde. In 937, Amlaíb led his allies into battle against Athelstan, king of | , in the Battle of Brunanburh and was decisively defeated |
United Kingdom | ... tralian-born composer who worked for most of his professional career in the | . He is mostly remembered for his film and television music |
Tunisia | ... s the western portion of the Maghreb (Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, and | ), occupies an area in excess of 6,140,000 km 2 , or approximately one-fif ... |
The Bahamas | ... gust 25, 2001, Aaliyah and eight others were killed in an airplane crash in | after filming the music video for the single "Rock the Boat". The pilot, L ... |
Mali | The history of Mali covers events on the territory of modern | from about the 11th century to the present |
Nepal | ... econd climbing pair, the New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a | i sherpa climber from Darjeeling, India. They reached the summit at 11:30 ... |
Sweden | ... lar in their native UK and mainland Europe (especially Germany, Denmark and | ) and also in South America (especially in Argentina, Chile and Peru). To ... |
Prussia | ... uture political organisation of Bavaria, which is known as the " ". In 1806 | ceded Ansbach and the Principality of Ansbach to Bavaria in exchange for t ... |
Azerbaijan | ... National Assembly of Azerbaijan is the legislative branch of government in | . The unicameral National Assembly has 125 deputies: previously 100 member ... |
Hungary | ... ed by the Soviet Union and Poland as well as territories of Czechoslovakia, | , Romania and Yugoslavia. From 1944 until 1948, between 13.5 and 16.5 mill ... |
India | ... rn Iran, the Kashmir region, the modern state of Pakistan, and northwestern | . It was established at Kandahar in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani, an Afghan ... |
Mandate Palestine | ... l escape from Berlin, before themselves fleeing to Paris. Leibel escaped to | in 1939 with his fiancee Regina Milgram, where they later married. Despite ... |
Roman Empire | ... r's armies and then sent back. The alpine region became integrated into the | and was extensively romanized in the course of the following centuries. Th ... |
Kazakhstan | ... scheduled to fly to the International Space Station and land in a desert in | |
United Kingdom | ... nted upper chamber is a feature of long established democracies such as the | and Canada |
Portuguese | ... Vanuatu group discovered by Spaniards was Espiritu Santo when, in 1606, the | explorer, Pedro Fernández de Quirós, spied what he thought was a southern ... |
Algeria | ... f one includes the western portion of the Maghreb (Western Sahara, Morocco, | , and Tunisia), occupies an area in excess of 6,140,000 km 2 , or approxim ... |
Morocco | ... Africa, if one includes the western portion of the Maghreb (Western Sahara, | , Algeria, and Tunisia), occupies an area in excess of 6,140,000 km 2 , or ... |
Vietnam | This article is about the demographic features of the population of | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
British | ... of French subjects. By the turn of the century, the French outnumbered the | two to one |
Bolivia | ... ivorce, when his maternal grandfather was named honorary consul for Peru in | . With his mother and her family, Vargas Llosa then moved to Cochabamba, B ... |
Israel | During the Six-Day War between | and several Arab nations, the United States of America maintained a neutra ... |
Marshall Islands | This article is about the demographic features of the population of the | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
German | A | trading company settled on the islands in 1885. They became part of the pr ... |
Greece | ... he Antiquities of Athens at the time of the establishment of the Kingdom of | , by his explorations in the Greek islands from 1835 onwards, called atten ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... from areas annexed by the Soviet Union and Poland as well as territories of | , Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia. From 1944 until 1948, between 13.5 and ... |
Cuba | ... th its ownership transfer to the United States. The U.S. took occupation of | , the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. The latter possession now officially c ... |
Western Sahara | West Africa, if one includes the western portion of the Maghreb ( | , Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), occupies an area in excess of 6,140,000 ... |
India | ... d protest from local people, for example when USS Nimitz docked in Chennai, | , in 2007. At that time, the Strike Group commander Rear Admiral John Tere ... |
Japan | ... and Tagawa Matsu, a Japanese woman, in 1624 in Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, | . He was raised there until seven and moved to Quanzhou, in the Fujian pro ... |
Uganda | ... e with special appreciation of the efforts of Janet Museveni, first lady of | , for her efforts to stop the spread of AIDS through a campaign based on " ... |
Tajikistan | ... ranicus, Issus and Gaugamela, and advance as far as modern-day Pakistan and | , provided an important outlet for Greek culture, via the creation of colo ... |
Hungary | ... ngolia voted with other pro-whaling countries. Austria, the Czech Republic, | , Luxembourg, Slovakia, Switzerland and San Marino voted with other anti-w ... |
Senegal | construction of a road linking Bamako and Dakar, | . The African Development Bank is funding the construction of a road linki ... |
India | Subway restaurants in | do not serve products made from beef and sell an extended vegetarian range ... |
New Zealand | ... er lost contact with his sons until a chance meeting with Piers in a pub in | allowed them to renew their relationship. In December 1980 he married Lall ... |
Martinique | Communications in | |
French | ... d the balance in favour of French subjects. By the turn of the century, the | outnumbered the British two to one |
Japan | The , New Kōmei Party, or NKP is a centre-right political party in | founded by members of the Nichiren Buddhist organization Sōka Gakkai. The ... |
Poland | Around 972 the island became controlled by | , under prince Mieszko I, however, it has not been established if Wolin be ... |
Egypt | ... fourth year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar unsuccessfully attempted to invade | and was repulsed with heavy losses. This failure lead to numerous rebellio ... |
Austria | ... geria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, | , Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium ... |
Ethiopia | ... were three distinct races the Caucasian (white), Mongolian (yellow) and the | n (black), Cuvier claimed Adam and Eve were Caucasian and that was the ori ... |
Poland | ... o Germany. Germans were expelled from areas annexed by the Soviet Union and | as well as territories of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia. ... |
United Kingdom | ... led analyses of television broadcasts (and later newspaper coverage) in the | . (Eldridge, 2000). Published between 1976 and 1985, the Bad News Studies ... |
Confederacy | ... rginia was one of the 13 Colonies in the American Revolution and joined the | in the American Civil War, during which Richmond was made the Confederate ... |
Malta | The transportation system in | is small but extensive, and the islands' domestic system of public transpo ... |
Colombia | ... America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between | and Guyana. It is situated on major sea and air routes linking North and S ... |
United Kingdom | In 1956, a bilateral agreement gave | access to Gan in Addu Atoll in the far south, to establish an air facility ... |
Senegal | ... xpanded throughout southeastern Mauritania, southwestern Mali, and northern | |
Pakistan | ... tles of the Granicus, Issus and Gaugamela, and advance as far as modern-day | and Tajikistan, provided an important outlet for Greek culture, via the cr ... |
Martinique | | is both an overseas region and overseas department of France, with the sam ... |
Assyria | ... , that would have global ramifications. However, as an ironic result of the | n Empire's conquests, Aramaic became the lingua franca of the Fertile Cres ... |
Bulgaria | Aurelian was born in Serdica (today Sofia in | ) in Moesia or what was later called Dacia Ripensis to an obscure provinci ... |
New Zealand | ... uckets of fresh water per day (40 litres). The governments of Australia and | have responded to the fresh-water crisis by supplying temporary desalinati ... |
Transnistria | ... e of Moldova's military was temporarily expanded to meet the demands of the | n conflict. In early 1995, the armed forces totaled some 11,000 volunteers ... |
Soviet Union | ... ly been the subject of controversy. It was portrayed more critically in the | (which saw the Underground State as an enemy) and some post-Soviet states ... |
Spain | ... area came under European domination quite early. In the early 17th Century | colonized Guam, the Northern Marianas, and the Caroline Islands (what woul ... |
Netherlands | ... ls based on the Sudbury Model in the United States, Denmark, Israel, Japan, | , Belgium and Germany. The model has two basic tenets: educational freedom ... |
People's Republic of China | ... odern forms are the simplified characters developed during the 1950s by the | and the so-called traditional characters employed by the Republic of China ... |
France | ... s include Australia, the United Kingdom, People's Republic of China, Egypt, | , India, Madagascar, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States |
France | Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, | . It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a ... |
Italy | ... t is sometimes also called in Italian, is located on the southwest coast of | , about south/southeast of Rome, near San Felice Circeo, on the coast betw ... |
Canada | ... . Modest numbers of Algerian students study abroad, primarily in Europe and | . In 2000, the government launched a major review of the country's educati ... |
Grand Duchy of Posen | ... tion. There was a Prussian partition, with a portion of it separated as the | , and an Austrian partition. The newly created Republic of Kraków was a ti ... |
Malaysia | ... adas. They are known to have been eaten in Ancient Greece as well as China, | , Burma, Latin America, and the Congo. Female cicadas are prized for being ... |
Romania | In September 1940 with the return of Southern Dobruja (the Cadrilater) by | to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova, 80,000 Romanians were compelled t ... |
Japan | ... to be made from kurobuta (black pig) from Kagoshima Prefecture in southern | |
Bulgaria | ... ber 1940 with the return of Southern Dobruja (the Cadrilater) by Romania to | under the Treaty of Craiova, 80,000 Romanians were compelled to move north ... |
Republic of China | ... Republic of China and the so-called traditional characters employed by the | , Hong Kong, and much of the Chinese diaspora. For example, a person who w ... |
Vietnam | ... the F-105 Thunderchief in combat against Soviet-designed MiG fighters over | . It was installed in the Air Force's A-7D version of the A-7 Corsair II w ... |
Guam | ... European domination quite early. In the early 17th Century Spain colonized | , the Northern Marianas, and the Caroline Islands (what would later become ... |
India | ... e Australia, the United Kingdom, People's Republic of China, Egypt, France, | , Madagascar, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States |
Canada | | has an extremely rich comedy history with many exports making waves on the ... |
Egypt | ... rt form within the society of the times. The most common form of fresco was | ian wall paintings in tombs, usually using the à secco technique |
Sweden | The subsequent album Mazarin (2003), was very successful in | , going five times platinum in 2004. This was his first album involving si ... |
Netherlands | ... -speaking world include Triodos Bank, founded in 1980 and active in the UK, | and Spain, La Nef in France and in San Francisco |
The Bahamas | ... a, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, | , Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, ... |
Russia | ... a Petrovna ( – ), also known as Yelisavet and Elizabeth, was the Empress of | from 1741 until her death. She led the country to victory in the War of Au ... |
India | ... supported from offices located in Beirut, Lebanon, Malaysia, Singapore and | and the Latin America support center is in Miami, Florida |
Azerbaijan | ... dorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, | , The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Be ... |
Germany | ... oposophic bank was the Gemeinschaftsbank für Leihen und Schenken in Bochum, | , founded in 1974. Socially responsible banks founded out of anthroposophy ... |
Israel | ... w over 30 schools based on the Sudbury Model in the United States, Denmark, | , Japan, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The model has two basic tenets: ... |
People's Republic of China | ... sons. Foreign embassies in Mauritius include Australia, the United Kingdom, | , Egypt, France, India, Madagascar, Pakistan, Russia, and the United State ... |
Han Dynasty | ... name from the lucrative Chinese silk trade along it, which began during the | (206 BCE – 220 CE). The central Asian sections of the trade routes were ex ... |
UK | ... Tribes" is the second single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the | by ZTT Records in May 1984 (see 1984 in music). The song was later include ... |
Vietnam | In | , shamans conduct rituals in many of the religious traditions that co-ming ... |
Egypt | ... g to pay tribute to him and entered into an alliance with Pharaoh Hophra of | . In 589 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar II returned to Judah and again besieged Jerus ... |
Morocco | ... rican diets. Foods such as corn and cassava from the Americas, turnips from | , and cabbage from Portugal would play an important part in the history of ... |
Roman Empire | ... successful was Christianity. While ethnic distinctions still existed in the | , they became secondary to religious considerations and the renewed empire ... |
Britain | ... present-day Port Vila) on Efate was established during this period. In 1878 | and France declared all of the New Hebrides to be neutral territory, but t ... |
Soviet Union | ... uropean refugees. Outlining the plan to forcibly return the refugees to the | , this codicil was kept secret from the American and British people for ov ... |
Switzerland | ... pported religious institutions. In April 1964, while the Druk Gyalpo was in | for medical care, Dorji was assassinated in Phuntsholing by an army corpor ... |
Sudan | ... Gideon, the leader, who would be dressed as one of the hotel's distinctive | ese waiters, would enter the building through a basement service entrance ... |
Vietnam | Originating in what is now southern China and northern | , the Vietnamese people pushed southward over two millennia to occupy the ... |
Japan | ... 0 schools based on the Sudbury Model in the United States, Denmark, Israel, | , Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The model has two basic tenets: educat ... |
Lotharingia | ... assigned Upper Burgundy (the western part of what is today Switzerland) to | , and Alemannia (the eastern part) to the eastern kingdom of Louis the Ger ... |
Afghanistan | ... ld Slahi at the last minute to change their plans. They instead traveled to | to meet with Osama bin Laden and train for terrorist attacks. Immediately ... |
Roman | ... region was Greek in its heritage, culture, and outlook and was part of the | diocese of Asia. He was the only son of wealthy Christian parents named Ep ... |
Egypt | ... lly experienced during the reign of Saint Louis, essentially the crusade in | and their stay in the Holy Land. His narrative is full of life, anecdotes ... |
Bolivia | ... curred in the Viceroyalty of New Granada. The first two were in present day | at Sucre (May 25), and La Paz (July 16); and the third in present day Ecua ... |
Roman | ... he Natural History of Pliny, by Pliny the Elder (Book XIX, Chapter 23), the | Emperor Tiberius had the cucumber on his table daily during summer and win ... |
Egypt | ... auritius include Australia, the United Kingdom, People's Republic of China, | , France, India, Madagascar, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States |
Poland | ... ngs are based on common operational issues, i.e., Kampinoski National Park, | with Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana; or the Lake Superior parks ... |
Transnistria | ... ansnistria, Moldova had sought a peaceful resolution to the conflict in the | region by working with Romania, Ukraine, and Russia, calling for internati ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... Tyrol) to Italy and the German-speaking areas within Bohemia and Moravia to | |
Syria | ... the Second Crusade, Nur ad-Din Zangi had control of Damascus and a unified | |
Pakistan | ... ited Kingdom, People's Republic of China, Egypt, France, India, Madagascar, | , Russia, and the United States |
Roman Empire | ... and ravage of a Roman conquest war by leaving the realm by testament to the | |
Bahrain | ... d Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, | , Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, ... |
Russia | ... om, People's Republic of China, Egypt, France, India, Madagascar, Pakistan, | , and the United States |
Burkina Faso | ... he 1980s. In late December 1985, however, a border dispute between Mali and | over the mineral rich Agacher strip erupted into a brief war. The UDPM spr ... |
Brazil | ... plan of establishing trading posts to extensive colonization of what is now | . They imported millions of slaves to run their plantations. The Portugues ... |
Venezuela | ... roles of the armed forces are to defend the sovereign national territory of | , airspace, and islands, fight against drug trafficking, to search and res ... |
Indonesia | ... along the course of the Apure and Orinoco rivers, are antipodal to central | , specifically the islands of Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Madura, and most of J ... |
Morocco | ... bad movement in France later attracted many Jewish immigrants from Algeria, | , and Tunisia |
Philippines | ... lau), creating the Spanish East Indies, which was governed from the Spanish | until the Spanish-American War in 1898 |
Republic of China | ... t used to be common to incorporate one of the four characters of the name " | " (, Zhōnghuá Mínguó) into masculine names. Periodic fad names like Aoyun ... |
Portugal | Aveiro ( or ) is a city in Aveiro Municipality in | , with a total area of 199.9 km², a total population of 78,463 inhabitants ... |
Moldavia | ... discovery and proposed the name moldavium, along with the symbol Ml, after | , the Romanian province where Hulubei was born. In 1937, Hulubei's work wa ... |
Egypt | ... er to expand his power, Nur ad-Din set his sights on the Fatimid dynasty of | . In 1163, Nur ad-Din's most trusted general, Shirkuh set out on a militar ... |
Cyprus | ... tails of monumental evidence the articles on Crete, Mycenae, Tiryns, Troad, | , etc., must be consulted. The most representative site explored up to now ... |
Tunisia | ... in France later attracted many Jewish immigrants from Algeria, Morocco, and | |
Soviet Union | ... es with the Polish government in exile, the Armia Krajowa was viewed by the | as a major obstacle to its takeover of the country. There was increasing c ... |
Colombia | ... dence war, as well as the independence wars of five other countries, namely | , Ecuador, Perú, Panamá (then part of New Granada, present day Colombia) a ... |
Swiss | For example, the | mathematician Jacob Bernoulli discovered that arises in compound interest: ... |
Burma | ... are known to have been eaten in Ancient Greece as well as China, Malaysia, | , Latin America, and the Congo. Female cicadas are prized for being meatie ... |
Germany | ... odel in the United States, Denmark, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Belgium and | . The model has two basic tenets: educational freedom and democratic gover ... |
Ecuador | ... livia at Sucre (May 25), and La Paz (July 16); and the third in present day | at Quito (August 10). In 1810 Mexico declared independence, with the Mexic ... |
Algeria | Ninety-one percent of the | n population lives along the Mediterranean coast on 12% of the country's t ... |
Madagascar | ... alia, the United Kingdom, People's Republic of China, Egypt, France, India, | , Pakistan, Russia, and the United States |
Italian | ... some of the most authentic Mediterranean architecture in the area. Original | vignettes, statues, and fountains are incorporated into Casas Adobes Plaza ... |
Canada | ... elve of these ‘sister parks’ are in our neighbor to the south, Mexico. Both | and Mexico share common natural and historical events. Many of these siste ... |
Egypt | ... rom the Wadi Natrun monastery2.jpg|Frescos at the Syrian Monastery, Scetes, | |
Belgium | ... he Sudbury Model in the United States, Denmark, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, | and Germany. The model has two basic tenets: educational freedom and democ ... |
Russia | ... , and Ramzi bin al-Shibh decided to travel to Chechnya to fight against the | ns, but were convinced by Khalid al-Masri and Mohamedou Ould Slahi at the ... |
France | ... btuse angle between the cleavages. Later it was found at Montebras, Creuse, | , and at Hebron in Maine; and because of slight differences in optical cha ... |
Spain | ... include Triodos Bank, founded in 1980 and active in the UK, Netherlands and | , La Nef in France and in San Francisco |
South Africa | ... k, in 1895. He became a partner in Brown Shipley in 1900 before leaving for | , and retired from them in 1915 |
Alexandria Eschate | ... y an important role in propagating it to China. Further east, the Greeks of | became known to the Chinese people as the Dayuan |
Confederate | ... f the country's First Transcontinental Railroad. He was recruited by former | General Williams Carter Wickham to become a major investor and guiding lig ... |
Algeria | ... . The Chabad movement in France later attracted many Jewish immigrants from | , Morocco, and Tunisia |
Spanish East Indies | ... ld later become the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau), creating the | , which was governed from the Spanish Philippines until the Spanish-Americ ... |
Japan | ... ns in favor of the more advanced AIM-120 AMRAAM. The Self-Defence Forces of | also employ the Sparrow missile, though it is being phased out and replace ... |
Soviet Union | ... hina and Vietnam also declined in this period, with Vietnam siding with the | against China in the Chinese-Soviet split. Tensions peaked when Vietnam in ... |
United Kingdom of the Netherlands | ... closed by a decree of the French Republic. After Belgium was annexed by the | , a State University of Louvain was founded in 1816, lasting until 1835. I ... |
Vanuatu | The history of Vanuatu begins obscurely. The commonly held theory of | 's prehistory from archaeological evidence supports that peoples speaking ... |
Mali | ... g some landlocked countries. Currently, there are 8 landlocked IWC members. | and Mongolia voted with other pro-whaling countries. Austria, the Czech Re ... |
Soviet Union | After achieving independence from the | , Moldova had established relations with other European countries. A cours ... |
Indonesia | ... n American countries. It is also used in Russia, Pakistan, the Philippines, | and Israel, all of which are strongly influenced by European traditions. I ... |
Bolivia | ... Ecuador, Perú, Panamá (then part of New Granada, present day Colombia) and | |
Panama | ... pment was only a limited success until 1991, when the United States invaded | to oust General Manuel Noriega. At the time Panama was one of the largest ... |
Russian Empire | ... h the Kingdom of Poland, a residual Polish state in personal union with the | , ruled by the Russian tsar. East of the Kingdom, large areas of the forme ... |
Zhou Dynasty | ... umbrella is perhaps a concept that is yet centuries older than Qin's tomb. | bronze castings of complex bronze socketed hinges with locking slides and ... |
French | ... ded in 1960) after Morocco's independence from France and Spain. Before the | and Spanish occupation of Morocco, which started in 1912, the country's de ... |
Spain | ... in considerable quantity at Pala in San Diego county, California; Caceres, | ; and the Black Hills of South Dakota. The largest documented single cryst ... |
Malaysia | ... enlightenment, and his departure from human world, the Wesak celebration in | begins at dawn when devotees gather at the Buddhist temples nationwide to ... |
Sri Lanka | ... ia, beyond the Mauryas' northwest border, as well as South to the island of | and the Maldive Islands. Serious studies of the archaeological remains of ... |
Finland | In France, | , Poland and especially in Germany, several volumes were translated into a ... |
Bahrain | ... c Freedom published by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal, | has the freest economy in the Middle East and North Africa region and is t ... |
Montserrat | The Economy of | was severely disrupted by volcanic activity which began in July 1995. Prio ... |
Ethiopia | Meanwhile, Semitic languages were diversifying in | and Eritrea, where, under heavy Cushitic influence, they split into a numb ... |
Wassoulou Empire | ... ital was moved to Sikasso. It resisted the effort of Samori Ture, leader of | , in 1887, to conquer it, and was one of the last kingdoms in the area to ... |
United Kingdom | ... ed "The Golden Goose". He grew wealthy transporting merchandise between the | and the |
Austria | ... ayhouse 90 and Lou Grant. Brooks is Jewish; his grandparents emigrated from | and Russia. He grew up among show business royalty in southern California, ... |
German | ... ttemberg, a hilly rather than a mountainous region, forms part of the South | tableland, also referred to as the Swiss plateau. The undulating fertile t ... |
Moldova | After achieving independence from the Soviet Union, | had established relations with other European countries. A course for Euro ... |
Mexico | ... tionships. Twelve of these ‘sister parks’ are in our neighbor to the south, | . Both Canada and Mexico share common natural and historical events. Many ... |
Russia | ... nd Lou Grant. Brooks is Jewish; his grandparents emigrated from Austria and | . He grew up among show business royalty in southern California, attending ... |
Israel | ... ntries. It is also used in Russia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Indonesia and | , all of which are strongly influenced by European traditions. In some uni ... |
French | However, the | and British continued to advance in the Scramble for Africa, subjugating k ... |
Moldova | The | n Armed Forces consist of the Ground Forces and Air and Air Defense Forces |
Eritrea | Meanwhile, Semitic languages were diversifying in Ethiopia and | , where, under heavy Cushitic influence, they split into a number of langu ... |
Poland | In France, Finland, | and especially in Germany, several volumes were translated into a variety ... |
Iran | ... called for end to "nuclear double standards" where sanctions are imposed on | for enriching uranium, but the Israeli nuclear program is not subject to a ... |
Italy | The Romans called the area of Sicily and the heel of the boot of | Magna Graecia (Latin, “Great Greece”), since it was so densely inhabited b ... |
Tsardom of Russia | ... e last peace treaty of the Great Northern War. It was concluded between the | and Swedish Empire on 30 August (O.S.) / 10 September (N.S.) 1721 in the t ... |
Ecuador | ... as well as the independence wars of five other countries, namely Colombia, | , Perú, Panamá (then part of New Granada, present day Colombia) and Bolivi ... |
Pakistan | ... is also very common in Latin American countries. It is also used in Russia, | , the Philippines, Indonesia and Israel, all of which are strongly influen ... |
Israel | ... ces in various Allied nations, post-war West and East Germany, Austria, and | |
Sierra Leone | ... larly to United Nations peacekeeping missions, most recently in East Timor, | , and Liberia. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U ... |
Pakistan | It is also used by | and Spain |
Andorra | ... s Sicília. This role carries with it the position of joint head of state of | |
Monaco | The following are some data about telecommunications in | |
Scotland | Hugh McDuck was born in | in 1710. He settled in Glasgow in 1727 and turned to the sea for a living. ... |
Afghanistan | ... of the Mauryan emperor Aśoka the Great, when it extended to the regions of | and Central Asia, beyond the Mauryas' northwest border, as well as South t ... |
Georgia | ... ibuted to the founding of GUAM, a regional cooperation agreement made up of | , Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova. Although the agreement initially includ ... |
Liberia | ... tions peacekeeping missions, most recently in East Timor, Sierra Leone, and | . Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, ... |
Spain | It is also used by Pakistan and | |
Western Roman Empire | ... time, the holders of the title ranked above the praetorian prefects. In the | , the title was sparingly used and retained its high prestige, being award ... |
Egypt | The al-Hakim Mosque is a major Islamic religious site in Cairo, | . It is located in "Islamic Cairo", on the east side of Muizz Street, just ... |
Philippines | ... ommon in Latin American countries. It is also used in Russia, Pakistan, the | , Indonesia and Israel, all of which are strongly influenced by European t ... |
Belgium | | , and particularly Flanders, has a rich heritage of stand-up comedians. Se ... |
Japan | was an old province of | that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūs ... |
Afghanistan | ... wake. Two thousand years later, there are still communities in Pakistan and | , like the Kalash, who claim to be descended from Greek settlers |
Egypt | ... rom the Wadi Natrun monastery1.jpg|Frescos at the Syrian Monastery, Scetes, | File:Frescos from the Wadi Natrun monastery2.jpg|Frescos at the Syrian Mon ... |
Bangladesh | ... , Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, | , Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and H ... |
Spain | Capt. José de Berroterán in 1729 commanded an expedition on behalf of | to explore from Mission San Juan Bautista up the Rio Grande to the mouth o ... |
Burkina Faso | ... in many countries, the main Malian highway heading south from Bamako to the | border was singled out in late 2008 as the worst in West Africa. A survey ... |
Spanish Protectorate | ... he Spanish Army also made extensive use of Moroccan troops recruited in the | , during both the Rif War of 1921-26 and the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39. ... |
United Kingdom | ... and Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated buses previously used in London in the | , 10 new Optare Solo hybrid electric buses, and a mixture of existing and ... |
East Timor | ... tribute regularly to United Nations peacekeeping missions, most recently in | , Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist at ... |
Singapore | ... locations are supported from offices located in Beirut, Lebanon, Malaysia, | and India and the Latin America support center is in Miami, Florida |
Philippines | ... It is distinct from Melanesia to the south, and Polynesia to the east. The | lie to the west, and Indonesia to the southwest |
Brazil | ... its hardness and toughness are poor. The main sources for gem material are | and the U.S.. Australia, France, Germany, Namibia, Norway, and Spain have ... |
Belarus | ... Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, | , Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswan ... |
Belgium | ... en, or of Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in | . The university was founded in 1425 as the University of Leuven by John I ... |
United Kingdom | ... d commercial reasons. Foreign embassies in Mauritius include Australia, the | , People's Republic of China, Egypt, France, India, Madagascar, Pakistan, ... |
United Arab Emirates | Shehhi was born in Ras al-Khaimah, on May 9, 1978, in the | , to a Muslim cleric who died in 1997. He was described as a quiet and dev ... |
Confederate States of America | ... ral government. During the American Civil War, in 1861, Virginia joined the | . Fearing that the Confederacy would take control of the shipyard at Ports ... |
Russia | ... ope. It is also very common in Latin American countries. It is also used in | , Pakistan, the Philippines, Indonesia and Israel, all of which are strong ... |
Mauritania | ... o spread south of Egypt; soon after, the Beni Ḥassān brought Arabization to | |
Nepalese | ... ew sentencing regime concerned the gang rapes of two women by Pakistani and | immigrants in Ashfield on 28 July 2002 |
Côte d'Ivoire | ... at is now upper Guinea and southwestern Mali (Wassoulou). It later moved to | before being conquered by the French |
Canada | ... n the common law jurisdiction, and using the black letter legal doctrine is | . Being a monarchical state, with its roots invested in Colonial England, ... |
Indonesia | ... the south, and Polynesia to the east. The Philippines lie to the west, and | to the southwest |
Pakistan | ... Alexander's wake. Two thousand years later, there are still communities in | and Afghanistan, like the Kalash, who claim to be descended from Greek set ... |
Denmark | ... re are now over 30 schools based on the Sudbury Model in the United States, | , Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The model has two basic ... |
Ukraine | ... und State as an enemy) and some post-Soviet states (primarily Lithuania and | , where military groups who cooperated with Germans against the Soviets an ... |
India | ... were supplemented by sea routes, which extended from the Red Sea to coastal | , China and Southeast Asia |
Lithuania | ... w the Underground State as an enemy) and some post-Soviet states (primarily | and Ukraine, where military groups who cooperated with Germans against the ... |
Russia | ... of Biological Problems of the North, Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, | , used a sample (n=279) of Czech individuals to determine the frequency of ... |
Malaysia | ... the Asian locations are supported from offices located in Beirut, Lebanon, | , Singapore and India and the Latin America support center is in Miami, Fl ... |
Algeria | The Haplogroup J1, marker of the Semitic population is found at 35% in | , which is one of the most common haplogroup of the country along with E1b ... |
Moldova | | has accepted all relevant arms control obligations of the former Soviet Un ... |
Lebanon | ... ustralia; the Asian locations are supported from offices located in Beirut, | , Malaysia, Singapore and India and the Latin America support center is in ... |
Sri Lanka | ... n Sri Lanka most of his life, claim that Buddhism came to the Maldives from | . Since then, new archaeological discoveries point to Mahayana and Vajraya ... |
Germany | ... a period after World War I, Steiner was extremely active and well known in | , in part because he lectured widely proposing social reforms. Steiner was ... |
Georgia | ... the Balkans and Eastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, | , Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slov ... |
France | ... nt Hugh and Heilwig and was a native of Eguisheim, Upper Alsace(present day | ). His family was of noble rank, and his father, Count Hugh, was a cousin ... |
France | ... were cracking down on them. He subsequently lived underground for a time in | . Cleaver became a "born again" Christian during his year of isolation, wh ... |
Soviet Union | Azerbaijan declared its independence from the former | on August 30, 1991, with Ayaz Mutalibov, former First Secretary of the Aze ... |
Soviet Union | Moldova has accepted all relevant arms control obligations of the former | . On October 30, 1992, Moldova ratified the Treaty on Conventional Armed F ... |
English | William King (1663–1712) was an | poet |
Germany | In France, Finland, Poland and especially in | , several volumes were translated into a variety of regional languages and ... |
Polish | ... ies) and the fifth highest of all Australian mountains. It was named by the | explorer Count Paul Edmund Strzelecki in 1840, in honour of the Polish nat ... |
Mauritania | Arabic is the native language of majorities from | to Oman, and from Iraq to the Sudan. As the language of the Qur'an and as ... |
Cuba | In Havana, | there is a park named after him and bust of Hugo stands near the entrance ... |
India | ... onsecutive episodes feature appearances in Venice, Morocco, London, Greece, | , Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, and Scotland. Furthermore, another inconsistency ... |
Netherlands | ... s in the North Sea. On 29 May 2000, 2,000 square metres were granted by the | to Belgium (a piece of land in Zelzate along the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal) |
India | ... Tajikistan), Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences at Aligarh, | , Avicenna School in Karachi and Avicenna Medical College in Lahore Pakist ... |
Sri Lanka | ... raged to partake of vegetarian food for the day. In some countries, notably | , two days are set aside for the celebration of Vesākha and all liquor sho ... |
Andorra | ... ptionism was attacked by Alcuin of York in Contra Felicem (Runciman, 1947). | was ceded to the bishop of Urgell by the count Ermengol IV of Urgell in th ... |
Egypt | In | , the parasol is found in various shapes. In some instances it is depicted ... |
Sweden | ... Team Europe has included players from Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, and | |
Libya | ... e return to Mali of large numbers of Tuareg who had migrated to Algeria and | during the prolonged drought increased tensions in the region between the ... |
Spanish | ... r and copper has been known in the area around what is now Jerome since the | colonial era when Arizona was part of New Spain |
Cyprus | ... trated the Aegean Sea and by the 15th century BC had reached Rhodes, Crete, | , where Teucer is said to have founded the first colony, and the shores of ... |
Northern Mariana Islands | ... s, except for Guam and Wake Island, which are U.S. territories, and for the | , which are a U.S. commonwealth |
France | ... er parts of Europe by the Romans. Records of cucumber cultivation appear in | in the 9th century, England in the 14th century, and in North America by t ... |
Haiti | ... In 2009, major programs were under way in Argentina, Costa Rica, Chile, and | |
Switzerland | ... erden (February 2, 1903, Amsterdam, Netherlands – January 12, 1996, Zürich, | ) was a Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics |
Israel | ... viewed Steiner's social ideas as a solution to the Arab–Jewish conflict. In | , there are several anthroposophical organisations, including the anthropo ... |
Bhutan | ... y of 50,000 rupees. The land that was to become Bhutan House was ceded from | to British India in 1865 at the conclusion the Duar War and as a condition ... |
Pakistan | Relations between | and Mauritius were first established in 2006. Pakistan has an embassy at P ... |
Hong Kong | ... the second largest source of foreign direct investment in the world (behind | ) with over US$123,000,000,000. Almost all of these sums are directly attr ... |
England | ... the Empire Windrush to the UK. Kitchener's success began after he moved to | in 1948. During the 1950s he built a large following in the expatriate com ... |
Austria | ... the Treaty of Campo Formio, this region was ceded to the French Republic by | in exchange for the Republic of Venice. Once formally integrated into the ... |
Panama | ... ransport to and from the east coast and New Orleans, Louisiana, to and from | to ports in California and Oregon |
Spain | ... mani clothing and the use of the Romani language, punishable by flogging.In | , attempts to assimilate the Gitanos were under way as early as 1619, when ... |
Japan | ... ree or four weeks. The Manu Folau is a 50-meter vessel that was a gift from | to the people of Tuvalu |
United Kingdom of the Netherlands | The region next became part of the | (1815–1830), and William I of the Netherlands founded a new university in ... |
Finland | ... 03; Swedish Estonia and Swedish Livonia, which had capitulated in 1710, and | . In Nystad, Frederick I of Sweden formally recognized the transfer of Est ... |
Ukraine | ... ia determines and is determined by Moldova's relations with Russia. Russia, | , Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, EU, and United Sta ... |
Russia | ... ansnistria determines and is determined by Moldova's relations with Russia. | , Ukraine, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, EU, and U ... |
Russia | Red Square is a city square in Moscow, | . The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently ... |
Macau | ... ipwreck spent ten weeks battling malaria and aborigines before returning to | on a raft |
Oman | Arabic is the native language of majorities from Mauritania to | , and from Iraq to the Sudan. As the language of the Qur'an and as a lingu ... |
Malaysia | ... anis initially hesitated to recognise the country since its close ties with | what they considered as part of Malaya |
Netherlands | ... ons. The regional offices for European franchises are located in Amsterdam, | ; the Australia and New Zealand locations are supported from Brisbane, Aus ... |
Italian | Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli; 31 October 1929) is an | actor, filmmaker and former swimmer (he was the first Italian to swim 100m ... |
Mauritius | Relations between Pakistan and | were first established in 2006. Pakistan has an embassy at Port Louis and ... |
UK | The | is the only nation in the world that presently has such a regime |
Soviet Union | ... d Poles and Jews from Polish territories annexed by Nazi Germany, while the | deported Poles from areas of Eastern Poland, Kresy to Siberia and Kazakhst ... |
Canada | ... is a public liberal arts university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, | , and the sole university in the province. Founded in 1969, it traces its ... |
Pakistan | In | , nearly all Sunnis belong to Hanafi school, although there are some Hanba ... |
Austria | ... Agreement): they could emigrate to neighbouring Germany (including annexed | ) or stay in Italy and accept their complete Italianisation. Because of th ... |
Afghanistan | ... rected war drama Brothers as Sam Cahill, a prisoner of war who returns from | and starts believing that his wife has become romantically involved with h ... |
New Zealand | ... uropean franchises are located in Amsterdam, Netherlands; the Australia and | locations are supported from Brisbane, Australia; the Asian locations are ... |
Japan | ... s on the beach on December 15, 1901, on its way to New York City from Kobe, | , but has since sunk below the sand. A salvage attempt to retrieve treasur ... |
Egypt | ... rolled a unified Syria and engaged in a conflict with the Fatimid rulers of | , which ultimately resulted in the unification of Egyptian and Syrian forc ... |
France | ... 6th century BC, when Phoceans of Italy founded colonies along the coast of | , Catalonia and Corsica. This led the Etruscans to ally themselves with th ... |
Philippines | ... this are the Yapese who are related to Austronesian tribes in the Northern | |
Uzbekistan | Abdul Rashid Dostum and his Junbish-i Milli militia backed by | joined an alliance with Hekmatyar in early 1994. An estimated 25,000 peopl ... |
Switzerland | ... s father, was a tradesman in Danzig and his mother, Henriette Ayrer born in | , was a Huguenot. Daniel's grandfather Christian had been a tradesman in t ... |
Qin Dynasty | ... ate of Jin was subdivided, which eventually led to the establishment of the | ; and because 959 CE was the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Pe ... |
Philippines | ... ing civilians following the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo on Luzon Island in the | . In October 1993, Lincoln deployed to Somalia to assist UN humanitarian o ... |
Philippines | ... ies of Micronesia feel closer to some groups in Melanesia, Polynesia or the | . A good example of this are the Yapese who are related to Austronesian tr ... |
Costa Rica | ... umerous relationships. In 2009, major programs were under way in Argentina, | , Chile, and Haiti |
Japan | ... d on the island in 1623 to use the island as a base for Dutch commerce with | and the coastal areas of China. The Spanish established a settlement at Sa ... |
Uzbekistan | ... ive episodes feature appearances in Venice, Morocco, London, Greece, India, | , Hong Kong, and Scotland. Furthermore, another inconsistency was that one ... |
Russia | ... and making Columbia Internet millions with a nuclear weapon purchased from | , and the infamous Vigor text editor. He briefly worked for Google, nearly ... |
Morocco | ... million in overseas aid to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guinea, | , Panama, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St Kitts and Nevis an ... |
Kingdom of Naples | ... ("the Magnanimous"), promoted a new stage of expansion, this time over the | , over which he finally gained dominion in 1443. At the same time, though, ... |
Polish | ... ue of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky, who helped to clear Moscow from the | invaders in 1612, during the Times of Trouble. Nearby is the so-called Lob ... |
Spanish East Indies | ... ps. However, they were claimed under the Spanish sovereignty as part of the | . In 1874, the Spanish sovereignty was recognized by the international com ... |
Soviet | ... g order to sink any unidentified ships in the area, but advised caution, as | vessels were reportedly operating nearby. No fighter jets were available, ... |
Guatemala | ... am called the Sustainable Coffee Program; the first program was launched in | and in 2006 they started programs in Colombia and Brazil where they are "d ... |
Israel | ... ts in many translations, or possibly other hirundine species which breed in | . However, "Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nes ... |
Confederate States of America | ... ut was renamed in 1861 for Alexander H. Stephens, the vice president of the | |
Poland | After the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact divided | during World War II, Germans deported Poles and Jews from Polish territori ... |
Panama | ... in overseas aid to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guinea, Morocco, | , St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St Kitts and Nevis and the So ... |
Sri Lanka | At independence in 1948, | , then called Ceylon, was a Commonwealth realm, with the monarch represent ... |
Hong Kong | ... feature appearances in Venice, Morocco, London, Greece, India, Uzbekistan, | , and Scotland. Furthermore, another inconsistency was that one of the ori ... |
Ethiopia | ... number of languages, including Amharic and Tigrinya. With the expansion of | under the Solomonic dynasty, Amharic, previously a minor local language, s ... |
Soviet Union | The | and Mauritius established diplomatic relations on 17 March 1968. The Russi ... |
Greece | ... three years later, light poured from all sides on the prehistoric period of | . It was recognized that the character of both the fabric and the decorati ... |
Chile | ... tionships. In 2009, major programs were under way in Argentina, Costa Rica, | , and Haiti |
Finland | Kyösti (originally Gustaf) Kallio was born in Ylivieska, | . His father was a farmer and a prominent local politician |
British | The small | enclave of the city of Gibraltar presents a third cultural group found in ... |
France | ... n enjoyed included gastronomy, flying in aeroplanes, and frequent visits to | , where he read "books which were banned in Britain as pornographic". A fe ... |
Sicily | ... erminal at the Grand Harbour that connects Malta to Pozzallo and Catania in | |
Ukraine | ... the founding of GUAM, a regional cooperation agreement made up of Georgia, | , Azerbaijan and Moldova. Although the agreement initially included a decl ... |
New Zealand | ... now spoken across a huge area from Madagascar to Hawaii, Easter Island and | , but form only one branch of the Austronesian family, the rest of whose b ... |
British | ... while most engines of the era had moved to four valves per cylinder, or in | use, sleeve valves. Several advances were worked into the design, includin ... |
Norway | | (For a possible nickname *Ringir for Ullr see under the name Ringsaker. |
Iran | ... rab Hassan-i Sabbah, the Assassins were active in the fortress of Alamut in | from the 8th to the 14th centuries, and also controlled the castle of Masy ... |
Syria | ... the failure of the Second Crusade, the Zengid dynasty controlled a unified | and engaged in a conflict with the Fatimid rulers of Egypt, which ultimate ... |
Canadian | ... ove, wrote compositions evocative of the Second Viennese style, such as the | pianist Glenn Gould. By extension, however, certain pupils of Schoenberg's ... |
Republic of Pisa | ... few decades. In 1188, Cagliari was conquered by the House of Massa from the | . Gallura became by marriage — it had been inherited by a woman, Elena — a ... |
Morocco | ... roccan Armed Forces are the summation of the armed forces of the kingdom of | |
Vietnam | Hugo is venerated as a saint in the | ese religion of Cao Dai |
India | ... , several different cultivars have emerged. The cucumber is originally from | but is now grown on most continents. Many different varieties are traded o ... |
New Zealand | ... ion, as they are lobbied by neighbouring pro-whaling Japan and anti-whaling | and Australia. Greenpeace alleges that Japan's aid activities and these co ... |
Greenland | ... iberia through Alaska and Northern Canada (including Labrador Peninsula) to | . Shamanistic practice and beliefs have been recorded at several parts of ... |
Republic of Ireland | ... "Tribe of the Irish") is a centre-right to centrist political party in the | . It is the largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local governmen ... |
Confederate States of America | ... Virginia and Caswell County, North Carolina. It was the last capital of the | . The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Danville with Pitts ... |
Singapore | ... in common use and has become the transcription system of the government of | , the United Nations, and the International Organization of Standardizatio ... |
Japan | Port Townsend is twinned with Ichikawa, Hyōgo, | . A group of local students participate in an exchange with this city duri ... |
Singapore | ... mbodia and Malaysia) celebrated Vesākha on the 1st, while others (Thailand, | ) celebrated the holiday on the 31st due to different local lunar observan ... |
Singapore | ... ms such as porcelain and spice were actively traded even before Malacca and | rose to prominence. The Malacca Sultanate controlled the Straits of Malacc ... |
Norway | ... ian nationalistic feeling, but in 1903, on the verge of the rupture between | and Sweden, he preached conciliation and moderation to the Norwegians. How ... |
Algeria | This article is about the demographic features of the population of | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
France | | has remained one of its biggest trading partners; in addition, the two cou ... |
Republic of Ireland | ... omb in his fishing boat, the Shadow V, at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, in the | . He was one of the most influential and controversial figures in the decl ... |
Japan | ... while Germany's other territories in Micronesia were given as a mandate to | and were named the South Pacific Mandate. Following Japan's defeat in the ... |
Anguilla | This article is about the demographic features of the population of | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
Malay states | In the 17th century, porcelain and spices were found in several | and were actively traded. Large deposits of tin were found in several Mala ... |
Sweden | (For a possible nickname *Ringir for Ullr see under the name Ringsaker.) | |
Uzbekistan | The movement toward economic reform in | has not been matched by movement toward political reform. The government o ... |
Azerbaijan | ... ding of GUAM, a regional cooperation agreement made up of Georgia, Ukraine, | and Moldova. Although the agreement initially included a declaration of mu ... |
Kingdom of England | ... treaty between England and Spain, Morgan was arrested and conducted to the | in 1672. He proved he had no knowledge of the treaty. Instead of punishmen ... |
French protectorate of Morocco | During the period of the | (1912–1956) large numbers of Moroccans were recruited for service in the S ... |
Morocco | ... hic path; for instance, consecutive episodes feature appearances in Venice, | , London, Greece, India, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, and Scotland. Furthermore, ... |
Carthage | ... er in the western Mediterranean Sea. Though the battle had no clear winner, | managed to expand its sphere of influence at the expense of the Greeks, an ... |
Danish | ... er ships cruising the Baltic. As a reprisal, in 1043 it was attacked by the | king Magnus the Good |
Hong Kong | ... and the so-called traditional characters employed by the Republic of China, | , and much of the Chinese diaspora. For example, a person who writes his n ... |
Norwegian | ... ctober 12, 2004, the LMDC announced that Gehry Partners LLP and Snøhetta, a | architectural firm, would design the site's performing arts and museum com ... |
Georgia | ... stonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, | , Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyan ... |
Solomon Islands | ... nama, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St Kitts and Nevis and the | . Caribbean countries have consistently sided with Japan in each IWC vote ... |
United Kingdom | Compared to other countries, Belgium is 1.5 times larger than Wales in the | and about the size of Maryland in the United States. Belgium is actually u ... |
Malay states | ... tates and were actively traded. Large deposits of tin were found in several | . Later, as the British started to take over as administrators of Malaya, ... |
Poland | He was born in the city of Danzig (Gdańsk) in | , and in a letter “in typical Berlin humor” wrote, “that he moved to Berli ... |
Sudan | ... native language of majorities from Mauritania to Oman, and from Iraq to the | . As the language of the Qur'an and as a lingua franca, it is studied wide ... |
Soviet Union | ... f government remain similar to those that existed before the breakup of the | . The government has justified its restraint of public assembly, oppositio ... |
Egypt | ... ment using data intercepted by Onyx. The report described a fax sent by the | ian department of Foreign Affairs to the Egyptian Embassy in London, and d ... |
Transnistria | The territory of Moldova includes the separatist | region. Transnistria had a particularly large non-Moldovan population (ca. ... |
Algeria | ... mid-1990. The return to Mali of large numbers of Tuareg who had migrated to | and Libya during the prolonged drought increased tensions in the region be ... |
Irish Republic | ... ar of Independence, which followed the formation of a unilaterally declared | and its parliament, Dáil Éireann. The army of the republic, the Irish Repu ... |
Puerto Rico | He then travelled to | , where he lost a ten round decision to Leo Cruz - himself a future world ... |
Sweden | ... 02, he went back to recording and became a successful solo artist in native | , selling multi-platinum albums |
Russia | ... ity, Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and all of | |
Soviet Union | ... German activities, including transports headed for the Eastern Front in the | . The AK also fought several full-scale battles against the Germans, parti ... |
Sweden | ... listic feeling, but in 1903, on the verge of the rupture between Norway and | , he preached conciliation and moderation to the Norwegians. However in 19 ... |
Transnistria | Russia continues to maintain military presence in the | n region of Moldova, despite previous agreements with Moldova and within O ... |
Spain | ... ait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates | in Europe from Morocco in Africa. The name comes from Gibraltar, which in ... |
Iraq | ... abic is the native language of majorities from Mauritania to Oman, and from | to the Sudan. As the language of the Qur'an and as a lingua franca, it is ... |
Uruguay | ... allegos International Novel Prize in 1967, contending with works by veteran | an writer Juan Carlos Onetti and by Gabriel García Márquez. This novel alo ... |
Morocco | ... Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain in Europe from | in Africa. The name comes from Gibraltar, which in turn originates from th ... |
Tajikistan | ... ict and chaos in the other former republics (most convincingly, neighboring | ). This approach has found credence among a large share of Uzbekistan's po ... |
Estonia | ... campaign by ornithologists, the Barn Swallow has been the national bird of | since 23 June 1960 |
Andorra | ... a, Solsonès, Pla d'Urgell, Baix Urgell and the still independent country of | . The historical capital was first la Seu d'Urgell and later Balaguer. The ... |
Iraq | ... re the Gulf War and its aftermath, and Operation Southern Watch in southern | . All active vessels were engaged in both of these to some extent, with Op ... |
Greece | ... tance, consecutive episodes feature appearances in Venice, Morocco, London, | , India, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, and Scotland. Furthermore, another inconsi ... |
Paraguay | ... arrived by sailing down the Paraná River from Asunción (now the capital of | ). He dubbed the settlement "Santísima Trinidad" and its port became "Puer ... |
Assyria | ... iestesses who are prohibited from bearing children. In Babylonia, Sumer and | , certain types of individuals who performed religious duties in the servi ... |
Afghanistan | ... n), but it took him nearly three years (from about 330 BC–327 BC) to subdue | . Moving eastward from Persia, the Macedonian leader encountered fierce re ... |
Mexican | ... see her. At some times, she was said to have dressed up like a lady of the | Court, caking her face with white powder and lining her cheeks with strips ... |
Sweden | ... ng member of Gyllene Tider, in 1976. They quickly became a popular group in | , but after their fourth album, The Heartland Café (1984), sold poorly com ... |
Norway | ... he integration of the Gitanos.Other examples of forced assimilation include | , where a law was passed in 1896 permitting the state to remove children f ... |
Mexico | ... iver is the principal river of the southwestern United States and northwest | . The river flows from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California, drai ... |
Pakistan | ... h, India, Avicenna School in Karachi and Avicenna Medical College in Lahore | , Ibne Sina Balkh Medical School in his native province of Balkh in Afghan ... |
Israel | ... ational, social services, and publishing networks across the United States, | , Africa, Europe and Australia. However, Schneerson kept a low public prof ... |
Syria | ... the 8th to the 14th centuries, and also controlled the castle of Masyaf in | . The group killed members of the Muslim Abbasid, Seljuq, and Christian Cr ... |
British Virgin Islands | The economy of the | is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean. According to the CIA World ... |
Egypt | Throughout Ras Tafari's travels in Europe, the Levant, and | , he and his entourage were greeted with enthusiasm and fascination. He wa ... |
India | ... n British favor on behalf of the government from Bhutan House in Kalimpong, | |
Hungary | ... Century, particularly in Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Serbia Slovakia, | , Slovenia, and Kosovo.Czechoslovakia carried out a policy of sterilizatio ... |
Romania | ... eastern Italians. There is also a high concentration of I2a2a in north-east | , Moldova and western Ukraine. According to original studies, Hg I2a2 was ... |
Kingdom of Majorca | ... f Montpellier were left as a kingdom for his son James II of Majorca as the | . This division began a period of struggle that ended with the annexation ... |
Ascension Island | ... the end of February, heading first due east and then due north, arriving at | at the end of March 1876. The period from early to mid-April was spent sai ... |
New Zealand | ... ntators have called for the relocation of Tuvalu's population to Australia, | or Kioa in Fiji, the former Prime Minister Maatia Toafa said his governmen ... |
Normandie | Born in Le-Locheur (near Caen, | ), his family was of some position, though it seems not to have been able ... |
Gibraltar | On the northern side of the Strait are Spain and | (a British overseas territory in the Iberian Peninsula), while on the sout ... |
Pakistan | ... lbuddin Hekmatyar received operational, financial and military support from | . Afghanistan expert Amin Saikal concludes in Modern Afghanistan: A Histor ... |
Soviet | The exact location of Balanjar has not yet been established precisely. | archeologist Mikhail Artamonov initially placed Balanjar on the site of th ... |
Sri Lanka | ... alized at the first Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists held in | in 1950, although festivals at this time in the Buddhist world are a centu ... |
Egypt | In any case according to his origin story Pah-Peh-Rheo was born an | ian |
Japan | ... ially and Iceland began hunting commercially in September 2006. Since 1986, | has been whaling under scientific research permits. The US and several oth ... |
Egypt | ... s where President Jimmy Carter was able to broker a peace agreement between | , represented by President Anwar Sadat, and Israel represented by Prime Mi ... |
Israel | ... the Jewish linguist Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. It has become the main language of | , while remaining the language of liturgy and religious scholarship of Jew ... |
Haiti | ... e Spaniards (through the Italian Christopher Columbus) brought cucumbers to | in 1494. In 1535, Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, found “very great cu ... |
republican government | ... damaged the cause of British rule in Ireland and increased support for the | under Éamon de Valera. The events of Bloody Sunday have survived in public ... |
France | ... ay 1, 1224 – 24 December 1317) was one of the great chroniclers of medieval | |
Sudan | From 1983 to 1997, the | was divided into five regions in the north and three in the south, each he ... |
Netherlands | In the | several volumes were translated into Frisian, a language related to Old En ... |
Sweden | At the 1995 world Track & Field Championships in Gothenburg, | , Bailey won both the 100 m sprint and the 4 x 100 m relay titles |
Iran | In | , he is considered a national icon, and is often regarded as one of the gr ... |
Dutch | ... 1903, Amsterdam, Netherlands – January 12, 1996, Zürich, Switzerland) was a | mathematician and historian of mathematics |
Saudi Arabia | ... Hekmatyar rained rockets on Kabul seeking power for himself." In addition, | and Iran - as competitors for regional hegemony - supported Afghan militia ... |
Malaysia | In | , fellatio is still illegal. However, the law is seldom enforced. Under Se ... |
Sri Lanka | ... 007 had two full moon days, the 1st and the 31st. Some countries (including | , Cambodia and Malaysia) celebrated Vesākha on the 1st, while others (Thai ... |
Morocco | ... verseas territory in the Iberian Peninsula), while on the southern side are | and Ceuta (a Spanish exclave in North Africa). Its boundaries were known i ... |
Sri Lanka | ... s also can be found in Sigiriya, situated in the central Matale District of | , which are reminiscent of the Ajanta Caves of India. The frescoes were cr ... |
Polish | ... nian Wòlin, ) is the name both of an island in the Baltic Sea, just off the | coast, and a town on that island. It is separated from the island of Usedo ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... oravia (later called the "Sudetenland") were allocated to the newly founded | . Many Austrians and Germans regarded this as hypocrisy since U.S. preside ... |
Soviet Union | ... ere transferred to Germany. Germans were expelled from areas annexed by the | and Poland as well as territories of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and ... |
Slovenia | ... particularly in Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Serbia Slovakia, Hungary, | , and Kosovo.Czechoslovakia carried out a policy of sterilization of Roman ... |
Macedonia | ... ia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, | , Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, M ... |
Russian Empire | ... able to export vast quantities of cheap corn, as were peasant farms in the | with simpler methods but cheaper labour. Every corn-growing country decide ... |
South Africa | ... country by the Economist Intelligence Unit' quality-of-life index, ahead of | |
Israel | ... necessary. Many species of Eucalyptus, Acacia, Cassia and other genera from | , Australia, USA, Russia, Southern Rhodesia, Chile, Peru and Sudan have be ... |
Libya | ... he aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in August 1981 in the Gulf of Sidra, near | . During this exercise, two of the ship's F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libya ... |
Iraq | ... ramaic dialects (especially Neo-Aramaic, descended from Syriac) in northern | , south eastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, and northeast Syria, while Syri ... |
German | Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (22 July 1784 – 17 March 1846) was a | mathematician, astronomer, and systematizer of the Bessel functions (which ... |
Canadian | ... 910, Lawrence left IMP to work for Lubin Studios, advising her fellow young | , the 18-year-old Mary Pickford, to take her place as IMP's star |
Austria | ... Ararat) band. This band was dissolved in 1976 and 3 45 rpms. He migrated to | in 1979 |
Sweden | ... R.2 in 1976, and later on the Tornado F3. The Skyflash was also exported to | for use on their Viggen fighters |
Netherlands | ... eturned those bases to French control. NATO moved AFCENT to Brunssum in the | and AIRCENT to Ramstein in West Germany. (Note that the Supreme Headquarte ... |
Poland | ... ństwa (; Office for State Protection) or UOP was the intelligence agency of | . It was founded on April 6, 1990, as a department of the Ministry of Inte ... |
Cambodia | ... full moon days, the 1st and the 31st. Some countries (including Sri Lanka, | and Malaysia) celebrated Vesākha on the 1st, while others (Thailand, Singa ... |
Czech Republic | Czech glass beads are made in the | , centralized around an area called Jablonec nad Nisou. Production of glas ... |
Canadian | ... rced him in 1973. In 1978, she married William Robert Prestie, an eccentric | 17 years her junior. This led to difficulties with her children. She had a ... |
Norway | ... search "as a disguise for commercial whaling, which is banned." Since 1994, | , has been whaling commercially and Iceland began hunting commercially in ... |
Israel | ... a peace agreement between Egypt, represented by President Anwar Sadat, and | represented by Prime Minister Menachem Begin. The Oslo Accords of 1993 bet ... |
Singapore | ... ants make up the predominant majority ethnic Chinese populations of Taiwan, | , Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Fujian, especially Fuzhou, is a ... |
United Suvadive Republic | The short-lived state (1959–63), called the | , had a combined population of 20,000 inhabitants scattered in the souther ... |
Styria | ... ine of the Habsburg family, the ruler of Inner Austria, i.e. the duchies of | , Carinthia and Carniola, and of Ernest's wife Cymburgis of Masovia. He be ... |
Germany | ... ht have been hit by Royal Air Force bombs after an abortive raid on Siegen, | . One hundred and thirty-eight Lancaster bombers, short on fuel, jettisone ... |
Brunei | | joined ASEAN on January 7, 1984, one week after resuming full independence ... |
Belgium | ... country decided to increase tariffs in reaction to this, except Britain and | . During 1877 the price of British-grown corn averaged 56 shillings, 9 pen ... |
Fiji | ... the relocation of Tuvalu's population to Australia, New Zealand or Kioa in | , the former Prime Minister Maatia Toafa said his government did not regar ... |
German | ... ell's heroes are self-made men of pronounced ethnic background, such as the | immigrants in The Strong City (1942) and The Balance Wheel (1951). Her the ... |
Scotland | Angus McDuck was born in Glasgow, | in 1829 to Dingus McDuck and Molly Mallard. He had two younger brothers na ... |
Egypt | ... dle Kingdom of Egypt (2000–1800 BCE), found near ancient Thebes (now Luxor, | ), list three human genders: tai (male), sḫt ("sekhet") and hmt (female). ... |
Switzerland | In 1880 Johanna Spyri (1827–1901) published Heidi (1880) in | . The subtitle declared that it is a book "for children and those who love ... |
Malaysia | ... p the predominant majority ethnic Chinese populations of Taiwan, Singapore, | , Indonesia and the Philippines. Fujian, especially Fuzhou, is also the ma ... |
Iran | ... rockets on Kabul seeking power for himself." In addition, Saudi Arabia and | - as competitors for regional hegemony - supported Afghan militias hostile ... |
Malaysia | ... ys, the 1st and the 31st. Some countries (including Sri Lanka, Cambodia and | ) celebrated Vesākha on the 1st, while others (Thailand, Singapore) celebr ... |
Russia | ... of Eucalyptus, Acacia, Cassia and other genera from Israel, Australia, USA, | , Southern Rhodesia, Chile, Peru and Sudan have been tried in Thar Desert. ... |
Brunei | This article covers telecommunications in | . Internet access is limited and expensive though telephone service is goo ... |
Yarkand | ... one of the routes of the traditional Silk Road (via Badakhshan, the Pamirs, | , Kucha, and Turpan to the Ming China's border as Suzhou, Gansu |
Oman | ... alley, objects from the Harappan culture have also been found in modern-day | , other archaeology suggest that Maka was exporting copper. Herodotus ment ... |
Slovakia | ... the 20th Century, particularly in Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Serbia | , Hungary, Slovenia, and Kosovo.Czechoslovakia carried out a policy of ste ... |
Panama | On 18 January 1671, Morgan discovered that | had roughly 1,500 infantry and cavalry. He split his forces in two, using ... |
Paraguay | ... lished in 1536 and in 1537 Asunción was established in the area that is now | . Buenos Aires suffered attacks by the indigenous peoples that forced the ... |
Iceland | ... ng, which is banned." Since 1994, Norway, has been whaling commercially and | began hunting commercially in September 2006. Since 1986, Japan has been w ... |
Indonesia | ... ominant majority ethnic Chinese populations of Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, | and the Philippines. Fujian, especially Fuzhou, is also the major source o ... |
Brunei | Telephone service throughout | is excellent. International service is good to Europe, US, and East Asi |
Madagascar | Malayo-Polynesian languages are now spoken across a huge area from | to Hawaii, Easter Island and New Zealand, but form only one branch of the ... |
Senegal | ... African and Sahel countries and Morocco entertains good relationships with | , Gabon and |
Swedish | Per Håkan Gessle (; born 12 January 1959) is a | pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonicist. He is the lead singer o ... |
Confederate | Unlike most of Virginia, during the Civil War, the county was not under | control, but held by the forces of the United States government |
Andorra | ... ards it would include 129 villages, the valleys of the Valira river, namely | and Sant Joan Fumat, the Segre riverine area as well as the valleys locate ... |
Carniola | ... mily, the ruler of Inner Austria, i.e. the duchies of Styria, Carinthia and | , and of Ernest's wife Cymburgis of Masovia. He became duke of Inner Austr ... |
Serbia | ... e books have been issued in Yugoslavia for the Hungarian minority living in | . Although not a fully autonomic dialect, it slightly differs from the lan ... |
Union of India | ... t Viceroy of India (1947) and the first Governor-General of the independent | (1947–48), from which the modern Republic of India would emerge in 1950. F ... |
Switzerland | | has mandatory military service for all able-bodied male citizens, who are ... |
Thailand | ... Lanka, Cambodia and Malaysia) celebrated Vesākha on the 1st, while others ( | , Singapore) celebrated the holiday on the 31st due to different local lun ... |
Denmark | ... rds to play in the event. Since then, Team Europe has included players from | , France, Germany, Italy, and Sweden |
French | François de Malherbe (1555 – October 16, 1628) was a | poet, critic, and translator |
Philippines | ... thnic Chinese populations of Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the | . Fujian, especially Fuzhou, is also the major source of Chinese immigrant ... |
Gabon | ... and Sahel countries and Morocco entertains good relationships with Senegal, | and |
Japan | is a | ese chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001. Noyori shared ha ... |
Seychelles | ... the Suvadive republic was scrapped and Abdulla Afif went into exile to the | , where he died in 1993 |
Spain | On the northern side of the Strait are | and Gibraltar (a British overseas territory in the Iberian Peninsula), whi ... |
People's Republic of Poland | ... ublic of Poland Ministry of Internal Affairs - intelligence, II Departament | Ministry of Internal Affairs - counter-intelligence, whose responsibilitie ... |
Brunei | | 's internet service is monopolized by a recently incorporated company TelB ... |
France | ... ted in Western Europe, bordering the North Sea. Belgium shares borders with | (620 km), Germany (167 km), Luxembourg (148 km) and the Netherlands (450 k ... |
Panama | ... pment was only a limited success until 1991, when the United States invaded | to oust General Manuel Noriega. At the time Panama was one of the largest ... |
Chile | ... ia and other genera from Israel, Australia, USA, Russia, Southern Rhodesia, | , Peru and Sudan have been tried in Thar Desert. Acacia tortilis has prove ... |
Japan | ... ry for making Buddhist and Hindu rosaries (malas). Magatama are traditional | ese beads, and cinnabar was often used for beads in China. Wampum are cyli ... |
Hong Kong | ... based on the pronunciations of the Beijing dialect or Mandarin Chinese. In | , Macao, and the diaspora communities in southeast Asia and abroad, the Ch ... |
USSR | ... rmany in the Second World War. For the first time since the collapse of the | in 1991, Russian military vehicles paraded through the square. On December ... |
Italian | ... rnate obsolete form: Fiorenza; Latin: Florentia) is the capital city of the | region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous ... |
Ukraine | ... so a high concentration of I2a2a in north-east Romania, Moldova and western | . According to original studies, Hg I2a2 was believed to have arisen in th ... |
Egypt | ... nvolved in several conquests with Cyrus the Great and after the conquest of | with Cambyses, they went to Sindh in command of Darius I, and also took in ... |
Soviet Union | ... stay. During the war he resisted the idea of giving up any territory to the | , but was forced to agree to sign the Moscow Peace Treaty in 1940. His hea ... |
Norway | From 1874 to 1876 Bjørnson was absent from | , and in the peace of voluntary exile he recovered his imaginative powers. ... |
Haiti | ... uncovered to kill all of the white males in the Territory and to escape to | (which was at the time the only free black republic in the world) by boat ... |
Cambodia | ... Technical teams and sister park relationship allow China, Korea, Japan, and | to share skills and techniques |
Transjordan | ... nt of Palestine and the Headquarters of the British Forces in Palestine and | . The attack, which initially had the approval of the Haganah (the princip ... |
Burkina Faso | | is one of the poorest countries in the world with an average income per ca ... |
Yemen | In Arabic-dominated | and Oman, on the southern rim of the Arabian Peninsula, a few tribes conti ... |
Philippines | ... closely related to Micronesian languages than they are to languages of the | , Malaysia, and Indonesia (Kirch, 2000: pp. 166–167) |
Oman | In Arabic-dominated Yemen and | , on the southern rim of the Arabian Peninsula, a few tribes continue to s ... |
South Africa | Africa- Since 1995, the National Park Service and | have worked on numerous park projects. Additionally, technical support and ... |
French government | In 1880, the | awarded Bell the Volta Prize of 50,000 francs (approximately US$10,000 at ... |
Italy | ... From India, it spread to Greece (where it was called "σίκυον", síkyon) and | (where the Romans were especially fond of the crop), and later into China |
British | Sid James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) was a | -based South African actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancock' ... |
Carolingian Empire | ... section of the Mark of Toulouse when the Alt Urgell area became part of the | between 785 and 790 |
Germany | ... rope, bordering the North Sea. Belgium shares borders with France (620 km), | (167 km), Luxembourg (148 km) and the Netherlands (450 km). Belgium compri ... |
Canadian | ... ic-Anatolian works with English lyrics released under US, Dutch, German and | labels in the late 1990s through 2002. Murat's album with his "San Francis ... |
France | ... ay in the event. Since then, Team Europe has included players from Denmark, | , Germany, Italy, and Sweden |
Afghanistan | The UNCCD has 194 country Parties: | , Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armen ... |
Brazil | ... Gilberto and the 1959 film Black Orpheus brought significant popularity in | and elsewhere in Latin America, which spread to North America via visiting ... |
Hungary | ... nomic dialect, it slightly differs from the language of the books issued in | . In Sri Lanka, the cartoon series was adapted into Sinhala (Singhalese) a ... |
Luxembourg | ... e North Sea. Belgium shares borders with France (620 km), Germany (167 km), | (148 km) and the Netherlands (450 km). Belgium comprises the regions of Fl ... |
France | ... t of the French Union. On 5 August 1960, it attained full independence from | . The first president, Maurice Yaméogo, was the leader of the Voltaic Demo ... |
Panama | ... the coasts of Cuba and the mainland, Morgan determined on an expedition to | |
Sudan | ... era from Israel, Australia, USA, Russia, Southern Rhodesia, Chile, Peru and | have been tried in Thar Desert. Acacia tortilis has proved to be the most ... |
Moroccan | ... de' Marignolli, John of Montecorvino, Niccolò de' Conti, or Ibn Battuta, a | Muslim traveller, who passed through the present-day Middle East and acros ... |
Netherlands | ... borders with France (620 km), Germany (167 km), Luxembourg (148 km) and the | (450 km). Belgium comprises the regions of Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels |
Algeria | ... ces were mostly notable in fighting a 25-year war against the POLISARIO, an | n backed rebel national liberation movement seeking the independence of We ... |
Germany | ... e event. Since then, Team Europe has included players from Denmark, France, | , Italy, and Sweden |
Singapore | ... nei has a number of diplomatic missions abroad and has close relations with | , sharing an interchangeable currency regime as well as close military rel ... |
Sicily | ... an. The reign of Peter III of Aragon ("the Great") included the conquest of | and the successful defense against a French crusade; his son and successor ... |
New Zealand | ... r TelstraClear) for the TelstraClear Pacific events centre in Manukau City, | |
Albania | The UNCCD has 194 country Parties: Afghanistan, | , Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austr ... |
Germany | ... brought upon him a charge of high treason, and he took refuge for a time in | , returning to Norway in 1882. Convinced that the theater was practically ... |
United Kingdom | "Video nasty" was a colloquial term coined in the | by 1982 which originally applied to a number of films distributed on video ... |
Kingdom of England | In 1501, the headstrong Edmund fled the | with the help o |
Congress Poland | ... persecution, preserved its identity in nonviolent ways. After the Uprising | , downgraded in official usage from the Kingdom of Poland to the Vistula L ... |
Belgium | | is a federal state located in Western Europe, bordering the North Sea. Bel ... |
Canada | Non-IWC whaling nations have expressed similar sentiments. | withdrew from the IWC after the vote to impose the moratorium, claiming th ... |
Switzerland | He was christened as Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz in Rorschach, | , the son of a German mother and an American father. While he was still yo ... |
Netherlands | Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (February 2, 1903, Amsterdam, | – January 12, 1996, Zürich, Switzerland) was a Dutch mathematician and his ... |
Norway | ... 836, Lars Larson Bothan from Norway in 1843, brothers Ole Iverson from Vik, | in 1843 and Axel Iverson from Voss, Norway in 1844, Curtis Hard and Henry ... |
Republican Rome | ... legislation in the Middle Assyrian Law Codes, and in early Germanic law. In | , the poorly attested Lex Scantinia penalized an adult male for committing ... |
Bulgaria | ... s produced in ancient Thrace, and it is certainly part of modern cuisine in | and Turkey, parts of which make up that ancient state. From India, it spre ... |
England | ... y (UMIST) was a university based in the centre of the city of Manchester in | . It specialised in technical and scientific subjects and was a major cent ... |
Iran | ... descended from Syriac) in northern Iraq, south eastern Turkey, northwestern | , and northeast Syria, while Syriac itself, a descendant of Old Aramaic, i ... |
Dominica | ... ies. Japan has given US$320 million in overseas aid to Antigua and Barbuda, | , Grenada, Guinea, Morocco, Panama, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadi ... |
British | ... now the Journal Square area of Jersey City near Academy Street. In 1664 the | captured New Netherland from the Dutch, at which point the boundaries of B ... |
Germany | ... ny Society was a Christian theosophy and pietist group founded in Iptingen, | , in 1785. Due to religious persecution by the Lutheran Church and the gov ... |
Japan | Asia – Technical teams and sister park relationship allow China, Korea, | , and Cambodia to share skills and techniques |
Algeria | The UNCCD has 194 country Parties: Afghanistan, Albania, | , Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Aus ... |
Italy | ... Since then, Team Europe has included players from Denmark, France, Germany, | , and Sweden |
Western Sahara | ... erian backed rebel national liberation movement seeking the independence of | from Morocco. From the mid-1980s Morocco largely managed to keep Polisario ... |
England | ... he divorced in 1976. Grainer died from spinal cancer in Cuckfield, Sussex, | , aged 58. His second ex-wife was at his side |
Syria | ... c) in northern Iraq, south eastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, and northeast | , while Syriac itself, a descendant of Old Aramaic, is used liturgically b ... |
Israel | The Greens (, HaYerukim) is a minor political party in | currently headed by Pe'er Visner. Although the party is currently not repr ... |
Republic of South Africa | ... he second half of the 19th century. Not to be confused with the present-day | , it occupied the area later known as the South African province of Transv ... |
Morocco | | 's economy is considered a relatively liberal economy governed by the law ... |
Italy | ... ate. Many of these "video nasties" were low-budget horror films produced in | and the United States. The furore created by the response to video nasties ... |
Andorra | The UNCCD has 194 country Parties: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, | , Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Aze ... |
Monaco | ... th. Its casino ("Spielbank") rivalled those of Bad Homburg, Baden-Baden and | . In 1872, the Prussian-dominated Imperial government closed down all Germ ... |
Palmyrene Empire | ... Aurelian restored the Empire's eastern provinces after his conquest of the | in 273. The following year he conquered the Gallic Empire in the west, reu ... |
Morocco | ... sedimentary deposits around the world, including fossiliferous outcrops in | |
Puerto Rico | Humacao is a city in | located in the eastern coast of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Nag ... |
Philippines | In April 2009, Brunei and The | signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that seeks to strengthen the bi ... |
Greece | ... Turkey, parts of which make up that ancient state. From India, it spread to | (where it was called "σίκυον", síkyon) and Italy (where the Romans were es ... |
Papua New Guinea | ... r to "re-engender themselves prior to marriage". Among the Sambia people of | , beginning at age seven all males regularly submit to oral penetration by ... |
Falkland Islands | ... were Port Famine, Sandy Point, and Elizabeth Island. Challenger reached the | towards the end of January, calling at Port Stanley and then continuing no ... |
San Marino | ... his article provides an outline of the telecommunications infrastructure in | , Italy |
Laos | ... que), a mountain range with a height ranging up to that divides Vietnam and | |
Ukraine | ... three mines produced scandium: the uranium and iron mines in Zhovti Vody in | , the rare earth mines in Bayan Obo, China and the apatite mines in the Ko ... |
France | ... lled glass cutting and leading in a 19th-century window at Meaux Cathedral, | File:Canterbury Cathedral 012 window showing leading and support.JPG|Thoma ... |
French Indochina | Early in 1953, the French asked Eisenhower for help in | against the Communists, supplied from China, who were fighting the First I ... |
Tunisia | ... his first visit to Morocco in October 1985 (prior to visits to Algeria and | ) in the wake of Moroccan claims that Polisario guerrillas were again trav ... |
Cyprus | ... n the European Union and its originally 12 Mediterranean Partners: Algeria, | , Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, ... |
Philippines | ... gion and grow stronger as they move west toward the Mariana Islands and the | |
Hong Kong | The | printed media tend to adopt the hybrid name stylefor example, Andy Lau Tak ... |
Soviet Union | In the early years of the | , Esperanto was given a measure of government support, and an officially r ... |
Japan | ... show at the Hollywood Bowl), Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and | . Upon return to their homeland, Sigur Rós provided a series of free surpr ... |
Romania | ... America, Australia, and African countries like Libya, Eritrea and Somalia. | did not establish a colonial empire, but the language is spoken as a nativ ... |
Hungarian Democratic Republic | In October 1918, Mihály Károlyi established the | , and Polanyi became Secretary to the Minister of Health. In March 1919 wh ... |
France | ... Russia, Serbia, Slovakia), as well as in parts of Western Europe (Belgium, | , Netherlands, Portugal). He is also the patron saint of Aberdeen, Amsterd ... |
Syria | ... Hureyra is an archaeological site located in the Euphrates valley in modern | . The remains of the villages within the tell come from over 4,000 years o ... |
Denmark | ... lonen (TV4). In Canada, Oz aired on the Showcase Channel at 10 p.m. EST. In | , it appeared late at night on the non-commercial public service channel D ... |
Galatia | ... d Roussel de Bailleul attempting to carve himself an independent kingdom in | with his Frankish, Norman and German mercenaries. He defeated the Emperor' ... |
Iran | ... the Winter of 1979, during the tumultuous days of the Islamic Revolution in | , Rabbi Schneerson directed his emissaries to make arrangements to rescue ... |
People's Republic of China | ... s the Chinese border was closed to the western world in the 1950s after the | invaded Tibet |
Guadeloupe | ... de Kahin, an Ethiopian capuchin monk, and from Dr. Vitalien, a surgeon from | . Tafari was named Dejazmach (literally "commander of the gate", roughly e ... |
Vietnam | ... îne Annamitique), a mountain range with a height ranging up to that divides | and Laos |
French Upper Volta | ... and allied groups of the Dori region ended their truce with the government. | was established on 1 March 1919. This move was a result of French fears of ... |
Burma | ... d Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, | , Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republi ... |
Portugal | File:Pt-coimbra-sevelha3.jpg|Exterior of a window at Sé Velha de Coimbra, | , showing a modern steel armatur |
Canada | ... and Purdey (Joanna Lumley). It aired on ITV in the UK in 1976-1977, CTV in | , CBS in the United States (in 1978/79) and TF1 in France (series 1 in 197 ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... n's traffic routes were of military importance: north-south from Germany to | , and east-west along the central European uplands. The city was at the ju ... |
Soviet Union | As the Cold War deepened, Dulles sought to isolate the | by building regional alliances of nations against it. Critics sometimes ca ... |
Puerto Rico | operating in U.S. waters, raising Threadfin near Hawaii and cobia near | . An operation targeting bigeye tuna recently received final approval. All ... |
Sweden | As most municipalities in | , the territory of Lund Municipality consists of a lot of former local gov ... |
Prussia | Wallach was born in Königsberg, the son of a | n official. His father descended from a Jewish family that had converted t ... |
Algeria | ... a. Taya made his first visit to Morocco in October 1985 (prior to visits to | and Tunisia) in the wake of Moroccan claims that Polisario guerrillas were ... |
Algeria | ... ce between the European Union and its originally 12 Mediterranean Partners: | , Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, ... |
Morocco | ... 1578 Battle of Ksar El Kebir, when Spain started to take direct actions in | , as in the occupation of Larache |
Confederate | ... on, an engagement of the American Civil War took place here, resulting in a | victory |
United Kingdom | ... of the nation's tourists are from other countries in the Caribbean and the | |
Belgium | ... te Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour in Brussels, | to Michel Cleenewerck de Crayencour, of French aristocratic descent, and a ... |
Hong Kong | ... yed a headline show at the Hollywood Bowl), Canada, Australia, New Zealand, | and Japan. Upon return to their homeland, Sigur Rós provided a series of f ... |
Cyprus | ... known as the Hellenes (, ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, | and other regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek commu ... |
Somalia | ... th, South America, Australia, and African countries like Libya, Eritrea and | . Romania did not establish a colonial empire, but the language is spoken ... |
Belgium | ... Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia), as well as in parts of Western Europe ( | , France, Netherlands, Portugal). He is also the patron saint of Aberdeen, ... |
Canada | ... ichest countries in the Western Hemisphere (following the United States and | ) |
Russia | ... mmer of 2001, age 54, he died suddenly of a heart attack while traveling in | |
Greece | ... s, also known as the Hellenes (, ), are a nation and ethnic group native to | , Cyprus and other regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Gr ... |
Sweden | ... und Municipality (Lunds kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County, southern | . Its seat is located in the city of Lund |
India | ... Maka". The Babylonians had also made voyages using Maka to communicate with | . Maka had also communicated with Euphrates, Tigris and Indus valley, obje ... |
Senegal | ... ate but losing out on penalties 4-2. And in 1980 they lost to ASF Police of | 4-1 on aggregate in the First round |
Soviet | During the | era, Red Square maintained its significance, becoming a focal point for th ... |
Spain | ... o the Polisario Front view it only as an anti-colonial war directed against | . Sahrawi veterans of the Army of Liberation today exist on both sides of ... |
Pakistan | ... rom various points. Crossing the high mountains, it passed through northern | , over the Hindu Kush mountains, and into Afghanistan, rejoining the north ... |
Japan | was the 58th emperor of | , according to the traditional |
English | ... the meetinghouse was erected and the parish set off, named Newington for an | village, whose residents sent the bell for the meetinghouse. Behind the me ... |
Italy | ... ies in rest of Europe, especially the other Romance countries (most notably | and Spain), and elsewhere such as Israel, where it is a native language to ... |
Vietnam | ... Indochina War. Eisenhower sent Lt. General John W. "Iron Mike" O'Daniel to | to study and "assess" the French forces there. Chief of Staff Matthew Ridg ... |
Jordan | ... d its originally 12 Mediterranean Partners: Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, | , Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palestinian Aut ... |
Burkina Faso | ... via, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, | , Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African ... |
Prussia | ... ed to the end of the duchy. After the Austrian defeat Nassau was annexed by | and became part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. The deposed duke ... |
Republic of Formosa | ... igines who followed the establishment by the local elite of the short-lived | . Taiwan's elite hoped that by declaring themselves a republic the world w ... |
Egypt | ... gypt).JPG|Interior of Archangel Michael's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Aswan, | File:Coptic Christian Church relief wall.JPG|Coptic Iconostasi |
French West Africa | ... the Volta basin were integrated into the Upper Senegal and Niger colony of | as part of the reorganization of the French West African colonial empire. ... |
Spain | ... appeared late at night on the non-commercial public service channel DR1. In | , the show aired on premium channel Canal+. In Estonia, as well as Croatia ... |
Germany | Max August Zorn (June 6, 1906 in Krefeld, | – March 9, 1993 in Bloomington, Indiana, United States) was a German-born ... |
Bermuda | ... John Wentworth, who is recorded as capturing 67 slaves, who were removed to | . This is the first official record of slaves being held in the Territory |
German | Friedrich Wöhler (31 July 1800 – 23 September 1882) was a | chemist, best known for his synthesis of urea, but also the first to isola ... |
Afghanistan | ... rchaeological exploration of the pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan began in | in earnest after World War II and proceeded until the late 1970s when the ... |
Carantania | ... ubsequent Slavic states to arise on the former territory of this realm with | being the oldest of them. Very old also are the Principality of Nitra and ... |
Mongolia | ... In 1700, Bhutan again invaded Sikkim, and in 1714 Tibetan forces, aided by | , invaded Bhutan but were unable to gain control |
Brazil | ... ral months later. Shortly after his split with Lehmkuhl, Bass briefly dated | ian model and LXTV host Pedro Andrade. From August 2007 to March 2008, Bas ... |
Egypt | ... buted between the Greek peninsula, the western coast of Asia Minor, Pontus, | , Cyprus and Constantinople; many of these regions coincided to a large ex ... |
Rwanda | ... ntemporary viciousness and injustice of events in places such as Biafra and | |
Japan | In 1982 the IWC adopted a moratorium on commercial whaling. Currently, | , The Russian Federation and a number of other nations oppose this morator ... |
Western Sahara | ... e agreement with Mauritania, Morocco sought to tighten its control over the | by denying the Polisario one more avenue for infiltrating guerrillas into ... |
Ghana | ... y again lost in the First round, drawing 4-4 with Accra Hearts of Oak SC of | on aggregate but losing out on penalties 4-2. And in 1980 they lost to ASF ... |
Israel | ... Union and its originally 12 Mediterranean Partners: Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, | , Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palesti ... |
Panama | ... htweight title with a 15 round decision in San Juan. But in 1965 he went to | and fought yet another member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame, Is ... |
Federated States of Micronesia | The islands are located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the | , and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island, to which it lays claim |
Kiribati | The islands are located north of Nauru and | , east of the Federated States of Micronesia, and south of the U.S. territ ... |
Austria | In the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, Nassau took | 's side. This decision led to the end of the duchy. After the Austrian def ... |
Moldova | ... blish a colonial empire, but the language is spoken as a native language in | , while it also spread to other countries in rest of Europe, especially th ... |
New Zealand | ... here they played a headline show at the Hollywood Bowl), Canada, Australia, | , Hong Kong and Japan. Upon return to their homeland, Sigur Rós provided a ... |
Portuguese | ... islands of São Tomé and Príncipe were uninhabited before the arrival of the | sometime in 1469, 1470, or 1471. After the islands were discovered by Fern ... |
Maldives | Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik was sworn in as President of the | on 7 February 2012, in connection to the resignation of President Nasheed ... |
Iraq | ... breaking in their signing of players from Asia; mainly, Japan, Korea, Iran, | , and Taiwan. Former owner Peter O'Malley began reaching out in 1980 by st ... |
Nauru | The islands are located north of | and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia, and south of the ... |
Egypt | ... -10-EGYPT-ASWAN-0179.JPG|Iconostasis at Archangel Michael Cathedral, Aswan, | File:Interior of Archangel Michael's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Aswan (Egy ... |
Vietnam | Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) is the national and official language of | . It is the mother tongue of Vietnamese people (Kinh), and of about three ... |
Slovakia | ... eorgia, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, | ), as well as in parts of Western Europe (Belgium, France, Netherlands, Po ... |
Philippines | ... t win in 14 rounds over another hall of famer, Gabriel Elorde, Flash in the | followed, and then a remach with Lane, this time Ortiz retaining his world ... |
Morocco | ... sumption of diplomatic ties in April 1985. For Mauritania, the détente with | promised to end the threat of Moroccan incursions, and it also removed the ... |
Sikkim | ... olidation under the Druk Desi government, there was conflict with Tibet and | . Internal opposition to the central government resulted in overtures by t ... |
Canada | ... Knowing that she was breaching her contract with Warner Bros., she fled to | to avoid legal papers being served upon her. Eventually, Davis brought her ... |
Spanish Sahara | The revolt in the | was put down in 1958 by a joint French and Spanish offensive. The king of ... |
Egypt | ... ropean Union and its originally 12 Mediterranean Partners: Algeria, Cyprus, | , Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and the ... |
France | The sustained popularity of the Tara King episodes in | led to a 1975 French television advertisement for a brand of champagne wit ... |
Iran | ... irected his emissaries to make arrangements to rescue Jewish teenagers from | and place them in foster homes within the Lubavitcher community in Brookly ... |
Ethiopia | ... Éber Donn and Érimón. Míl had given Neferhotep military aid against ancient | and was given Scota in marriage as a reward for his services. Writing in 1 ... |
Sierra Leone | There are 84 kilometres (52 mi) of railway in | , of which all is of a narrow gauge, or . Sierra Leone no longer has any c ... |
Pakistan | ... c language spoken in Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Punjab provinces of | . There are over 2 million Kashmiri speakers in Pakistan. Most of the Kash ... |
Pakistan | ... ndence movement and developed into the driving force behind the creation of | in the Indian subcontinent |
First Bulgarian Empire | ... he Germanisation of Austria, separated the northern and southern Slavs. The | was founded in AD 681, the Slavic language Old Bulgarian became the main a ... |
France | ... people in Cambodia, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Finland, | , Germany, Laos, Martinique, the Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, the P ... |
Cameroon | ... razil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, | , Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, the People's ... |
Austria | As a result of Napoleon's victory over | in the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved. ... |
Indonesia | ... d stand-up comedy in Indonesia, Taufik Savalas was the second generation in | and for the first time he also made a stand-up comedy show on Indonesian t ... |
United Kingdom | ... nish for Sons of Cornwall) is a left-of-centre political party in Cornwall, | . It primarily campaigns for devolution to Cornwall in the form of a Corni ... |
Nicaragua | Another route established by Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1849 was across | . The long San Juan River to the Atlantic Ocean helps drain the long Lake ... |
Nepal | Mt. Everest has two main climbing routes, the southeast ridge from | and the north ridge from Tibet, as well as many other less frequently clim ... |
Samoa | The economy of | is dependent on agricultural exports, development aid and private family r ... |
German | Otto Wallach (27 March 1847 - 26 February 1931) was a | chemist and recipient of the 1910 Nobel prize in Chemistry for his work on ... |
Finland | ... umbers of people in Cambodia, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, | , France, Germany, Laos, Martinique, the Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norwa ... |
Serbia | ... in the archaeological sites of Majdanpek, Yarmovac and Plocnik all three in | . To date, the earliest copper smelting is found at the Belovode site, the ... |
Suriname | ... ated approximately halfway between the Dutch colonies in South America (now | ) and the most important Dutch settlement in North America, New Amsterdam ... |
Iceland | ... ts' to their citizens. Japan has issued such permits since 1986, Norway and | whale under objection to the moratorium and issue their own quotas. In 199 ... |
Spanish Sahara | ... gan infiltrating Ifni and other enclaves of Spanish Morocco, as well as the | . Initially, they received important backing from the Moroccan government. ... |
Prussia | ... ielbank) was opened in the old Kurhaus. Gambling would later be outlawed by | n authorities in 1872 |
Italy | ... Benning Wentworth in 1764 and settled in 1768, the town takes its name from | 's Piemonte. It had 426 residents in 1790, the year of the first census |
Portugal | ... gree of authority, led to abuses against the African farm workers. Although | officially abolished slavery in 1876, the practice of forced paid labor co ... |
Bangladesh | ... as founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now | ), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over t ... |
Madagascar | ... oxide is converted to scandium fluoride and reduced with metallic calcium. | and Iveland-Evje region in Norway have the only deposits of minerals with ... |
Algeria | ... n complicity in a 1981 coup attempt and Mauritania's subsequent turn toward | . Representatives from both sides initiated a series of low-level contacts ... |
Syria | ... spensing economic aid to shore up the Kingdom of Jordan, and by encouraging | 's neighbors not to consider military operations against it. More dramatic ... |
Germany | ... seven children, was born in the village of Bartholomä in Baden-Württemberg, | . Her father, Helmut, was a pastor of the Evangelical Church in Germany. E ... |
Slovakia | | s economy increasingly resembles that of a so-called developed country. Wi ... |
German | SM U-19 was a | Type U 19 U-boat built for the Kaiserliche Marine. Her construction was or ... |
Norway | ... tific Permits' to their citizens. Japan has issued such permits since 1986, | and Iceland whale under objection to the moratorium and issue their own qu ... |
Roman Empire | ... se roles, and their associations with scientific knowledge, spread with the | and, with the spread of Christianity, became closely linked to religious i ... |
Belgium | File:Eyneburg_7.jpg|Detail from a 19th or 20th-century window in Eyneburg, | , showing detailed polychrome painting of face |
Algeria | ... r, when Benfica withdrew from the competition. In the First round they beat | n club ES Sétif 5-3 on penalties after the two matches ended all square at ... |
Spanish Morocco | ... o. In 1956, units of the Army began infiltrating Ifni and other enclaves of | , as well as the Spanish Sahara. Initially, they received important backin ... |
Latvia | ... ic languages are generally concentrated within the borders of Lithuania and | , and in emigrant communities in the United States, Canada, Australia and ... |
Qin Dynasty | ... d that their ancestors escaped to this place during the civil unrest of the | and they themselves had not left since or had contact with anyone from the ... |
Spain | ... t of Europe, especially the other Romance countries (most notably Italy and | ), and elsewhere such as Israel, where it is a native language to 5% of th ... |
Finland | ... rway, it aired on the commercial channels TV3 and ZTV late at night, and in | , on the free-to-air channel Nelonen (TV4). In Canada, Oz aired on the Sho ... |
Prussia | ... sh-German army and their allied Dutch-Belgians, all stationed alongside the | n forces of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher |
Serbia | ... ublic, Georgia, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, | , Slovakia), as well as in parts of Western Europe (Belgium, France, Nethe ... |
England | ... one hundred fifty thousand marks to obtain his release. Richard returned to | in 1194 and died of a crossbow bolt wound in 1199 at the age of 41 |
Russia | ... arth mines in Bayan Obo, China and the apatite mines in the Kola peninsula, | . In each case, scandium is a byproduct from the extraction of other eleme ... |
San Marino | | is a small European republic, with limited public transport facilities. It ... |
Japan | ... e and also member nations may issue 'Scientific Permits' to their citizens. | has issued such permits since 1986, Norway and Iceland whale under objecti ... |
Brazil | He worked for many years at Italian Embassy in | |
Burma | Cicadas have been eaten in China, Malaysia, | , Latin America, the Congo and in the United States. In North China, cicad ... |
Egypt | ... n monastery3.jpg|Iconostasis and frescos from the Syrian Monastery, Scetes, | File:St Barbara Church interior.jpg|Iconostasis at Saint Barbara Church, C ... |
India | The Ghaggar is another intermittent river in | , flowing during the monsoon rains. It originates in the Shivalik Hills of ... |
Canadian | Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a retired | sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following ... |
Cambodia | ... otswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, | , Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, the ... |
Austria | ... ut the subsequent expansion of the Magyars, as well as the Germanisation of | , separated the northern and southern Slavs. The First Bulgarian Empire wa ... |
Czech Republic | ... by substantial numbers of people in Cambodia, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, | , Finland, France, Germany, Laos, Martinique, the Netherlands, New Caledon ... |
Cyprus | ... the Holy Land. He sailed with the Venetian fleet under James Malatesta via | . When he reached Jerusalem, he received a message from the Venetian senat ... |
Canada | ... pularized both the legend and its new name, making it well known in western | before it gained popularity in the United States |
German | ... feld, Germany – March 9, 1993 in Bloomington, Indiana, United States) was a | -born American mathematician. He was an algebraist, group theorist, and nu ... |
Cuba | ... nity was named for General William Rufus Shafter who commanded US Forces in | during the Spanish-American War. Property was sold beginning in 1914 and t ... |
Mexico | In that border area there was only one passable route between Arizona and | , a passage known as Guadalupe Canyon. In August 1881, 15 Mexicans carryin ... |
Northern Ireland | ... Fianna Fáil policy document calling for a withdrawal of British forces from | . The document was an echo of Fianna Fáil's republican origins, and althou ... |
Belgium | ... n left Vienna for what became known as the Waterloo Campaign. He arrived in | to take command of the British-German army and their allied Dutch-Belgians ... |
Netherlands | ... nier Do 215 B was found largely intact in the shallow waters off Waddenzee, | . This aircraft was flown by a Luftwaffe fighter ace Helmut Woltersdorf. O ... |
New Zealand | The music of New Zealand is an expression of the culture of New Zealand . | 's music is influenced by the culture of the indigenous Māori and immigran ... |
Indonesia | ... ircraft exporters when it exported 19 KT-1B indigenous training aircraft to | in 2003. Korean Aerospace Industries, the South Korean national aerospace ... |
Lithuania | ... of modern Baltic languages are generally concentrated within the borders of | and Latvia, and in emigrant communities in the United States, Canada, Aust ... |
Côte d'Ivoire | ... is also spoken by substantial numbers of people in Cambodia, Canada, China, | , Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Laos, Martinique, the Netherla ... |
Western Sahara | The major issue in Morocco’s foreign relations is its claim to | |
Canada | ... late at night, and in Finland, on the free-to-air channel Nelonen (TV4). In | , Oz aired on the Showcase Channel at 10 p.m. EST. In Denmark, it appeared ... |
Germany | ... and 1928. Its monumental size is a reflection of the Allied victory against | , and it is one of the largest university buildings in the city. The libra ... |
Malaysia | Cicadas have been eaten in China, | , Burma, Latin America, the Congo and in the United States. In North China ... |
Andorra | San Marino is the only surviving Italian city-state. Like | , Liechtenstein and Monaco, it appears an anachronism, a reminder of the t ... |
Russia | ... zech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, | , Serbia, Slovakia), as well as in parts of Western Europe (Belgium, Franc ... |
American Samoa | ... etween 35% and 40% of imports and purchasing 45%–50% of exports. Australia, | , the United States, and Fiji also are important trading partners. Its mai ... |
Algeria | As a result of | ’s continued support for the Polisario Front in the dispute over Western S ... |
Brazil | ... man behaviour. It recreates the War of Canudos, an incident in 19th-century | in which an armed millenarian cult held off a siege by the national army f ... |
Niger | ... September 1932, being split up between the Côte d'Ivoire, French Sudan and | . Côte d'Ivoire received the largest share, which contained most of the po ... |
Israel | ... her Romance countries (most notably Italy and Spain), and elsewhere such as | , where it is a native language to 5% of the population, and by many more ... |
Canada | ... ue, Vietnamese is also spoken by substantial numbers of people in Cambodia, | , China, Côte d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Laos, Ma ... |
France | ... 1976-1977, CTV in Canada, CBS in the United States (in 1978/79) and TF1 in | (series 1 in 1976-1977 and series 2 in 1979). The final four episodes were ... |
Mongolia | ... n China for the benefit of the puppet governments of Manchukuo, Nanjing and | . This document corroborates evidence analyzed earlier by the Tokyo tribun ... |
Egypt | ... bara Church interior.jpg|Iconostasis at Saint Barbara Church, Coptic Cairo, | File:S F-E-CAMERON 2006-10-EGYPT-ASWAN-0179.JPG|Iconostasis at Archangel M ... |
Angola | ... century, an internationally publicized controversy arose over charges that | n contract workers were being subjected to forced labor and unsatisfactory ... |
Japan | ... Sino-Japanese War, The Qing empire ceded the island of Taiwan and Penghu to | on 17 April 1895, according to the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki. The ... |
Burundi | ... govina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, | , Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, ... |
Cameroon | ... . They went out of the competition in the Quarter Final stage losing 4-1 to | club, Tonnerre Yaoundé. In 1992 they were again eliminated in the First ro ... |
Morocco | ... (Berber: Aserdas n Uslelli, ) was a force fighting for the independence of | . In 1956, units of the Army began infiltrating Ifni and other enclaves of ... |
Norway | Madagascar and Iveland-Evje region in | have the only deposits of minerals with high scandium content, thortveitit ... |
Germany | ... ommonwealth. France and Britain protested and developed new trade partners. | developed a system of autarky |
Netherlands | ... sterdam, Netherlands in June 1784, he had relatives in Uden, Noord Brabant, | and apparently spent time there as a youth. He was highly educated and flu ... |
France | ... was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque by the Charles Cros Academie in Paris, | with Moğollar. The albums Automaton (Slave with Ewer Device), Binfen (feat ... |
Greek state | ... k Diaspora, which corresponded to the Greek world until the creation of the | in 1832. The sea and trade were natural outlets for Greeks since the Greek ... |
Cockaigne | The Land of | (also Cockaygne, Cokaygne), was an imaginary land of idleness and luxury, ... |
Israel | ... showed great solidarity with Egypt in its Camp David peace initiatives with | in the late 1970s. In 2008, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif urged the ... |
Lebanon | ... it. More dramatically, in July 1958, he sent 15,000 Marines and soldiers to | as part of Operation Blue Bat, a non-combat peace-keeping mission to stabi ... |
San Marino | ... plain its unusual characteristics as the sole remaining Italian city-state. | is the only surviving Italian city-state. Like Andorra, Liechtenstein and ... |
Portugal | ... Magnanimous, Port.: o Magnânimo (October 22, 1689 – July 31, 1750), King of | and the Algarves, was born John Francis Anthony of Braganza, in Portuguese ... |
Romania | ... roatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, | , Russia, Serbia, Slovakia), as well as in parts of Western Europe (Belgiu ... |
Moldova | ... performers of manele. Zdob şi Zdub, one of the most prominent rock bands in | , although not Romanies themselves, draw heavily on Romani music, as do Sp ... |
Balaton Principality | ... In this period, there existed central Slavic groups and states such as the | , but the subsequent expansion of the Magyars, as well as the Germanisatio ... |
Imperial Russian | | army forces used scorched earth strategy during its retreat in summer/autu ... |
France | ... l facets. It is characterized by a large opening towards the outside world. | remains the primary trade partner (supplier and customer) of Morocco. Fran ... |
Cuba | ... aino people moved into the uninhabited southern Bahamas from Hispaniola and | around the 11th century AD. These people came to be known as the Lucayans. ... |
United Kingdom | ... o criticise the British Royal Family, the importance of social class in the | (particularly in the context of what he regards as a cynical, exploitative ... |
Cambodia | ... e Ethnologue, Vietnamese is also spoken by substantial numbers of people in | , Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, ... |
Siam | ... la Loubère, who was Envoy Extraordinary from the French King to the King of | in 1687 and 1688, wrote an account entitled a "New Historical Relation of ... |
Serbia | ... Istanbul – not near the Belgrade Gate, which is in the east, on the way to | |
France | ... nada later also forged closer economic links with the British Commonwealth. | and Britain protested and developed new trade partners. Germany developed ... |
Liberia | ... round, this time by Canon Yaoundé of Cameroon after beating LPRC Oilers of | in the Preliminary round |
Carthage | ... ent Iran, ancient Egypt, ancient Nubia, and Anatolia (Turkey), Ancient Nok, | , the Greeks and Romans of ancient Europe, medieval Europe, ancient and me ... |
Spain | ... d, ultimately terminated in a favourable peace with France in 1713 and with | in 1715 |
Russia | ... fact that they had to pay taxes to three nation-states, Norway, Sweden and | , as they crossed the borders of each of the respective countries followin ... |
United Kingdom | ... east of Exmoor, is a phantom wild cat purported to live in Cornwall, in the | . Bodmin Moor became a centre of these sightings with occasional reports o ... |
Sweden | In the Netherlands, Oz aired on the commercial channel RTL 5. In | and Norway, it aired on the commercial channels TV3 and ZTV late at night, ... |
Côte d'Ivoire | ... Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and | to the southwest. The country's capital is Ouagadougou |
Vatican City | ... tending no further than a cannon could fire from a city’s walls. Along with | and Lesotho it is one of the three states surrounded by a single other cou ... |
Hungary | ... the Suez Crisis. Simultaneously he condemned the brutal Soviet invasion of | in response to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Therefore he publicly dis ... |
Vietnam | ... 6 submarines that were once planned for Venezuela are now being offered to | |
Brazil | ... mes the crown earned by exploring the newly found gold and diamond mines in | . A fifth of each ton extracted from these mines was crown property, the r ... |
Estonia | ... the beginnings of the fall of the Soviet Union, after a concert in Tallinn, | , on November 15, 1988, Norman and his brother Charles, and the Finnish ba ... |
Dominican Republic | ... there are also locations in the United Kingdom, Australia, Lebanon, Turkey, | , Kuwait, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, ... |
Lesotho | ... r than a cannon could fire from a city’s walls. Along with Vatican City and | it is one of the three states surrounded by a single other country. San Ma ... |
Japan | was the 27th emperor of | , according to the traditional |
German | Gudrun Ensslin (; 15 August 1940 – 18 October 1977) was a founder of the | militant group Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion, or RAF, also known a ... |
South Africa | ... ited Nations Human Rights Council passed a landmark resolution initiated by | supporting LBGT rights (See Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity at the ... |
Norway | ... Finland, France, Germany, Laos, Martinique, the Netherlands, New Caledonia, | , the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Taiwan, Thailand, the ... |
Azores | ... e parents, Maria Manuela and António José Furtado, both immigrants from the | . She was named after Soviet gymnast Nellie Kim. Her parents were born on ... |
Iceland | Langjökull (Icelandic for "long glacier") is the second largest ice cap in | (953 km 2 ), after Vatnajökull. It is situated in the west of the Icelandi ... |
Haiti | ... in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and | ), northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United ... |
Togo | ... ix countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, | and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest. The country's ... |
Cuba | ... on the condition that he permanently return to Sicily, he secretly moved to | , where he worked to resume control over American Mafia operations. Meyer ... |
Scottish | Robert Baillie (30 April 1602 – 1662) was a | divine and historical writer |
People's Republic of China | There are disputes between the | (PRC), Japan, and South Korea over the extent of their respective exclusiv ... |
Scotland | Hunter was born at Long Calderwood, now part of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, | the youngest of ten children. The date of his birth is uncertain. Robert C ... |
Germany | ... roeffelbach Koptisches Kloster.jpg|Monastery of Saint Anthony, Kröffelbach, | File:Frescos from the Wadi Natrun monastery3.jpg|Iconostasis and frescos f ... |
France | ... ful campaigns that ensued, ultimately terminated in a favourable peace with | in 1713 and with Spain in 1715 |
Moroccan | ... in ancient times Badis or Bades, is a Spanish rock in North Africa off the | coast (Plazas de soberanía). It is part of several Peñones, or rock-fortre ... |
Japan | There are disputes between the People's Republic of China (PRC), | , and South Korea over the extent of their respective exclusive economic z ... |
Czech Republic | ... rliest known shamans—dating to the Upper Paleolithic era in what is now the | —were women |
Liechtenstein | San Marino is the only surviving Italian city-state. Like Andorra, | and Monaco, it appears an anachronism, a reminder of the times when Europe ... |
Scotland | Matilda McDuck was born in Glasgow, | in 1871 to Fergus McDuck and Downy O'Drake. She is the younger sister of S ... |
Spain | ... wo hundred girls eventually made it from the local recall shows to Majorca, | to get trained in singing, dancing, and fitness. While the judges continue ... |
South Africa | ... Gandhi), had been a prominent leader of the Indian nationalist movement in | , and had been a vocal opponent of basic discrimination and abusive labour ... |
Finland | Spencer participated in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, | , reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m freestyle (58.8 s heats, 58.9 s se ... |
Spanish | ... ny and their Aleut seal and otter hunters, including Peter, was captured by | soldiers, while hunting illicitly for seals near San Pedro. According to t ... |
Falkland Islands | ... such distant areas as Hawaii, Bermuda, Greenland, Tristan da Cunha and the | |
Lebanon | ... ates and Canada, there are also locations in the United Kingdom, Australia, | , Turkey, Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Ma ... |
Ghana | ... ies: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and | to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest. The country's capital is ... |
Israel | ... of Egypt, the third Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's groundbreaking trip to | in 1977, the 1978 Camp David Accords, and the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Trea ... |
Andorra | ... unusual in that it is not the main language of any nation-state other than | , but nonetheless has been able to compete and even gain speakers at the e ... |
Carthage | ... ed to use this method to permanently destroy the Carthaginian capital city, | (near modern-day Tunis). The buildings were torn down, their stones scatte ... |
Dominican Republic | ... islets. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola ( | and Haiti), northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of th ... |
Afghanistan | ... Pakistan, Ibne Sina Balkh Medical School in his native province of Balkh in | , Ibni Sina Faculty Of Medicine of Ankara University Ankara, Turkey and Ib ... |
Montenegro | ... Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, | , Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia), as well as in parts of Western Europ ... |
Algeria | ... egiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by | n corsairs. After five years he was released on ransom from his captors by ... |
Republic | ... admitted to the patriciate under the Tarquins and in the early years of the | . In any case, the distinction cannot have been based entirely on priority ... |
Monaco | ... o is the only surviving Italian city-state. Like Andorra, Liechtenstein and | , it appears an anachronism, a reminder of the times when Europe — particu ... |
Cape Verde | ... ssalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, | , Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, the People's Republic of China, C ... |
Netherlands | ... e d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Laos, Martinique, the | , New Caledonia, Norway, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Senegal, ... |
Italy | ... and 1945, Benito Mussolini's Fascist government forced minorities living in | to assume the Italian language and culture, and worked to erase any traces ... |
Scotland | ... rom 1900; an example is on display in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, | |
Lithuania | ... Massacre." The question of whether there was some coordination between the | n and Ukrainian militias remains (i.e. collaborating for a joint assault i ... |
Republic of China | After World War II, after the | took over Taiwan, Lee enrolled in the National Taiwan University, where in ... |
Somalia | ... n powder and pistachio nuts from Persia; frankincense, aloes and myrrh from | ; sandalwood from India; glass bottles from Egypt, and other expensive and ... |
Cuba | ... 000 islands, cays, and islets. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of | and Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), northwest of the Turks and ... |
Canada | ... nei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, | , Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, the People's Republic ... |
Fiji | ... d in 2000, as visitors to the South Pacific avoided the political strife in | by traveling to Samoa instead |
Canada | In the years prior to 1776, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to | . In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended the American Revolutionar ... |
Sikkim | ... ce there and directing its civil administration. When the Druk Desi invaded | in 1770, Cooch Behari forces joined their Bhutanese counterparts in the of ... |
Italy | ... s exile, Luciano used to meet US military men during train trips throughout | , and he enjoyed being recognized by his countrymen and tourists, taking p ... |
Martinique | ... nada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Laos, | , the Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, the Philippines, the Russian Fed ... |
Slovenia | Protected areas of | include national parks, regional parks, and landscape parks. Under the Wil ... |
Mexico | ... the United Kingdom, Australia, Lebanon, Turkey, Dominican Republic, Kuwait, | , Puerto Rico, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines ... |
Benin | ... a. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, | to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the so ... |
Scotland | ... n nowadays Scotland were known as Scoti. The Romans in the Middle Ages knew | as Caledonia |
Kenya | ... r the poaching of elephants and the impact it was having on the wildlife of | . The department was replaced by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) in 1990, and ... |
Jordan | ... e doctrine in 1957–58 by dispensing economic aid to shore up the Kingdom of | , and by encouraging Syria's neighbors not to consider military operations ... |
Luxembourg | ... s was extended to include Lorraine, including Nancy, and the Grand Duchy of | . The commander was General der Infanterie Walther Schroth |
Niger | ... untry in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, | to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte ... |
Austria | ... e Magdalena of the Palatinate-Neuburg, thus strengthening the alliance with | |
Republic of Macedonia | ... astern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, | , Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia), as well as in parts of W ... |
People's Republic of China | The | controls most of the province, and divides it into nine prefecture-level d ... |
Japan | , also known as Senkwa, was the 28th emperor of | , according to the traditional |
Spain | From 1904 until 1975, | occupied the entire territory, which is divided into a northern portion, t ... |
New Zealand | Wildside Records is an independent | record label, owned and run by former Rip It Up magazine editor, Murray Ca ... |
Germany | ... in Cambodia, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Finland, France, | , Laos, Martinique, the Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, the Philippine ... |
Canada | ... ed online exhibition explores the international origins of the societies of | and the United States and commemorates the 400th anniversary of three last ... |
Greece | ... ns and Eastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, | , Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia), a ... |
Norway | In the Netherlands, Oz aired on the commercial channel RTL 5. In Sweden and | , it aired on the commercial channels TV3 and ZTV late at night, and in Fi ... |
Roman Empire | ... an satirists are Horace and Juvenal, who wrote during the early days of the | . Other important satirists in ancient Latin are Lucilius and Persius. Sat ... |
Laos | ... ia, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, | , Martinique, the Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, the Philippines, the ... |
Italy | ... . Most tourists who arrive by air land at Rimini's international airport in | , and then make the transfer by bus |
Kuwait | ... ions in the United Kingdom, Australia, Lebanon, Turkey, Dominican Republic, | , Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Phi ... |
Mali | ... is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: | to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ... |
Spain | It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares, | . The exact date of his birth is not known, but it is probable that he was ... |
American Samoa | ... eceived 122,000 visitors in 2007. About 40% came from New Zealand, 21% from | and 7% from the United States. Samoans living overseas accounted for more ... |
The Russian Federation | ... 1982 the IWC adopted a moratorium on commercial whaling. Currently, Japan, | and a number of other nations oppose this moratorium. The IWC allows non-z ... |
Slovakia | Since the establishment of the Slovak Republic in January 1993, | has undergone a transition from a centrally planned economy to a free mark ... |
kingdom of the Franks | ... e-emerged as the seat of a county and an archdiocese within the Merovingian | , but royal Frankish power was never strong. The city started to play a re ... |
Iran | ... olocaust. Hundreds of Jewish children from Tehran and other major cities in | were flown from Tehran to New York with the help of Schneerson's emissarie ... |
Strathclyde | ... dependently, in 973 forming a defensive pact with the Kings of Scotland and | . In 1095, the King of Mann and the Isles Godred Crovan was killed by Magn ... |
Denmark | ... ed woodland more. Another study showed that a single population breeding in | actually wintered in two separate and different areas |
Egypt | ... ingdoms and empires of the Middle East and Near East, ancient Iran, ancient | , ancient Nubia, and Anatolia (Turkey), Ancient Nok, Carthage, the Greeks ... |
Vanuatu | ... the Russian Federation, Senegal, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and | |
Swiss | Johann Georg Baiter (May 31, 1801 – October 10, 1877) was a | philologist and textual critic |
Scotland | ... ine form of Scoti) during this Epoch. The settlers from Ireland in nowadays | were known as Scoti. The Romans in the Middle Ages knew Scotland as Caledo ... |
Republic of India | ... -General of the independent Union of India (1947–48), from which the modern | would emerge in 1950. From 1954 until 1959 he was the First Sea Lord, a po ... |
Burkina Faso | Duality and bisexuality are also found in the shamans of | (Africa). References to this can be found in several works of Malidoma Som ... |
Gododdin | ... ming from the Brythonic exiles of the old British kingdom, operating out of | . After he had defeated the remaining Brythonic population of the area, he ... |
Afghanistan | ... erations (PSOs). Slovakia committed to increase the number of its troops in | to around 500 men by the end of 2010. Slovak troops are deployed in Southe ... |
Cambodia | ... ustro-Asiatic language family (a family that also includes Khmer, spoken in | , as well as various tribal and regional languages, such as the Munda and ... |
Cyprus | Fredric Hasselquist, in his travels in Asia Minor, Egypt, | and Palestine in the 18th century, came across the Egyptian or hairy cucum ... |
Belgian | Michael Baius (1513 – September 16, 1589) was a | theologian. He came up with the school of thought Baianism |
People's Republic of China | ... the normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States and the | in 1979. The usual presentation of Chinese names in English differs from t ... |
Thailand | ... lness or worth. The term derives from the story that the kings of Siam (now | ) were accustomed to make a present of one of these animals to courtiers w ... |
France | ... tery and used for food production in Great Britain, Ireland, or Austria. In | such a supporting satellite farm, often a replica on a reduced scale of th ... |
Uttar Pradesh | ... e minded political parties and formed governments in various states such as | , Delhi and others. The party was in the forefront during the agitation ag ... |
Iran | ... and medieval kingdoms and empires of the Middle East and Near East, ancient | , ancient Egypt, ancient Nubia, and Anatolia (Turkey), Ancient Nok, Cartha ... |
Lebanon | ... up by the Democratic Unionist Party), from a shipment of arms imported from | in 1988. The weapons landed included rocket launchers, 200 rifles, 90 pist ... |
Britain | ... ally as "belligerents"; and they limited the US government's ability to aid | against Nazi Germany |
Bermuda | ... islands were mostly deserted from 1513 to 1648, when English colonists from | settled on the island of Eleuthera |
Japan | , also known as Ninken-okimi, was the 24th emperor of | , according to the traditional |
Egypt | File:Deir as Suriani.jpg|Syrian Monastery, Scetes, | File:Monastery of Abu Mena (03-2009).jpg|Monastery of Saint Mina, Western ... |
Soviet Union | In 1980, the former | , which then ruled his birthplace Bukhara, celebrated the thousandth anniv ... |
Netherlands | ... that CompuData decided to license the design for local construction in the | . They built the machine for several years before developing their own 16- ... |
Norway | ... ann, the epithet of the tenth-century king Harald I of Denmark and parts of | who united dissonant Danish tribes into a single kingdom. The implication ... |
Kingdom of Jerusalem | Ayyubid Sultan Saladin had conquered most of the Frankish | , including the ancient city itself, in 1187. The Kingdom had been establi ... |
Japan | ... ation and study. The reign of Emperor Kimmei (509–571), the 29th emperor of | according to the traditional order of succession, is the first for which c ... |
Canada | In the early 1920s, when Moses Jackson was dying in | , Housman wanted to assemble his best unpublished poems so that Jackson co ... |
American Samoa | Exports – partners: | , Australia, New Zealand, United States, German |
Indonesia | ... ain Arne Rinnan, a diplomatic dispute brewed between Australia, Norway, and | after Tampa rescued 438 Afghans from a distressed fishing vessel in intern ... |
United Kingdom | ... ay, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Taiwan, Thailand, the | , and Vanuatu |
Japan | ... taken by the aboriginal Taiwanese Paiwan people in Mutan village (牡丹社), the | ese sought to use this incident as a pretext to have the Qing formally ack ... |
Swaziland | The military of | is used primarily during domestic protests, with some border and customs d ... |
Chile | ... di, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, | , the People's Republic of China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic o ... |
Czech Republic | ... us countries in the Balkans and Eastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, | , Georgia, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Ser ... |
Liberia | ... hway will cross Sierra Leone, connecting it to Conakry (Guinea), Monrovia ( | ), and 11 other nations of the Economic Community of West African States ( ... |
Malaysia | ... its title and subject matter not being halal, Babe was initially banned in | , although the ruling was overturned almost a year later and the film was ... |
Egypt | Fredric Hasselquist, in his travels in Asia Minor, | , Cyprus and Palestine in the 18th century, came across the Egyptian or ha ... |
Normandy | ... III, whom he afterwards libelled. He lived partly in Provence and partly in | for many years after this event; but very little is known of his life duri ... |
Republic | In the beginning of the | , all priesthoods were closed to non-patricians. There was a belief that p ... |
Austria-Hungary | ... gdom of Poland (Królestwo Regencyjne) was recreated by Imperial Germany and | on formerly Russian-controlled territory. This new puppet state existed un ... |
Croatia | ... in various countries in the Balkans and Eastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, | , Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Roma ... |
Japan | ... from the mine is now shipped by rail to Seattle, where it is transported to | for smelting. The dramatic increase in demand for copper in 2005 has once ... |
Kuwait | During his infant years, Hislop lived in Nigeria, | , Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong. On his return to Britain he was educated at ... |
Netherlands | In the | , Oz aired on the commercial channel RTL 5. In Sweden and Norway, it aired ... |
German | ... niel Niklaus Chodowiecki (16 October 1726 – 7 February 1801) was a Polish - | painter and printmaker with Huguenot ancestry, who is most famous as an et ... |
United Kingdom | In 1897 Berliner opened up his | branch in London. This was called The Gramophone Company, then from 1900 T ... |
Sicily | ... ich says that Orion was responsible for the present shape of the Straits of | |
Spain | ... neighbors after the Crisis of Succession (1580) and short-lived union with | (1580-1640). His foreign policy followed two simple and unaltered rules: p ... |
Benelux | ... iterate them. To this end, they ravaged the countryside of what are now the | countries and France. This did cause immense problems for the Romans, but ... |
Egypt | ... hower forced an end to the combined British, French and Israeli invasion of | in response to the Suez Crisis. Simultaneously he condemned the brutal Sov ... |
Saudi Arabia | During his infant years, Hislop lived in Nigeria, Kuwait, | and Hong Kong. On his return to Britain he was educated at Ardingly Colleg ... |
Dominican Republic | ... individual. Based on the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, who governed the | from 1930 until his assassination in 1961, the novel has three main strand ... |
Norway | ... , under Captain Arne Rinnan, a diplomatic dispute brewed between Australia, | , and Indonesia after Tampa rescued 438 Afghans from a distressed fishing ... |
Mauritania | ... ritory—an area of wasteland and desert bordering the Atlantic Ocean between | and Morocco—is contested by Morocco and the Polisario (an independence mov ... |
India | ... dary accounts link the origin of Shaolinquan to the spread of Buddhism from | during the early 5th century AD, with the figure of Bodhidharma, to China |
Germany | ... ca is a town in the district of Minden-Lübbecke, in North Rhine-Westphalia, | . The name “Porta Westfalica” is Latin and means “gate to Westphalia”. Com ... |
Thailand | ... aledonia, Norway, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Taiwan, | , the United Kingdom, and Vanuatu |
Austria-Hungary | ... ranz Joseph made a deal with Hungarian nobles, which led to the creation of | through the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. The western half of the r ... |
Italy | ... e was that of a member of the Praetorian guard in Quo Vadis, a film shot in | , in 1951. During the 1950s and part of the 1960s, Spencer appeared in som ... |
Nigeria | During his infant years, Hislop lived in | , Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong. On his return to Britain he was educ ... |
Hungarian Soviet Republic | ... ch 1919 when Communists took power, Polanyi returned to medicine. After the | was overthrown, Polanyi, although he had refused to serve in the Red Army, ... |
Spanish | ... ssionaries operating in the north. He is purported to have been captured by | soldiers near San Pedro (Pacifica, California) and tortured and killed at ... |
Italy | ... rule over "the city of Rome and all the provinces, districts, and cities of | and the Western regions" to Sylvester and his successors. In the High Midd ... |
Portugal | | and Spain passed an agreement in 1496 in which they effectively establishe ... |
Japan | ... e East China Sea is bounded on the east by Kyūshū and the Ryukyu Islands of | , on the south by the island of Taiwan, and on the west by mainland China ... |
Philippines | ... nce, Germany, Laos, Martinique, the Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, the | , the Russian Federation, Senegal, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, a ... |
United Kingdom | ... eld hypothesis suggests the possibility that alien big cats at large in the | could have been imported as part of private collections or zoos, later esc ... |
Egypt | ... onastery of Abu Mena (03-2009).jpg|Monastery of Saint Mina, Western Desert, | File:Kroeffelbach Koptisches Kloster.jpg|Monastery of Saint Anthony, Kröff ... |
Polish | Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki (16 October 1726 – 7 February 1801) was a | - German painter and printmaker with Huguenot ancestry, who is most famous ... |
Kuwait | ... ive years across the Persian Gulf region including Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and | |
Spain | Portugal and | passed an agreement in 1496 in which they effectively established their zo ... |
Central African Republic | ... aria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, | , Chad, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Colombia, Comoros, Democrat ... |
Solomon Islands | This article is about the demographic features of the population of the | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
Brazil | ... eland, where the series aired on free-to-air channel TG4 at 11 p.m.; and in | , where it was aired by the SBT Network Corporation, also late at night |
Senegal | ... etherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, | , Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Vanuatu |
Cyprus | ... (effectively ethnic Greeks) into the borders of the modern Greek state and | . Other ethnic Greek populations can be found from southern Italy to the C ... |
Western Sahara | ... th Spain, Algeria, and other Maghreb nations. The issue of sovereignty over | remains unresolved. The territory—an area of wasteland and desert borderin ... |
Israel | ... The new Islamic government in Iran was vocally opposed to the existence of | and created a genuine concern in world Jewish circles by accusing many in ... |
Somalia | ... ps who we see are not able to adopt in Norway"; which included countries as | , Afghanistan and Pakistan. It also reject that asylum seekers are allowed ... |
Iraq | ... help them in time of crisis should prevail and guide the Egyptian action in | , despite the fact that the Iraqis do not agree |
Sweden | ... ounded in 1882 by Olof Bergstrom, a native of Hassela, in Gävleborg County, | . After coming to America from Sweden in 1881, Bergstrom worked for a time ... |
Thailand | ... ion reverted to normal within one week. Another example is when vehicles in | come to Malaysia to smuggle cheap petrol and diesel out of the country. Th ... |
Swaziland | | also maintains a small air wing, part of the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence For ... |
Saudi Arabia | Morocco maintains close relations with | and the Persian Gulf states, which have provided Morocco with substantial ... |
Afghanistan | ... of Sindh in 1843 and Punjab in 1849 to minimize the influence of Persia and | on the regions that now make up Pakistan and integrate these regions with ... |
UK | ... the British PGA on the East Course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, | . The first competition took place in 1927 at the Worcester Country Club, ... |
Italy | ... reece, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Brazil and the show was quite popular in | where it was shown in Sunday prime time. All seasons had been shown in Spa ... |
Moldavia | ... he strategy was widely used in the Romanian Principalities of Wallachia and | . Prince Mircea I of Wallachia used it against the Ottomans in 1395 and pr ... |
Israel | ... inciples, Morocco accelerated its economic ties and political contacts with | . In September 1994, Morocco and Israel announced the opening of bilateral ... |
Cyprus | ... massed for the crusade. It was soon discovered that Isaac Dukas Comnenus of | had seized the treasure. The young women were unharmed. Richard entered Li ... |
Indonesia | ... can Republic, Kuwait, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, | , the Philippines, Japan, China, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Ar ... |
Sweden | In Denmark, Norway, | and other Nordic countries, the term fimbulvinter is still used to refer t ... |
Hong Kong | Stand-up comedy in China is an emerging art form. | is the only city in China to offer a fulltime comedy club, The TakeOut Com ... |
Philippines | ... uwait, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the | , Japan, China, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, BahrainHong ... |
Sicily | ... nt from its current shape. During the last Ice Age, the islands of Elba and | were connected to the mainland. The Adriatic Sea was far smaller, as it st ... |
Norway | In Denmark, | , Sweden and other Nordic countries, the term fimbulvinter is still used t ... |
Israel | ... eened uncensored on the free-to-air channel, SBS. This was also the case in | , where Oz was displayed on the free-to-air commercial Channel 2; in Italy ... |
Puerto Rico | ... claims, and never settled the Territory. In 1508 Juan Ponce de León settled | , and reports in Spanish journals suggested that the settlement used the V ... |
England | ... orn in 1530. He belonged to a branch of the Clan McDuck that had settled in | |
Egypt | ... ties of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) monitoring local elections in | . LaHood's son is the Egypt director of the International Republican Insti ... |
Switzerland | San Marino has had a long standing of neutrality, preceding that of | by several centuries |
Belize | ... , Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, | , Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei ... |
Norwegian | Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson (8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a | writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is consid ... |
Bulgaria | ... d students in various countries in the Balkans and Eastern Europe (Albania, | , Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Montene ... |
Denmark | In | , Norway, Sweden and other Nordic countries, the term fimbulvinter is stil ... |
Germany | ... and District") is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, | . Neighboring districts are Soest, Paderborn, Höxter, Waldeck-Frankenberg, ... |
Spain | ... taly where it was shown in Sunday prime time. All seasons had been shown in | , Israel, Slovakia,and Switzerland but in a very untimely schedule that pr ... |
Philippines | ... ang Jingwei government (30 November 1940), Thailand (5 August 1941) and the | (1943)—all under Japanese control |
Bangladesh | ... and arguably most famous building, the National Assembly Building of Dhaka, | was completed. The building's use of open spaces and groundbreaking geomet ... |
Sweden | Gothenburg, Nebraska is named after Gothenburg, | and is noted for its Swedish heritage. Gothenburg, Nebraska, and Gothenbur ... |
Schwyz | ... y became an important direct route through the mountains. Uri (in 1231) and | (in 1240) were accorded the Reichsfreiheit to grant the empire direct cont ... |
Kuwait | ... onal coalition and deployed 35,000 Egyptian troops against Iraq to liberate | . The Egyptian contingent was one of the largest in the coalition forces, ... |
Latin Empire | The crusaders established the | (1204–1261) and other "Latin" states in the Byzantine lands they conquered ... |
Slovakia | ... as shown in Sunday prime time. All seasons had been shown in Spain, Israel, | ,and Switzerland but in a very untimely schedule that prevented a wide aud ... |
Venezuela | ... on in open, low vegetation habitats, such as savanna and ranch land, and in | , South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago it is described as being particular ... |
Qatar | ... ailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, China, the United Arab Emirates, | , Saudi Arabia, BahrainHong Kong (2006–2008), and |
Russia | Sergei Bodrov Jr. (; December 27, 1971 – September 20, 2002) was a | n actor who had lead roles in the movies Brother, Prisoner of the Mountain ... |
Italy | ... o, 23-June-2007.jpg|Coptic Iconostasis, San Pietro Celestino Church, Milan, | File:Coptic Bible.JPG|Prayer book, known as Book of Psalmodies, written in ... |
Swedish | ... ilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda, (20 August 1843 - 20 November 1921) was a | operatic soprano. She possessed a brilliant bel canto technique and was co ... |
France | ... ionary for promoting drug use. Cleaver later left Algeria and spent time in | |
Afghanistan | ... see are not able to adopt in Norway"; which included countries as Somalia, | and Pakistan. It also reject that asylum seekers are allowed stay in Norwa ... |
India | ... r he faced protests and partial ban on his film Fanaa but prime minister of | , Dr. Manmohan Singh supported him by saying Everyone has the freedom of e ... |
Italy | ... Israel, where Oz was displayed on the free-to-air commercial Channel 2; in | , where it was aired on the free-to-air Italia 1; in the United Kingdom, w ... |
United Arab Emirates | ... th Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, China, the | , Qatar, Saudi Arabia, BahrainHong Kong (2006–2008), and |
Japan | ... Future Organization) and creator of the popular monthly DJ event, in Beppu, | as well as nu-jazz artists, , , and have brought great change to the tradi ... |
Serbia | In Austria, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by | n nationalist insurgents (The Black Hand) is blamed for igniting World War ... |
Israel | ... ere it was shown in Sunday prime time. All seasons had been shown in Spain, | , Slovakia,and Switzerland but in a very untimely schedule that prevented ... |
Vatican City | ... ing the security of the Apostolic Palace and access to the entrances to the | . Its official language is Swiss German. It serves as the de facto, if not ... |
United Kingdom | ... road term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the | from forms used elsewhere. The Oxford English Dictionary applies the term ... |
England | Norwich ( , RP ) is a city on the River Wensum in | . It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. Dur ... |
Japan | J-pop, an abbreviation for | ese pop, is a loosely-defined musical genre that entered the musical mains ... |
Croatia | ... 40), Bulgaria (10 May 1941), Finland (18 July 1941), Denmark (August 1941), | (2 August 1941)—all controlled or influenced by Japan's ally Germany—as we ... |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania | ... Nations" and including a hypothetical multinational successor state to the | ) was incompatible, at the time of rising national movements, with his ass ... |
Austria | ... rs at the Congress of Vienna . Four days later, the United Kingdom, Russia, | , and Prussia mobilised armies to defeat Napoleon. Napoleon knew that once ... |
Roman | ... clining at a symposium while another shows a young man diving into the sea. | wall paintings, such as those at the magnificent Villa dei Misteri (1st ce ... |
Albania | ... dren, and students in various countries in the Balkans and Eastern Europe ( | , Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Republic of Macedoni ... |
Switzerland | ... unday prime time. All seasons had been shown in Spain, Israel, Slovakia,and | but in a very untimely schedule that prevented a wide audience |
Saudi Arabia | ... Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, China, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, | , BahrainHong Kong (2006–2008), and |
Scottish | In December 1999, Judd became engaged to | racing driver Dario Franchitti, who was at the time driving in Champ Car W ... |
United Kingdom | ... Channel 2; in Italy, where it was aired on the free-to-air Italia 1; in the | , where Channel 4 aired the show late at night; in Ireland, where the seri ... |
Iran | ... onflicts and operations across the world, including Operation Eagle Claw in | , the Gulf War, and more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan |
Belgium | ... , Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, | , Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil ... |
Egypt | ... es (including Benjamin) is that they were the only Israelites which went to | and returned, while the main Israelite tribes simply emerged as a subcultu ... |
Italy | ... h Ballhead' (late, round-headed), 'Cuor di Bue Grosso' (conical heads, from | ), 'Copenhagen Market Cabbage' (large round heads, from ), and 'Mammoth Re ... |
Elmet | ... ic population of the area, he was then drawn towards similar subjugation of | (a Cumbric speaking territory which once existed in the modern-day West Ri ... |
Russia | ... the powers at the Congress of Vienna . Four days later, the United Kingdom, | , Austria, and Prussia mobilised armies to defeat Napoleon. Napoleon knew ... |
England | ... he Renaissance, which first began to quantify large-scale trade accurately. | began the first large-scale and integrative approach to mercantilism durin ... |
Roman Empire | ... atrician status still carried a degree of prestige at the time of the early | , and Roman emperors routinely elevated their supporters to the patrician ... |
Pakistan | ... e to adopt in Norway"; which included countries as Somalia, Afghanistan and | . It also reject that asylum seekers are allowed stay in Norway on humanit ... |
Brazil | ... Island until about 1810. The total slave trade to islands in the Caribbean, | , Mexico and to the United States is estimated to have involved 12 million ... |
Afghanistan | Many Persian speaking refugees, Dari and Tajiks, from | have settled in Pakistan permanently. There are also Tajiks refugees from ... |
Sicily | ... In July 1190, Richard and Philip set out jointly from Marseille, France for | . Philip II had hired a Genoese fleet to transport his army which consiste ... |
Scotland | ... he Scottish Wars of Independence, when Ireland was called Scotia Maior, and | Scotia Minor. Scotland takes its name from Scotus which in Latin translate ... |
India | ... t Europe, medieval Europe, ancient and medieval China, ancient and medieval | , ancient and medieval Japan, amongst others. Many applications, practices ... |
Sicily | ... ound during recent excavations of sites in Philistia by the Palestine Fund. | , ever since P. Orsi excavated the Sicel cemetery near Lentini in 1877, ha ... |
Moldavia | ... ry of present-day Romania from before the founding of the principalities of | and Wallachia in 13th–14th century, until it was abolished in stages durin ... |
Germany | ... mund peninsula, in the northeast of Rügen island in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, | . It is famous for the largest chalk cliffs of Germany, the so called Köni ... |
Kazakhstan | ... Shan mountains through Turpan, Talgar and Almaty (in what is now southeast | ). The routes split again west of Kashgar, with a southern branch heading ... |
England | ... of Lansdowne (or Lansdown) was fought on 5 July 1643, near Bath, southwest | . Although the Royalists under Lord Hopton forced the Parliamentarians und ... |
Sweden | ... nous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern | , Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area betwe ... |
Algeria | ... ged with attempted murder, he jumped bail to flee to Cuba and later went to | . Following Timothy Leary's Weather Underground assisted prison escape, Le ... |
French Indochinese | Chữ nho was still in use on early North Vietnamese and late | banknotes issued after World War II but fell out of official use shortly t ... |
Iraq | ... ush and the Iraq War, coming into conflict with Rachel Moyal, who served in | as a combat medic for the U.S. Army. 's Dunbar Flinn angered Parisa Montaz ... |
Puerto Rico | ... ed Kingdom, Australia, Lebanon, Turkey, Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Mexico, | , South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, Chin ... |
Laos | ... itization in the next administration. Eisenhower told Kennedy he considered | to be "the cork in the bottle" in regards to the regional threat |
Montenegro | ... emerged to arrange a "Revenge Match of the 20th century" against Spassky in | and Belgrade; this was a rematch of the 1972 World Championship. At the ti ... |
French Polynesia | On September 14, 2007, Oscar Temaru, 63, was elected president of | for the 3rd time in 3 years (with 27 of 44 votes cast in Tahiti assembly). ... |
Cuba | ... cers were injured. Charged with attempted murder, he jumped bail to flee to | and later went to Algeria. Following Timothy Leary's Weather Underground a ... |
Scottish | ... inburgh merchant and burgess. He is, however, most famous as a collector of | poems. He was a native of Angus. He compiled an anthology of the poetry of ... |
Thailand | ... g in the more temperate parts of its winter range, such as the mountains of | and in central Argentina |
Northern Ireland | ... eople from some parts of northern Britain (and especially Scotland) or from | , whereas in Southern England and Wales, little is used predominantly. Nev ... |
Ecuador | ... resentatives from Indian groups from all over the hemisphere, met in Quito, | , at the first Intercontinental Gathering of Indigenous People in the Amer ... |
Israel | ... bdel-Nasser to Anwar Sadat and the emerging peace process between Egypt and | . Sadat realized that reaching a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict i ... |
Thailand | ... hich of course can lead to jokes when foreigners are seen eating a guava in | . Farang khi nok is a particular variety of guava, feijoa. Avaricious West ... |
Japan | ... ncient and medieval China, ancient and medieval India, ancient and medieval | , amongst others. Many applications, practices, and devices associated or ... |
Sicily | ... 1 – 23 September 1835) was a Italian opera composer. A native of Catania in | , his greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi (1830), La sonnambula ( ... |
Norway | ... ple inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, | , Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south ... |
Canada | ... w. In common law countries it is only a crime if made so by legislation. In | , for example, voyeurism was not a crime when the case Frey v. Fedoruk et ... |
Iran | ... to the east, west, and north. Urban civilization, which includes modern-day | , Afghanistan, and Pakistan, may have begun as early as 3000 to 2000 BC. A ... |
United Kingdom | ... , Risca.jpg|Iconostasis, Saint Mary & Saint Mercurius Church, Risca, Wales, | File:9193 - Milano - San Pietro Celestino Interno - Foto Giovanni Dall'Ort ... |
Russian Empire | ... e Partitions of Poland, most of the Baltic lands were under the rule of the | , where the native languages were sometimes prohibited from being written ... |
Ethiopia | ... an alphabets. The Ge'ez alphabet, used for writing the Semitic languages of | and Eritrea, is technically an abugida — a modified abjad in which vowels ... |
Roman Republic | ... ication. As civil rights for plebeians increased during the middle and late | , many plebeian families had attained wealth and power while some traditio ... |
Bhutan | ... he Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, | , Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bu ... |
Mauritius | ... r, French entrepreneurs shipped vanilla beans to the islands of Réunion and | in hopes of producing vanilla there. After Edmond Albius discovered how to ... |
Pakistan | ... ersian speaking refugees, Dari and Tajiks, from Afghanistan have settled in | permanently. There are also Tajiks refugees from Tajikistan that have sett ... |
Hungary | ... "acoustic-mechanical speech machine" by Wolfgang von Kempelen of Pressburg, | , described in a 1791 paper. This machine added models of the tongue and l ... |
Scotland | ... ependence, when Ireland was called Scotia Maior, and Scotland Scotia Minor. | takes its name from Scotus which in Latin translates into Irishman (mascul ... |
Denmark | ... about 90%, from 1,000 to 100 a month, the standards then said to be used in | and Finland, although less than 100 a year was proposed in 2008. In 2008, ... |
Pakistan | ... north. Urban civilization, which includes modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, and | , may have begun as early as 3000 to 2000 BC. Archaeological finds indicat ... |
Sikkim | ... -Tibetan force sought to destroy Nyingmapa refugees who had fled to Bhutan, | , and Nepal. The Mongols had seized control of religious and civil power i ... |
Gibraltar | Initially he served in | , Ceylon, Hong Kong, and India. After returning to Great Britain, Dowding ... |
Italy | ... command of the army of the Alps, formed in 1848 - 1849 to observe events in | . He died in Paris in 1849 |
Finland | ... biting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, | , the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and midd ... |
Eritrea | ... The Ge'ez alphabet, used for writing the Semitic languages of Ethiopia and | , is technically an abugida — a modified abjad in which vowels are notated ... |
Finland | ... rom 1,000 to 100 a month, the standards then said to be used in Denmark and | , although less than 100 a year was proposed in 2008. In 2008, the party w ... |
Scotland | ... written by some people from some parts of northern Britain (and especially | ) or from Northern Ireland, whereas in Southern England and Wales, little ... |
German | ... ffective head of the Wagner family from 1930 to 1945, and a close friend of | chancellor Adolf Hitler |
Canadian | Mount Allison University (also Mount A or MTA) is a primarily undergraduate | liberal arts and science university situated in Sackville, New Brunswick. ... |
Pakistan | ... nently. There are also Tajiks refugees from Tajikistan that have settled in | |
Bermuda | ... grant, this bird has occurred as a vagrant to such distant areas as Hawaii, | , Greenland, Tristan da Cunha and the Falkland Islands |
Malaysia | ... anon, Turkey, Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, | , Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, China, the United Arab Emir ... |
Tajikistan | ... n have settled in Pakistan permanently. There are also Tajiks refugees from | that have settled in Pakistan |
Austria | (14 December 1870 – 31 December 1950) was an | n politician. He was born in Untertannowitz in the Austro-Hungarian Empire ... |
United Kingdom | There are slight regional variations in formal written English in the | . For example, although the words and little are interchangeable in some c ... |
Former Han Dynasty | Sima and his father were both court astrologers (taishi) 太史 in the | . At that time, the astrologer had an important role, responsible for inte ... |
Canada | ... ir former homes in what became the United States of America, often going to | |
United Kingdom | ... entre opened in May 2000. It was the first urban project of its kind in the | |
Italy | ... to, 23-Jun-2007.jpg|Coptic Iconostasis, San Pietro Celestino Church, Milan, | File:9194 - Milano - San Pietro Celestino Interno - Foto giovanni Dall'Ort ... |
French Indochina | The region was seized by the French by 1874 and became part of | in 1887. Two other Vietnamese regions, Cochinchina (Nam Kỳ) in the South a ... |
Spain | ... capital of the comarca of Montsià, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, | , one hundred km south of Barcelona on the Mediterranean Coast |
Fiji | ... orkers and indigenous Melanesians. During the 1860s, planters in Australia, | , New Caledonia, and the Samoan Islands, in need of labourers, encouraged ... |
Thailand | ... ey, Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Malaysia, | , Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, China, the United Arab Emirates, Qata ... |
France | Francium was discovered by Marguerite Perey in | (from which the element takes its name) in 1939. It was the last element d ... |
Tristan da Cunha | ... occurred as a vagrant to such distant areas as Hawaii, Bermuda, Greenland, | and the Falkland Islands |
Ethiopia | ... of the Trinity") (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen, was | 's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He ... |
New Zealand | ... nd 83, near the southern end of the Mackenzie Basin, in the South Island of | . Omarama is in the Waitaki District, in the historic Province of Otago. T ... |
Scottish invasions | ... n about 1096. It was built to protect England's northern border against the | and border reivers. The castle was first mentioned in 1136 when it was cap ... |
Benin | ... ijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, | , Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Daruss ... |
Hong Kong | Initially he served in Gibraltar, Ceylon, | , and India. After returning to Great Britain, Dowding attended the Army S ... |
Egypt | ... nded to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by means of an invasion through | . Instead, in April 1204, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and sack ... |
Nepal | ... ce sought to destroy Nyingmapa refugees who had fled to Bhutan, Sikkim, and | . The Mongols had seized control of religious and civil power in Tibet in ... |
Spanish | Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera , in ancient times Badis or Bades, is a | rock in North Africa off the Moroccan coast (Plazas de soberanía). It is p ... |
Iran | On March 6, 2009, Morocco severed diplomatic relations with | after comments made by an Iranian politician that Bahrain was historically ... |
Pakistan | ... in 1994 were followed by a series of defeats that resulted in heavy losses. | provided strong support to the Taliban |
Czech Republic | The entire film was shot in Prague, | |
Republic of Ireland | The moral panic extended to the | . In 1986, the Dáil Select Committee on Criminal Lawlessness and Vandalism ... |
Vietnam | ... 767. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the Chinese, | ese (Annamese), Indians, Japanese and Persians, and later the Portuguese, ... |
Colombia | ... removal of the death penalty from the constitutions of Geneva, Portugal and | . He had also pleaded for Benito Juárez to spare the recently captured emp ... |
Cochinchina | ... and became part of French Indochina in 1887. Two other Vietnamese regions, | (Nam Kỳ) in the South and Tonkin (Bắc Kỳ) in the North, were also units of ... |
Kuwait | ... akistan. Many of the rest live in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Oman, Bahrain, | and in some parts of Africa, namely Kenya, and Tanzania (Tabora has a larg ... |
Libya | ... non, Malta, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palestinian Authority. | currently has observer status at certain meetings. Since the enlargement, ... |
Etruria | ... BC) from the Greek culture of southern Italy or by way of Greek-influenced | , the bacchanalia were held in secret and attended by women only, in the g ... |
Cyprus | ... Age (such as is given by J. L. Myres and M. O. Richter in Catalogue of the | Museum) shows more than 25 settlements in and about the Mesaorea district ... |
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | A degree of self-management was practised in the economic system of the | , which contrasts to the centralised planning of enterprises in Soviet-sty ... |
Brazil | ... via, Poland and the United Kingdom, and even became a number-one success in | , and Estonia. Although an alternate version of the original music video w ... |
Russia | ... passes parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of | , and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi ... |
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | ... Kabul. The Taliban seized Kabul on September 27, 1996, and established the | . Massoud and his troops retreated to the northeast of Afghanistan |
Bahrain | ... own on Bravo and BBC2. All three seasons have also been shown in Australia, | , India, New Zealand, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Norway, Finland, Swe ... |
Denmark | Hejlsberg was born in Copenhagen, | , and studied engineering at the Technical University of Denmark but did n ... |
Ecuador | The summit of Chimborazo in | is farther from the Earth's centre than that of Everest , because the Eart ... |
Puerto Rico | ... orary records, noting its recent expansion. He traded with the Spaniards in | and farmed cotton and tobacco |
U.K. | ... 13th studio album by Jethro Tull. It was released on August 29, 1980 in the | and September 1 of the same year in the United States. The album was recor ... |
Soviet Union | ... ommunities in the United States, Canada, Australia and states of the former | . Historically the languages were spoken over a larger area: West to the m ... |
Estonia | ... and the United Kingdom, and even became a number-one success in Brazil, and | . Although an alternate version of the original music video was filmed for ... |
Afghanistan | Many Arabs who took part in | war have now settled in Pakistan permanently with their families. Millions ... |
Soviet | ... apanese to withdraw from the area, however, and Outer Manchuria returned to | control by 1925 |
Scotland | Kirkcudbright, ( ; , ) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, | |
Han Dynasty | ... 135 BC – 86 BC) was a Prefect of the Grand Scribes (太史公 taishigong) of the | . He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography for his highly pr ... |
Cyprus | ... January 2007, the co-operation covers 35 countries, the EU of 27, including | and Malta and the 10 Mediterranean Partners |
Dál Riata | ... f a renegade band settled in the part of Ulster which became the kingdom of | |
Japan | was the 56th emperor of | , according to the traditional |
Sierra Leone | Mighty Blackpool is a | an football club based in the capital Freetown. They play in the Sierra Le ... |
Scotland | Tim Hortons' products have become available in Ireland and | at some SPAR convenience stores and Tesco supermarkets. The first expansio ... |
Danubian Principalities | ... e slaves were of Roma (Gypsy) ethnicity.The exact origins of slavery in the | are not known. There is some debate over whether the Romani people came to ... |
East Frankish | ... from the political and cultural influence of Great Moravia and fallen under | , especially Bavarian influence. The Annales Fuldenses report that in the ... |
United Kingdom | ... y babies" is a chemistry demonstration which is practised in schools in the | and Australia, and other countries where the sweets are commonly available ... |
Assyria | ... sraelites by tricking and assassinating Holofernes, a war-lord of the rival | ns with whom the Israelites were at war |
Pakistan | Many Arabs who took part in Afghanistan war have now settled in | permanently with their families. Millions of Pakistanis that have worked i ... |
Botswana | ... , Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, | , Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambo ... |
United Kingdom | ... ith particular nations, namely France (AFP), the United States (AP) and the | (Reuters). Chambers and Tinckell suggest that the so-called global media a ... |
Republic of China | Lee Teng-hui (; born 15 January 1923) is a politician of the | (commonly known as Taiwan). He was the President of the Republic of China ... |
Malta | ... the Republic of Genoa, the Duchy of Savoy, the Knights Hospitaller based in | , and others, under the command of King Philip II's illegitimate half brot ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... ent, the perpetrator was said to be engaged in a form of virtual voyeurism. | banned the sale of camera phones nationwide in April 2004, but reversed th ... |
Gold Coast | ... ol pupils before heading to Africa where he was mathematical advisor on the | Survey. He returned to England due to ill health and met and married a che ... |
Malta | ... 7, the co-operation covers 35 countries, the EU of 27, including Cyprus and | and the 10 Mediterranean Partners |
India | ... tral government. Their major revenues came from the trade between Tibet and | and from land taxes |
India | ... avo and BBC2. All three seasons have also been shown in Australia, Bahrain, | , New Zealand, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Norway, Finland, Sweden and ... |
Hong Kong | ... floating University cruise ship. In 1972, while undergoing refurbishment in | harbour, she caught on fire under mysterious circumstances and was capsize ... |
France | ... uropean Union is Morocco's top client as regards textile and clothing, with | importing 46% of hosiery, 28.5% of basic textile and 27.6% of ready-to-wea ... |
Iran | In 2004, when the "Greatest Hits" of Queen was released in | , the explanatory leaflet accompanying the cassette tape described the son ... |
French | François de Bar (1538 – 25 March 1606) was a | Benedictine monk and scholar |
Philippines | ... e city's name is probably adapted from the 400-year-old capital city of the | , Manila |
India | ... s were used by the ruling Turco-Mongols (or Mughals) and earlier Sultans of | many of whom have settled in Pakistan. There are pockets of Turkic speaker ... |
Japan | ... t was decided by the Committee in 1997. Drake had been a prisoner of war in | during World War Two and made an individual complaint to the Committee abo ... |
France | ... Port Vila) on Efate was established during this period. In 1878 Britain and | declared all of the New Hebrides to be neutral territory, but the lack of ... |
Bahrain | ... matic relations with Iran after comments made by an Iranian politician that | was historically part of Iran and as such still had a seat in the Iranian ... |
France | ... litical power in Western Europe during the early Middle Ages and from which | derives its name. Due to the fact that the Frankish Empire ruled Western E ... |
Nguyễn Dynasty | ... . The region had a dual system of French and Vietnamese administration. The | still nominally ruled Annam, with a puppet emperor residing in Huế. In 194 ... |
Egypt | ... he Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary assembly was co-chaired by an Egyptian. | has been one of the leading recipients among the Mediterranean partners in ... |
Norway | ... Norway cathedral located in the city of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, | . It is the traditional location for the consecration of the King of Norwa ... |
Mexico | ... at (32.692148, -114.615389), near the borders of California to the west and | to the south, and just west of the Gila River's confluence with the Colora ... |
Italy | ... Western Empire in the wake of Valentinian's turbulent succession, moved to | and sacked Rome. Before returning to Africa, the Vandals took Licinia Eudo ... |
Germany | ... paid for the original 2100 MHz licenses, notably in the UK and Germany. In | , bidders paid a total €50.8 billion for six licenses, two of which were s ... |
Cyprus | A map of | in the later Bronze Age (such as is given by J. L. Myres and M. O. Richter ... |
Shang Dynasty | ... shaman; spirit medium; healer" first appeared on oracle bones from the late | (ca. 1600–1046 BCE). Mongolian classics from the Hunnu Dynasty (1045-256 B ... |
Japan | ... eated by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in | on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January ... |
Yugoslavia | ... ants, from Veneto, and after the World War II Istrians and Dalmatians, from | |
Poland | ... erman-speaking Europe when it entered the singles charts of France, Latvia, | and the United Kingdom, and even became a number-one success in Brazil, an ... |
Jordan | | is a country in the Middle East |
United Kingdom | ... 2007051.jpg|Iconostasis, Saint Mary & Saint Mercurius Church, Risca, Wales, | File:St Mary Orthodox , Risca.jpg|Iconostasis, Saint Mary & Saint Mercuriu ... |
Philippines | ... ed in Southeast Asian colonies such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the | |
New Zealand | ... BBC2. All three seasons have also been shown in Australia, Bahrain, India, | , France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Brazil and t ... |
Canada | ... of Lithuania and Latvia, and in emigrant communities in the United States, | , Australia and states of the former Soviet Union. Historically the langua ... |
United Kingdom | ... l two seasons. The last new episode first aired on December 29, 1999 in the | , and was broadcast on Sci Fi Channel on February 4, 2000 |
France | ... , they each retain significant associations with particular nations, namely | (AFP), the United States (AP) and the United Kingdom (Reuters). Chambers a ... |
Bermuda | ... as by other Amerindians. In 1648, the Eleutherian Adventurers migrated from | . These English Puritans established the first permanent European settleme ... |
United Kingdom | ... Europe when it entered the singles charts of France, Latvia, Poland and the | , and even became a number-one success in Brazil, and Estonia. Although an ... |
France | ... ree seasons have also been shown in Australia, Bahrain, India, New Zealand, | , Spain, Germany, Greece, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Brazil and the show ... |
Malaysia | ... ome tropical species can reach 15 cm (6 in), e.g. Pomponia imperatoria from | . Cicadas have prominent eyes set wide apart on the sides of the head, sho ... |
Bolivia | ... as, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, | , Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, B ... |
United Kingdom | ... the Norwegian people, but this was declined. He followed his father to the | , where he continued to be a key advisor to the government-in-exile and hi ... |
Pakistan | According to 1980 housing census in | , there were 241,326 housing units of one or two very small rooms. The deg ... |
Israel | In a June 2011 interview, Walker described the United States and | as "terrorist organizations" stating "When you terrorize people, when you ... |
Israel | ... gress Party is the party in Norway that has shown the strongest support for | . Recently, it has supported the right of Israel to defend itself against ... |
Pakistan | In either case the original word was pronounced firangi in North India and | or parangiar in Tamil, and entered Khmer as barang and Malay as ferenggi |
Niue | ... ources include Vanilla pompona and Vanilla tahitiensis (grown in Tahiti and | ), although the vanillin content of these species is much less than Vanill ... |
Spain | ... ons have also been shown in Australia, Bahrain, India, New Zealand, France, | , Germany, Greece, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Brazil and the show was qui ... |
Sweden | ... nity). Small communities of Baluch people also live in Europe (particularly | , Norway, Denmark & England) and in , where they arrived in the 19th centu ... |
India | ... he Durrani Empire. The Afghan armed forces fought many wars with Persia and | from the 18th to the 19th century. The military of the country was re-orga ... |
Puerto Rico | ... ormed in Massachusetts because dispensing contraception there was a felony. | was selected as a trial site in 1955, in part because there was an existin ... |
Puerto Rico | On May 6, 2008, the first store in | opened, followed by two additional locations in 2010 and one additional lo ... |
Soviet Union | ... what would have happened, for example, if America had been conquered by the | , if Britain had won the American War of Independence, if penicillin had n ... |
United Kingdom | In some cultures, voyeurism is considered to be a sex crime. In the | , non-consensual voyeurism became a criminal offense on May 1, 2004. Littl ... |
State of Vietnam | ... iding in Huế. In 1949, the protectorate was merged in the newly-established | . The region was divided between communist North Vietnam and anti-communis ... |
Malaysia | ... 9th century. Similar phenomena occurred in Southeast Asian colonies such as | , Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines |
France | ... a hit outside German-speaking Europe when it entered the singles charts of | , Latvia, Poland and the United Kingdom, and even became a number-one succ ... |
Spain | In 1808, he was in the first French corps to enter | , and was stationed in Madrid during the revolt of the Dos Mayo. At the Se ... |
Lebanon | ... iginally 12 Mediterranean Partners: Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, | , Malta, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palestinian Authority. L ... |
Russian Federation | ... rassicas) in the world is produced in China, followed by India and then the | |
Italy | D'Israeli was born in Cento, near Ferrara, in | on 22 September 1730; and died at Stoke Newington, London, on 28 November ... |
United Kingdom | In 1906, however, France and the | agreed to administer the islands jointly. Called the British-French Condom ... |
Germany | ... e also been shown in Australia, Bahrain, India, New Zealand, France, Spain, | , Greece, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Brazil and the show was quite popula ... |
Japan | ... reversed the ban in December 2004. Some countries, such as South Korea and | , require all camera phones sold in their country to make a clearly audibl ... |
Tunisia | ... 2004. The agreement aimed at establishing a free trade area between Jordan, | , Egypt and Morocco and it was seen as a possible first step in the establ ... |
North | ... visory Commission (NNSC) which was created to monitor the armistice between | and South Korea. Since the responsibilities of the NNSC have been much red ... |
Indonesia | ... y. Similar phenomena occurred in Southeast Asian colonies such as Malaysia, | , Vietnam and the Philippines |
Malta | ... . Medical personnel were transferred to the Liberty, and it was escorted to | , where it was given interim repairs. After these were completed in July 1 ... |
Western Roman Empire | ... the Roman Italy (Italia) as a province of the Empire. After the fall of the | and the Lombard invasions, "Italy" or "Italia" gradually became the collec ... |
Malta | ... 12 Mediterranean Partners: Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, | , Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palestinian Authority. Libya cu ... |
Vietnam | ... such as the fact that he had an older brother who was a Navy SEAL killed in | and a younger sister who eloped and married an abusive alcoholic. While re ... |
Ethiopia | ... but the Red-chested Swallow—a resident of West Africa, the Congo basin and | —was formerly treated as a subspecies of Barn Swallow. The Red-chested Swa ... |
Greece | ... en shown in Australia, Bahrain, India, New Zealand, France, Spain, Germany, | , Norway, Finland, Sweden and Brazil and the show was quite popular in Ita ... |
Norway | ... mall communities of Baluch people also live in Europe (particularly Sweden, | , Denmark & England) and in , where they arrived in the 19th century |
Poland | ... ish and several other languages which are or were spoken in areas of modern | and northeastern parts of modern Germany. It is one of the branches of the ... |
Egypt | ... agreement aimed at establishing a free trade area between Jordan, Tunisia, | and Morocco and it was seen as a possible first step in the establishment ... |
French Polynesia | Politics of | takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Fr ... |
Yemen | ... esopotamia, while West Semitic languages were probably spoken from Syria to | , although Old South Arabian is considered by most to be South Semitic and ... |
New Zealand | Forty-two species from five genera populate | , and all are endemic to New Zealand and the surrounding islands (Norfolk ... |
New Zealand | ... semi-professional world record-breaker Alastair Galpin and Don Purdon from | and Nepalese brothers Rohit and Santosh Timilsina who agreed to share the ... |
Morocco | ... terranean Partners: Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, | , Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palestinian Authority. Libya currently h ... |
Bulgaria | ... utan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, | , Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Ce ... |
Roman Empire | ... ancient Rome, including both their natural and adopted members. In the late | , the class was broadened to include high council officials, and after the ... |
Bahrain | ... e Philippines, Japan, China, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, | Hong Kong (2006–2008), and |
Haiti | ... acebos caused similar side effects. The trials went on and were expanded to | , Mexico and Los Angeles despite high attrition rates, due to the large nu ... |
Tanzania | ... utu were killed. About 300,000 people became refugees, with most fleeing to | . In an effort to attract sympathy from the United States, the Tutsi-domin ... |
Puerto Rico | ... s), Zone I-A (California south of 40 degrees latitude, U.S. Virgin Islands, | ), and Zone II (all other locations). The highest-power stations are class ... |
Spain | ... ol, Herbert Lom and Gustavo Rojo; the film was shot on location in southern | . He also had a minor role in Gerald Thomas's thriller Time Lock (1957) as ... |
Italy | ... a nice neighborhood in Bratislava. In 1988, Dubček was allowed to travel to | to accept an honorary doctorate from Bologna University, and while there h ... |
Germany | ... e or were spoken in areas of modern Poland and northeastern parts of modern | . It is one of the branches of the larger West Slavic language family; the ... |
British | ... l Szabo, GC, (26 June 1921 – c. 5 February 1945) was a World War II French- | secret agent |
Norway | ... in Australia, Bahrain, India, New Zealand, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, | , Finland, Sweden and Brazil and the show was quite popular in Italy where ... |
Latvia | ... utside German-speaking Europe when it entered the singles charts of France, | , Poland and the United Kingdom, and even became a number-one success in B ... |
Vietnam | ... phenomena occurred in Southeast Asian colonies such as Malaysia, Indonesia, | and the Philippines |
Morocco | ... aimed at establishing a free trade area between Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt and | and it was seen as a possible first step in the establishment of the Euro- ... |
French | ... Elizabeth Bushell in Paris, France, on 26 June 1921, the second child of a | mother and an English taxi-driver father, who had met during World War I. ... |
Spanish | During the 1500s, the | began to explore and colonize western North America. An early motive was t ... |
El Salvador | ... st, who is the son of German Jews who escaped Nazi Germany and emigrated to | and later the United States. Her mother, born Marcia Kaye Vilensky, the da ... |
Cuba | ... on, and Head of the International Section of the Panthers while in exile in | and Algeria. As editor of the official Panther's newspaper, Cleaver's infl ... |
Denmark | ... munities of Baluch people also live in Europe (particularly Sweden, Norway, | & England) and in , where they arrived in the 19th century |
Mexico | ... caused similar side effects. The trials went on and were expanded to Haiti, | and Los Angeles despite high attrition rates, due to the large number of w ... |
Scotland | ... being constructed, in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, | , she was known as Hull 552 but when launched, on 27 September 1938, she w ... |
Mali | ... Sétif from Algeria and on the second round beat Djoliba Athletic Club from | , before losing to Tonnerre Yaounde from Cameroon in the quarter finals |
Ethiopia | ... visits to both neighbouring countries and more distant destinations such as | |
English | The Rev. Robert Hall (2 May 1764 – 21 February 1831) was an | Baptist minister |
Austria | ... d the Elbe-Saale line; southward into Bohemia, Moravia, much of present day | , the Pannonian plain and the Balkans; and northward along the upper Dniep ... |
Malacca | In 1511, immediately after having conquered | , the Portuguese sent a diplomatic mission headed by Duarte Fernandes to t ... |
Syria | ... Partners: Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, | , Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palestinian Authority. Libya currently has obse ... |
Hong Kong | ... pines, Japan, China, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain | (2006–2008), and |
Vietnam | ... n that role during the series) know that Al is still alive in a POW camp in | . This is because when Sam first encountered Al's wife in the season 2 fin ... |
Israel | ... fees in a London court to keep an internal memo dealing with alleged anti- | i bias from becoming public. BBC was accused of pro-Palestinian bias over ... |
Carolingian Empire | When the Frankish | broke up in 888, Wiesbaden was in the eastern half, called East Francia (w ... |
France | ... 't enough money in the world. While promoting The Ghost and the Darkness in | , Michael Douglas bitterly complained about Kilmer's attitude in an interv ... |
Poland | ... n over a larger area: West to the mouth of the Vistula river in present-day | , at least as far East as the Dniepr river in present-day Belarus, perhaps ... |
England | Blackadder II is set in | during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), played by Miranda Richa ... |
Finland | ... ralia, Bahrain, India, New Zealand, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Norway, | , Sweden and Brazil and the show was quite popular in Italy where it was s ... |
France | ... s of Jesus by Sister Marie of St Peter, a Carmelite nun who lived in Tours, | , and started the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. In 1844, Sister Mari ... |
Northern Ireland | Its ceasefire was welcomed by the | Secretary of State, Paul Murphy and the Chief Constable of the Police Serv ... |
Nepal | ... al world record-breaker Alastair Galpin and Don Purdon from New Zealand and | ese brothers Rohit and Santosh Timilsina who agreed to share the new recor ... |
Afghanistan | Many Turkic speaking refugees, Uzbeks and Turkmens, from | have settled in Pakistan permanently. They are also Uzbeks and Turkmen ref ... |
Italy | D'Israeli was born in Cento, near Ferrara, in | on 22 September 1730, the son of Isaac Israeli |
Sweden | ... by Jaap Haartsen and Sven Mattisson, who were working for Ericsson in Lund, | |
Tunisia | ... rs: Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria, | , Turkey, and the Palestinian Authority. Libya currently has observer stat ... |
Brazil | ... Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, | , Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cam ... |
Monaco | ... ss." It was Hitchcock's last film with Kelly. She married Prince Rainier of | in 1956, and the residents of her new land were against her making any mor ... |
Switzerland | The Glarus Alps are a mountain range in central | . They extend from the Oberalp Pass to the Klausen Pass, and are bordered ... |
Algeria | ... ead of the International Section of the Panthers while in exile in Cuba and | . As editor of the official Panther's newspaper, Cleaver's influence on th ... |
Morocco | ... Free Trade Zone between the Arabic Mediterranean Nations, signed in Rabat, | on February 25, 2004. The agreement aimed at establishing a free trade are ... |
Switzerland | The politics of | take place in the framework of a multi-party federal parliamentary democra ... |
Sweden | ... hrain, India, New Zealand, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Norway, Finland, | and Brazil and the show was quite popular in Italy where it was shown in S ... |
East Francia | ... rolingian Empire broke up in 888, Wiesbaden was in the eastern half, called | (which would evolve into the Holy Roman Empire). The town was part of Fran ... |
Scotland | ... iddle Ages it had become the fixed Latin term for what in English is called | |
England | ... f Baluch people also live in Europe (particularly Sweden, Norway, Denmark & | ) and in , where they arrived in the 19th century |
Tunisia | ... rhazy. Picquart was silenced by being transferred to the southern desert of | in November 1896. When reports of an army cover-up and Dreyfus's possible ... |
Pakistan | ... ic speaking refugees, Uzbeks and Turkmens, from Afghanistan have settled in | permanently. They are also Uzbeks and Turkmen refugees that have moved fro ... |
Scotland | Hortense was born in 1876 in Glasgow, | as the youngest child of Fergus McDuck and Downy O'Drake. In Barks's tree, ... |
England | ... Holme Valley, within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, | . Centred upon the confluence of the Holme and Ribble rivers, Holmfirth is ... |
Egypt | In | in 1887, W. M. F. Petrie found painted sherds of Cretan style at Kahun in ... |
Italy | His next fight was a rematch with Loi, and it took Ortiz to Milan, | to defend his crown. This time, it was Loi's turn to become a world champi ... |
Nepal | ... shamanic cultures still practiced by various ethnic groups in areas such as | and northern India, shamans are not necessarily considered enlightened, an ... |
Switzerland | The Military of Switzerland perform the roles of | 's militia and regular army. Under the country's militia system, professio ... |
Roman Empire | ... was the Jewish leader of what is known as the Bar Kokhba revolt against the | in 132 CE, establishing an independent Jewish state of Israel which he rul ... |
Mexico | ... rawford, who had been formerly stationed at Fort Robinson but was killed in | in January 1886. The town's original plat was filed on June 21, 1886 by th ... |
Switzerland | ... dy of Jakob Karrer von Gebweiler, a notorious felon from the city of Basel, | . With the cooperation of the surgeon Franz Jeckelmann, he assembled the b ... |
Soviet Union | ... er should be installed in the former war rooms of the United States and the | once the superpowers had matured enough to agree to cooperate rather than ... |
Belarus | ... present-day Poland, at least as far East as the Dniepr river in present-day | , perhaps even to Moscow, perhaps as far south as Kiev. Key evidence of Ba ... |
Brazil | ... a, New Zealand, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Norway, Finland, Sweden and | and the show was quite popular in Italy where it was shown in Sunday prime ... |
Japan | ... Native population around Kodiak Island. It is commonly exported, mostly to | ; in Maine, sea urchins are known as whores' eggs. It was formerly a delic ... |
Uzbekistan | ... permanently. They are also Uzbeks and Turkmen refugees that have moved from | and Turkmenistan and settled in Pakistan. Turkey also provides scholarship ... |
Jordan | ... ary 25, 2004. The agreement aimed at establishing a free trade area between | , Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco and it was seen as a possible first step in t ... |
Hong Kong | ... m had adventurous and unsuccessful plans for her. Finally she was sold to a | businessmen Tung Chao Yung who intended to convert her into a floating Uni ... |
Soviets | ... K officially disbanded on January 19, 1945 to avoid armed conflict with the | and civil war. However, many units decided to continue their struggle unde ... |
France | In 1906, however, | and the United Kingdom agreed to administer the islands jointly. Called th ... |
French Upper Volta | Before attaining autonomy it had been | and part of the French Union. On 5 August 1960, it attained full independe ... |
Lesotho | The only railway line in | is the Maseru branch line, which connects the capital city Maseru to the B ... |
New Zealand | ... as discrimination. In both complaints the events themselves occurred before | was a party to the First Optional Protocol and so was inadmissible ratione ... |
Belgian | ... ure the percentage of body fat. It was devised between 1830 and 1850 by the | polymath Adolphe Quetelet during the course of developing "social physics" ... |
Soviet Union | ... d crew accommodation as the Elco boats. Many Higgins boats were sent to the | and Great Britain at the beginning of the war, so many of the lower-number ... |
Estonia | ... o humans and its annual migration. The Barn Swallow is the national bird of | |
Hungary | In 1945–1947, he supervised the establishment of the communist regime in | |
Syria | ... Sicily, Italy, Sardinia and Spain, and in the eastern Mediterranean area in | and Egypt. Regarding the Cyrenaica, we are still insufficiently informed |
Japan | ... held in the same country (the cancelled 1940 games would have been held in | , with that country likewise hosting the Winter and Summer games) |
Canada | ... northernmost part of Orleans County, forming part of Vermont's border with | , and is otherwise bordered to the east by Holland, the southeast by Morga ... |
Soviet Union | ... sian) was the second of two unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the | as part of the Lunokhod program |
Egypt | In the future the coastal line could be extended to Sallum, | |
Guam | ... to Rico, given up in 1898 following the Spanish-American War, together with | and the in the Pacific. Spain's loss of these last territories politically ... |
Castile | ... , only son of Ferdinand and Isabella and successor to the unified crowns of | and Aragon. The double alliance was never intended to let the Spanish king ... |
Libya | ... reed. This profession of faith was adopted by all the bishops "but two from | who had been closely associated with Arius from the beginning." No histori ... |
Cuba | ... esulted in the independence of most Spanish colonies in America, except for | and Puerto Rico, given up in 1898 following the Spanish-American War, toge ... |
England | ... ouse ship figureheads from shipwrecks that occurred at the Isles of Scilly, | , where the museum is located. A crater, Valhalla, located on the planet J ... |
Soviet Union | ... alpindi conspiracy) or suppression of Communists and antagonism towards the | , were potential reasons for his assassination |
India | ... gest urban agglomeration in Kerala (Pop. 1,854,783) and the 20th largest in | . It is also the headquarters of the Thrissur District. Thrissur city is b ... |
Assyria | ... ts neighbours, probably as the result of a cooperative arrangement with the | ns, who wished to establish Judah as a pro-Assyrian vassal state controlli ... |
Soviet Union | ... s of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics (, soyuznye respubliki) of the | were ethnically-based administrative units that were subordinated directly ... |
Lithuania | ... different nations and switches at two or three month intervals, is based in | to cover all three Baltic states (see Baltic Air Policing) |
Bahrain | ... njab in Pakistan. Many of the rest live in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Oman, | , Kuwait and in some parts of Africa, namely Kenya, and Tanzania (Tabora h ... |
Germany | ... celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, | . Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin. 1936 is ... |
Soviet Union | In the final decades of its existence, the | officially consisted of fifteen Soviet Socialist Republics (SSR). All of t ... |
Puerto Rico | ... n the independence of most Spanish colonies in America, except for Cuba and | , given up in 1898 following the Spanish-American War, together with Guam ... |
England | ... where he was mathematical advisor on the Gold Coast Survey. He returned to | due to ill health and met and married a chemist, Margaret Forsythe Marsden ... |
England | ... sric (died 633 or 634) was a King of Deira (632–633 or 633–634) in northern | . He was a cousin of king Edwin of Northumbria, being the son of Edwin's u ... |
UK | ... m and bass remix of the classic Schoolly D track "Mr. Big Dick" (remixed by | trip-hop crew The Sneaker Pimps) |
Germany | No Angels are an all-female pop trio from | , consisting of band members Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wa ... |
Lebanon | The 1975-90 Lebanese civil war seriously damaged | 's economic infrastructure, cut national output by half, and had major con ... |
Switzerland | ... e 1880s who believed that the environment was similar to her native home in | |
Morocco | The attackers claimed to be Belgians originally from | . However, their passports turned out to be stolen and their nationality w ... |
Brazil | ... tion 143. On 13 December 1960, while Haile Selassie was on a state visit to | , his Imperial Guard forces staged an unsuccessful coup, briefly proclaimi ... |
Russian SFSR | ... et of state symbols: a flag, a coat of arms, and, with the exception of the | , an anthem. Every republic of the Soviet Union also was awarded with the ... |
Estonia | ... s. The shallow water limestones from the Ordovician and Silurian periods of | are famous for echinoids. Paleozoic echinoids probably inhabited relativel ... |
India | In antiquity, a cosmological view prevailed in | that held the Earth is a disc that consists of four continents grouped aro ... |
South Africa | ... al city Maseru to the Bloemfontein–Bethlehem line in the railway network of | . The final of this line, which opened on 18 December 1905, lies within th ... |
Bulgaria | 28 nations sent athletes to compete in Germany. Australia, | , Greece, Liechtenstein, Spain, and Turkey all made their Winter Olympic d ... |
Czech Republic | ... the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, | , Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Domi ... |
Germany | ... ealand Government issued reparations for those who were prisoners of war in | during World War Two and not those in Japan, which Drake alleged was discr ... |
Israel | ... outset of the Republic, Jewish people also have the option of emigrating to | , as they are regarded as Sons of Jacob and therefore deserving of special ... |
Paraguay | ... ing of assassins continues today, with Russia, Israel, the U.S., Argentina, | , Chile, and other nations accused of still regularly engaging in such ope ... |
Soviet Republic | ... light rail system, is built to standard gauge. Russia and the other former | s use a (originally ) gauge while Finland continues to use the gauge inher ... |
Oman | ... uth Punjab in Pakistan. Many of the rest live in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, | , Bahrain, Kuwait and in some parts of Africa, namely Kenya, and Tanzania ... |
Roman | The Guisborough Helmet is a | cavalry helmet found in 1864 near the town. It was originally fitted with ... |
Japan | ... t was about the Treaty of San Francisco entered into between the Allies and | as Drake felt that his right to a remedy had been removed as a consequence ... |
Liechtenstein | This article concerns the systems of communications in Liechtenstein. | possesses a number of modern communications systems, some of which are sha ... |
Egypt | ... aly, Sardinia and Spain, and in the eastern Mediterranean area in Syria and | . Regarding the Cyrenaica, we are still insufficiently informed |
Israel | ... that covert and illegal training of assassins continues today, with Russia, | , the U.S., Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and other nations accused of still ... |
Ethiopia | ... t has been the dominant medium, often in monochrome black or browns. India, | and other countries also have long traditions. Fingerpainting with waterco ... |
Iceland | ... ary source of animal protein. Fish is among the most common food allergens. | , Japan, and Portugal are the greatest consumers of seafood per capita in ... |
United Kingdom | Born in Appleton House, Flitcham, Sandringham estate, Norfolk, | to Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales, (daughter of King Ed ... |
Cyprus | ... ublic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, | , Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti ... |
Portugal | Iceland, Japan, and | are the greatest consumers of seafood per capita in the world |
Tunisia | ... in Africa. The best roads run along the coast between Tripoli and Tunis in | ; also between Benghazi and Tobruk, connecting with Alexandria in Egypt. A ... |
Modena | After a short apprenticeship in | , Isaac Israeli’s so |
Low Countries | ... ants of the resulting farmland. The work was directed by engineers from the | . Following this initial drainage, the Fens were still extremely susceptib ... |
Turkmenistan | ... n Sindh and South Punjab in Pakistan. Many of the rest live in Afghanistan, | , Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and in some parts of Africa, namely Kenya, and Tan ... |
Dutch | Martinus ("Tinus") Bernardus Osendarp (May 21, 1916 – June 20, 2002) was a | athlete, excelling in the sprint events |
South Africa | ... "barrel bass", "box bass" (Trinidad), "bush bass" (Australia), "babatoni" ( | ), "tingotalango" (Cuba), "" (Italy), "laundrophone" and others |
Switzerland | ... ications systems, some of which are shared with the neighbouring country of | . The country code and top-level domain for Liechtenstein is .li |
Spain | ... ntain range in the region of Andalusia, provinces of Granada and Almería in | . It contains the highest point of continental Spain, Mulhacén at 3478 m ( ... |
Japan | Iceland, | , and Portugal are the greatest consumers of seafood per capita in the wor ... |
New Zealand | In | , judges of the High Court and above are referred to as "His/Her Honour Ju ... |
Japan | ... al, Russia, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, | , South Korea, the European Union and the African Union |
Spain | ... athletes to compete in Germany. Australia, Bulgaria, Greece, Liechtenstein, | , and Turkey all made their Winter Olympic debut in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ... |
Italy | ... tland in 1851. At the same time, the famous quarries of Carrara in Tuscany, | , became largely unworkable because of their extreme depth, and Rutland qu ... |
Israel | ... onstruction program in 1993. Real GDP grew 8% in 1994 and 7% in 1995 before | 's Operation Grapes of Wrath in April 1996 stunted economic activity. Real ... |
Afghanistan | ... e also live in Sindh and South Punjab in Pakistan. Many of the rest live in | , Turkmenistan, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and in some parts of Africa, namely ... |
Sicily | ... Thracian coasts. Offshoots are found in the western Mediterranean area, in | , Italy, Sardinia and Spain, and in the eastern Mediterranean area in Syri ... |
Italy | ... a was owned by Alessandro Repetto, an Italian immigrant settler from Genoa, | . Following Repetto's death in 1885, his brother sold his rancho to a cons ... |
Brazil | In | , judges are simply called "juiz" or "juíza" (male and female forms of "ju ... |
French Guiana | ... Embassy in Paris, Dreyfus was sent to the penal colony at Devil's Island in | and placed in solitary confinement, where he was to spend almost 5 years |
Netherlands | ... ram. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies Belgium, Denmark, the | , and Norway were seeking to replace their F-104G fighter-bombers. In earl ... |
Algeria | ... ko Accords, which brought an end to the border conflict between Morocco and | . In 1964, Haile Selassie would initiate the concept of the United States ... |
Estonia | ... d Turkey all made their Winter Olympic debut in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and | , Latvia, the Netherlands, and Yugoslavia all returned to the Games after ... |
Norway | ... re built for Lend Lease, exported to Allied powers such as Canada, England, | , and the Soviet Union. They were never used by the U.S. Navy, and only ab ... |
Russia | ... up Semifinals between the United States team (coached by Zina Garrison) and | took place in Stowe on hard courts in July. Vania King, Lisa Raymond, Meil ... |
Hong Kong | ... nce Virginia's independence, Bermuda is the oldest (and since the return of | to China in 1997, the most populous) remaining British overseas territory. ... |
Egypt | ... The alleged connection with the Sherden, one of the sea peoples who invaded | and other areas of eastern Mediterranean, has been supported by professor ... |
Italy | ... n coasts. Offshoots are found in the western Mediterranean area, in Sicily, | , Sardinia and Spain, and in the eastern Mediterranean area in Syria and E ... |
Confederate | ... , the railway station was garrisoned by Union troops. On December 28, 1862, | cavalry under General J.E.B. Stuart raided the station. Stuart seized supp ... |
Belgium | ... rious acquisition program. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies | , Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway were seeking to replace their F-104 ... |
Kazakhstan | ... rt of many nations. Its influences can be traced from Venice in the West to | in the East. In turn, Greek art was influenced by eastern civilizations in ... |
Zimbabwe | ... upport to anti-British Empire backed government guerrillas in Rhodesia (now | ). In February 1966, while Nkrumah was on a state visit to North Vietnam a ... |
British | ... 928-29 winning the EPSL II). The Bethlehem Steel sides consisted largely of | imported players and also had the distinction of being the first American ... |
Greenland | ... dic text entitled Gripla (‘‘Little Compendium’’) places Ginnungagap between | and Vinland |
Denmark | ... uisition program. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies Belgium, | , the Netherlands, and Norway were seeking to replace their F-104G fighter ... |
German | Ferdinand Hitzig (June 23, 1807–January 22, 1875), was a | biblical critic |
Republic of the Congo | ... States, France, Portugal, Russia, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, | , Japan, South Korea, the European Union and the African Union |
Liechtenstein | ... 8 nations sent athletes to compete in Germany. Australia, Bulgaria, Greece, | , Spain, and Turkey all made their Winter Olympic debut in Garmisch-Parten ... |
Croatia | ... the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, | , Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Den ... |
Northern Ireland | ... est although not the deadliest loyalist paramilitary and vigilante group in | . It was formed in September 1971 and undertook a campaign of almost twent ... |
Morocco | ... ate the Bamako Accords, which brought an end to the border conflict between | and Algeria. In 1964, Haile Selassie would initiate the concept of the Uni ... |
Swiss | ... 41.6%. The Tax Justice Network has said that there are over €20 billion in | bank accounts held by Greeks. The current Finance Minister of Greece, Evan ... |
Russia | ... an groups. The peace was recognized by the United States, France, Portugal, | , Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Japan, S ... |
Philippines | In November 2006, Krispy Kreme opened the flagship store in the | . These stores are franchise owned like many others.The development deal f ... |
Bolivia | ... ounty. The city was founded in 1763 by Moses Austin and was named after the | n silver-mining city of Potosí |
Britain | ... ypes of vegetation which the birds rely on. Herbicide use in agriculture in | has been linked to a decline in seed-eating bird species which rely on the ... |
England | In | the Viking Age began dramatically on 8 June 793 when Vikings destroyed the ... |
Italian | Loreto is a hilltown and comune of the | province of Ancona, in the Marche. It is mostly famous as the seat of the ... |
Yugoslav | ... XLI Panzer Corps, crossed the Romanian border and advanced on Belgrade, the | capital, arriving on 12 April to accept the city's surrender. The Yugoslav ... |
Cuba | ... o, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, | , Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, ... |
Ireland | ... for almost 14 years. The Kingdom of Portugal, Kingdom of England, Scotland, | and the majority of the Holy Roman Empire endorsed Charles's candidature. ... |
Japan | ... as "the First Lady of Star Trek". She and Gene Roddenberry were married in | on August 6, 1969, after the cancellation of the original Star Trek series ... |
Japan | When a | ese group called The Sadistic Mika Band appeared, a stagehand arranged for ... |
Spain | ... a few powers in Europe, in May 1702 it widened when England declared war on | and France. The hostilities in North America were further encouraged by ex ... |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... peace was recognized by the United States, France, Portugal, Russia, Gabon, | , Republic of the Congo, Japan, South Korea, the European Union and the Af ... |
Tajikistan | ... in 2001. Furthermore, the alliance supposedly also received minor aid from | , Russia and because of their opposition to the Taliban and the Pakistani ... |
Spain | ... are found in the western Mediterranean area, in Sicily, Italy, Sardinia and | , and in the eastern Mediterranean area in Syria and Egypt. Regarding the ... |
Finland | ... t 1743 (the Treaty of Åbo), Sweden ceded to Russia all the southern part of | east of the river Kymmene, which subsequently became the boundary between ... |
Romania | ... the one written with a single r. The rr spelling is common particularly in | , in order to distinguish from the endonym for Romanians (sg. român, pl. r ... |
Roman Empire | ... n that evolved into the Romance languages was around during the time of the | (from the end of 1st century BC), and was spoken alongside the written Cla ... |
Assyria | ... co-existed uneasily after the split, until the destruction of Israel by the | ns in c.722/721 left Judah as the sole remaining kingdom |
León | ... iative to ally all the major Christian kingdoms of the peninsula — Navarre, | , Portugal, and Aragon — against the Almohads. By the Treaty of Cazola of ... |
Sweden | ... he first task undertaken by the new empress was to address her quarrel with | . On the 23 January 1743, direct negotiations between the two powers were ... |
United Kingdom | ... organisations, the UDA was able to remain legal for over twenty years. The | outlawed the "UFF" in November 1973 and the UDA itself was classified as a ... |
Syria | ... , Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, | , Jordan, Turkey, and |
Scotland | ... d in 1899 from the southeastern part of Richmond County. It was named after | , as many of its early European settlers were Scots-Irish and Scottish Hig ... |
Iran | ... tions at Shahr-e Sukhteh (Persian شهر سوخته, literally "The Burnt City") in | have shown that the game existed there around 3000 BC. The artifacts inclu ... |
Western Roman Empire | After the fall of the | , under the Byzantines, the town became one of the first episcopal seats o ... |
Japan | ... ultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, whose influence reached as far as | |
Soviet Union | ... d Lease, exported to Allied powers such as Canada, England, Norway, and the | . They were never used by the U.S. Navy, and only about 50 were used by th ... |
Soviet | ... Polish territory had been mostly cleared of German forces by the advancing | Red Army |
Jordan | ... s, Greece, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Syria, | , Turkey, and |
Yugoslavia | ... debut in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Estonia, Latvia, the Netherlands, and | all returned to the Games after having missed the 1932 Winter Olympics |
Germany | ... y Leo von Klenze for Ludwig I of Bavaria between 1830–1847 near Regensburg, | , and the Tresco Abbey Gardens Valhalla museum built by August Smith aroun ... |
Sudan | ... 's sons, and in 1893 Rabih az-Zubayr, leading an invading army from eastern | , conquered Bornu. He was defeated by British soldiers in 1900 |
Norway | He became Crown Prince and heir-apparent to the throne of | when his father was elected king in 1905. He was the first heir to the Nor ... |
Hong Kong | ... ity of live fish are kept for dining customers. The live food fish trade in | , for example, is estimated to have driven imports of live food fish to mo ... |
Netherlands | ... ir Winter Olympic debut in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Estonia, Latvia, the | , and Yugoslavia all returned to the Games after having missed the 1932 Wi ... |
Germany | ... There are also services along the River Moselle which forms the border with | . The road network has been significantly modernised in recent years with ... |
Sicily | Agrigento (Sicilian: Girgenti), is a city on the southern coast of | , Italy, and capital of the province of Agrigento. It is renowned as the s ... |
German | Johann Georg Walch (June 17, 1693 – January 13, 1775) was a | Lutheran theologian |
United Kingdom | ... ive Championship, which is a semi-professional competition for clubs in the | . The Championship 1 is the third tier of British rugby league which has i ... |
Israel | ... s covenant with the Hebrew patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (also called | )—and Jacob's children—the "Children of Israel"—especially Joseph. It tell ... |
United Kingdom | ... her patients died. In response to the 1967 legalisation of abortion in the | and the subsequent rise in the numbers of Irish women travelling to the UK ... |
Djibouti | ... ba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, | , Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Gu ... |
Pakistan | ... out 60 percent of the Baluch live in Balochistan, a western province in the | . Around 25 percent inhabit the eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan ... |
French | Jacques Roubaud (born 1932 in Caluire-et-Cuire, Rhône) is a | poet and mathematician |
India | ... ), since 1918, is a public university located in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, | . It was established and named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osma ... |
Spanish | ... erior of North Carolina and what would become the United States was made by | in 1567, when they built Fort San Juan at the large Native American settle ... |
United Kingdom | ... s designers (Irwin Chase, Bill Fleming, and Glenville Tremaine) visited the | to see British motor torpedo boat designs. While visiting the British Powe ... |
Prussia | ... herself effectually in Poland, Turkey and Sweden; and isolated the King of | by forcing him into hostile alliances. All this would have been impossible ... |
Brazil | ... ds, and in South America. Portugal colonized parts of South America (mostly | ), but also some failed attempts to colonize North America in present day ... |
People's Republic of China | ... that prevailed, especially in the midst of the Sino-Soviet Split, since the | also supported the Khmer Roug |
Denmark | ... Michael Carl Valdemar Georg) (11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was King of | from 20 April 1947 until his death on 14 January 1972 |
Swedish | Leif Zeilon is a | politician, and is one one of the founders of the Sweden Democrats and Bev ... |
Philippines | ... py Kreme drive-thru outlet in Asia and the first free-standing store in the | . Branches in SM Mall of Asia and Trinoma opened October 2007. Three more ... |
Iran | Maryam is a 2002 film about a young woman who is an | ian immigrant living in the United States at the time of the Iran hostage ... |
Afghanistan | ... astern India in 1895. In 1922 he was asked by the governments of France and | to organize an archeological co-operative which became the Délégation arch ... |
France | ... rs in Europe, in May 1702 it widened when England declared war on Spain and | . The hostilities in North America were further encouraged by existing fri ... |
Guinea-Bissau | This article describes the geography of | |
Mexico | Spanish is an official language of | , much of South America, Central America, the islands of the Greater Antil ... |
Southern Qi | ... as a prominent Chinese mathematician and astronomer during the Liu Song and | Dynasties |
Pakistan | ... r was unyielding in his goal of establishing a separate Muslim state called | |
Andhra Pradesh | ... y OU, or Osmania), since 1918, is a public university located in Hyderabad, | , India. It was established and named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, M ... |
France | ... a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern | |
Italy | ... and of the Apulia (or, in Italian, Puglia) region, on the Adriatic Sea, in | . It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Ita ... |
India | He made his first trip to northeastern | in 1895. In 1922 he was asked by the governments of France and Afghanistan ... |
New Zealand | ... n. All living species of birds have wings—the now extinct flightless moa of | were the only exception. Wings are evolved forelimbs, and most bird specie ... |
Hungary | ... anding Rus population. At the time of the Magyar migration, the present-day | was inhabited by Slavs, numbering about 200,000, who were either assimilat ... |
Portugal | ... tern North America, on a number of Caribbean islands, and in South America. | colonized parts of South America (mostly Brazil), but also some failed att ... |
Swiss | ... ding habitats, with British breeders feeding mostly over grassland, whereas | birds utilised woodland more. Another study showed that a single populatio ... |
Kazakhstan | ... 2002. Currently Soyuz vehicles are launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in | and the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia and, starting in 2011, Soy ... |
Denmark | ... med after Valhalla include Valhalla Borgen in Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, | and Valhalla in Pleasure Beach Blackpool in Blackpool, England |
Denmark | The Vikings who invaded western and eastern Europe were chiefly pagans from | , Norway and Sweden. They also settled in the Faroe Islands, Ireland, Icel ... |
Poland | ... ourts of Vienna and London; enabled Russia to assert herself effectually in | , Turkey and Sweden; and isolated the King of Prussia by forcing him into ... |
Tunisia | ... talian approval of the Treaty of Bardo which would secure French control of | . Virtually alone, on 17 September 1895, Emperor Menelik issued a proclama ... |
Cuba | ... ar Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) with support of troops from | . The MPLA overthrew the provisional FLEC government and incorporated Cabi ... |
Dutch | ... n Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the | provinces of Overijssel and Drenthe, the district of Emsland, and the dist ... |
New Zealand | ... late at night on ntv7, while the censored version aired during the day. In | Oz aired on The Box at 9.30pm on Wednesdays in the early 2000s (decade) |
Thailand | Many Cambodians crossed the border into | to seek asylum. From there, they were transported to refugee camps such as ... |
Guinea-Bissau | ... ubgroup Biafar or Biafada of the Tenda ethnic group who reside primarily in | . Manuel Álvares (1526–1583), a Portuguese Jesuit educator, in his work , ... |
Dominica | ... , Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, | , Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Erit ... |
Mexican | ... al (NCE) broadcasting. In some "Twin city" markets close to the Canadian or | border, such as Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, or San Diego, Cali ... |
Canada | ... ic and cultural grouping of First Nations originally from British Columbia, | and Washington, USA |
Switzerland | ... 06 Guy Stevens introduced stand up comedy culture by independently creating | 's first regular Comedy Club in Zurich called the (a tortured pun) which s ... |
Cyprus | Thus the "Aegean Area" has now come to mean the Archipelago with Crete and | , the Hellenic peninsula with the Ionian islands, and Western Anatolia. Ev ... |
New Zealand | | has a local government system comprising two complementary sets of local a ... |
Ghana | Nkrumah never returned to | , but he continued to push for his vision of African unity. He lived in ex ... |
Vietnam | ... ally written in Nôm (titled Đoạn Trường Tân Thanh ) and is widely taught in | today |
Canada | ... eir respective colonial empires. French is one of the official languages of | , many countries in Africa, and some islands in the Indian and Pacific Oce ... |
El Salvador | ... and particularly preventing Nicaraguan and Cuban support for guerrillas in | . Within hours, the subcommittee approved military aid to El Salvador, and ... |
Macau | ... egal gambling provides significant government revenue, such as in Monaco or | |
Germany | She was born in Frankfurt am Main, | , as Marie Catherine Sophie, Vicomtesse de Flavigny, the daughter of Alexa ... |
Kingdom of England | ... 1684, Bermuda became a British colony following the 1707 unification of the | with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the unified Kingdom of Great Britai ... |
Modena | ... ctly pronounced ) in 1928 as a sponsor for amateur drivers headquartered in | . Ferrari prepared, and successfully raced, various drivers in Alfa Romeo ... |
Estonia | However, the Baltic countries, Lithuania, Latvia, and | , do not consider themselves to have ever been part of the USSR. They asse ... |
Burma | ... century, the kingdom came under repeated attacks by the Toungoo Dynasty of | . The Burmese began the hostilities with an invasion in 1548 but failed. T ... |
Monaco | ... s, where legal gambling provides significant government revenue, such as in | or Macau |
Canadian | ... al educational (NCE) broadcasting. In some "Twin city" markets close to the | or Mexican border, such as Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, or San ... |
Gibraltar | ... glish, Spanish, Hebrew, Hindi and Arabic spoken in the British territory of | (from Gabal-Tariq, meaning Mountain of Tariq), which is unintelligible to ... |
Russia | ... Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest | and, starting in 2011, Soyuz launch vehicles can now also be launched from ... |
Latvia | However, the Baltic countries, Lithuania, | , and Estonia, do not consider themselves to have ever been part of the US ... |
Germany | ... to Britain by Germanic settlers from various parts of what is now northwest | and the northern Netherlands. The resident population at this time was gen ... |
Austria | ... to the treaty of Versailles thus entering into an alliance with France and | against Prussia. On 17 May 1757 the Russian army, 85,000 strong, advanced ... |
Cuba | ... lating civil war in El Salvador, and particularly preventing Nicaraguan and | n support for guerrillas in El Salvador. Within hours, the subcommittee ap ... |
Uruguay | | 's administrative subdivisions consisted of nineteen territories called de ... |
Mexican | It is used as the base for the | dip known as guacamole, as well as a spread on corn tortillas or toast, se ... |
Bolivia | ... ions, building his town to support it. Moses named the town after Potosí in | , which was famous for its vast silver mines. Austin's tomb and the founda ... |
Ostland | ... (1st Latvian) was created in 1943, using compulsory military service in the | . The final new 1943 division was the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Rei ... |
Swiss | In 1614 Isaac Casaubon, a | philologist, analyzed the Hermetic texts for linguistic style. He conclude ... |
Italy | ... storically did have equivalent honorifics for knights, such as Cavaliere in | (e.g. Cavaliere Benito Mussolini), and Ritter in Germany and the Austro-Hu ... |
Panama | ... ion. Whipple worked in the pathology department at Hopkins until he went to | , during the time of the construction of the Panama Canal, as pathologist ... |
Chile | ... ee. In 1985, he made his first return trip to Vietnam, and also traveled to | where he met with its military junta ruler, General Augusto Pinochet |
Ecuador | ... rent species to do their dawn singing at different times. In a study of the | an forest, it was determined that birds perching higher in the trees and b ... |
Nicaragua | ... sed on the escalating civil war in El Salvador, and particularly preventing | n and Cuban support for guerrillas in El Salvador. Within hours, the subco ... |
Spain | ... Hissarlik. Sardinia has Aegean sites, for example, at Abini near Teti; and | has yielded objects recognized as Aegean from tombs near Cadiz and from Sa ... |
Paraguay | | is divided into 17 departments, which are subdivided into districts, which ... |
Kazakh | ... despite the fact Cohen is Jewish) to the massive boycott of the film by the | government; the film itself had been a reaction to a longer quarrel betwee ... |
Germany | The Day of German Unity is the national day of | , celebrated on 3 October as a public holiday. It commemorates the anniver ... |
Lithuania | However, the Baltic countries, | , Latvia, and Estonia, do not consider themselves to have ever been part o ... |
Uzbekistan | Qarshi (; ; ) is a city in southern | . It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Province and has a population of 197,60 ... |
Scottish | ... its rural location prevented it from fully developing. In the late 1970s a | Brigade was established under the command of Roddy McDonald but this prove ... |
Grand Duchy of Moscow | ... n Empire and the Crimean Tatars, and in the east helped Lithuania fight the | . Poland was developing as a feudal state, with predominantly agricultural ... |
United Kingdom | ... s' surnames, many of which are still found on the island, originated in the | |
Canada | ... and though inactive, with claimed territory in present day British Columbia | ; and U.S. states of Alaska, Washington, and Oregon; and the western half ... |
Germany | ... eed to unite their forces to oppose the entry into, or the passage through, | of the troops of every foreign power) as utterly subversive of the previou ... |
Uganda | ... mosexual behavior. Archbishops Peter Akinola of Nigeria and Henry Orombi of | would not condemn violence against gays and lesbians when questioned on th ... |
Japan | ... ce of widespread mercury poisoning in humans occurred this way in Minamata, | , now called Minamata disease |
Russia | ... common. Welding in space is also possible—it was first attempted in 1969 by | n cosmonauts, when they performed experiments to test shielded metal arc w ... |
Ethiopia | Arkebe Oqubay was a Mayor of Addis Ababa, | . He held office from early 2003 to May 2005. On March 31, 2005, Arkebe Oq ... |
Egypt | ... age structure designed mostly similar to College of Sultan Hassan in Cairo, | built in 1363 |
Britain | ... ish rock band that was formed in 1983. They gained a dedicated following in | in the mid 1980s as a post-punk band with singles such as "She Sells Sanct ... |
Armenia | ... he Bishop of Cologne, and some other documents, the Bavarians had come from | , the 'land of Noah's arc' |
Mexico | ... nd malnutrition at the missions where the Spanish forced them to live. When | gained independence from Spain in 1821 Carmel became Mexican territory |
Mexico | ... al (the Royal Road or King's Highway), a road from Loreto, Baja California, | to Sonoma, California, and connecting the Spanish missions in California, ... |
Panama | ... D.C., sites are also located in Arizona, Maryland, New York City, Virginia, | , and elsewhere. The Smithsonian has over 137 million items in its collect ... |
Hong Kong | ... Fernando Filoni. The current Secretary is Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai from | |
India | ... p bowling or kept up with it would include Ravindra Jadeja, Yuvraj Singh of | , Chris Gayle of West Indies. There were other players who were considered ... |
Prussia | ... rded the treaty of Westminster ( 16 January 1756, whereby Great Britain and | agreed to unite their forces to oppose the entry into, or the passage thro ... |
India | ... litary volunteer and allegedly militant organization of patriotic Hindus in | . RSS ideology is based on the principle of selfless service to the |
Libya | ... lemais, Theonus of Marmarica, Zphyrius, and Dathes, all of whom hailed from | and the Pentapolis. Other supporters included Eusebius of Nicomedia, Euseb ... |
New Zealand | ... d song texts, Whitman's the texts for larger choral works. The contemporary | composer David Downes includes a setting of "March" on his CD The Rusted W ... |
Castile | ... he Burgundian court travelled to Spain to receive fealty from the Cortes of | as king, a journey chronicled in intense detail by Antoon I van Lalaing , ... |
Netherlands | ... ttlers from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the northern | . The resident population at this time was generally speaking Brythonic—th ... |
Singapore | ... e which runs from Padang Besar on the Malaysia-Thailand Border in Perlis to | . Senandung Langkawi is the daily night express running from Kuala Lumpur ... |
Sweden | ... League European Federation to expand the game to new areas such as Germany, | , Norway and Hungary to name a few |
Denmark | ... oatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, | , Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equ ... |
Italy | Agrigento (Sicilian: Girgenti), is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, | , and capital of the province of Agrigento. It is renowned as the site of ... |
New Zealand | In English skiffle bands and Australian and | bush bands, the same sort of bass has a tea chest as a resonator. Before t ... |
Canada | ... thin the United States. The other four Great Lakes are shared by the US and | . It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third larg ... |
Guinea-Bissau | This is a list of the extreme points of | , the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other lo ... |
Nicaragua | ... d policy towards Central American conflicts, such as backing the Contras in | . McCain opposed keeping U.S. Marines deployed in Lebanon citing unattaina ... |
Germany | ... such as Cavaliere in Italy (e.g. Cavaliere Benito Mussolini), and Ritter in | and the Austro-Hungarian Empire (e.g. Georg Ritter von Trapp) |
Nigeria | ... people and criminalizing homosexual behavior. Archbishops Peter Akinola of | and Henry Orombi of Uganda would not condemn violence against gays and les ... |
Italy | ... , this transition was expedited by force of law; whereas in others, such as | , many prominent poets and writers used the vernacular of their own accord ... |
Roman Empire | The | later dominated Western Europe and the Mediterranean for many centuries, g ... |
Angola | ... also comprise the majority of the population in Uige and Zaire Provinces of | . However, despite this shared ancestry, the Cabindans developed a very di ... |
Germany | ... he Rugby League European Federation to expand the game to new areas such as | , Sweden, Norway and Hungary to name a few |
Portugal | ... nd began to supplant Latin in many of its roles. In some countries, such as | , this transition was expedited by force of law; whereas in others, such a ... |
French | Alfred Foucher (1865–1952), a | scholar, identified the Buddha image as having Greek origins |
Romania | ... ar of abduction and assassination. In failing health, he flew to Bucharest, | , for medical treatment in August 1971. He died of skin cancer in April 19 ... |
French Guiana | ... uz launch vehicles can now also be launched from the Guiana Space Centre in | . The first launch from the Guiana space centre took place on 21 October 2 ... |
Sicily | ... t city in the province of Messina, and is one of most important city of the | . The city proper has a population of over 32,000 inhabitants, and is the ... |
England | ... om. In total there are 426 local authorities in the UK. 346 of these are in | , 26 in Northern Ireland, 32 in Scotland and 22 are in Wales |
English | George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an | civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway ... |
Japan | In | , judges are addressed simply as "Saibancho" (Chief judge) or "Saibankan" ... |
Pakistan | Some famous | i stand-up comedians are Umar Sharif, Shakeel Siddiqui, Kashif Khan and Sa ... |
Israel | In | , judges of all courts are addressed as "Sir/Madam" (אדוני/גבירתי) or "You ... |
Belarus | ... er 1991 to effectively dissolve the Soviet Union, when Russia, Ukraine, and | seceded from the Union |
Republic of Ireland | ... round the world, the English language as used in the United Kingdom and the | is governed by convention rather than formal code: there is no equivalent ... |
Egypt | ... by Lincoln University, Moscow State University; Cairo University in Cairo, | ; Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland; Humboldt University in the fo ... |
Egypt | ... d with the horns of Amon) oracle at the Siwa Oasis in the Western Desert of | (incorrectly placed in the map). The oracle here was consulted by Alexande ... |
Spain | ... ss-presumptive to the Crown of Aragon. He was the first Habsburg monarch in | . He never inherited his father's territories, nor became Holy Roman Emper ... |
Iran | ... sell or lend the 'unused' F-16's to any country that wanted them, including | , the U.S. Government agreed to supply the spare parts; however, the shipm ... |
Puerto Rico | ... his first occurred along the Caribbean coasts on the islands of Hispaniola, | and Cuba, and since the early 16th century, extended into the interiors of ... |
Comoros | ... al African Republic, Chad, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Colombia, | , Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, C ... |
Malaysia | In | , judges of the subordinate courts are addressed as "Tuan" or "Puan" (Sir ... |
Ethiopia | ... East African Campaign, Haile Selassie crossed the border between Sudan and | near the village of Um Iddla. The standard of the Lion of Judah was raised ... |
Moldova | ... n, and police either ignore or encourage violent protesters. The country of | has shown particular contempt to marchers, shutting down official requests ... |
Northern Ireland | ... ere are 426 local authorities in the UK. 346 of these are in England, 26 in | , 32 in Scotland and 22 are in Wales |
Afghanistan | ... an cognate Harauvati, which gave its name to the present-day Hārūt River in | , may have referred to the entire Helmand drainage basin (the center of Ar ... |
Yue tribes | ... habitants of Hainan. They are believed to be the descendants of the ancient | of China, who settled on the island between 7 and 27 thousand years ago |
Netherlands | ... (Dutch Vecht) traverses the district from south to north and flows into the | . All major towns are situated along that river |
United Arab Emirates | ... nchisee partnership with Dubai based Apparel Group, Tim Hortons entered the | in 2011 with store openings in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Fujairah, with the fir ... |
Pakistan | On August 17, 1988, President of | Gen. M. Zia ul Haq died alongside 31 others including the Chief of Staff o ... |
Japan | ... iracle. During that period, Greece saw growth rates second only to those of | , while ranking first in Europe in terms of GDP growth. It is indicative t ... |
East Timor | ... (Angola, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé e Príncipe), and | and Macau in Asia and is the second most spoken Romance language |
Pakistan | In | , judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts are addressed as 'Your L ... |
France | In | , among other orders are the Légion d'Honneur, the Ordre National du Mérit ... |
Romania | ... reece in the 9th century and the role of the church and administration) and | where slavic people were more transient and unable to upset the more numer ... |
Scotland | ... ities in the UK. 346 of these are in England, 26 in Northern Ireland, 32 in | and 22 are in Wales |
Cambodia | ... cause of several years of border conflict and the flood of refugees fleeing | , relations between Cambodia and Vietnam collapsed. Pol Pot, fearing a Vie ... |
Cuba | ... ed along the Caribbean coasts on the islands of Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and | , and since the early 16th century, extended into the interiors of both No ... |
South Africa | ... ion which provides daily meals to students of township schools in Soweto of | |
Russia | ... claimed at least nine emergency calls were made to police while on the bus. | 's officials are similarly adverse to Pride Parades. Mayor of Moscow Yury ... |
North Korea | ... lary forces until the outbreak of the Korean War. It was heavily damaged by | n and Chinese attacks and in the beginning relied almost entirely on Ameri ... |
England | The most complex system is in | , the result of numerous reforms and reorganisation over the centuries |
Prussia | ... . 1804 Steinfurt was reunited with Bentheim, before it became a part of the | n province of Westphalia in 1815. The new government in 1816 created the d ... |
Pakistan | ... her Hindu; sometimes referred to as Two Nation Theory. Although the idea of | had been introduced as early as 1930, very few had responded to it. Howeve ... |
Swiss Confederation | ... aty of Basel (1499) ended the Swabian War. Two years later Basel joined the | . The Peace of Basel in 1795 between the French Republic and Prussia and S ... |
French | Marie-José Pérec (born 9 May 1968 Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe) is a | track and field athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 meters, and a trip ... |
Low Countries | ... ty housing a Hanseatic warehouse. To organise and control its export to the | , Great Yarmouth, as the port for Norwich, was designated one of the stapl ... |
Sri Lanka | In | , judges of all courts are addressed as "Your Honour", however the Chief J ... |
Assyria | ... riefe (1870), on the Moabite Stone, Die Inschrift des Mescha (1870), and on | n, Sprache und Sprachen Assyriens (1871), besides revising the commentary ... |
Mexican | ... The vast majority of the decline happened after the Spanish period, in the | and U.S. periods of Californian history (1821–1910), with the most dramati ... |
Soviet Union | ... ng private armies to counter the perceived threat from trade unions and the | . They believed that the Labour Party, which is partly funded by affiliate ... |
India | In | , judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts are addressed as 'Your L ... |
Soviet Union | ... a political system including satire is suppressed. A typical example is the | where the dissidents, such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Andrei Sakharov w ... |
Poland | ... rsity; Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt; Jagiellonian University in Kraków, | ; Humboldt University in the former East Berlin; and many other universiti ... |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... n Republic, Chad, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Colombia, Comoros, | , Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, ... |
Brazil | ... r of 2010 in favor a second leg of her Mi Plan Tour. To promote the tour in | , on March 24, 2010, Furtado made a "VIP Pocket Show" in reality show prog ... |
Iran | ... was brought to its present location in a series of migrations from northern | region of Caspian Sea. Rakshani is the major dialect group in terms of num ... |
Dutch | ... weeks battling malaria and aborigines before returning to Macau on a raft. | traders in search of an Asian base first arrived on the island in 1623 to ... |
Angola | ... pulation of South America that resides in Brazil), five African countries ( | , Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé e Príncipe), and East ... |
Netherlands | ... or do exist. Ridder, Dutch for "knight", is a hereditary noble title in the | and Belgium. It is the lowest title within the nobility system and ranks b ... |
Gabon | ... ntil June 2001, following the diplomatic intervention of the governments of | and Congo Brazzaville |
Malta | ... tructed from it that it is nicknamed the 'Limestone City'. On the island of | , a variety of limestone called Globigerina limestone was, for a long time ... |
Japan | ... ion was on June 27, 1994, when Aum Shinrikyo, an apocalyptic group based in | that believed it necessary to destroy the planet, released sarin gas in Ma ... |
Singapore | | has a growing stand-up comedy scene with several active venues although th ... |
Russia | ... on was used in December 1991 to effectively dissolve the Soviet Union, when | , Ukraine, and Belarus seceded from the Union |
Iraq | In post-Saddam | , the Shiite-dominated government used death squads to perform extrajudici ... |
United Kingdom | Although its defence is the responsibility of the | , the Bailiwick of Guernsey is not part of the UK; and while it participat ... |
India | ... or financial and commercial hub of Kerala. It flexes its economic muscle in | as the headquarters of three major scheduled banks, South Indian Bank Ltd, ... |
Guatemala | Efraín Ríos Montt utilized this method in the | n highlands in 1982-3, resulting in the death of approximately 10,000 indi ... |
Mexico | It was in | on 30 April 1863 that the foreign legion earned its legendary status. A co ... |
Ukraine | ... sed in December 1991 to effectively dissolve the Soviet Union, when Russia, | , and Belarus seceded from the Union |
Switzerland | ... ruyère (, or ) is a hard yellow cheese, named after the town of Gruyères in | , and originated in the cantons of Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Jura, and Be ... |
New Zealand | Early explorers and European settlers noted that the | forest had a loud dawn chorus. This is no longer the case due to extensive ... |
East Timor | ... this method in their Timor-Leste Scorched Earth campaign around the time of | 's referendum for independence in 1999 |
Dominican Republic | The | maintains a consular office in the city. The city of Zaragoza, Spain, is a ... |
Germany | The River Moselle forms a 42 km natural border between Luxembourg and | in the south-east of the country. Especially in the summer months, the Mar ... |
Northern Ireland | | is divided into 26 districts. Local government in Northern Ireland does no ... |
Soviet Union | ... most Easterners, determination, and use of limited resources. The British, | , and U.S. support (especially militarily) of the Nigerian government play ... |
Canada | | has a federal system with three orders of government. The largest is the f ... |
Serbia | ... night. In Turkey, Oz was aired on Cine5; DiziMax also aired the re-runs. In | , Oz aired on RTV BK Telecom. In Panama, Oz aired on RPCTV Channel 4 in a ... |
Republic of the Congo | ... e's Republic of China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, | , Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Re ... |
Vietnam | In 1971 the colors of the 1st Cavalry Division came to Fort Hood from | , resulting in the reflagging of the 1st Armored Division, the colors of w ... |
Carantania | ... confederation, the second attempt to establish such a Slavonic union after | in Carinthia |
Britain | ... (1890). Around 1900, A. P. Strohmenger released a coated metal electrode in | , which gave a more stable arc. In 1905 Russian scientist Vladimir Mitkevi ... |
Scotland | Local government in | is arranged on the lines of unitary authorities, with the nation divided i ... |
Mozambique | ... sides in Brazil), five African countries (Angola, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, | and São Tomé e Príncipe), and East Timor and Macau in Asia and is the seco ... |
Normandy | ... e 1994, in recognition of the aircraft and crew's role in the liberation of | , a Typhoon Memorial at Noyers Bocage was dedicated by Major M. Roland Heu ... |
Belgium | Philip was born in Bruges, in the County of Flanders (today in | ) and was named after his great-grandfather, Philip the Good. In 1482, upo ... |
Germany | ... urkish. He toured with his band Les Mistigris (not related to Mistigris) in | , Belgium, France and Turkey until 1967 |
Sudan | ... during the East African Campaign, Haile Selassie crossed the border between | and Ethiopia near the village of Um Iddla. The standard of the Lion of Jud ... |
Roman Empire | ... imes. Boys were taught music from the age of six. Later influences from the | , Middle East and the Byzantine Empire had also effect on Greek music |
Kingdom of England | ... h North and South America. In 1497, sailing from the north on behalf of the | , John Cabot landed on the North American coast, and a year later, Columbu ... |
French | Gabriel Naudé (2 February 1600 – 10 July 1653) was a | librarian and scholar. He was a prolific writer who produced works on many ... |
Pakistan | ... s the Hellenistic city of Ai-Khanoum and the excavation of Sirkap in modern | ), have been pointing to rich Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek civilizations ... |
Belgium | ... der, Dutch for "knight", is a hereditary noble title in the Netherlands and | . It is the lowest title within the nobility system and ranks below that o ... |
Uttar Pradesh | ... of 20th century, with groups arising in Bengal, Maharastra, Orissa, Bihar, | , Punjab, and the then Madras Presidency including what is now called Sout ... |
Sri Lanka | ... have toured Pakistan since March 2009, when militants attacked the touring | n cricket team |
Spain | ... ck to Nacogdoches. Later that summer, Nacogdoches received designation from | as a pueblo, or town, thereby making it the first "town" in Texas. Y'Barbo ... |
Canada | ... ating international competition, featuring clubs from the United States and | .The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), an international ice hockey league i ... |
Soviet | ... ng project intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. It was the third | human spaceflight programme after the Vostok and Voskhod programme |
Mexico | | is a Federal Republic made up by 31 states and a federal district. Each st ... |
People's Republic of China | ... a, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, the | , Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Con ... |
Malaysia | ... BK Telecom. In Panama, Oz aired on RPCTV Channel 4 in a late-night hour. In | , full episodes of Oz aired late at night on ntv7, while the censored vers ... |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | ... with borders on the sea (clockwise from north) include: South Korea, Japan, | and the People's Republic of China |
Italy | In | the presiding judge of a court is addressed as well to as "Mr./Mrs. Presid ... |
Crown of Castile | ... Philip IV) from his mother, Mary of Burgundy, and briefly succeeded to the | as the husband of Queen Joanna of Castile, who was also heiress-presumptiv ... |
Japan | Within | ese traditions, there is a widespread forklore that homosexuality was "inv ... |
Canada | ... entury, there are now over 158,000 llamas and 100,000 alpacas in the US and | |
Burma | ... derives from the sacred white elephants kept by Southeast Asian monarchs in | , Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. To possess a white elephant was regarded (a ... |
St. Lucia | ... ivia and the Caribbean; specifically Grenada, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago, | , St. Vincent, and Útila. They have been introduced to Grand Cayman, Puert ... |
Greenland | The ancient Norse rulers of | were called paramount chieftains |
New Zealand | ... ies was the third adaption of the format following both an Australian and a | version. In August and September of the same year, over 4,300 hopefuls tur ... |
Iraq | ... here is no doubt that our armed forces will prevail. We will win a war with | decisively, and, God willing, we will win it quickly. But what happens aft ... |
Netherlands | In the | , presiding judges of either sex during trial are addressed edelachtbare ( ... |
Roman Republic | ... ng with all the other Italic tribes, losing, and being assimilated into the | |
Mexico | ... the top or through the door) and having both feet touch the arena floor. In | , steel cage matches are won by just climbing to the top of the cage wall. ... |
Somalia | ... r member of the United Nations. In 1948, the Ogaden, a region disputed with | , was granted to Ethiopia. On 2 December 1950, the UN General Assembly ado ... |
Livonia | ... nd's and Lithuania's territorial expansion included the far north region of | |
Thailand | ... from the sacred white elephants kept by Southeast Asian monarchs in Burma, | , Laos and Cambodia. To possess a white elephant was regarded (and is stil ... |
Equatorial Guinea | ... nglish and Jamaican Patois are spoken.), and it is the official language of | in Africa and is the most spoken Romance language in the world |
Prussia | ... that Paris would soon fall into German hands (as in 1870 during war against | and at the beginning of World War I). The French capital was soon moved ag ... |
France | ... anted vibration. Previously, most harps were imported to North America from | , England, Ireland, or Italy by smaller groups of craftsmen |
Greece | Mount Parnassus, also Parnassos , is a mountain of limestone in central | that towers above Delphi, north of the Gulf of Corinth, and offers scenic ... |
Soviet Union | ... elich, who played on the 1980 U.S. Olympic team that memorably defeated the | (depicted in the movie Miracle about the Miracle on Ice) and Finland en ro ... |
Alsace-Lorraine | ... Sam Marx (called "Frenchie" throughout his life because of his birthplace, | ). Minnie's brother was Al Schoenberg, who shortened his name to Al Shean ... |
Russia | ... y-Poland, the Dutch Republic, Spain, Venice, States of the Church, Prussia, | , Denmark, Savoy-Sardinia, Bavaria, and the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire ... |
Second Spanish Republic | ... and culture were crushed to an unprecedented degree after the defeat of the | (founded 1931) in the Spanish Civil War (1936–39) brought General Francisc ... |
Poland | In | , presiding judges of either sex during trial are addressed Wysoki Sądzie ... |
Qatar | ... pen up to 120 stores in five years across the Persian Gulf region including | , Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait |
Brazil | Portuguese is the official language of | (reaching almost 190 million, it is the language spoken by half of populat ... |
Afghanistan | ... me Vedic scholars (e.g. Kochhar 1999) believe the Helmand River of southern | corresponds to the Sarasvati River |
Western Empire | ... was broadened to include high council officials, and after the fall of the | it remained a high honorary title in the Byzantine Empire. Medieval patric ... |
England | ... bration. Previously, most harps were imported to North America from France, | , Ireland, or Italy by smaller groups of craftsmen |
Venezuela | ... ns and Native Americans. The day was first celebrated in Argentina in 1917, | and Colombia in 1921, Chile in 1922, and Mexico in 1928. The day was also ... |
Germany | County of Bentheim is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, | . It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the Dutch provinces of Ov ... |
France | ... and a year later, Columbus's third voyage reached the South American coast. | founded colonies in much of eastern North America, on a number of Caribbea ... |
Bahrain | ... to 120 stores in five years across the Persian Gulf region including Qatar, | , Oman and Kuwait |
Uganda | In 1969, he moved to | where he worked as Provincial Training Advisor to Eric Sabiti, the first A ... |
Colombia | ... Americans. The day was first celebrated in Argentina in 1917, Venezuela and | in 1921, Chile in 1922, and Mexico in 1928. The day was also celebrated un ... |
Laos | ... sacred white elephants kept by Southeast Asian monarchs in Burma, Thailand, | and Cambodia. To possess a white elephant was regarded (and is still regar ... |
England | Offices of state grew in | , and later the United Kingdom, piecemeal. Initially, as in other countrie ... |
Panama | ... ; DiziMax also aired the re-runs. In Serbia, Oz aired on RTV BK Telecom. In | , Oz aired on RPCTV Channel 4 in a late-night hour. In Malaysia, full epis ... |
Bulgaria | In | before 1989 during the communist regime judges were addressed as "другарю" ... |
France | In | , the presiding judge of a court is addressed as "Mr./Mrs. President" (Mon ... |
Soviet | ... Korean Army has roughly 1,600–1,700 aircraft, but mostly obsolete types of | and Chinese origin |
Russia | ... k natural gas pipelines in Luxembourg have a total length of 155 km (2007). | and Norway are the main producers. The Luxembourg network is connected to ... |
Thailand | In | , traditional accounts propose that "homosexuality arises as a karmic cons ... |
Dominican Republic | ... the Goat, based on the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, takes place in the | ; in preparation for this novel, Vargas Llosa undertook a comprehensive st ... |
Soviet | Despite its location in the | occupation (the Deutsche Demokratische Republik), in 1956 Dresden entered ... |
Eritrea | ... Sebat Bet, and 0.8% Sodo), Tigray 7.64%, Silt'e 3.98%, and foreigners from | 1.33%. Languages spoken included Amharic (72.6%), Oromiffa (10.0%), Gurage ... |
South Africa | ... by Tony Jay, for the 1st six months and Dennis Folbigge for the remainder. | did not have national television until 1976. The episodes were adapted fro ... |
Prussia | ... ns one of the most popular Russian monarchs due to her strong opposition to | n policies and her abstinence from executing a single person during her re ... |
Norway | Russia and | are the main producers. The Luxembourg network is connected to Germany, Fr ... |
Colombia | ... rde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, the People's Republic of China, | , Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook I ... |
Second French Empire | ... l Army that capitulated at Sedan. With the defeat of the Imperial Army, the | fell and the Third Republic was created |
Cambodia | ... ite elephants kept by Southeast Asian monarchs in Burma, Thailand, Laos and | . To possess a white elephant was regarded (and is still regarded in Thail ... |
Haiti | ... al America, the islands of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean (except in | where the official languages are French and Haitian Kreyol, a French creol ... |
Egypt | ... ea. Meletius, it was decided, should remain in his own city of Lycopolis in | , but without exercising authority or the power to ordain new clergy; he w ... |
Germany | In | as "Mr./Mrs. Chairman" (Herr Vorsitzender/Frau Vorsitzende) |
Western Sahara | | has no freight or passenger service railways, with the exception of a sect ... |
Germany | ... a and Norway are the main producers. The Luxembourg network is connected to | , France and Belgium |
Austria | The German and | n equivalent of an hereditary knight is a Ritter. This designation is used ... |
Soviet Union | ... meaning "Union") is a human spaceflight programme that was initiated by the | in the early 1960s, originally part of a Moon landing project intended to ... |
Russian Empire | ... at war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the | and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operat ... |
Chile | ... was first celebrated in Argentina in 1917, Venezuela and Colombia in 1921, | in 1922, and Mexico in 1928. The day was also celebrated under this title ... |
Greece | Gruyère cheeses are very popular in | , where the local varieties are known as γραβιέρα (graviéra). Some Greek g ... |
Canada | ... a Resolution" reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart and the top 30 in | . The music video was premiered on Much More Music, Black Entertainment Te ... |
United Kingdom | As with English around the world, the English language as used in the | and the Republic of Ireland is governed by convention rather than formal c ... |
English | Praise-God Barebone (c. 1598–1679) was an | leather-seller, preacher and Fifth Monarchist. He is best known for giving ... |
Italy | ... most harps were imported to North America from France, England, Ireland, or | by smaller groups of craftsmen |
Finland | ... e Soviet Union (depicted in the movie Miracle about the Miracle on Ice) and | en route to a gold medal. Eveleth also has the world's largest authentic h ... |
Pakistan | ... ometimes spelled Seraiki and Siraiki, is a standardized written language of | belonging to the Indo-Aryan (Indic) languages. It is spoken by the Saraiki ... |
India | ... . John, a doctor, became Chief Inspector of East India Company hospitals in | . William, father of William Ewart, was business partner of Sir John Glads ... |
Morocco | ... but the carriers at the airport connects only to regional destinations (to | or the Canary Islands) |
Mexico | ... and across: most of present day Central America, the Caribbean islands, and | ; much of the rest of North America including the Southwestern, Southern c ... |
France | ... way are the main producers. The Luxembourg network is connected to Germany, | and Belgium |
Bulgaria | Greece has the EU's second worst Corruption Perceptions Index after | , ranking 80th in the world, and lowest Index of Economic Freedom and Glob ... |
Japan | ... d as gunboats against enemy small craft, such as armored barges used by the | ese forces for inter-island transport |
Mexico | ... ed in Argentina in 1917, Venezuela and Colombia in 1921, Chile in 1922, and | in 1928. The day was also celebrated under this title in Spain until 1957, ... |
Belgium | ... main producers. The Luxembourg network is connected to Germany, France and | |
Iraq | In early 2007 multiple terrorist bombings have been reported in | using chlorine gas. These attacks have wounded or sickened more than 350 p ... |
Oman | ... ores in five years across the Persian Gulf region including Qatar, Bahrain, | and Kuwait |
Brazil | ... 96 index of Jamaican plants. The plant was introduced to Indonesia in 1750, | in 1809, the Levant in 1908, and South Africa and Australia in the late 19 ... |
Russian Empire | ... ry beauty and vivacity. She was commonly known as the leading beauty of the | |
Norway | Johann Olav Koss was born in Drammen, Buskerud County, | . Johann Olav Koss became the Norwegian Junior Champion in 1987, but he co ... |
Sicily | ... ade and conquest into Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and even Sardinia and | |
Czechoslovakia | ... s experienced assimilation schemes and restrictions on cultural freedom. In | , they were labeled a "socially degraded stratum," and Romani women were s ... |
Netherlands | The | has three tiers of government. There are two levels of local government in ... |
Slovenia | ... he show aired on premium channel Canal+. In Estonia, as well as Croatia and | , the show was aired late at night on public, non-commercial, state-owned ... |
Netherlands | ... here as a flag of convenience: Belgium 7, Denmark 1, France 17, Germany 5, | 2, United Kingdom 8, United States 4 (2008 est. |
Austria | Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862– February 6, 1918) was an | n Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Se ... |
Ethiopia | ... ng used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority) is the capital city of | . (In Ethiopian languages: Amharic, Addis Abäba "new flower"; Oromo, Finfi ... |
Sweden | ... ensive discussion of chess. By the 17th Century, tables games had spread to | . A wooden board and checkers were recovered from the wreck of the Vasa am ... |
Russia | In 1871, existence of gallium was first predicted by | n chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, who named it "eka-aluminium" on the basis of i ... |
Kingdom of Bohemia | ... g Moravia and Czech Silesia, especially in historical contexts, such as the | |
Croatia | ... In Spain, the show aired on premium channel Canal+. In Estonia, as well as | and Slovenia, the show was aired late at night on public, non-commercial, ... |
Eritrea | ... ities in North, South America, Australia, and African countries like Libya, | and Somalia. Romania did not establish a colonial empire, but the language ... |
Ukraine | ... ons.The Professional Hockey League (PHL) is the sole professional league in | and successor to the nation's Ukrainian Hockey Championship. The history o ... |
Costa Rica | ... ros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, | , Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People' ... |
French | ... elephone communication with most countries in the world; 1 earth station in | domestic satellite syste |
Denmark | ... me foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belgium 7, | 1, France 17, Germany 5, Netherlands 2, United Kingdom 8, United States 4 ... |
Austria | ... Great, and had given the new Bavarian Eastern March, subsequently known as | , to Leopold, count of Babenberg. The revolt soon failed, but Henry, who o ... |
Northern Ireland | ... administratively separate civil services in the United Kingdom. One is for | (the Northern Ireland Civil Service); the other is the foreign service (He ... |
Madagascar | ... ccurs in trace amounts in many minerals. Rare minerals from Scandinavia and | such as thortveitite, euxenite, and gadolinite are the only known concentr ... |
French | ... alliances and violent conflict between European empires (English, Spanish, | ) and the Native people living in North America. The exhibition was presen ... |
New Zealand | ... hop of Canterbury to China and had responsibility for travels to Australia, | , Burma, the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and South Africa |
Greece | The economy of | is the 32nd or 37th largest in the world at $312 or $309 billion by nomina ... |
Luxembourg | ... erman king as Henry II in 1002, gave Bavaria to his brother-in-law Henry of | , after whose death in 1026 it passed successively to Henry, afterwards Em ... |
Burma | ... bury to China and had responsibility for travels to Australia, New Zealand, | , the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and South Africa |
Venezuela | Between 1921 and 2002, | celebrated Día de la Raza along with many other Latin American nations. Th ... |
Somalia | ... n Gulf area. From December 1992 to May 1993, Fort Hood soldiers deployed to | for Operation Restore Hope to command and control the Joint Task Force Sup ... |
Montferrat | ... egions of Europe sent substantial contingents as well, such as Flanders and | . Other notable groups came from the Holy Roman Empire, including the men ... |
Ukraine | Registered in other countries: | |
Singapore | ... involvement, the United World College of South East Asia was established in | in 1971, followed by the United World College of the Pacific (now known as ... |
Malaysia | | in 2009 revitalized the local comedy scene with the introduction of 2 regu ... |
Afghanistan | ... in the East. By the 1890s it had extended its realm across Central Asia to | , absorbing local states in the process. The Russian Empire stretched from ... |
Italy | ... was being looked after by only 8 men. In the 1920s Jack Tremayne's love of | , which had earlier inspired the Italian Garden, led him to set up permane ... |
Afghanistan | ... tacks of 2001 on the United States, which prompted military intervention in | , which Canada also participated in. Canada and Mexico did not support the ... |
India | ... welding." Welding was used in the construction of the iron pillar in Delhi, | , erected about 310 AD and weighing 5.4 metric tons |
United Kingdom | ... of convenience: Belgium 7, Denmark 1, France 17, Germany 5, Netherlands 2, | 8, United States 4 (2008 est. |
Poland | ... Republic's 10.3 million inhabitants. It is bordered by Germany to the west, | to the northeast, the historical region of Moravia to the east, and Austri ... |
Russia | It was long thought that Saluki type sighthounds were originally brought to | from Byzantium in the South about the 9th and 10th centuries and again lat ... |
Portugal | ... snia and Herzegovina, it was aired on the federal TV station called FTV. In | , Oz aired late at night on SIC Radical, one of the SIC channels in the ca ... |
India | ... including what is now called South India. More groups were scattered around | . Particularly notable movements arose in Bengal, especially around the Pa ... |
Libya | ... communities in North, South America, Australia, and African countries like | , Eritrea and Somalia. Romania did not establish a colonial empire, but th ... |
Canada | ... Bald Eagle's natural range covers most of North America, including most of | , all of the continental United States, and northern Mexico. It is the onl ... |
Côte d'Ivoire | ... tic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, | , Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of K ... |
Dutch | ... ed by unknown peoples, then by Austronesian people. It was colonized by the | in the 17th century, followed by an influx of Han Chinese including Hakka ... |
Brazil | ... ibbean. The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern | and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean Islands especially i ... |
Second French Empire | ... mained an important part of the French Army, surviving three Republics, The | , two World Wars, the rise and fall of mass conscript armies, the dismantl ... |
England | ... Great Britain. The league is served by teams from all of the home nations: | , Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.The Asia League Ice Hockey, an inte ... |
Austria | ... Poland to the northeast, the historical region of Moravia to the east, and | to the south. Bohemia's borders are marked with mountain ranges such as th ... |
Slovenia | ... n by the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation on its vehicle project in | and howitzer project in Egypt. The company's former CEO Jorma Wiitakorpi r ... |
Estonia | ... service channel DR1. In Spain, the show aired on premium channel Canal+. In | , as well as Croatia and Slovenia, the show was aired late at night on pub ... |
Cameroon | ... re over of land; the land borders were shared with Nigeria to the north and | to the east. Its coast was on the Gulf of Guinea in the south |
Canada | ... nlea (ah-von-LEE) is a fictional community located on Prince Edward Island, | , and is the setting of Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables, ... |
Chinese Nationalist government | ... ng behind enemy lines, the Air Medal, and the Yuan Hai Medal awarded by the | . He was discharged from the Army Air Forces in March 1946 |
Canada | ... to be used as a staging point for aircraft being ferried from factories in | and the United States to the war in North Africa. At the end of the war th ... |
Italy | ... (; ; ) were an Italic tribe that lived in the central Appennines of ancient | , also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. Th ... |
Norway | ... ic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and | were seeking to replace their F-104G fighter-bombers. In early 1974, they ... |
German | ... ignificant impact at the strategic level. This concept was pioneered by the | army prior to and during the Second World War. At this level planning and ... |
Italian | Giulio Alberoni (30 May 1664 OS – 26 June NS 1752) was an | cardinal an |
Brazil | In April 2008, in | , IMC and Brad Will received the Medalha Chico Mendes de Resistência (Chic ... |
Canada | ... onsibility for travels to Australia, New Zealand, Burma, the United States, | , the Caribbean, and South Africa |
Sweden | In | the presiding judge of a court is normally addressed as (sometimes Mr./Mrs ... |
Nigeria | ... ed in Biafra's borders were over of land; the land borders were shared with | to the north and Cameroon to the east. Its coast was on the Gulf of Guinea ... |
Egypt | ... of Investigation on its vehicle project in Slovenia and howitzer project in | . The company's former CEO Jorma Wiitakorpi resigned on August 18, 2008, w ... |
Switzerland | ... ther and a German father, she grew up in Sweden, and has been a resident of | since 1986 |
Indonesia | ... Hans Sloane in a 1696 index of Jamaican plants. The plant was introduced to | in 1750, Brazil in 1809, the Levant in 1908, and South Africa and Australi ... |
Paraguay | ... green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and | as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean Islands especially in Puerto Rico ... |
French | ... Crossing", it was renamed in 1870 in honor of Colonel Claudius Crozet, the | -born civil engineer who directed the construction of the Blue Ridge Tunne ... |
Mexico | ... ncluding most of Canada, all of the continental United States, and northern | . It is the only sea eagle endemic to North America. Occupying varied habi ... |
Netherlands | ... rom firms in many countries, including the United States, West Germany, the | , the United Kingdom, and France |
Iran | In 1980, Waite successfully negotiated the release of several hostages in | : the Rev. Iraj Mottahedeh (Anglican priest in Esfahan), Dimitri Bellos (d ... |
Greenland | ... ite of a Norse or Viking village in Canada, and in North America outside of | . L'Anse aux Meadows remains the only widely accepted instance of pre-Colu ... |
Afghanistan | ... identity of the early Rigvedic Sarasvati River include the Helmand River in | , separated from the watershed of the Indus by the Sanglakh Range. The Hel ... |
People's Republic of Bulgaria | The leader of the | , Todor Zhivkov suggested in the early 1960s, that the country should beco ... |
Canada | ... lfville is a small town in the Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, | , located about northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. As of 2011, ... |
Hungary | ... they were pelted by eggs and shouted at by protesters who had been waiting. | , on the other hand, has tried to afford the best protection they can to m ... |
South Africa | ... ustralia, New Zealand, Burma, the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and | |
Sri Lanka | ... e batting and attack as a tactic by Arjuna Ranatunga who was the captain of | in the mid to late 90s. The gamble had seemed to pay-off and Jayasuriya ne ... |
Austria | ... hrough came in 1990, winning the World Allround Championships in Innsbruck, | . The following four years, he would win two more world titles (1991 and 1 ... |
Iceland | ... g. Tables games were played in Germany in the 12th century, and had reached | by the 13th century. In Spain, the Alfonso X manuscript Libro de los juego ... |
Chile | ... assins continues today, with Russia, Israel, the U.S., Argentina, Paraguay, | , and other nations accused of still regularly engaging in such operations ... |
Spanish | ... as of Fujian and Guangdong of mainland China, across the Taiwan Strait. The | also built a settlement in the north for a brief period, but were driven o ... |
Vanuatu | ... wealth, and 48 by foreign states. The inhabitants of some small villages in | also worship Prince Philip as a god; the islanders possess portraits of th ... |
Kingdom of Navarre | ... und the Reconquista. In that year, he recuperated part of La Rioja from the | |
Tunisia | ... ts turned out to be stolen and their nationality was later determined to be | n. Waiting for almost three weeks (during which they also interviewed Burh ... |
France | ... g the United States, West Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and | |
Republic's | ... the Umbilicus Urbis and the Vulcanal (Shrine of Vulcan), developed into the | formal Comitium (assembly area). This is where the Senate—as well as Repub ... |
India | ... i and Jugantar opened several branches throughout Bengal and other parts of | and recruited young men and women to participate in the revolutionary acti ... |
Canadian | ... Canadian Air Farce, and Air Farce—Final Flight! for the final season, was a | comedy series starring the comedy troupe The Royal Canadian Air Farce that ... |
United Kingdom | ... countries, including the United States, West Germany, the Netherlands, the | , and France |
Canadian | ... nd a member of the International Olympic Committee (until 2002). He married | businessperson and politician Belinda Stronach on 31 December 1999, but th ... |
Libya | ... f discussion, on June 19, there were only two left: Theonas of Marmarica in | , and Secundus of Ptolemais. Maris of Chalcedon, who initially supported A ... |
Carthaginians | ... and Syracuse, its democracy was overthrown when the city was sacked by the | in 406 BC. Akragas never fully recovered its former status, though it revi ... |
Moldavia | ... the newcomers. The Romani were enslaved for five centuries in Wallachia and | , until abolition in 1856 |
France | ... element "gallia", from Latin Gallia meaning gaul, after his native land of | . It was later claimed that, in one of those multilingual puns so beloved ... |
Saint Helena | | has — paved and unpaved — of roads. The only major harbour is James Bay at ... |
Norway | | 's regional administration is organised in 19 counties (fylke), with 18 of ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... he joint forces participating in Operation Desert Shield. The deployment to | began in September, extending into mid-October |
Germany | ... nfurt is a Kreis (district) in the northern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, | . Neighboring districts are Bentheim, Emsland, district-free Osnabrück and ... |
United Kingdom | ... been investigated by Scotland Yard, and Sizzla was barred from entering the | in 2004 while being investigated for promoting murder through his music |
Burma | The sixteenth century witnessed the rise of | which, under an aggressive dynasty, had overrun Chiang Mai and Laos and ma ... |
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic | ... nal control of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, located in Moscow within the | |
Costa Rica | Since 1994, | had changed the official holiday from Día de la Raza to Día de las Cultura ... |
Sweden | ... s Sigismund III and Władysław IV. The Commonwealth fought wars with Russia, | and the Ottoman Empire and dealt with a series of Cossack uprisings. Allie ... |
Gabon | ... General Ojukwu. By the spring of 1969, Biafra had assembled five MFI-9Bs in | , calling them "Biafra Babies". They were coloured green, were able to car ... |
Spain | Since 1987, | has celebrated the anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas as it ... |
Italian East Africa | ... ddis Ababa during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, making it the capital of | from 1936 to 1941. After the Italian army in Ethiopia was defeated by the ... |
Canadian | ... Wiccan from southern Australia may celebrate Beltane on 1 November, when a | Wiccan is celebrating Samhain. The appropriate set of festivals for an Equ ... |
Colombia | ... rug smugglers due to its location on the Caribbean Sea and its proximity to | and Venezuela. From there packages are then transported to the United Stat ... |
British | LORAN was an American development, advancing the technology of the | GEE radio navigation system that was used early in World War II. While GEE ... |
Libya | ... ination attempt himself) ordered the Operation El Dorado Canyon air raid on | in which one of the primary targets was the home residence of Libyan ruler ... |
Japan | Obake karuta is a | ese card game. The game was created in the Edo period and remained popular ... |
Italy | ... plates dating to the 4th century BC and onward, found at Thurii in Southern | and elsewhere throughout the Greek world. There were rivers of Lethe and M ... |
Scotland | ... von Water, also known locally as the River Avon, is a 24-mile-long river in | , and a tributary of the River Clyde |
Macau | ... erde, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé e Príncipe), and East Timor and | in Asia and is the second most spoken Romance language |
Canada | ... wholly within the borders of the United States; the others are shared with | . It has a surface area of , making it the largest lake entirely within on ... |
Norway | Johann Olav Koss (born 29 October 1968) is a former speed skater from | , considered to be one of the best in history, and current assistant coach ... |
Russian Empire | ... oss Central Asia to Afghanistan, absorbing local states in the process. The | stretched from Poland in the west to the Kamchatka peninsula in the East. ... |
Spain | ... ermany in the 12th century, and had reached Iceland by the 13th century. In | , the Alfonso X manuscript Libro de los juegos, completed in 1283, describ ... |
Egypt | ... termined around 240 BC by Eratosthenes. Eratosthenes knew that in Syene, in | , the Sun was directly overhead at the summer solstice, while he estimated ... |
Soviet Union | ... modified along the way until October 1977, the political foundation of the | was formed by the Soviets (Councils) of People's Deputies. These existed a ... |
Czech Republic | ... wo-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary | with its capital in Prague. In a broader meaning, it often refers to the e ... |
Vietnam | Both scripts have fallen out of common usage in modern | , and only a few scholars and some extremely elderly people are able to re ... |
South Africa | ... as introduced to Indonesia in 1750, Brazil in 1809, the Levant in 1908, and | and Australia in the late 19th century |
Cook Islands | ... Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, | , Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democr ... |
Italy | Although | also had some colonial possessions, its language did not remain official a ... |
Russia | ... e largest lake entirely within one country by surface area (Lake Baikal, in | , is larger by water volume), and the fifth largest lake in the world. It ... |
United Kingdom | In general use, the term civil servant in the | does not include all public sector employees; although there is no fixed l ... |
Iceland | ... g Debenhams, Wilkinson, Primark, H&M and supermarkets Tesco, Sainsburys and | . To the north of the City Centre is the Victory Retail Park. Portsmouth a ... |
Philippines | In the | , the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr. triggered the eventual downfall ... |
United Kingdom | ... ystem of local government is different in each of the four countries of the | . In total there are 426 local authorities in the UK. 346 of these are in ... |
France | ... e at night on SIC Radical, one of the SIC channels in the cable network. In | , the show aired on commercial cable channel 'Serie Club,' also late at ni ... |
Scotland | ... The league is served by teams from all of the home nations: England, Wales, | and Northern Ireland.The Asia League Ice Hockey, an international ice hock ... |
Venezuela | ... due to its location on the Caribbean Sea and its proximity to Colombia and | . From there packages are then transported to the United States by various ... |
British | ... ered his III Battalion to cross the canal and take the height beyond, where | artillery observers were putting the regiment at risk. They assaulted the ... |
Northern Ireland | The judicial system of | is very similar to that of England and Wales, and superior court judges ar ... |
Italy | ... e duchy temporarily grew with the addition of certain adjacent districts in | |
Normandy | ... , ), is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of | |
Greek | Akragas grew rapidly, becoming one of the richest and most famous of the | colonies of Magna Graecia. It came to prominence under the 6th-century tyr ... |
Haiti | ... an's inspirational song "Wavin' Flag" to raise money for the victims of the | Earthquake. Furtado was honoured with a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in O ... |
Roman Empire | With the rest of Hispania, it was part of the | , then came under Visigothic rule after Rome's collapse. The northernmost ... |
Assyria | Lydia ( | n: Luddu; ) was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generall ... |
Sweden | | is divided into counties (län) which in turn are divided into municipaliti ... |
Vietnam | ... , India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the South East Asian countries of Singapore, | , Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, and Indonesia. Sometimes info ... |
Egypt | ... myra. Zenobia had carved out her own empire, encompassing Syria, Palestine, | and large parts of Asia Minor. The Egyptian queen cut off Rome's shipments ... |
Denmark | Iceland has an ongoing dispute with | (on behalf of the Faroe Islands) on the one hand and with the UK and Irela ... |
Swiss | ... ini was captured on April 27, 1945, by communist Italian partisans near the | border as he tried to escape Italy. On the next day, he was executed for h ... |
Zimbabwe | ... nly difference between the 2006 games and the 2002 games was the absence of | , which withdrew from the |
Bangladesh | ... from the Commonwealth Games village: Tanzanian boxer Omari Idd Kimweri and | i runner Mohammad Tawhidul Islam |
imperial Rome | ... complex of the Vestal Virgins, all of which were rebuilt after the rise of | |
Syria | ... majority of delegates, particularly those of Asia Minor, Georgia, Armenia, | , Palestine, Egypt, Greece, and Thrace |
Honduras | ... 25 to 30%) of Hispanic groups from other countries (in order): El Salvador, | , Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia and Ecuador. The Mexican American presenc ... |
Thailand | ... Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the South East Asian countries of Singapore, Vietnam, | , Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, and Indonesia. Sometimes informally cal ... |
UK | ... evagissey in Cornwall, are one of the most popular botanical gardens in the | . The style of the gardens is typical of the nineteenth century Gardenesqu ... |
Macau | ... etail stores in England, France, Ukraine, Russia, Japan, Taipei, Hong Kong, | , Dubai and the United States |
Castile | ... displaced by a faction of nobles. Shortly after his succession, he went to | , where he took a wife, presumably the Paterna who was his widow (not Pate ... |
Morocco | ... only in a few areas of the world, particularly in southern Spain, Portugal, | , Crete, the Levant, South Africa, Colombia, Peru, parts of central and no ... |
Luxembourg | ... is a township in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. It is named for | , whence many of its earliest settlers came. The population was 637 at the ... |
Jordan | ... 9 and 1967) and the West Bank (under Jordanian rule between 1949 and 1967), | , Syria and Lebanon. The cause of this population movement is hotly debate ... |
Tanzania | ... ted that two athletes had gone missing from the Commonwealth Games village: | n boxer Omari Idd Kimweri and Bangladeshi runner Mohammad Tawhidul Islam |
Greece | ... ed by 1840. A century later, when the Treaty of Lausanne was signed between | and Turkey in 1923, the two countries agreed to use religion as the determ ... |
Lebanese | ... , attempted to infiltrate Israel, but they were intercepted and detained by | security forces. Several other raids with Fatah's poorly trained and badly ... |
UK | ... Much of his income derived from licensing agreements with companies in the | , some of which set up specialist Duke Reid labels |
Uttar Pradesh | ... party was in the co-government with BJD in the state .BJP has earlier ruled | , Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh and till recently |
Britain | ... ecially for producing a kind of pale blue writing paper which is popular in | . During World War I the RAF painted the outer roundels with a color which ... |
Roman Republic | ... ers of the United States were fond of comparing their new republic with the | , in which eagle imagery was prominent. On June 20, 1782, the Continental ... |
Malaysia | ... h dried forms of the wings being most common. For example, in Singapore and | , stingray is commonly grilled over charcoal, then served with spicy sauce ... |
Hungary | ... Bronx, New York to Jewish parents whose families emigrated from Russia and | . In 1968, Arlyn left her family and moved to California, later meeting Ph ... |
Mahra | ... ramaut states (Qu'aiti State of Shihr and Mukalla, Kathiri State of Seiyun, | State of Qishn and Socotra) with the remaining states comprising the west |
Iraq | ... 0 Palestinian Arabs after the Gulf War because of their alleged support for | 's incursion. |
Spain | ... ns are available only in a few areas of the world, particularly in southern | , Portugal, Morocco, Crete, the Levant, South Africa, Colombia, Peru, part ... |
Montenegro | ... l after the war had ended, in October 1907, effective from 26 January 1910. | also declared war against Japan as a gesture of moral support for Russia o ... |
Prussia | ... eason and freedom had reached the absolute maximum and were embodied by the | n state which, although possessing extensive civil service, good universit ... |
Armenia | ... le to the majority of delegates, particularly those of Asia Minor, Georgia, | , Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Greece, and Thrace |
The Gambia | ... , Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, | , Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Biss ... |
Singapore | ... Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the South East Asian countries of | , Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, and Indonesia. Somet ... |
Portugal | ... available only in a few areas of the world, particularly in southern Spain, | , Morocco, Crete, the Levant, South Africa, Colombia, Peru, parts of centr ... |
Luxembourg | ... nd Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, an area around Nuremberg called New Bohemia, | , and several small towns scattered around Germany |
El Salvador | ... entage (from 25 to 30%) of Hispanic groups from other countries (in order): | , Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia and Ecuador. The Mexican Americ ... |
Serbia | ... es were finally organised by the Kingdoms of Hungary, Poland, Wallachia and | . Both of them were checked by the Ottoman Empire. During the Ottoman sieg ... |
Pakistan | | allowed the free sale and consumption of alcohol for three decades from 19 ... |
Malta | ... Illustrious which lay in Norfolk, Virginia, for repairs following action at | in the Mediterranean in January. During this period of relative inactivity ... |
Cayman Islands | ... find them in shallow, sandy waters, more so when the water is warm. In the | several dive sites called Stingray City, Grand Cayman, allow divers and sn ... |
Japan | ... Ice Hockey, an international ice hockey league featuring clubs from China, | and South Korea, is the successor to the Japan Ice Hockey League.Internati ... |
Russia | ... born in The Bronx, New York to Jewish parents whose families emigrated from | and Hungary. In 1968, Arlyn left her family and moved to California, later ... |
Singapore | ... the world, with dried forms of the wings being most common. For example, in | and Malaysia, stingray is commonly grilled over charcoal, then served with ... |
South Africa | ... orld, particularly in southern Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Crete, the Levant, | , Colombia, Peru, parts of central and northern Chile, Vietnam, Indonesia, ... |
Haiti | ... r Biafra's national anthem, and the state was formally recognized by Gabon, | , Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Zambia. Other nations which did not give offic ... |
English | ... ork. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,370. Its name is from the | county of Essex. Its county seat is Elizabethtown. Along with Hamilton Cou ... |
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | ... mpetition for the redevelopment of Skopje, which was at that time a city of | . The town had been heavily destroyed by an earthquake in 1963. Tange won ... |
Nicaragua | ... c groups from other countries (in order): El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, | , Colombia and Ecuador. The Mexican American presence in Indio dates back ... |
Sri Lanka | ... a holiday observed traditionally by Buddhists in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, | , and the South East Asian countries of Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Camb ... |
Indonesia | ... ft) at its deepest point. Located in the middle of the northern part of the | n island of Sumatra with a surface elevation of about , the lake stretches ... |
Loulan | The Tarim mummies have been found in the Tarim Basin, in the area of | located along the Silk Road 200 km East of Yingpan, dating to as early as ... |
Yugoslavia | ... er the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947, the eastern border area was annexed by | , while Italy lost all its overseas possessions |
India | ... e was famously annoyed with Mountbatten's later role in the independence of | and Pakistan), and on 27 October 1941 Mountbatten replaced Roger Keyes as ... |
Netherlands | ... giment, the Red Hussars in 1787. Blücher took part in the expedition to the | in 1787, and the following year was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In 178 ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... (unrelated) US DOJ and SEC probe into possible Lucent's FCPA violations in | |
Portugal | In 1885, the Treaty of Simulambuco established in Cabinda a Protectorate of | and a number of Cabindan independence movements consider the occupation of ... |
Afghanistan | ... i as a pigment can be seen in the 6th- and 7th-century AD cave paintings in | i Zoroastrian and Buddhist temples, near the most famous source of the min ... |
Tanzania | ... anthem, and the state was formally recognized by Gabon, Haiti, Ivory Coast, | and Zambia. Other nations which did not give official recognition but whic ... |
United Kingdom | ROTC in the | established as a voluntary association in 1993 |
India | ... d the Yarra River were again centrepieces for the ceremony. Samresh Jung of | was given the David Dixon Award at the closing ceremony. He was the "Best ... |
Philippines | The Republic of the | established its ROTC program in 1912, during American colonial rule, with ... |
Northern Ireland | ... served by teams from all of the home nations: England, Wales, Scotland and | .The Asia League Ice Hockey, an international ice hockey league featuring ... |
Syria | ... 67) and the West Bank (under Jordanian rule between 1949 and 1967), Jordan, | and Lebanon. The cause of this population movement is hotly debated and di ... |
United Kingdom | ... ) was one of a number of commercial television companies established in the | during the 1950s by cinema chain companies in an attempt to safeguard thei ... |
Gabon | ... osen for Biafra's national anthem, and the state was formally recognized by | , Haiti, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Zambia. Other nations which did not giv ... |
Canada | ... on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes region of south-eastern Ontario, | . It is approximately west of Peterborough. It is the seat of the City of ... |
Pakistan | In | , former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassina ... |
Tsarist Russia | ... ormally ceded by the Persians in 1828, following the Treaty of Turkmenchay. | sponsored Armenian resettlement from Persia and Turkey. Due to the resettl ... |
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic | ... o establish its own foreign policy, including diplomatic relations with the | in 1919. During the 1920s, Afghanistan established diplomatic relations wi ... |
Gabon | ... Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, | , The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, ... |
Nepal | ... esak is a holiday observed traditionally by Buddhists in Bangladesh, India, | , Sri Lanka, and the South East Asian countries of Singapore, Vietnam, Tha ... |
Sweden | ... Fronde, and Queen Christina invited Naudé to Stockholm. He was not happy in | , and on Mazarin's appeal that he should re-form his scattered library Nau ... |
Djibouti | ... ile Selassie as Prince Regent in his absence, departing with his family for | on 2 May 1936 |
Morocco | Mogador is an Arabic word meaning "beautiful" and the name of a town in | . In 1825 a large home was built by Martin Kent Jr. When the rafters were ... |
Roman Empire | ... these honorifics as the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the | |
British | ... 872. The Ottomans were aided by the adoption of Crimean War modern weapons. | interests in the area which would later become South Yemen, began to grow ... |
Canada | ROTC in | was raised as an independent training cooperative in 1974 with links to ot ... |
Israel | On August 23, | i Mossad reportedly gave his name to the CIA as part of a list of 19 names ... |
union with Nasser's Egypt | ... sharing a border with Israel—which had recently seceded from its ephemeral | . Fatah had approximately three hundred members by this time, but none wer ... |
Egypt | ... ates, particularly those of Asia Minor, Georgia, Armenia, Syria, Palestine, | , Greece, and Thrace |
Guatemala | ... of Hispanic groups from other countries (in order): El Salvador, Honduras, | , Nicaragua, Colombia and Ecuador. The Mexican American presence in Indio ... |
Lebanon | ... e West Bank (under Jordanian rule between 1949 and 1967), Jordan, Syria and | . The cause of this population movement is hotly debated and disputed by e ... |
England | Hoon was born in Derby, | , and is the son of Ernest Hoon and June Collett |
Republic of China | In 1945, following the end of World War II, the | (ROC) led by the Kuomintang (KMT) became the governing polity on Taiwan. I ... |
Soviet Union | ... ly leads to a full scale nuclear exchange between the United States and the | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... ted from the rest of Angola by a narrow strip of territory belonging to the | , which bounds the province on the south and the east. Cabinda is bounded ... |
PRC | In the official | territorial claim, Hainan Province includes not just one island, but also ... |
Sweden | The town of Levanger was founded by Carl III, king of | on 18 May 1836, on the site where the village of Levanger already existed. ... |
Pakistan | ... usly annoyed with Mountbatten's later role in the independence of India and | ), and on 27 October 1941 Mountbatten replaced Roger Keyes as Chief of Com ... |
Israel | ... recognition but which did provide support and assistance to Biafra included | , France, Portugal, Rhodesia, South Africa and the Vatican City. Biafra al ... |
Giudicati | From the mid-11th century the | ("held by judges") appeared. The title of "iudike" (judge) was an heir of ... |
Ecuador | ... ing in various suitable localities throughout Peru, in the southern part of | , and as far south as the middle of Bolivia. Its manners very much resembl ... |
Roman Republic | ... nsolidation of power and the adoption of these honorifics as the end of the | and the beginning of the Roman Empire |
Finland | ... y as a destination for immigrants from Scandinavia, particularly Norway and | . Downtown Poulsbo maintains a Scandinavian theme in its shops and restaur ... |
France | ... ion but which did provide support and assistance to Biafra included Israel, | , Portugal, Rhodesia, South Africa and the Vatican City. Biafra also recei ... |
England | ... letes similarly disappeared from the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, | (21 from Sierra Leone, 5 from Bangladesh and one from Pakistan), and over ... |
Vatican City State | The offices of the | are not part of the Roman Curia, which is composed only of offices of the ... |
Fiji | ... lation also resides in East Palo Alto, mostly Tongans with some Samoans and | ans . East Palo Alto has the largest concentration of Pacific Islanders of ... |
Japan | ... Kilohertz. Many nations have used the system, including the United States, | , and several European countries. Russia uses a nearly identical system in ... |
Uruguay | ... Diversity) in Argentina and as Día de las Américas (Day of the Americas) in | . These holidays have been celebrated unofficially since the late 18th cen ... |
Colombia | ... om other countries (in order): El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, | and Ecuador. The Mexican American presence in Indio dates back for over a ... |
Indonesia | ... tries of Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, and | . Sometimes informally called "Buddha's Birthday", it actually encompasses ... |
England | The end of the Viking Age is traditionally marked in | by the failed invasion attempted by the Norwegian king Harald III (Haraldr ... |
Zambia | ... he state was formally recognized by Gabon, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and | . Other nations which did not give official recognition but which did prov ... |
Tonga | ... ority of Pacific Islander population also resides in East Palo Alto, mostly | ns with some Samoans and Fijians . East Palo Alto has the largest concentr ... |
Greece | ... articularly those of Asia Minor, Georgia, Armenia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, | , and Thrace |
Malaysia | ... site in central India, the Toba ash layer today is up to thick and parts of | were covered with of ashfall. In addition it has been variously calculated ... |
Mexico | ... ild actor before deciding to withdraw from acting for a while and travel to | and South America with his father |
Colombia | ... arly in southern Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Crete, the Levant, South Africa, | , Peru, parts of central and northern Chile, Vietnam, Indonesia, parts of ... |
Ecuador | ... tries (in order): El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia and | . The Mexican American presence in Indio dates back for over a century sin ... |
Syria | ... nited Nations. The suggestion in the resulting Mehlis report that there was | n involvement, prompted the Cedar Revolution, which drove Syrian troops ou ... |
Spain | ... s Discovery Day in the Bahamas, as Día de la Hispanidad, Fiesta Nacional in | , Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural (Day of Respect for Cultural Di ... |
Samoa | ... slander population also resides in East Palo Alto, mostly Tongans with some | ns and Fijians . East Palo Alto has the largest concentration of Pacific I ... |
Norway | ... long history as a destination for immigrants from Scandinavia, particularly | and Finland. Downtown Poulsbo maintains a Scandinavian theme in its shops ... |
France | ... uatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, | , Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, ... |
Greece | ... onian Sea near the city of Actium, at the Roman province of Epirus vetus in | . Octavian's fleet was commanded by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, while Antony ... |
England | ... 350 people as of the 2010 census. It was named for the county of Suffolk in | , from which its earliest settlers came. The largest of Long Island's four ... |
Belize | In | , off the island of Ambergris Caye, there is a popular marine sanctuary, H ... |
Malaysia | ... South East Asian countries of Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, | , Burma, and Indonesia. Sometimes informally called "Buddha's Birthday", i ... |
Sicily | ... ttu) is a town and comune of about 50,000 inhabitants in the north coast of | , Italy, 40 km from Messina towards Palermo. It belongs to the Province of ... |
Egypt | ... dwell in an oasis of peace." The village was conceived by Bruno Hussar, an | ian-born Dominican brother (of Jewish origin) who, in 1970 leased forty he ... |
English | Eight years later it was again in the hands of an | garrison, and fully repaired. By 1340 the O’Connor’s regained possession o ... |
Soviet | ... hrough ordinary people in Coventry who wanted to show their support for the | Red Army during the Battle of Stalingrad. The city is now also twinned wit ... |
Afghanistan | Amānullāh Khān reigned in | from 1919, achieving full independence from the British Empire shortly aft ... |
South Africa | ... pport and assistance to Biafra included Israel, France, Portugal, Rhodesia, | and the Vatican City. Biafra also received aid from non-state actors, incl ... |
Italy | ... a town and comune of about 50,000 inhabitants in the north coast of Sicily, | , 40 km from Messina towards Palermo. It belongs to the Province of Messin ... |
Burma | ... Asian countries of Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, | , and Indonesia. Sometimes informally called "Buddha's Birthday", it actua ... |
Cameroon | Two hours before the Closing Ceremony on 26 March, officials from the | team reported to police that nine of their members had also vanished |
Ukraine | ... raged through core Polish lands. Warfare with the Cossacks and Russia left | divided, with the eastern part, lost by the Commonwealth, becoming the Tsa ... |
Malaya | ... panese intelligence had co-operated against Russia. Indian Army stations in | and China often intercepted and read wireless and telegraph cable traffic ... |
India | ... on of the vine. The most famous part of his wanderings is his expedition to | , which is said to have lasted several years. Returning in triumph he unde ... |
Vietnam | ... Levant, South Africa, Colombia, Peru, parts of central and northern Chile, | , Indonesia, parts of southern India, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, t ... |
Portuguese | ... actual form of words used suggests strongly a circle rather than a sphere. | exploration of Africa and Asia, Columbus's voyage to the Americas (1492) a ... |
Portugal | ... which did provide support and assistance to Biafra included Israel, France, | , Rhodesia, South Africa and the Vatican City. Biafra also received aid fr ... |
Republic of the Congo | ... province on the south and the east. Cabinda is bounded on the north by the | , and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Adjacent to the coast are some of ... |
Prussia | ... Christianity in Eastern Europe. He is also called the second Apostle of the | ns (Old Prussians) |
Soviet | ... The two had powers over the heads of others. Zhang also tried to eliminate | influence from Manchuria, but relented in the face of a Soviet military bu ... |
Cambodia | ... Lanka, and the South East Asian countries of Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, | , Laos, Malaysia, Burma, and Indonesia. Sometimes informally called "Buddh ... |
Puerto Rico | ... e 1974 Candidates' matches, Spassky first defeated American Robert Byrne in | by 4½–1½ (+3 =3); he then lost the semifinal match to the up-and-coming An ... |
Denmark | Between 1835 and 1848 Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) of | published his beloved fairy tales: The Little Mermaid (1836), The Emperor' ... |
Sierra Leone | On 22 March 2006 it was reported that seven athletes from | (three women and four men) had also disappeared. A further seven Sierra Le ... |
Andhra Pradesh | ... thdate of Mahatma Gandhi) are meant to be dry days nationally. The state of | had imposed Prohibition under the Chief Ministership of N. T. Rama Rao but ... |
Chile | ... te, the Levant, South Africa, Colombia, Peru, parts of central and northern | , Vietnam, Indonesia, parts of southern India, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Z ... |
Netherlands | ... Fenland lies within a few metres of sea-level. As with similar areas in the | , much of the Fenland originally consisted of fresh- or salt-water wetland ... |
Finland | ... vador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, | , France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Gua ... |
United Kingdom | ... . On January 13, 2002, the song became Aaliyah's only number one hit in the | , selling 32,081 copies for that week. It became the first time in UK char ... |
Laos | ... d the South East Asian countries of Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, | , Malaysia, Burma, and Indonesia. Sometimes informally called "Buddha's Bi ... |
India | ... returned to France three years later, in exchange for the city of Madras in | , captured by the French from the British. This decision outraged New Engl ... |
Lebanon | In | , the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on February 14, ... |
Greenland | ... olar deity in Inuit mythology. She is found most commonly in the legends of | that link her closely with the lunar deity Anningan, her brother. Malina i ... |
Philippines | ... d most of the townsite. He renamed the town to Pateros, after a town in the | he previously visited. In 1903, the city consisted of four commercial esta ... |
Iceland | ... in 1972 in the "Match of the Century". The contest took place in Reykjavík, | , at the height of the Cold War, and consequently was seen as symbolic of ... |
Canada | ... nday in October, coincidentally the same day as Thanksgiving in neighboring | (which was fixed to that date in 1959). It is generally observed nowadays ... |
Lithuania | ... onary bishop and martyr, who was beheaded near the border of Kievan Rus and | while trying to spread Christianity in Eastern Europe. He is also called t ... |
Japan | ... 1992 children hit "Ayı" (The Bear). On the other hand, in 1995 he toured in | with Kurtalan Ekspres, leading to Live In Japan (1996), his first and only ... |
Finland | ... us philosophical tendency in Europe. Christianity is introduced to Estonia, | , and Karelia. The first European universities are founded. Pierre Abelard ... |
Malta | ... o the Murmansk front (see Lapland War). Reportedly Kirkenes is second after | on a list of European towns experiencing air-raid alarms and attacks, with ... |
Danish | ... D 700 by St Osburga, that was later left in ruins by King Canute's invading | army in 1016. Leofric, Earl of Mercia and his wife Lady Godiva built on th ... |
Gibraltar | ... f David. Leaving the Holy Land, Haile Selassie and his entourage sailed for | aboard the British cruiser HMS Capetown. From Gibraltar, the exiles were t ... |
Indonesia | ... South Africa, Colombia, Peru, parts of central and northern Chile, Vietnam, | , parts of southern India, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippi ... |
Russia | ... fghans were more interested in regaining lands across the Amu Darya lost to | in the nineteenth century. Afghan attempts to regain the oases of Merv and ... |
Canada | ... oran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, traveled extensively in the U.S. and | , breaking records for attendance. "Two Suns Arcology, A Concept for Futur ... |
Swedish | ... Municipality (Kungsbacka kommun) is a municipality in Halland County on the | west coast, some 30 km south of Gothenburg. The municipal seat is located ... |
Netherlands | ... om time to time actually effective could be seen over southern parts of the | when V-1s headed due eastwards at low altitude, the engine quenched. In ea ... |
United Kingdom | ... ased Rackspace Managed Hosting. The servers in question were located in the | and managed by the British arm of Rackspace, but some 20 mainly European I ... |
Confederate | ... es military post located outside of Killeen, Texas. The post is named after | General John Bell Hood. It i |
Vatican City | ... to Biafra included Israel, France, Portugal, Rhodesia, South Africa and the | . Biafra also received aid from non-state actors, including Joint Church A ... |
Roman | The city was probably founded by the Peucetii. Once it passed under | rule in the 3rd century BC, it developed strategic significance as the poi ... |
New Zealand | ... onies at the close of the 19th century, with the self-governing colonies of | and South Australia granting women the right to vote in 1893 and 1895 resp ... |
Slovenia | ... 253–1278) conquered a short-lived empire which contained modern Austria and | . The mid-13th century saw the beginning of substantial German immigration ... |
Prussia | Frederick Loewe grew up in Berlin and attended a | n cadet school from the age of five until he was thirteen. At an early age ... |
Hong Kong | Before the sovereignty of | was transferred to the PRC in 1997, many ROC supporters there would displa ... |
Greece | ... n Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, | , Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hung ... |
Italy | ... ng to Gregory of Tours, to stop a band of the Alamanni who wished to invade | |
Brazil | ... ahia, Brazil's oldest gay rights NGO, the rate of murders of homosexuals in | is particularly high, with a reported 3,196 cases over the 30-year period ... |
England | Around November 1297, Wallace led a large-scale raid into northern | , through Northumberland and Cumberland |
Sweden | ... m Stockholm syndrome. It occurred at the Norrmalmstorg square in Stockholm, | in 1973. It was the first criminal event in Sweden covered by live televis ... |
Zimbabwe | The politics of | takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the Pr ... |
Singapore | ... pressed interest in hosting the event; Melbourne, Wellington and Singapore. | dropped out before its bid was officially selected by the Commonwealth Gam ... |
Estonia | ... f-conscious philosophical tendency in Europe. Christianity is introduced to | , Finland, and Karelia. The first European universities are founded. Pierr ... |
Solomon Islands | In the | in 1943, three PT boats, PT-59, PT-60, and PT-61, were converted into "PT ... |
Romania | ... not bring the fame he was expecting, it did reach the top of the charts in | and Morocco. Next year, the album was released in Turkey under the title N ... |
Egypt | ... ped solve the Suez Crisis in 1956 between Great Britain, France, Israel and | , bringing forward St-Laurent's 1946 views on a U.N. military force in the ... |
India | ... ghanistan. British unease increased when Amanullah maintained contacts with | n nationalists and gave them asylum in Kabul, and also when he sought to s ... |
Canada | In | in 2008, police-reported data found that approximately 10% of all hate cri ... |
Ethiopia | ... forced to acknowledge their independence. A raid by Philistines, Arabs and | ns looted the king's house, and carried off all of his family except for h ... |
Cook Islands | ... gue is currently the national sport of 2 countries Papua New Guinea and the | |
Austria | ... (king from 1253–1278) conquered a short-lived empire which contained modern | and Slovenia. The mid-13th century saw the beginning of substantial German ... |
Soviet | ... to a demilitarized field. In such meaning the term is often used in former | republics both in Western and local (transliterated) languages |
Sri Lanka | ... of central and northern Chile, Vietnam, Indonesia, parts of southern India, | , Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Central America, the ... |
Morocco | ... he fame he was expecting, it did reach the top of the charts in Romania and | . Next year, the album was released in Turkey under the title Nick the Cho ... |
British | Victor Lewis-Smith is a | film and television producer, restaurant critic, travel writer, and TV cri ... |
Israel | ... earson, helped solve the Suez Crisis in 1956 between Great Britain, France, | and Egypt, bringing forward St-Laurent's 1946 views on a U.N. military for ... |
Brazil | ... r, 450 thousand patients are treated by the Unified Health System (SUS). In | , PUC-Campinas and University of São Paulo are the best in Health |
Singapore | ... nitially expressed interest in hosting the event; Melbourne, Wellington and | . Singapore dropped out before its bid was officially selected by the Comm ... |
United Kingdom | In 1960, Nigeria became independent of the | . As with many other new African states, the borders of the country did no ... |
Third Republic | ... With the defeat of the Imperial Army, the Second French Empire fell and the | was created |
Italian | The condition was diagnosed and named in 1979 by | psychiatrist Dr. Graziella Magherini, who had noticed similar psychosomati ... |
Iceland | ... summers there, with the Morris children, while Morris himself travelled to | in 1871 and 1873 |
Canada | ... ts on various other NBC Universal channels, including MSNBC in the U.S. and | , CNBC Europe in Europe, and CNBC Asia in Asia. It is also broadcast in Au ... |
Dutch | ... two main language families, the Unami and the Munsee. They traded with the | and then English colonists in the mid-Atlantic area |
Bolivia | ... ut Peru, in the southern part of Ecuador, and as far south as the middle of | . Its manners very much resemble those of the chamois of the European Alps ... |
Kuwait | On August 1, 1990, Iraq, led by Saddam Hussein, invaded | . President Bush formed an international coalition and secured UN approval ... |
India | Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was an | n-born, British feature film, theatre and documentary director, film criti ... |
Papua New Guinea | ... in World Cups. Rugby league is currently the national sport of 2 countries | and the Cook Islands |
India | ... parts of central and northern Chile, Vietnam, Indonesia, parts of southern | , Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Central Am ... |
Swedish | Nils Gustaf Dalén (30 November 1869 – 9 December 1937) was a | Nobel Laureate and industrialist, the founder of the AGA company and inven ... |
Ghana | ... European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, | , Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hondur ... |
Bulgarian | ... s after the end of the counsel the Papal and Eastern delegates met with the | ambassadors led by the kavhan Peter to decide the status of the Bulgarian ... |
Angola | ... o spelled Kabinda, formerly Portuguese Congo) is an exclave and province of | , a status that has been disputed by many political organizations in the t ... |
India | ... ख) or Vesak is a holiday observed traditionally by Buddhists in Bangladesh, | , Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the South East Asian countries of Singapore, Vietn ... |
Northern Ireland | In | in 2008, 160 homophobic incidents and 7 transphobic incidents were reporte ... |
Assyria | ... in c. 641/640 BC, the international situation was in flux. To the east, the | n Empire was beginning to disintegrate, the Babylonian Empire had not yet ... |
Puerto Rico | ... born Joaquín Rafael Bottom in Río Piedras, located in the city of San Juan, | , to American parents. He is the third of five children, including River ( ... |
Brunei | In | , alcohol consumption in public is banned and there is no sale of alcohol. ... |
Carthaginians | ... soon took it. In the bay Duilius won the first Roman naval victory over the | (260 BC) |
Switzerland | ... to Norway, to Lisbon, as well as numerous visits to France, Germany, Italy, | and to visit family in Australia |
New Zealand | ... n Chile, Vietnam, Indonesia, parts of southern India, Sri Lanka, Australia, | , the Philippines, Malaysia, Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Calif ... |
Norway | ... anden Beach, with its beautiful silver sand, is a long beach that is one of | ´s finest swimming beaches. Refvik is approximately from Måløy |
Maldives | The | ban the import of alcohol, x-raying all baggage on arrival. Alcoholic beve ... |
Cyprus | ... figures are available, they show around 3 million Greeks outside Greece and | . Estimates provided by the SAE - World Council of Hellenes Abroad put the ... |
Canada | ... as a station on the underground railroad. Escaped slaves on their exodus to | would find shelter in several homes within the village. During the Civil W ... |
Confederate | ... conflicting sides, sustained more damage than Mannington proper did. While | forces succeeded in burning several of the railroad bridges at the very be ... |
USSR | ... r strong pressure from the government. While satire of everyday life in the | was allowed, the most prominent satirist being Arkady Raikin, political sa ... |
Italy | ... erica, to Norway, to Lisbon, as well as numerous visits to France, Germany, | , Switzerland and to visit family in Australia |
March of Moravia | ... gyars in the 955 Battle of Lechfeld, Boleslaus I of Bohemia was granted the | by German emperor Otto the Great. Bohemia would remain a largely autonomou ... |
Uttar Pradesh | ... en (2009) leader in parliament. Kalyan Singh, who was the Chief Minister of | during the mosque’s demolition, has also come in for harsh criticism in th ... |
Poland | ... y, two kinds of crusades were finally organised by the Kingdoms of Hungary, | , Wallachia and Serbia. Both of them were checked by the Ottoman Empire. D ... |
Saudi | In 1963 fighting between Egyptian forces and British-led | -financed guerrillas in the Yemen Arab Republic spread to South Arabia wit ... |
Prussia | ... he joined the Swedish Army as a Hussar. At the time Sweden was at war with | in the Seven Years' War. Blücher took part in the Pomeranian campaign of 1 ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... e ECJ; this indeed occurred, with such provisions found in treaties between | and Austria, and between Czechoslovakia and Poland |
Iraq | On August 1, 1990, | , led by Saddam Hussein, invaded Kuwait. President Bush formed an internat ... |
Bangladesh | ... nagari: वैशाख) or Vesak is a holiday observed traditionally by Buddhists in | , India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the South East Asian countries of Singapore ... |
Republic of Armenia | ... dismantling of the USSR or Soviet Union, Yerevan became the capital of the | on 21 September 1991. Maintaining supplies of gas and electricity proved d ... |
Sweden | ... career at sixteen, when he joined the Swedish Army as a Hussar. At the time | was at war with Prussia in the Seven Years' War. Blücher took part in the ... |
Greece | ... ere Census figures are available, they show around 3 million Greeks outside | and Cyprus. Estimates provided by the SAE - World Council of Hellenes Abro ... |
Germany | ... ra, to America, to Norway, to Lisbon, as well as numerous visits to France, | , Italy, Switzerland and to visit family in Australia |
Russia | ... ore or less recent Finnish immigrants. Also, some 500 are relatively recent | n immigrants |
Hungary | ... th century, two kinds of crusades were finally organised by the Kingdoms of | , Poland, Wallachia and Serbia. Both of them were checked by the Ottoman E ... |
Russia | From 1830 to 1834 | n poet Alexander Pushkin published his Russian folklore-based fairy tales ... |
Bangladesh | In | , foreign passport holders of non-Muslim nations can drink in some licence ... |
Israel | In | , Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated on November 4, 1995. Yigal ... |
Western Roman Empire | After the fall of the | , Sardinia was subject to several conquests. In 456, the Vandals, an East ... |
Dutch | Bergen aan Zee is a town on the North Sea coast in the | province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and ... |
New Zealand | ... w Zealand) is an Olympic champion, former World Record holding swimmer from | , based in Dunedin. , he is a National Record holder |
Northern Ireland | Lyons was born in Derry, | , in 1923, but soon moved to Boyle in County Roscommon where his father wa ... |
Italy | ... o (Italian: "he who has repented", pluralised pentiti) designates people in | who, formerly part of criminal or terrorist organizations, following their ... |
Canada | In 1998, | purchased four Upholder class submarines and a suite of trainers from the ... |
Switzerland | ... hockey competition for clubs is the Spengler Cup, held every year in Davos, | , between Christmas and New Year's Day. It was first awarded in 1923 to Ox ... |
France | ... with his band Les Mistigris (not related to Mistigris) in Germany, Belgium, | and Turkey until 1967 |
Hong Kong | In | , judges were addressed, in Cantonese, as Fat Goon Dai Yan (法官大人) before 1 ... |
Tunisia | ... uitable. He had also been invited by the Monty Python group to join them in | for their filming of Monty Python's Life of Brian, where he was to play so ... |
Italy | Born at Luzzara, near Reggio Emilia in northern | , on 20 September 1902 |
Sri Lanka | ... e assassinations were linked to separatist movements in Punjab and northern | , respectively |
Guam | ... ited States Navy, was promoted to coxswain and took part in the invasion of | against the Japanese. Upon his discharge, Elmore returned to central Missi ... |
United States Virgin Islands | ... olumbus Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. In the | , the day is celebrated as both Columbus Day and "Puerto Rico Friendship D ... |
Oman | In | , the judge wears a long stripe (red, green white), while the attorneys we ... |
Vatican | ... given. Kaas, the party's chairman since 1928, had strong connections to the | Secretary of State, later Pope Pius XII. In return for pledging his suppor ... |
Vietnam | ... . He is also known for his work towards restoring diplomatic relations with | in the 1990s, and for his belief that the war in Iraq should be fought to ... |
Germany | ... thiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, | , Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, ... |
India | ... cognizing King George VI as Head of the Commonwealth as a means of allowing | to remain in the international association once it became a republic |
Normandy | ... ntly defeated within a month by another Viking descendant, William, Duke of | (Normandy had been conquered by Vikings (Normans) in 911). Scotland took i ... |
People's Republic of China | In the | , judges wore regular street clothes until 1984, when they began to wear m ... |
Puerto Rico | ... the mainland U.S., Columbus Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. territory of | . In the United States Virgin Islands, the day is celebrated as both Colum ... |
Canada | In | , first aid certificates can be issued under the auspices one of four trai ... |
Malaysia | ... arts of southern India, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, | , Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, California, Arizona, New Mexico, ... |
Philippines | In many countries in Latin America, the | , and several US states, the sale but not the consumption of alcohol is pr ... |
Egypt | ... tine-occupied lands in the Negev desert, formed alliances with Ashkelon and | , and made a stand against Assyria by refusing to pay tribute. (; ) In res ... |
Ghana | ... e military leaders and senior police officials of each region met in Aburi, | and agreed on a loose confederation of regions. The Northerners were at od ... |
Normandy | ... rights and privileges awarded by King Richard. King John's desire to invade | resulted in the establishment of Portsmouth as a permanent naval base, and ... |
United Kingdom | ... gton is residential area of the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the | . For electoral purposes it comprises North Werrington and South Werringto ... |
Italy | In | both judges and lawyers wear particular black robes |
French | ... During 1999, FLEC-R kidnapped four foreign workers (two Portuguese and two | citizens), but released them after several months, having failed to attrac ... |
Belgium | ... e toured with his band Les Mistigris (not related to Mistigris) in Germany, | , France and Turkey until 1967 |
Jordan | ... g the vote to Arab citizens who did not serve in the army. He believed that | historically belonged to the Tribes of Israel – Gad, Reuven, and Menashe. ... |
France | Closely related to sackbut was the name used in | : sacqueboute and in Spain, where it was sacabuche. These terms were used ... |
Equatorial Guinea | ... nmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, | , Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon ... |
Egypt | ... the Prince of Udine representing Italy. Emissaries from the United States, | , Turkey, Sweden, Belgium, and Japan were also present. British author Eve ... |
Egypt | ... to disintegrate, the Babylonian Empire had not yet risen to replace it, and | to the west was still recovering from Assyrian rule. In this power vacuum, ... |
Duchy of the Archipelago | ... ica, a vassal state of the new Latin Empire. The Venetians also founded the | in the Aegean Sea. Meanwhile, Byzantine refugees founded their own success ... |
Netherlands | Alphen aan den Rijn is a town and municipality in the western | , in the province of South Holland, between Leiden and Utrecht. The town i ... |
Chile | ... n the resolution's language. Nonetheless, Helms was a supporter of the late | an President Augusto Pinochet, who supported the United Kingdom in the Fal ... |
Spain | Closely related to sackbut was the name used in France: sacqueboute and in | , where it was sacabuche. These terms were used in England and France unti ... |
Hong Kong | ... ies, and may be treated as a "country of origin" in international trade, as | is |
Czechoslovakia | ... est and most populated land) became the core of the newly-formed country of | , which combined Bohemia, Moravia, Austrian Silesia, Upper Hungary (presen ... |
France | ... a few Soviet planes and pilots; Afghan personnel later received training in | , Italy, and Turkey. Although he came to power with army support, Amanulla ... |
Macau | The former Portuguese colony of | , a special administrative region of China since 1999, is a popular destin ... |
Republic of China (ROC) | Double Ten Day is the national day of the | and celebrates the start of the Wuchang Uprising of October 10, 1911, whic ... |
Mexico | ... ia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Central America, the Caribbean, | , California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Florida, Hawai'i, Ecuador and Rw ... |
Canada | ... s a result of the Dieppe raid, Mountbatten became a controversial figure in | , with the Royal Canadian Legion distancing itself from him during his vis ... |
People's Republic of China | Hainan is the smallest province of the | (PRC). The name "Hainan" also refers to Hainan Island (海南岛, Hǎinán Dǎo), t ... |
Macau | ... ion for visitors who wish to gamble. This started in Portuguese times, when | was popular with visitors from nearby British Hong Kong where gambling was ... |
Germany | In | , the original word was Posaune, appearing about 1450 and is still used to ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... t schools. Shehhi posed as a body guard of Atta, who was also posing as a " | n royal family member" while the two of them took flying lessons in Venice ... |
Italy | In | it was (and remains) trombone, which derived from trumpet in the Latin tro ... |
Germany | As an advocate of a free and united | , Arnold Ruge shared Hegel's belief that history is a progressive advance ... |
Honduras | ... her Columbus encountered a large canoe, filled with goods, off the coast of | ; after boarding it, he found cacao beans, axes with heads of copper and o ... |
Italy | ... Sam") Liberace (December 9, 1885 – April 1, 1977), an emigrant from Formia, | . He had a twin who died at birth and he was born with a caul, which in hi ... |
Hong Kong | ... Portuguese times, when Macau was popular with visitors from nearby British | where gambling was more closely regulated |
Austrian Silesia | ... he newly-formed country of Czechoslovakia, which combined Bohemia, Moravia, | , Upper Hungary (present-day Slovakia) and Carpathian Ruthenia into one st ... |
Egypt | ... hristian traditions. It has exclusive authority over the following regions: | and the Sinai Peninsula, Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, southern Albania a ... |
Roman Empire | During the days of the | , the settlement of Augusta Raurica was founded 10 or 20 kilometres upstre ... |
Palmyrene Empire | ... e city of Palmyra, in Syria, whose autonomy grew until the formation of the | , which was more successful against the Persian threat. The western provin ... |
Canadian | ... rd (Richie) Hawtin (born June 4, 1970, Banbury, Oxfordshire) is an English- | electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroit techno's ... |
Northern Ireland | Although not sovereign states, England, Scotland, Wales and | (in the United Kingdom) are examples of entities that are regarded and ref ... |
Norway | ... West Indies, three times to the Canary Islands and Madeira, to America, to | , to Lisbon, as well as numerous visits to France, Germany, Italy, Switzer ... |
Armenia | ... rom arrest when he is threatened with execution on the border of Turkey and | |
Italy | ... viet planes and pilots; Afghan personnel later received training in France, | , and Turkey. Although he came to power with army support, Amanullah alien ... |
Serbia | ... s a towpath, making the Danube navigable. Tabula Traiana memorial plaque in | is all that remains of the now-submerged road |
Brazil | ... F-16 Fighting Falcon and F/A-18 Hornet. Other aircraft include the Italian/ | ian AMX International AMX (on Italian aircraft only), and the F-22 Raptor. ... |
Empire of Trebizond | ... e Empire of Nicaea under Theodore Laskaris (a relative of Alexios III), the | , and the Despotate of Epirus |
Union of South Africa | Later however - following the Act of Union of 1910 to form the | - this multi-racial universal suffrage was steadily eroded, and eventually ... |
Netherlands | Zoeterwoude is a municipality in the western | , in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers 21.91 km² (of ... |
Japan | ... h was about a dinosaur that attacked a lighthouse. Subsequently, there were | ese film depictions, (Godzilla, Gamera), British depictions (Gorgo), and e ... |
Dutch | Over the years, the Portuguese, | , and English established trading posts, logging camps and small palm oil ... |
People's Republic of China | ... States has the largest network of roads of any country with as of 2009. The | is second with of road (2007) See List of countries by road network size. ... |
French | ... Her father had tried to also find a brilliant match for Elizabeth with the | Royal court when he paid a visit there. It was Peter's intention to marry ... |
Croatia | The phenomenon of "ethnic cleansing" was first seen in | but soon spread to Bosnia. Since the Bosnian Muslims had no immediate refu ... |
United Kingdom | ... not sovereign states, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (in the | ) are examples of entities that are regarded and referred to as countries. ... |
Cambodia | ... travelled with YouthAIDS to places affected by illness and poverty such as | , Kenya, Rwanda, and many others |
Belgian | ... hets. Another explanation credits the error to the production of 25 million | two franc pieces by the Philadelphia mint after that country's liberation ... |
German | The main burial ground was also severely damaged by | bombing during World War II, necessitating an expansion of the public park ... |
Greenland | ... reland, Iceland, Scotland (Caithness, the Hebrides and the Northern Isles), | , and Canada |
Scotland | Charities in | are regulated by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator |
Rwanda | ... outhAIDS to places affected by illness and poverty such as Cambodia, Kenya, | , and many others |
France | ... Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, | . Originally called Semaine Internationale des Sports d'Hiver ("Internatio ... |
Dutch | Monster is a town in the | province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, a ... |
Sweden | ... Vänern into the Kattegat at the city of Gothenburg on the western coast of | . It is located in Götaland, with the river itself being a site of early G ... |
Canada | ... , Scotland (Caithness, the Hebrides and the Northern Isles), Greenland, and | |
Scotland | ... October 5 2004 HMCS Chicoutimi (SSK 879), sailing from Faslane Naval Base, | to Nova Scotia declared an emergency north-west of Ireland following a fir ... |
Northern Ireland | In | the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland is being established in 2009 t ... |
British Virgin Islands | ... sovereign states, as several states have overseas dependencies (such as the | (GBR) and Saint Pierre and Miquelon (FRA)), with citizenry at times identi ... |
United Kingdom | ... s' surnames, many of which are still found on the island, originated in the | |
England | Polabian Slavs (Wends) settled in parts of | (Danelaw), apparently as Danish allies. Polabian-Pomeranian Slavs are also ... |
Eritrea | ... lusive authority over the following regions: Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula, | and northern Ethiopia, southern Albania and Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Isra ... |
Despotate of Epirus | ... dore Laskaris (a relative of Alexios III), the Empire of Trebizond, and the | |
France | ... nd Madeira, to America, to Norway, to Lisbon, as well as numerous visits to | , Germany, Italy, Switzerland and to visit family in Australia |
Serbia | A massive and systematic deportation of | 's Albanians took place during the Kosovo War of 1999, with around 800,000 ... |
Latin Empire | ... lmost none of the crusaders ever made it to the Holy Land, and the unstable | siphoned off much of Europe's crusading energy. The legacy of the Fourth C ... |
Germany | ... Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and | . With 830,000 inhabitants in the tri-national as of 2004, Basel is Switze ... |
Egypt | ... epublic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, | , El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Uni ... |
Nepal | ... ian climber Meagan McGrath initiated the successful high-altitude rescue of | i Usha Bista. Recognizing her heroic rescue, Major Meagan McGrath was sele ... |
Cuba | ... oining it for the Spanish Crown. It was 1517 before another expedition from | explored Central America. It landed on the coast of the Yucatán peninsula ... |
Morocco | ... holiday period of 2000-2001. When Atta returned to Florida, Shehhi left for | , traveling to Casablanca in mid-January 2001. Shehhi's family, concerned ... |
Poland | ... him to retire to his Silesian residence at Krieblowitz (now Krobielowice in | ), where he died in 1819, aged 76. Blücher retained to the end of his life ... |
Portuguese | ... ey were still waging anti-colonial armed struggle. During the 1970s, in the | colonies of Mozambique and Angola for example, the Marxist movements FRELI ... |
England | ... Copenhagen, Denmark and Valhalla in Pleasure Beach Blackpool in Blackpool, | |
Afghanistan | ... he names of 645 detainees held at the Bagram Theater Internment Facility in | , modifying its long-held position against publicizing such information. T ... |
Roman Empire | ... osexual relations, no one in Cicero's day knew anything about it." When the | came under Christian rule, all male homosexual activity was increasingly r ... |
Norway | ... 1914 and organized in 1915, and is named for Haakon VII, who became king of | in 1905. It is the only county in South Dakota named for a non-American pe ... |
Iceland | ... enmark, Norway and Sweden. They also settled in the Faroe Islands, Ireland, | , Scotland (Caithness, the Hebrides and the Northern Isles), Greenland, an ... |
England | Although not sovereign states, | , Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (in the United Kingdom) are example ... |
El Salvador | ... of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, | , Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Fin ... |
Scotland | ... orway and Sweden. They also settled in the Faroe Islands, Ireland, Iceland, | (Caithness, the Hebrides and the Northern Isles), Greenland, and Canada |
Austria | ... German Friedrich (Fritz) Löwe ; June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988), was an | n-American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on the ... |
Austria | Hohenems is a town in the westernmost | n state of Vorarlberg, in the Dornbirn district. It lies in the middle of ... |
Scotland | Although not sovereign states, England, | , Wales and Northern Ireland (in the United Kingdom) are examples of entit ... |
Ghana | The Demography of | describes the condition and overview of Ghana's peoples. Demographic topic ... |
Serbia | ... t country to recognise Montenegro's independence from its former union with | . Iceland was also the first country to recognise Croatia, doings so on 19 ... |
Egypt | ... r, besides his great expeditions for work in the Torres Straits, Melanesia, | , India and the Solomon Islands, he took holiday voyages twice to the West ... |
Roman Empire | ... n was the main branch of the Rhine River and formed the north border of the | . Since the rule of Emperor Claudius (41–54 CE), divisions of the Roman ar ... |
Union of South Africa | ... government from 1872 until 1910 when it became the Cape Province of the new | |
Carthage | ... deric allowed a new Catholic bishop to take office in the Vandal capital of | , and many Vandals began to convert to Catholicism, to the alarm of the Va ... |
Cuba | ... oining it for the Spanish Crown. It was 1517 before another expedition from | visited Central America, landing on the coast of Yucatán in search of slav ... |
Hong Kong | ... Sham Shui Po District, in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula of | |
Soviet Union | ... ished in 1958 with assistance from UNESCO and with funds contributed by the | . UNESCO agreed to provide equipment and technical experts mainly from the ... |
Iceland | ... ament of the United Kingdom, the Tynwald of the Isle of Man, the Althing of | and Sejm of . Of these, it is the only one to have met continuously as a l ... |
Serbia | ... In the Middle Ages, groups of Saxon ore miners settled in medieval Bosnia, | and Bulgaria where they were Slavicised |
Burma | ... mmander of the Southeast Asia Theatre, his command oversaw the recapture of | from the Japanese by General William Slim. A personal high point was the r ... |
Russian Empire | ... wealth, a permanent encroachment on the outer Commonwealth provinces by the | , the Kingdom of Prussia and Habsburg Austria. The "Partition Sejm" under ... |
Dominican Republic | ... public, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, | , Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiop ... |
Austria | ... Hungary and Bohemia in the Battle of Mohács in 1526, Archduke Ferdinand of | became King of Bohemia and the country became a constituent state of the H ... |
Norway | ... gs who invaded western and eastern Europe were chiefly pagans from Denmark, | and Sweden. They also settled in the Faroe Islands, Ireland, Iceland, Scot ... |
Ecuador | ... aribbean, Mexico, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Florida, Hawai'i, | and Rwanda. Each region has different types of cultivars |
India | ... des his great expeditions for work in the Torres Straits, Melanesia, Egypt, | and the Solomon Islands, he took holiday voyages twice to the West Indies, ... |
Confederate | The college was founded by a | veteran, Major Reuben Webster Millsaps in 1889-90 by the donation of the c ... |
France | ... orts competitions held at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, | between January 25 and February 5, 1924, organized by the French Olympic C ... |
Germany | ... World War, the revolutionaries planned to import arms and ammunitions from | and stage an armed revolution against the British |
Eritrea | ... ts rhetoric of empire. Ethiopia would also provide a bridge between Italy's | n and Italian Somaliland possessions. Ethiopia's position in the League of ... |
France | ... ome in a campaign against Menelik. At this point, Emperor Menelik turned to | , offering a treaty of alliance; the French response was to abandon the Em ... |
Sweden | ... ded western and eastern Europe were chiefly pagans from Denmark, Norway and | . They also settled in the Faroe Islands, Ireland, Iceland, Scotland (Cait ... |
Bulgaria | ... dle Ages, groups of Saxon ore miners settled in medieval Bosnia, Serbia and | where they were Slavicised |
Malta | ... 793. Napoleon was angry that British troops had not evacuated the island of | . The tense situation only worsened when Napoleon sent an expeditionary fo ... |
Switzerland | Basel or Basle (; ; ) is | 's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where ... |
Sri Lanka | ... or Veddahs (Sinhala වැද්දා , Tamil "வேடுவர்"), are an indigenous people of | , an island in the Indian Ocean. They amongst other self identified native ... |
United Kingdom | ... as issued between 1951 and 1982 by the British Board of Film Censors in the | . It was introduced as a result of the Wheare Report on film censorship. F ... |
Canada | ... e seldom used in Canada. The first two referendums saw voters in Québec and | take dramatically opposing stands, the third saw most of the voters take a ... |
Israel | ... lesser extent, did the Red Army Faction in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s. | has assassinated Hamas and Hezbollah leaders |
Castile | ... ellent harbour of the Bay of Santander. Santander was an important port for | in the later Middle Ages, and also for trade with the New World. It offici ... |
Singapore | ... Slim. A personal high point was the reception of the Japanese surrender in | when British troops returned to the island to receive the formal surrender ... |
Ecuador | ... eople's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, | , Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Europ ... |
Spain | ... n changing its vestments. The devotion to the child-Jesus spread quickly in | most likely due to her mystical visions |
France | ... where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in | and Germany. With 830,000 inhabitants in the tri-national as of 2004, Base ... |
Solomon Islands | The effectiveness of PT boats in the | campaign, where there were numerous engagements between PTs and capital sh ... |
Rwanda | ... xico, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Florida, Hawai'i, Ecuador and | . Each region has different types of cultivars |
Czechoslovakia | B. | -The Polish demographer Piotr Eberhardt estimated that there were 75,000 G ... |
Republic of Ireland | Abortion in the | is illegal unless a woman's life is endangered by the continuation of her ... |
British | ... ts from the Pacific region, though its musical origins lie predominantly in | colonial history, with contributions from Europe and America . As the nati ... |
Ivory Coast | ... a's national anthem, and the state was formally recognized by Gabon, Haiti, | , Tanzania and Zambia. Other nations which did not give official recogniti ... |
Switzerland | ... the river Rhine in the west, forming the border of Austria as well as EU to | , and the mountainside in the east implies the narrowest point of the Aust ... |
Solomon Islands | ... expeditions for work in the Torres Straits, Melanesia, Egypt, India and the | , he took holiday voyages twice to the West Indies, three times to the Can ... |
France | ... every society in history. From the Ancient Greeks and Romans to Napoleon's | and Elizabethan England, much of history is filled with stories of enterta ... |
Armenia | ... n transfer along ethnic lines has affected many thousands of individuals in | , Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan proper; from Abkhazia, South Ossetia and ... |
Maldives | In ancient times the | were renowned for cowries, coir rope, dried tuna fish (Maldive Fish), ambe ... |
Mexicans | ... later in late 1881 it had more than 7,000 citizens, excluding all Chinese, | , women and children residents. The largest boomtown in the America southw ... |
Finland | ... l was the world's largest pre-fabricated building, which was constructed in | before being assembled in Addis Ababa. It is used for large meetings and c ... |
Kenya | ... et out on a tour of the Commonwealth. On 6 February 1952, when they were in | , Elizabeth's father died and she ascended the throne. It was Philip who b ... |
Germany | ... also by Scandinavian and Irish. The community was named for Fulda in Hesse, | . Fulda is still predominantly an agricultural city |
Syria | ... o the Euphrates to aid the Assyrians. Taking the coast route Via Maris into | at the head of a large army, Necho passed the low tracts of Philistia and ... |
Romans | ... s capital at Tournai, on lands which he had received as a foederatus of the | , and for some time he kept the peace with his allies |
Malaya | ... lay states. Later, as the British started to take over as administrators of | , rubber and palm oil trees were introduced for commercial purposes. Inste ... |
Dutch | ... tury. In the beginning of 17th century the Portuguese power was reduced and | became the main power. With the help of Dutch, Cochin Royal Family recaptu ... |
Israel | ... itrea and northern Ethiopia, southern Albania and Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, | , Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, ... |
Estonia | ... first country to recognise the regained independence of Lithuania, Latvia, | , Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan from the USSR in 1990-1991. Similarly, i ... |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | ... et Constitution, the sovereign Soviet socialist states united to become the | . Article 81 of the Constitution stated that "the sovereign rights of Unio ... |
Switzerland | ... into exile in Italy and remained in Europe until his 1960 death in Zürich, | |
Haiti | ... rld and claimed Spanish ownership of the island of Hispaniola (contemporary | and the Dominican Republic) from the indigenous Taíno people. The Spanish ... |
Roman Empire | ... s, Jerome and Rufinus recorded 318. Delegates came from every region of the | except Britain |
Cyprus | In later years he traveled and visited, among other places, Paphlagonia and | (Historia Ecclesiastica 1.12.8, 2.33.30) |
Fiji | ... El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, | , Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Gre ... |
Iraq | ... hern Ethiopia, southern Albania and Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Iran, | , Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, and |
Italy | ... mployment and education opportunities by leaving for the West, particularly | , Central Europe, Germany and Russia |
Bangladesh | ... 1971, Bhutan was among the first nations to recognize the new government of | , and formal diplomatic relations were established in 1973. An event in 19 ... |
Denmark | ... 00), with whom he was able to defeat the Protestants in Silesia, Anhalt and | . In the wake of the overwhelming Catholic military successes, in 1629 Fer ... |
England | ... ry. From the Ancient Greeks and Romans to Napoleon's France and Elizabethan | , much of history is filled with stories of entertainment based on games o ... |
Mexican | ... e 18,147 persons (64.5%). Among the Hispanic population, 15,319 (54.4%) are | , 69 (0.2%) are Puerto Rican, 23 (0.1%) are Cuban, and 2,736 (9.7%) are ot ... |
Pakistan | When civil war broke out in | in 1971, Bhutan was among the first nations to recognize the new governmen ... |
Iran | ... d northern Ethiopia, southern Albania and Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, | , Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, and |
Japan | ... al evidence of humans eating soya products is currently divided: a study of | ese men between 1965 and 1999 demonstrated a positive correlation between ... |
Sweden | ... m the New England area. These residents were soon joined by immigrants from | , Norway and |
Albania | Serb 62.6%, | n 16.5%, Montenegrin 5%, Yugoslav 3.4%, Hungarian 3.3%, other 9.2% (1991 |
Armenia | ... recognise the regained independence of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, | and Azerbaijan from the USSR in 1990-1991. Similarly, it was the first cou ... |
Sicily | ... e Slavic mercenaries and slaves in the medieval Arab world in North Africa, | and Al-Andalus. Saqaliba served as caliph's guards. In the 12th century, t ... |
Germany | ... opportunities by leaving for the West, particularly Italy, Central Europe, | and Russia |
Russian SFSR | ... oviet socialist republics (SSR), and all of them, with the exception of the | (until 1990), had their own Communist parties, part of the Communist Party ... |
Nepal | ... red for more than 300 years, was ousted following a plebiscite in which the | ese majority outvoted the Sikkimese minority. Sikkim, long a protectorate ... |
Colombia | ... ca, she recounts a similar event seeing an apparition of the child Jesus in | . Allegedly having a brief conversation which the child, she later discove ... |
Abkhazia | ... nds of individuals in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan proper; from | , South Ossetia and Georgia proper; as well as from Chechnya and adjacent ... |
Russia | ... es by leaving for the West, particularly Italy, Central Europe, Germany and | |
Chile | ... l migration being those of Sooty Shearwaters, which nest in New Zealand and | and spend the northern summer feeding in the North Pacific off Japan, Alas ... |
Castile | His reign saw the domination of | over León and, by his alliance with Aragon, he drew those two spheres of C ... |
Lebanon | ... thiopia, southern Albania and Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Iran, Iraq, | , the Palestinian territories, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, and |
Azerbaijan | ... e regained independence of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Armenia and | from the USSR in 1990-1991. Similarly, it was the first country to recogni ... |
Azerbaijan | ... has affected many thousands of individuals in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and | proper; from Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Georgia proper; as well as from C ... |
Eritrea | ... treaty of amity with the Italians, which apparently gave them control over | , the Red Sea coast to the northeast of Ethiopia, in return for recognitio ... |
Pakistan | ... n Manchester, England (21 from Sierra Leone, 5 from Bangladesh and one from | ), and over 80 athletes and officials overstayed their visas after the 200 ... |
Ethiopia | ... Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, | , European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germa ... |
Lebanon | ... ra and Karalis (Cagliari). The Phoenicians came originally from what is now | and founded a vast trading network in the Mediterranean. They settled alon ... |
Montenegro | ... rom the USSR in 1990-1991. Similarly, it was the first country to recognise | 's independence from its former union with Serbia. Iceland was also the fi ... |
India | ... arts. It was during his reign that Mahayana Buddhism , imported to northern | earlier by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka (c. 260 BC–232 BC), reached its zeni ... |
Carthage | ... pecial position because it was central in the Western Mediterranean between | , Spain, the Rhone river and the Etruscan civilization area. The mining ar ... |
Zambia | ... ublic works projects. The ZDF is designed primarily for internal defence in | . Being a landlocked country, Zambia has no navy |
Noricum | ... colonies among them and including their land in the provinces of Raetia and | . The Roman centre of administration for this area was Castra Regina, now ... |
Ukraine | ... pendent states in international law. This allowed for two Soviet Republics, | and Byelorussia, to join the United Nations General Assembly as founding m ... |
Mexico | In 1978, Mentzer won the Mr. Universe in Acapulco, | with the first and only perfect 300 score. He became a professional bodybu ... |
Bulgaria | ... per 100 people. Fiber-optic lines connect the major cities and Georgia and | are connected with fiber-optic line between Poti and Varna (Bulgaria). Geo ... |
United Kingdom | ... ecially in Asia (see the ). In North America, although not generally in the | , the term "seafood" is also applied also to fresh water organisms eaten b ... |
South Ossetia | ... ividuals in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan proper; from Abkhazia, | and Georgia proper; as well as from Chechnya and adjacent areas within Rus ... |
India | ... illa groups seeking to establish an independent Assamese state in northeast | have set up guerrilla bases in the forests of southern Bhutan, from which ... |
Italy | Soleri returned to | in 1950 where he was commissioned to build a large ceramics factory, "Cera ... |
Northern Ireland | This tactic was used again by the Provisional IRA during the Troubles in | (1969–present). Killing of RUC officers and assassination of RUC politicia ... |
Han Dynasty | Hainan Island first enters written Chinese history in 110 BC, when the | established a military garrison there following the arrival of General Lu ... |
France | ... e Russians, having their own ambitions in the region, persuaded Germany and | to apply pressure on Japan. Through the Triple Intervention, Japan relinqu ... |
Prussia | Sachse was founded by William Sachse, a | n immigrant, in 1845. Purchasing from Collin County, Sachse erected the fi ... |
Switzerland | ... opies in the United Kingdom. The song reached the top twenty in Ireland and | . "I Refuse", the fourth single (France only), was released as a double A- ... |
France | ... e county seat of Stearns County. It is named after the city of Saint-Cloud, | (in Île-de-France, near Paris), which was named for the 6th-century French ... |
Italy | ... ded. The wall stands almost entirely free, as at Arpinum—polygonal walls in | typically form embanking walls—and increases considerably in thickness as ... |
Chile | ... as the Volcani Centre and the Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias in | |
Mexican | ... rs. Jean (1788–1836) emigrated to North America and became a general in the | army. Jacques Étienne Victor (1799–1855) took part in Louis de Freycinet's ... |
Latin Empire | ... he empire was apportioned between Venice and the crusade's leaders, and the | of Constantinople was established. Boniface was not elected as the new emp ... |
Soviet Union | ... ers covered events in Indochina and the Far East (1934), the Mediterranean, | and Moscow (1935), and the Spanish Civil War (1936–1937). Saint-Exupéry ad ... |
Iceland | ... lords who did not want to be oppressed by greedy kings emigrated overseas. | became Europe's first modern republic, with an annual assembly of elected ... |
Guatemala | ... as Guatemala or Guate), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of | and Central America. It is also the capital city of the local Municipio de ... |
Botswana | ... ls which then evaporate as it progresses into the desert. Okavango Delta in | is one well-known example |
English | Brian Froud (born 1947 in Winchester) is an | fantasy illustrator. He lives and works in Devon with his wife, Wendy Frou ... |
Dominican Republic | ... d Spanish ownership of the island of Hispaniola (contemporary Haiti and the | ) from the indigenous Taíno people. The Spanish Monarchs granted Columbus ... |
British | ... upport of most Easterners, determination, and use of limited resources. The | , Soviet Union, and U.S. support (especially militarily) of the Nigerian g ... |
Djibouti | ... e Jan Meda racecourse, Bihere Tsige Recreation Centre and a railway line to | . Sport facilities include Addis Ababa and Nyala Stadiums. The 2008 Africa ... |
Ethiopia | ... the following regions: Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula, Eritrea and northern | , southern Albania and Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Leban ... |
Russia | ... etia and Georgia proper; as well as from Chechnya and adjacent areas within | |
Russian Empire | ... century, Denmark–Norway revived its former colonies in Greenland, while the | gained a foothold in Alaska |
Bulgaria | ... nd the Sinai Peninsula, Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, southern Albania and | , Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories ... |
Hungary | ... of Poland he delayed the plans for the monastery, and so Bruno set out for | . There he went to the places that Saint Adalbert of Prague had attended. ... |
English | Richard (Richie) Hawtin (born June 4, 1970, Banbury, Oxfordshire) is an | -Canadian electronic musician and DJ who was an influential part of Detroi ... |
India | ... n Development Bank, and the World Bank. Individual donors, including Japan, | , Australia, and European and Arab countries (such as Islamic Development ... |
King of Toledo | ... oble or el de las Navas, was the King of Castile from 1158 to his death and | . He is most remembered for his part in the Reconquista and the downfall o ... |
nation of atolls and islands | ... icially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) (; , ), is a Micronesian | in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Li ... |
New Zealand | ... he longest annual migration being those of Sooty Shearwaters, which nest in | and Chile and spend the northern summer feeding in the North Pacific off J ... |
Russia | ... y-Poland, the Dutch Republic, Spain, Venice, States of the Church, Prussia, | , Denmark, Savoy-Sardinia, Bavaria, and the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire ... |
Finland | ... . The protest was led by the United Kingdom and supported by others such as | and Sweden |
Estonia | ... ominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, | , Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Geor ... |
Albania | ... ons: Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula, Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, southern | and Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian ... |
Ukraine | ... reported here in 1877, probably introduced in a shipment of flax seed from | |
Japan | ... e, Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank. Individual donors, including | , India, Australia, and European and Arab countries (such as Islamic Devel ... |
Finland | ... 1937 it was a well-known Danish theatre. The Hanko Casino located in Hanko, | - one of that town's most conspicuous landmarks - was never used for gambl ... |
Belgium | ... tack England, the V-1s were employed in attacks against strategic points in | , primarily the port of Antwerp |
Palmyrene Empire | ... his attention to the lost eastern provinces of the empire, the so-called " | " ruled by Queen Zenobia from the city of Palmyra. Zenobia had carved out ... |
Mexico | The avocado was introduced from | to the U.S state of California in the 19th century, and has become an extr ... |
UK | ... the Cold War. A more humorous brand of satire enjoyed a renaissance in the | in the early 1960s with the Satire Boom, led by such luminaries as Peter C ... |
Iceland | ... Polabian-Pomeranian Slavs are also known to have even settled on Norse age | . Saqaliba refers to the Slavic mercenaries and slaves in the medieval Ara ... |
Cyprus | ... ai Peninsula, Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, southern Albania and Bulgaria, | , Greece, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Syria, ... |
Swedish | ... bach, known also as John Brown), a converted DC-3 and one Dove. In 1968 the | pilot Carl Gustaf von Rosen suggested the MiniCOIN project to General Ojuk ... |
Mali | | 's transportation infrastructure is regarded as poor, even by regional sta ... |
British | ... gned a treaty with East Indian Company, and made Cochin a subsidiary of the | |
Kingdom of Thessalonica | ... hey placed Baldwin of Flanders on the throne. Boniface went on to found the | , a vassal state of the new Latin Empire. The Venetians also founded the D ... |
Norway | ... w England area. These residents were soon joined by immigrants from Sweden, | and |
Mauritius | ... s in their favour, they have not been allowed to return from their exile in | , although there are signs that financial compensation and an official apo ... |
Germany | Güstrow is a former district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, | . It was bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Bad Do ... |
Bhutan | ... ng, Pema Namgyel, who is a small child, has been held under house arrest in | along with his parents since 2005 |
Prussia | ... thought was clearly inspired by the function of Lutheranism in contemporary | , the Young Hegelians held the theory to be applicable to any state backed ... |
Netherlands | In 1700, 5/6 of coal mined worldwide was in Britain, while the | had none; so despite having Europe's best transport, most urbanised, well ... |
Sweden | ... t was led by the United Kingdom and supported by others such as Finland and | |
Nigeria | ... fficially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in south-eastern | that existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970, taking its name from the ... |
Malta | ... ourse at the Naval Staff College, Greenwich. From 1949, he was stationed in | , after being posted as the First Lieutenant of the destroyer HMS Chequers ... |
in Japan | ... d gifts from the Parthian Empire, from a king in modern Burma, from a ruler | , and initiated an unsuccessful mission to Daqin (Rome) in 97 CE with Gan ... |
Sicily | ... March 11, 1936. His father, Salvatore Eugene Scalia, was an immigrant from | who was a graduate student and clerk at the time of his son's birth, but w ... |
Yugoslav | Serb 62.6%, Albanian 16.5%, Montenegrin 5%, | 3.4%, Hungarian 3.3%, other 9.2% (1991 |
South Africa | ... , South Carolina, and Walhalla, Texas), Australia (Walhalla, Victoria), and | (Valhalla, Pretoria), as well as Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentuck ... |
Greece | ... sula, Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, southern Albania and Bulgaria, Cyprus, | , Israel, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Syria, Jordan, ... |
Djibouti | ... nen Asfaw and the rest of the imperial family should immediately depart for | , and from there continue on to Jerusalem |
Latvia | ... was the first country to recognise the regained independence of Lithuania, | , Estonia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan from the USSR in 1990-1991. Sim ... |
Bangladesh | ... the term is derived. The Ganges/Brahmaputra combination delta spans most of | and West Bengal, empties into the Bay of Bengal and is the world's largest ... |
Greenland | ... herland. In the 18th century, Denmark–Norway revived its former colonies in | , while the Russian Empire gained a foothold in Alaska |
UK | Traffic in Malta drives on the left, as in the | . Car ownership in Malta is exceedingly high given the very small size of ... |
fifteen republics | ... city expanded rapidly during the 20th century as Armenia became one of the | in the Soviet Union. In fifty years, Yerevan was transformed from a town o ... |
Lithuania | Iceland was the first country to recognise the regained independence of | , Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan from the USSR in 1990-1 ... |
Eritrea | ... minica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, | , Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gam ... |
Cambodia | ... out the country's other towns and cities. The Khmer Rouge attempted to turn | into a classless society by depopulating cities and forcing the urban popu ... |
Norway | ... iet Union, to the land along the coast of the Barents Sea, from Nordland in | to the Kola Peninsula in Russia and beyond all the way to the Ural Mountai ... |
Mexico | ... group of Latter-day Saints to a territory in what is now Utah, then part of | . Young organized the journey that would take the faithful to Winter Quart ... |
United Kingdom | ... vely made illegal again by the bureaucratic regime. Another example, in the | in the 1950s, the Wolfenden report recommended the legalization of homosex ... |
Roman | ... Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust (86 BC – c. 35 BC) was a | historian, politician, and novus homo from a well-known plebeian family. S ... |
Second Polish Republic | ... p Pact agreement where Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to partition the | into German and Soviet zones for an impending invasion. The Fascist govern ... |
Lesotho | ... s of blue dyes had been reported downstream of a blue jeans manufacturer in | |
Germany | ... s were received by many European nations, including Britain, Spain, France, | , Italy, Austria, and |
Normandy | ... rents' charters dated no later than August 1131. In 1137, he did homage for | to Louis VII of France, whose sister, Constance, he subsequently married i ... |
Poland | ... Belarus. It is located on the Neman River (Нёман), close to the borders of | and Lithuania (about 20 km and 30 km away respectively). It has 327,540 in ... |
Lithuania | ... Benton on the west. In the early 20th century many immigrants from Poland, | and England settled in the West City area to work in the numerous coal min ... |
Spain | ... les, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Brittany, Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias ( | ) and Portugal are also considered Celtic music, the tradition being parti ... |
Norway | ... Change announced that there was interest from various countries (including | and the United States) in exploration, and the first results regarding the ... |
Irish Free State | ... ntil 1922, when what is now the Republic of Ireland won independence as the | . The Irish Free State was a separate Dominion from 1922 until 1949, when ... |
Western Roman Empire | ... AD). This returned the political center to the Forum until the fall of the | almost two centuries later |
Soviet Union | ... y, as a direct descendant of the Universal Zetetic Society, just before the | launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik. He responded to this eve ... |
Afghanistan | ... during Freedom, eight A-10s from the 355 WG were called to Bagram Air Base, | , to fly close air support missions supporting multinational ground forces |
Switzerland | ... ost prominent trade partners of Turkmenistan are the United States, Turkey, | , Hong Kong, Germany, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Iran, and the United Ara ... |
Finland | On the border with | , is the mountain Ráisduattarháldi which has a height of |
United Kingdom | ... o the "knave", and the term with this definition is still recognized in the | |
Pakistan | ... mpire's geographic span, from the Aegean Sea to what is now Afghanistan and | , created a melting pot of various peoples, such as Greeks, Armenians, Per ... |
Russia | ... possessing CW research programs. Notable examples include United States and | |
Chile | Transport in | is mostly by road. The south of the country is not connected to central Ch ... |
Sicily | ... 10 and directed to land at Naval Air Station Sigonella, a N.A.T.O. base in | , where the hijackers were arrested by the Italians after a disagreement b ... |
Russia | ... Following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution led by V.I. Lenin and Leon Trotsky, | became the 1st nation to legalize homosexuality. The new Bolshevik legal c ... |
Czech Republic | ... 993 (the "Velvet Divorce"), the territory of Bohemia became part of the new | |
Kenya | ... sai and the Luo, both of which are found in greater numbers in neighbouring | . Two small groups speak languages of the Khoisan family peculiar to the B ... |
Soviet Union | ... was repulsed by the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact agreement where Germany and the | agreed to partition the Second Polish Republic into German and Soviet zone ... |
France | ... owers including Russia, Pakistan, Iran, People's Republic of China, Canada, | and the United States |
Cuba | ... untry on another. For example, the United States has had an embargo against | for over 40 years |
Spain | ... al transmissions were received by many European nations, including Britain, | , France, Germany, Italy, Austria, and |
Roman rule | Following the collapse of | at the beginning of the 5th Century, Britain was colonised by invaders fro ... |
the West | ... ial control). It was held by the Byzantine Empire after the fall of Rome in | and even the Lombards failed to consolidate it, though the centre of the s ... |
Republic of Ireland | ... ntinued to be a part of the United Kingdom until 1922, when what is now the | won independence as the Irish Free State. The Irish Free State was a separ ... |
England | ... 1 and 1968) gaining a reputation as a side for competitive football in both | and mainland Europe. The senior rugby team, Dunfermline RFC play their gam ... |
France | ... smissions were received by many European nations, including Britain, Spain, | , Germany, Italy, Austria, and |
Slovenia | ... utler; the concept of Ideological State Apparatuses has been of interest to | n philosopher Slavoj Žižek; the attempt to view history as a process witho ... |
Poland | ... djoining Benton on the west. In the early 20th century many immigrants from | , Lithuania and England settled in the West City area to work in the numer ... |
Italy | He was born in Turin, | , to a wealthy Italian Jewish family, to Angelo and Irma Sraffa. His fathe ... |
Belarus | Grodno or Hrodna ( ; ) is a city in | . It is located on the Neman River (Нёман), close to the borders of Poland ... |
Denmark | ... centre, the ferry harbour has routes to Hirtshals (Denmark) and Hanstholm ( | ). Road connections goes via E18 east to Arendal and Oslo, via E39 west to ... |
English | John Balguy (August 12, 1686 – September 21, 1748) was an | divine and philosopher |
Israel | ... the (approximately) 4,000 both Jewish and non-Jewish volunteers who went to | to fight in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War including Aliyah Bet. The original M ... |
imperial | ... into the barbarian invasions (the Gladiator War is a notable suspension of | control). It was held by the Byzantine Empire after the fall of Rome in th ... |
British Malaya | ... al establishment in Penang was later progressively extended to the whole of | by 1951. Post-independence, the Malaysian judiciary has become largely cen ... |
Italian | Giorgio Cavazzano (born October 19, 1947, Venice) is an | comic strip artist. He started his career at age 14, as an inker for Roman ... |
Soviet Union | ... tical ambition to establish international cooperation after the fall of the | , to the land along the coast of the Barents Sea, from Nordland in Norway ... |
Germany | ... ners of Turkmenistan are the United States, Turkey, Switzerland, Hong Kong, | , the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. Turkmeni ... |
Japan | ... Netherlands, Feyenoord opened a fanshop in the center of Tokyo, Japan when | ese player Shinji Ono was a key player at the club, and also in South Kore ... |
Dutch | ... and later also King of England, Scotland and Ireland, William III from the | House of Orange-Nassau. In 1703 Spanish and French allied forces briefly o ... |
Austria | ... by many European nations, including Britain, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, | , and |
Canada | ... oreign powers including Russia, Pakistan, Iran, People's Republic of China, | , France and the United States |
Denmark | ... n cities. From the city centre, the ferry harbour has routes to Hirtshals ( | ) and Hanstholm (Denmark). Road connections goes via E18 east to Arendal a ... |
Germany | ... lice officer, Osendarp became a member of the German Security Service, when | occupied the Netherlands in World War II. He later joined the Dutch nation ... |
United Kingdom | ... th the possible exception of a few Commonwealth countries not including the | or New Zealand except for very limited purposes. Justices of the Peace (JP ... |
Mali | The Dogon people are an ethnic group in | , West Africa, reported to have traditional astronomical knowledge about S ... |
Dutch East Indies | ... ndische Leger (KNIL), or Royal Netherlands-Indian Army (in reference to the | , now Indonesia), was created in 1830, a year before the French Foreign Le ... |
United Kingdom | ... enistan are the United States, Turkey, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Germany, the | , Cyprus, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. Turkmenistan is a member of ... |
Philippines | Holbrook returned to the | in March 1901 and served with Troop B, 15th Cavalry Brigade and Troop I, 4 ... |
Mozambique | ... reside in a few areas of Tanzania. Other Bantu speaking were refugees from | |
Sweden | ... d studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in | on 4 March 1974 through Polar Music. The album's title track won ABBA the ... |
United Kingdom | ... Finds of such material have been made in Denmark, Germany, Ireland and the | . Some bogs have preserved ancient oak logs useful in dendrochronology, an ... |
Norway | The municipality of Vågsøy is the second largest fishing municipality in | , and is home to one of Norway's most modern fish-processing plants |
French | Louis Pierre Althusser (; 16 October 1918 – 22 October 1990) was a | Marxist philosopher. He was born in Algeria and studied at the École Norma ... |
Vatican City | ... h just over 9,322 residents, it is the second least-populated country after | |
Northern Ireland | ... Free State became a republic and severed all ties with the monarchy, while | remained within the Union, thus creating the United Kingdom of Great Brita ... |
Spanish | ... ssau was formerly known as Charles Town; it was burned to the ground by the | in 1684, but later rebuilt and renamed Nassau in 1695 in honor of the Dutc ... |
Hungary | ... pire, arrested at the frontier. In 1030, the emperor led his armies against | , but Stephen's troops forced them to retreat. Stephen and Emperor Conrad ... |
Scotland | ... t than a firth, separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of | |
Italy | ... ceived by many European nations, including Britain, Spain, France, Germany, | , Austria, and |
People's Republic of China | ... ved logistics support from foreign powers including Russia, Pakistan, Iran, | , Canada, France and the United States |
Lithuania | ... t is located on the Neman River (Нёман), close to the borders of Poland and | (about 20 km and 30 km away respectively). It has 327,540 inhabitants (200 ... |
Romania | ... turies. Two-thirds of the vampire elders in Newman's universe come from the | n area of the Southern Carpathians; however, there are non-Caucasian vampi ... |
Honduras | ... the United Kingdom (2,392), the United States (2,040), Canada (1,562), and | (873). Approximately 3,300 more residents are citizens of various other co ... |
Second Spanish Republic | In 1931, following the proclamation of the | , the Navy of the Spanish Kingdom became the Spanish Republican Navy. Admi ... |
Hong Kong | ... trade partners of Turkmenistan are the United States, Turkey, Switzerland, | , Germany, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. ... |
France | ... f interests began to push the boundaries of Contemporary art. Yves Klein in | , and Carolee Schneemann, Yayoi Kusama, Charlotte Moorman, and Yoko Ono in ... |
Ethiopia | ... ushman and Khoikhoi peoples. Cushitic-speaking peoples, originally from the | n highlands, reside in a few areas of Tanzania. Other Bantu speaking were ... |
Finland | ... Kåfjord were burned to the ground during the retreat of German forces from | and Finnmark. This was as far west as the Wehrmacht used their scorched ea ... |
Norway | ... ed in Jølster and built Audunborg, one of only two private stone castles in | . On his seals, he used a shield with a rose, surrounded with a bordure of ... |
Scotland | In South Australia and | , it is acceptable for a notary to use the letters "NP" after their name. ... |
Jordan | ... and had to be diverted to other Arab ports, such as Kuwait and even Aqaba, | . At the end of the both sides agreed to once again treat the Algiers Acco ... |
Panama | ... s the mountainous regions of Central America and western North America from | to Alaska |
Japan | Beyond the Netherlands, Feyenoord opened a fanshop in the center of Tokyo, | when Japanese player Shinji Ono was a key player at the club, and also in ... |
Puerto Rico | ... ritories, such as the USA, are not members (although the US Commonwealth of | has Observer status, and the US Virgin Islands announced in 2007 they woul ... |
Japanese occupation of Korea | During the | (1910–1945), all facets of ethnic Korean identity were banned or suppresse ... |
Germany | ... reland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Belgium, France, and | , while cases have been reported throughout the world |
Netherlands | The Nieuwe Waterweg ("New Waterway") is a ship canal in the | from het Scheur (a branch of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta) west of the to ... |
Denmark | ... and Ireland and his wife, Anne of Denmark, the daughter of Frederick II of | also lived at the Palace until the Union of the Crowns in 1603 |
Sweden | ... e, is maybe inspired by the name of the old and well-known town of Birka in | , which has the same meaning) |
Brunei Darussalam | ... ittee proposed by its national sports federations and approved by the IOC." | was due to take part in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. However, they were ... |
Norway | Gratangen is a municipality in Troms county, | . It is part of the Hålogaland traditional region. The administrative cent ... |
India | The game came to Persia from | in the early centuries of the Christian Era (Common Era). The earliest Per ... |
Iran | ... tates, Turkey, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Germany, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, | , and the United Arab Emirates. Turkmenistan is a member of the Economic C ... |
Scottish | Andrew Wyntoun, known as Andrew of Wyntoun (c. 1350 – c. 1423) was a | poet, a canon and prior of Loch Leven on St Serf's Inch and later, a canon ... |
Thailand | ... part of western coastal Sarawak and West Kalimantan in Borneo. In southern | , the related language Pattani Malay is spoken |
Singapore | ... anies, such as Viz Media, Del Rey Manga, and TOKYOPOP, among others, and in | by Chuang Yi |
Roman Empire | ... storical in scholarship. Regarding the New Testament, the setting being the | in the 1st century AD, the historical context is well established. There h ... |
Morocco | ... ts of his predecessor Henry IV, Louis XIII considered a colonial venture in | , and sent a fleet under Isaac de Razilly in 1619. Razilly was able to rec ... |
French Guiana | ... some units of the Légion are in Corsica or overseas possessions (mainly in | , guarding Guiana Space Centre), while the rest are in the south of mainla ... |
Israel | A 2200-year-old coin was discovered in | in 2010, which is said to be dating back to the rule of the Iraq-based Sel ... |
German | Hans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a | lawyer who worked for the Nazi party during the 1920s and 1930s. After Hit ... |
Kiribati | ... Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in | , to the east. Nauru is the world's smallest republic, covering just . Wit ... |
Pakistan | ... and security lapses, such as with U.S. President John F. Kennedy and former | i Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, or as part of coups d'état where security ... |
United Arab Emirates | ... Switzerland, Hong Kong, Germany, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Iran, and the | . Turkmenistan is a member of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) |
Iran | ... received logistics support from foreign powers including Russia, Pakistan, | , People's Republic of China, Canada, France and the United States |
Cyprus | ... United States, Turkey, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Germany, the United Kingdom, | , Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. Turkmenistan is a member of the Econ ... |
Scotland | ... s received by the British General Post Office's receiver facility in Cupar, | |
England | ... enerally recognized. For example, when Whist became popular in 18th-century | , players in the Portland Club agreed on a set of house rules for use on i ... |
Soviet | ... experience of communism combined with the repeated usage of the ideology by | propaganda after World War II within the Eastern bloc (Warsaw Pact) was a ... |
Iceland | ... s often considered a victimless crime. Countries such as Sweden, Norway and | - where it is illegal to remunerate sexual acts, but not to supply them - ... |
Cuba | ... e islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of | and northwest of Jamaica. The Cayman Islands are considered to be part of ... |
Sierra Leone | ... of Vice, British missionary work in India, the creation of a free colony in | , the foundation of the Church Mission Society, and the Society for the Pr ... |
India | ... vice, helped rebuild homes in El Salvador after a hurricane and traveled to | to oppose child labor. In a review of Horowitz's paean to Sarah, in which ... |
Somalia | ... to become StarLauro. On November 30, 1994, she caught fire off the coast of | while en route to South Africa. At that time, the cause of the fire was su ... |
Imperial Russia | ... (originally ) gauge while Finland continues to use the gauge inherited from | (the two standards are close enough to allow full interoperability between ... |
Italy | At Mediolanum (Milan, | ) in July 285, Diocletian proclaimed Maximian as his co-ruler, or Caesar. ... |
Russia | ... ce personnel. They received logistics support from foreign powers including | , Pakistan, Iran, People's Republic of China, Canada, France and the Unite ... |
Norway | ... rn Sami) or Kåfjord (Norwegian), (also ) is a municipality in Troms county, | . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Olderdal ... |
Greece | From Syria her worship extended to | and to the furthest West. Lucian and Apuleius give descriptions of the beg ... |
France | ... in Canada, Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Belgium, | , and Germany, while cases have been reported throughout the world |
Vatican City | ... en referred to as "the Vatican", the Holy See is not the same entity as the | State, which came into existence only in 1929; the Holy See, the episcopal ... |
Russia | ... ssian: Фёдор III Алексеевич) (9 June 1661 – 7 May 1682) was the Tsar of all | between 1676 and 1682 |
Sweden | ... outh to briefly become the head of Elektronmusikstudion (EMS) in Stockholm, | . In the late 1970s, together with Sydney Alonso and Cameron Jones he help ... |
United Kingdom | ... for Culture, Media and Sport, and as with all other national museums in the | it charges no admission fee. Since 2002 the director of the museum has bee ... |
Pakistan | ... nnel. They received logistics support from foreign powers including Russia, | , Iran, People's Republic of China, Canada, France and the United States |
Mexico | ... mergence of 17-year old Raúl González, Butragueño signed for Club Celaya in | and, in his first year, the team reached the final of the national champio ... |
Hong Kong | ... er Delta is a megalopolis with a population of 48 million that extends from | and Shenzhen to Guangzhou. Some projections assume that by 2030 up to 1 bi ... |
Mexico | ... ots at the set, the film's leading lady [Rosaura Revueltas] was deported to | , and from time to time a small airplane buzzed noisily overhead....The fi ... |
England | ... Woman and Tollund Man in Denmark, and Lindow man found at Lindow Common in | . At Céide Fields in County Mayo in Ireland, a 5,000 year old neolithic fa ... |
Iran | ... y the Turks who accepted it as their own ancient history as well as that of | ... The Turks were so much influenced by this cycle of stories that in the ... |
Sicily | ... a son of Adamastus of Ithaca, and one of Odysseus' crew. He was marooned on | when Odysseus fled Polyphemus the cyclops, until Aeneas arrived and took h ... |
Armenia | ... to have founded the first empire, defeating the legendary kings Barzanes of | (whom he spared) and Pharnus of Medea (whom he had crucified) |
Norway | Levanger is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, | . It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the mun ... |
Afghanistan | ... a supporter of the American-led 2001 overthrow of the Taliban government in | . However, Kennedy strongly opposed the Iraq War from the start, and was o ... |
Nigeria | Mohammed Yusuf, creator of the Boko Haram Islamic sect in | , stated his belief in a flat Earth. Some schools of Islam in Mauritania a ... |
Ukraine | ... The European Union membership for at least some of those states, including | , has long been a goal of Polish diplomacy. Poland has also been promoting ... |
Costa Rica | There are many modes of Transport in | |
Norway | In | Telia first entered after the deregulation in 1998 as a virtual supplier o ... |
Norway | ... ken is a municipality on the western coast of Senja island in Troms county, | . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Gryllefj ... |
Mauritania | ... ect in Nigeria, stated his belief in a flat Earth. Some schools of Islam in | also hold this belief |
Yugoslavia | ... n of transport planes had been moved from the Soviet Union to an airbase in | ". The Soviets also deployed seven amphibious warfare craft with some 40,0 ... |
Israel | ... say they have excavated the heaviest and most valuable gold coin to date in | . The Seleucid empire coin is six times the weight of previous finds from ... |
El Salvador | ... chools, and with the American Jewish World Service, helped rebuild homes in | after a hurricane and traveled to India to oppose child labor. In a review ... |
Morocco | ... n of the French one, and had a significant role in Spain's colonial wars in | and in the Spanish Civil War on the Nationalist side. The Spanish Foreign ... |
French colonists | ... o American prisoners of war as the "Hanoi Hilton", was a prison used by the | in Vietnam for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam for prisoner ... |
Netherlands | ... d. These writings were taken charge of by friends and mostly printed in the | |
Grand Prince of Moscow | ... 440, Moscow – 27 October 1505, Moscow), also known as Ivan the Great, was a | and "Grand Prince of all Rus" (Великий князь всея Руси). Sometimes referre ... |
New Zealand | Queensland, like | , continues the practice of appointment by the Archbishop of Canterbury ac ... |
Canada | ... e reside in the United Kingdom (over 32,000), whilst thousands also live in | , the United States and various European nations |
Uttar Pradesh | ... Industrial Development Authority (Noida), Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad (in | ). Delhi is divided into nine districts. Each district (division) is heade ... |
Northern Zhou | ... ized the throne of power from Emperor Gong of Western Wei, establishing the | Dynasty (557–580 AD). The Northern Zhou Dynasty was able to defeat and con ... |
Austria | Ingeborg Eichler, a member of the | n pharmaceutical admission conference enforced Thalidomide (tradename Soft ... |
Iran | ... is located on the southern slopes of the Alborz Range situated near Tehran, | . In this city (like Ibn Sina) he accomplished most of his wor |
Soviet Union | ... aria or Anastasia—and Alexei. In the early 1990s, following the fall of the | , the bodies of the majority of the Romanovs were located along with their ... |
South Africa | In bi-juridical jurisdictions, such as | or Louisiana, the office of notary public is a legal profession with educa ... |
Soviet Union | With the collapse of the | and the end of the Cold War, the United States began a moratorium on nucle ... |
Syria | ... he passengers and crew hostage, they directed the vessel to sail to Tartus, | , and demanded the release of 50 Palestinians then in Israeli prisons. Aft ... |
Vietnam | ... Hanoi by the French, in dates ranging from 1886–1889 to 1898 to 1901, when | was still part of French Indochina. The French called the prison Maison Ce ... |
Qatar | The Doha round began in Doha, | , and negotiations have subsequently continued in: Cancún, Mexico; Geneva, ... |
England | ... le, in that district of the North Riding of Yorkshire called Richmondshire, | , in or around 1488. He studied at Cambridge (bachelor of canon law 1531), ... |
Belgian | Albert Giraud (23 June 1860 – 26 December 1929), was a | poet who wrote in French |
Bolshevist Russia | ... outbreak of World War I, Grodno was occupied by Germany (1915) and ceded by | under the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918. After the war the German govern ... |
Mexico | ... ,000 copies of each album in Germany but has also gained a large fanbase in | and China |
Scotland | ... s were killed in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, | . The students were returning from a study-abroad program in Europe |
Transylvania | Around 1003, Stephen invaded and occupied | , a territory ruled by his maternal uncle, Gyula, a semi-independent chief ... |
Roman Empire | In antiquity, Awjila was nominally within the | , evidenced by emperor Justinian's decree that forbade the worship of Amun |
Nigeria | ... and Safety Agency (NIMASA), which is responsible for regulations related to | n shipping, maritime labor and coastal waters. The agency also undertakes ... |
Sweden | ... round. The horse is a symbol for the town as a major trading center between | and Norway for many centuries. The arms did not change after the addition ... |
Malaysia | During the 1998 Games in Kuala Lumpur, | , three cities initially expressed interest in hosting the event; Melbourn ... |
English | ... (sometimes spelled Burleigh), KG (13 September 1521 – 4 August 1598) was an | , the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secr ... |
Libya | ... oasis town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern | . It is the place after which the Awgila-Berber language, an Eastern Berbe ... |
Pakistan | ... the Institute of Archaeology, but spent part of the years 1949 and 1950 in | as Archaeological Adviser to the Government, helping to establish the Arch ... |
France | ... ns, but explored the role of education in every aspect of national life. In | , for example, he questioned "doctors, landladies, servants, and tradespeo ... |
Normandy | ... folk, there were the Bigod Earls of Norfolk, starting with Roger Bigod from | (died 1107). Their male line ended with Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk, ... |
Chile | ... anned suspension bridge that was to link the island of Chiloé with mainland | crossing the Chacao Channel. It was one of the several projects that were ... |
Canada | ... tary practice, a notary public in the rest of the United States and most of | has powers that are far more limited than those of civil-law or other comm ... |
Portuguese | European traders first reached Indian shores with the arrival of the | explorer Vasco da Gama in 1498 at the port of Calicut, in search of the lu ... |
Prussia | ... 1819), Graf (Count), later elevated to Fürst (Prince) von Wahlstatt, was a | n Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) who led his army against Napoleon I ... |
Germany | ... authorities in the neighboring Alsace region in France and Baden region in | . The Basel Regional S-Bahn, the commuter rail network connecting to subur ... |
Georgia | ... decision not to participate was due to an injury to one of their athletes. | announced on August 9, 2008 that it was considering withdrawing from the B ... |
Belgian | Emile Verhaeren (21 May 1855 – 27 November 1916) was a | poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of th ... |
Germany | ... s of skat are governed by The International Skat Players Association and in | by the Deutscher Skatverband which publishes the Skatordnung. The rules of ... |
Dutch | In 1614 | explorer Adriaen Block encountered the tribe at Montauk Point which he nam ... |
People's Republic of China | Beginning around 1978, the government of the | (PRC) began an experiment in economic reform. In contrast to the previous ... |
Egypt | ... esenting the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) took control of the liner off | as she was sailing from Alexandria to Port Said |
France | ... eposed Carus (a native of Gallia Narbonensis, in what would become southern | ): in this case, they would be defecting imperial troops, not brigands. Al ... |
Turkmenistan | | is largely desert country with nomadic cattle raising, intensive agricultu ... |
Belgium | ... ttention in Canada, Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, | , France, and Germany, while cases have been reported throughout the world |
Norway | ... ostitute, is often considered a victimless crime. Countries such as Sweden, | and Iceland - where it is illegal to remunerate sexual acts, but not to su ... |
Tunisia | ... hoped to quickly capture Savoy, Nice, Corsica, and the African colonies of | and Algeria from the French, but Germany signed an armistice with Marshal ... |
Paraguay | ... to be over 90 million tons. Other leading producers are Brazil, Argentina, | , China, and India |
Greenland | ... as the Inuit migrated into North America, Viking settlers began arriving in | in 982 and Vinland shortly thereafter, establishing a settlement at L'Anse ... |
Italy | ... errorist attempts against her, including an assassination attempt in Genoa, | . However, she did not stop her fight against the dictatorship with interv ... |
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan | Following the Soviet withdrawal in 1989 the | continued to deal with attacks from the Mujaheddin. For several years the ... |
Japan | is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, | . It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the busiest ... |
Mexico | ... media attention in Canada, Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, | , Belgium, France, and Germany, while cases have been reported throughout ... |
Sweden | ... of a prostitute, is often considered a victimless crime. Countries such as | , Norway and Iceland - where it is illegal to remunerate sexual acts, but ... |
Vietnam | ... mpire of Japan invaded then occupied the country, and in the 1980s with the | ese incursions into Thailand that led to several battles with the Thai mil ... |
France | ... subsequently continued in: Cancún, Mexico; Geneva, Switzerland; and Paris, | and Hong Kong |
Thailand | Nawaf arrived in the United States from Bangkok, | , on January 15, 2000, with Khalid al-Mihdhar in Los Angeles. The two stay ... |
Greece | At the time of the coup d'état in | by a group of colonels of the Greek military on 21 April 1967, she was in ... |
Kaliningrad Oblast | ... Cross also estimated 110,000 German civilians were held as forced labor in | where 50,000 were dead or missing. The Soviets also deported from Poland 7 ... |
Japan | ... eign incursions into Thai territory was in December 1941 when the Empire of | invaded then occupied the country, and in the 1980s with the Vietnamese in ... |
Kaliningrad Oblast | ... 0,000 Germans remained in the former northern East Prussia which became the | . They also estimated that more than 100,000 persons surviving the Soviet ... |
Brazil | ... nd some parts of Australia (see History of rail transport in Australia) and | have a gauge of , but Luas, the Dublin light rail system, is built to stan ... |
People's Republic of China | ... nts of aid from other communist countries, notably the Soviet Union and the | , helped the regime achieve a high growth rate in the immediate postwar pe ... |
United Kingdom | ... ives significant media attention in Canada, Ireland, the United States, the | , Mexico, Belgium, France, and Germany, while cases have been reported thr ... |
Navarre | ... 601 – 14 May 1643) was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of | from 1610 to 1643 |
Italy | ... Odysseus fled Polyphemus the cyclops, until Aeneas arrived and took him to | with his company of refugee Trojans |
United Kingdom | ... n class corvette, which have been built by BAE Systems Surface Ships in the | . However, in September 2010, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago announ ... |
France | ... tion; other historians point specifically to the ultra-nationalist party in | during the French Revolution |
Etruria | ... wards he avoided the Roman positions and took the only unguarded route into | at the mouth of the Arno. This route was through a huge marsh which happen ... |
Israel | ... s, at Carnion in Gilead, but the home of the goddess was unquestionably not | or Canaan, but Syria itself; at Hierapolis Bambyce she had a temple in her ... |
French Indochina | ... ates ranging from 1886–1889 to 1898 to 1901, when Vietnam was still part of | . The French called the prison Maison Centrale—literally, Central House, a ... |
Switzerland | ... r, and negotiations have subsequently continued in: Cancún, Mexico; Geneva, | ; and Paris, France and Hong Kong |
Spanish | The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesian people. In 1568 | navigator Álvaro de Mendaña sailed through the islands and is understood t ... |
Georgia | ... ed its export and price arrangements with Gazprom and renewed deliveries to | , Ukraine, and some other countries. It also opened its first pipeline not ... |
France | ... in cooperation with transit authorities in the neighboring Alsace region in | and Baden region in Germany. The Basel Regional S-Bahn, the commuter rail ... |
Cuba | Note: Major destination for | ns trying to migrate to the United State |
Brazil | ... figure is expected to be over 90 million tons. Other leading producers are | , Argentina, Paraguay, China, and India |
British | ... l system in India had reached impressive levels of efficiency. According to | national Thomas Broughton, the Maharaja of Jodhpur sent daily offerings of ... |
Seventeen Provinces | ... s - Science and technology in Wallonia - Second walls of Brussels - Senne - | - Siege of Hulst - Siege of Leuven - Siege of Namur (1695) - Siege of Oste ... |
Norway | ... icipality of Sør-Varanger in the county of Finnmark in the far northeast of | . The town has a population of about 3,300, which expands to approximately ... |
Japan | ... e convenient reductive agent is zinc. Another preindustrial method, used in | , was to dissolve the indigo in a heated vat in which a culture of thermop ... |
Irish Free State | ... into Northern Ireland, which remained a part of the United Kingdom, and the | , an independent nation, in 1922 |
Algeria | ... ickly capture Savoy, Nice, Corsica, and the African colonies of Tunisia and | from the French, but Germany signed an armistice with Marshal Pétain estab ... |
Malaysia | ... ained in an Al-Qaeda training camp in the fall of 1999. He then traveled to | for the 2000 Al-Qaeda Summit |
Lebanon | ... was worshipped as Artemis Azzanathkona. Two well preserved temples in Niha, | are dedicated to her and to Hadad. In the 1930s, numerous Nabatean bas-rel ... |
Philippine Islands | On June 24, 1889, he was ordered to the | and during the Philippine-American War he participated in the Northern Cam ... |
Germany | ... tion of organic material. Finds of such material have been made in Denmark, | , Ireland and the United Kingdom. Some bogs have preserved ancient oak log ... |
Italy | Bronte is a town and comune of Sicily (in the province of Catania, | ), near Mount Etna |
Belarus | ... d's relations with its European neighbors have been good or improving, with | being a sore point. The Eastern Partnership summit, hosted in September 20 ... |
Malaysia | ... tronesian family. It is the national language of Indonesia (as Indonesian), | (as Malaysian), and Brunei and one of four official languages of Singapore ... |
Ukraine | ... port and price arrangements with Gazprom and renewed deliveries to Georgia, | , and some other countries. It also opened its first pipeline not to pass ... |
Soviets | ... e into orbit had the US government allowed ABMA to do so. A year later, the | launched Sputnik 1. A Redstone based Jupiter-C launched Explorer 1 on 31 J ... |
England | ... ck Taylor and H. Gantt. Rudolf Laban and Warren Lamb contributed to this in | . Together, Taylor and Gantt launched the study of the deliberate, rationa ... |
Spain | ... of Zeus). Chrysaor is said to have been king of Iberia (Andorra, Gibraltar, | and Portugal). Chrysaor had one son, Geryon, from Callirrhoe, daughter of ... |
German | The | power metal band, Blind Guardian, features a song titled "Battle of Sudden ... |
Solomon Islands | ... invade and occupy Port Moresby in New Guinea and Tulagi in the southeastern | . The plan to accomplish this, called Operation MO, involved several major ... |
Greece | ... rom the natural spiral of the ovule of a common species of clover native to | . Alternatively, it may simply be of geometrical origins |
South Africa | ... verse. The fictional nation served as an allegory for slavery and later for | n apartheid before becoming a mutant homeland and subsequently a disaster ... |
Sicily | Bronte is a town and comune of | (in the province of Catania, Italy), near Mount Etna |
Philippines | ... la Seaport Terminal in the Port Area, Manila is the shipping gateway to the | . The Pasig River Ferry Service traveled the Pasig River from Intramuros, ... |
Britain's | ... h hydrographer Alexander George Findlay (1812–1876). The islands came under | sphere of influence in the late 19th century, when the Ellice Islands were ... |
Tanzania | Population distribution in | is extremely uneven. Density varies from 1 person per square kilometre (3 ... |
United Kingdom | Following similar actions by the | and Germany, the Greek government is in talks with Switzerland in order to ... |
Indonesia | ... a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the national language of | (as Indonesian), Malaysia (as Malaysian), and Brunei and one of four offic ... |
Sierra Leone | ... re 3500 free blacks. Most went to Nova Scotia and in 1792, 1200 migrated to | . About 2000 black slaves were brought in by Loyalist owners; they remaine ... |
Mali | ... yed the cloth in most areas, with the Yoruba of Nigeria and the Mandinka of | particularly well known for their expertise. Among the Hausa male dyers, w ... |
Denmark | ... preservation of organic material. Finds of such material have been made in | , Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Some bogs have preserved ancien ... |
Indonesia | ... r Royal Netherlands-Indian Army (in reference to the Dutch East Indies, now | ), was created in 1830, a year before the French Foreign Legion, and is th ... |
Britain | ... dio Central transmissions were received by many European nations, including | , Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, and |
Germany | ... axon dialect spoken in Holstein, the southern part of Schleswig-Holstein in | |
Italy | ... 12th Anti-Aircraft Brigade during the landing of Allied Forces at Salerno, | , Operation Avalanche |
Brazil | In | , the colony of Equinoctial France was established in 1612, but only laste ... |
Japan | ... prior to its short-lived demise in 2006, losing significant market share to | ese sedans. Due to waning popularity and customer demand, Ford decided to ... |
Lithuania | In 1913, the Wolfson family arrived from | and became the first Jewish settlers to the area. After some struggles, th ... |
Gibraltar | ... m the head of Zeus). Chrysaor is said to have been king of Iberia (Andorra, | , Spain and Portugal). Chrysaor had one son, Geryon, from Callirrhoe, daug ... |
British | ... FBA, FSA, HonFSAScot (born 25 July 1937 in Stockton-on-Tees) is a prominent | archaeologist and highly regarded academic, noted for his work on radiocar ... |
Puerto Rico | With the exceptions of Louisiana, | , Quebec, whose private law is based on civil law, and British Columbia, w ... |
Tanzania | This article is about the demographic features of the population of | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
Pakistan | ... Independence Act 1947, which created the independent dominions of India and | . India remained a Dominion of the Crown until 26 January 1950, when the C ... |
Netherlands | ... second-largest movable flood barrier (after the Oosterscheldekering in the | ) and is located downstream of central London. Its purpose is to prevent L ... |
Madagascar | The island is located off the east coast of Africa, to the north of | , and boasted a high standard of living, an excellent economy, and freedom ... |
Northern Ireland | ... and other varieties of English, such as those of Malaysia and Singapore. In | it is a shibboleth as Protestant schools teach aitch and Catholics haitch. ... |
Switzerland | He studied at the School of Architecture in Geneva, | . In 1963, he founded a group formed by architects, engineers, sociologist ... |
People's Republic of China | ... nds 12.1%, Côte d'Ivoire 5.9%, Germany 4.6%, Italy 4.4%, South Africa 4.3%, | 4.1% (2003 |
India | ... e steam roller passes over it. This method is widely used in small towns in | where mass manufacturing of clothing is performed |
Russia | ... coast of the Barents Sea, from Nordland in Norway to the Kola Peninsula in | and beyond all the way to the Ural Mountains and Novaya Zemlya, and south ... |
South Africa | ... nce 21.1%, Netherlands 12.1%, Côte d'Ivoire 5.9%, Germany 4.6%, Italy 4.4%, | 4.3%, People's Republic of China 4.1% (2003 |
Britain | The Railway Mania was an instance of speculative frenzy in | in the 1840s. It followed a common pattern: as the price of railway shares ... |
Vietnam | ... of war as the "Hanoi Hilton", was a prison used by the French colonists in | for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam for prisoners of war du ... |
Germany | ... quarters in preparation for future campaigns, either at Moguntiacum (Mainz, | ), Augusta Treverorum (Trier, Germany), or Colonia Agrippina (Cologne, Ger ... |
Andorra | ... hena from the head of Zeus). Chrysaor is said to have been king of Iberia ( | , Gibraltar, Spain and Portugal). Chrysaor had one son, Geryon, from Calli ... |
Tunisia | ... ed to abandon the liner in exchange for safe conduct and were flown towards | aboard an Egyptian commercial airliner |
Kievan Rus' | ... afterwards, Stephen sent troops to help Boleslaw I in his campaign against | . In 1018, Stephen led his armies against Bulgaria, in alliance with the B ... |
Switzerland | ... ns by the United Kingdom and Germany, the Greek government is in talks with | in order to tax bank accounts in Switzerland owned by Greek citizens. The ... |
Côte d'Ivoire | France 21.1%, Netherlands 12.1%, | 5.9%, Germany 4.6%, Italy 4.4%, South Africa 4.3%, People's Republic of Ch ... |
English | ... nry Fielding (Sharpham, 22 April 1707 – near Lisbon, 8 October 1754) was an | novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prow ... |
Mali | Burkina Faso 16.6%, Ghana 15.4%, Netherlands 13%, Benin 9.6%, | 7.7% (2003 |
Brunei | ... ational language of Indonesia (as Indonesian), Malaysia (as Malaysian), and | and one of four official languages of Singapore. It is spoken natively by ... |
Armenia | ... g new client kingdoms and establishing provinces. While client nations like | and Judea were allowed to continue with some degree of autonomy under loca ... |
German | Julius Müller (April 10, 1801 – September 27, 1878), was a | Protestant theologian |
Norwegian | ... mes known as Margaret of Scotland (Norwegian: Margrete av Skottland), was a | princess who was Queen of Scots from 1286 until her death. Her death in 12 ... |
Egypt | ... military equipment than they could use themselves and sold the surplus via | ian traders to the Romans. As after all previous engagements the captured ... |
Canada | ... fleets in the United States, while still being sold to retail customers in | . Production ended on October 27, 2006, as Ford idled the Atlanta plant, a ... |
Republic of the Rio Grande | In 1840 Coahuila briefly became a member of the short lived | |
North Korea | | 's economy is a centrally planned system. The role of market allocation is ... |
Syria | ... ery friendly terms with the new emperor John II, whom he accompanied on his | n campaign (1137), but was forced by illness to return to Constantinople, ... |
Pakistan | In | , the President and Prime Minister receive close protection teams from the ... |
Benin | Burkina Faso 16.6%, Ghana 15.4%, Netherlands 13%, | 9.6%, Mali 7.7% (2003 |
Spain | Ricardo Bofill, also Ricard Bofill Leví (born in Barcelona, | , December 5, 1939) is a Catalan (Spanish) postmodernist architect |
Burkina Faso | Exports - partners: | 16.6%, Ghana 15.4%, Netherlands 13%, Benin 9.6%, Mali 7.7% (2003 |
Seljuks | ... res and then were further altered by Turkic invaders and rulers such as the | . Genghis Khan and Mongol invasions devastated the region during the late ... |
Germany | Following similar actions by the United Kingdom and | , the Greek government is in talks with Switzerland in order to tax bank a ... |
Ghana | electricity supplied by | (2001 |
Finland | ... is the dominant telephone company and mobile network operator in Sweden and | . The company has operations in other countries in Northern, Eastern Europ ... |
Prussia | ... glo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a | n army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher. It was the culminating ba ... |
Puerto Rico | ... entrated their efforts in keeping the most important islands, such as Cuba, | and the majority of Santo Domingo, while the system of treasure fleets, de ... |
Iran | Bey left | during the Islamic Revolution. In the 1980s, his ideas evolved from a kind ... |
Syria | ... rol the whole of the kingdom, however. While he ruled Babylonia and eastern | from Damascus, the remnants of Balas' supporters — first supporting Balas' ... |
Norway | Gaular is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, | . It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrati ... |
Serbia | ... public); the Greek towns of Kalavryta and Distomo; the Dutch town of Putten | ;n towns of Kragujevac and Kraljevo; Norwegian village of Telavåg; and the ... |
Kingdom of Mysore | In South India, the Wodeyar dynasty (1399—1947) of the | used mail service for espionage purposes thereby acquiring knowledge relat ... |
People's Republic of China | ... rative office under the State Council, the chief administrative body of the | . It appears to be the chief information office of the Chinese government |
Japan | ... astern Asia long before written records. They remain a major crop in China, | , and Korea. Prior to fermented products such as soy sauce, tempeh, natto, ... |
Mali | ... erates 24 hours a day, mainly transporting goods to the inland countries of | , Burkina Faso, and Niger |
Burkina Faso | ... 24 hours a day, mainly transporting goods to the inland countries of Mali, | , and Niger |
Transylvania | ... and expulsion from Poland. Most of the ethnic Germans in Romania resided in | , the northern part of which was annexed b |
Austria | ... entury, German Americans and Dutch dominated the area. Along with Swiss and | n immigrants, they founded the European-style lace making industries for w ... |
France | ... med lines, and politically in the triumph of English influence over that of | . John Knox is regarded as the leader of the Scottish reformatio |
Romania | ... is international debut in 1953, aged sixteen, at a tournament in Bucharest, | , finishing tied 4th–5th with 12/19, an event won by his trainer, Alexande ... |
Norway | Jølster is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, | . It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrati ... |
Russia | ... c in a quasi-Romantic vein which has largely been performed only in France, | and |
South Africa | ... List in 2005 at the 29th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Durban, | . The West Norwegian Fjords is the first natural World Heritage site in No ... |
Niger | ... ainly transporting goods to the inland countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and | |
Guatemala | ... the state of Chiapas, on the Mexican side of the international border with | , which follows the line of river. It is downriver from the Maya site Alta ... |
Soviet | A minor planet 2859 Paganini discovered in 1978 by | astronomer Nikolai Chernykh is named after him |
Sweden | ... municipality is the village of Midtbygda which is about west of Storlien in | and east of Stjørdalshalsen in Stjørdal. Other villages in Meråker include ... |
Spanish | ... who was born in San Francisco in 1794, the son of Sergeant Pedro Amador (a | soldier who settled in California in 1771) and younger brother to Sinforos ... |
Roman Republic | ... the pirates were especially active during the Mithridatic wars (between the | and King Mithridates VI of Pontus) in which they supported the king. The a ... |
Guam | ... Netherlands East Indies, Wake Island, New Britain, the Gilbert Islands, and | while inflicting heavy losses on opposing Allied land, naval, and air forc ... |
Afghanistan | ... ft their homes in 1995 to fight in the Bosnian War. Hazmi later traveled to | to fight among the Taliban against the Afghan Northern Alliance. After fig ... |
France | ... for lower-income families. It has designed more than 2,000 housing units in | , 1,500 in Spain, 400 in Sweden, 350 in the Netherlands, including in the ... |
Saint Helena | ... h throne. Napoleon abdicated, surrendered to the British, and was exiled to | , where he died in 1821 |
Norway | is a city and municipality in Aust-Agder county, | . The city belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet. It is a popular ... |
Spain | ... operations in other countries in Northern, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and | , with a total of 150 million mobile customers (2010). It is headquartered ... |
Norway | Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, | . It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative center is Brattvåg ... |
Soviet Union | ... sistence of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, to discuss relations with the | during the Cold War. Participants at the conference included Churchill, U. ... |
Lithuania | ... o-called Black Ruthenia, a border region that was neighbouring the original | . It was often attacked by various invaders, especially the Teutonic Knigh ... |
Belgium | ... of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day | , then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. An Imperial French a ... |
Persia | ... nland, one group known as Shirazis traces its origins to the island's early | n settlers. Non-Africans residing on the mainland and Zanzibar account for ... |
Portugal | ... Chrysaor is said to have been king of Iberia (Andorra, Gibraltar, Spain and | ). Chrysaor had one son, Geryon, from Callirrhoe, daughter of Oceanus |
Portugal | ... o refuel at their bases, fearing an Arab oil embargo, with the exception of | and the Netherlands. Portugal permitted the United States to use a leased ... |
United Kingdom | ... Government Meeting in Perth that all 16 Commonwealth realms, including the | , had unanimously agreed to abolish the gender-preference rule. They also ... |
Czech Republic | ... piai; the Czechoslovakian villages of Ležáky and Lidice (in what is now the | ); the Greek towns of Kalavryta and Distomo; the Dutch town of Putten; Ser ... |
Yuan Dynasty | ... lian empire in thirteen century, which territory included China. During the | under Kublai Khan, China was integrated first into the much larger Örtöö s ... |
Spain | ... families. It has designed more than 2,000 housing units in France, 1,500 in | , 400 in Sweden, 350 in the Netherlands, including in the Parisian Villes ... |
Bulgaria | ... nsored assassination, poisoning can be more easily denied. Georgi Markov, a | n dissident was assassinated by ricin poisoning. A tiny pellet containing ... |
British Malaya | ... it is a continuation of Malacca Malay. When Johor-Riau was divided between | (Johor) and the Dutch East Indies (Riau), its language was accorded offici ... |
British | ... war. Afterward the defeated French abandoned the fort. When the victorious | came to possess territory ceded by the French, the Chickasaw had already d ... |
Slovakia | ... ich combined Bohemia, Moravia, Austrian Silesia, Upper Hungary (present-day | ) and Carpathian Ruthenia into one state. Under its first president, Tomáš ... |
Russia | ... ts of Asia was facilitated through other international agreements. One with | in 1916 helped further secure Japan's influence in Manchuria and Inner Mon ... |
Singapore | ... forces attacked and successfully took control of the Philippines, Thailand, | , the Netherlands East Indies, Wake Island, New Britain, the Gilbert Islan ... |
Sweden | ... as designed more than 2,000 housing units in France, 1,500 in Spain, 400 in | , 350 in the Netherlands, including in the Parisian Villes Nouvelles as Le ... |
Normandy | ... . Orderic Vitalis (1075–c. 1142), an English monk at St Evroul-en-Ouche, in | , reported a similar cavalcade seen in January 1091, which he said were "H ... |
Malaysia | ... ector investments. US Media Bloomberg described Penang's economic growth as | 's "biggest economic success" despite the federal government focus on othe ... |
French | ... reated by Manos Hadjidakis, issued in 2004 a recording that Melina made for | TV during the 1960s. Her recordings 'Athenes, ma Ville', a collaboration w ... |
Canadian | ... principal writer in the 1969 season; executive producer George Schlatter, a | , was influenced by Round the Horne on CBC repeats of BBC original program ... |
United Kingdom | ... ype by a number of governmental and conservation agencies. For example, the | in its Biodiversity Action Plan establishes bog habitats as a priority for ... |
Orange Free State | ... . From the hills around the besieged town of Ladysmith to the plains of the | , MacBride's Brigade first looked after the Boers' great Long Tom gun, the ... |
United Kingdom of the Netherlands | ... Sunday, 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the | . An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeat ... |
France | ... ral music in a quasi-Romantic vein which has largely been performed only in | , Russia and |
France | ... cure Japan's influence in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, and agreements with | , Britain, and the United States in 1917 recognized Japan's territorial ga ... |
Lithuanian | ... o area, as well as the most of Black Ruthenia, was controlled by princes of | origin (Mindaugas and others) to form the Baltic-Slavic state - Grand Duch ... |
Gibraltar | ... sion of Spain by civil war led to the loss of Sicily, Sardinia, Minorca and | and the temporary occupation of the other Balearic islands and parts of ma ... |
Netherlands | ... bases, fearing an Arab oil embargo, with the exception of Portugal and the | . Portugal permitted the United States to use a leased base in , and the d ... |
Norway | Meråker is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, | . It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the mu ... |
Bukovina | ... pulation of Romania in 1939 was estimated at 786,000 In 1940 Bessarabia and | were occupied by the U.S.S.R. and the ethnic German population of 200,000 ... |
Greece | ... Sheffield. Between 1968 and 1970, Renfrew directed excavations at Sitagroi, | . In 1968 he unsuccessfully contested the Sheffield Brightside parliamenta ... |
France | ... it with black plaster. After the defeat of the royal cause he travelled in | and Italy, joined the exiled royal family in 1650, and in 1654 became offi ... |
New Zealand | ... arch 7, 1959 Willem Ruys went off on her new world service to Australia and | . She departed from Rotterdam, sailing via Southampton, the Mediterranean, ... |
New Zealand | ... se mechanical sounds for auditory communication. The Coenocorypha snipes of | drive air through their feathers, woodpeckers drum territorially, and Palm ... |
Georgia | ... ssia, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to recognise Abkhazia, a breakaway region of | . was reported to be giving Nauru $50M in humanitarian aid in return. On 1 ... |
Malaysia | ... prises manufacturing, services and private sectors, Penang ranked second in | after Sarawak in total investments, with the total amount of RM14.038 bill ... |
Bulgaria | ... A total of 764 km of rail are electrified. Greece has rail connections with | , the Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. A total of two suburban railway sy ... |
Puerto Rico | ... is fact also included films produced in U.S. overseas possessions. However, | is an unincorporated territory of the United States and used to be eligibl ... |
Russia | ... neral of cavalry. In 1812 he expressed himself so openly on the alliance of | with France that he was recalled from his military governorship of Pomeran ... |
Italy | ... ack plaster. After the defeat of the royal cause he travelled in France and | , joined the exiled royal family in 1650, and in 1654 became official secr ... |
Dutch East Indies | ... a Malay. When Johor-Riau was divided between British Malaya (Johor) and the | (Riau), its language was accorded official status in both territories |
Japan | ... to Triana (Seville), Central Artery (Boston) and the remodelling of Kobe in | . Antigone in Montpellier, France (4 million square feet built) is an enti ... |
South Africa | ... s first megalopolis is situated in the urban portion of Gauteng Province in | , comprising the conurbation of Johannesburg, and the metropolitan areas o ... |
Russia | In | , large aerospace companies like Oboronprom and the United Aircraft Buildi ... |
New Zealand | ... uthampton, the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, | , returning via the Panama Canal. The Royal Dutch Mail Ships (Willem Ruys, ... |
Belarus | ... nly in Lithuania. It is also spoken by ethnic Lithuanians living in today's | , Latvia, Poland, and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, as well by sizable ... |
Netherlands | ... Mausaeus Carausius, a Menapian from Germania Inferior (southern and western | ) to command the Channel and to clear it of raiders. Carausius did well. B ... |
USSR | ... ctober 4, 1957, the Vanguard team learned of the launch of Sputnik 1 by the | while still working on a test vehicle (TV-2) designed to test the first st ... |
United Kingdom | When the first universal postal system was started in the | with its Penny Black, the postmark used red ink for contrast. This was not ... |
Soviet Russia | His last concern was the emerging persecution of the Church in the | and the famine there after the revolution. Benedict was an ardent mariolog ... |
Poland | ... mperer was born in Breslau, Silesia Province, then in Germany (now Wrocław, | ). Klemperer studied music first at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, an ... |
Mexico | ... which, along with the Federal District, compose the 32 Federal Entities of | . The state is located in Northeastern Mexico |
France | ... ery (Boston) and the remodelling of Kobe in Japan. Antigone in Montpellier, | (4 million square feet built) is an entire neighbourhood that has been des ... |
Tonga | Politics of | takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy, whereby the King ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... f Kortelisy (in what is now Ukraine); Lithuanian village of Pirčiupiai; the | n villages of Ležáky and Lidice (in what is now the Czech Republic); the G ... |
Latvia | ... thuania. It is also spoken by ethnic Lithuanians living in today's Belarus, | , Poland, and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, as well by sizable emigran ... |
Sweden | ... in the background during a speech and slandered the Finns' "hated" neighbor | with a sign saying "Sweden Sucks!" printed over the flag of Sweden. It wou ... |
Congress Poland | Julian Karol Sochocki (, ; February 2, 1842, Warsaw, | , Russian Empire – December 14, 1927, Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Polis ... |
Cameroon | A line from | port of Kribi to Bangui was proposed in 2002 |
India | In | , VIPs are protected by National Security Guards (NSG), an organization un ... |
Republic of Macedonia | ... km of rail are electrified. Greece has rail connections with Bulgaria, the | and Turkey. A total of two suburban railway systems (Proastiakos) are in o ... |
Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ... ntly began a Balkans Campaign which resulted also in the dissolution of the | and the ceding of Dalmatia to Italy. But despite territorial achievements, ... |
Tonga | For most of the 20th century | was quiet, inward-looking, and somewhat isolated from developments elsewhe ... |
Canada | Ryman was born in | and moved to the United States at age 11. He earned degrees in History and ... |
Norway | Rauma is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, | . It is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre is the villa ... |
Kenya | ... rted a pilot project, serving various communities in East Africa, including | , Tanzania and Uganda. This mission provides the opportunity to twenty stu ... |
England | ... greatly influenced the formation of Puritanism among the Anglican Church in | . The Scottish covenanters were persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church. T ... |
Poland | ... It is also spoken by ethnic Lithuanians living in today's Belarus, Latvia, | , and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, as well by sizable emigrant commun ... |
South Africa | ... nt to the United States on behalf of the IRB. On his return he emigrated to | |
France | ... rove some of the Protestant covenanter leadership out of Scotland, and into | and later, Switzerland |
England | William Carpenter, a printer originally from Greenwich, | , was a supporter of Rowbotham and published Theoretical Astronomy Examine ... |
France | ... e United States Army for World War I and after training, he was deployed to | in May 1918. As a result of his unit volunteering for one of several dange ... |
Bahrain | Bahrain is a island country in the Persian Gulf. Although | became an independent country in 1971, the history of these islands starts ... |
Russian Empire | Julian Karol Sochocki (, ; February 2, 1842, Warsaw, Congress Poland, | – December 14, 1927, Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Polish mathematician. ... |
Philippines | ... sides Malaya, Japanese forces attacked and successfully took control of the | , Thailand, Singapore, the Netherlands East Indies, Wake Island, New Brita ... |
Greece | ... excavations at Quanterness in Orkney and Phylakopi on the island of Milos, | . In 1973 Renfrew published Before Civilisation: The Radiocarbon Revolutio ... |
Dutch East Indies | ... different colonial languages; Dutch in the case of Indonesia, formerly the | , and English in the case of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, which were f ... |
Kaliningrad Oblast | ... en by ethnic Lithuanians living in today's Belarus, Latvia, Poland, and the | of Russia, as well by sizable emigrant communities in Argentina, Australia ... |
New Zealand | ... ne, received approval for its use against multiple myeloma in Australia and | in 2003. Thalomid, in conjunction with dexamethasone, is now standard ther ... |
Afghanistan | ... ying at Columbia University, he did extensive traveling in the Middle East, | , Pakistan, India and Nepal. He studied Tantra in West Bengal and visited ... |
Tanzania | ... pilot project, serving various communities in East Africa, including Kenya, | and Uganda. This mission provides the opportunity to twenty students on a ... |
Pakistan | ... bia University, he did extensive traveling in the Middle East, Afghanistan, | , India and Nepal. He studied Tantra in West Bengal and visited many Sufi ... |
India | ... n tons. Other leading producers are Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, China, and | |
Japan | ... cold, and yakko refers to the servants of samurai during the Edo period in | . They wore a vest on which the "nail-puller crest" was attached, on the s ... |
Sikh Empire | ... Later, Afghans were involved in wars with the Sikh principalities, and the | especially when it was under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. During the First Anglo ... |
England | ... at age 11. He earned degrees in History and English at UCLA, then moved to | in 1973, where he has lived most of his life. He is openly gay |
Cuba | ... h concentrated their efforts in keeping the most important islands, such as | , Puerto Rico and the majority of Santo Domingo, while the system of treas ... |
England | ... robably one of Oliver Cromwell's soldiers at the taking of Jamaica in 1655. | took formal control of the Cayman Islands, along with Jamaica, under the T ... |
Japan | The is an annual event held by most schools in | , from Nursery schools to universities at which their students display the ... |
Saudi | A | , Nawaf and childhood friend, Khalid al-Mihdhar, left their homes in 1995 ... |
Iraq | ... nclude pigs, rare seashells, whale's teeth, and (often) cattle. In medieval | , bread was used as an early form of money. In Mexico under Montezuma coco ... |
Principality of Polotsk | ... o the east and southeast, conquering Navahrudak, Hrodna, Vawkavysk, and the | . In about 1239 he appointed his son Vaišvilkas to govern these areas, the ... |
Germany | Hilter is a municipality in the district Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, | . It is located in the hills of the Teutoburg Forest |
Uganda | ... , serving various communities in East Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania and | . This mission provides the opportunity to twenty students on a biannual b ... |
India | ... 2–185 BC) saw the development of impressive civil infrastructure in ancient | . The Mauryans developed early Indian mail service as well as public wells ... |
Austria | ... ring the period of Napoleonic domination. But his hopes of an alliance with | in the war of 1809 were disappointed. In this year he was made general of ... |
Japanese occupation | ... overtake the level of output and efficiency attained toward the end of the | ; to restructure and develop a viable economy reoriented toward the commun ... |
India | ... sity, he did extensive traveling in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, | and Nepal. He studied Tantra in West Bengal and visited many Sufi shrines ... |
Israel | In | , the small minority of Jewish and non-Jewish families that chose not to h ... |
Roman Empire | ... , the former Iraqi Special Republican Guard, or the Praetorian Guard in the | , Varangians of the Byzantine Empire, or the Housecarls of the English Mon ... |
Mexico | ... ten) cattle. In medieval Iraq, bread was used as an early form of money. In | under Montezuma cocoa beans were money |
Spain | ... d Jeff Goldblum and Greta Scacchi and was released on September 29, 2000 in | and European countries. It has not been released in the United States as o ... |
Norway | ... unciation: [skɔʏə] or [skøʏə]) is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, | . It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is of the m ... |
Ethiopia | Coffee almost followed the same fate as cannabis as its use spread from | through the Middle East to Europe. Coffee, regarded as a Muslim drink, was ... |
Britain | ... m the second cruise on 7 December 1941. There, she prepared for transfer to | under the Lend-Lease program. She was decommissioned and turned over to th ... |
Cayman Islands | This article is about the demographic features of the population of the | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
Algeria | ... er 1918 – 22 October 1990) was a French Marxist philosopher. He was born in | and studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he eventually ... |
Lithuania | Lithuanian is spoken mainly in | . It is also spoken by ethnic Lithuanians living in today's Belarus, Latvi ... |
Martinique | ... 3 Charles Plumier (1646–1704) described a flowering tree from the island of | in his Genera. He gave the species, known locally as "talauma", the genus ... |
Nepal | ... id extensive traveling in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and | . He studied Tantra in West Bengal and visited many Sufi shrines and maste ... |
Moldavia | ... phia, 1908) and Charles Leonard Appleton (born Haim Eppel Boim in Kishenov, | , 1900). His mother was employed by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and his father by ... |
Ukraine | ... e, and Clermont-en-Argonne; the Soviet village of Kortelisy (in what is now | ); Lithuanian village of Pirčiupiai; the Czechoslovakian villages of Ležák ... |
Lotharingia | ... , received Italy and the title of emperor; the second, Lothair II, received | ; the youngest, Charles, received Provence |
Belgium | ... , roads, and fortified towns. A military highway through Tornacum (Tournai, | ), Bavacum (Bavay, France), Atuatuca Tungrorum (Tongeren, Belgium), Mosae ... |
England | In the 1580s the conflict in the Netherlands drew | into war with Spain, creating a further menace to Spanish shipping. The ef ... |
South Africa | ... anti-submarine warfare. In poor condition after arriving in Durban, Natal, | , she was often in repair and she was declared unseaworthy in January.194 |
Poland | ... the Jupiter before it, the Pegasus was also licensed by the PZL company in | . It was used on the PZL.23 Karaś and PZL.37 Łoś bombers |
Northern Qi | ... nd was now starting to cause trouble. Wang Lin allied with Northern Wei and | to take take conquer the Chen capital at Jiankang. Emperor Wen first defea ... |
Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate | ... latshahs and the Ayyubids (1207). For a 20 year period, Van was held by the | until the 1240s when it was conquered by the Mongols. In the 14th century, ... |
Russia | ... m and to Scandinavia. Vikings sailed to Western Europe, while Varangians to | . The Hanseatic League was an alliance of trading cities that maintained a ... |
Canada | ... s which usually have a total population in excess of ten million people. In | , "megacity" can also refer informally to the results of merging a central ... |
Poland | ... che Bahn. The station also provides an international connection to Wrocław, | |
British | ... onic masculinity within the military can be seen in research conducted with | servicemen. According to soldiers, toughness, endurance, physical prowess ... |
Northern Wei | ... Hubei provinces and was now starting to cause trouble. Wang Lin allied with | and Northern Qi to take take conquer the Chen capital at Jiankang. Emperor ... |
Sweden | ... Finland (26%), northern Germany, Latvia (10%), the Netherlands, Norway and | . There are extensive bogs in Canada and Alaska (called muskeg). There are ... |
Norway | ... named Jølstravatn. The trout caught in Jølstravatn are renowned throughout | and beyond |
Niger | ... Maiduguri in the northeastern state of Borno. As of March 2006, Nigeria and | expected to move forward with plans to establish a rail link between the t ... |
Iraq | ... wiped out more than 14 million of the palms, including around 9 million in | and 5 million in Iran. Many of the remaining 3 to 4 million trees are in p ... |
English | William Halse Rivers Rivers, FRCP , FRS , ( – ) was an | anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist and psychiatrist, best known for ... |
Russia | ... raine for tourism purposes. Also, no visa has been required for citizens of | , and other CIS countries (except ) |
Brazil | ... of Russia, as well by sizable emigrant communities in Argentina, Australia, | , Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Rus ... |
Carthage | ... rn Italy. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed | 's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western ... |
Somalia | ... es of America. In previous years, the school represented China, France, and | . Turner Fenton consistently places high among Ontario schools for fundrai ... |
India | ... (15-16th century), soybeans were introduced into several countries, such as | , Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia ... |
Malawi | Since 2008, Urbana is a sister city with Zomba, | |
Vanuatu | ... rubber-stamp postmark parts of which were hand-painted. At Hideaway Island, | , the Underwater Post Office has an embossed postmark |
Denmark | ... ll by sizable emigrant communities in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, | , Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the ... |
France | ... United States of America. In previous years, the school represented China, | , and Somalia. Turner Fenton consistently places high among Ontario school ... |
Norwegian | ... a and Sonera. This merger followed shortly after Telia's failed merger with | telecommunications company Telenor, now its chief competitor in the Nordic ... |
Cameroon | ... il link between the two countries. Nigeria is also seeking a rail link with | , but discussions are more contentious in the aftermath of the Internation ... |
Dutch East Indies | ... , the MS Oranje of the Netherland Line, she became a popular fixture on the | route. However, when the East Indies gained independence from The Netherla ... |
Syria | ... ter, German immigrants immigrated from Manhattan. Irish, Polish, Armenians, | ns, eastern European Jews and Italians followed. In 1851, Germans moved ac ... |
Afghanistan | ... foot patrol and convoys escort through urban areas in conflict or war as in | , Iraq, West Bank, Northern Ireland, Beirut, Basque country, Soweto and ot ... |
Sicily | ... the Elder (c. 432 – 367 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, in what is now | , southern Italy. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy ... |
Sweden | ... south is Selbu and Tydal (both in Sør-Trøndelag county), and to the east is | |
Iran | ... 4 million of the palms, including around 9 million in Iraq and 5 million in | . Many of the remaining 3 to 4 million trees are in poor condition |
Canada | ... tvia (10%), the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. There are extensive bogs in | and Alaska (called muskeg). There are also bogs in Patagonia and the Falkl ... |
Romania | ... S-74U), the former East Germany (MPi-AK-74N, MPi-AKS-74N, MPi-AKS-74NK) and | (PA md. 86). Besides former Soviet republics and eastern European countrie ... |
Nigeria | ... se areas include a large West African community, predominantly Ghanaian and | n |
Canada | ... a, as well by sizable emigrant communities in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, | , Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Swe ... |
Maratha Empire | ... during 1761, in which the Afghans invaded and decisively defeated the Hindu | . Later, Afghans were involved in wars with the Sikh principalities, and t ... |
Germany | ... pulation was 308 at the 2010 census. The village was named after Dresden in | |
Cuba | ... rajudicial detention in the United States Guantánamo Bay detention camp, in | were deported to Bermuda |
Brazil | ... old in Japan and the US after September 9, 1999 featured a 56 kbit/s modem. | ian models manufactured under license by Tec Toy did not include a modem, ... |
Dumnonia | ... to the surviving British kingdoms in Scotland and Wales, and the kingdom of | in the southwest of England. Missionaries from Rome began converting the A ... |
Cayman Islands | ... f its 45,436 residents live on the island of Grand Cayman. According to the | Chamber of Commerce, in 1999 an estimated 1,300 people lived on Cayman Bra ... |
Bermuda | S-1 began her service operations in July 1920 with a cruise to | attached to Submarine Division 2 (SubDiv 2), with subsequent operations ou ... |
Hotaki dynasty | ... Empire. However, the current Afghan military dates back to when the Pashtun | rose to power in Kandahar and decisively defeated the Persian Safavid Empi ... |
Mali | ... Zarma Songhay (also spelled Djerma-Songhai), who also are found in parts of | . Both groups are sedentary farmers who live in the arable, southern tier. ... |
Netherlands | ... dies route, her keel was laid in 1939 at De Schelde shipyard in Vlissingen, | , for Rotterdamsche Lloyd (now Nedlloyd). Interrupted by World War II and ... |
France | ... ean-Claude Bétemps, André Bohn and Gérard Bosson from Mieussy Haute-Savoie, | . After inspiration from an article on ‘slope soaring’ in the Parachute Ma ... |
Italian Social Republic | ... ght Mussolini to northern Italy where he set up a Fascist puppet state, the | . Meanwhile, the Allies advanced in southern Italy. In September 1943, Nap ... |
Netherlands | ... Estonia (20% bog lands), Finland (26%), northern Germany, Latvia (10%), the | , Norway and Sweden. There are extensive bogs in Canada and Alaska (called ... |
Belgium | ... riginal announcement of the discovery at a Solvay conference on proteins in | on 8 April 1953 went unreported by the British press |
Northern Wei | ... a horse's chest was replaced by the softer breast strap. Later, during the | (386–534 CE), the fully developed horse collar was invented |
Germany | Stade is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, | . It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Harburg, ... |
Solomon Islands | ... South Pacific area, advocated the occupation of Tulagi in the southeastern | and Port Moresby in New Guinea, which would put northern Australia within ... |
Scotland | ... ic: A’ Chàrnaich) is the main settlement near Glen Coe, Lochaber, Highland, | . It lies at the north-west end of the glen, on the southern bank of the R ... |
Norway | Bjarkøy is a municipality in Troms county, | . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjarkøy. ... |
Russia | ... unter the threat posed by these 'eyes in the sky', the United States, USSR/ | , China and possibly others, have developed systems for destroying enemy s ... |
Qatar | ... tment at One Hyde Park, sold off plan for £100,000,000, and was bought by a | i Prince. The development is valued in excess of £4,000 per square foot (£ ... |
Norway | Vågan is a municipality in Nordland county, | . It is part of the Lofoten traditional region. The administrative centre ... |
La Franja | ... Matarraña. The strip-shaped Catalan-speaking area in Aragon is often called | |
Greece | ... opulation was 7,702 at the 2010 census. The town is named after a region in | |
Cisalpine Gaul | ... wo legions and allies, for a total of 1,600 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, to | . This army was ambushed twice on the way from Ariminium, lost 1,200 men; ... |
Norway | ... is a village and municipality (Norwegian: kommune) in Nordland in Northern | . Lødingen is located on the southeastern corner of the island Hinnøya, an ... |
Russia | ... ith Western and Russian clinics. Many tourists from USA, European Union and | arrive for dental services, providing a sort of dental tourism |
Netherlands | While touring in The Hague, | , Pavlova was told that she had pneumonia and required an operation. She w ... |
UK | In 2004, under pressure from the | , the Cayman Islands agreed in principle to implement the European Union S ... |
Albania | Until 1990, | was one of the world's most isolated and controlled countries, and install ... |
Norway | ... bog lands), Finland (26%), northern Germany, Latvia (10%), the Netherlands, | and Sweden. There are extensive bogs in Canada and Alaska (called muskeg). ... |
England | Simmons was born in Lower Holloway, London, | , to Charles Simmons and his wife, Winifred (Loveland) Simmons. Jean was t ... |
Austria | ... d to increase. The first Paragliding World Championship was held in Kössen, | in 1989. Europe has seen the greatest growth in paragliding, with France a ... |
Serbia | ... including the suicidal Vronsky, depart from Russia to fight in the Orthodox | n revolt that has broken out against the Turks. Meanwhile, a lightning sto ... |
Iceland | ... in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, | , Ireland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, ... |
Norway | ... rediscoveries from obscurity, though Blake was always known as a poet, and | 's leading painter Johan Christian Dahl was heavily influenced by Friedric ... |
Egypt | ... iption of the life of coenobites and solitaries in the deserts bordering on | . The main evidence of the virtue attained by them lies in the voluntary s ... |
Nigeria | ... had is at the south-east corner of the country and is shared between Niger, | , Chad and Cameroon |
Canada | ... rom Jamaica (8,320), the United Kingdom (2,392), the United States (2,040), | (1,562), and Honduras (873). Approximately 3,300 more residents are citize ... |
Italian | Anton Giulio Barrili (1836–1908), | novelist, was born at Savona, and was educated for the legal profession, w ... |
Seventeen Provinces | In the sixteenth century, the | were the centre of free trade, imposing no exchange controls, and advocati ... |
Italy | In the early 1990s, Albania had 240 microwave circuits to | and 180 to Greece carrying international calls. The Albanian telephone com ... |
Soviet Union | ... rifle model 1974"') is an assault rifle developed in the early 1970s in the | as the replacement for the earlier AKM (itself a refined version of the AK ... |
Delhi Sultanate | ... served in the militaries of the Ghaznavids (963–1187), Ghurids (1148–1215), | (1206–1527) and the Mughal Empire of India (1526–1858) as well as in the a ... |
Italy | ... , daughter of Hugh the Count of Tours. In 822, he assumed the government of | , and at Easter, 5 April 823, he was crowned emperor again by Pope Paschal ... |
Ireland | ... Lemass to London to sign one of the most important trade agreements between | and the United Kingdom. One occasion in which Lynch's authority was seen t ... |
USSR | ... fficial discourse along with Russian which, as the official language of the | , took precedence over Lithuanian |
Niger | The largest ethnic groups in | are the Hausa, who also constitute the major ethnic group in northern Nige ... |
Suriname | ... the Caribbean, such as the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of | , and Belize in Central America as full members. The Turks and Caicos Isla ... |
Iran | ... rdowsi, his contemporaries, and his predecessors regarded as the account of | 's ancient history. Many such accounts already existed in prose, an exampl ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... nated as the Alfa Romeo 126-RC34 with the civil version as the 126-RC10. In | it was built by Walter Engines and was known as the Pegas |
Netherlands | ... an 2,000 housing units in France, 1,500 in Spain, 400 in Sweden, 350 in the | , including in the Parisian Villes Nouvelles as Les Espaces d’Abraxas in M ... |
Pakistan | ... auge & Rail gauge); there are plans to convert to standard gauge. In India, | and Bangladesh, a gauge of is widespread. This is also used by the Bay Are ... |
Scottish | Situated half way between the two is the Captain Kidd, named after the | privateer William Kidd. He was hanged on the Wapping foreshore in 1701 aft ... |
United Kingdom | ... ked by Forbes magazine as the 5th most expensive postcode in London and the | , with an average home sale price of nearly £2 million ($3.5 million) |
Canada | ... that began operations in 2009. It was the first LNG regasification plant in | , sending out natural gas to both Canadian and American markets. The termi ... |
Niger | This article is about the demographic features of the population of | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
Japan | ... o teach once a year. He has also taught at Keio University (Mita) in Tokyo, | , CCRMA at Stanford University and the University of California Santa Cruz ... |
France | ... ed it with its music holdings. When Seagram's drinks business was bought by | -based Pernod Ricard, its media holdings (including Universal) were sold t ... |
India | ... , Ghurids (1148–1215), Delhi Sultanate (1206–1527) and the Mughal Empire of | (1526–1858) as well as in the army of the Persian Empire. However, the cur ... |
The Bahamas | ... and Caicos Islands, an Associate member of CARICOM, and the Commonwealth of | , a full member of CARICOM, are in the Atlantic, but near to the Caribbean ... |
Philippines | ... famous quotes and mishaps during filming, albeit in Romania instead of the | .) The film crew is befriended by a young-looking vampire, who leaves with ... |
Greek | ... tius (; , Diogenes Laertios; fl. c. 3rd century AD) was a biographer of the | philosophers. Nothing is known about his life, but his surviving Lives and ... |
Norway | ... ralia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, | , Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, and Spai ... |
Greece | In the early 1990s, Albania had 240 microwave circuits to Italy and 180 to | carrying international calls. The Albanian telephone company had also inst ... |
Bangladesh | ... auge); there are plans to convert to standard gauge. In India, Pakistan and | , a gauge of is widespread. This is also used by the Bay Area Rapid Transi ... |
Hong Kong | ... d ship at Hull and then went into reserve. In 1880 Wivern was dispatched to | |
Mongolia | Today, "Outer Mongolia" is sometimes still informally used to refer to | . Outer Mongolia is also used quite commonly in the Republic of China (Tai ... |
Togo | ... my of Togo is refers to the economic activity of the West African nation of | |
France | ... played a role in the Napoleonic Wars in 1807-1814, when Denmark–Norway took | 's side, and therefore became the enemy of Norway's most important trading ... |
Nigeria | ... Niger are the Hausa, who also constitute the major ethnic group in northern | , and the Zarma Songhay (also spelled Djerma-Songhai), who also are found ... |
Venezuela | ... d stained-glass windows for the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas, | , and painted Country Outing, The Camper, and the series The Big Parade. I ... |
Norway | Vågsøy is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, | . It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality ... |
United Kingdom | ... g variant was manufactured under license by Westland Helicopters Ltd in the | , who developed a specially modified version for the Royal Navy. It is pow ... |
Canada | ... on, and North America. Since 2005 citizens of European Union and EFTA, USA, | , Japan and South Korea no longer require a visa to visit Ukraine for tour ... |
Portugal | ... ating the free movement of goods. Trade in the East Indies was dominated by | in the 16th century, Holland in the 17th century, and the British in the 1 ... |
Cameroon | ... h-east corner of the country and is shared between Niger, Nigeria, Chad and | |
French | ... he first known European to settle on the island was Father Joseph Poncet, a | Jesuit, who set up a mission near Wikwemikong in 1648. The Jesuits called ... |
Confederate States of America | ... e of two sister ships secretly ordered from the Laird & Son shipyard by the | in 1862. Her true ownership was concealed by the fiction that she was bein ... |
England | ... population of 63,998 over sixty years old, compared to a figure of 21% for | as a whole. Those under twenty years old accounted for 23% of the populati ... |
Belize | ... such as the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Suriname, and | in Central America as full members. The Turks and Caicos Islands, an Assoc ... |
Romania | ... , complete with all the famous quotes and mishaps during filming, albeit in | instead of the Philippines.) The film crew is befriended by a young-lookin ... |
United Kingdom | ... e is usually required, so that the bodyguard can double as a driver. In the | and some other countries, bodyguards have to have a license or certificati ... |
South Africa | Persoon was born in | at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an immigrant Pomeranian fathe ... |
Iran | ... leader of the terrorists. (The equivalent event in our history involved the | ian embassy: see Iranian Embassy Siege. |
Japan | Since the early 1980s, | has produced a significant output of characteristically harsh bands, somet ... |
Finland | ... st on March 10, 2006, was compiled mainly of footage from O'Brien's trip to | . In the episode, Conan greeted fans at the airport, participated in a Sam ... |
Cambodia | Turner Fenton participates in Model UN events, in 2005 representing | and Kenya, and in 2006 representing The United States of America. In previ ... |
Singapore | ... onal Airport to Beijing, Dalian, Shenyang, Shanghai, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, | , Moscow, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok and Kuwait International Airport. With c ... |
Republic of China | ... e that of the Juche calendar of North Korea, and the Minguo calendar of the | (Taiwan) |
France | ... " (invited by French singer Johnny Hallyday) was at the Novelty in Évreux ( | ) on October 13, 1966 |
Iran | ... he country, as well as a new $70 million base in Farah near the border with | . In the meantime, the Afghan military began seeking latest fighter aircra ... |
Japan | ... North America. Since 2005 citizens of European Union and EFTA, USA, Canada, | and South Korea no longer require a visa to visit Ukraine for tourism purp ... |
Puerto Rico | ... es, Taller de Arquitectura has created more than 100 designs for parks from | to Beijing. Many landscape projects designed by the Taller involve the pre ... |
Libya | ... er (Burkina Faso at 628 km and Benin at 266 km) and to the northnortheast ( | at 354 km) |
Palau | ... eir admittance to the United States was very strong, and, until Bermuda and | agreed to accept them in June 2009, the U.S. had failed to find a home for ... |
Canada | ... orth Atlantic run. First, she was placed on the New York service, and later | was included |
Estonia | ... able emigrant communities in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, | , France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Ki ... |
Transylvania | ... manian Embassy in London has been taken over by "freedom fighters" who want | to become a homeland for the undead. As Special Air Service troops mass fo ... |
North Korea | ... hō year numbering just happens to be the same that of the Juche calendar of | , and the Minguo calendar of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Iraq | ... nd convoys escort through urban areas in conflict or war as in Afghanistan, | , West Bank, Northern Ireland, Beirut, Basque country, Soweto and other ar ... |
Germany | ... munities in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, | , Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United ... |
United Kingdom | ... (as of the government's 1999 Census Report) hail from Jamaica (8,320), the | (2,392), the United States (2,040), Canada (1,562), and Honduras (873). Ap ... |
Britain | Portland cement was developed from natural cements made in | in the early part of the nineteenth century, and its name is derived from ... |
Sweden | ... aSonera AB is the dominant telephone company and mobile network operator in | and Finland. The company has operations in other countries in Northern, Ea ... |
Falkland Islands | ... Canada and Alaska (called muskeg). There are also bogs in Patagonia and the | in the |
Ghana | ... idents of these areas include a large West African community, predominantly | ian and Nigerian |
Mongolia | ... , but possibly with political connotations. It can also be used to refer to | synchronically. In the Mongolian language, the word ar refers to the back ... |
Egypt | ... resistance. A major campaign against hashish-eating Sufis was conducted in | in the 11th and 12th centuries resulting among other things in the burning ... |
Egypt | ... f an organized courier service for the diffusion of written documents is in | , where Pharaohs used couriers for the diffusion of their decrees in the t ... |
Norway | Namdalseid is village and a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, | . It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the muni ... |
Northern Ireland | ... through urban areas in conflict or war as in Afghanistan, Iraq, West Bank, | , Beirut, Basque country, Soweto and other areas under non conventional en ... |
France | ... rant communities in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, | , Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, t ... |
Norway | Leirfjord is a municipality in Nordland county, | . It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centr ... |
Han Dynasty | ... s centuries. The introduction of Buddhism to China, which began in the late | and continued through the Tang Dynasty, introduced Chinese scholars to San ... |
Greece | Maria Amalia Mercouri was born in Athens, | in 1920, the daughter of Stamatis Mercouris, a former cavalry officer, mem ... |
Kenya | ... r Fenton participates in Model UN events, in 2005 representing Cambodia and | , and in 2006 representing The United States of America. In previous years ... |
India | Some of the earliest surviving references to toxic warfare appear in the | n epics Ramayana and Mahabharata |
Denmark | ... ter, but was deposed in 1553 after the succession of Queen Mary. He went to | (where his brother-in-law was chaplain to the king), then to Wesel, and fi ... |
Northern Ireland | ... e family farmhouse called Mossbawn, between Castledawson and Toomebridge in | ; he was the first of nine children. In 1953, his family moved to Bellaghy ... |
Iran | ... the name Arvand is used for the Tigris, the confluent of the Shatt al-Arab. | ians begun using this name specifically to designate the Shatt al-Arab dur ... |
Bulgaria | ... ntries of the former USSR. Additionally, unlicensed copies were produced in | (AK-74 and AKS-74U), the former East Germany (MPi-AK-74N, MPi-AKS-74N, MPi ... |
Scottish | Archibald Leslie, a | tailor, arrived in the community around 1817, opened a tailoring business ... |
Puerto Rico | ... t. Augustine was first explored in 1513 by Spanish explorer and governor of | , Juan Ponce de León, who claimed the region for the Spanish crown. Prior ... |
Algeria | ... e. The kingdom is no longer in existence today. It was located in of modern | , bordered by the kingdoms of Mauretania (modern-day Morocco) to the west, ... |
Azores | ... sixty years of immigration from Portuguese Atlantic islands (primarily the | , though also from Madeira and the Cape Verde Islands). There are strong B ... |
Britain | ... London Museum. During his career he performed many major excavations within | , including that of Roman Verulamium (modern-day St Albans), the late Iron ... |
Britain | Sperry in | started with a factory in Pimlico, London in 1913, manufacturing gyroscopi ... |
France | ... t a great part of his life in travel, visiting England, the Netherlands and | , and residing for a considerable period at Naples |
United Kingdom | A Governor is appointed by The Queen of the | on the advice of the British Government to represent the monarch. Governor ... |
Honduras | ... atemala. During a visit to Spain, in 1537, Alvarado had the governorship of | reconfirmed in addition to that of Guatemala for the next seven years. His ... |
Mongolia | ... ing Dynasty. Its area was roughly equivalent to that of the modern state of | , which is sometimes informally called "Outer Mongolia" today. There was a ... |
Mauretania | ... nce today. It was located in of modern Algeria, bordered by the kingdoms of | (modern-day Morocco) to the west, the Roman province of Africa (modern-day ... |
Nauru | ... initiate Operation RY, using ships released from the MO operation, to seize | and Ocean Island for their phosphate deposits on 15 May. Further operation ... |
Burma | ... , Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, | , Taiwan and Nepal. This spread was due to the establishment of sea and la ... |
Japan | ... to the need for guard bands between unrelated transmissions. ISDB, used in | and Brazil, has a similar segmented mode |
Norway | Tjøme is a municipality in Vestfold county, | . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tjøme. T ... |
Etruria | ... en a Carthaginian fleet of 70 quinqueremes was intercepted off the coast of | by a Roman fleet of 120 quinqueremes and retreated without giving battle |
Cuba | ... iably journey to Union City to interview citizens when news items involving | or Raúl Castro arise. Moreover, Union City still boasts the largest Hispan ... |
Mauretania | ... aximian moved south to combat piracy near Hispania and Berber incursions in | . When these campaigns concluded in 298, he departed for Italy, where he l ... |
Switzerland | ... eport Limits to Growth; Peter Lorange, former president of IMD in Lausanne, | ; Leif Frode Onarheim, a former member of the Norwegian Parliament and cur ... |
India | ... rs were dedicated to the cultivation of indican-producing plants, mainly in | . By comparison, the country of Luxembourg consists of 2,586 square kilome ... |
Sri Lanka | ... nent, reaching right across from Iran into Pakistan to Burma and Kashmir to | . After independence, the Indian Railways adopted as the standard Indian g ... |
Madagascar | ... e north end of the Mozambique Channel, between Mozambique and the island of | . Still widely known by their French names, the islands officially have be ... |
Canada | ... ley Wickenheiser (born August 12, 1978) is a women's ice hockey player from | . She was the first woman to play full time professional hockey in a posit ... |
Sweden | ... n from a earlier "Black God of the Hunt" A horned God of death . In western | and sometimes in the east as well, it has been said that Odin was a noblem ... |
Sicily | ... inqueremes, loaded with 1,000 soldiers, raided the Aegadian Islands west of | and eight ships intended to attack the Vulcan islands, but were blown off- ... |
United Kingdom | ... corporating a Bill of Rights, was ordained by a statutory instrument of the | in 2009. A 15-seat Legislative Assembly is elected by the people every fou ... |
Canada | The imperial gallon is used in everyday life (and in advertising) in | , the United Kingdom and Ireland, including alongside litres per 100 km in ... |
Cambodia | ... tries, such as India, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, | , Malaysia, Burma, Taiwan and Nepal. This spread was due to the establishm ... |
Greece | In | , there is a doughnut-like snack, called loukoumas (λουκουμάς), which is a ... |
Romania | ... 250 Greek companies are active with a total investment of over €2 billion. | n statistics from 2005 show that Greek investment in the country exceeded ... |
Germany | Kelly was born in Günzburg, Bavaria (then American Occupation Zone, | ), in 1947, as Petra Karin Lehmann. She changed her name to Kelly after he ... |
Hungary | ... ád, on the 20 August 1083. Stephen became one of the most popular saints in | , and 20 August, which was also his feast day until 1687, is celebrated as ... |
Malaysia | ... h as India, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, | , Burma, Taiwan and Nepal. This spread was due to the establishment of sea ... |
Russia | ... e world's largest wetlands are the bogs of the Western Siberian Lowlands in | , which cover more than 600,000 square kilometres. Sphagnum bogs were wide ... |
France | The Pied Piper is a 1942 film in which an Englishman on vacation in | is caught up in the German invasion of that country, and finds himself tak ... |
Sicily | ... afia (also known as Cosa Nostra) first developed in the mid-19th century in | and spread to the East Coast of the United States during the late 19th cen ... |
United Kingdom | ... mperial gallon is used in everyday life (and in advertising) in Canada, the | and Ireland, including alongside litres per 100 km in advertisements and o ... |
Samoa | ... sing these locations as supporting bases, to seize New Caledonia, Fiji, and | and thereby cut the supply and communication lines between Australia and t ... |
Netherlands | ... country. He spent a great part of his life in travel, visiting England, the | and France, and residing for a considerable period at Naples |
Luxembourg | ... of indican-producing plants, mainly in India. By comparison, the country of | consists of 2,586 square kilometers |
Italy | ... has a prestressed concrete frame covered with glass and Carrara marble from | and was built by the French civil engineering company Bouygues |
Germany | ... half-canton of Basel-Landschaft or of the canton of Aargau (or of France or | ) |
Germany | ... h century, several immigrant groups from Europe, most notably from Ireland, | , Spain, and Italy moved to Texas. These groups interacted with Mexican an ... |
India | ... is indigenous to the southeastern Mediterranean Basin, Eastern Africa, and | , today it is widespread throughout tropical regions. In areas with a suit ... |
Normandy | ... and of Guernsey has a total area of . Guernsey is situated west of France's | coast and south of Weymouth, England and lies in the Gulf of St Malo. Liho ... |
Scotland | ... rope: Ireland was more than 15% bog (Achill Island off Ireland is 87% bog), | , Denmark, Estonia (20% bog lands), Finland (26%), northern Germany, Latvi ... |
El Salvador | ... xupéry, with the small home planet being inspired by her small home country | , also known as "The Land of Volcanoes" due to the area having so many of ... |
England | ... ge of 14, he was appointed to the Prussian court. About 1700, he settled in | where he was one of the founders, in 1710, of The Academy of Vocal Music, ... |
England | ... s College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in | |
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan | Under the | (1978–1992), weapon deliveries by the Soviets were increased and included ... |
Roman Empire | ... itania was conquered by lieutenants of Julius Caesar and became part of the | |
Seventeen Provinces | ... nds, unlike in many other countries, was not initiated by the rulers of the | , but instead by multiple popular movements, which in turn were bolstered ... |
Greenland | ... e muskox is an animal typical for the northern parts of Canada, Alaska, and | . It is not native to Norway, but in 1932, ten muskoxen were released near ... |
Denmark | ... and was more than 15% bog (Achill Island off Ireland is 87% bog), Scotland, | , Estonia (20% bog lands), Finland (26%), northern Germany, Latvia (10%), ... |
Anjouan | ... ian government. They are Njazidja (Grande Comore), Mwali (Mohéli), Nzwani ( | ), and Mahoré (Mayotte). The islands' distance from each other—Njazidja is ... |
Serbia | ... Bulgarian Bank Coca-Cola Bulgaria) are owned by Greek financial groups. In | , 250 Greek companies are active with a total investment of over €2 billio ... |
German | He is honoured with a bust in the | Walhalla temple near Regensburg |
Assyria | ... e Ancient World. In the 1840s and 1850s the Museum supported excavations in | by A.H. Layard and others at sites such as Nimrud and Nineveh. Of particul ... |
Burma | ... s the Indian Subcontinent, reaching right across from Iran into Pakistan to | and Kashmir to Sri Lanka. After independence, the Indian Railways adopted ... |
Mohéli | ... ames by the Comorian government. They are Njazidja (Grande Comore), Mwali ( | ), Nzwani (Anjouan), and Mahoré (Mayotte). The islands' distance from each ... |
Srivijaya | ... e Dharmasraya Kingdom, a Hindu-Buddhist kingdom that arose after the end of | n rule in Sumatra. The laws were for the Kerinci people who today still li ... |
Tristan da Cunha | ... Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong; Queen Mary's Peak, the highest mountain in | ; and Queen Mary Land in Antarctica are named in her honour |
Slovenia | In | , the German population at the end of World War II was concentrated in Slo ... |
New Zealand | | abolished the grand jury in 1961 |
India | ... crative trade brought valuable spice to Europe from the far east, including | and China. Roman commerce allowed its empire to flourish and endure. The R ... |
Bulgaria | ... rtant strategic investments. Additionally, Greece invested €1.38 billion in | between 2005 and 2007 and many important companies (including Bulgarian Po ... |
British | The Hawthorn Memorial Trophy has been awarded to the most successful | or Commonwealth F1 driver every year since |
Bermuda | ... recommissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She then made two cruises to | , training submariners, and returned to Philadelphia from the second cruis ... |
French | Charles Deutsch (1911-1980) was a | aerodynamics engineer and automobile maker, founder of the brand "DB" with ... |
Nepal | ... , the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Burma, Taiwan and | . This spread was due to the establishment of sea and land trade routes. T ... |
Canada | ... gray background. The muskox is an animal typical for the northern parts of | , Alaska, and Greenland. It is not native to Norway, but in 1932, ten musk ... |
France | ... cobite expeditions to Scotland in the spring of 1719. By provoking Britain, | , the Netherlands and the Empire to form the Quadruple Alliance, his hasty ... |
Andhra Pradesh | ... after the floods ravaged North Karnataka and some districts of the state of | |
Thailand | ... S Cole bombing. After the meeting, Mihdhar and Hazmi traveled to Bangkok in | on January 8, and left a week later on January 15 to travel to the United ... |
France | ... rt of the half-canton of Basel-Landschaft or of the canton of Aargau (or of | or Germany) |
Italians | ... onella, a N.A.T.O. base in Sicily, where the hijackers were arrested by the | after a disagreement between American and Italian authorities. The other p ... |
England | ... and Pennsylvania. The five primary sources of foreign visitors are Canada, | , Germany, China, and Italy |
Finland | ... Island off Ireland is 87% bog), Scotland, Denmark, Estonia (20% bog lands), | (26%), northern Germany, Latvia (10%), the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. ... |
Iceland | ... ur Ragnar Grímsson (born 14 May 1943) is the fifth and current President of | . He has served as President since 1996; he was unopposed in 2000, re-elec ... |
Romania | ... gion had the lowest per capita GDP in the European Union until Bulgaria and | joined in 2007 (it was 32% of EU average in 2002). It is a part of eastern ... |
Japan | In | a metropolitan area would be |
Transylvania | ... s Grand Prince Géza of Hungary; his mother was Sarolt, daughter of Gyula of | a Hungarian nobleman who had been baptized in Greece. Though Sarolt was ba ... |
Poland | In | and parts of the U.S. with a large Polish community, like Chicago and Detr ... |
South Africa | ... 's SNP, the Awami League in Bangladesh and the African National Congress in | |
Pisa | ... rise of numerous Maritime Republics, the most notable being Venice, Genoa, | and Amalfi. From the 10th to the 13th centuries these cities built fleets ... |
Brazil | ... as operated from aircraft carriers by several nations, including Argentina, | , Italy and the United Kingdom |
Norway | ... er name BI Norwegian School of Management is the largest business school in | and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total 6 campuses with t ... |
Philippines | ... ere introduced into several countries, such as India, Japan, Indonesia, the | , Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Burma, Taiwan and Nepal. This spr ... |
Germany | ... sylvania. The five primary sources of foreign visitors are Canada, England, | , China, and Italy |
Switzerland | ... s well as Geneva, Zurich and Bern. The championships were jointly hosted by | and Austria. BSC Old Boys and Concordia Basel are the other football teams ... |
Pakistan | ... gauge across the Indian Subcontinent, reaching right across from Iran into | to Burma and Kashmir to Sri Lanka. After independence, the Indian Railways ... |
India | ... ve in 1994 after her towlines snapped off North Cape. She was on her way to | to be scrapped at the time. Several attempts have been made to pull her fr ... |
Norway | Dovre is a municipality in Oppland county, | . It is part of the traditional region of Dovre. The administrative centre ... |
Italy | ... ted from aircraft carriers by several nations, including Argentina, Brazil, | and the United Kingdom |
Switzerland | ... to enter the ministry and decided to become a Jesuit, pausing only to visit | , which officially forbade Jesuits to enter |
Scotland | ... world range record by flying non-stop from Culdrose in Cornwall to Wick in | , a total of breaking the old record held by Wing Commander Ken Wallis |
Iran | ... Iraq. The southern end of the river constitutes the border between Iraq and | down to the mouth of the river as it discharges into the Persian Gulf. It ... |
Danes | ... as the negotiator for a rescue operation transporting interned Norwegians, | and other western European inmates from German concentration camps to hosp ... |
Israel | ... i was born on October 29, 1938, in Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine (now | ), as a Krymchak Jew. In 1939, his family emigrated to New York to escape ... |
France | ... r Squadron / 370th Fighter Group on a fuel depot at Coutances, near St. Lô, | . Further use of napalm by American forces occurred in the Pacific Theater ... |
Canada | ... nnesota, and Pennsylvania. The five primary sources of foreign visitors are | , England, Germany, China, and Italy |
Japan | ... h century), soybeans were introduced into several countries, such as India, | , Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Burma ... |
Spain | ... , several immigrant groups from Europe, most notably from Ireland, Germany, | , and Italy moved to Texas. These groups interacted with Mexican and Nativ ... |
Confederacy | ... tant to support secession. However, many citizens went off to fight for the | |
Tunisia | ... (modern-day Morocco) to the west, the Roman province of Africa (modern-day | ) to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the north, and the Sahara Desert t ... |
Republic of Macedonia | ... . Between 1997 and 2009, 12.11% of foreign direct investment capital in the | was Greek, ranking fourth. In 2009 alone, Greeks invested €380 million in ... |
Bulgaria | The Lublin region had the lowest per capita GDP in the European Union until | and Romania joined in 2007 (it was 32% of EU average in 2002). It is a par ... |
Italy | ... nschweig, Vienna, Florence, Naples and many other towns of both Germany and | |
Estonia | ... ore than 15% bog (Achill Island off Ireland is 87% bog), Scotland, Denmark, | (20% bog lands), Finland (26%), northern Germany, Latvia (10%), the Nether ... |
Netherlands | In the | , oliebollen, referred to in cookbooks as "Dutch doughnuts", are a type of ... |
Sicily | ... mber 1717, strongly supported by Sardinian politician Vicente Bacallar) and | (July 1718), in spite of promises made to the Pope, while pressing Spanish ... |
Mayotte | ... re Njazidja (Grande Comore), Mwali (Mohéli), Nzwani (Anjouan), and Mahoré ( | ). The islands' distance from each other—Njazidja is some 200 kilometers f ... |
Iraq | ... nd the Tigris in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern | . The southern end of the river constitutes the border between Iraq and Ir ... |
Italy | ... mmigrant groups from Europe, most notably from Ireland, Germany, Spain, and | moved to Texas. These groups interacted with Mexican and Native American, ... |
Iran | ... prevalent gauge across the Indian Subcontinent, reaching right across from | into Pakistan to Burma and Kashmir to Sri Lanka. After independence, the I ... |
Indonesia | ... ry), soybeans were introduced into several countries, such as India, Japan, | , the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Burma, Taiwan an ... |
Scottish | ... ved Kringen) took place in August 1612, just downstream of Dovre, where the | force stayed on 24 August 1612 |
Lordship of Ireland | In Ireland, grand juries were active during the | in parts of the island under the control of the English government - The P ... |
Dutch East Indies | Ordered in 1938 to replace the aging ships on the | route, her keel was laid in 1939 at De Schelde shipyard in Vlissingen, Net ... |
Brazil | ... g areas are India (with over three-quarters of the global yield), China and | , and it is widely grown as a crop in Ethiopia. There are several active b ... |
England | ... later recognized by King John in Magna Carta in on demand of the nobility. | abandoned grand juries in 1933 and instead uses a committal procedure |
Latvia | ... cotland, Denmark, Estonia (20% bog lands), Finland (26%), northern Germany, | (10%), the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. There are extensive bogs in Can ... |
Algeria | ... nsequences. In 289, the governor of Mauretania Caesariensis (roughly modern | ) gained a temporary respite by pitting a small army against the Bavares a ... |
United Kingdom | The defence of the Cayman Islands is the responsibility of the | . The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service provides police services in the ... |
Mayotte | ... an any other location. This list excludes the French-administered island of | which is claimed by the Comorian government |
Kaliningrad Oblast | ... 114,070 Germans and 41,029 Soviet citizens were registered as living in the | , with an unknown number of unregistered Germans ignored. However, between ... |
Second Polish Republic | ... determine if the city would be in the Weimar Republic or become part of the | . 20,816 (94.7%) votes were cast for Germany, 1,098 (5.0%) for Poland, and ... |
Norway | Sande is a municipality in Vestfold county, | . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of "Sande i ... |
autonomous state | ... tle territory along the border to Turkey, while Crete was established as an | under Prince George of Greece |
Thailand | ... veral countries, such as India, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, | , Cambodia, Malaysia, Burma, Taiwan and Nepal. This spread was due to the ... |
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | In the days of | the lexis was influenced by standard Serbo-Croatian and the Latin script b ... |
Mexico | ... a Palma (translated Dry River Bed of the Palms) near Matamoros, Tamaulipas, | , in 1846 |
Nicaragua | ... the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in which the ICJ ruled in favor of | and against the United States and awarded reparations to Nicaragua. The IC ... |
Singapore | Oi is a slang interjection used in Britain, Ireland, Australia, | , Malaysia and other countries to get someone's attention or to express su ... |
Ethiopia | ... of the global yield), China and Brazil, and it is widely grown as a crop in | . There are several active breeding programmes |
Libya | ... illion with the Soviet Union to finance arms purchases for Egypt and Syria. | , which had forces stationed in Egypt before the outbreak of the war, prov ... |
USSR | ... n the larger anti-aircraft guns disappeared. The same thing occurred in the | after the introduction of their SA-2 Guideline systems |
Lithuania | In | , a kind of doughnut called spurgos is widely known. Some spurgos are simi ... |
Morocco | In 1120, Ibn Tumart and his small band of followers proceeded to | , stopping first by Fez, where he briefly engaged the Maliki scholars of t ... |
Norway | is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, | . It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative c ... |
Dál Riata | ... who would later give their name to Scotland), of the Irish petty kingdom of | in the west. Kenneth MacAlpin is traditionally viewed as the first king of ... |
Malaysia | Oi is a slang interjection used in Britain, Ireland, Australia, Singapore, | and other countries to get someone's attention or to express surprise or d ... |
Alsace-Lorraine | Natural resources in | (iron-ore, and coal) do not appear to have played a role in Germany's figh ... |
India | ... production is around one million tons per year. Leading producing areas are | (with over three-quarters of the global yield), China and Brazil, and it i ... |
United Kingdom | ... aft carriers by several nations, including Argentina, Brazil, Italy and the | |
South Africa | Wilson was born in Bexhill, Sussex, England, to an English father and | n mother. He was educated at Westminster School and Merton College, Oxford ... |
Brazil | ... on, he exercised his medical practice in Embu, a small city near São Paulo, | , under the identity of Wolfgang Gerhard, where in 1979, he suffered a str ... |
Norway | Nedre Eiker is a municipality in Buskerud county, | . It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre ... |
Algeria | ... coordination between Arab forces led to several instances of friendly fire. | sent a squadron each of MiG-21s and Su-7s to Egypt, which arrived at the f ... |
Brazil | ... ed for guard bands between unrelated transmissions. ISDB, used in Japan and | , has a similar segmented mode |
Philippines | ... xes, tunnels, and other fortifications, especially on Saipan, Iwo Jima, the | , and Okinawa, where deeply dug-in Japanese troops refused to surrender. N ... |
Vietnam | ... d into several countries, such as India, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, | , Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Burma, Taiwan and Nepal. This spread was d ... |
Austria | ... , Zurich and Bern. The championships were jointly hosted by Switzerland and | . BSC Old Boys and Concordia Basel are the other football teams in Basel |
United Kingdom | ... d or states I fold, that person cannot re-enter the hand. In casinos in the | , a player folds by giving his hand as is to the "house" dealer, who sprea ... |
Somalia | ... 5 hijacking. In 1994, the ship caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean off | |
Iceland | In | kleinuhringur (pl. kleinuhringir and kleinuhringar) are a type of old Icel ... |
North Korea | ... . This portion of the canal was used to transport troops to what is now the | n border region during the Goguryeo-Sui Wars (598–614). After the canal's ... |
Alsace-Lorraine | ... d French policy towards Germany for the next forty years. The reconquest of | , the "lost provinces", became an obsession characterized by a revanchism ... |
Belgium | ... epublic from the Roman Catholic-dominated Southern Netherlands (present-day | ) |
Austria | In | , flooding for over 150 years, has been controlled by various actions of t ... |
Prussian court | Pepusch was born in Berlin. At the age of 14, he was appointed to the | . About 1700, he settled in England where he was one of the founders, in 1 ... |
Assyria | ... unforeseen growth of the collections. Infill galleries were constructed for | n sculptures and Sydney Smirke's Round Reading Room, with space for a mill ... |
Norway | ... lighthouse at Lindesnes stands on the southernmost point of the mainland of | |
Morocco | ... ed in of modern Algeria, bordered by the kingdoms of Mauretania (modern-day | ) to the west, the Roman province of Africa (modern-day Tunisia) to the ea ... |
Mexico | ... , known in English as the 'Mexican Hat Dance', gained popularity outside of | when Pavlova created a staged version in pointe shoes, for which she was s ... |
Germany | ... % bog), Scotland, Denmark, Estonia (20% bog lands), Finland (26%), northern | , Latvia (10%), the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. There are extensive bo ... |
Japan | ... rate his professional persona as a chef from his stage persona as Iron Chef | ese |
Comoros | This is a list of the extreme points of | , the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other lo ... |
Sweden | ... ple compared are at different stages in their life. Wealthy countries (e.g. | ) can appear more equal, yet have high Gini coefficients for wealth (for i ... |
Serbia | Maximian was born near Sirmium (modern Sremska Mitrovica, | ) in the province of Pannonia, around 250 into an Illyrian family of shopk ... |
United Kingdom | ... eas. The pressure steadily built, and the United States declared war on the | on June 12, 1812. This occurred after Madison had been nominated by the De ... |
Britain | ... the use of khadi and Indian material as alternatives to those shipped from | . It also urged people to boycott British educational institutions and law ... |
Austria | There is also a cultural partnership with the state of Burgenland, | , and a university partnership between the University of Bayreuth and the ... |
Egypt | ... during the stone age. Materials used for creating jewelry were traded with | since 3000 BC. Long-range trade routes first appeared in the 3rd millenniu ... |
Slovenia | In | , a jam-filled doughnut known as krofi, is very popular. It is the typical ... |
India | In | , split pigeon peas (toor dal) are one of the most popular pulses, being a ... |
Belgium | ... ian stay-behind network - Belgian waffle - Belgian Women's First Division - | - Belgium at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Belgium at the European Athletics ... |
Transylvania | ... Empire ruling house of Habsburg instituted a similar grand principality in | (Großfürst von Siebenbürgen) in 1765 |
Spain | ... ry he had founded, and the residue of the immense wealth he had acquired in | to his nephew. Alberoni left a large quantity of manuscripts. The genuinen ... |
Western Roman Empire | ... his restored much of the political focus to the Forum until the fall of the | almost two centuries later |
United Kingdom | Foreign policy is controlled by the | , as the islands remain an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Altho ... |
Russia | ... Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex is to be finished by 2008, in | , to protect Saint Petersburg from storm surges. It also has a main traffi ... |
Canadian | ... , a short-lived establishment that was occupied for less than three months. | explorer David Thompson, of the North West Company, spent the winter of 18 ... |
Montenegro | ... ia includes the Bosnian language as an elective subject in primary schools. | officially recognizes the Bosnian language, as its 2007 Constitution speci ... |
Russia | Sochocki was born in Warsaw under the | n domination to a Polish family, where he attended state gymnasium. In 186 ... |
India | ... of pigeon peas is estimated at 46,000 km 2 . About 82% of this is grown in | . These days it is the most essential ingredient of animal feed used in We ... |
Russia | In | and the CIS countries, ponchiki (, plural form of пончик, ponchik) or pysh ... |
Russia | ... ладбище) is located at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, in Saint Petersburg, | |
Kingdom of Aragon | ... ll lands and people, titles and states previously until then outside of the | . This Crown was effectively ended after the dynastic union with Castile ( ... |
Russia | ... was six years old his mother married Alexander "Sasha" Walden (born in Ufa, | in 1897), a double-bass player in the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. ... |
Austria | Drawing inspiration from several sources, specifically the | n Mannlicher-Schönauer of 1903 and the Winchester Model 1894, Cooper defin ... |
Greece | ... s used as a location for the ocean scene (in the film portrayed as being in | ) in For Your Eyes Only, where Kristatos (Julian Glover) attempted to elim ... |
Canada | While developed European nations and | tend to have Gini indices between 0.24 and 0.36, the United States' and Me ... |
Soviet Union | ... , there were many Serbian nationals. Also in the 1990s, the collapse of the | , and the changes in the former Warsaw Pact countries, led to an increase ... |
Switzerland | ... rotestant covenanter leadership out of Scotland, and into France and later, | |
Soviet Union | ... 42, Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire – December 14, 1927, Leningrad, | ) was a Polish mathematician. His name is sometimes transliterated from Ru ... |
Romania | In | , donuts are a desert called "gogoși". Usually they are fried in oil like ... |
Carthaginians | ... mmercial trade and military way-point for many cultures, beginning with the | in the 5th century BC, who called the city Abyla. It was not until the Rom ... |
United Kingdom | ... I, Nauru was captured by Australian troops. Australia, New Zealand and the | signed the Nauru Island Agreement in 1919, creating a board known as the B ... |
Roman Empire | ... inhabited world", and was historically used with specific reference to the | . The ecumenical vision comprises both the search for the visible unity of ... |
Swedish | ... rocon, in 1994 and in 2004. He was also the guest of honour at the national | sf convention Swecon in 2006, at Gaylaxicon 2008, at Wiscon 2009, and at 2 ... |
Malaysia | In late 1999 the NSA informed the CIA of an upcoming meeting in | , which Hada mentioned would involve "Khalid", "Nawaf", and "Salem". On Ja ... |
Greece | ... f Greeks lived in Lycia until the 1920s when they were forced to migrate to | after the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the Grec ... |
Libya | ... ublic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by | to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south ... |
Japan | ... ry close, to the German rates, in Europe, and among the OEEC countries only | had been doing better |
Sri Lanka | ... ollowed by shorter postings on HM Ships Kent, Shropshire and in Ceylon (now | ). After the invasion of Greece by Italy in October 1940, he was transferr ... |
Normandy | Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was born in Paris in 1868. He went to school in | and studied law in Paris, graduating in 1889. He inherited millions of fra ... |
Carthage | ... er historians during the third century BC to indicate the territory west of | , including the entire north of Algeria as far as the river Mulucha (Muluy ... |
Dutch | Risør was a small fishing village when | vessels began to call there to purchase timber in about 1570. By 1607 two ... |
Danish | Agner Krarup Erlang, a | engineer who worked for the Copenhagen Telephone Exchange, published the f ... |
Sweden | ... es C-130s delivering food to the starving people. Other countries including | , West Germany, Poland, Canada, USA and the Soviet Union were also involve ... |
United Kingdom | ... the League of Nations gave Australia a trustee mandate over Nauru, with the | and New Zealand as co-trustees. On 6 and 7 December 1940, the German auxil ... |
Qatar | ... lear, it might be associated with the islands of Bahrain, Eastern Province, | and nearby Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf. One of the early settlements ... |
Canada | The Walk begins at the Maine/ | border and travels the east coast of the United States until the winner is ... |
Hàn Dynasty | ... be wholly pictorial in origin. In 100 CE, the famed scholar Xǔ Shèn in the | classified characters into six categories, namely pictographs, simple ideo ... |
Carthaginians | ... nean coast of the Iberian Peninsula, it was colonized by Ancient Greeks and | and participated in the pre-Roman Iberian culture |
Philippines | ... ah, until August 19, 1926. Holbrook then commanded Camp Stotsenburg, in the | until May 11, 1929. Aterwards, he commanded Fort Bragg, North Carolina, fr ... |
Lithuania | The title Didysis kunigaikštis (in Lithuanian) was used by the rulers of | , who after Jagiello also became kings of Poland, and was later found amon ... |
Kenya | ... gift from Hindu Council of Kenya.JPG|Recognition of work - Hindu Council of | File:Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar figure at the main office in nagpur.JPG|D ... |
Bangladesh | ... eland's Sinn Féin, Wales's Plaid Cymru, Scotland's SNP, the Awami League in | and the African National Congress in South Africa |
Portuguese | In 1415, during the Battle of Ceuta, the city was captured by the | during the reign of John I of Portugal. The King of Spain, Phillip II, sei ... |
Italy | ... rimary sources of foreign visitors are Canada, England, Germany, China, and | |
Soviet Union | ... ing him to multiple concerts. Appleton's parents were true believers in the | and active members of the multiple left-wing organizations including the C ... |
Sicily | ... tive region of Aragon, Catalonia, and later the Balearic Islands, Valencia, | , Naples and Sardinia (see Aragonese Empire) |
Israel | ... rs from 1953 to 1963. Starting in the late 1940s, after the independence of | , he also started to develop the Bahá'í World Centre in Haifa, including t ... |
New Zealand | ... is 'palm' is in fact a cabbage tree (Cordyline australis), originating from | . These trees flourish elsewhere in the UK. It is suggested that the popul ... |
Germany | ... e second International Radiotelegraphic Convention, held in Berlin in 1906, | 's Notzeichen distress signal of three-dots/three-dashes/three-dots (· · · ... |
United Kingdom | Clement Martyn Doke (May 16, 1893 in Bristol, | – February 24, 1980 in East London, South Africa) was a South African ling ... |
Danish | ... feated by two French corps on 6 November. The next day, trapped against the | frontier by 40,000 French troops, he was compelled to surrender with 7,800 ... |
Japan | ... n Records were acquired in 1990. In the same year, MCA was purchased by the | ese multinational conglomerate Matsushita Electric |
Soviet Union | ... cond most widely used gauge in the world, and spans the whole of the former | /CIS bloc including the Baltic states and Mongolia. Finland uses 1524 mm. ... |
Russia | Goren was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to | n Jewish immigrants. He earned a law degree at McGill University in Montre ... |
Dominican Republic | In some places, such as the | and Hawaii, pigeon peas are grown for canning and consumption. A dish made ... |
Straits Settlements | ... tois of Malay and the Hokkien Chinese, which is mostly spoken in the former | of Penang and Malacca in Malaysia, and the Indonesian Archipelago |
Singapore | In | , the Mountbatten estate was named in honour of him by the British colonia ... |
German | ... 14 and continued to contract. These advances can be traced to 1865 when the | chemist Adolf von Baeyer began working on the synthesis of indigo. He desc ... |
English | ... n moisture. Bogs also offer a unique environment for animals. For instance, | bogs give a home to a yellow fly called the hairy canary fly (Phaonia jaro ... |
Confederate | ... s abandoned and the cannons were dumped into the Roanoke River by departing | troops, and were only recently discovered. In July 1972, a group of men fr ... |
the Solomon Islands | During 1907–8 Rivers travelled to | , and other areas of Melanesia and Polynesia. His two-volume History of Me ... |
Scotland | ... backed Fulgencio Batista in 1959, Ireland's Sinn Féin, Wales's Plaid Cymru, | 's SNP, the Awami League in Bangladesh and the African National Congress i ... |
Albania | ... feated by the Franks in 507, and fled into Spain and Septimania, as well as | Novempopulania then became part of the Frankish Kingdom like the rest of s ... |
Ethiopia | ... ows, fresh young pods are eaten as a vegetable in dishes such as sambar. In | , not only the pods, but also the young shoots and leaves are cooked and e ... |
Netherlands | The largest and most elaborate flood defences can be found in the | , where they are referred to as Delta Works with the Oosterschelde dam as ... |
Iraq | ... lition forces launched the ground campaign. It quickly penetrated deep into | , with the foreign legion taking the Al Salman Airport, meeting little res ... |
Confederate States of America | ... ed. During the American Civil War, many Largo area residents fought for the | . James and Daniel McMullen were members of the “Cow Cavalry” driving Flor ... |
India | The use of castor bean oil ("eranda") in | has been documented since 2000 BC in lamps and in local medicine as a laxa ... |
France | ... 13 April 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of | (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered ... |
Indonesia | ... try. He mounted a military expedition against the Dutch and French in Java, | . The war was swiftly conducted by Admiral Robert Stopford, General Freder ... |
Greece | ... The qualifications imposed by some countries is much greater. In France and | , for example, a practitioner must choose to be either a solicitor or a no ... |
Cameroon | ... to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, | and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. Due to its distance f ... |
Thailand | In | , pigeon peas are grown as a host for scale insects which produce lac |
Canada | ... he starving people. Other countries including Sweden, West Germany, Poland, | , USA and the Soviet Union were also involved in the international respons ... |
Nigeria | ... Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and | to the southwest, and Niger to the west. Due to its distance from the sea ... |
Thailand | ... ad overrun all of the rubber plantations in Malaya, Indonesia, Vietnam, and | . |
Morocco | ... crossing the Strait of Gibraltar into Mauretania Tingitana (roughly modern | ) to protect the area from Frankish pirates |
Roman Republic | ... ire on a collision course with the new superpower of the Mediterranean, the | . At the battles of Thermopylae and Magnesia, Antiochus's forces were reso ... |
Poland | ... ood to the starving people. Other countries including Sweden, West Germany, | , Canada, USA and the Soviet Union were also involved in the international ... |
Armenia | ... Great of Persia, the country referred to as Urartu in Babylonian is called | in Old Persian |
France | ... agencies. The qualifications imposed by some countries is much greater. In | and Greece, for example, a practitioner must choose to be either a solicit ... |
Iran | ... associated with the islands of Bahrain, Eastern Province, Qatar and nearby | ian coast in the Persian Gulf. One of the early settlements discovered in ... |
Republican Spain | ... August 15, 1937, Kuznetsov was the naval attache and chief naval advisor to | . While serving in Spain he developed a strong dislike of fascism |
United Kingdom | ... mperor of the Russian Empire. Born a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the | , she was given the name Alexandra Feodorovna upon being received into the ... |
Central African Republic | ... entral Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the | to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west ... |
Luxembourg | ... sted the proposed ban by lodging a case at the European Court of Justice in | , asking that the ban be quashed. The ban is also opposed by the European ... |
Roman Empire | In 43 AD, the emperor Claudius annexed Lycia to the | as a province and by the time of Vespasian, it was united with Pamphylia a ... |
South Africa | ... May 16, 1893 in Bristol, United Kingdom – February 24, 1980 in East London, | ) was a South African linguist working mainly on African languages. Realiz ... |
British | ... een the two parties, in 1847, after protracted negotiations, which included | and Russian delegates. Even afterwards, backtracking and disagreements con ... |
Puerto Rico | ... ican Republic. Pigeon peas are also made as a stew, with plantain balls. In | arroz con gandules is made with rice and pigeon peas and is a typical dish ... |
Russian Empire | ... Empress consort of Russia as spouse of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of the | . Born a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, she was gi ... |
Sweden | ... ality (Värmdö kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central | . Its seat is located in the town of Gustavsberg, with a population of 9,6 ... |
United Kingdom | ... ce and internal security of the Cayman Islands is the responsibility of the | |
Lithuania | ... io executive. His father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother was a | n Jew. He is a cousin of director Laurence Moody and actress . His surname ... |
Côte d'Ivoire | ... he Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 1978; Rwanda in 1990–94; and the | (the Ivory Coast) in 2002 to the present |
Poland | ... as used by the rulers of Lithuania, who after Jagiello also became kings of | , and was later found among the titles used by kings of the Polish-Lithuan ... |
Vietnam | ... panese Army had overrun all of the rubber plantations in Malaya, Indonesia, | , and Thailand. |
Sudan | ... landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, | to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Niger ... |
Portuguese | ... 4 kilometres long). It was completed in 1970 and has used a black and white | pavement design since its origin in the 1930s: a geometric wave. The Copac ... |
Egypt | ... fruit of unsurpassed excellence...Much of this fruit is dried, and sent to | |
Soviet Union | ... rail bracket for mounting optics. The AK-74M would have been adopted by the | as the standard service rifle, and has been accepted as the new service ri ... |
Russia | ... ra Feodorovna Romanova (6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918), was Empress consort of | as spouse of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of the Russian Empire. Born a g ... |
Norway | Stranda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, | . It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the muni ... |
Rwanda | ... 87; Kolwezi in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 1978 | ;in 1990–94; and the Côte d'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast) in 2002 to the presen ... |
Algeria | ... hat Soviet freighters loaded with tanks and other weapons reached Egyptian, | n and Syrian ports throughout the war. The sealift may have included Sovie ... |
Vietnam | ... s in various forms throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia. The most common | ese version is called Bo kho, but which uses rice noodles instead. It was ... |
Yemen | ... ent. He was not, like Schultens, deceived by the pretended antiquity of the | ite Kasidas. Errors no doubt he made, as in the attempt to ascertain the d ... |
Russia | ... Kate (née Ogus) and Bernard Moodnick, a studio executive. His father was of | n Jewish descent and his mother was a Lithuanian Jew. He is a cousin of di ... |
Russia | ... nternational events have taken place here, involving Ukrainian, Lithuanian, | n and Belorussian artists, researchers and politicians. Lublin connects th ... |
Canada | Douglas Alfred Whiteway is a journalist and author who lives in Winnipeg, | . He has a BA in Religious Studies from the University of Manitoba, and a ... |
Tamil Nadu | ... acterized by Ashmounds since 2500 BC in Karnataka region, expanded later to | |
Scotland | Kenneth Grahame was born on 8 March (1859) in Edinburgh, | . When he was a little more than a year old, his father, an advocate, rece ... |
Samoa | ... that the Japanese operation might include carrier raids on Allied bases in | and at Suva. Nimitz, after consultation with Admiral Ernest King, Commande ... |
Germany | ... aetia, a Roman province that had included parts of Austria, Switzerland and | . In the matriculation list for the University of Leipzig his family name, ... |
Germany | ... nit to be sent to France, and it fired the first US artillery shell against | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... s after the Algerian War), 1978–79, and 1983–87; Kolwezi in what is now the | in May 1978; Rwanda in 1990–94; and the Côte d'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast) in ... |
Russian Empire | ... ng and Lithuanian grand duke Stanisław August Poniatowski abdicated. In the | , the city continued to serve its role as a seat of Grodno Governorate sin ... |
Lithuania | ... important international events have taken place here, involving Ukrainian, | n, Russian and Belorussian artists, researchers and politicians. Lublin co ... |
England | ... Abbot, whose offices had the function of licensing books for publication in | , issued a decree banning verse satire. The decree ordered the burning of ... |
Japan | ... densely populated county. Largo is also a sister city to Tosayamada, Kochi, | . In 2007, Largo had been named a National Arbor Day Tree City for the sev ... |
New Zealand | ... utbreak of World War I, Nauru was captured by Australian troops. Australia, | and the United Kingdom signed the Nauru Island Agreement in 1919, creating ... |
Poland | Lublin is not only the biggest city in eastern | , but an important culture core city also. Since accession of Poland into ... |
Spain | In | , there are two different types of doughnuts. The first one, simply called ... |
Scotland | In some parts of | , ring doughnuts are referred to as doughrings, with the 'doughnut' monike ... |
Armenia | ... e Kingdom of Armenia. It became an important center during the reign of the | n king, Tigranes II, who founded the city of Tigranakert in the 1st centur ... |
Soviet Union | ... Other countries including Sweden, West Germany, Poland, Canada, USA and the | were also involved in the international response |
Switzerland | In | , there are Zigerkrapfen and Berliner |
San Marino | ... rong and unwarrantable measures he adopted to subject the grand republic of | to the papal states incurred the pope's displeasure, and left a historical ... |
Iraq | ... remarkable notice of the prevalence of Buddhist doctrine and asceticism in | under the Omayyads. In the Adnotationes historicae to his Abulfeda (Abuif. ... |
Estonia | ... amogitian resistance; he led an army to Cēsis (now in Latvia), reaching the | n coast, and battled Masovia (now in Poland). His goal was to encourage al ... |
Switzerland | ... home region, Rhaetia, a Roman province that had included parts of Austria, | and Germany. In the matriculation list for the University of Leipzig his f ... |
Carthage | ... e campaign was lengthy, and Maximian spent the winter of 297–298 resting in | before returning to the field. Not content to drive them back into their h ... |
Puerto Rico | ... few United States jurisdictions where trained notaries are allowed (such as | ), the practice of these jurists is limited to non-judicial legal advice, ... |
Norway | is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, | . It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the vill ... |
Niger | ... l African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and | to the west. Due to its distance from the sea and its largely desert clima ... |
German | ... elbows and armpits to protect the wearer in locations not covered by plate. | gothic armour arming doublets were generally shorter than Italian white ar ... |
Sweden | ... lity (Orusts kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western | . Its seat is located in the town of Henån, with an approximate population ... |
Germany | ... nlike the essential impact it had on other European countries (Switzerland, | , Bohemia, Hungary, and Transylvania among others). Many Italians were out ... |
Kievan Rus' | Velikiy Kniaz was from the 11th century the title of the leading Prince of | (head of the Rurikid House), then of several princes of the Rus'. From 132 ... |
Afghanistan | In the autumn of 1999, these four attended the Mes Aynak training camp in | , which provided advanced training. Hazmi went with the two Yemenis, Tawfi ... |
Luxembourg | ... r to stall the nomination of openly gay James C. Hormel to be ambassador to | ; Hormel eventually received a recess appointment from President Bill Clin ... |
Greek | ... established trade colonies the Greeks called emporia. From the beginning of | civilization until the fall of the Roman empire in the 5th century, a fina ... |
Cuba | ... ommanders for its skill in air support, particularly in anti-armor strikes. | sent approximately 1,500 troops, including tank and helicopter crews to Sy ... |
Cameroon | ... traditions throughout West Africa. From the Tuareg nomads of the Sahara to | , clothes dyed with indigo signified wealth. Women dyed the cloth in most ... |
Albania | ... of assisted suicide (legal in Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, | , Oregon and Washington) and cannabis use (see legality of cannabis by cou ... |
Eritrea | ... vernments, the RRC redirected food to government militias, in particular in | and Tigray. It also encouraged international agencies to set up relief pro ... |
Denmark | ... 11) on Als Island in Sønderborg Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in | . The town lies at the head of Als Fjord. To the east is the Little Belt. ... |
Galatia | ... sty seemed to be losing control — Gauls had fully established themselves in | , semi-independent semi-Hellenized kingdoms had sprung up in Bithynia, Pon ... |
Roman Republic | War broke out between Numidia and the | and several legions were dispatched to North Africa under the command of t ... |
French | Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 186815 April 1927) was a | journalist and author of |
Canada | 2. In Ontario, | , its largest city, Toronto, is a component of Ontario's Golden Horseshoe, ... |
France | ... ment of representative democracy in countries such as the United States and | (see the United States Declaration of Independence of 1776, and the Declar ... |
People's Republic of China | ... Canal has not fully recovered from this disaster. After the founding of the | in 1949, the need for economic development led the authorities to order he ... |
Italy | ... an entirely smooth process, as Wickenheiser was initially slated to play in | , until the Italian Winter Sports Federation ruled that women were ineligi ... |
Nigeria | ... go signified wealth. Women dyed the cloth in most areas, with the Yoruba of | and the Mandinka of Mali particularly well known for their expertise. Amon ... |
Northern Ireland | ... lon, a banker and judge who was a Scots-Irish immigrant from County Tyrone, | ; his mother was Sarah Jane Negley Mellon. He was also brother of Richard ... |
Bulgaria | ... n his campaign against Kievan Rus'. In 1018, Stephen led his armies against | , in alliance with the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, and collected several r ... |
Spain | In 1711 he followed Vendôme into | as his secretary. He was very active in furthering the accession of the Fr ... |
France | ... 7th Field Artillery Brigade, of the 1st Division, and he sailed with it for | on July 31, 1917. When the United States became involved in World War I, t ... |
Sweden | ... y (Grästorps kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western | . Its seat is located in the town of Grästorp |
Croatia | ... e coastal Liburnians. Their territory covered the central inlands of modern | and Una River Valley in today's Bosnia and Herzegovina. Archaeological doc ... |
English | ... e city are German (74.3%), Norwegian (12.3%), Irish (9.3%), Russian (7.7%), | (3.4%), Czech (2.3%) |
North Korea | ... to Syria, and they reportedly engaged in combat operations against the IDF. | sent 20 pilots and 19 non-combat personnel to Egypt. The unit had four to ... |
Cuba | ... Cuba and west of Jamaica. They are situated about south of Miami, south of | , and about northwest of Jamaica. Grand Cayman is by far the biggest, with ... |
Sweden | ... pality that covers the island of Tjörn in Västra Götaland County in western | . Its seat is located in the town of Skärhamn |
Austria | ... 9, 1901, Atzgersdorf near Vienna – June 12, 1972, Buffalo, New York) was an | n-born biologist known as one of the founders of general systems theory (G ... |
English | ... e city are German (71.7%), Norwegian (18.4%), Russian (9.4%), Irish (8.8%), | (6.0%), Swedish (4.0%) |
England | ... e American University of Beirut he later went to Balliol College, Oxford in | , where he matriculated in "Economics and Social Sciences", while still pe ... |
Germany | Nauru was annexed by | in 1888 and incorporated into Germany's Marshall Island Protectorate. The ... |
Afghanistan | ... . Badat said that he had received the bomb-making materials from an Arab in | . Badat was sentenced to 13 years in prison by a British judge |
Hungary | ... l impact it had on other European countries (Switzerland, Germany, Bohemia, | , and Transylvania among others). Many Italians were outstanding activists ... |
Tunisia | ... sert location, Tataouine (French spelling) or Tataween spelling in southern | . Utapau however was given to a different planet, in . Filming was not don ... |
Russia | ... ft the label that released it. Dio toured South America, Japan, Europe, and | in 2005. Their autumn tour was titled "An Evening With Dio" and featured a ... |
Czech | ... n (74.3%), Norwegian (12.3%), Irish (9.3%), Russian (7.7%), English (3.4%), | (2.3%) |
France | ... in (born 1935, Stockholm, Sweden) and Jean-Claude Risset (born 1938, LePuy, | ) became important colleagues throughout Appleton's life. In 1970 Appleton ... |
Vietnam | ... and Rencong script and these are still in use today by the Champa Malay in | and Cambodia. Old Malay was written using Pallava and Kawi script, as evid ... |
Spanish | ... ion was 21,906. Its county seat is Grenada. Grenada County is named for the | province of Granada |
Kenya | Since the proclamation of the Republic of | , after the British colony of Kenya came to an end in 1963, the Agikuyu no ... |
Morocco | ... beria and Central North Africa through lieutenants, their dominions outside | being treated as provinces. When their amirs crossed the Straits it was to ... |
Spain | ... ough to the second round of cities aiming to participate in this title with | in 2016, but ultimately Wrocław was chosen |
Denmark | ... tially on the Jutland peninsula and partially on the island of Als in south | , at the border with Germany. The municipality covers an area of , and has ... |
Kenya | ... ince the proclamation of the Republic of Kenya, after the British colony of | came to an end in 1963, the Agikuyu now form an integral part of the Kenya ... |
Denmark | ... h, kommune) in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south | . The municipality covers an area of 1,278 km², and has a total population ... |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Another established use of the title was in the | (since 14th century) and in the Grand Duchy of Moscow |
Switzerland | ... citizenship. He retired from conducting in 1971. Klemperer died in Zurich, | in 1973, aged 88, and was buried in Zurich's Israelitischer Friedhof-Obere ... |
Duchy of Parma | ... as born near Piacenza, probably at the village of Fiorenzuola d'Arda in the | |
Prussia | ... his own expense, he went to Europe in 1843 to visit schools, especially in | , and his seventh annual report, published after his return, embodied the ... |
Germany | ... ula and partially on the island of Als in south Denmark, at the border with | . The municipality covers an area of , and has a total population of 76,23 ... |
Cambodia | ... script and these are still in use today by the Champa Malay in Vietnam and | . Old Malay was written using Pallava and Kawi script, as evident from sev ... |
Vietnam | ... and are also the base ingredient in doenjang, cheonggukjang and ganjang. In | , soybeans are used to make soybean paste- tương in the North with the mos ... |
Transylvania | ... ad on other European countries (Switzerland, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, and | among others). Many Italians were outstanding activists of the European Re ... |
Eritrea | Five Ethiopian provinces—Gojjam, | , Hararghe, Tigray, and Wollo—all received record low rainfalls in the mid ... |
Netherlands | ... ed are legalizations of some forms of assisted suicide (legal in Japan, the | , Belgium, Switzerland, Albania, Oregon and Washington) and cannabis use ( ... |
Canada | ... his venture, in honor of his former Louisiana Parish. Among the people from | were many mechanics and farmers. Soon, thirty or more houses were built. I ... |
Austria | ... he SS, but is often used to describe that portion of the SS membership from | . Both Germany and Austria contributed to a single SS and Austrian SS memb ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... 938. Mussolini later supported Germaan claims on Sudetenland, a province of | inhabited mostly by Germans, at the Munich Conference. In 1938, under infl ... |
German | The top 6 ancestry groups in the city are | (74.3%), Norwegian (12.3%), Irish (9.3%), Russian (7.7%), English (3.4%), ... |
Portugal | ... an alliance of the four Christian princes of Castile, Aragón, Navarre, and | , at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in the Sierra Morena. The battle br ... |
Hungary | ... ar Vienna. The Bertalanffy family had roots in the 16th century nobility of | which included several scholars and court officials. His grandfather Charl ... |
Puerto Ricans | ... rock crossed paths of other Latin rock genres (Rock en espanol) by Cubans, | , such as Joe Bataan, and Ralphi Pagan and South America (La Nueva Cancion ... |
Norway | ... olitan Statistical Area. Bergen was founded in 1905 and named after Bergen, | |
Tamil Nadu | On February 23, 2008 the | state government (India) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a ... |
Russia | ( | n television satellites have used elliptical Molniya and Tundra orbits due ... |
Maldives | Mantas sometimes breach the surface, launching themselves into the air. The | are a hotspot for plankton and consequently for reef mantas. A population ... |
German | The top 6 ancestry groups in the city are | (71.7%), Norwegian (18.4%), Russian (9.4%), Irish (8.8%), English (6.0%), ... |
Normandy | When World War II was imminent he returned from excavating a site in | during August 1939 to join the Middlesex Territorial Association at Enfiel ... |
Belgium | ... zations of some forms of assisted suicide (legal in Japan, the Netherlands, | , Switzerland, Albania, Oregon and Washington) and cannabis use (see legal ... |
New Zealand | All land masses in the Ross Sea are claimed by | to fall under the jurisdiction of the Ross Dependency, but few non-Commonw ... |
Vietnam | ... strongly against the U.S.'s role in the war, insisting that the U.S. was in | "to occupy it as an American colony" and calling the U.S. government "the ... |
Prussia | ... erman nationalistic movement in Schleswig-Holstein. The area was annexed by | in 1864 from Denmark, but was returned in 1920 following a plebiscite |
Japan | ... s he had already left the label that released it. Dio toured South America, | , Europe, and Russia in 2005. Their autumn tour was titled "An Evening Wit ... |
Switzerland | ... f some forms of assisted suicide (legal in Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium, | , Albania, Oregon and Washington) and cannabis use (see legality of cannab ... |
Lithuania | Lithuanian (lietuvių kalba) is the official state language of | and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. ... |
Russia | In | , the decals are applied symmetrically on both sides of the helmet (front ... |
Norwegian | The top 6 ancestry groups in the city are German (71.7%), | (18.4%), Russian (9.4%), Irish (8.8%), English (6.0%), Swedish (4.0%) |
Indonesia | ... in. (The Japanese Army had overrun all of the rubber plantations in Malaya, | , Vietnam, and Thailand. |
Norwegian | The top 6 ancestry groups in the city are German (74.3%), | (12.3%), Irish (9.3%), Russian (7.7%), English (3.4%), Czech (2.3%) |
England | ... n College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in | . Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, ch ... |
Cuba | ... liday resort, especially after the United States imposed a ban on travel to | in 1963. The Atlantis resort on nearby Paradise Island accounts for more t ... |
Sweden | His love of | led Appleton to leave Dartmouth College in 1976-1977 and become the direct ... |
British | ... ntly co-founded punk rock along with the already-acknowledged founders from | -European sources when introduced to the US in major cities. The rock band ... |
Low Countries | In occupied countries, especially France and the | , various resistance groups made use of the SS need for low level workers ... |
France | ... t by withdrawing from all England's alliances and negotiating directly with | . Swift wrote The Conduct of the Allies, and Arbuthnot wrote a series of f ... |
Egypt | ... y of organized combating of structural fires dates back at least to Ancient | . Many people put out fires back in biblical times, but whether people did ... |
Malaysia | ... seas conquests. In 1805 he was sent to what is now Penang in the country of | , then called the Prince of Wales Island, starting his long association wi ... |
Tunisia | According to one genetic study while the vast majority of modern | ns identify themselves as Arabs, they are mainly the descendants of Arab-b ... |
Spain | The Llobregat is the second longest river in Catalonia, | . It originates in Castellar de n'Hug (comarca of Berguedà) at an altitude ... |
Austria | ... towns (like Ptuj and Dravograd), and in the rural area around Apače on the | n border. The second largest ethnic German community in Slovenia was the p ... |
Russia | Following years of negotiation, three Great Powers, | , the United Kingdom and France, decided to intervene in the conflict and ... |
Mexican | Tombstone, near the | border, was a rapidly growing frontier, mining boomtown. The Earps had bee ... |
Elmet | ... he Deiran exile Hereric was poisoned while at the court of Ceretic, king of | ; Æthelfrith may have been responsible for this killing. Edwin ended up in ... |
Indonesia | ... e Asia-Pacific region, Jersey Standard had oil production and refineries in | but no marketing network. Socony-Vacuum had Asian marketing outlets suppli ... |
Norway | ... eastern lands also used this method, with less success, although groups in | conducted several assassinations of SS officers through the use of intelli ... |
Scotland | ... In addition to his work in America and England, he made fifteen journeys to | —most famously to the "Preaching Braes" of Cambuslang in 1742—two to Irela ... |
Union of South Africa | ... al Colony, which in 1910 became the Transvaal Province of the newly created | , a British Dominion |
Sweden | ... the United Kingdom. Their female-line descendant today holds the throne of | |
Russia | ... try groups in the city are German (74.3%), Norwegian (12.3%), Irish (9.3%), | n (7.7%), English (3.4%), Czech (2.3%) |
Russia | ... he top 6 ancestry groups in the city are German (71.7%), Norwegian (18.4%), | n (9.4%), Irish (8.8%), English (6.0%), Swedish (4.0%) |
Vietnam | ... al Park Chung Hee (1961–79), escalation of the United States involvement in | , and the widening Sino-Soviet split. It was thought that stimulating a te ... |
Albania | ... r Germany annexed Czechoslovakia in March 1939, Mussolini decided to occupy | to avoid becoming second-rate member of the Axis. On April 7, 1939, Italy ... |
France | ... -Americans. Indigo plantations also thrived in the Virgin Islands. However, | and Germany outlawed imported indigo in the 16th century to protect the lo ... |
Roman | ... of Cicero, New York, which in turn was named for Marcus Tullius Cicero, the | statesman and orator |
Roman Republic | Firefighters were known in the | , but only as privately organised and funded groups operating as more of a ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... ed a B-1/B-2 tourist visa on April 3, 1999 from the US consulate in Jeddah, | , using a new passport he acquired a few weeks earlier. Hazmi's passport d ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... dal currents in the Pentland Firth is great. It has been described as the " | of tidal power" and may be capable of accommodating 10 GW of installed gen ... |
New Zealand | ... Vacuum Oil Co., or "Stanvac", operated in 50 countries, from East Africa to | , before it was dissolved in 1962 |
Finland | ... itles of the Swedish kings, although without any factual consequences since | was already a part of the Swedish realm |
Ethiopia | ... e cults, he arrives from the east, as an Asiatic foreigner; in others, from | in the South. He is a god of epiphany, "the god that comes", and his "fore ... |
Japan | ... t megalopolis is probably is the Taiheiyō Belt (the Pacific megalopolis) of | on southeastern Honshu that consists of the metropolis of Tokyo, Shizuoka, ... |
Japan | ... More limited are legalizations of some forms of assisted suicide (legal in | , the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Albania, Oregon and Washington) a ... |
Germany | ... Indigo plantations also thrived in the Virgin Islands. However, France and | outlawed imported indigo in the 16th century to protect the local woad dye ... |
Israel | ... rg Concerti and Mozart's symphonies 39, 40 and 41. During this tour he took | i citizenship. He retired from conducting in 1971. Klemperer died in Zuric ... |
Canada | The CHU shortwave radio station in Ottawa, | broadcasts an exclusive digital time signal encoded using AFSK modulation |
Bermuda | ... the "Preaching Braes" of Cambuslang in 1742—two to Ireland, and one each to | , Gibraltar, and the . He also came to America in 1738 following John Wesl ... |
Netherlands | ... nother game often played as a drinking game is Toepen, quite popular in the | . Some card games are designed specifically to be played as drinking games |
Canada | ... arles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow. The couple also stayed in Quebec, | for five weeks during the late spring of 1942, where they met a precocious ... |
Japan | ... rimarily used in the digital telecommunication systems of North America and | . Companding algorithms reduce the dynamic range of an audio signal. In an ... |
France | ... e grounds of EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, | , near Basel. Prior to the formation of Swiss International Air Lines, the ... |
Scottish | ... Blàr Allt a' Bhonnaich in Scottish Gaelic) (24 June 1314) was a significant | victory in the Wars of Scottish Independence. It was one of the decisive b ... |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania | ... Lithuanian origin (Mindaugas and others) to form the Baltic-Slavic state - | on these territories. After the Prussian uprisings a large population of O ... |
Cuba | ... mps in a war setting (the first general use being by the Spanish during the | n insurrections of the 1890s) |
Bermuda | In 1999, Seirawan played a ten-game match against Michael Adams in | . The match was drawn +2–2=6 |
Normandy | ... n the island on 15 February 1985. The gold cross represents Duke William of | , who, it is claimed, had such a cross on his flag in the Battle of Hastin ... |
Gibraltar | ... ching Braes" of Cambuslang in 1742—two to Ireland, and one each to Bermuda, | , and the . He also came to America in 1738 following John Wesley's depart ... |
Netherlands | ... ntly. Much European indigo from Asia arrived through ports in Portugal, the | , and England. Spain imported the dye from its colonies in South America. ... |
Japan | In China, | , and Korea, the bean and products made from it are a popular part of the ... |
Brazil | In | , grocery stores and pastry shops sell ball-shaped doughnuts popularly kno ... |
Lithuania | ... d duke" continued to be used by the Russian emperor in his role as ruler of | (1793-1918) and of Grand Duchy of Finland (1809-1917) as well. The Holy Ro ... |
Suriname | The flag of | is formed by five horizontal bands of green (top, double width), white, re ... |
Swedish | ... n (71.7%), Norwegian (18.4%), Russian (9.4%), Irish (8.8%), English (6.0%), | (4.0%) |
British | ... nated by Portugal in the 16th century, Holland in the 17th century, and the | in the 18th century. The Spanish Empire developed regular trade links acro ... |
Grand Duchy of Finland | ... by the Russian emperor in his role as ruler of Lithuania (1793-1918) and of | (1809-1917) as well. The Holy Roman Empire ruling house of Habsburg instit ... |
Roman | ... e Gaulish family of Aquitania given senatorial status under Claudius, was a | governor in the province of Gallia Lugdunensis. In either late 67 or early ... |
Soviet Union | ... y Bettino Craxi, became more and more critical of the communists and of the | ; Craxi himself pushed in favour of US president Ronald Reagan's positioni ... |
France | ... 1 and at Fort Riley until September 20, 1911. He was then ordered to Paris, | , where he attended the Ecole de L'Intendance (the French Army School of S ... |
British | ... .E., N.D.H., F.L.S., F.R.S.L., F.R.H.S., Dip. Hort. (Wye) (1900–1982) was a | organic gardener and pioneer of no dig gardening. He was the author of Soi ... |
Chile | Berlin (plural Berlines) doughnut is popular in | because of the large German community. It may be filled with jam or with m ... |
Scotland | ... he south; Durham, Darlington, York, Doncaster and Peterborough and north to | with all trains calling at Edinburgh and some extended to Glasgow, Aberdee ... |
Roman Empire | ... wn to have visited Torquay during the period when Britain was a part of the | , leaving offerings at a curious rock formation in Kent's Cavern, known as ... |
English | Ron Moody (born Ronald Moodnick; 8 January 1924) is an | |
Norway | Spydeberg is a municipality in Østfold county, | . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Spydeber ... |
Spain | ... from Asia arrived through ports in Portugal, the Netherlands, and England. | imported the dye from its colonies in South America. Many indigo plantatio ... |
France | In occupied countries, especially | and the Low Countries, various resistance groups made use of the SS need f ... |
Germany | ... tatic troop positions which were characteristic features of trench warfare. | , the first side to employ chemical warfare on the battlefield, simply ope ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... ed the adoption of anti-semitic racial laws in Italy. After Germany annexed | in March 1939, Mussolini decided to occupy Albania to avoid becoming secon ... |
Georgia | ... untry to recognise the regained independence of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, | , Armenia and Azerbaijan from the USSR in 1990-1991. Similarly, it was the ... |
Malaya | ... to obtain. (The Japanese Army had overrun all of the rubber plantations in | , Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand. |
Morocco | ... an Air Force and the other by Libyan pilots. Libya also sent financial aid. | sent one infantry brigade to Egypt and one armored regiment to Syria. An i ... |
Lithuania | ... ysis kunigaikštis in Lithuanian) is said to have been used by the rulers of | , and after rulers from the Jagiellon dynasty became kings of Poland, it w ... |
Croatia | ... des and the Celtic Taurisci along the Kupa river valley (now the Slovenian- | n border). Elsewhere, and especially in the main Iapydic area of the Lika ... |
Latvia | ... part of the Daugava basin (closely coinciding with the territory of modern | ) by the German Sword Brethren had a significant influence on the language ... |
Norway | Fjell is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, | . The parish of Fjæld was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ... |
Poland | ... d a life-threatening hemorrhage in the thigh while the family was at Spała, | . Alexandra and Nicholas took turns at his bedside and tried in vain to co ... |
Cuba | ... part program on Nikita Khrushchev, the St. Lawrence Seaway, Fidel Castro in | , and unemployment problems in distressed areas |
Spain | ... r the Spanish conquest, Cortés sent a troupe of ōllamanime (ballplayers) to | to perform for Charles V where they were drawn by the German Christoph Wei ... |
Germany | ... uilt. Some important modern stellarator experiments are Wendelstein 7-X, in | , and the Large Helical Device, in Japan. Princeton Plasma Physics Laborat ... |
Tunisia | ... World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was held in Geneva in 2003. | hosted the second World Summit in November 2005. The Tunisian government t ... |
Estonia | ... e on May 18. He was finally released in early June, and sailed for Tallinn, | , on the 5th. Two days later, he traveled to Petrograd, recuperating from ... |
Transylvania | In 1558 the | n Diet of Turda declared free practice of both the Catholic and Lutheran r ... |
Ecuador | ... 0 census, 5.94% of Union City's residents identified themselves as being of | ian ancestry, which was the third highest of any municipality in New Jerse ... |
Croatia | ... Elsewhere, and especially in the main Iapydic area of the Lika highlands in | , definite Celtic artifacts are scarce and explicable merely by commercial ... |
Germany | Friesland is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, | . It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise) the districts of Wes ... |
Cartagena, Spain | ... omans had yet fielded. Hannibal departed with this army from New Carthage ( | ) northwards along the coast in late spring of 218 B.C. At the Ebro he spl ... |
Swedish | ... a subject of scholarly debate. One of the first systems was devised by the | linguist Bernhard Karlgren in the early 1900s; most present systems rely h ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... igade composed of Palestinians was in Egypt before the outbreak of the war. | and Kuwait each sent 3,000 soldiers to Syria. These arrived with additiona ... |
India | ... applied the modern versus traditional parallel to British colonial rule in | that Marx saw in positive terms as he claimed that British colonial rule w ... |
Italy | ... h the aim of countering the Habsburgs and recovering Spanish possessions in | , where he was responsible for unwarranted invasions of Sardinia (November ... |
Swedish | During the Nordic Seven Years' War (1563–1570), | troops invaded Norway in a number of locations, including a number of incu ... |
Austria | ... emed the natural capital of Italy), the kingdom had successfully challenged | in the Second Italian War of Independence, liberating Lombardy-Venetia fro ... |
Norway | Sveio is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, | . Sveio is located in the traditional district of Haugalan |
Scotland | ... picts the journey of St. Colum Cille through the Celtic nations of Ireland, | , the Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany and Galicia. The suite which ... |
German | ... was a strategic military attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the | state of Saxony, that took place in the final months of the Second World W ... |
Norway | ... tio or Alta in Finnish/Kven) is a town and municipality in Finnmark county, | . The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alta |
Dutch East Indies | Sumatra came under the control of the | and became a major producer of pepper, rubber, and oil. In the early and m ... |
Germany | ... t they were full of dull company. She took the waters at Aix-la-Chapelle in | on account of her ill health, corresponded with those in England who could ... |
Hong Kong | ... $650 million in the airline. Li, who holds dual citizenship from Canada and | , later demanded changes to the pension plan (which was not in his origina ... |
Norway | ... indesnes (English: the Naze) is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, | . Lindesnes was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the ... |
Kuwait | ... Palestinians was in Egypt before the outbreak of the war. Saudi Arabia and | each sent 3,000 soldiers to Syria. These arrived with additional Jordanian ... |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania | a.Piłsudski's family roots in the Polonized gentry of the | and the resulting point of view (seeing himself and people like him as leg ... |
Yuan Dynasty | During the Mongol | (1271–1368) the capital of China was moved to Beijing, eliminating the nee ... |
British | ... raids between 13 February and 15 February 1945, 1,300 heavy bombers of the | Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) dropped ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... use during the Anschluss of Austria and again in 1939 for the annexation of | . The original purpose of the Einsatzgruppen was to 'enter occupied areas, ... |
Latvia | ... funct) coffeehouse, the Last Exit on Brooklyn, playing against the likes of | n-born master Viktors Pupols and six-time State Champion James Harley McCo ... |
English | Sir Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson, KBE (11 August 191331 May 1991) was an | novelist and short story writer. He was awarded the 1958 James Tait Black ... |
Canada | ... and has daily flights to major cities in the United States, the Caribbean, | , and the United Kingdom. The city is located on the island of New Provide ... |
Greece | ... ter. The collections were supplemented by the Bassae frieze from Phigaleia, | in 1815. The Ancient Near Eastern collection also had its beginnings in 18 ... |
Iran | ... ilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Britain, Mesoamerica, Peru, | , and Africa |
Singapore | ... 1 – 5 July 1826) was a British , best known for his founding of the city of | (now the city-state of the Republic of Singapore). He is often described a ... |
Niger | ... anies from the 2nd Foreign Regiment was created in early 1894 to pacify the | . The Legionnaires' victory at the fortress of Ouilla and police patrols i ... |
Egypt | ... out the Murabits, but extended his power over all northern Africa as far as | , becoming amir of Marrakesh in 1149 |
Greenland | ... . That year, Iceland established a separate commission – along with Norway, | and the Faroe Islands – for the conservation, management, and study of mar ... |
Portugal | ... y Indonesia, dated around 1521–1522. The letter is addressed to the king of | , following contact with Portuguese explorer Francisco Serrão. The letters ... |
Soviet Union | ... tain and the United States), but would be allowed to continue resisting the | . According to Bernadotte, he told Himmler that the proposal had no chance ... |
Netherlands | On June 10, 1746 he left the | and settled in Leipzig, where he hoped to get medical practice. But his sh ... |
Liberia | ... untry in a single year (with the exception of countries in distress such as | ). This policy ensures that 70 or more nationalities are usually represent ... |
Assyria | ... ear Eastern collection also had its beginnings in 1825 with the purchase of | n and Babylonian antiquities from the widow of Claudius James Rich |
Confederate troops | ... oldsborough played a significant role in the Civil War, both for stationing | and for transporting their supplies. The town also provided hospitals for ... |
Kingdom of Bosnia | ... nian language being the official language of the country since at least the | , as further corroborated by the declaration of the Charter of Ban Kulin, ... |
Syria | Maximian had two children with his | n wife, Eutropia: Maxentius and Fausta. There is no direct evidence in the ... |
Tunisia | ... re also sent to Egypt. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait also provided financial aid. | sent 1,000–2,000 soldiers to Egypt, where they were stationed in the Nile ... |
Puerto Rico | Batey, a ball game played on many Caribbean islands including Cuba, | , and the West Indies, has been proposed as a descendent of the Mesoameric ... |
Alsace-Lorraine | ... as both regimes mutually had claims on France, Germany on German-populated | and Italy on the mixed Italian and French populated Nice and Corsica. In M ... |
Chile | ... o" by the Chilean presence in mid 19th-century California, when miners from | arrived in the California Gold Rush (1848–51) |
Aceh Sultanate | ... ttuta visited twice during 1345–1346. Samudra was succeeded by the powerful | , which survived to the 20th century. With the coming of the Dutch, the ma ... |
Slovenia | ... of the Iapydes and the Celtic Taurisci along the Kupa river valley (now the | n-Croatian border). Elsewhere, and especially in the main Iapydic area of ... |
United Kingdom | ... lights to major cities in the United States, the Caribbean, Canada, and the | . The city is located on the island of New Providence, which functions muc ... |
Poland | ... s of Lithuania, and after rulers from the Jagiellon dynasty became kings of | , it was later found among the titles used by kings of the Polish-Lithuani ... |
Kingdom of Jerusalem | ... e Muslims to Godfrey as a token of good will. As a Frankish garrison of the | its defence was precarious, being 'little more than an island in a Moslem ... |
Gabon | ... 8, Samori Ture was captured by the French Commandant Goudraud and exiled to | , marking the end of the Wassoulou Empire |
Haiti | ... and the more recent groups, such as South Americans and Central Americans, | ans, Asian Indians, Koreans and Arabs. As of the 2000 census, 5.94% of Uni ... |
Cuba | Batey, a ball game played on many Caribbean islands including | , Puerto Rico, and the West Indies, has been proposed as a descendent of t ... |
England | ... ed of a heart attack at Tilton, his farmhouse home near Firle, East Sussex, | , on 21 April 1946 at the age of 62. Both of Keynes's parents outlived him ... |
Soviet | ... isery and capitalize on any opening to communize the Americas. Charges that | spies had infiltrated the government plagued the Truman Administration and ... |
Sweden | ... ational relations for over 20 years. The town has sister cities in Denmark, | , and Latvia |
Syria | Seirawan was born in Damascus, | . His father was Arab and his mother an English nurse from Nottingham, whe ... |
Egypt | In | , both the Aswan Dam (1902) and the Aswan High Dam (1976) have controlled ... |
Saudi Arabia | Nawaf was born in Mecca in | to Muhammad Salim al-Hazmi, a grocer. He traveled to Afghanistan as a teen ... |
Iceland | | 's closest relations are with Norway and other Nordic states and the US. I ... |
United Kingdom | ... a League of Nations mandate administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the | . During World War II, Nauru was occupied by Japanese troops, who were byp ... |
Eritrea | A widespread famine affected the inhabitants of today's | and Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985. The worst famine to hit the country in a c ... |
Switzerland | ... lomatic presence in Cardiff. Many of these nations, such as Germany, Italy, | , Denmark, Canada, Thailand and the Czech Republic are represented by hono ... |
Prussia | ... as 400,000 Protestants chose to leave France, most moving to Great Britain, | , the Dutch Republic, Switzerland, South Africa and the new French colonie ... |
South Africa | ... e the outbreak of the first world war the family set sail on the Galaka for | where they lived in Rondesbosch. While there he went to school at Diocesan ... |
England | ... st infantry. Although quilted armour survived into the English Civil War in | as a poor man's cuirass, and as an item to be worn beneath the few remaini ... |
Russia | ... f Anhalt-Zerbst, and after Napoleonic occupation the westernmost exclave of | . In 1818 Jever became a part of Oldenburg again |
Thailand | ... , Malay and Indian ethnic mix of Malaysia, but also shows some influence of | . Its especially famous "hawker food", many served al fresco, strongly fea ... |
Denmark | ... in international relations for over 20 years. The town has sister cities in | , Sweden, and Latvia |
New Zealand | ... War I, Nauru became a League of Nations mandate administered by Australia, | , and the United Kingdom. During World War II, Nauru was occupied by Japan ... |
Second French Empire | The large white | style mansion, hidden behind tall trees, afforded the writer a multitude o ... |
Democratic Republic of Armenia | In the Treaty of Sèvres, the Entente Powers decided to cede the city to the | . Turkish revolutionaries, led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk rejected the terms ... |
Mexico | ... t Alberta in Canada southward through the United States to the far north of | . The range is continuous in the northern Rocky Mountains south to eastern ... |
Prussia | ... uence of the Industrial Revolution thinking. In his seminal book On War the | n Major-General and leading expert on modern military strategy Carl von Cl ... |
Norway | is a municipality in Akershus county, | . It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre ... |
Switzerland | ... to leave France, most moving to Great Britain, Prussia, the Dutch Republic, | , South Africa and the new French colonies in North America. This exodus d ... |
Morocco | He died August 15, 1971, in Tangier, | , reportedly while searching for a place to spend his retirement years |
Spain | ... s in royal councils. His main purpose was to produce an economic revival in | by abolishing internal custom-houses, throwing open the trade of the Indie ... |
Lebanon | ... oned in the Nile Delta and some of them were stationed to defend Port Said. | sent radar units to Syria for air defense. Sudan deployed a 3,500-strong i ... |
United Kingdom | R-19 was transferred to the | under the terms of Lend-Lease on 9 March 1942. Commissioned into the Royal ... |
France | ... rial waters, training of Comorian military personnel, and air surveillance. | maintains a small troop presence in Comoros at government request. France ... |
Sweden | ... up may be derived from the 1st-century variety of Gotland, leaving southern | as the original location of the Northern group. The earliest coherent Germ ... |
Ethiopia | A widespread famine affected the inhabitants of today's Eritrea and | from 1983 to 1985. The worst famine to hit the country in a century, in no ... |
Comorian | The | Security Force (French Armée nationale de développement) consist of a smal ... |
Scotland | Born in Glasgow, | , he was educated at Bradford Grammar School and the University of London ... |
India | ... le Persian: ) is an old form of chess, which came to the Western world from | . Modern chess gradually developed from this game |
Irish Free State | ... on in Ireland changed once again in 1924 following the establishment of the | . Under the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 the jurisdiction over notaries pub ... |
France | ... s merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest | . The Bordeaux wine region is in the Gironde |
Afghanistan | ... Mecca in Saudi Arabia to Muhammad Salim al-Hazmi, a grocer. He traveled to | as a teenager in 1993. CNN's preliminary report following the attacks clai ... |
United Kingdom | ... coln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the | . It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose ... |
Norway | Iceland's closest relations are with | and other Nordic states and the US. Iceland also hosted the historic 1986 ... |
Latvia | ... tions for over 20 years. The town has sister cities in Denmark, Sweden, and | |
Venezuela | In | , there are, beside the types mentioned above, University Firefighters. Th ... |
Czech Republic | ... ons, such as Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Canada, Thailand and the | are represented by honorary consulates. The British Embassy of the United ... |
Russia | In | , La Marseillaise was used as a republican revolutionary anthem by those w ... |
French | ... o-Prussian War of 1870. After the disaster at Sedan, Paris was besieged and | troops outside the city started an attempt at resupply via balloon. Gustav ... |
Belgium | In | , Grand Duché (French for grand duchy) is often used as a metonym to refer ... |
Cochin China | ... also include the other minor British factories and outposts from Sumatra to | . He sailed to Calcutta and as Lord Hastings sought to consolidate all of ... |
Romania | In | , the Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations is responsibl ... |
Japan | The Dreamcast was released in November 1998 in | ; on September 9, 1999 in North America and on October 14, 1999 in Europe ... |
Confederate States of America | ... nts of Thomas H. Watts, the Governor of Alabama and Attorney General of the | . Pierce's father once served as a government representative on ocean-goin ... |
Philippines | ... Luzon in 1935. At this time only three pilot trainers were available in the | . Courses in flying and technical training were given in the mainland Unit ... |
Mexico | ... es, 1969), with the films often taking place on the border region shared by | and the United States, a feature facilitated by the arid locations in whic ... |
Duchy of Warsaw | The term "grand duchy" is often, but incorrectly, used in reference to the | (1807-1813), which was in fact a duchy and not a grand duchy |
Swedish | ... sroads, with Hamar to the west, Kongsvinger to the south, and Trysil on the | border to the northeast. It is bordered on the north by Åmot municipality, ... |
Northern Qi | ... i emperor to abdicate in favor of his claim to the throne, establishing the | Dynasty (551–577 AD). Afterwards, Yuwen Tai's son Yuwen Jue seized the thr ... |
Austrian | ... had explicitly forbidden the unification of Austria and Germany, but native | -born Hitler was vastly striving to annex Austria during the late 1930s, w ... |
Mayotte | ... e maintains a small maritime base and a Foreign Legion Detachment (DLEM) on | |
Canada | ... stern North America, from central British Columbia and southwest Alberta in | southward through the United States to the far north of Mexico. The range ... |
England | ... s College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in | . Formerly a women's college, it has been coeducational since 1979 and now ... |
India | Indigo was used in | , which was also the earliest major center for its production and processi ... |
United Kingdom | ... onal disputes involved disagreements over fishing rights. Conflict with the | led to the so-called Cod Wars in 1952–56 because of the extension of the f ... |
Mexico | ... as the Sahara Desert in Africa, the southwestern United States and northern | , and parts of the Middle East in the Northern Hemisphere; and the Atacama ... |
Austria | ... Cardinal Hans Hermann Groër resigned from his post as Archbishop of Vienna, | over allegations of sexual abuse, although he remained a Cardinal |
Madagascar | ... maller number in continental Asia. Malagasy, a geographic outlier spoken in | in the Indian Ocean, is also a member of this language family. Although ea ... |
England | ... Diocesan College, Rondesbosch then to Monkton Combe School outside Bath in | |
Parthian Empire | ... und 238 BC to form the Arsacid Dynasty — the starting point of the powerful | |
Japan | ... or textile dyeing and printing. Many Asian countries, such as India, China, | and South East Asian nations have used indigo as a dye (particularly silk ... |
Russia | ... its extension to 200 nautical miles (370 km). Disagreements with Norway and | over fishing rights in the Barents Sea were successfully resolved in 2000. ... |
Albania | ... f the earliest farming site of Europe, discovered in Vashtëmi, southeastern | and dating back to 6,500 BC. Anthropomorphic figurines have been found in ... |
Mozambique | ... orthwest-southeast axis at the north end of the Mozambique Channel, between | and the island of Madagascar. Still widely known by their French names, th ... |
Norway | Hasvik is a municipality in Finnmark county, | . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Breivikb ... |
Haiti | ... ñola has taken part in many coalition peacekeeping operations, from SFOR to | and other locations around the world. Today's Armada is a modern navy with ... |
Denmark | ... h a population of 1,255 (1 January 2011) and a former municipality in south | , in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula ... |
Singapore | In | , the Singapore Civil Defence Force is responsible for fire fighting and e ... |
Switzerland | ... ic Church, unlike the essential impact it had on other European countries ( | , Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, and Transylvania among others). Many Italians ... |
Japan | ... periments are Wendelstein 7-X, in Germany, and the Large Helical Device, in | . Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory started building a new stellarator, ... |
Sudan | ... ned to defend Port Said. Lebanon sent radar units to Syria for air defense. | deployed a 3,500-strong infantry brigade to Egypt. It arrived on October 2 ... |
Austria | In November 2010, an independent group in | that operates a hotline to help people exit the Catholic Church released a ... |
South Africa | ... nus in the family Iridaceae with about 13 species endemic to Cape Province, | |
Soviet Union | ... ook place in an era when Cold War tension between the United States and the | was escalating rapidly. In the United States Senate, Republican Senator Jo ... |
Kingdom of Ireland | ... d to the change in status of the country from that of a Lordship to that of | |
German | Christoph Ludwig Agricola (November 5, 1667 – August 8, 1719) was a | landscape painter. He was born and died at Regensburg (Ratisbon) |
Italy | ... guidonis or Portus Liquidonis) is a frazione and small village in Sardinia, | , on the Tyrrhenian coast of the island, in the territory of the comune of ... |
English | ... a World Fantasy Award nominated novel written in collaboration between the | authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman |
Wassoulou Empire | From 1882 until his capture, Samori Ture, ruler of the | , fought the French colonial army, defeating them on several occasions, in ... |
Colombia | ... S, with 38.58% of the populace. It had the thirteenth highest percentage of | n residents in the US, at 6.36% of the population, and the sixth highest p ... |
Denmark | In | , the part of Schleswig that is now South Jutland County (or Northern Schl ... |
Uzbekistan | ... Corruption Perceptions Index (with 10 being the least corrupt). Only Tonga, | , Haiti, Iraq, Burma, and scored lower. Critics of President Déby have acc ... |
United Kingdom | Vegetable suet is available in supermarkets in the | , made from fat such as palm oil combined with rice flour. It resembles sh ... |
Republic of Ireland | ... gnized in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the | , India, and most U.S. states with the exception of Montana, Kansas, Idaho ... |
Russia | ... erved as a model for modern pageants. It featured contestants from England, | , Turkey, and many other nations and the title awarded at the time was kno ... |
Roman Empire | ... kitchen and dining utensil is generally believed to have originated in the | , or perhaps in Ancient Greece. The personal table fork most likely origin ... |
Algeria | ... d Bank list of the top 10 MENA remittance recipient countries. Neighbouring | ($2.9 billion) came in at number five. In fact according to the World Bank ... |
French Polynesia | ... s also controlled parts of Oceania, with French New Caledonia from 1853 and | from 1889, while the Germans established colonies in New Guinea in 1884, a ... |
Afghanistan | He spent 1999 and 2000 in Pakistan and trained at a terrorist camp in | , according to several informants. He may also have attended an anti-Ameri ... |
Italian | On 5 May 1936, | troops invaded Addis Ababa during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, making ... |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... city of Kinshasa (more than 10 million inhabitants in 2009), capital of the | , lies just across the Congo River from Brazzaville. Together with Kinshas ... |
Tonga | ... on the Corruption Perceptions Index (with 10 being the least corrupt). Only | , Uzbekistan, Haiti, Iraq, Burma, and scored lower. Critics of President D ... |
Russia | ... er Groves" tract and began to market lots. Among his buyers was a troupe of | n dwarves seeking a place to retire after a career with the circus. They b ... |
Cuba | ... lace (tied with Lakeview, NY.) It had the sixty-first highest percentage of | n residents in the US, at 5.90% of the population, and the forty-second hi ... |
Yugoslavia | ... d or occupied in pre-war Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, northern | and other states of Central and Eastern Europe |
Kenya | ... here was strong support for Southeast Asian cooperation to protect dugongs. | has passed legislation banning the hunting of dugongs and restricting traw ... |
Iran | ... orld immigrants from countries such as the Philippines, Pakistan, Egypt and | were attracted by better salaries than at home |
Scottish | John Hunter FRS (13 February 1728 – 16 October 1793) was a | surgeon regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons ... |
Taliban government | After the removal of the | and its replacement by the current government of Hamid Karzai, there has b ... |
Caliphate of Córdoba | While the | reinforced its influence upon the Mediterranean, the interest of Al-Andalu ... |
UK | ... w that fully supported the model of the Church in the United States and the | , while allowing for confessional states, and freely stated that it was ba ... |
Bermuda | ... ful English settlements were at Jamestown (1607) (along with its satellite, | in 1609) and Plymouth (1620), in what are today Virginia and Massachusetts ... |
Italy | ... ecember 2, 1943, German Ju 88 bombers attacked the port of Bari in Southern | , sinking several American ships– among them , which was carrying mustard ... |
Malaysia | ... laya gained independence in 1957, and subsequently became a member state of | in 1963. Wong Pow Nee of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) party was ... |
Mexican | On March 9, 1916, on the orders of | revolutionary leader Francisco "Pancho" Villa, (Colonel) Francisco Beltrán ... |
Bahamian | ... est percentage of Hondurans, at 2.18% of all residents. West Little River's | community had the sixth highest percentage of residents, which was at 1.2% ... |
New Zealand | ... y defense is recognized in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, | , the Republic of Ireland, India, and most U.S. states with the exception ... |
British | ... k to the last three months of the year. In November 1847, Andrew Waugh, the | made several observations from Sawajpore station located in the eastern en ... |
India | ... 9.98 billion short tons by 2030. China produced 2.38 billion tons in 2006. | produced about 447.3 million tons in 2006. of China's electricity comes fr ... |
Pakistan | He spent 1999 and 2000 in | and trained at a terrorist camp in Afghanistan, according to several infor ... |
Spain | Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States by | at the end of the Spanish–American War by the Treaty of Paris of 1898. The ... |
Finland | ... social models of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and | ). This particular adaptation of the mixed market economy is characterised ... |
Netherlands | ... he lower valley of the Rhine, in the region where that river flows into the | |
France | ... 1639 in La Ferté-Milon (Aisne), in the former Picardy province in northern | . He was an orphan by the age of four (his mother died in 1641 and his fat ... |
New Zealand | In Australia and | , companies also forward franking credits or imputation credits to shareho ... |
Libya | ... nt forces to occupy Libya and declared war on the Ottoman Empire which held | . Italy soon conquered and annexed Tripoli and the Dodecanese Islands. Nat ... |
Romania | ... Germany had annexed or occupied in pre-war Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, | , northern Yugoslavia and other states of Central and Eastern Europe |
Puerto Rico | ... ad a contingency plan if they were separated, which was to meet up again in | , and the Tiger arrived in the "Baye of Muskito" (Guayanilla Bay) on May 1 ... |
Norwegian | (10 May 1897 – 19 September 1987) was a | politician from the Labour Party of Norway. He was Prime Minister for thre ... |
Straits Settlements | ... uniting the then Federated Malay States, Unfederated Malay States, and the | of which Penang was a part. Independence seemed an inevitable conclusion. ... |
Egypt | ... of third world immigrants from countries such as the Philippines, Pakistan, | and Iran were attracted by better salaries than at home |
Canada | ... he United States (where they played a headline show at the Hollywood Bowl), | , Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Japan. Upon return to their homela ... |
Azores | ... ry (10%), the result of immigration from Portuguese islands (especially the | ) during the past 160 years |
Malay states | ... also allowed religious freedom in his colonies, especially important as the | were largely Muslim. However, Christian schools were started by missionari ... |
Belgium | In | , there is an ethnic German minority. It is the majority in its region of ... |
Orange Free State | ... us and his party unsuccessfully endeavoured to bring about a union with the | . Peaceful overtures having failed, Pretorius and Paul Kruger placed thems ... |
Lithuania | ... e 1939 German-Soviet pact (now western Ukraine, western Belarus and part of | around Vilnius). Poland was compensated with parts of Silesia including Br ... |
Republic of China | As in Olympics Games since 1984, athletes from the | (Taiwan) competed at the 2008 Games as Chinese Taipei (TPE) under the Chin ... |
Portugal | ... a martyr, not heretic, especially in Gallaecia (modern Galicia and northern | ), where his body was reverentially returned from Trier. Some claim that t ... |
Netherlands | ... United States, later joined by other oil exporters and extended against the | and other states, causing the 1973 energy crisis |
Cuba | As of 2000, Kendale Lakes had the thirteenth highest percentage of | n residents in the US, with 38.58% of the populace. It had the thirteenth ... |
Canadian | ... the French and Indian War, 11,500 Acadians were forcibly relocated from the | Maritime Provinces—first to the Thirteen Colonies and then to France. Thou ... |
Scotland | ... ablished by Anglian settlers of the 6th century in what is now southeastern | and North East England |
Czechoslovakia | ... iculty—raised the money for a journey in spring 1925 to Sweden via Austria, | , Poland, and Danzig. Göring had become a violent morphine addict; Carin's ... |
Mexico | In | all Oldsmobile models were sold under the Chevrolet brand |
Colombia | ... 3.59% of the population, while it had the sixty-third highest percentage of | ns, at 2.36% of all residents |
German | ... ect hostilities. However Lt Col Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck took command of the | military forces, determined to tie down as many British resources as possi ... |
Hungary | ... ich Nazi Germany had annexed or occupied in pre-war Poland, Czechoslovakia, | , Romania, northern Yugoslavia and other states of Central and Eastern Eur ... |
Hong Kong | The insanity defense is recognized in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, | , New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, India, and most U.S. states with t ... |
Soviet Union | ... its own tour that May and later took part in a Monsters of Rock tour in the | , where they opened for Mötley Crüe and Queensrÿche, among others |
Mexico | ... hips - defeating Guyana in the final - they previously beat The Bahamas and | to take the crown. Rugby 7's is also played, with four rounds scheduled to ... |
Italy | ... 2th century was instrumental to the invention of eyeglasses in 13th century | |
Austria | Christian Andreas Doppler (29 November 1803 – 17 March 1853) was an | n mathematician and physicist |
Poland | Kalisz has long been considered the oldest city of | because it was mentioned by Ptolemy in the 2nd century A.D., but the claim ... |
Japan | , was a | ese , a samurai of Satsuma, and one of the three great nobles who led the ... |
Denmark | ... to the Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland) in the Netherlands and Esbjerg in | . Many operations of the large container port at Felixstowe and of Trinity ... |
Egypt | ... ccan migrants reaching $5.7 billion in 2007, Morocco came in second, behind | , on the recent World Bank list of the top 10 MENA remittance recipient co ... |
Philippines | ... hics, as large numbers of third world immigrants from countries such as the | , Pakistan, Egypt and Iran were attracted by better salaries than at home |
Haiti | ... 8% of the population, while it had the twenty-seventh highest percentage of | ans in the US, (tied with North Lauderdale and Florida City) at 6.7% of al ... |
England | ... as an acting governor of the Province of South Carolina. He was educated in | , but then returned to South Carolina to inherit his father's plantation. ... |
Belarus | ... ed as a result of the 1939 German-Soviet pact (now western Ukraine, western | and part of Lithuania around Vilnius). Poland was compensated with parts o ... |
Manchukuo | ... named Showa Steel Works. Anshan became part of the Japanese puppet state of | . Additional industries developed around the iron and steel mills. The cit ... |
Saudi Arabia | In response to U.S. support of Israel, the Arab members of OPEC, led by | , decided to reduce oil production by 5% per month on October 17. On Octob ... |
Liechtenstein | Austria, Switzerland, and | each have a German-speaking majority, though the vast majority of the popu ... |
Roman Republic | ... stern Mediterranean. This was the second major war between Carthage and the | , with the crucial participation of Numidian-Berber armies and tribes on b ... |
Canada | In many countries, such as the U.S.A. and | , income from dividends is taxed, albeit at a lower rate than ordinary inc ... |
Unfederated Malay States | ... a was formed in its place in 1948, uniting the then Federated Malay States, | , and the Straits Settlements of which Penang was a part. Independence see ... |
Costa Rica | ... cluding restaurants and small markets, owned by Latinos. It has the highest | n population (more than 500) of any municipality in the United States, wit ... |
Greece | ... onalists advocated Italy's domination of the Mediterranean Sea by occupying | as well as the Adriatic coastal region of Dalmatia |
Chile | ... rovinces of the Río de la Plata, Chile, and Peru), and Bernardo O'Higgins ( | ) led their independence struggle. Although Bolivar attempted to keep the ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... well as areas which Nazi Germany had annexed or occupied in pre-war Poland, | , Hungary, Romania, northern Yugoslavia and other states of Central and Ea ... |
Germany | ... ting significant events or persons, such as Schloss Cecilienhof in Potsdam, | , which derives its fame from the Potsdam Conference of the World War II a ... |
Switzerland | Austria, | , and Liechtenstein each have a German-speaking majority, though the vast ... |
Bahamian | ... he US, with 33.0% of the populace.) It had the fourth highest percentage of | residents in the US, at 1.80% of the population, and the twentieth highest ... |
Cook Islands | This article lists communications in the | |
Prussia | ... er held important posts in the public service under both the French and the | ns; in 1831 he was raised to the hereditary nobility. His home was one of ... |
Netherlands | ... fer regular ferry services to the Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland) in the | and Esbjerg in Denmark. Many operations of the large container port at Fel ... |
Solomon Islands | ... total tankage to , giving it the range needed to fight effectively over the | . Known to the Navy as the Model 22, it began to replace the Model 11 in f ... |
Northern Ireland | ... Speaker Tip O'Neill to support initiatives for peace and reconciliation in | |
Cuba | As of 2000, Palm Springs North had the eleventh highest percentage of | n residents, with 43.59% of the population, while it had the sixty-third h ... |
Hong Kong | ... establishing free-trade agreements with Malaysia are the European Union and | . However, before any talks can be initiated regarding new FTAs, Joint Eco ... |
Canada | The insanity defense is recognized in Australia, | , England and Wales, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, Indi ... |
Israel | ... on herding for standard jobs. Similarly, governmental policies in Egypt and | , oil production in the Persian Gulf, as well as a desire for improved sta ... |
Kazakhstan | ... heir way southward, the Russians took the city of Turkestan (in present day | ) in 1864. Mistaking its name for that of the entire region, they adopted ... |
Carthage | ... he western and eastern Mediterranean. This was the second major war between | and the Roman Republic, with the crucial participation of Numidian-Berber ... |
Dominica | ... r West Indian populations were born in Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, | , The Bahamas, Guyana, U.S. Virgin Islands, and other Caribbean nations |
Austria | | , Switzerland, and Liechtenstein each have a German-speaking majority, tho ... |
Lithuania | ... most important ones proclaimed the Union of Lublin, which united Poland and | . The Lithuanian name for the city is Liublinas |
Ukraine | ... erritories captured as a result of the 1939 German-Soviet pact (now western | , western Belarus and part of Lithuania around Vilnius). Poland was compen ... |
Singapore | ... flag of the Philippines. The sea lion in the seal of Manila was adopted by | into its merlion |
British | ... es" and perfectly round metal eyeglass frames called "John Lennon Glasses." | comedic actor Eric Sykes is known in the United Kingdom for wearing thick, ... |
Italy | By the 11th century, the table fork had made its way to | . In Italy, it became quite popular by the 14th century, being commonly us ... |
Japan | ... the aid from the national government and various international donors like | , Singapore and other countries |
Soviet Union | Ratti, a scholar, intended to work for Poland and build bridges to the | , hoping even, to shed his blood for Russia. Pope Benedict XV needed him a ... |
Ethiopia | ... ial Empire. Italian colonies were Somalia and Eritrea; an attempt to occupy | failed in the First Italo–Ethiopian War of 1895-1896. In 1911, Giovanni Gi ... |
Palau | ... ile they projected air strikes against Japanese positions on the islands of | , Yap, Ulithi, and Woleai, in the Caroline Islands. She steamed out from M ... |
Montenegro | ... games in which they were eligible to participate. The states of Serbia and | , which participated at the 2004 Games jointly as Serbia and Montenegro, c ... |
Indonesia | ... out in places as diverse as New Guinea, Madagascar, Romania, Guatemala and | and there were excavations in the Near East, Egypt, Sudan and the UK. The ... |
Niue | ... e Convention of 1899. Among the last islands to be colonised were Tonga and | (1900) and Manu'a (1904) |
Iceland | ... refers to the economic and social models of the Nordic countries (Denmark, | , Norway, Sweden and Finland). This particular adaptation of the mixed mar ... |
Guatemala | ... rk was carried out in places as diverse as New Guinea, Madagascar, Romania, | and Indonesia and there were excavations in the Near East, Egypt, Sudan an ... |
Germany | ... a Kreis (local-government district) in northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, | . Neighbouring districts are Borken, Wesel, and Viersen in Germany, and th ... |
Serbia | ... s the first games in which they were eligible to participate. The states of | and Montenegro, which participated at the 2004 Games jointly as Serbia and ... |
Western Roman Empire | Though the period between the fall of the | and the Muslim conquest is not well known (due to lack of documents), ther ... |
Egypt | ... ne parks have been established on the African coast of the Red Sea, and the | ian Gulf of Aqaba is fully protected. The United Arab Emirates has banned ... |
Kenya | ... a Bantu people inhabiting East Africa. They are the largest ethnic group in | , and speak the Bantu Kikuyu language as a mother tongue. The term Kikuyu ... |
Denmark | ... ic model refers to the economic and social models of the Nordic countries ( | , Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland). This particular adaptation of the ... |
Spain | ... base from which to send privateers on raids against the treasure fleets of | . Raleigh himself never visited North America, although he led expeditions ... |
Cuba | ... Chicano rock crossed paths of other Latin rock genres (Rock en espanol) by | ns, Puerto Ricans, such as Joe Bataan, and Ralphi Pagan and South America ... |
Russia | ... Union, she stayed in politics and remains revered as a hero in post-Soviet | |
United Kingdom | ... co was named the 22nd greatest album of all time in a poll conducted in the | by HMV Group, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In his 1995 book, Th ... |
Mexico | ... t, but the risk is estimated to be less than 1 in 224,716 prescriptions. In | , this is the treatment used prophylactically in newborns |
Roman Empire | ... es, stone, clay, or plaster molds were utilized on a large scale across the | until around the 8th century CE |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... an colonials in the months leading up to, and after the independence of the | , caused thousands of Belgians to flee the country. The Belgian government ... |
Eritrea | ... Italy developed its own colonial Empire. Italian colonies were Somalia and | ; an attempt to occupy Ethiopia failed in the First Italo–Ethiopian War of ... |
Nicaragua | ... nd Stone Mountain, GA,) while it had the thirty-third highest percentage of | ns, at 1.26% of all residents (tied with San Bruno, California. |
Mali | ... a large African Bush Elephant, born 1861 in the French Sudan – present-day | – imported to a Paris zoo, transferred to the London Zoo in 1865, and sold ... |
Venezuela | ... Peruvians in the US, at 2.03%, while it had the ninth highest percentage of | ns, at 1.54% of all residents. It's also home to the 107th highest percent ... |
Tonga | ... Tripartite Convention of 1899. Among the last islands to be colonised were | and Niue (1900) and Manu'a (1904) |
East Franks | ... ), a bastard grandson of Louis the German, assumed his title of King of the | and became the first Duke of Carinthia |
France | Most of the FDIs injected in Morocco came from the European Union with | , the major economic partner of the North African kingdom, topping the lis ... |
North Korea | ... nam. For more information on this part of the conflict, see SA-2 Guideline. | (officially the DPRK) has inherited a lot of older Soviet equipment. One m ... |
Tuvalu | The Marshall Islands and | gained National Olympic Committee status in 2006 and 2007 respectively, an ... |
Tunisia | ... uered the land and ruled, apart from Ibn Hud's rebellion of 1232, until the | n Hafsids established their control. The Hafsids' influence in the west ra ... |
Israel | ... stan, a city known for its Al Qaeda connections. In July 2001, Reid flew to | , passing through the El Al airline's very tight security network, in what ... |
Greece | ... Ancient/Katharevousa: - Eleusis) is a town and municipality in West Attica, | . It is situated about 18 km northwest from the centre of Athens. It is lo ... |
Guatemala | ... He is considered the conquistador of most of Central America (El Salvador, | , Honduras). Although renowned for his skill as a soldier, Alvarado is kno ... |
Soviet Union | ... Soviet Union, holding various political offices. After the collapse of the | , she stayed in politics and remains revered as a hero in post-Soviet Russ ... |
Romania | ... l fieldwork was carried out in places as diverse as New Guinea, Madagascar, | , Guatemala and Indonesia and there were excavations in the Near East, Egy ... |
North Yemen | The first attack of the | Civil War took place on June 8, 1963 against Kawma, a village of about 100 ... |
Guam | ... aircraft carriers in heavy air raids on the islands of Tinian, Saipan, and | . During these air attacks on the Marianas, the Alabama, while fighting ag ... |
Roman Empire | In the | , bronze and silver forks were used, indeed many examples are displayed in ... |
Sweden | Neolithic pile dwellings have been excavated in | (Alvastra pile dwelling) and in the circum-Alpine area, with remains being ... |
Spain | ... kingdom, topping the list with investments worth $1.86 billion, followed by | ($783 million), the report said |
Hungarian | ... d the history of Albania, for which he would gain international renown. The | historian Thalloczy, recognizing Šufflay as a great talent that should be ... |
England | Massive Attack are a British DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, | consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working w ... |
Moroccan | ... associates known as the Oujda group (after his posting as ALN leader in the | border town of Oujda during the war years), but he could not fully dominat ... |
Israel | ... the 1948 Israeli Declaration of Independence, when the Negev became part of | , an estimated 65,000–90,000 Bedouins lived in the Negev. According to Enc ... |
Japan | ... the system continued in Europe and Oceania until the end of 2002, while in | , consoles were still sold until 2007 and new licensed games continued to ... |
Marshall Islands | The | and Tuvalu gained National Olympic Committee status in 2006 and 2007 respe ... |
Madagascar | ... thnographical fieldwork was carried out in places as diverse as New Guinea, | , Romania, Guatemala and Indonesia and there were excavations in the Near ... |
Portugal | ... attack on Quebec never materialized. (Those forces were diverted to support | .) The Iroquois had made vague promises of support for this effort, but su ... |
Germany | ... critics (from Germany, Austria, Switzerland), who review games released in | in the preceding twelve months. The games considered for the award are fam ... |
Sweden | ... onomic and social models of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, | and Finland). This particular adaptation of the mixed market economy is ch ... |
French Equatorial Africa | ... of 1884. The city became the capital first of the French Congo, and then of | , a federation of states which encompassed Gabon, the Central African Repu ... |
Libya | ... ntegration of Chad caused the collapse of France's position in the country. | moved to fill the power vacuum and became involved in Chad's civil war. Li ... |
Srivijaya | ... e 5th century CE in southern Sumatra. Kantoli was replaced by the Empire of | and then later by the Kingdom of Samudra. Srivijaya was a Buddhist monarch ... |
India | ... sary Association has manufactured it since 1998, first in Malta and then in | from December 2004 |
Norway | ... o the economic and social models of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, | , Sweden and Finland). This particular adaptation of the mixed market econ ... |
Uruguay | ... a) ended in stalemates, although the latter resulted in the independence of | (1828). A few years later, after the break-up of Gran Colombia, the balanc ... |
Tuvalu | ... he Olympic Games for their first time: the Marshall Islands, Montenegro and | |
Japan | ... versely, Electronic Arts Square, K.K., formed at the same time and based in | , was responsible for publishing and marketing games produced by Electroni ... |
South Africa | ... Griffith was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). He visited | from 1897 to 1898, after the defeat and death of Charles Stewart Parnell w ... |
Mozambique | ... dugong is not yet listed under Kenya's Wildlife Act for endangered species. | has had legislation to protect dugongs since 1955, but this has not been e ... |
New Zealand | ... role" in the film, and when told that it would mean spending months away in | , he turned down the offer |
Poland | Kalisz is a city in central | with 106,857 inhabitants (June 2010), the capital city of the Kalisz Regio ... |
Prussia | ... d been created in 1816 when the whole of the Rhineland became a province of | . Territorially they corresponded roughly to the historic duchies of Cleve ... |
Croatia | Milan pl. Šufflay (9 November 1879 - 18 February 1931) was a | n historian and politician. He was one of the founders of albanology and t ... |
Carantania | ... tury, mixed with the Celto-Romanic population, and established the realm of | , which covered much of eastern and central Austrian territory. In the mea ... |
Puerto Rico | The Government of | is a republican form of government subject to U.S. jurisdiction and sovere ... |
Malta | ... ternational Dispensary Association has manufactured it since 1998, first in | and then in India from December 2004 |
Ethiopia | ... ation turned to fossils and Haile wanted to know why none had been found in | . Louis developed this inquiry into permission to excavate on the Omo Rive ... |
French | ... ar the Battle of Hastenbeck was fought on July 26, 1757, near the city. The | army defeated the Hanoverian Army of Observation, leading to the city's oc ... |
Haiti | ... US, at 5.90% of the population, and the forty-second highest percentage of | an residents in the US, at 4.30% of its population. It also had the thirty ... |
Nicaragua | ... in the US, at 6.36% of the population, and the sixth highest percentage of | n residents in the US, at 4.59% of its population. It also had the twenty- ... |
Egypt | Frog: This is a regional style lamp exclusively produced in | and found in the regions around it, between ca. 100 – 300 CE. The frog, (H ... |
Indonesia | | carries a maximum penalty of death for drug dealing, and a maximum of 15 y ... |
British | ... ála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orczi (; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947) was a | novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian noble origin. She is most kno ... |
Russia | ... the 2010-11 season with rookie goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky from the KHL in | , who recorded an opening-night win in his NHL debut against Pittsburgh an ... |
United Arab Emirates | ... Bahrain joined with Qatar and the seven Trucial States (which now form the | ) under British protection in an effort to form a union of Arab emirates. ... |
Russia | ... t French mercantilist policies were imported by Philip V with some success. | under Peter I (Peter the Great) attempted to pursue mercantilism, but had ... |
Marshall Islands | ... Three countries participated in the Olympic Games for their first time: the | , Montenegro and Tuvalu |
Germany | ... the award is one of the major drivers of the quality of games coming out of | . A Spiel des Jahres nomination can increase the typical sales of a game f ... |
Honduras | ... idered the conquistador of most of Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, | ). Although renowned for his skill as a soldier, Alvarado is known also fo ... |
Belarus | ... istrict, Yaroslavl Oblast, in central Russia. Her parents had migrated from | . Tereshkova's father was a tractor driver and her mother worked in a text ... |
Singapore | ... d from the national government and various international donors like Japan, | and other countries |
Qatar | ... e treaty relationships with the Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Bahrain joined with | and the seven Trucial States (which now form the United Arab Emirates) und ... |
Iceland | ... found as an element in many placenames of Orkney, Shetland, the Faroes and | . The traditional accounts state that the papar left when the Norse arrive ... |
India | ... Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, | , and most U.S. states with the exception of Montana, Kansas, Idaho, and U ... |
Malta | ... potamus minor - Cyprus; Pleistocene to Holocene**†Hippopotamus melitensis - | ; Pleistocene**†Hippopotamus pentlandi - Sicily; Pleistocene**†Hippopotamu ... |
Spain | ... ntic Ocean) and one Arabsat. There is a microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, | and the Western Sahara. Coaxial cables and microwave radio relays exist to ... |
Bulgaria | Greece has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and | to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of m ... |
Germany | ... es found north of the Alps in an altarpiece of the church of Bad Wildungen, | , in 1403 |
Belgium | ... r Winchester, Colt, Remington, Savage, and Fabrique Nationale de Herstal of | . In 1977, FN Herstal acquired the Browning Arms Company which had been es ... |
Iraq | ... 984 and convicted of treason and espionage in favor of the Soviet Union and | |
Madagascar | ... ne**†Hippopotamus pentlandi - Sicily; Pleistocene**†Hippopotamus lemerlei - | ; Holocene**†Hippopotamus laloumena - Madagascar; Holocene**†Hippopotamus ... |
Algeria | The history of | takes place in the fertile coastal plain of North Africa, which is often c ... |
Portugal | In some countries, such as China and | , disfranchisement due to criminal conviction is an exception, meted out s ... |
United Arab Emirates | ... oast of the Red Sea, and the Egyptian Gulf of Aqaba is fully protected. The | has banned all hunting of dugongs within its waters, as has Bahrain. The U ... |
New Carthage | A last attempt was made by Mago in 205 BC to recapture | while the Roman presence was shaken by a mutiny and an Iberian uprising ag ... |
Belgium | ... navigation'). It began operations on 23 May 1923 as the national carrier of | . It had been created by the Belgian government after its predecessor SNET ... |
Kingdom of Majorca | After the death of James I of Aragon, Palma was joint capital of the | , together with Perpignan. His son, James II of Majorca, championed the co ... |
Solomon Islands | ... ific Islands Forum in 2000. Bougainville Island, geographically part of the | but politically part of Papua New Guinea, tried unsuccessfully to become i ... |
Philippines | ... Baguio) is a highly urbanized city located in northern Luzon island in the | . The city has become the center of business and commerce as well as the c ... |
Soviet | ... Army Navy. In August 2011, China's first aircraft carrier, the refurbished | vessel Varyag, began sea trials. China furthermore maintains a substantial ... |
Bhutan | ... at do not allow alcohol sales, even though alcohol possession may be legal. | is the only country in the world where possession and use of tobacco is il ... |
Bulgaria | ... n 920. In the meantime Alexander had died in 913 after provoking a war with | , and the underage Constantine VII succeeded to the throne. Nicholas Mysti ... |
Serbia | Michael Pupin, inventor and | n immigrant to the USA, also played a part in the story of loading coils. ... |
Cuba | ... de Sandoval. He held a command in the Juan de Grijalva expedition sent from | against Yucatán in the spring of 1518, and returned in a few months, beari ... |
Norway | ... ss of heavy lift ship. They were owned by Offshore Heavy Transport of Oslo, | , from their construction, in April 2000 and November 1999 respectively, u ... |
Albania | Greece has land borders with | , the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the e ... |
Iran | ... desert coastal strip in the south of Sindh and Balochistan, in Pakistan and | , along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. The name Makran ... |
Singapore | ... a (ROC, also known as Taiwan), as well as one of four official languages of | . It is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Of the ot ... |
United Kingdom | ... 1942 and 1947 respectively, marking their legislative independence from the | . Hawaii became a U.S. state in 1959 |
Guam | ... eration Forager", the invasion of the Marianas Islands and the recapture of | from Japanese occupation. On 12 June, the Alabama screened the aircraft ca ... |
Roman Empire | ... area of today's Austria and a part of Slovenia. It became a province of the | . It was bounded on the north by the Danube, on the west by Raetia and Vin ... |
Sierra Leone | The national flag of | was officially hoisted on April 27, 1961. According to the national consti ... |
Spanish Morocco | When Spain recognized the independence of | in 1956, Ceuta and the other plazas de soberanía remained under Spanish ru ... |
Soviet Union | ... was arrested in 1984 and convicted of treason and espionage in favor of the | and Iraq |
England | ... adium (commonly called just Hillsborough) is a sporting venue in Sheffield, | , which is owned by and stages the home games of Sheffield Wednesday, as w ... |
Sicily | ... oon after employed against Motya (397 BC), a key Carthaginian stronghold in | . Diodorus is assumed to have drawn his description from the highly rated ... |
German | Johann Jakob Reiske (December 25, 1716 – August 14, 1774) was a | scholar and physician. He was a pioneer in the fields of Arabic and Byzant ... |
Republic of Macedonia | Greece has land borders with Albania, the | and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to ... |
Netherlands | ... ly, until 6 July 2001, when they were purchased by Dockwise Shipping of the | |
Gibraltar | ... er the Atlantic Ocean) and one Arabsat. There is a microwave radio relay to | , Spain and the Western Sahara. Coaxial cables and microwave radio relays ... |
Pakistan | ... ]) is a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Sindh and Balochistan, in | and Iran, along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. The nam ... |
Romans | ... Bavaria. It was settled by Bavarian tribes shortly after the retreat of the | . During the rule of duke Tassilo III (748-788) the place of Ötting was me ... |
Slovenia | ... n, twelve tribes) stretching over the area of today's Austria and a part of | . It became a province of the Roman Empire. It was bounded on the north by ... |
England | ... of Scotland (reign 1406-37) in late 1394 and Charles I of England, King of | , Scotland and Ireland (reign 1625-49) in 1600. James VI and I, the King o ... |
Spain | ... s. In 1539, an important decree banned the importation of woolen goods from | and some parts of Flanders. The next year, a number of restrictions were i ... |
The Somers Isles | ... exico, the English colonies of Virginia (with its North Atlantic off-shoot, | ) and New England, the French colonies of Acadia and Canada, the Swedish c ... |
Orange Free State | ... endence in the region to the north of the Vaal River, or the Transvaal. The | , a sister Boer republic, was granted independence around the same time. B ... |
Brazil | ... ree of the signatories was subject to minor reservations. Those states were | , Peru and the United States |
Greece | The early history of the catapult and the crossbow in | are closely intertwined. Primitive catapults were essentially “the product ... |
Cambodia | ... ng to convince President Lyndon B. Johnson to approve widening the war into | and Laos in order to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail. He was unable to use ... |
Austria-Hungary | ... nt from being part of the Austrian Empire to a separate co-equal kingdom in | . Though not a monarchist himself, Griffith advocated such an approach for ... |
Mexico | In 1519 Alvarado accompanied Hernán Cortés in his expedition to | , commanding one of the eleven vessels in the fleet and also acting as Cor ... |
Canada | ... t city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in | . The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mo ... |
Republic of Ireland | To comply with the judgment in Hirst v United Kingdom (no 2), the | passed a statute allowing convicted prisoners to have postal votes |
Japan | ... th generation video game console which was released by Sega in late 1998 in | and in September 1999 in other territories. It was the first entry in the ... |
Canada | ... ans have been slow to implement the same standards as the US, Australia and | . In the UK, only 1% of maternity units test for the presence of Group B S ... |
Mexico | Tinwork was also made with materials brought from | and sometimes along the Santa Fe Trail. A significant growth in tin work o ... |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania | ... Calvinism caught the interest of szlachta, mainly in Lesser Poland and the | . Even though reformation was supported by a minority of Polish and Lithua ... |
Germany | Altötting is a district in Bavaria, | . It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) Austria and the Bavarian ... |
Central African Republic | ... over 280,000 refugees from the Sudan's Darfur region, over 55,000 from the | , as well as over 170,000 internally displaced persons |
Germany | In | , all convicts are allowed to vote while in prison unless the loss of the ... |
Papua New Guinea | ... Island, geographically part of the Solomon Islands but politically part of | , tried unsuccessfully to become independent in 1975, and a civil war foll ... |
Brazil | ... he conclave. The current cardinal protopriest is Eugênio de Araújo Sales of | |
Belize | ... rought in many workers from the British West Indies, especially Jamaica and | , both to work on the plantations, but also as lower managers and skilled ... |
Kenya | There are about 5,300,000 Gĩkũyũ people in | (1994 I. Larsen BTL), equal to about 23% of the country's total population |
United Kingdom | ... more recent immigrants have settled in the London and southeast part of the | , in particular, Richmond (South West London) |
Poland | Lubin is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western | . From 1975–1998 it belonged to the former Legnica Voivodeship. Lubin is t ... |
Western Sahara | ... the Polisario guerillas fighting against Mauritanian military occupation of | . But not even overt military backing proved sufficient to rescue the Fren ... |
Noricum | | , in ancient geography, was a Celtic kingdom (perhaps better described as ... |
India | In | , a savory, fried, ring-shaped snack called a vada is often referred to as ... |
Austrian Empire | ... f Hungary, in which, noting how in 1867 Hungary went from being part of the | to a separate co-equal kingdom in Austria-Hungary. Though not a monarchist ... |
Italian | ... by the addition of the communes of Tende and La Brigue, which had remained | after the 1860 annexation, as well as by other minor adjustments to the Fr ... |
Northern Wei | ... leading to the period being known as the Sixteen Kingdoms. Eventually, the | conquered the rest of the northern states in 386 AD. Although the Chinese ... |
Greece | ... esident, the current Sovereign Prince of Monaco, a former prime minister of | , a Chief Justice of the United States, three Speakers of the U.S. House o ... |
Transjordan | Hyrcanus annexed | , Samaria, Galilee, and Idumea (also known as Edom), and forced Idumeans t ... |
England | ... (1899–1975), ended in divorce in 1925, at the end of which year she went to | at the invitation of Robert Graves and his wife Nancy Nicholson. She would ... |
Sudan | ... 2001. As of 2008, the country of Chad hosts over 280,000 refugees from the | 's Darfur region, over 55,000 from the Central African Republic, as well a ... |
Egypt | ... uding several fatalities) during this period. Following riots in support of | defending itself against the tripartite invasion during 1956 Suez Crisis, ... |
France | Jumbo was born in 1861 in the French Sudan, whence he was imported to | and kept in the old zoo Jardin des Plantes, near the railway station Gare ... |
Austria | ... ration of, by tradition, twelve tribes) stretching over the area of today's | and a part of Slovenia. It became a province of the Roman Empire. It was b ... |
Haiti | ... ated area with 11.1%, while it had the twenty-seventh highest percentage of | ans in the US (tied with Wilton Manors and Florida City) at 6.7%, and the ... |
Russia | ... Carolina (1810–1812), U.S. Representative (1815–1819), and the minister to | (1820–1830) |
Belgium | ... ch. Captain Charles Fryatt lived in Harwich; his body was brought back from | in 1919 and he was buried at Dovercourt |
Egypt | ... faced with Antigonus II Gonatas in Macedonia and Ptolemy II Philadelphus in | , he proved unable to pick up where his father had left off in conquering ... |
Hungary | Emmuska Orczy was born in Tarnaörs, Heves County, | , and was the daughter of composer Baron Felix Orczy de Orczi and Countess ... |
France | ... tre Workshop and stopped directing. After a time of drifting she settled in | and became the companion of Baron Philippe de Rothschild, the vintner and ... |
Cuba | As of 2000, Wilton Manors was the 133rd most | n-populated area in the US (tied with Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey) at 1. ... |
Austria | The history of Austria covers the history of the current country of | and predecessor states, from the Iron Age, through to a sovereign state, a ... |
Eritrea | In Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and | , the signature doughnuts are lagaymat, which are balls of fried dough dus ... |
Sierra Leone | ... harp, they became involved in the establishment in 1792 of a free colony in | with black settlers from the United Kingdom, Nova Scotia and Jamaica, as w ... |
Italy | ... ge in hitherto-undreamt-of pleasures, such as expensive foods and a trip to | |
Hondurans | ... tied with Davie and Maywood, New Jersey.) It also had the twenty-ninth most | in the US, at 1.31% of all residents |
East Timor | ... e to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and no longer test nuclear weapons. | declared independence from Portugal in 1975, but was invaded by Indonesia, ... |
Hungary | ... h soldier from the library at Buda during the reign of Matthias Corvinus of | and taken to Constantinople, where it was bought by a Christian and eventu ... |
Somalia | In Sudan, Ethiopia, | and Eritrea, the signature doughnuts are lagaymat, which are balls of frie ... |
Republic of Poland | ... sdam Conference, the town east of the Oder-Neisse line became a part of the | . The German population was forcibly expelled and replaced by Poles, many ... |
United Kingdom | In the | , steak is typically served with chips (french fries), fried mushrooms and ... |
Armenia | ... rcenaries; infantry under the duke of Antioch; a contingent of Georgian and | n troops; and some (but not all) of the Varangian Guard, to total around 4 ... |
Republic of China | ... se is the official language of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the | (ROC, also known as Taiwan), as well as one of four official languages of ... |
South Africa | In | , an Afrikaans variation known as the koeksister is popular. Another varia ... |
Pakistan | ... the northern half of Oman as well as Balochistan and the Sindh province of | .Cyrus the Great united several ancient Iranian tribes to create an empire |
Egypt | ... upported movements seeking national independence from the British Empire in | and India and wrote a highly critical description of the British governmen ... |
Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the | and is located on the Congo River. As of the 2001 census, it has a populat ... |
Slovakia | ... chanics at the Academy of Mines and Forests in Schemnitz (Banská Štiavnica, | ), and in 1849 he moved to Vienna |
Tunisia | ... uilt, 108 of which had been given to the Luftwaffe. They operated mostly in | and Sardinia, and were quickly replaced by the Me 410 |
Tunisia | ... pant in Medarabtel and a fiber-optic cable links from Agadir to Algeria and | |
Haiti | ... 14.73% from Jamaica alone. Other major West Indian populations were born in | , Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Dominica, The Bahamas, Guyana, U.S. Virgin ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... ence of numerous new states such as Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Yugoslavia, | , Finland, and others. Germany, France, Italy and Austria were impoverishe ... |
People's Republic of China | ... and ministers in Beijing. Standard Chinese is the official language of the | (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC, also known as Taiwan), as well as on ... |
Russia | ... asa kings Sigismund III and Władysław IV. The Commonwealth fought wars with | , Sweden and the Ottoman Empire and dealt with a series of Cossack uprisin ... |
United Kingdom | Internment and expulsion of Germans occurred during the war in both the | and the United States. In the US internment program a total of 11,507 peop ... |
India | Kalpana Chawla was born to a Hindu family in Karnal, Haryana Punjab, | on July 1, 1961 to Banarasi Lal Chawla and Sanjyothi. She had 2 sisters, S ... |
Oman | ... ern day Bahrain, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates, plus the northern half of | as well as Balochistan and the Sindh province of Pakistan.Cyrus the Great ... |
United Kingdom | ... i-nuclear organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the | , international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulat ... |
Switzerland | ... states was purely declaratory and not a determinative factor of statehood. | , although not a member of the European Union, adheres to the same princip ... |
Confederate | ... is pocket, and harmonicas provided solace to soldiers on both the Union and | sides of the American Civil War. Frontiersmen Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid ... |
France | ... ks for this genre were first premiered at the annual festival held by the ( | ) and at Fylkingen in |
Sudan | In | , Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea, the signature doughnuts are lagaymat, whi ... |
Austria | The | n black metal band Summoning features a song titled "Dagor Bragollach" on ... |
United Kingdom | The | suspends suffrage of some but not all prisoners. For example, civil prison ... |
People's Republic of China | ... al kills and harassment. Hunting, catching, and harassment is banned by the | . The first marine mammal to be protected in the Philippines was the dugon ... |
India | ... d in 1918. To chase von Lettow the British deployed Indian Army troops from | and then needed large numbers of porters to overcome the formidable logist ... |
English | ... North". The kingdom may have been ruled from the site that later became the | Bamburgh, which certainly features in Welsh sources as Din Guardi. Near th ... |
Ethiopia | In Sudan, | , Somalia and Eritrea, the signature doughnuts are lagaymat, which are bal ... |
Bolivia | ... anish American wars of independence. Simón Bolívar (Greater Colombia, Peru, | ), José de San Martín (United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, Chile, and ... |
Hong Kong | Anshan was the birthplace of Ann Hui (born 1947), a | -based film director, one of the most critically acclaimed amongst the Hon ... |
Afghanistan | ... sealed in a treaty, west of the Indus, including the Hindu Kush, modern day | , and the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Archaeologically, concrete ind ... |
Yugoslavia | ... th the emergence of numerous new states such as Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, | , Czechoslovakia, Finland, and others. Germany, France, Italy and Austria ... |
Tunisia | ... the Arab Spring. The leader, Lech Walesa has visited Tunisian protestors in | in 2011 |
Bulgaria | ... an mercenaries under Roussel de Bailleul; some Turkic (Uz and Pecheneg) and | n mercenaries; infantry under the duke of Antioch; a contingent of Georgia ... |
Canada | In | the range was much more limited, with the Oldsmobile Silhouette and Oldsmo ... |
Iraq | ... ons Index (with 10 being the least corrupt). Only Tonga, Uzbekistan, Haiti, | , Burma, and scored lower. Critics of President Déby have accused him of c ... |
North Korea | Starting in 2005, | and South Korea held meetings to discuss the possibility of sending a unit ... |
Qatar | ... founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Makra corresponds to modern day Bahrain, | , and United Arab Emirates, plus the northern half of Oman as well as Balo ... |
South Africa | ... usand expatriate workers, principally from the UK, Canada, the West Indies, | and the U.S., also reside in Bermuda, primarily engaged in specialised pro ... |
Samoa | ... 300 AD followed by later waves of immigration from the Society Islands and | -Tonga. Their languages, over time, became the Hawaiian language. Kimura a ... |
British | ... orative or artistic reasons. One example is a series of many cairns marking | soldiers' mass graves at the site of the Battle of Isandlwana, South Afric ... |
Chile | ... eru, Bolivia), José de San Martín (United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, | , and Peru), and Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile) led their independence struggl ... |
Vietnam | ... ingapore and Thailand. The Malaysian Trade Ministry released a statement in | saying that the FTA "has the potential to increase trade, investment cross ... |
Japan | ... on at the Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park located in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, | . It was a dark ride for the park |
Burma | ... dex (with 10 being the least corrupt). Only Tonga, Uzbekistan, Haiti, Iraq, | , and scored lower. Critics of President Déby have accused him of cronyism ... |
Pakistan | ... ing the Hindu Kush, modern day Afghanistan, and the Balochistan province of | . Archaeologically, concrete indications of Mauryan rule, such as the insc ... |
Republic | ... al names (Chinese: , xìngmíng) are the names adopted by the citizens of the | and People's Republic of China and the Chinese diaspora overseas. They aro ... |
Singapore | ... Hotel de Paris where the crêpe Suzette was invented or the Raffles Hotel in | , where the Singapore Sling cocktail was devised |
Carolingian Empire | It was the predecessor of the March of Carinthia, created within the | in 889 |
Yemen | ... ed by an Al-Qaeda suicide bomber attack while anchored in the port of Aden, | . During the latter part of 2003, work done on the Blue Marlin boosted its ... |
United Arab Emirates | ... the Achaemenid Empire. Makra corresponds to modern day Bahrain, Qatar, and | , plus the northern half of Oman as well as Balochistan and the Sindh prov ... |
Algeria | ... and the Western Sahara. Coaxial cables and microwave radio relays exist to | . Morocco is a participant in Medarabtel and a fiber-optic cable links fro ... |
Israel | ... ancient times and is the emblem on the coat of arms of the modern state of | |
Nicaragua | ... ntervention in the Salvadoran Civil War and U.S. support for the Contras in | , and in opposing Reagan-supported weapons systems, including the B-1 bomb ... |
Srivijaya | ... d's highland. The first word mentioning the name of Sumatra was the name of | n Haji (king) Sumatrabhumi ("King of the land of Sumatra"), who sent an en ... |
Tonga | ... esia and Micronesia. He led a group of Dartmouth students to the Kingdom of | and later received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to tra ... |
Chile | The Malaysian Government is negotiating free trade deals with Australia, | and India, but has suspended negotiation of free trade deal with United St ... |
Portugal | ... themselves in the Roman province of Gallaecia (modern Galicia and northern | ), where they were considered foederati and founded the Suebi Kingdom of G ... |
Portugal | ... a official instructor of Henry IV of Castile and General of the Frontier of | . Pedro de Alvarado's mother was Diego's second wife, Leonor de Contreras ... |
Italy | ... rthday. A year earlier, he had left Pioppi, his beloved village in Southern | where he had spent 28 years of his life |
Philippines | ... t. G.T. International Tower is an office skyscraper located in Makati City, | . The "G.T." in the name stands for George Ty, the building's owner and ch ... |
Haiti | ... erceptions Index (with 10 being the least corrupt). Only Tonga, Uzbekistan, | , Iraq, Burma, and scored lower. Critics of President Déby have accused hi ... |
Egypt | ... s abound on Abraxas, who in recent centuries has been claimed to be both an | ian god and a demon, sometimes even being associated with the dual nature ... |
France | ... st of the city of Leesburg. The community was named after Clermont-Ferrand, | |
Philippines | When the Americans took possession of the | , Baguio was selected by a party to become the summer capital of the Phili ... |
Nigeria | ... ern Nigeria. There are approximately 20 million speakers that are mostly in | and are primarily of Igbo descent. Igbo is a national language of Nigeria. ... |
Spanish | ... was born in Mexico City, but grew up in the city of Torreón, the son of two | emigres, Ricarda Merino and Jenaro Montalbán, a store manager. He was born ... |
Tunisia | In | , a pastry similar to doughnuts are yo-yos. They are very traditional and ... |
Western Sahara | ... d one Arabsat. There is a microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain and the | . Coaxial cables and microwave radio relays exist to Algeria. Morocco is a ... |
Canada | Cape Breton Island is part of the province of Nova Scotia, | . The island accounts for 18.7% of the total area of Nova Scotia. Although ... |
India | ... ovements seeking national independence from the British Empire in Egypt and | and wrote a highly critical description of the British government action a ... |
Austria | ... he second half of the 7th century, in the territory of present-day southern | and north-eastern Slovenia |
Prussia | ... arty, which hoped for the regeneration of Germany through the ascendancy of | |
Slovenia | ... century, in the territory of present-day southern Austria and north-eastern | |
Bahrain | ... he Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Makra corresponds to modern day | , Qatar, and United Arab Emirates, plus the northern half of Oman as well ... |
Bahrain | ... d Arab Emirates has banned all hunting of dugongs within its waters, as has | . The UAE has additionally banned drift net fishing. India and Sri Lanka b ... |
Morocco | In | , Sfenj is a similar pastry eaten sprinkled with sugar or soaked in honey |
Roman Empire | While the number of cardinals was small from the times of the | to the Renaissance, and frequently smaller than the number of recognized c ... |
Kenya | ... ; known by the locals as The Mara) is a large game reserve in south-western | , which is effectively the northern continuation of the Serengeti National ... |
Scottish | Hugh Binning (1627–1653) was a | philosopher. He became regent and professor of philosophy at the Universit ... |
Malaysia | Local government is the lowest level in the system of government in | —after federal and state. It has the power to collect taxes (in the form o ... |
Sweden | During 2006, the band has played only once in | on the Hultsfred Festival and on two festivals in Norway. They've also rel ... |
Scotland | ... ratory School before attending, in September 1973, Gordonstoun, in northern | , as his father and elder brother had done before him. While there, Prince ... |
Ukraine | ... azakhstan alone, and 38,000, 40,000 and 101,057 standard German speakers in | , Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan, respectively |
Russian Empire | ... incial capital of Congress Poland and then the capital of a province of the | . The proximity to the Prussian border accelerated economic development of ... |
Estonia | ... the Baltic states at the beginning of World War II produced volunteers for | n and Latvian Waffen-SS units, though the majority of those units still wa ... |
Norwegian | (born 16 March 1959) is a | politician, leader of the Norwegian Labour Party and the current Prime Min ... |
Syria | ... inst the Seljuks, allowing him to capture the city of Hierapolis Bambyce in | . A Turkish attack against Iconium was thwarted when a Byzantine counter-a ... |
Japan | In 1969, 23 U.S. servicemen and one U.S. civilian stationed in Okinawa, | , were exposed to low levels of the nerve agent sarin while repainting the ... |
Chile | ... mplement of 900 hands in the Battle of Coronel, on 1 November 1914, off the | an coast |
Israel | Ólafur's second marriage was to | i-born Dorrit Moussaieff, to whom he became engaged in May 2000. The weddi ... |
Japan | In | , an-doughnut (あんドーナッツ, "bean paste doughnut") is widely available at bake ... |
Sweden | ... the 19th century in northern Europe, primarily Denmark, Germany, Norway and | . The first written set of team handball rules was published in 1906 by th ... |
Ukraine | ... ignificant ethnic-German populations in such areas as Romania, Moldova, and | at one time. As recently as 1990, there were one million standard German s ... |
Southern Qi | The Jin were supplanted by the Liu Song (420–479 AD), the | (479–502 AD), the Liang Dynasty (502–557 AD), and then the Chen Dynasty (5 ... |
Japan | Since the Meiji restoration, | has had a local government system based on prefectures. The national gover ... |
Papua New Guinea | ... stralia policy, gained favourable media attention. The Labor leader flew to | and pledged himself to the independence of what was then an Australian pos ... |
Italy | ... and how it supported relations with “confessional” states such as Spain and | . The declaration presented a view that fully supported the model of the C ... |
England | ... f France") was a medieval poet who was probably born in France and lived in | during the late 12th century. She lived and wrote at an undisclosed court, ... |
Tanzania | ... is effectively the northern continuation of the Serengeti National Park in | . It is named after the Maasai people (the traditional inhabitants of the ... |
Poland | ... of the East Prussian exclave of Weimar Germany. In 1945 after World War II, | and the Soviet Union partitioned East Prussia between themselves. Sambia b ... |
Scotland | ... embers of ascetic Christian monastic and eremitical communities of Ireland, | and England in the Middle Ages. The term is used of St. John the Apostle, ... |
UK | ... during labor, which will usually prevent transmission to the infant. In the | , clinicians have been slow to implement the same standards as the US, Aus ... |
Poland | ... January 1467 – 1 April 1548), of the Jagiellon dynasty, reigned as King of | and also as the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until 1548. Earlier, Sig ... |
Liang Dynasty | ... supplanted by the Liu Song (420–479 AD), the Southern Qi (479–502 AD), the | (502–557 AD), and then the Chen Dynasty (557–589 AD). Because all of these ... |
England | Littlewood was born at Stockwell, London, | and trained as an actress at RADA but left after an unhappy start and move ... |
Mexico | ... t Lakes, the interiors of Australia and the Arabian Peninsula, and parts in | and the Andes. Some of these, such as the Great Basin, are not single drai ... |
Norway | ... layed only once in Sweden on the Hultsfred Festival and on two festivals in | . They've also released the single “Nålens öga” for Swedish Save the child ... |
Finnish | ... attracting numerous tourists is the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. In | Lapland the number of auroral displays can be as high as 200 a year wherea ... |
Norwegian | Kåre Isaachsen Willoch (; born 3 October 1928 in Oslo) is a | politician from the Conservative Party. He served as Minister of Trade and ... |
Pakistan | ... overnment.There are three types administrative units of local government in | There are over five thousand local governments in Pakistan. Since 2001, th ... |
Russia | ... The United States refused initially to sign the Treaty on the grounds that | was not represented at the treaty conference |
Kyrgyzstan | ... 00, 40,000 and 101,057 standard German speakers in Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and | , respectively |
Belgium | ... ng, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Herstal, | . Browning died in 1926, several years before the design was finalized. Th ... |
Japan | Mister Donut is one of the most popular doughnut chains in | . Native to Okinawa is a spheroid pastry similar to doughnuts called sata ... |
Japan | ... ile repainting the depots' buildings. The weapons had been kept secret from | , sparking a furor in that country and an international incident. These mu ... |
Andorra | | is formed by seven parishes (parròquies, singular - parròquia); Andorra la ... |
Armenia | ... e into contact with the Seljuk Turks, the latter attempting to annex Ani in | . Yet, Constantine IX secured a truce between Byzantine Empire and the Sel ... |
Turkmenistan | ... Central Europe can all survive winter temperatures of about . In Repetek ( | ), there live seven species of scorpions (of which Pectinibuthus birulai i ... |
Poland | ... inentals' founder, Cam Floria invited Taylor to join the group on a tour of | sponsored by |
Algeria | ... Islands in the 1833 territorial division of Spain. The French occupation of | in the 19th century ended the fear of Maghrebi attacks in Majorca, which f ... |
French Equatorial Africa | ... gion. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of | |
Danish | ... launched in 1982 as the initiative of French president François Mitterrand. | architect Johann Otto von Spreckelsen (1929–1987) and Danish engineer Erik ... |
Belgium | ... he completed a combat tour of 30 missions, and survived a crash landing in | after his bomber ran out of fuel |
Castile | ... sive with the Catholic Monarchs, the recently enthroned Isabella I Queen of | and her husband Ferdinand II King of Aragon. Although Columbus had present ... |
India | ... with nine of the 10 warmest years on record occurring since 1995. In 2002, | and the United States suffered sharp harvest reductions because of record ... |
Belgium | Luxembourgish: Baaschtnech) is a Walloon municipality of | located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes. The municipality of ... |
Russia | Harbin, the provincial capital, is a city of contrasts, with Chinese, | n, and eclectic worldwide influences clearly apparent. Bukui Mosque, a nat ... |
Lithuania | ... istance in Hebron to the elections. At this time, following attempts by the | n government to draft yeshiva students into the army, the Lithuanian Kness ... |
Albania | | has 3 levels of local government |
Papua New Guinea | ... not well enforced and poaching persists. The dugong is a national animal of | , which bans all except traditional hunting. Vanuatu and New Caledonia ban ... |
Colombia | ... 49.92% of the city's population, and the ninety-sixth highest percentage of | n residents in the US, at 1.72% of its population (tied with Davie and May ... |
Soviet Union | ... ssian exclave of Weimar Germany. In 1945 after World War II, Poland and the | partitioned East Prussia between themselves. Sambia became part of the Sov ... |
Nepal | Sel roti is a | i homemade, ring-shaped, rice doughnut prepared during Tihar, the widely c ... |
Haiti | ... .06% of the populace, while it had the twenty-seventh highest percentage of | an residents in the US, at 6.7% of all the population (tied with North Lau ... |
Monaco | ... m those of the modern department, however. In 1793 Alpes-Maritimes included | and San Remo, but not Grasse which was then part of the of Var |
England | ... etic Christian monastic and eremitical communities of Ireland, Scotland and | in the Middle Ages. The term is used of St. John the Apostle, of a mission ... |
Scotland | ... May 1707 was the day the Act of Union came into effect, joining England and | to form the Kingdom of Great Britain |
Qatar | ... els, but opposed the invasion of Iraq. Relations improved with neighbouring | after the border dispute over the Hawar Islands was resolved by the Intern ... |
United Kingdom | ... an investment in the pioneering steamship Royal William. Cunard went to the | , where he set up a company with several other businessmen to bid for the ... |
Yugoslavia | ... ons such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Soviet Union and | expelled or murdered ethnic Germans living in their territories |
Guatemala | ... nd Tlaxcala auxiliaries; he was engaged in the conquest of the highlands of | from 1523 to 1527. At first, Alvarado allied himself with the Cakchiquel n ... |
Syria | ... f Ipsus in 301 BC, Seleucus took control over eastern Anatolia and northern | |
Latvia | ... tates at the beginning of World War II produced volunteers for Estonian and | n Waffen-SS units, though the majority of those units still was formed by ... |
Germany | ... hilips (the Netherlands), CCETT (France) and Institut für Rundfunktechnik ( | ) was chosen due to its simplicity and error robustness, as well as its lo ... |
France | ... e direct contact with potential visitors. There are now direct flights from | , where previously it was necessary to change plane in Casablanca |
Spain | As many of these films were shot in | they were also called paella westerns |
Japan | ... lled before it had finished. Following the pattern of its initial airing in | , it was later cancelled before the entire series was shown. When the Sept ... |
British | ... "Bertie" Wooster is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves novels of | author P. G. Wodehouse. An English gentleman, one of the "idle rich" and a ... |
Austria | The Bregenz Forest is one of the main regions in the state of Vorarlberg, | . It overlaps, but is not conterminous with, the Bregenz Forest Mountains ... |
Congo | 1961 also saw a major upheaval for SABENA in the | colony. Widespread rioting against Belgian colonials in the months leading ... |
Cuba | ... US, at 3% of the city's population, and the fiftieth highest percentage of | n residents in the US, at 8.66% of the city's population. It also had the ... |
El Salvador | ... ort by Spanish forces to extend their dominion to the nation of Cuzcatlan ( | ), in June 1524. These efforts established many towns such as San José Aca ... |
Soviet Union | ... international ban on chemical weapons. U.S. President George H.W. Bush and | leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed a bilateral treaty on June 1, 1990, to end ... |
France | ... e de France ("Mary of France") was a medieval poet who was probably born in | and lived in England during the late 12th century. She lived and wrote at ... |
Canada | ... of Quebec City to the British, eventually allowing them to take control of | the following year |
Moldova | There were significant ethnic-German populations in such areas as Romania, | , and Ukraine at one time. As recently as 1990, there were one million sta ... |
Colombia | As of 2000, Pembroke Pines had the forty-fifth highest percentage of | n residents in the US, at 3% of the city's population, and the fiftieth hi ... |
Nicaragua | ... h centuries. Among the groups found along northern coast and in neighboring | were the Miskito, who although organized in democratic and egalitarian way ... |
Georgia | ... a, Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan proper; from Abkhazia, South Ossetia and | proper; as well as from Chechnya and adjacent areas within Russia |
Chen Dynasty | ... the Southern Qi (479–502 AD), the Liang Dynasty (502–557 AD), and then the | (557–589 AD). Because all of these dynasties had their capital at Jiankang ... |
U.S. Virgin Islands | ... rn British Virgin Islands to fish, and the references may be to the present | |
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Israel | ... opotamus afarensis - formerly genus Trilobophorus**†Hippopotamus behemoth - | , Early Pleistocene**†Hippopotamus kaisensis - Central Africa; Pliocene**† ... |
Ukraine | ... most crops from the United Kingdom and France in the Western Europe through | in the East. Bread prices have been rising in several countries in the reg ... |
French | ... frame covered with glass and Carrara marble from Italy and was built by the | civil engineering company Bouygues |
Kaliningrad Oblast | ... rtitioned East Prussia between themselves. Sambia became part of the Soviet | , named after the nearby city of Kaliningrad (historically or ), and the n ... |
France | The cable ran between Manahawkin, New Jersey to Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez in | and Oxwich Bay in Wales |
Finland | Rovaniemi (; ; and ; ) is a city and municipality of | . It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's nort ... |
Romania | There were significant ethnic-German populations in such areas as | , Moldova, and Ukraine at one time. As recently as 1990, there were one mi ... |
Spain | ... ar states and how it supported relations with “confessional” states such as | and Italy. The declaration presented a view that fully supported the model ... |
Bolivia | ... a chapel holding a replica of the Virgen de Copacabana, the patron saint of | |
Hungary | ... pts, eastern European nations such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, | , Soviet Union and Yugoslavia expelled or murdered ethnic Germans living i ... |
Northern Ireland | Shortly after Lynch's election victory, tensions in | finally spilled over and "the troubles" began. The sight of refugees from ... |
Austria-Hungary | ... Alliance and join the enemy, by declaring war against the German Empire and | , in exchange for territories (Istria and Dalmatia), at war’s end, upon wh ... |
Confederacy | ... American Civil War began and Florida seceded from the Union and joined the | . On January 7, 1861, prior to Florida's formal secession, a local militia ... |
Algeria | ... us kaisensis - Central Africa; Pliocene**†Hippopotamus sirensis - Morocco & | ; Pleistocene*Genus Hexaprotodon - hexaprotodons or Asian hippopotami **†H ... |
Falkland Islands | ... otecting British merchant shipping as far south as Pernambuco and later the | . She then embarked on the search for the German East Asiatic Squadron, le ... |
Duchy of Warsaw | ... d in 1795 Lublin was located in the Austrian empire, then since 1809 in the | , and then since 1815 in the Congress Poland under Russian rule. At the be ... |
Italy | ... l volcanic centers, including one of four active non-submarine volcanoes in | |
Romania | ... ance, United Kingdom, Italy and Japan) whose purpose was the recognition of | n sovereignty over Bessarabia. The treaty, however, never came into force ... |
Danish | ... s the last German rabbi who acted as civil judge. Much against his will the | government, to which Altona then belonged, abolished this right of the Alt ... |
Canada | ... homeland of the Innu, an Aboriginal people of Eastern Quebec and Labrador, | . The territory covers the eastern portion of th |
Egypt | ... expenditure represented just over 0.6% of GDP in 2007, compared with 1% in | and 1.5% to 2% in EU countries. Morocco's 10 biggest advertising spenders ... |
Slovakia | ... Nazi concepts, eastern European nations such as Poland, the Czech Republic, | , Hungary, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia expelled or murdered ethnic Germans ... |
British | ... ciated to the shipbuilding yards, workshops, foundries and drydocks and the | technical advisors, > hired to work locally who used to play against exist ... |
Netherlands | ... Native Americans, the region presently known as Bayonne was claimed by the | after Henry Hudson explored the Hudson River which is aptly named after hi ... |
Romania | The 1920 Treaty of Paris was an act signed by | and the principal Allied Powers of the time (France, United Kingdom, Italy ... |
Afghanistan | ... many Combat Engineer units. The Royal Engineers have deployed the TROJAN to | where it is usually fitted with a plow on the front, which enables it to , ... |
Marshall Islands | ... attacks, while they launched air attacks on Jaluit and Milli Atolls, in the | , attempting to neutralize Japanese airfields located there, within range ... |
Congress Poland | ... empire, then since 1809 in the Duchy of Warsaw, and then since 1815 in the | under Russian rule. At the beginning of the 19th century a number of moder ... |
Indonesia | The | n, donat kentang is a potato doughnut, a ring-shaped fritter made from flo ... |
Canadian north | ... ide world for passengers or cargo; examples include many communities in the | and Alaska |
Soviet Union | ... ern European nations such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, | and Yugoslavia expelled or murdered ethnic Germans living in their territo ... |
Bulgaria | Since the 1880s, the number of territorial management units in | has varied from seven to 26. Between 1987 and 1999 the administrative stru ... |
France | ... , in operation from 1993, initially carrying 2 x 565 Mbit/s between USA and | |
Spain | ... ty, linked to the rulers of France, replaced the Habsburgs on the throne of | . The new dynasty began a series of reforms throughout the empire (the Bou ... |
Mexico | Deming Public Schools buses students residing in | from the United States-Mexico border to Columbus Elementary |
Duchy of Carniola | ... of modern Slovenia. It was (at least by name) the predecessor of the later | |
Yugoslavia | During the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, the breakup of | caused large population transfers, mostly involuntary. Because it was a co ... |
Duchy of Warsaw | In 1806 Kalisz became a provincial capital within the | . During Napoleon's invasion of Russia, following Yorck's Convention of Ta ... |
Israel | ... lution in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against | . In support of the statement, Senator-elect Lee Rhiannon said it was "mot ... |
Macedonia | In | , the show will begin airing on December 15, 2009, Monday to Friday at 12: ... |
France | According to its Constitution of 1958, | has 3 levels of local government |
Italy | In 568, the Langobards receded into Northern | . Subsequently, in the last decades of the 6th century, Slavs settled in t ... |
Germany | ... he Habsburgs, who ruled Spain, Austria, the Spanish Netherlands and much of | and , were staunch defenders of the Roman Catholic Church. Some historians ... |
German | Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a | composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor |
Cuba | ... n how they should be treated. Frist visited the detention center in eastern | , which holds some 460 detainees, including 14 top alleged al-Qaida figure ... |
Poland | ... War II, in reaction to the Nazi concepts, eastern European nations such as | , the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia expel ... |
Morocco | ... Hippopotamus kaisensis - Central Africa; Pliocene**†Hippopotamus sirensis - | & Algeria; Pleistocene*Genus Hexaprotodon - hexaprotodons or Asian hippopo ... |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | ... se criteria are sufficient, as they allow less-recognized entities like the | to claim full status as states. According to the alternative constitutive ... |
Russia | ... ical weapons until relatively recently. After the fall of the Soviet Union, | n chemist Vil Mirzayanov published articles revealing illegal chemical wea ... |
Germany | As a federal country, | is divided into a number of states (Länder in German), which used to have ... |
Low Countries | ... Frederick III, married the heiress of Burgundy, thus acquiring most of the | for the family. His son Philip the Fair married the heiress of Castile and ... |
Italy | ... port on Music in Europe claimed that, in general, hip hop from the south of | tends to be harder than that from the north |
Iraq | ... sense of regional uncertainty was further heightened when Saddam Hussein's | invaded Kuwait, triggering the 1991 Persian Gulf War |
Western Sahara | ... d their relations, in the past Pakistan has said that it does not recognise | and that its status is disputed and remains to be decided by UN Resolution ... |
Ecuador | ... tations with a Christian format broadcast worldwide, such as HCJB in Quito, | , Family Radio's WYFR, and the Bible Broadcasting Network (BBN), among oth ... |
Haiti | As of 2000, Lake Park had the sixth highest percentage of | an residents in the US, with 14.50% of the populace. It also had the ninet ... |
Indian enclaves | ... opalachari. Subsequently India invaded and annexed Goa and Portugal's other | in 1961), the French ceded Chandernagore in 1951, and Pondicherry and its ... |
Laos | ... e President Lyndon B. Johnson to approve widening the war into Cambodia and | in order to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail. He was unable to use the abso ... |
France | ... world for inspiration, Naitō based his design on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, | . With the help of engineering company Nikken Sekkei Ltd., Naitō claimed h ... |
Israel | Jelly doughnuts, known as sufganiyah (סופגניה, pl. sufganiyot סופגניות) in | , have become a traditional Hanukkah food in the recent era, as they are c ... |
India | Seleucus went as far as | , where after two years of war he reached an agreement with Chandragupta M ... |
People's Republic of China | ... ian GDP, for instance, is expected to grow 7.5% in 2010, second only to the | in the world |
Brazil | ... ood) located in the Zona Sul (southern zone) of the city of Rio de Janeiro, | . It is known for its 4 km balneario beach, which is one of the most famou ... |
Malaya | ... the same time that they were attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese attacked | , causing the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand to join the Unite ... |
Northern Ireland | | , and Lynch's attitude to the situation which was about to develop there w ... |
Denmark | ... ng" (Swedish for "Nothing"). The band played four songs at a private gig in | where their new album premiered. The sound of the album has been described ... |
Sweden | ... suggestion that Beowulf's people were Gutes (from the island of Gotland in | ). According to the poem, the weather-geats or sea-geats, as they are call ... |
Mexico | The couple moved to | , arriving in the city of Cuernavaca on 2 November 1936, the Day of the De ... |
Indian sub-continent | ... ancestry, to fight the invading Scythians, he led another conquest towards | . where he conquered Sindh in 519 BC and constituted it as his 20th Satrap ... |
Austria | She was born Laura Reichenthal in New York to a family of | n Jewish immigrants, and educated at Cornell University, where she began t ... |
Uruguay | ... ntion on the Rights and Duties of States was a treaty signed at Montevideo, | , on December 26, 1933, during the Seventh International Conference of Ame ... |
Morocco | ... ain and an exclave located on the north coast of North Africa surrounded by | . Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar, Ceuta l ... |
Czech Republic | ... reaction to the Nazi concepts, eastern European nations such as Poland, the | , Slovakia, Hungary, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia expelled or murdered ethn ... |
Sicily | ... cano is a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, about 25 km north of | and the southernmost of the eight Aeolian Islands. It is 21 square kilomet ... |
Fiji | In the mythology of | , Samulayo is a god of war and those dead souls who died i |
Noricum | ... arnuntum, penetrated along the border between the provinces of Pannonia and | , laid waste to Flavia Solva, and could be stopped only shortly before rea ... |
Soviet Union | ... international fame, performing international plays across Europe and in the | . One of Littlewood's most famous productions was the British première of ... |
Russia | ... 09 in the Duchy of Warsaw, and then since 1815 in the Congress Poland under | n rule. At the beginning of the 19th century a number of modern urban deve ... |
Congress Poland | ... ter the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, Kalisz became a provincial capital of | and then the capital of a province of the Russian Empire. The proximity to ... |
Denmark | In | , doughnuts exist in their "American" shape, and these can be obtained fro ... |
Qatar | ... on of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which Bahrain joined with Kuwait, Oman, | , Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The sense of regional uncerta ... |
United Kingdom | ... eadquarters in New York City, the company's activities focus heavily on the | , with operational headquarters in Hook, Hampshire |
Gabon | ... then of French Equatorial Africa, a federation of states which encompassed | , the Central African Republic and Chad. In 1924, the Congo-Océan railway ... |
Vietnam | There is some evidence suggesting that | ese troops used phosgene gas against Cambodian resistance forces in Thaila ... |
Philippines | ... n targets in World War II, commencing with Pearl Harbor and US bases in the | , such as Clark Air Force Base. During the course of the Second World War, ... |
Tunisia | ... ancient Berber kingdom in modern-day Algeria and a smaller part of western | in North Africa. Numidia was originally divided between Massyliis in Easte ... |
Egypt | ... ation of 400 Arab families "manufactured glass lamps, which are exported to | . Provisions are abundant, and there is a considerable number of shops." E ... |
Spain | ... ed at various times by Denmark, Sweden and France. The Habsburgs, who ruled | , Austria, the Spanish Netherlands and much of Germany and , were staunch ... |
Haiti | ... with 16.78% of the populace. It had the thirty-first highest percentage of | an residents in the US, at 6.0% of the population (tied with Miramar), and ... |
Cambodia | ... s some evidence suggesting that Vietnamese troops used phosgene gas against | n resistance forces in Thailand during the 1984-1985 dry-season offensive ... |
Central African Republic | ... ench Equatorial Africa, a federation of states which encompassed Gabon, the | and Chad. In 1924, the Congo-Océan railway was brought into service which ... |
Dutch | ... . Neighbouring districts are Borken, Wesel, and Viersen in Germany, and the | provinces of Limburg and Gelderland |
England | Harwich is a town in Essex, | and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the ... |
France | Le Verrier had a wife and children. He died in Paris, | and was buried in the Cimetière Montparnasse. A large stone celestial glob ... |
Nicaragua | As of 2000, 16.63% of Sweetwater residents identified as being of | n heritage. This was the highest percentage of Nicaraguans and Nicaraguan ... |
Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ... the 1921 census, the German community was the largest minority group in the | (505,790 inhabitants or 4.22%) |
Burma | Born in Akyab, | (now known as Myanmar) when it was still part of the British Empire, Hecto ... |
Colombia | Through cooperation with governments such as those of | , Mexico and Afghanistan, coca (the plant source for cocaine) and poppy (t ... |
Andhra Pradesh | ... all the temples in the world. The temple is located in Chittoor district of | , a state in Southern India |
Japan | ... ngaku), combining the kanji 音 ("on" sound) with the kanji 楽 ("gaku" music). | is the second largest music market in the world, behind the United States, ... |
New Zealand | The History of Oceania is the history of Australia, | , Papua New Guinea, Fiji and other Pacific island nations |
Thailand | ... Vietnamese troops used phosgene gas against Cambodian resistance forces in | during the 1984-1985 dry-season offensive on the Thai-Cambodian border |
Guatemala | Alvarado was subsequently appointed governor of | by Charles I of Spain and remained governor of Guatemala until his death. ... |
Finland | in | , a sweet doughnut is called a munkki (the word also means monk) and are c ... |
Paraguay | ... tious chief of General Political Warfare Department, General Wang Sheng, to | as an ambassador (November 1983), and hand-picked Lee Teng-hui as vice-pre ... |
France | ... I in 1689 and became a banker in Rouen and half-brother George, who fled to | and became a wine merchant. However, when William and Mary came to the thr ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... he Gulf Cooperation Council, which Bahrain joined with Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, | and the United Arab Emirates. The sense of regional uncertainty was furthe ... |
Fiji | ... tory of Oceania is the history of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, | and other Pacific island nations |
United Arab Emirates | ... ouncil, which Bahrain joined with Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the | . The sense of regional uncertainty was further heightened when Saddam Hus ... |
German | ... ob Ettlinger (17 March 1798 – 7 December 1871) (Hebrew: יעקב עטלינגר) was a | rabbi and author, and one of the leaders of Orthodox Judaism. He is someti ... |
Mexico | Through cooperation with governments such as those of Colombia, | and Afghanistan, coca (the plant source for cocaine) and poppy (the plant ... |
Papua New Guinea | The History of Oceania is the history of Australia, New Zealand, | , Fiji and other Pacific island nations |
Ethiopia | ... Hexaprotodon - hexaprotodons or Asian hippopotami **†Hexaprotodon bruneti - | ; Pliocene**†Hexaprotodon coryndoni - Ethiopia; Pliocene**†Hexaprotodon cr ... |
Nicaragua | ... of the population (tied with Miramar), and the ninth highest percentage of | n residents in the US, at 3.58% of its population. It also had the fifty-e ... |
Syria | The Neolithic peoples in the Levant, Anatolia, | , northern Mesopotamia and Central Asia were great builders, utilising mud ... |
Austria | ... arious times by Denmark, Sweden and France. The Habsburgs, who ruled Spain, | , the Spanish Netherlands and much of Germany and , were staunch defenders ... |
Soviet Union | ... 0,000 women joined her organisation. Orczy was also strongly opposed to the | |
Denmark | ... ht against the Protestant princes of Germany, supported at various times by | , Sweden and France. The Habsburgs, who ruled Spain, Austria, the Spanish ... |
Afghanistan | Through cooperation with governments such as those of Colombia, Mexico and | , coca (the plant source for cocaine) and poppy (the plant source for opiu ... |
India | ... ns. In Africa, carrot oil, peanut oil, mustard oil and nettle oil are used. | n lamps, especially for use in puja, almost exclusively use ghee as fuel |
Haiti | As of 2000, Golden Glades had the highest percentage of | an residents in the US, with 33.50% of the populace (nearby North Miami ha ... |
England | In 1952, researchers in Porton Down, | , invented the VX nerve agent but soon abandoned the project. In 1958 the ... |
France | ... the first Republican nominee for Vice President (in 1856), and Minister to | |
British | ... Wangchuck was able to consolidate power and cultivated closer ties with the | in India |
New Zealand | ... mes have been recorded, including Tau-ua in the Marquesas Islands, Rehua in | , and Aa and Hoku-Kauopae in Hawaii |
New Zealand | Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in | , reaching |
India | ... tely 2.4 billion people live in the drainage basin of the Himalayan rivers. | , China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar could experi ... |
Iceland | The | ic Landnámabók (Book of Settlements) mentions that the Norse found Irish p ... |
Ottoman Syria | ... toman Syria. For example, Ulrich Jasper Seetzen noted during his travels in | in 1808-09 that 150 persons were employed in the glass industry in Hebron, ... |
France | ... fts to President Alexandre Millerand and Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré of | , to King George V of the United Kingdom, and to the Zoological Garden (Ja ... |
Kanem Empire | ... legendary Sao, known from artifacts and oral histories. The Sao fell to the | , the first and longest-lasting of the empires that developed in Chad's Sa ... |
Denmark | ... t Prussia, Pomerania, and the Baltic states were evacuated to Nazi-occupied | , based on an order issued by Hitler on February 4, 1945. Thus, when the w ... |
United Kingdom | ... s networks around the world subsequently aired Beverly Hills, 90210. In the | , ITV showed the first two seasons until the satellite channel Sky1 acquir ... |
Pakistan | ... on people live in the drainage basin of the Himalayan rivers. India, China, | , Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar could experience floods follo ... |
Germany | In parts of | , the doughnut equivalents are called Berliner (sg. and pl.), but not in t ... |
French Equatorial Africa | During World War II Brazzaville, and the rest of | , remained beyond the control of Vichy France. In 1944, Brazzaville hosted ... |
Scotland | Arbuthnot was born in Kincardineshire, on the northeastern coast of | , son of Rev Alexander Arbuthnot, an Episcopalian priest and Margaret, née ... |
Dutch East Indies | ... Ukrainian Slavs, Albanians from Kosovo, Turkic Tatars, and even Asians from | (Indonesia) units were recruited. The Ukrainians and the Tatars had both s ... |
Scottish | ... and and Cape Breton Island tourism marketing places a heavy emphasis on its | Gaelic heritage through events such as the Celtic Colours Festival, held e ... |
Bangladesh | ... rainage basin of the Himalayan rivers. India, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, | , Nepal and Myanmar could experience floods followed by severe droughts in ... |
Germany | ... an Brigade that formed part of the Allied occupation in Schleswig-Holstein, | , after World War II, and became a dedicated friend of Germany during that ... |
Greece | ... s until around the 3rd century BCE. The use of molds was first developed in | and Egypt during the 3rd century BCE. In Roman times, stone, clay, or plas ... |
Mexico | ... north of the international border between the United States of America and | . The Mexican village of Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua is on the opposite side ... |
Kuwait | ... to the formation of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which Bahrain joined with | , Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The sense of reg ... |
Sweden | ... t the Protestant princes of Germany, supported at various times by Denmark, | and France. The Habsburgs, who ruled Spain, Austria, the Spanish Netherlan ... |
Brazil | In | , the National Policy of Water Resources, regulated by Act n° 9.433 of 199 ... |
Soviet | ... d upgraded during King Zahir Shah's forty year rule. From 1978 to 1992, the | -backed Afghan army fought with multi-national mujahideen groups who were ... |
French Equatorial Africa | ... rance had secured full control of the colony and incorporated it as part of | . French rule in Chad was characterised by an absence of policies to unify ... |
India | ... r could experience floods followed by severe droughts in coming decades. In | alone, the Ganges provides water for drinking and farming for more than 50 ... |
Italian | Secondo Campini (August 28, 1904 - February 7, 1980) was an | engineer and one of the pioneers of the jet engine |
Slovakia | The situation in | was different from that in the Czech lands, in that the number of Germans ... |
Cuba | As of 2000, West Little River had the thirtieth highest percentage of | n residents in the US, with 16.78% of the populace. It had the thirty-firs ... |
France | ... stant princes of Germany, supported at various times by Denmark, Sweden and | . The Habsburgs, who ruled Spain, Austria, the Spanish Netherlands and muc ... |
Soviet Union | ... rst to conceive the idea of a telescope in outer space, a decade before the | launched the first satellite, Sputnik |
Egypt | ... emacy over parts of his empire. Ptolemy, a former general and the satrap of | , was the first to challenge the new system; this led to the demise of Per ... |
Oman | ... ormation of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which Bahrain joined with Kuwait, | , Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The sense of regional ... |
Burma | ... followed his father into the Indian Imperial Police, where he was posted to | (like George Orwell a generation later). Two years later, having contracte ... |
Egypt | ... und the 3rd century BCE. The use of molds was first developed in Greece and | during the 3rd century BCE. In Roman times, stone, clay, or plaster molds ... |
Austro-Hungarian | ... ar Képzomuvészeti Egyetem) in Budapest. He joined a cavalry regiment of the | army, where he served until the end of the First World War |
Soviet | Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (; born March 6, 1937) is a retired | cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space. She was selected out of more ... |
UK | ... ng, the Jia for Jialing River and the ying for the short form in Chinese of | . |
Third Republic | ... s of the government. It was only after Napoleon III fell from power and the | was proclaimed that Hugo finally returned to his homeland in 1870, where h ... |
India | In | , the Census Commission defines a metropolitan city one having a populatio ... |
France | Soissons is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern | , located on the Aisne River, about northeast of Paris. It is one of the m ... |
Poland | ... conducted by military and civilian authorities in Soviet-occupied post-war | and Czechoslovakia during the spring and summer of 1945. In Yugoslavia, th ... |
socialist Poland | ... dream. It is a reality that is still happening. My dream for the people of | is that someday you will wake up from your nightmare and be free. |
India | ... es. Their most famous player is a police officer named Dwayne Leverock. But | defeated Bermuda and set a record of 413 runs in a One-Day International ( ... |
Gibraltar | ... est Cornwall, MK polled over 10%. This was in a constituency which included | , Bristol, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Mebyon ... |
Algeria | ... f September 26, as the Sol approached the Catalan coast, it was attacked by | n corsairs under the command of the redoubtable Arnaut Mami, an Albanian r ... |
Northern Ireland | ... y, Cabletel acquired local cable franchises covering Guildford and parts of | , Scotland and Wales. In 1996 CableTel acquired National Transcommunicatio ... |
Hong Kong | ... e network currently, and later its respective networks worldwide, including | , Southeast Asia, South Asia, and other regions |
Egypt | Local government traditionally had limited power in | 's highly centralized state. Under the central government were twenty-six ... |
Spain | ... e**†Hexaprotodon coryndoni - Ethiopia; Pliocene**†Hexaprotodon crusafonti - | ; Late Miocene (syn. Hexaprotodon primaevus)**†Hexaprotodon hipponensis - ... |
Lithuania | ... 1386–1572) formed the Polish–Lithuanian union. The partnership brought vast | -controlled Rus' areas into Poland's sphere of influence and proved benefi ... |
Cuba | ... ter Managua, the Nicaraguan capital. It had the tenth highest percentage of | n residents in the US, at 49.92% of the city's population, and the ninety- ... |
Scotland | ... ed local cable franchises covering Guildford and parts of Northern Ireland, | and Wales. In 1996 CableTel acquired National Transcommunications Limited ... |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... ebel and government forces and between forces of the Republic of Congo, the | , and Angola. It was also the scene of bloody civil wars throughout the 19 ... |
Kazakhstan | ... ugh Omsk and Altai Krai (597,212 Germans in Russia, 2002 Russian census) to | (353,441 Germans in Kazakhstan, ). Germany admitted approximately 1.63 mil ... |
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Belgium | In | , the smoutebollen are similar to the Dutch kind of oliebollen, but they u ... |
Mexico | ... te February 1945 until late April 1946), then spent five years traveling in | , Central America, Spain, France, England, and North Africa, returning to ... |
Brazil | ... roduced televangelism is increasingly present in some other nations such as | . Some countries have a more regulated media with either general restricti ... |
Second French Empire | ... orm War left the state weak, and open to foreign influence. This led to the | to invade Mexico and the establishment of a short-lived Second Mexican Emp ... |
Sweden | ... 40 mm autocannon and the 8.8 cm FlaK 18, 36 gun, both designed by Bofors of | . Artillery weapons of this sort have for the most part been superseded by ... |
Gibraltar | ... during the summer, Kentucky sailed on 26 October 1900 for the Far East via | and the Suez Canal. She joined the other American ships on the Asiatic Sta ... |
England | ... in 1660. 1 May 1707 was the day the Act of Union came into effect, joining | and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain |
Nicaragua | ... railroad construction. He would also successfully establish the border with | and resist an invasion from Guatemala in 1906. After fending off Guatemala ... |
Saudi | ... from $50 million in debt so that it could be sale-able. In 1992, a group of | investors, ARA Group International (AGI), bought the bankrupt UPI for $4 m ... |
Croatia | ... milar to the Berliner are prepared in the northern Balkans, particularly in | , Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (pokladnice or krofne). They are also ... |
Paraguay | ... e emerged as the sole power of western South America. In the Atlantic side, | attempted to gain a more dominant status in the region, but an alliance of ... |
Norway | Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, | . It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre is the v ... |
France | ... ian photographer, sculptor, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in | in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flou ... |
Cuba | As of 2000, Florida City had the sixty-sixth highest percentage of | n residents in the US, with 5.06% of the populace, while it had the twenty ... |
Japan | ... Tourists also arrive from Algeria, the United States, and East Asia, mainly | |
Thailand | ... until April 1879—his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of | Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead sing ... |
Puerto Ricans | ... nincorporated territory of the United States and used to be eligible due to | having had American citizenship since 1917. Their best success in this awa ... |
Syria | ... -2nd century BC, yet the Seleucid kings continued to rule a rump state from | until the invasion by Armenian king Tigranes the Great and their ultimate ... |
Angola | ... forces of the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and | . It was also the scene of bloody civil wars throughout the 1990s which re ... |
Prussia | ... ely Catholic. Vatican relations with Great Britain were good, while neither | nor Imperial Germany had any official relations with the Vatican. In Prote ... |
Guatemala | ... uccessfully establish the border with Nicaragua and resist an invasion from | in 1906. After fending off Guatemalan military forces, Bonilla sought peac ... |
Afghanistan | | was traditionally divided into provinces governed by centrally appointed g ... |
Czech Republic | ... NGO* - Romani INGO;Museums and libraries* Museum of Romani Culture in Brno, | (in Czech) * in Sofia, (Bulgarian, English)* in Heidelberg, (German, Engli ... |
Hong Kong | ... he Asiatic Station at Manila in February 1901 and six days later sailed for | where she became flagship of the Southern Squadron under Rear Admiral Loui ... |
Algeria | ... s enter Morocco yearly, most of them from Europe. Tourists also arrive from | , the United States, and East Asia, mainly Japan |
Martinique | Bertrand d'Orgeron attracted many French colonial families from | and Guadeloupe, such as those of Jean Roy, 1625–1707; Jean Hebert, 1624; G ... |
Germany | ... l German settlement areas, as well as the Soviet occupation zone in eastern | . The Allies settled on the terms of occupation, the territorial truncatio ... |
Vatican City | ... and Steve Jobs, founders of Apple Computer. On one occasion Wozniak dialed | and identified himself as Henry Kissinger (imitating Kissinger's German ac ... |
Serbia | ... the Berliner are prepared in the northern Balkans, particularly in Croatia, | and Bosnia and Herzegovina (pokladnice or krofne). They are also called kr ... |
Germany | ... tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern | (see Polabian Slavs). For decades they were allies of Charlemagne in his w ... |
India | ... is indigenous to the southeastern Mediterranean Basin, Eastern Africa, and | , but is widespread throughout tropical regions (and widely grown elsewher ... |
Pakistan | ... , asserted a measure of independence also from the mujaheddin leadership in | , establishing their own systems of local government, collecting revenues, ... |
Guadeloupe | ... trand d'Orgeron attracted many French colonial families from Martinique and | , such as those of Jean Roy, 1625–1707; Jean Hebert, 1624; Guillaume Barre ... |
Romania | ... ) was born in Brassó, Transsylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (since 1920 Braşov, | ), to an Armenian mother and a Hungarian father. He grew up speaking Hunga ... |
Algeria | Numidia (202 BC – 46 BC) was an ancient Berber kingdom in modern-day | and a smaller part of western Tunisia in North Africa. Numidia was origina ... |
France | ... ations with the European Union, especially with the former colonial rulers, | and Spain. On October 2008, Morocco was granted a special partnership stat ... |
Ottoman Syria | ... the industry is mentioned in the books of 19th century Western travelers to | . For example, Ulrich Jasper Seetzen noted during his travels in Ottoman S ... |
Italy | In February 1980 Mobile Suit Gundam was aired in | , the first country to broadcast the show abroad of Japan. It's one of the ... |
Malta | ... , both pluralistic ones like the U.S., and officially Catholic nations like | and |
Austria | ... erdinand I, placing Opole under the sovereignty of the Habsburg Monarchy of | . The Habsburgs took control of the region in 1532 after the last Piast du ... |
Cuba | ... w Jersey and Gordon Heights, New York.) It also had the seventy-eighth most | ns in the US, at 4.04% of the population, while it had the ninety-first hi ... |
German | Heinrich Karl Ludolf von Sybel (December 2, 1817–August 1, 1895), | historian, came from a Protestant family which had long been established a ... |
Britain | “In common with other EC countries, on 1st January, 1980, | adopted the system of measurement recommended by the International Organis ... |
Netherlands | ... ceptual Entropy Coding). The Musicam technique, as proposed by Philips (the | ), CCETT (France) and Institut für Rundfunktechnik (Germany) was chosen du ... |
France | ... district of La Défense and in the commune of Puteaux, to the west of Paris, | . It is usually known as the Arche de la Défense or simply as La Grande Ar ... |
Hong Kong | ... rincipal ports of China and Japan including Chefoo, Taku, Nanking, Woosung, | , Amoy, Nagasaki, Kobe, and Yokohama |
Guatemala | ... th North Miami.) It is also home to the ninety-fourth highest percentage of | n residents in the US, at 1.2% of the population as well (tied with three ... |
Sicily | ... ther's parents emigrated from Polizzi Generosa, in the province of Palermo, | , and his mother was also of Italian descent. Scorsese was raised in a dev ... |
Britain | “ | , which used to use the Sikes scale to display proof, now uses the Europea ... |
Kingdom of Bohemia | ... ko II of Głogów in 1331 invaded the lands, which were incorporated into the | and shared the political fortunes of the Silesian crown land |
Spain | ... the European Union, especially with the former colonial rulers, France and | . On October 2008, Morocco was granted a special partnership status with t ... |
Japan | ... undam was aired in Italy, the first country to broadcast the show abroad of | . It's one of the most appreciated Anime in that country still today, coun ... |
Israel | ... e Israeli Ministry of Interior recognizes four types of local government in | |
Duchy of Carinthia | ... a practice that continued after Carantania was incorporated into the later | . It was last performed in 1414, when the Habsburg Ernest the Iron was ent ... |
French Guiana | A few countries did not gain independence until the 20th century: | remains an overseas department of France |
Pitcairn Islands | ... igh led to several of the mutineers escaping the Royal Navy and settling on | , which later became a British colony |
France | ... ). The Musicam technique, as proposed by Philips (the Netherlands), CCETT ( | ) and Institut für Rundfunktechnik (Germany) was chosen due to its simplic ... |
Mexican | ... stablished in 1835 after a group of settlers received a land grant from the | government. The town was laid out in the traditional Spanish Colonial styl ... |
Italy | ... most popular honeymoon destinations at the time were the French Riviera and | , particularly its seaside resorts and romantic cities such as Rome, Veron ... |
Ukraine | ... envoy to Paris to urge France to invade Saxony with at least 40,000 men. In | too, Count Nicholas Potocki kept on foot to support Stanisław a motley hos ... |
Malaysia | In | the series is now airing through 8TV beginning Jun 14 onwards every Saturd ... |
Algeria | ... in; Late Miocene (syn. Hexaprotodon primaevus)**†Hexaprotodon hipponensis - | **†Hexaprotodon imagunculus - Uganda & Congo; Pliocene**†Hexaprotodon irav ... |
Marshall Island | Nauru was annexed by Germany in 1888 and incorporated into Germany's | Protectorate. The Germans called the island Nawodo or Onawero. The arrival ... |
Japan | ... ars a Professor of mathematics at Harvard University but currently lives in | , where he is greatly respected and influential. He is also a professor of ... |
Pakistan | ... , the Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, today's Turkmenistan, Pamir and parts of | |
Niger | | is a landlocked nation in West Africa located along the border between the ... |
New Zealand | In | As The World Turns was aired on TVNZ from 1962 to 1989 |
France | ... lped it improve the possibility of Italian unification, such as Britain and | in the Crimean War |
Greece | ... n the Liguria and Puglia regions of Italy and also in Catalonia (Spain), in | and in Turkey. In Ligurian cuisine the wild chicory leaves are an ingredie ... |
Kazakhstan | ... Soviet Union was created, which was eventually split into the Kazakh SSR ( | ), Kyrgyz SSR (Kyrgyzstan), Tajik SSR (Tajikistan), Turkmen SSR (Turkmenis ... |
United Kingdom | ... is contained in an alcoholic beverage. The term was originally used in the | and was defined as 7/4 times the alcohol by volume (ABV). The UK now uses ... |
South Africa | ... king British soldiers' mass graves at the site of the Battle of Isandlwana, | . Another is the Matthew Flinders Cairn on the side of Arthur's Seat, a sm ... |
Prussia | ... uation in Central Europe, faced with the alliance of Frederick the Great of | and Catherine the Great of Russia. The Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 caus ... |
Belgium | Juprelle is a municipality of | . It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On Januar ... |
Turkmenistan | ... wer, it included central Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, today's | , Pamir and parts of Pakistan |
Israel | ... pment of these pronunciations is the relatively rapid development of modern | i Hebrew |
Indonesia | Sumatra (Indonesian: Sumatera) is an island in western | , westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in I ... |
Belgium | ... or depot areas and continues to pose a threat to the civilian population in | and France and less commonly in other countries. The French and Belgian go ... |
New Zealand | Standard 1.2.4 of the Australia and | Food Standards Code requires the presence of MSG as a food additive to be ... |
Netherlands | ... y Mauritshuis (English: "Maurice House") is an art museum in The Hague, the | . Previously the residence of count John Maurice of Nassau, it now has a l ... |
Russia | ... emlandsky Peninsula) or Samland is a peninsula in the Kaliningrad Oblast of | , on the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea. The Curonian Lagoon (to the ... |
Afghanistan | ... l 2002, while the country was under NATO occupation, Zahir Shah returned to | to open the Loya Jirga, which met in June 2002. After the fall of the Tali ... |
Algeria | ... le of Ypres, April 22, 1915, when the Germans attacked French, Canadian and | n troops with . Deaths were light, though casualties relatively heavy |
Philippines | Makati became the financial center of the | during the 1950s. Many districts and landmarks in the city have become wel ... |
People's Republic of China | ... nese: , xìngmíng) are the names adopted by the citizens of the Republic and | and the Chinese diaspora overseas. They arose from the culture of the Han ... |
France | ... kret (Swedish for "I Am Not Afraid of the Dark"). The album was recorded in | and the songs has been described as "proud" and "hopeful". Kent will also ... |
Italian | Maurizio Costanzo (born August 28, 1938) is an | television host and journalist. He is married to Maria De Filippi, an Ital ... |
Soviet Union | In the late 1950s, the United Kingdom, France, United States, and | were considering developing supersonic transport. The British Bristol Aero ... |
English | John Flamsteed FRS (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719) was an | astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. He catalogued over 3000 stars |
Soviet Union | ... Russian Revolution, a Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the | was created, which was eventually split into the Kazakh SSR (Kazakhstan), ... |
Uttar Pradesh | ... states in India: Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, | , Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi. Each of these states ... |
Germany | Schneerson studied mathematics, physics and philosophy in Berlin, | for five semesters from mid-1928 through 1930. Professor Menachem Friedman ... |
Albania | In | , the show will be seen on Vizion+, beginning with episodes from 2006 |
Belgian | Büllingen is a largely German language-speaking municipality located in the | province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Büllingen had a total population of ... |
Germany | The first settlement was around 1798. Many later settlers were from | . The community of New Bremen was laid out in 1826 by Charles Dayan |
Italy | ... preciated in certain cuisines, such as in the Liguria and Puglia regions of | and also in Catalonia (Spain), in Greece and in Turkey. In Ligurian cuisin ... |
Scotland | ... deck in 1885, largely due to surroundings reminiscent of his early years in | . He established a summer estate complete with research laboratories, work ... |
England | Some writers suggest that a third gender emerged around 1700 AD in | : the male sodomite. According to these writers, this was marked by the em ... |
Roman Empire | ... lic romantic paintings in the west sometimes used ruins from the age of the | as a backdrop |
Philippines | ... I, and has also aired on Indosiar from August 1993 to December 2000. In the | , the show was aired on ABS-CBN from 1991 to 1996 then on Studio 23 from 1 ... |
Kaliningrad Oblast | ... bia (, literally the Zemlandsky Peninsula) or Samland is a peninsula in the | of Russia, on the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea. The Curonian Lagoo ... |
Rwanda | ... one of the few countries in Africa, along with its closely linked neighbour | among others, to be a direct territorial continuation of a pre-colonial er ... |
Philippines | ... litan area and the country. Its central business district hosts many of the | ' largest corporations including the Ayala Group of Companies and the nati ... |
Algeria | ... rate than its Maghreb neighbours—Tunisia has a rate of around 13.9%, and in | it is around 12.3%—but the issue is still a pressing one, both for economi ... |
Haiti | ... t. At the time Göring was born, his father was serving as consul general in | , and his mother returned home briefly to give birth. She left the six-wee ... |
Cuba | ... 24, Santiago de Cuba) was a Spanish conquistador. He conquered and governed | on behalf of Spain |
Soviet Union | ... on the use of mass propaganda in other communist states such as the former | |
Namibia | ... overnor-General of the German protectorate of South-West Africa (modern-day | ). Heinrich had five children from a previous marriage. Herman was the fou ... |
Tunisia | ... cern in North Africa. Morocco has a lower rate than its Maghreb neighbours— | has a rate of around 13.9%, and in Algeria it is around 12.3%—but the issu ... |
Philippines | Metro Manila is the financial, commercial and industrial center of the | . It accounts for 33% of the Philippines' GDP. It has a third of the count ... |
Republic of Ireland | ... In 1972, Heaney left his lectureship at Belfast and moved to Dublin in the | , working as a teacher at Carysfort College. In 1972, Wintering Out was pu ... |
Belgian | Eupen (German and French) is a municipality in the | province of Liège, from the German border (Aachen), from the Dutch border ... |
Russian Empire | The region became part of the | in the 1860s, and is thus sometimes called Russian Turkestan or the Туркес ... |
Sicily | ... s the similarity of style, and the fact that each betrays a connection with | , this provides compelling evidence that the same author wrote both books |
Niger | ... re kilometers, of which 1 266 700 km² is land and 300 km² water. This makes | slightly less than twice the size of the U.S. state of Texas |
Honduras | | was already occupied by many indigenous peoples when the Spanish arrived i ... |
German | ... town. On August 7, 1914, at the very beginning of World War I, the invading | army executed 27 civilians and destroyed 10 homes in Herstal |
Germany | Due to this major victory, which also made the "Second Reich" of | possible, 2 September was declared "Sedan Day" (Sedantag) and a national G ... |
Belgium | Lierneux is a municipality of | . It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On Januar ... |
Luxembourg | ... e. A railway line links the 4 villages (and then continues further south to | ) |
Belgian | Raeren is a municipality located in the | province of Liège. It was part of Germany until the First World War, after ... |
Indonesia | In | it aired on RCTI, and has also aired on Indosiar from August 1993 to Decem ... |
Thailand | ... lso commonly referred to as a third sex are the kathoeys (or "ladyboys") of | . However, while a significant number of Thais perceive kathoeys as belong ... |
Sicily | ... ling the garrisons placed in some of the coast towns by the Norman kings of | . The history of their decline differs from that of the Almoravids, whom t ... |
Dutch | ... et's correspondence with Erasmus shows he first offered the position to the | man, who refused it, before considering Lily. Ward and Waller ranked Lily ... |
Sweden | ... e, which makes Kent the most Swedish Grammy Award-winning artist or band in | . These include seven awards for, or in relation to, the six times platinu ... |
Serbia | In | , the show began airing on TV Avala on August 10, 2009, to very little pub ... |
Spain | Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465, Cuéllar, | – ca. June 12, 1524, Santiago de Cuba) was a Spanish conquistador. He conq ... |
Mexico | ... g to Philadelphia on 31 August, she sailed on 11 September for the coast of | to watch over American interests during the unrest caused by the Mexican R ... |
Burundi | | is one of the few countries in Africa, along with its closely linked neigh ... |
Malacca | ... nsequence of growing regional trade. A literary language was established in | . After the defeat of Malacca by the Portuguese in 1511, the literary cent ... |
Fiji | ... rkers; the declination of Sirius matches the latitude of the archipelago of | at 17°S and thus passes directly over the islands each night. Sirius serve ... |
Republic of Ireland | In the | the show aired on RTE Two |
Slovak state | ... der Dubček joined the underground resistance against the wartime pro-German | headed by Jozef Tiso. In August 1944, Dubček fought in the Slovak National ... |
Canada | ... atitudes, especially in the island-strewn waters of Scandinavia and eastern | . Often indicated on navigation charts, they may be painted white or lit a ... |
Belgian | Remicourt is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Remicourt had a total population of ... |
United Kingdom | ... rk, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the | , the United States, Uruguay, and Spain |
Honduras | ... , 1526, Diego López de Salcedo, was appointed by the emperor as governor of | , replacing Saavedra. The next decade was marked by clashes between the pe ... |
Dutch | Such vessels were first used by the | in the 16th or 17th century (but may not have been called that at the time ... |
Belgium | Trois-Ponts is a municipality of | . It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On Januar ... |
England | ... uary 1587/8 to Adam and Anne (née Browne) Winthrop in Edwardstone, Suffolk, | . His birth was recorded in the parish register at Groton. His father's fa ... |
Vietnam | ... ed 70 000 to 80 000 of migrant workers, especially from Indonesia, Myanmar, | , Thailand, and South Asian nations who are mostly involved in domestic he ... |
France | There are records of handball-like games in medieval | , and among the Inuit in Greenland, in the Middle Ages. By the 19th centur ... |
Russia | Worried about the growing ties between the Habsburgs and | , in 1524 Sigismund signed a Franco-Polish alliance with King Francis I of ... |
Czech Republic | ... to stay, for example the second president and eighth prime minister of the | or the second president of the Slovak Republic having German surnames. Aft ... |
Algeria | ... to the south, at 1 497 km. This is followed by Chad to the east (1 175 km), | to the northnorthwest (956 km), and Mali at 821 km. Niger also has short b ... |
Sweden | ... anada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Russia, | , the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, and Spain |
Lithuania | ... ecifically. Alarmed at Moscow's growing power, Novgorod had negotiated with | in the hope of placing itself under the protection of Casimir IV, King of ... |
Western Sahara | Recent activity in | , which is believed to contain viable hydrocarbon reserves, has been contr ... |
Uttar Pradesh | ... is based is khariboli, the vernacular of Delhi and the surrounding western | and southern Uttarakhand region. This dialect acquired linguistic prestige ... |
Indonesia | ... ang hosts an estimated 70 000 to 80 000 of migrant workers, especially from | , Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, and South Asian nations who are mostly invol ... |
Japan | ... sidered the time of the liberal movement known as the "Taishō democracy" in | ; it is usually distinguished from the preceding chaotic Meiji period and ... |
Dutch | ... in the Belgian province of Liège, from the German border (Aachen), from the | border (Maastricht) and from the "High Fens" nature reserve (Ardennes). Th ... |
Uzbekistan | ... yzstan), Tajik SSR (Tajikistan), Turkmen SSR (Turkmenistan) and Uzbek SSR ( | ) |
New Zealand | ... the name of the great fish caught by Māui which became the North Island of | . When a fish took his hook, Māui said, 'A fish has taken my hook. Perhaps ... |
Belgium | Welkenraedt is a Walloon municipality located in the province of Liège, | . On January 1, 2006, Welkenraedt had a total population of 9,163. The tot ... |
Turkmenistan | ... Kazakhstan), Kyrgyz SSR (Kyrgyzstan), Tajik SSR (Tajikistan), Turkmen SSR ( | ) and Uzbek SSR (Uzbekistan) |
Canada | ... tch whisky directly from Scotland, rum from the Caribbean, and whiskey from | . He was also involved in gambling |
Russia | ... razil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, | , Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, and Spain |
Afghanistan | ... n McNeill currently commands the International Security Assistance Force in | . General William C. Lee is often referred to as the "Father of the U.S. A ... |
German | ... an and French) is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, from the | border (Aachen), from the Dutch border (Maastricht) and from the "High Fen ... |
Germany | ... tory built the Galileo spacecraft and managed the Galileo mission for NASA. | supplied the propulsion module. NASA's Ames Research Center managed the pr ... |
Nigeria | ... ven countries and has a total of 5 697 km of borders. The longest border is | to the south, at 1 497 km. This is followed by Chad to the east (1 175 km) ... |
India | ... avour. Chutney types and their preparations vary widely across Pakistan and | |
Bulgaria | In | , the show was aired on Efir 2 from 1993 to 1995 |
Belgium | During World War II the German troops first invaded neutral | and crossed the Meuse River by winning the Second Battle of Sedan that las ... |
Slovenia | ... s on Rai 4 and SkyUno in the afternoon and on Italia Uno in early mornings. | is airing all seasons of the show every day at 4:10 pm until April 9, 2009 ... |
Belgium | Herstal, formerly known as Heristal, or Héristal, is a municipality of | . It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege along the ... |
India | ... or other Chinese. The Chinese were in contact and influenced by cultures of | and trading partners farther south, such as the kingdoms of Funan and Cham ... |
Belgian | In 1916 | troops conquered the area during the First World War. In 1923, the League ... |
Iraq | ... wers in the Treaty of Sèvres. The British occupied Mesopotamia (present-day | ) and established a colonial government |
Uganda | ... rimaevus)**†Hexaprotodon hipponensis - Algeria**†Hexaprotodon imagunculus - | & Congo; Pliocene**†Hexaprotodon iravaticus - Myanmar; Pliocene - Pleistoc ... |
Belgium | Geer is a Walloon municipality of | in Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Geer had a total population of 2, ... |
Polish | ... "Solidarity" — Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność" ) is a | trade union federation that emerged on August 31, 1980 at the Gdańsk Shipy ... |
Hungary | ... dchildren of Maximilian. Through this double marriage contract, Bohemia and | passed to the House of Habsburg in 1526, on the death of Sigismund's nephe ... |
Egypt | In 1883, Koch worked with a French research team in Alexandria, | , studying cholera. Koch identified the vibrio bacterium that caused chole ... |
Northern Ireland | As he was born and educated in | , Heaney has felt the need to emphasise that he is Irish and not British. ... |
Canada | The first closure in | was introduced in the House of Commons, 1913, by Conservative Prime Minist ... |
United Arab Emirates | ... elhi under observation. On 18 May 2004, he was brought to a hospital in the | because of nose bleeding caused by heat |
France | ... fortunately for Assen, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was incorporated with | of Napoleon Bonaparte and the plans were abandoned |
Canada | ... North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, | , flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then t ... |
Pakistan | ... their main flavour. Chutney types and their preparations vary widely across | and India |
Belgian | Meix-devant-Virton is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Luxembourg. On 1 January 2007 the municipality had 2,675 inhab ... |
Canada | ... also known to have both visited numerous states across America and visited | during the years he is known to have killed. When asked as to whether ther ... |
Belgium | Bertrix (Walloon: Bietris) is a Walloon municipality of | located in the province of Luxembourg |
Cuba | He then was active in leading the conquest of | in 1511 under orders from Diego Columbus, recently restored as Viceroy of ... |
Benin | ... has short borders in its far southwest frontier (Burkina Faso at 628 km and | at 266 km) and to the northnortheast (Libya at 354 km) |
Tajikistan | ... plit into the Kazakh SSR (Kazakhstan), Kyrgyz SSR (Kyrgyzstan), Tajik SSR ( | ), Turkmen SSR (Turkmenistan) and Uzbek SSR (Uzbekistan) |
Spain | ... y Treaty with Spain) of 1789 between the United States and Spain guaranteed | 's exclusive right to navigate the Mississippi River for 25 years. It also ... |
Eritrea | ... icus - Myanmar; Pliocene - Pleistocene **†Hexaprotodon karumensis - Kenya & | ; Pleistocene**†Hexaprotodon madagascariensis - Madagascar; Holocene**†Hex ... |
Spain | ... Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, and | |
Belgium | Paliseul is a Walloon municipality of | located in the province of Luxembourg |
Normandy | ... vanni Pietro Bellori, who relates that Poussin was born near Les Andelys in | and that he received an education that included some Latin, which would st ... |
Singapore | ... ew Zealand as being the most business-friendly country in the world, before | |
Japan | ... s a body-type mutation caused by a recessive gene. The variety is native to | and Southeast Asia, though it is now found throughout the world. The breed ... |
Egypt | ... as brickwork, followed by mortar. Foreign influence can be seen in domes of | ian origin and, in the civil sector, the triumphal arches inspired by thos ... |
Netherlands | ... ity was set up at the time, but unfortunately for Assen, the Kingdom of the | was incorporated with France of Napoleon Bonaparte and the plans were aban ... |
Uruguay | ... nd, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, | , and Spain |
Spain | ... own as the Liberty Treaty with Spain) of 1789 between the United States and | guaranteed Spain's exclusive right to navigate the Mississippi River for 2 ... |
Nigeria | Decaying infrastructure is one of the deficiencies that | ’s National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy (NEEDS) seeks to add ... |
Belgium | Léglise is a Walloon municipality of | located in the province of Luxembourg |
Irish Republic | ... d almost immediately. The dominant leaders in the new unilaterally declared | were figures like Éamon de Valera, President of Dáil Éireann (1919–21), Pr ... |
Kyrgyzstan | ... , which was eventually split into the Kazakh SSR (Kazakhstan), Kyrgyz SSR ( | ), Tajik SSR (Tajikistan), Turkmen SSR (Turkmenistan) and Uzbek SSR (Uzbek ... |
Burkina Faso | ... ali at 821 km. Niger also has short borders in its far southwest frontier ( | at 628 km and Benin at 266 km) and to the northnortheast (Libya at 354 km) |
India | On 3 February 2004, Zahir was flown from Kabul to New Delhi, | , for medical treatment after complaining of an intestinal problem. He was ... |
Zhou Dynasty | ... n as "Archaic Chinese", was the language common during the early and middle | (1122 BCE–256 BCE), texts of which include inscriptions on bronze artifact ... |
Thailand | ... to 80 000 of migrant workers, especially from Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, | , and South Asian nations who are mostly involved in domestic help, servic ... |
Hong Kong | ... ., "Wei Zhang") or by choosing a new name entirely (e.g., "John Zhang"). In | , a common practice is to combine both English and Chinese names into a si ... |
Mali | ... by Chad to the east (1 175 km), Algeria to the northnorthwest (956 km), and | at 821 km. Niger also has short borders in its far southwest frontier (Bur ... |
Italy | In | , Beverly Hills, 90210 began airing in November 1992 in primetime and soon ... |
Danish | In 1779, the | scientist Christian Kratzenstein, working at the Russian Academy of Scienc ... |
Japan | ... musement park located in the Shin-Yokohama district of Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, | . (The "u" in "Raumen", referring to ramen, is intentionally spelled that ... |
France | Evers fought in the European Theatre of WWII, including in | . He was honorably discharged in 1945 as a Sergeant. In 1946, he, along wi ... |
England | ... on; in the poetry of skalds; and on an Old Norse runic inscription found in | . Two lines of an otherwise lost poem about the god, Heimdalargaldr, survi ... |
Norwegian | ... d other communities all over the Rocky Mountains. In 1913, Carl Howelsen, a | , moved to town and introduced ski jumping. Howelsen built the first jump ... |
Switzerland | ... rejoined the party in Genoa, Italy, from where they continued their tour to | . Milner accompanied Wilberforce to England, and on the journey they read ... |
Singapore | ... are the descendants of the early Chinese immigrants to Penang, Malacca and | . They have partially adopted Malay customs and speak a Chinese-Malay creo ... |
Ukraine | ... from Denmark, házená in the Czech Republic, hádzaná in Slovakia, gandbol in | , torball in Germany, as well as versions in Uruguay |
France | ... ughout the 18th century, the great European powers Spain, Great Britain and | vied for power in Florida. Their interest in the peninsula was more strate ... |
Spanish | ... a, Spain, ca. 1485 or ca. 1495 – Guadalajara, New Spain, 4 July 1541) was a | conquistador and governor of Guatemala. He participated in the conquest of ... |
Netherlands | Communications in the | |
Spain | ... d dynasty, which had survived and come to rule over the Muslim provinces of | , reclaimed the title of Caliph in 929, lasting until it was overthrown in ... |
Scotland | ... as born in the village of Ancrum, near Jedburgh, in the County of Roxburgh, | , one of seven children of the Reverend John Livingston, a lineal descenda ... |
Neustria | ... pin, lord of Héristal, the powerful Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and of | under Merovingian king Theuderic III, probably chose this location as his ... |
Parthia | ... the Jews in form of the Maccabees had fully established their independence. | n expansion continued as well. In 139 BC, Demetrius II was defeated in bat ... |
Prussia | ... lities, duchies, and kingdoms) that agreed to unify under the leadership of | , thereby forming the German Empire. Deutscher Kaiser ("German Emperor") w ... |
Nepal | ... their culture match their true social, sexual, or gender identity. The 2011 | census was the world's first to allow people to register as a gender other ... |
People's Republic of China | ... gjiang is part of northeast China, the traditional base of industry for the | . Industry is focused upon coal, petroleum, lumber, machinery, and food. D ... |
Honduras | ... Council of India. Montejo went to Chiapas, and Alvarado became governor of | |
Netherlands | In the | , a dish named "kapsalon" (hair salon) consists of french fries, shawarma ... |
India | ... protodon madagascariensis - Madagascar; Holocene**†Hexaprotodon namadicus - | ; (possibly same as Hex. palaeindicus)**†Hexaprotodon palaeindicus - India ... |
Nepal | ... nique approach of establishing a third-gender category. The third gender in | -- denoted on official documents as "other" -- is an identity-based catego ... |
Parthian Empire | In the | , the king's power rested on the support of noble families who ruled large ... |
Italy | ... Pitt’s proposals for parliamentary reforms. He rejoined the party in Genoa, | , from where they continued their tour to Switzerland. Milner accompanied ... |
Azerbaijan | ... have spread further into Eurasia forming such Turkic nations as Turkey and | , and subnational regions like Tatarstan in Russia and Crimea in Ukraine. ... |
Italy | ... ntil 2009 Province of Massa-Carrara, is a province in the Tuscany region of | . It is named after the two main towns in its territory: Carrara and Massa ... |
Japan | ... ese was once the lingua franca in neighbouring East Asian countries such as | , Korea and Vietnam for centuries, before the rise of European influences ... |
France | Bertrix is twinned with Charmes, | (since 1968), Rusca Montana (Romania) (since 1990) and Church Point, Louis ... |
Belgium | Chiny is a Walloon municipality of | located in the province of Luxembourg |
Czech Republic | ... entury, there existed similar games of håndbold from Denmark, házená in the | , hádzaná in Slovakia, gandbol in Ukraine, torball in Germany, as well as ... |
Yuan Dynasty | ... and postal station system named Örtöö within the Mongol Empire. During the | under Kublai Khan, this system also covered the territory of China. Postal ... |
Finland | In | The series was aired on MTV(later named MTV3). The first season was rename ... |
Egypt | ... bya, the Fatimid caliphs extended their rule for the next 150 years, taking | and Palestine, before the Abbasid dynasty was able to turn the tide, limit ... |
Bulgaria | ... volt in the Balkans, where they faced an attempt for the restoration of the | n state in the same year. Although this revolt was suppressed by the gener ... |
British | NTL Incorporated, branded as ntl:, was a U.S.-listed | company founded in 1992, which provided cable television, cable internet a ... |
Romania | Bertrix is twinned with Charmes, France (since 1968), Rusca Montana ( | ) (since 1990) and Church Point, Louisiana (United States) (since 1992) |
Slovakia | ... ar games of håndbold from Denmark, házená in the Czech Republic, hádzaná in | , gandbol in Ukraine, torball in Germany, as well as versions in Uruguay |
Dutch | ... ks to the renown of its agricultural and cattle fairs. The walls repelled a | attack successfully in 1602. In 1688, they were dismantled by order of Kin ... |
Scotland | ... and the South West, Birmingham, Derby, the North West, the North East, and | |
Grand Duchy of Moscow | ... rable, always preferring to attain his ends gradually and circuitously. The | had by this time become a compact and powerful state, whilst her rivals ha ... |
Vietnam | ... 1979 motion picture Apocalypse Now, which moves the story from the Congo to | and Cambodia during the Vietnam War. In Apocalypse Now, Martin Sheen plays ... |
Swiss | ... c. (covering the UK and Irish markets) and NTL Europe Inc. (for the French, | and German parts of the corporation). New executives replaced the NTL pres ... |
Scotland | ... at also extended into Philadelphia. He imported scotch whisky directly from | , rum from the Caribbean, and whiskey from Canada. He was also involved in ... |
Spain | Throughout the 18th century, the great European powers | , Great Britain and France vied for power in Florida. Their interest in th ... |
Canadian | ... tre at Courseulles-sur-Mer, Calvados, commemorates the D-Day landing of the | liberation forces at Juno Beach during World War II in 1944. The cult of S ... |
Germany | ... rst World War, the term the Kaiser — especially as applied to Wilhelm II of | — gained considerable pejorative connotations in English-speaking countrie ... |
Cambodia | ... picture Apocalypse Now, which moves the story from the Congo to Vietnam and | during the Vietnam War. In Apocalypse Now, Martin Sheen plays Captain Benj ... |
New Zealand | ... ne 1845, British troops attacking Maori trenches and bunkers at Ohaeawai in | fired shells containing an unknown type of poison gas from their cannon an ... |
Falkland Islands | The disputed territories of the | , which are a British overseas territory but are claimed by Argentina, wer ... |
Japan | ... ch prefer you in cat form, Dream old friend"). In , which is set in ancient | , Morpheus appears as a Japanese man to a Buddhist monk and as a fox to a ... |
Sicily | ... ly, Constantine himself learned of the exarch's errand before departing for | , then Gallipoli, and then Otranto, where the group stayed for winter. In ... |
Denmark | ... dle Ages. By the 19th century, there existed similar games of håndbold from | , házená in the Czech Republic, hádzaná in Slovakia, gandbol in Ukraine, t ... |
Mexico | ... ed on the bank of the Usumacinta River in what is now the state of Chiapas, | . In the Late Classic Period Yaxchilan was one of the most powerful Maya s ... |
Spain | In | the series aired all its ten seasons on commercial station Telecinco. The ... |
Vietnam | ... lingua franca in neighbouring East Asian countries such as Japan, Korea and | for centuries, before the rise of European influences in the 19th century |
Maratha Empire | ... y alliance. The Company subsequently gained control of regions ruled by the | , after defeating them in a series of wars. Punjab was annexed in 1849, af ... |
Denmark | ... ots to their great-grandfather who had immigrated to the United States from | in the 1840s. As a child, Floyd severely injured his arm in a hunting acci ... |
Scotland | ... sts that at least part of the island was originally joined with present-day | and Norway, now separated by millions of years of continental drift |
Ukrainian | In the 17th century, the town suffered a decline due to a Russo- | invasion in 1655 and a Swedish invasion during the Northern Wars. After th ... |
First East Turkestan Republic | ... an fighters to the Uighur and Kirghiz Muslim rebels who had established the | . The aid was not capable of saving the First East Turkestan Republic, as ... |
Liechtenstein | Switzerland is not a member state of the EU, but has been (together with | ) surrounded by EU territory since the joining of Austria in 1995. In 2005 ... |
Britain | ... tells the story of an American reporter who tries to expose enemy spies in | , a series of events involving a continent-wide conspiracy that eventually ... |
Greenland | ... e records of handball-like games in medieval France, and among the Inuit in | , in the Middle Ages. By the 19th century, there existed similar games of ... |
Russia | ... e to its location, Heilongjiang is also an important gateway for trade with | . In recent years, Manchuria has suffered from stagnation. As a result, th ... |
Austrian Empire | ... usually reserved for the Emperors of the German Empire, the emperors of the | and those of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During the First World War, the ... |
Norway | ... east part of the island was originally joined with present-day Scotland and | , now separated by millions of years of continental drift |
French | ... o NTL Inc. (covering the UK and Irish markets) and NTL Europe Inc. (for the | , Swiss and German parts of the corporation). New executives replaced the ... |
India | ... as able to consolidate power and cultivated closer ties with the British in | |
Switzerland | ... a law adopted by the elected legislature. (One nation to use this system is | .) Initiatives, usually put forward by members of the general public, comp ... |
Japan | All payphones on the street and in buildings in | are installed and maintained exclusively by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone ... |
Canada | ... he Intercounty Baseball League at Labatt Memorial Park in London, Ontario, | . Given his arm problems, McLain only pitched nine innings for the Majors, ... |
United Kingdom | ... gence in interest in synthetic phonics in recent years, particularly in the | . The subject has been promoted by a cross-party group of Parliamentarians ... |
Hong Kong | The | MTR issued a special set of tickets featuring Gundam theme in December, 20 ... |
Bulgaria | ... from all periods, as well as latest contemporary and avant-garde, like the | n wedding band Ivo Papasov that successfully fuses Bulgarian folk using th ... |
Macau | ... New Orleans, and Thailand, and has previously operated programs in Greece, | , and |
French | ... nty was established in 1911, named after Benjamin Bonneville (1796–1878), a | -born officer in the U.S. Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American ... |
Puerto Rico | ... tchili ("snow"), or chilli ("where the land ends"). Chile, Panama, Peru and | are some of the Spanish-speaking countries where chilis are known as ají, ... |
Roman Empire | The Mithraic Mysteries were a mystery religion practised in the | from about the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The name of the Persian god Mithra ... |
England | ... ed at Table Head in Glace Bay to a receiving station at Poldhu in Cornwall, | . Marconi's pioneering work in Cape Breton marked the beginning of modern ... |
Germany | Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern | , consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roug ... |
Normandy | ... e French department of Calvados is part of the region of Basse-Normandie in | . It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast. ... |
Spain | ... to become one of the most famous artillery pieces in history. First used in | during the Spanish Civil War, the gun proved to be one of the best anti-ai ... |
Haiti | ... as a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent | under the 1801 constitution. Initially regarded as Governor-General, Dessa ... |
Assyria | ... h her head remained human. Derceto's child grew up to become Semiramis, the | n queen. In another story, told by Hyginus, an egg fell from the sky into ... |
Syria | ... ief operations officer and then deputy chief-of-staff of the PLA brigade in | before 1967. In August 1968, he led an attempt to make PLA Syria brigades ... |
Greece | ... h tells the story of Ilya, a prostitute who lives in the port of Piraeus in | , and Homer, an American tourist from Middletown, Connecticut — a classica ... |
Spanish | ... While waiting for the other ships, Grenville established relations with the | there while simultaneously engaging in some privateering against them, and ... |
Panama | ... une for a summer practice cruise that took her to Cuba, the Virgin Islands, | , New York, Boston, and Provincetown. She returned to Annapolis on 27 Augu ... |
Emirate of Granada | ... se to power in Granada. After the great Christian advance of 1228-1248, the | was practically all that remained of old al-Andalus. Some of the captured ... |
Italy | ... my tended to mutiny, and the Byzantines lost Bari, their last possession in | , to the Normans of Robert Guiscard in 1071. Simultaneously, they faced a ... |
Italy | In 1973, while Mohammed Zahir Shah was in | undergoing eye surgery as well as therapy for lumbago, his cousin and form ... |
North Korea | The standard route to and from | is by plane or train through Beijing, People's Republic of China. Transpor ... |
Fiji | In Fijian mythology (specifically: | ), Dakuwaqa is a shark-god. He was greatly respected by fishermen because ... |
Cuba | ... visit: European diseases. In 1763, the Spanish took the last 80 natives to | . Within 200 years, almost the entire precolumbian population of Florida h ... |
Ghana | ... ams 1 goal with UNICEF as part of Feyenoord's children's welfare project in | . To mark Feyenoord's centenary another site was launched in January 2007 ... |
Mexico | Olmeca is a genus of bamboo known from southern | and comprising 2 species. Both have large fleshy fruits - a characteristic ... |
Norway | ... the end of the 19th century in northern Europe, primarily Denmark, Germany, | and Sweden. The first written set of team handball rules was published in ... |
Indonesia | ... It bears strong resemblance to the language spoken by Chinese living in the | n city of Medan and is based on the Minnan dialect of Zhangzhou prefecture ... |
Canada | ... John County (2006 population 68,045) is located in southern New Brunswick, | . The city of Saint John dominates the county. In the rest of the county, ... |
Norway | Nore og Uvdal is a municipality in Buskerud county, | . It is part of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative cent ... |
Italy | ... indicus)**†Hexaprotodon palaeindicus - India; **†Hexaprotodon pantanellii - | ; Pliocene**†Hexaprotodon protamphibius - Kenya & Chad; Pliocene**†Hexapro ... |
Japan's | is a city in the Kansai region of | main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the ... |
Ukraine | ... Azerbaijan, and subnational regions like Tatarstan in Russia and Crimea in | . Tajiks and form sizable non-Turkic minorities |
England | ... Shah of Aceh, on letters written in 1602 addressed to Queen Elizabeth I of | , referred to himself as "king of Aceh and Samudra". The word itself is fr ... |
Third Republic | ... vered as a towering figure in literature, he was a statesman who shaped the | and democracy in France. More than two million people joined his funeral p ... |
Thailand | ... wn as Grinnell Corps in Grinnell, China, Namibia, Lesotho, New Orleans, and | , and has previously operated programs in Greece, Macau, and |
German | ... uilt to link it to the neighbouring towns. This all came to an end with the | occupation during World War I |
Greece | ... Lesotho, New Orleans, and Thailand, and has previously operated programs in | , Macau, and |
England | ... Futhark inscription that mentions Heimdallr was discovered in Saltfleetby, | on September 1, 2010. The spindle whorl itself is dated from the year 1000 ... |
Bhutan | | 's early history is steeped in mythology and remains obscure. It may have ... |
Italy | | became a nation-state belatedly—on March 17, 1861, when most of the states ... |
Western Roman Emperor | ... ury BC. Rome's population started dropping in 402 AD when Flavius Honorius, | from 395 to 423, moved the government to Ravenna and Rome's population dec ... |
Sweden | ... th Charles XII whereby the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth engaged to assist | against the Russian tsar. Stanisław did what he could to assist his patron ... |
Dominican Republic | ... Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the | . Ayiti (land of high mountains) was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian na ... |
British | ... n courtesy of two Scots, Alexander Mackay and Robert Russell Ross, overseas | workers at the Rio Tinto mines, and the club was originally named Huelva R ... |
German | ... o the seat of Opole County. Today, many German Upper Silesians and Poles of | ancestry live in the Opole region; in the city itself, Germans make up les ... |
Germany | ... ormed by the end of the 19th century in northern Europe, primarily Denmark, | , Norway and Sweden. The first written set of team handball rules was publ ... |
Guatemala | ... (1544). However, this decision created resentment in the populated areas of | and El Salvador. In 1549, the capital was moved to Antigua, Guatemala, and ... |
United Kingdom | ... a planned £660,000,000 biomedical research centre to be located in London, | . The Francis Crick Institute is a partnership between Cancer Research UK, ... |
Carthaginian | ... the opportunity for expansion into Greece itself. Encouraged by the exiled | general Hannibal, and making an alliance with the disgruntled Aetolian Lea ... |
France | The stethoscope was invented in | in 1816 by René Laennec at the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris. I ... |
French | ... ich was located inside the British occupation zone of West Germany, and the | government never obtained his extradition from the British authorities |
Scottish | ... ele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and | borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, intended as watch to ... |
Canada | ... with similar ethnic, historical and political origins, such as New Zealand, | , and the United States. The Australian indigenous tradition brought to th ... |
Neo-Assyrian Empire | The 790s BC witnessed the surging power of the | , albeit a brief moment of weakness following in subsequent decades, the f ... |
Afghanistan | ... declared a goddess by a sect, called the Unforgiven, in what is present day | . All empty rooms were proclaimed to be her sacred places. The sect existe ... |
Pakistan | In June 2009, the Supreme Court of | ordered a census of hijras, who number between 80,000 and 300,000 in Pakis ... |
Lesotho | ... uation service program known as Grinnell Corps in Grinnell, China, Namibia, | , New Orleans, and Thailand, and has previously operated programs in Greec ... |
Hong Kong | ... izens of mainland China and on Taiwan. Cantonese, not Mandarin, was used in | during the time of its British colonial period (owing to its large Cantone ... |
India | ... ica and into Spain. To the East, it expanded through Iran and ultimately to | . This made it one of the largest empires in the history of West Eurasia, ... |
Philippines | ... government within the Port Area Manila is a major publishing center in the | . Clustered in the central business districts of Makati, Ortigas Center, a ... |
Roman | ... s gospel. When the church was founded by Saint Mark during the reign of the | emperor Nero, a great multitude of native Egyptians (as opposed to or Jews ... |
United Kingdom | ... ercially viable CT scanner was invented by Sir Godfrey Hounsfield in Hayes, | , at EMI Central Research Laboratories using X-rays. Hounsfield conceived ... |
Denmark | ... day was formed by the end of the 19th century in northern Europe, primarily | , Germany, Norway and Sweden. The first written set of team handball rules ... |
Britain | ... Swedish Rummy, Switch, Last Card, Screw Your Neighbour, and Tschausepp. In | , it is often referred to as Black Jack (not to be confused with the casin ... |
Switzerland | Modern-era citizen lawmaking began in the towns of | in the 13th century. In 1847, the Swiss added the "statute referendum" to ... |
Sweden | ... lity (Sigtuna kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central | . Its seat is located in the town of Märsta |
Empire | ... ent-day Italy was included in the Roman Italy (Italia) as a province of the | . After the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Lombard invasions, "I ... |
Union of South Africa | ... of the war, on 31 May 1902. In 1910 it became the Transvaal Province of the | |
Cuba | ... en and got underway on 9 June for a summer practice cruise that took her to | , the Virgin Islands, Panama, New York, Boston, and Provincetown. She retu ... |
Mexico | ... hip of the Indies. He initially backed Hernán Cortés's famous expedition to | , but pulled back his support before the expedition was scheduled to launc ... |
French | ... baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine (22 December 163921 April 1699), was a | dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France (alon ... |
Jordan | ... l, according to the Allon Plan, was to exchange parts of the West Bank with | in a proposal for trading land for peace, with Israel annexing 45% of the ... |
Russia | ... a torchbearer of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Saint Petersburg, | |
Hungary | ... one. Their elder brother Ladislaus II of Hungary and Bohemia became king of | and Bohemia |
New Zealand | ... er countries with similar ethnic, historical and political origins, such as | , Canada, and the United States. The Australian indigenous tradition broug ... |
Namibia | ... post-graduation service program known as Grinnell Corps in Grinnell, China, | , Lesotho, New Orleans, and Thailand, and has previously operated programs ... |
English | Steve Bell (born 26 February 1951) is an | political cartoonist, whose work appears in The Guardian and other publica ... |
Spain | ... rew rapidly. To the West, Muslim rule expanded across North Africa and into | . To the East, it expanded through Iran and ultimately to India. This made ... |
Nicaragua | ... olumbian ballcourts have been found throughout Mesoamerica, as far south as | , and possibly as far north as the now U.S. state of Arizona. These ballco ... |
Philippines | ... nd the Makati Business Club, one of the most important economic hubs in the | |
Germany | ... in the Czech Republic, hádzaná in Slovakia, gandbol in Ukraine, torball in | , as well as versions in Uruguay |
Soviet | ... lion Koreans moved from North to South following the division of Korea into | and American military zones of administration. This southward exodus conti ... |
England | ... the Anglo-Spanish War, three years after the last shipment of supplies from | . The settlement is known as "The Lost Colony," and the fate of the coloni ... |
Low Countries | ... ports along the Fife Coast. These ports also did trade with the Baltic and | . Another reason was through an act of industrial espionage in 1709 by a w ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... i-national mujahideen groups who were being funded by the United States and | while trained by the Pakistani Armed Forces. After President Najibullah's ... |
People's Republic of China | ... tandard route to and from North Korea is by plane or train through Beijing, | . Transport directly to and from South Korea has been possible on a limite ... |
Iran | ... panded across North Africa and into Spain. To the East, it expanded through | and ultimately to India. This made it one of the largest empires in the hi ... |
Russia | ... nations as Turkey and Azerbaijan, and subnational regions like Tatarstan in | and Crimea in Ukraine. Tajiks and form sizable non-Turkic minorities |
English | ... also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the | and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, intende ... |
British | ... the time of the trial, he lived in Düsseldorf, which was located inside the | occupation zone of West Germany, and the French government never obtained ... |
Israel | ... ttee from 1984 to 1991. Al-Yehiyeh headed security committees in talks with | from 1993, including final status talks, and also headed negotiations on H ... |
UK | ... , Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Peru, Spain, Sweden, the | , the USA, and Venezuela. TFI leadership has maintained that they did not ... |
Gibraltar | In February 1801 Ball was appointed commissioner of the navy at | and had to leave Malta. Control passed to Major General Henry Pigot, whose ... |
Uruguay | ... in Slovakia, gandbol in Ukraine, torball in Germany, as well as versions in | |
Normandy | ... ution on 4 March 1790. It was created from a part of the former province of | . The name "Orne inférieure" was originally proposed for the department, b ... |
Sicily | Salvatore Lucania was born on November 24, 1897 in Lercara Friddi, | . His parents, Antonio and Rosalia Lucania, had four other children: Barto ... |
Italian | ... anus (Italian Giovanni Gioviano Pontano) (1426 – September 17, 1503) was an | humanist and poet |
Morocco | ... y islet located in the South shore of the Strait of Gibraltar very close to | . Its sovereignty is disputed between Spain and Morocco. It was the subjec ... |
Republic of China | ... te, as well as Chinese demands that the flag and the national anthem of the | be banned along the route led the government of Taiwan to reject the propo ... |
Venezuela | ... te. During the 1962 season, New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and | n shortstop Elio Chacón found themselves colliding in the outfield. When A ... |
Brazil | As of 2000, Deerfield Beach also had the ninth largest | ian and Brazilian American population (as a percentage of total population ... |
French Guiana | ... ce sent a large number of people to settle in Guyana, which would bring the | . But the early colonists suffered high mortality from tropical diseases a ... |
Indonesia | ... sivalensis - India**†Hexaprotodon sp. (undescribed) - Myanmar**†Undescribed | n species; Pleistocene*Genus Archaeopotamus - formerly included in Hexapro ... |
Chile | ... order through the Straits of Magellan to visit Punta Arenas and Valparaíso, | . A stop at Callao Bay, Peru was followed by a month of target practice ou ... |
Norway | The Progress Party (, , FrP) is a political party in | which identifies as conservative liberal and libertarian. The media and ac ... |
Western Sahara | ... ent attention than the predominantly mountainous northern provinces and the | region. Although the latter region has received government attention since ... |
Prussia | ... ly 18th century in the German states of Gotha, Calemberg and, particularly, | . However, even in the 18th century, the vast majority of people in Europe ... |
Spain | ... of Évora, in Portugal. The village of Wamba in the province of Valladolid, | has an impressive ossuary of over a thousand skulls inside the local churc ... |
England | ... story of the order, seem to resemble closely those of the secular canons of | and the continent. From the outset they were more or less isolated, and, h ... |
German | Karl Gottlob (Carolus Timotheus) Zumpt (1 April 1792 – 25 June 1849) was a | philologist from Berlin. Educated at Heidelberg and Berlin, he was from 18 ... |
Afghanistan | In July 2000, the Taliban rulers of | banned opium as "against Islam." After the Taliban was ousted, opium culti ... |
Afghanistan | ... ween Siberia on the north; Tibet (now China), British India (now Pakistan), | , and Iran on the south; the Gobi Desert on the east; and the Caspian Sea ... |
Belgian | Hensies is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Hainaut. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 6,698 inhabita ... |
Jordan | ... an $80 million movie about Saladin and the Crusades that would be filmed in | before the producer Moustapha Akkad was killed in the 2005 Amman bombings. ... |
French Polynesia | In the Polynesian mythology of Tahiti and other islands of | , the Maohi (Mā’ohi in tahitian language) are the ancestors of the Polynes ... |
Germany | ... alian people moved to other European countries such as France, Switzerland, | , Belgium and Luxembourg |
Tunisia | ... and served in several different commands. In World War II he saw combat in | , Sicily, France and Germany. He reached the temporary wartime rank of col ... |
Spain | ... a program to develop the northern region, largely with international help. | had shown particular interest in the development of the region, because it ... |
Belgian | ... a Walloon municipality (with language facilities for Dutch) located in the | province of Hainaut. It borders to the municipalities of Ellezelles (to th ... |
Spain | In 1851, upon the signature of the concordat between the Holy See and | , the diocese of Ceuta was agreed to be suppressed, being combined into th ... |
Finland | ... was his most ambitious to date, bringing him to Australia, Canada, England, | , Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and the Philippi ... |
Luxembourg | ... other European countries such as France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and | |
Albania | On the request of the | n government and the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, he continued the work ... |
Samoa | ... nd the Indian River Lagoon. The county is larger in area than the nation of | and nearly the same size, and population, as Cape Verde. It is one-third t ... |
British | ... March 1857, Ecclesall, Sheffield, England – 19 February 1936, Oxford) was a | historian |
Prussia | ... ce that these languages all acquired the words from contacts and trade with | during the era of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Loan words comprised about ... |
Soviet Union | ... cation that he "was born on the 1st day of March 1895 at Nicolaev, Kherson, | " (now Mykolaiv, Ukraine) and was already "46 years of age" in 1941, and h ... |
Sweden | ... 65 at the 2010 census. The name was assigned by surveyors from Stockholm in | |
Sicily | ... ed in several different commands. In World War II he saw combat in Tunisia, | , France and Germany. He reached the temporary wartime rank of colonel, an ... |
Spain | Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras (Badajoz, Extremadura, | , ca. 1485 or ca. 1495 – Guadalajara, New Spain, 4 July 1541) was a Spanis ... |
Canadian | ... the Americas is typically dated to 1492. However, L'Anse aux Meadows in the | province of Newfoundland and Labrador is much older. Dating from 1000AD, i ... |
Roman Empire | ... en poured into old bottles." The movement spread in areas controlled by the | and Arian Goths, and the Persian Empire; it continued to develop in the Me ... |
Switzerland | In Austria and | , osteopathic practitioners are MDs or physiotherapists who take additiona ... |
Morocco | The island lies 250 meters off the coast of | , 8 km from the Spanish city of Ceuta and 13.5 km from mainland Spain. The ... |
Belgium | ... ple moved to other European countries such as France, Switzerland, Germany, | and Luxembourg |
Iran | ... he north; Tibet (now China), British India (now Pakistan), Afghanistan, and | on the south; the Gobi Desert on the east; and the Caspian Sea on the west ... |
New Zealand | ... e, just as Māori is accepted among native or indigenous people in Aotearoa, | or Avaiki, Cook Islands as the way they describe themselves. Te Ao Maohi - ... |
Spain | ... ait of Gibraltar very close to Morocco. Its sovereignty is disputed between | and Morocco. It was the subject of an armed incident between the two count ... |
Spain | One report from the British Parliament, dated 2000, reported that | blocked the inclusion of Gibraltar Airport in the Single European Sky, mea ... |
Bermuda | ... development of the schooner is connected with that of the Bermuda sloop. In | , countless vessels of otherwise identical description were built with bet ... |
Canada | ... for "I Predict" was his most ambitious to date, bringing him to Australia, | , England, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Swede ... |
Brazil | ... ds and feet. It was first discovered and is prevalent almost exclusively in | |
Austria | In | and Switzerland, osteopathic practitioners are MDs or physiotherapists who ... |
Honduras | On February 22, 2008 | President Manuel Zelaya called on the United States to legalize drugs, in ... |
U.S. Virgin Islands | ... The Territory considered holding a plebiscite as to whether the British and | should merge under the U.S. flag, but (although there was no opposition fr ... |
French | ... the colony. Earlier in the century, the Spanish did destroy evidence of the | colony of Fort Charles in coastal South Carolina and then massacred the in ... |
Russian Empire | ... the war effort, believing that the fight against the backward and despotic | was justified and that a "liberal imperialism" along the lines of the Brit ... |
France | ... h and the 18th centuries. A more recent example is the Douaumont ossuary in | that contains the remains of more than 130,000 French and German soldiers ... |
Belgian | Péruwelz is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Péruwelz had a total population o ... |
France | ... with publications like Punch in the British Empire and Le Père Duchesne in | , poking fun at the military establishment. This extended to media other p ... |
Spain | ... t of Morocco, 8 km from the Spanish city of Ceuta and 13.5 km from mainland | . The island is about 480 by 480 meters in size, with an area of 15 ha or ... |
Haiti | ... had a greater percentage, at 6%. It also had the 59th largest proportion of | an and Haitian American residents in the United States, at 3.5% |
Scotland | ... ural Revolution started during the Middle Ages, and similar developments in | have lately been called the Lowland Clearances |
Greek | ... reams of kings. According to one story, Hypnos lived in a cave underneath a | island; through this cave flowed Lethe, the river of forgetfulness |
New Zealand | ... garoa is a rural suburb of Upper Hutt situated in the lower North Island of | . It is home to Mangaroa School, and previously th |
San Marino | ... e Lateran Treaty of 1929, an independent enclave surrounded by Italy, as is | |
Norway | ... Sky, to create a Union regulator for air traffic management within the EU, | and Switzerland. The Union regulator will merge upper European airspace, c ... |
Israel | ... sm movement and the associated political, military and economic support for | which comes from certain groups within American politics and parts of the ... |
Gibraltar | ... Spain and Morocco across the strait, as well as between Spain and Ceuta and | to Tangier |
Belgian | Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes had a total ... |
Austro-Hungarian | The rulers of the | Empire (1804–1918) were born in the Habsburg dynasty, who provided most of ... |
Hungary | Steiner was born in Ofen, near Budapest in | , and died in Baden, Lower Austria. He had two sons: Franz Steiner, who to ... |
French | ... tion committed by the Waffen SS: other well-documented examples include the | towns of Tulle, Ascq, Maillé, Robert-Espagne, and Clermont-en-Argonne; the ... |
India | ... omic Review, Asia alone will have at least 10 megacities, including Mumbai, | (33 million), Shanghai, China (27 million), Karachi, Pakistan (26.5 millio ... |
Belgian | Beauvechain (Walloon: Bôvètché, ) is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Walloon Brabant. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 6,529 ... |
Greece | ... h, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past". He was on holiday in | with his wife when the news broke and no one, not even journalists or his ... |
France | ... veral different commands. In World War II he saw combat in Tunisia, Sicily, | and Germany. He reached the temporary wartime rank of colonel, and on Octo ... |
Israel | On January 2012 the | i Feminist artist Liliana Kleiner presented in Jerusalem an exhibition of ... |
Italy | The most awarded foreign country is | , with 10 awards won, 3 Special Awards and 27 nominations, while Israel is ... |
Algeria | ... as of Greek descent, and was born and raised in Caesarea (modern Cherchell, | ) the capital of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. According ... |
United Republic of Tanzania | ... public of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, a new state that changed its name to the | within a year |
British Virgin Islands | ... riod of time from when the last Arawaks left what would later be called the | until the first Europeans started to settle there in the early 17th centur ... |
Switzerland | ... ne million Italian people moved to other European countries such as France, | , Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania | ... quired the words from contacts and trade with Prussia during the era of the | . Loan words comprised about 20% of the vocabulary used in the first book ... |
Portugal | In 1415, | , along with the conquest of Ceuta, took possession of the nearby islet fr ... |
Germany | ... German ethnicity. Many are not born in Europe or in the modern-day state of | or hold German citizenship. They are subdivided culturally into Low German ... |
Switzerland | ... eate a Union regulator for air traffic management within the EU, Norway and | . The Union regulator will merge upper European airspace, currently divide ... |
France | ... own as "Île Royale" to the French, the island also saw active settlement by | . After the French ceded its colonies on Newfoundland and the Acadian main ... |
French Polynesia | :"Maohi" can also refer to the indigenous people of | , also known as Tahitians |
Papua New Guinea | Malara, in the mythology of the Orokolo, of the south coast of | , is the god of the planet Venus. The myths indicates that Malara was look ... |
Roman Empire | ... stry from the Palemonids, a noble family said to have originated within the | . His year of birth, sometimes given as ca. 1200, is at other times left a ... |
France | ... around one million Italian people moved to other European countries such as | , Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg |
Japan | ... me ranges from as little as five days to several years. The wide variety of | ese miso is difficult to classify, but is commonly done by grain type, col ... |
Belgian | Villers-la-Ville is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006 Villers-la-Ville had a tot ... |
Afghanistan | ... (formerly the Afghan National Army Air Corps). Being a landlocked country, | has no navy. The President of Afghanistan is the commander-in-chief of the ... |
Ireland | ... (reign 1625-49) in 1600. James VI and I, the King of England, Scotland and | and his wife, Anne of Denmark, the daughter of Frederick II of Denmark als ... |
England | ... 17th century, a curious cultural and literary cult of melancholia arose in | . It was believed that religious uncertainties caused by the English Refor ... |
Morocco | The islet's sovereignty is disputed by | and Spain. Local Moroccan shepherds used it for grazing of livestock but t ... |
Soviet | ... towns of Tulle, Ascq, Maillé, Robert-Espagne, and Clermont-en-Argonne; the | village of Kortelisy (in what is now Ukraine); Lithuanian village of Pirči ... |
Libya | ... en latitudes 7° and 24°N, and 13° and 24°E. Chad is bounded to the north by | , to the east by Sudan, to the west by Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon, and to ... |
Northern Ireland | The Somme has iconic status in | due to the participation of the 36th (Ulster) Division. Since 1916 the fir ... |
Singapore | ... es' beliefs about gender: "When I once asked her if she would like to go to | for a sex change operation, she told me, 'You really do not understand. I ... |
Vatican City | ... taly only on September 20, 1870, the final date of Italian unification. The | is now, since the Lateran Treaty of 1929, an independent enclave surrounde ... |
El Salvador | ... this international drug trade. The same problem is occurring in Guatemala, | , Costa Rica and Mexico, according to Zelaya |
Israel | ... legories as being present in the Scriptures per se). Biblical references to | tend to mean ancient and modern Israel |
Russia | ... cess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, a niece of Alexander II, Czar of | |
Switzerland | In | , single majorities are sufficient at the town, city, and canton level, bu ... |
New Zealand | ... ate, bringing him to Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, | , Norway, Scotland, Sweden and the Philippines |
Orange Free State | It was at a hairdressing salon in Kroonstad, | that he met his first wife. He married Berthe Sadie Delmont, known as Toot ... |
Norway | ... him to Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, | , Scotland, Sweden and the Philippines |
Greek | ... kian villages of Ležáky and Lidice (in what is now the Czech Republic); the | towns of Kalavryta and Distomo; the Dutch town of Putten; Serbian towns of ... |
Spain | The islet's sovereignty is disputed by Morocco and | . Local Moroccan shepherds used it for grazing of livestock but the vast m ... |
Nigeria | ... bounded to the north by Libya, to the east by Sudan, to the west by Niger, | and Cameroon, and to the south by the Central African Republic. The countr ... |
Philippines | The Alabama departed from the Carolines to steam to the | and provided cover for the carriers striking the islands of Cebu Island, L ... |
Mexico | ... de. The same problem is occurring in Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and | , according to Zelaya |
Joseon Dynasty | ... ock-making technology and is the only remaining astronomical clock from the | |
Niger | ... Chad is bounded to the north by Libya, to the east by Sudan, to the west by | , Nigeria and Cameroon, and to the south by the Central African Republic. ... |
Hong Kong | ... speaking overseas communities, and remains one of the official languages of | (together with English) and of Macau (together with Portuguese). Min Nan, ... |
United Kingdom | The film was Hitchcock's second Hollywood production since leaving the | in 1939 (the first was Rebecca) and had an unusually large number of write ... |
Malta | ... – 20 October 1809) was a British Admiral and the first British governor of | . He was born in Ebworth Park, Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire. He was the fo ... |
Belgian | ... chestea; in Dutch : Kasteelbrakel) is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006 Braine-le-Château had a to ... |
New Carthage | ... second Roman expedition under Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major took | by assault and ended Carthaginian rule over Iberia in the battle of Ilipa. ... |
India | ... part of the Indian subcontinent, today the Saurashtra and Malwa regions of | . They were successors to the Indo-Scythians, and were contemporaneous wit ... |
Greece | ... including the Grinnell-in-London program and study tours of China, France, | , and Russia. These study programs in Europe (including Russia), Africa, t ... |
France | ... was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century | (along with Molière and Corneille), and an important literary figure in th ... |
Gibraltar | The small British enclave of the city of | presents a third cultural group found in the straits. This enclave was fir ... |
Afghanistan | ... en farther east, into Gharjistan in the Hindu Kush mountains of present day | , about 1500 miles away from their homes in western Kurdistan ( see Displa ... |
Sudan | ... °N, and 13° and 24°E. Chad is bounded to the north by Libya, to the east by | , to the west by Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon, and to the south by the Cent ... |
Costa Rica | ... tional drug trade. The same problem is occurring in Guatemala, El Salvador, | and Mexico, according to Zelaya |
France | The government of | has imposed a limit on all music players sold in the country: they must no ... |
Cameroon | ... the north by Libya, to the east by Sudan, to the west by Niger, Nigeria and | , and to the south by the Central African Republic. The country's capital ... |
Russia | ... gest that miso can help treat radiation sickness, citing cases in Japan and | where people have been fed miso after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and t ... |
Haiti | ... as a result of the bloody slave revolt in St Domingue (later to be known as | ), although later briefly restored by Napoleon in 1802 |
Cook Islands | ... epted among native or indigenous people in Aotearoa, New Zealand or Avaiki, | as the way they describe themselves. Te Ao Maohi - the Maohi world - as an ... |
Canada | ... go unrepresented. FPTP is used in most jurisdictions in the United States, | and the United Kingdom |
France | The following is a list of the 438 communes of the Aude département in | |
Spanish | In 1492, a | expedition headed by Christopher Columbus sailed to America to sell, buy, ... |
Soviet | ... a, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Panama, Jamaica, Haiti, Cape Verde and former | countries |
Sweden | Several countries, including | (1 January 1993), New Zealand (1998 and 2003), Germany (2005 and 2007) and ... |
Colombia | ... nduras. Honduras is used by cocaine smugglers as a transiting point between | and the US. Honduras, with a population of 7 million suffers an average of ... |
France | ... th peace restored, Ball was furloughed on half-pay. He then spent a year in | , hoping to learn the language and live economically. Captain Horatio Nels ... |
Austria | ... istrict in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) | and the Bavarian districts of Traunstein, Mühldorf and Rottal-Inn |
Japan | ... ating, suggest that miso can help treat radiation sickness, citing cases in | and Russia where people have been fed miso after the Chernobyl nuclear dis ... |
Macau | ... s one of the official languages of Hong Kong (together with English) and of | (together with Portuguese). Min Nan, part of the Min language group, is wi ... |
Soviet Union | ... dson movies. Instead, they were required to watch propaganda films from the | |
Ireland | ... 06-37) in late 1394 and Charles I of England, King of England, Scotland and | (reign 1625-49) in 1600. James VI and I, the King of England, Scotland and ... |
Japan | (more commonly known as Squaresoft) was a | ese video game company founded in September 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto. It ... |
Poland | ... ecame Queen-Consort of France as wife of Louis XV. In 1697, as Cupbearer of | , he signed the confirmation of the articles of election of August II the ... |
India | ... eight percent of hijras visiting Humsafar clinics are nirwaan (castrated). | n photographer Dayanita Singh writes about her friendship with a Hijra, Mo ... |
Pakistan | ... lly only Gwadar was left in the hands of the sultan. On the independence of | , Makran became a district within the province of Balochistan, minus an ar ... |
Northern Ireland | The manufacturing plant to build the new car was built in Dunmurry, | , with substantial financial incentives from the Northern Ireland Developm ... |
Soviet | ... its founding in 1949 until late 1978, the People's Republic of China was a | -style centrally planned economy, without private businesses or capitalism ... |
Poland | In May 1989, Horowitz, Ronald Radosh, and Peter Collier travelled to | for a conference in Kraków calling for the end of Communism. After marchin ... |
Lebanese | ... tes. The population was 899 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the | city of Tyre |
France | The following is a list of the 260 communes of the Cantal département in | |
Colombia | As of 2000, North Lauderdale was the fortieth most | n-populated area in the US, with 3.32% of the population. It was also the ... |
Japan | ... was a Bushi with no lord or master during the feudal period (1185–1868) of | . A samurai became masterless from the death or fall of his master, or aft ... |
Hotaki dynasty | The Afghan military was first formed in 1709 when the | was established in Kandahar followed by the Durrani Empire. The Afghan arm ... |
Austria | The district is located in the alpine upland on the | n border. The main axis of the region is the Inn River, which crosses the ... |
Germany | ... countries, including Sweden (1 January 1993), New Zealand (1998 and 2003), | (2005 and 2007) and Argentina have opened up the postal services market to ... |
Ireland | Lismore Castle is located in the town of Lismore in County Waterford in | . It was largely re-built in the Gothic style during the mid-nineteenth ce ... |
United Kingdom | ... ed. FPTP is used in most jurisdictions in the United States, Canada and the | |
Japan | ... us to date, bringing him to Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Hong Kong, | , New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and the Philippines |
Western Sahara | ... l links, together with improved roads, are being established to Laâyoune in | . Morocco has some two dozen ports along its lengthy coastline. Casablanca ... |
Ukraine | ... he 1st day of March 1895 at Nicolaev, Kherson, Soviet Union" (now Mykolaiv, | ) and was already "46 years of age" in 1941, and he affirmed on his U.S. d ... |
Greece | ... mes were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Athens, | . They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred t ... |
Central African Republic | ... Sudan, to the west by Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon, and to the south by the | . The country's capital is from the nearest seaport Douala, Cameroon. Due ... |
France | ... rograms, including the Grinnell-in-London program and study tours of China, | , Greece, and Russia. These study programs in Europe (including Russia), A ... |
Hong Kong | ... ost ambitious to date, bringing him to Australia, Canada, England, Finland, | , Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and the Philippines |
Guatemala | ... a result of this international drug trade. The same problem is occurring in | , El Salvador, Costa Rica and Mexico, according to Zelaya |
New Zealand | Several countries, including Sweden (1 January 1993), | (1998 and 2003), Germany (2005 and 2007) and Argentina have opened up the ... |
Finland | In 2009 came the release of Polaris, which reached No. 2 in | . It was the first album after the departure of Timo Tolkki and Jari Kainu ... |
England | ... is family lived on Hancock Street in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Upon moving to | later in life, he claimed various previous occupations, including diamond ... |
Denmark | Fladså was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Storstrøm County in south | . The municipality covered an area of 133 km², and had a total population ... |
England | ... , Scotland and Ireland (reign 1625-49) in 1600. James VI and I, the King of | , Scotland and Ireland and his wife, Anne of Denmark, the daughter of Fred ... |
French | Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (31 May 1597 – 18 February 1654) was a | author, best known for his epistolary essays, which were widely circulated ... |
Vietnam | ... articular, to maintain independent labor unions and political opposition in | , Rustin and others gave critical support to U.S. military intervention in ... |
Algeria | ... ains the preferred destination of foreign investors in the Maghreb region ( | , Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia), with a total of $13.6 billion b ... |
Morocco | ... the Spanish state, and have been since the 16th century, centuries prior to | 's independence from France in 1956, whereas Gibraltar, being a British Ov ... |
Nepal | ... utside pressure to pass legislation adhering to these conventions — such as | , which did not do so until 1976 |
Brazil | ... strial applications. The main producers of soy are the United States (35%), | (27%), Argentina (19%), China (6%) and India (4%). The beans contain signi ... |
England | Flamsteed was born in Denby, Derbyshire, | , the only son of Stephen Flamsteed. He was educated at the free school of ... |
Sweden | ... Canada, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, | and the Philippines |
Mexican | The modern | municipality of Cuitláhuac, Veracruz and the Mexico City Metro station Met ... |
Nepal | ... lled Everest "Chomolungma" for centuries, Waugh was unaware of this because | and Tibet were closed to foreigners |
Mexico | ... ion of the coasts of Yucatan and the Gulf of Mexico, and in the conquest of | led by Hernan Cortes. He is considered the conquistador of most of Central ... |
Soviet Union | ... de Cervantes' La Gitanilla.The Romani were also heavily romanticized in the | , a classic example being the 1975 Tabor ukhodit v Nebo.A more realistic d ... |
Russia | ... the Amur valley. Xingkai Lake (or Khanka Lake) is found on the border with | 's Primorsky Krai |
Sultanate of Malacca | ... ). The Malay language came into widespread use as the trade language of the | (1402–1511). During this period, the Malay language developed rapidly unde ... |
Singapore | ... Taiwanese or Hoklo) and in Southeast Asia (known as Hokkien in Philippines, | and Malaysia). There are also sizeable Hakka and Shanghainese diaspora, fo ... |
United Kingdom | ... rm that has only recently been introduced into the ambulance service in the | . A number of National Health Service ambulance services are running EMT c ... |
Vietnam | ... own for highly publicized, positive assessments of US military prospects in | . However, as time went on, the strengthening of communist combat forces i ... |
Libya | ... preferred destination of foreign investors in the Maghreb region (Algeria, | , Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia), with a total of $13.6 billion between ... |
Gibraltar | ... ripoli and Algiers with the 4th Division before reforming with the fleet at | . Underway for home on 6 February, she again passed in review before Presi ... |
Bangladesh | The term has been used to describe hijras of India, | and Pakistan who have gained legal identity, Fa'afafine of Polynesia, and ... |
Irish Free State | ... ion for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary. With the creation of the | in 1922, the office of Lord Lieutenant was abolished. The new state planne ... |
Italy | ... s celebrated by frescoes by Il Romanino in the Malpaga Castle) and Rome, in | , where he met Pope Sixtus IV. In that occasion, his wife received by the ... |
England | Sir Charles Harding Firth (16 March 1857, Ecclesall, Sheffield, | – 19 February 1936, Oxford) was a British historian |
Germany | ... useum Berlin ("German Museum of Technology") was founded in 1982 in Berlin, | , and exhibits a large collection of historical technical artifacts. The m ... |
Slovakia | Dubček was born in Uhrovec, Czechoslovakia ( | ), and raised in the Kyrgyz SSR of the Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan) as a ... |
Indonesia | ... cony-Vacuum and Jersey Standard (which had oil production and refineries in | ) merged their interests in the Far East into a 50-50 joint venture. Stand ... |
France | ... eracy pinned its hopes for survival on military intervention by Britain and | . The Confederates who had believed that "cotton is king" – that is, Brita ... |
Belgian | Hastière is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Namur. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 5,230 inhabitant ... |
Norwegian | ... Distomo; the Dutch town of Putten; Serbian towns of Kragujevac and Kraljevo | ;village of Telavåg; and the Italian villages of Sant'Anna di Stazzema and ... |
United Kingdom | ... , being a British Overseas Territory, is not and never has been part of the | . Furthermore, Ceuta has been under Christian rule (Spanish or Portuguese) ... |
El Salvador | ... rnan Cortes. He is considered the conquistador of most of Central America ( | , Guatemala, Honduras). Although renowned for his skill as a soldier, Alva ... |
Monaco | ... became more concerned about the affair. In 1924 he abruptly left, first for | , and then for Saigon, Vietnam. He soon asked his wife and Max Ernst to jo ... |
Canada | Caramilk is a caramel-filled candy bar made by Cadbury Adams in | . It was first sold in 1968 |
Philippines | ... d, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and the | |
Danish | ... rse that roams the countryside "as a harbinger of plague and pestilence" in | folklore, was originally the steed of the goddess Hel, and that on this st ... |
Puerto Rico | U.S. federal law applies to | , even though Puerto Rico is not a state. Due to the Federal Relations Act ... |
Pakistan | The term has been used to describe hijras of India, Bangladesh and | who have gained legal identity, Fa'afafine of Polynesia, and Sworn virgins ... |
Mauritania | ... red destination of foreign investors in the Maghreb region (Algeria, Libya, | , Morocco and Tunisia), with a total of $13.6 billion between 2001 and 200 ... |
Soviet Union | ... in Uhrovec, Czechoslovakia (Slovakia), and raised in the Kyrgyz SSR of the | (now Kyrgyzstan) as a member of the Esperantist industrial cooperative Int ... |
Mexico | ... s used a homemade catapult to deliver marijuana into the United States from | . The machine was found 20 feet from the border fence with bales of mariju ... |
Somalia | ... 9th century, Italy developed its own colonial Empire. Italian colonies were | and Eritrea; an attempt to occupy Ethiopia failed in the First Italo–Ethio ... |
South Africa | James was born Solomon Joel Cohen on 8 May 1913 to Jewish parents in | , later changing his name to Sidney Joel Cohen, and then Sidney James. His ... |
France | ... supported by almost all European Union member states, with the exception of | and Portugal (whose government issued a statement regretting the incident) ... |
Spanish Morocco | During the Rif War in | in 1921–1927, combined Spanish and French forces dropped mustard gas bombs ... |
New Zealand | The Wellington region of | occupies the southern end of the North Island |
Italian | ... ian towns of Kragujevac and Kraljevo; Norwegian village of Telavåg; and the | villages of Sant'Anna di Stazzema and Marzabotto. Furthermore, the Waffen ... |
Carthage | ... iterranean Sea, Palma was the port used for destinations in Africa, such as | , and Hispania, such as Saguntum, Gades, and Carthago Nova. Though no visi ... |
Prussia | ... maintaining relations with states that included the major powers of Russia, | and Austria-Hungary. Where, in accordance with the decision of the 1815 Co ... |
English | Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington KG, PC (1618 – 28 July 1685) was an | statesman |
Russia | ... he Grinnell-in-London program and study tours of China, France, Greece, and | . These study programs in Europe (including Russia), Africa, the Near East ... |
Ethiopia | ... cally linked to the peninsular homeland of the Old South Arabian languages, | and Eritrea contain a substantial number of Semitic languages; the most wi ... |
Tunisia | ... gn investors in the Maghreb region (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and | ), with a total of $13.6 billion between 2001 and 2007, which puts it larg ... |
Malaysia | ... oklo) and in Southeast Asia (known as Hokkien in Philippines, Singapore and | ). There are also sizeable Hakka and Shanghainese diaspora, for example in ... |
New Zealand | ... uum Oil Co., or "Stanvac," operated in 50 countries, including East Africa, | and China, before it was dissolved in 1962 |
Britain | ... an's influence in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, and agreements with France, | , and the United States in 1917 recognized Japan's territorial gains in Ch ... |
Kyrgyzstan | ... oslovakia (Slovakia), and raised in the Kyrgyz SSR of the Soviet Union (now | ) as a member of the Esperantist industrial cooperative Interhelpo. His fa ... |
Belgian | ... t on a peninsula formed by an arc of the Meuse River. It is around from the | border |
Poland | Opole (, Silesian German: Uppeln, Silesian: Uopole) is a city in southern | on the Oder River (Odra). It has a population of 125,992 (June 2009) and i ... |
Portuguese | Gaspar Corte-Real (c. 1450 – c. 1501?) was a | explorer |
India | ... are the United States (35%), Brazil (27%), Argentina (19%), China (6%) and | (4%). The beans contain significant amounts of phytic acid, alpha-linoleni ... |
Netherlands | ... peror Maximilian I. He stayed in Burgundy for several months, moving to the | in the early 1475 |
Belgian | ... oon: Djiblou; in Dutch: Gembloers) is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Namur, on the axis Brussels-Namu |
Oman | ... of his lineage. They are currently an extremely small sect, found mainly in | |
Kenya | ... insula& Central Africa; Miocene - Pliocene**†Archaeopotamus lothagamensis - | ; Miocene*1-2 undescribed species*Genus Choeropsis - pygmy hippopotamus**C ... |
Burundi | ... nto Belgian Trusteeship, eventually becoming known as modern day Rwanda and | |
United Kingdom | ... ll subsist today and are preserved within various facilities throughout the | . Three out of the eight original manuscripts are currently preserved by t ... |
Belgium | Viroinval is a Walloon municipality located in | in the province of Namur. On January 1, 2006 Viroinval had a total populat ... |
Iran | ... ion people deported from western Kurdistan to North Khorasan, (northeastern | ) by Persia during the 16th to 18th centuries. For a map of these areas se ... |
Frankish Empire | In 745, Carantania lost its independence and became part of the semifeudal | (which was ruled by the emperor Charlemagne from 771 to 814), due to the p ... |
Papua New Guinea | On the island of | , indigenous tribes believe that illness and calamity are caused by dark s ... |
Japan | ... sing of the Layer 3 patents in many countries, including the United States, | , Canada and EU countries. Technicolor has been actively enforcing these p ... |
Scotland | ... Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, | , Sweden and the Philippines |
Vietnam | ... he affair. In 1924 he abruptly left, first for Monaco, and then for Saigon, | . He soon asked his wife and Max Ernst to join him; both had to sell numer ... |
Mongolia | ... st tail curving away along its orbit. On March 9, a solar eclipse in China, | and eastern Siberia allowed observers there to see the comet in the daytim ... |
Austria-Hungary | ... before during his reign was protecting Italy from their dangerous neighbour | . To challenge the threat, Crispi worked to build Italy as a great world p ... |
Poland | After the war Kalisz became part of the newly-independent | . The reconstruction continued and in 1925 a new city hall was opened. In ... |
Republic of Ireland | Emergency Medical Technician is a legally defined title in the | based on the standard set down by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council ... |
India | The term has been used to describe hijras of | , Bangladesh and Pakistan who have gained legal identity, Fa'afafine of Po ... |
United Kingdom | In the | , a bar similar in premise (caramel-filled chocolate) but differing consid ... |
Canada | ... the Layer 3 patents in many countries, including the United States, Japan, | and EU countries. Technicolor has been actively enforcing these patents |
UK | ... ociated British Corporation, where he pioneered the talk show format in the | |
Russia | ... ussian: Пётр II Алексеевич, Pyotr II Alekseyevich) ( – ) was the Emperor of | from 1727 until his death. He was the only son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovi ... |
Nepal | ... langur section of the Himalayas. The international border between China and | runs across the precise summit point. Its massif includes neighboring peak ... |
Belgian | Hamoir is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Hamoir had a total population of 3,5 ... |
Morocco | The government of | has repeatedly called for Spain to transfer the sovereignty of Ceuta and M ... |
Malawi | ... orld will be living in slums. Over 90% of the urban population of Ethiopia, | and Uganda, three of the world's most rural countries, already live in slu ... |
Finland | ... band released their new album titled Elysium that quickly reached No. 1 in | , the first time one of their albums reached that since Destiny. Notable s ... |
Iran | ... hed from the south, emphasizing Turkestan's long-standing relationship with | , the Persian Empires and the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates |
France | ... mmune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in west-central | |
Greenland | He reached | , believing it to be east Asia, but chose not to land. He set out on a sec ... |
New Zealand | ... f Dinornis were reclassified as two species, one each formerly occurring on | 's North Island (D. novaezealandiae) and South Island (D. giganteus); giga ... |
New Zealand | In | , a bar similar to the United Kingdom product is sold as the Caramello var ... |
India | ... n of Hindi on non-native speakers, of especially the people living in south | (such as the ) led to the passage of the Official Languages Act (1963), wh ... |
Parthians | ... the Roman army. Much of the eastern part of the empire was conquered by the | under Mithridates I of Parthia in the mid-2nd century BC, yet the Seleucid ... |
Uganda | ... e living in slums. Over 90% of the urban population of Ethiopia, Malawi and | , three of the world's most rural countries, already live in slums |
Canadian | Front Page Challenge was a long-running | panel game about current events and history. Created by comedy writer/perf ... |
Carthage | ... y the Vandals in the sacking of Rome in 455 CE, and taken to their capital, | . The Byzantine army under General Belisarius might have removed it in 533 ... |
Assyria | ... n three occasions in the 6th century BCE was a population transfer. Ancient | began to utilize mass-deportation as a punishment for rebellions since the ... |
Algeria | ... nt). Morocco's claims had official support from the Arab League, except for | , which reinstated its recognition of Spanish sovereignty over the exclave ... |
Russia | ... stead of symbolic religious title by the Ottomans was the peace treaty with | in 1774. The outcome of this war was disastrous for the Ottomans. Large te ... |
Germany | ... l (born October 14, 1971) is a musician from Kirchheimbolanden in southwest | . He played one of the most prominent roles in computer music during the 1 ... |
Cuba | ... conquistador and governor of Guatemala. He participated in the conquest of | , in Juan de Grijalva's exploration of the coasts of Yucatan and the Gulf ... |
Britain | ... d IV to flee the city with his family. For the Maltese this meant that only | could guarantee Malta's safety. It was at this stage that problems emerged ... |
Switzerland | ... esent-day economy of Ouray is based on tourism. Ouray bills itself as the " | of America" because of its setting at the narrow head of a valley, enclose ... |
Norway | ... in normal driving. At the end of the 1980s Mobil sold its fuel stations in | , Sweden, and Denmark to Norsk Hydro, who converted them into Hydro statio ... |
Lithuania | ... , the titles remained separate. Now generally considered the founder of the | n state, he is also now credited with stopping the advance of the Tatars t ... |
French | Hilaire Marin Rouelle (1718–1779) was a | chemist. Commonly cited as the 1773 discoverer of urea, he was not the fir ... |
Belgium | Ouffet is a municipality of | . It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On Januar ... |
Poland | Lublin (, Liublin, Lublin) is the ninth largest city in | , and the second largest city of Lesser Poland. It is the capital of Lubli ... |
Western Sahara | The majority of the territory of | is currently administered by the Kingdom of Morocco. As such, the economic ... |
Afghanistan | ... Zahir Shah (15 October 1915 – 23 July 2007) was the last King (Padishah) of | , reigning for four decades, from 1933 until he was ousted by a coup in 19 ... |
Belgium | Villers-le-Bouillet is a Walloon municipality of | in Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006 Villers-le-Bouillet had a total p ... |
Nigeria | In a post-colonial reading, the | n writer Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, famously criticized H ... |
South-West Africa | ... officer, had been the first Governor-General of the German protectorate of | (modern-day Namibia). Heinrich had five children from a previous marriage. ... |
Spain | ... amed in honor of Colonel Francis Vigo, of Italian heritage but a citizen of | due to residence in St. Louis. He is credited with great assistance to Geo ... |
Japan | ... Me Elmo dolls were selling at the time. SpongeBob has gained popularity in | , specifically with Japanese women. Nickelodeon's parent company Viacom pu ... |
Iraq | ... tablished a "sister city" relationship with the Baghdad Governorate, one of | 's eighteen provinces |
Japan | is a | ese mathematician. He once failed the entrance examination for Hiroshima U ... |
Transylvania | ... the border lands by reorganization and expansion of the military frontier. | was incorporated into the frontier in 1761 and the frontier regiments beca ... |
China | Anshan is the third largest prefecture level city in Liaoning province of | . Situated in the central area of the province, Anshan is about 92 km sout ... |
Egypt | ... cquired by the Museum. Thereafter, the UK appointed Henry Salt as consul in | who amassed a huge collection of antiquities. Most of the antiquities Salt ... |
Rwanda | ... ere taken into Belgian Trusteeship, eventually becoming known as modern day | and Burundi |
Germany | ... y ethnic Germans entering Germany from abroad. Today, this means citizen of | living more or less permanently in another country (including long-term ac ... |
French | Félix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup (3 January 1802 – 11 October 1878) was a | ecclesiastic |
Russia | ... ad been no Communist revolution in Western Europe, whilst there had been in | , Gramsci conceptualised this hegemony as a centaur, consisting of two hal ... |
Sweden | ... al driving. At the end of the 1980s Mobil sold its fuel stations in Norway, | , and Denmark to Norsk Hydro, who converted them into Hydro stations |
Dál Riata | Comgall mac Domangairt was king of | in the early 6th century. He was the son of Domangart Réti and grandson of ... |
Western Sahara | Fishing and oil exploration contracts concerning | are sometimes sources of political tension. Key agricultural products incl ... |
Ukrainian | ... then, many important international events have taken place here, involving | , Lithuanian, Russian and Belorussian artists, researchers and politicians ... |
Cape Verde | ... area than the nation of Samoa and nearly the same size, and population, as | . It is one-third the size of the state of |
German | (; formerly DaimlerChrysler) is a | multinational automotive corporation. Daimler AG is headquartered in Stutt ... |
British | The first lenses for correcting Astigmatism were constructed by the | astronomer George Airy in 1825 |
England | Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of | , King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execu ... |
Cook Islands | ... taki, also traditionally known as Araura, Ararau and Utataki, is one of the | , north of Rarotonga. It has a population of approximately 2,000. Aitutaki ... |
United Kingdom | ... ber 1922 – 5 November 1987), was an Irish television presenter based in the | |
Czechoslovakia | ... ember 1921 – 7 November 1992) was a Slovak politician and briefly leader of | (1968–1969), famous for his attempt to reform the communist regime during ... |
Austria-Hungary | ... relations with states that included the major powers of Russia, Prussia and | . Where, in accordance with the decision of the 1815 Congress of Vienna, t ... |
Italy | In 1935, Fascist | used mustard gas during the invasion of Ethiopia in the Second Italo-Abyss ... |
Afghanistan | ... ahir Shah was an ethnic Pashtun who was born on October 15, 1914, in Kabul, | . He was the son of Mohammed Nadir Shah, a senior member of the Barakzai r ... |
France | Çaro is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western | |
Philippines | ... is known as Taiwanese or Hoklo) and in Southeast Asia (known as Hokkien in | , Singapore and Malaysia). There are also sizeable Hakka and Shanghainese ... |
Italy | ... ing, allowing for a revolution. However, in Western Europe, specifically in | , capitalism had succeeded in exercising consensual power, convincing the ... |
United Kingdom | ... Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika. It gained independence from the | as a Commonwealth Realm on 9 December 1961, becoming a republic within the ... |
United Kingdom | ... rinted out on special adhesive-backed labels. In 2004 the Royal Mail in the | introduced its SmartStamp Internet-based system, allowing printing on ordi ... |
Pskov | ... oved to Moscow for plotting against the grand prince. The rival republic of | owed the continuance of its own political existence to the readiness with ... |
France | Sedan is a commune in | , a sub-prefecture of the Ardennes department in northern France |
Ethiopia | In 1935, Fascist Italy used mustard gas during the invasion of | in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. Ignoring the Geneva Protocol, which it ... |
Netherlands | ... hat of Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen (1572–1637), a merchant in Amsterdam in the | |
Bermuda | ... s of the board were paid large sums illegally through a SABENA affiliate in | . When Paul Reutlinger became the CEO of the company, he stopped the illeg ... |
Guatemala | ... alajara, New Spain, 4 July 1541) was a Spanish conquistador and governor of | . He participated in the conquest of Cuba, in Juan de Grijalva's explorati ... |
France | ... commune in France, a sub-prefecture of the Ardennes department in northern | |
Brazil | ... ghting Championship tournament (later renamed ) in the U.S. inspired by the | ian Vale tudo tradition and along with other minimal rule competitions, mo ... |
Gibraltar | ... d the Perejil island, drawing comparisons with Spain's territorial claim to | . In both cases, the national governments and local populations of the dis ... |
Denmark | ... At the end of the 1980s Mobil sold its fuel stations in Norway, Sweden, and | to Norsk Hydro, who converted them into Hydro stations |
New Zealand | ... ell are often encountered in archaeological sites and sand dunes around the | coast. Thirty six whole moa eggs exist in museum collections and vary grea ... |
French | ... CART (from , Radio and Television Receiver Manufacturers' Association) is a | -originated standard and associated 21-pin connector for connecting audio- ... |
Ethiopia | ... e in the world will be living in slums. Over 90% of the urban population of | , Malawi and Uganda, three of the world's most rural countries, already li ... |
Sicily | ... ave been found bearing witness to her importance. Again we find the cult in | , introduced, no doubt, by slaves and mercenary troops, who carried it eve ... |
Belgian | Esneux is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Esneux had a total population of 13, ... |
Paraguay | ... r in the year 1796, he would describe and analyze a large skeleton found in | , which he would name Megatherium. He concluded that this skeleton represe ... |
Israel | ... the Second Temple period nor appear to exist among Jews outside the land of | |
Pakistan | ... into several mountain ranges. Of the 1,000 km coastline, about 750 km is in | . The climate is very dry with very little rainfall. Makran is very sparse ... |
Etruria | ... ry, which resembled Corinthian ware, was exported with the latter as far as | . In Sicyon also the art of painting was supposed to have been invented. A ... |
Maldives | ... earest population in India. Former populations in this area, centred on the | and the Laccadive Islands, are presumed to be extinct. A population exists ... |
Italy | ... Czech Republic, China, Cyprus, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Iran, | , Bahrain, Lebanon, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Poland, India, Switzerland, Geor ... |
Georgia | ... ould never have its own version of the 2004 Ukrainian Orange Revolution and | 's 2003 Rose Revolution |
Egypt | ... ن شمس, Ain Shams, "Eye of the Sun") was one of the oldest cities of ancient | , the capital of the 13th Lower Egyptian nome that was located five miles ... |
UK | ... rough the first 20 years of the 20th century. Apart from its origins in the | , the style became popular both in Canada and throughout the United States ... |
Jordan | ... in 1977. He faced the first terrorist attack on a Swissair plane in Zarqa, | in 1970. After retiring, he gave his opinion on major occasions including ... |
Kazakhstan | ... s, 957,518 citizens of German origin, or 5.8% of total population, lived in | , and 841,295 Germans lived in Russia including Siberia |
Confederate | ... r. After the Union capture of New Orleans, this area remained under nominal | control, and the cutoff of trade with New Orleans across "enemy lines" was ... |
India | ... le" (DERV) is used in the UK as a synonym for unmarked road diesel fuel. In | , taxes on diesel fuel are lower than on petrol, as the majority of the tr ... |
Russian Empire | ... ussia competed independently for the first time since 1912, when it was the | . The competed as Yugoslavia |
Russia | Tatar is spoken in | (about 5.3 million people), Central Asia, Ukraine, Poland, China, Finland, ... |
Poland | ... lso been suggested that Greuthungi may be related to certain place names in | , but this has met with little support |
Ecuador | ... ong with the name of their regional grouping. Examples include Paraguay and | |
Confederacy | During the American Civil War, the city was a shoemaking center for the | . It later became a major shipping point for strawberries, earning it the ... |
Scotland | ... a medieval abbey located on the island of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth in | . The Abbey, which is located at the centre of the island, was founded in ... |
Danubian Principalities | ... ece. The Filiki Eteria planned to launch revolution in the Peloponnese, the | and Constantinople. The first of these revolts began on 6 March 1821 in th ... |
Austria-Hungary | ... nwards, it was a Kronland (Crown Land) of Cisleithania, the western half of | |
Kingdom of Mysore | ... ras Presidency and relocate them to cantonment area during this period. The | relocated its capital from Mysore city to Bangalore in 1831 |
Germany | ... s cousins and their allies, the Dukes of Poland and Bohemia. Judith fled to | while Solomon continue his fight for the Hungarian throne; in 1077 he acce ... |
Egypt | ... camphor and condiments to China, Dhofar, Aden, and Siraf (the entryport to | , Arabia and Persia). Architects (Vishwakarmas), sculptors, quarry workers ... |
Iran | ... lands, Czech Republic, China, Cyprus, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, | , Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Poland, India, Switzerlan ... |
Portugal | ... ia, Poland, and Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of bones) in the city of Évora, in | . The village of Wamba in the province of Valladolid, Spain has an impress ... |
Canadian | ... avic crescent can be traced to the old Slavic pagan beliefs. In English and | heraldry a crescent is the cadence mark of a second son |
Azerbaijan | The 14 countries making their Olympic debut were: | , Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, Macedonia, Nauru, ... |
Kyrgyzstan | ... e harsh conditions of the Soviet successor states. The German population of | has practically disappeared, and Kazakhstan has lost well over half of its ... |
Belgium | ... d in the house named De Franse Kroon between representatives of Holland and | to establish special regulations over the use of the Meuse River by the si ... |
Belarus | ... as an official holiday in the Soviet Union from 1918 onward and still is in | and Kyrgyzstan |
Poland | ... atar is spoken in Russia (about 5.3 million people), Central Asia, Ukraine, | , China, Finland, Turkey and other countries |
France | Great Britain obtained the island from | under the terms of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 which settled the Seven Yea ... |
Egypt | ... 7 December 2011, eight Annex 2 states have not ratified the treaty: China, | , Iran, Israel and the United States have signed but not ratified the Trea ... |
Germany | In some countries, such as | and Belgium, diesel fuel is taxed lower than petrol (gasoline) (typically ... |
Panama | ... the Dominican Republic; the 1983 invasion of Grenada; the 1989 invasion of | ; support of Salvadoran military; preparation for operation Desert Storm a ... |
Lebanon | ... China, Cyprus, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Iran, Italy, Bahrain, | , Spain, Syria, Turkey, Poland, India, Switzerland, Georgia etc |
British | ... story of cryptography, Typex (alternatively, Type X or TypeX) machines were | cipher machines used from 1937. It was an adaptation of the commercial Ger ... |
Pakistan | ... ld's second-highest point, K2 (8,611 m), is situated on China's border with | . The country's lowest and the world's third-lowest point, Lake Ayding (−1 ... |
Austria | Maximilian Steiner (August 28, 1839 - May 29, 1880) was an | n actor and theater manager |
Ukraine | Tatar is spoken in Russia (about 5.3 million people), Central Asia, | , Poland, China, Finland, Turkey and other countries |
Republic of Ireland | ... ests and the Quakers. In the same year, a branch of CND was also set in the | b |
Belgian | Chièvres is a Walloon municipality located in the | province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Chièvres had a total population of ... |
Bahrain | ... Republic, China, Cyprus, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Iran, Italy, | , Lebanon, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Poland, India, Switzerland, Georgia etc |
Canada | In | , the federal authority, Transport Canada, divested itself of all but the ... |
Puerto Rico | ... osely followed behind by Port Everglades, Florida and the Port of San Juan, | |
Latin Empire | ... in contact with their counterparts in Western Europe since the time of the | , and especially since the Byzantine Empire had begun to ask for Western E ... |
Hong Kong | ... o rejected government figures on the number of immigrants from South Korea, | and Taiwan. The 1982 census reported that there were 2,700 Koreans in Para ... |
Paraguay | ... er, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, | , Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, ... |
Swedish | ... 97–1870)—possibly anglicized from Peter av Hammerdal (Peter of Hammerdal)—a | immigrant who first settled the area around 1818. Peter, a sailor, had bee ... |
Papua New Guinea | ... nd, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, | , Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian F ... |
Cape Verde | The 14 countries making their Olympic debut were: Azerbaijan, Burundi, | , Comoros, Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, Macedonia, Nauru, Palestine, Saint Kit ... |
Armenia | ... ain countries in Europe have very simple backbone networks, for example, in | , a woman pierced a fiber backbone line with a shovel and left the country ... |
Srivijaya | ... s maritime states. Maritime states were dependent on sea trade. Malacca and | were maritime states |
Russia | Of the 16 torpedoes launched by the TBDs and TBs at the | n battleship, only 4 hit their mark, two of those hits were from torpedo b ... |
Poland | Artists from | , including famous composers like Chopin or Lutosławski and traditional, r ... |
Israel | ... lah and Gaza, Palestinian cities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; Tel Aviv, | , and in the nation of Bahrain. As is the case in Egypt, demonstrations ar ... |
Prussia | ... evard of linden trees which formerly led directly to the city palace of the | n monarchs. It was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as ... |
Poland | ... rces were decisively defeated by his cousins and their allies, the Dukes of | and Bohemia. Judith fled to Germany while Solomon continue his fight for t ... |
United Kingdom | ... ang. Furthermore, most of the western powers, such as the United States and | , preferred a peaceful resolution to the incident, for they regarded Chian ... |
Belarus | ... ited Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republic, China, Cyprus, Ukraine, | , Kazakhstan, Latvia, Iran, Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, Spain, Syria, Turkey, ... |
Republic of Ireland | ... e and for marine craft. Diesel fuel, or marked gas oil is dyed green in the | and Norway. The term "diesel-engined road vehicle" (DERV) is used in the U ... |
Empire | ... factions respectively. As the authorities reestablished control within the | , the revolt in the Kingdom, placed under martial law, had withered as wel ... |
Malaysia | ... ekeeping forces during Operation Restore Hope, in which Pakistan, Italy and | also participated |
Romania | ... University of Cologne. Conscripted into the Wehrmacht, he served in France, | , Hungary and the Soviet Union, and was wounded four times before he was c ... |
Spain | ... ations, including a midshipmen training cruise during the summer of 1958 to | and Denmark, a four-month deployment to the Mediterranean and northern Eur ... |
Sweden | ... ats (referred as Goths in Scandinavia) from Götaland (Gothland) in southern | . The Roman historian Jordanes refers to an Evagreotingi (Greuthung island ... |
Burundi | The 14 countries making their Olympic debut were: Azerbaijan, | , Cape Verde, Comoros, Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, Macedonia, Nauru, Palestin ... |
Greece | ... dian Telephone Company, Ltd. The company was licensed to sell telephones in | , Turkey, South Africa, India, Japan, China, and other Asian countries. |
Ukraine | ... rates, United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republic, China, Cyprus, | , Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Iran, Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, Spain, Syria ... |
Greece | ... hythm guitar. This tour marked the first time the band performed in Turkey, | , and the Slovak Republic |
India | ... ers such as Hippolytus and Epiphanius write about a Scythianus, who visited | around 50 AD from where he brought "the doctrine of the Two Principles" |
Japan | In 1932, present-day Heilongjiang became part of the | ese puppet state of Manchukuo |
Somalia | ... adioactive waste from Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, and the US, with | as the destination, where the waste was buried after buying off local poli ... |
Canada | ... 1943 and 1944, remaining in Germany after World War II. Others emigrated to | , the United States and Latin America |
Nepal | ... h and Central Asia. The world's , Mt. Everest (8,848 m), lies on the China– | border, while the world's second-highest point, K2 (8,611 m), is situated ... |
Luxembourg | ... ristuskirche (Christ Church), and he was buried in the 3rd Army cemetery in | |
Italy | ... tions peacekeeping forces during Operation Restore Hope, in which Pakistan, | and Malaysia also participated |
Finland | ... in Russia (about 5.3 million people), Central Asia, Ukraine, Poland, China, | , Turkey and other countries |
Canada | Dorval is a city on the island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, | . As of the 2006 Canadian Census, the population increased by 2.2% to 18,0 ... |
Japan | After the | ese defeat in 1945, Soviet forces entered Manchuria and gave the Chinese c ... |
Spain | ... itary units made up of volunteers from different countries, who traveled to | to defend the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War between 193 ... |
Norway | ... Diesel fuel, or marked gas oil is dyed green in the Republic of Ireland and | . The term "diesel-engined road vehicle" (DERV) is used in the UK as a syn ... |
Syria | ... xchanges with the religious missions of holy men from India passing through | on their way to Elagabalus or another Severan dynasty Roman Emperor. His a ... |
India | ... he company was licensed to sell telephones in Greece, Turkey, South Africa, | , Japan, China, and other Asian countries. |
Canadian | Originating in a USO activity created by | Don Reid for World War II soldiers, the game was developed into a radio sh ... |
Japan | ... ts all over the globe, one of the more well-known being Takashi Naraha from | . It is primarily used for gravestones, monuments, sculptures, and other f ... |
Soviet Union | ... nscripted into the Wehrmacht, he served in France, Romania, Hungary and the | , and was wounded four times before he was captured by Americans in April ... |
Latvia | ... , Netherlands, Czech Republic, China, Cyprus, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, | , Iran, Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Poland, India, Swit ... |
United Kingdom | ... and Ballard sang on ten number-one hit singles, all of which also made the | Top 40 |
Idel-Ural State | ... ist Republic. Tatar is also considered the official language in short-lived | , briefly formed during the Russian Civil War. One should note, however, t ... |
Second Spanish Republic | ... of volunteers from different countries, who traveled to Spain to defend the | in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939 |
Belgian | Zutendaal is a municipality located in the | province of Limburg. On 1 January 2008 Zutendaal had a total population of ... |
Dominican Republic | ... o Rico include the 1954 intervention in Guatemala; the 1965 invasion of the | ; the 1983 invasion of Grenada; the 1989 invasion of Panama; support of Sa ... |
Scotland | Sir Eider was born in | in 880. Later in his life, he became the leader of The Clan McDuck. In 946 ... |
Bahrain | ... ies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; Tel Aviv, Israel, and in the nation of | . As is the case in Egypt, demonstrations are not common in many of these ... |
Mexico | As the demand grows, they decide to start buying the drugs directly from | with the help of a few minor Mexican drug lords. But two years later, Geor ... |
India | ... ation exists in the Gulf of Kutch, the only population remaining in western | . It is from the population in the Persian Gulf, and from the nearest popu ... |
Ecuador | In 1995, the FAP took part in the Cenepa War against | covering operations by the army and navy. After the war, the FAP began acq ... |
Republic of China | No statistics have been included for areas currently governed by the | (Taiwan). Unless stated otherwise, statistics refer only to mainland China ... |
Belgian | Zonhoven is a municipality located in the | province of Limburg near Hasselt. On January 1, 2007 Zonhoven had a total ... |
Hungary | ... y of Cologne. Conscripted into the Wehrmacht, he served in France, Romania, | and the Soviet Union, and was wounded four times before he was captured by ... |
England | Wyndham was born in the village of Knowle in Warwickshire, | , the son of George Beynon Harris, a barrister, and Gertrude Parkes, the d ... |
Denmark | ... cluding a midshipmen training cruise during the summer of 1958 to Spain and | , a four-month deployment to the Mediterranean and northern Europe in 1962 ... |
Manchukuo | ... 1932, present-day Heilongjiang became part of the Japanese puppet state of | |
Belgian | Beerse is a municipality located in the | province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Beerse proper ... |
Canada | ... of the central United States known as Tornado Alley. This area extends into | , particularly Ontario and the Prairie Provinces, although southeast Quebe ... |
Angevin | ... hey hurled their javelins made them formidable against heavy cavalry of the | armies. They fought against cavalry by attacking the enemies' horses inste ... |
Guatemala | ... orld. Operations launched from Puerto Rico include the 1954 intervention in | ; the 1965 invasion of the Dominican Republic; the 1983 invasion of Grenad ... |
Netherlands | The northern part of the province of Drenthe in the | is also known for its village greens. Zuidlaren is the village with the la ... |
Kazakhstan | ... dom, Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republic, China, Cyprus, Ukraine, Belarus, | , Latvia, Iran, Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Poland, Ind ... |
Egypt | ... existed in one of Greece's neighboring countries, either Thrace, Lydia, or | , and was introduced into Greece at pre-classic times |
South Africa | The phrase was first used in 1994 in | following the first democratic election after the end of apartheid, and wa ... |
Comoros | ... countries making their Olympic debut were: Azerbaijan, Burundi, Cape Verde, | , Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, Macedonia, Nauru, Palestine, Saint Kitts and Ne ... |
Paraguay | ... and seals, along with the name of their regional grouping. Examples include | and Ecuador |
South Africa | ... ompany, Ltd. The company was licensed to sell telephones in Greece, Turkey, | , India, Japan, China, and other Asian countries. |
Soviet Union | ... ASSR was dissolved, and the Turkmen SSR became one of the republics of the | . At this time the modern borders of Turkmenistan were formed. The Turkmen ... |
Srivijaya | The first dominant power to arise in the archipelago was | in Sumatra. From the 5th century CE, the capital, Palembang, became a majo ... |
Japan | In the 1980s, | was in the midst of an economic awakening. Large Japanese electronics firm ... |
tsarist | ... the dedicated last supreme commander of the insurgence, was captured by the | police |
Roman Empire | ... e English historian who specialized in the study of the institutions of the | and the history of Sub-Roman Britain, suggested in his book The Age of Art ... |
Czech Republic | ... ly, the San Bernardino alle Ossa in Milan, Italy, the Sedlec Ossuary in the | , the Skull Chapel in Czermna in Lower Silesia, Poland, and Capela dos Oss ... |
Canada | ... y a chain of music shops owned by HMV Group plc, mainly in the UK, Ireland, | , Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan |
Scotland | ... ridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of | , to the east of the Forth Road Bridge, and 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of c ... |
India | ... Iran, Israel and the United States have signed but not ratified the Treaty | ;, North Korea and Pakistan have not signed it. In 1998 India said it woul ... |
Switzerland | ... Latvia, Iran, Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Poland, India, | , Georgia etc |
Canada | ... major force against the labor movement developing in the United States and | . This effort changed the image of the Pinkertons for years. They were inv ... |
Guinea-Bissau | ... eir Olympic debut were: Azerbaijan, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Dominica, | , Macedonia, Nauru, Palestine, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, São Tom ... |
Roman Republic | ... gypt (apparently without Jewish support), Antiochus IV was pressured by the | to withdraw. According to Livy, "Popilius...placed in [Antiochus'] hand th ... |
Pakistan | ... depending on that nation for support in India’s long-standing conflict with | . She was also the only Indian Prime Minister to have declared a state of ... |
Israel | ... the former Soviet Union. A community related to the Romanies and living in | and the Palestinian territories and in neighboring countries are known as ... |
Japan | ... any was licensed to sell telephones in Greece, Turkey, South Africa, India, | , China, and other Asian countries. |
Slovenia | ... onsisting mainly of ethnic German volunteers from Italy and volunteers from | , Croatia, Serbia and Ukraine. They were primarily involved in fighting pa ... |
India | ... hstan, Latvia, Iran, Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Poland, | , Switzerland, Georgia etc |
Vietnam | ... itius, and Taiwan, as well as parts of Cambodia, Japan, the Philippines and | . Further disappearances are likely |
Egypt | ... za Strip; Tel Aviv, Israel, and in the nation of Bahrain. As is the case in | , demonstrations are not common in many of these less-than-democratic coun ... |
Dominica | ... making their Olympic debut were: Azerbaijan, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, | , Guinea-Bissau, Macedonia, Nauru, Palestine, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint ... |
Japan | ... 999, a ferry service was opened between the ports of Korsakov and Wakkanai, | |
Karasahr | ... e Western Regions Chen Mu (d. 75 CE) was killed by allies of the Xiongnu in | and Kucha, the garrison at Hami was withdrawn. At the Battle of Ikh Bayan ... |
France | ... etween 1882 and 1907, of that total, almost 9,000 came from Italy, Germany, | , and Spain. Migrants also arrived from neighboring Spanish American count ... |
Kazakhstan | ... s abolished, and Russia's German population was almost entirely banished to | , Altai Krai and other remote areas. In 1942 nearly all of the able-bodied ... |
Belgian | Tessenderlo is a municipality located in the | province of Limburg. It is where the three Belgian provinces of Limburg, F ... |
Malaysia | Bangladesh, | and Indonesia , all largest Muslim countries of world and Vietnam condemne ... |
Venezuela | ... Marcos Pérez Jiménez launched the state channel Televisora Nacional, making | the ninth country in the world to have television. By 1963 a quarter of Ve ... |
Pakistan | ... United Nations peacekeeping forces during Operation Restore Hope, in which | , Italy and Malaysia also participated |
Indonesia | In | , especially in Java, a similar place is called Alun-Alun. It is a central ... |
Spain | ... and 1907, of that total, almost 9,000 came from Italy, Germany, France, and | . Migrants also arrived from neighboring Spanish American countries, espec ... |
Nauru | ... erbaijan, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, Macedonia, | , Palestine, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Ta ... |
French | Pierre Paul Broca (28 June 1824 – 9 July 1880) was a | physician, surgeon, anatomist, and anthropologist. He was born in Sainte-F ... |
North Korea | ... srael and the United States have signed but not ratified the Treaty; India, | and Pakistan have not signed it. In 1998 India said it would only sign the ... |
Singapore | ... n of music shops owned by HMV Group plc, mainly in the UK, Ireland, Canada, | , Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan |
Prussia | ... ed a coup by the Patriots (democratic revolutionaries) after the Kingdom of | intervened. When the French invaded Holland in 1795, Willem V was forced t ... |
Bangladesh | | , Malaysia and Indonesia , all largest Muslim countries of world and Vietn ... |
Egypt | ... cause the Israelites made a difficult and hazardous journey from slavery in | to freedom in The Promised Land, the Jordan can refer to freedom. The actu ... |
Philippines | ... e, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, | , Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitt ... |
Prussia | ... en an independent republic. His father was a native of Küstrin in Neumark ( | , now Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland), and had, after the publication of some w ... |
Soviet Union | ... the World Service was one of the leading international broadcasters to the | . The fall of the Iron Curtain has led to a significant change in World Se ... |
Bulgaria | ... s not entirely dead, even today; variations of the lyra are still played in | , Greece, Italy and Turkey; a notable example is Crete, where the Cretan l ... |
Swiss | Many | settlements (colonias or "colonies") such as Colonia Suiza, Colonia Valden ... |
Canada | ... he continent. Pawpaws are native to 26 states of the U.S. and to Ontario in | . The common pawpaw is a patch-forming (clonal) understory tree found in w ... |
Vietnam | ... gladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia , all largest Muslim countries of world and | condemned the war. Bangladesh urged to solve the problem through discussio ... |
British | Princess (born Desiree Heslop, 27 November 1961) is a | singer who found chart success in the mid-1980s. In the late-1970s she wor ... |
Belgium | ... ip could give him more power). In 1814 the former Austrian Netherlands (now | ) was added to his realm. On March 15, 1815 with the support of the powers ... |
Kenya | ... rcing the then President of Somalia, Mohamed Siad Barre, to flee in 1991 to | . One faction proclaimed Ali Mahdi Muhammad president, another Mohamed Far ... |
Austria | ... an authority for another four years, before its reunification and return to | following the decisions at the Congress of Vienna in 1814. Integrated into ... |
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | ... aine and southern Poland, economically and socially backward, but under the | rule increasingly allowed limited autonomy, experienced gradual relaxation ... |
Belgium | In some countries, such as Germany and | , diesel fuel is taxed lower than petrol (gasoline) (typically around 20% ... |
Bangladesh | ... ert being evil. The site drew worldwide attention in 2001 when a photo of a | i street protest was distributed by the Reuters news agency. The photo inc ... |
Japan | ... ited States federal government, enunciated in a note of January 7, 1932, to | and China, of non-recognition of international territorial changes that we ... |
Roman Empire | ... he developments of Late Antiquity in the religious thought in the far-flung | needs to be addressed separately, as this is the context in which Early Ch ... |
Germany | ... sunción between 1882 and 1907, of that total, almost 9,000 came from Italy, | , France, and Spain. Migrants also arrived from neighboring Spanish Americ ... |
Philippines | In the | , the Laguna Copperplate Inscription dating from 900 CE relates a granted ... |
Germany | ... s a former city gate and one of the most well-known landmarks of Berlin and | . It is located west of the city centre at the junction of Unter den Linde ... |
Dutch | ... d Porson, Peter Paul Dobree, Thomas Kidd and James Henry Monk. Although the | school of the period had its own tradition, it was also influenced by Bent ... |
Italy | ... more than brigade size, consisting mainly of ethnic German volunteers from | and volunteers from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Ukraine. They were prima ... |
Iran | ... mber 2011, eight Annex 2 states have not ratified the treaty: China, Egypt, | , Israel and the United States have signed but not ratified the Treaty; In ... |
Western Ganga Dynasty | The defeat of the Jain | by the Cholas in early 11th century and the rising numbers of followers of ... |
Japan | ... e waters of Hong Kong, Mauritius, and Taiwan, as well as parts of Cambodia, | , the Philippines and Vietnam. Further disappearances are likely |
Cuba | ... reater Antilles. Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean behind | and the Dominican Republic (the latter shares a border with Haiti). Haiti ... |
French | ... y the Almogavars marched against the Duchy of Athens, under the rule of the | House of Brienne. In March 1310, Duke Walter V of Brienne and all his knig ... |
Saint Lucia | ... ominica, Guinea-Bissau, Macedonia, Nauru, Palestine, Saint Kitts and Nevis, | , São Tomé and Príncipe, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan |
Russia | In 2003 the first production of the cycle in | in modern times was conducted by Valery Gergiev at the Mariinsky Opera, St ... |
Somalia | ... roughout the existence of the latter, and became the capital of independent | in 1960 |
Scotland | Dalgety Bay (, a coastal town in Fife, | , stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. According to Fife Counc ... |
Indonesia | Bangladesh, Malaysia and | , all largest Muslim countries of world and Vietnam condemned the war. Ban ... |
Spain | ... yprus, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Iran, Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, | , Syria, Turkey, Poland, India, Switzerland, Georgia etc |
Kucha | ... ions Chen Mu (d. 75 CE) was killed by allies of the Xiongnu in Karasahr and | , the garrison at Hami was withdrawn. At the Battle of Ikh Bayan in 89 CE, ... |
Puerto Rico | ... eceive a shot at the title, the WBC insisted Chacon fight Héctor Camacho in | instead, then stripped him of his title when he refused |
Italy | ... ntil Marco Polo visited China and took the technique of making ice cream to | |
Poland | ... father was a native of Küstrin in Neumark (Prussia, now Kostrzyn nad Odrą, | ), and had, after the publication of some works on international law, been ... |
Poland | ... s, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Iran, Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, Spain, Syria, Turkey, | , India, Switzerland, Georgia etc |
Austrian Empire | ... lowing the decisions at the Congress of Vienna in 1814. Integrated into the | , from 1867 onwards, it was a Kronland (Crown Land) of Cisleithania, the w ... |
Russian | ... rn Europe. Before World War I, these had been incorporated in the Austrian, | and German empires. Although the latter two arose and were named on the ba ... |
Turkmenistan | ... , Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tajikistan and | |
Puerto Rico | ... tary recruitment in educational service centers in several US cities and in | |
Ukrainian | ... lection and vowed that Belarus would never have its own version of the 2004 | Orange Revolution and Georgia's 2003 Rose Revolution |
Israel | ... 011, eight Annex 2 states have not ratified the treaty: China, Egypt, Iran, | and the United States have signed but not ratified the Treaty; India, Nort ... |
English | ... hn Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969) was an | science fiction writer who usually used the pen name John Wyndham, althoug ... |
Syria | ... Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Iran, Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, Spain, | , Turkey, Poland, India, Switzerland, Georgia etc |
Japan | ... for her World War II service. She is officially credited with sinking eight | ese merchant ships totaling 20,177 tons |
Soviet Union | ... World War II invariably depicted the enemy in unflattering terms. Both the | and Nazi Germany excelled in producing heroic images, placing their soldie ... |
Austrian | ... and Eastern Europe. Before World War I, these had been incorporated in the | , Russian and German empires. Although the latter two arose and were named ... |
Israel | The number of Vietnamese people in | is estimated at 200-400. Most of them came to Israel in between 1976–1979, ... |
Tajikistan | ... auru, Palestine, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, São Tomé and Príncipe, | and Turkmenistan |
Philippines | ... Hong Kong, Mauritius, and Taiwan, as well as parts of Cambodia, Japan, the | and Vietnam. Further disappearances are likely |
Bangladesh | ... esia , all largest Muslim countries of world and Vietnam condemned the war. | urged to solve the problem through discussion rather than war. Huge anti-w ... |
Dominican Republic | ... es. Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean behind Cuba and the | (the latter shares a border with Haiti). Haiti at its closest point is onl ... |
Terra Sancti Benedicti | In 744, a donation of Gisulf II of Benevento created the | , the secular lands of the abbacy, which were subject to the abbot and nob ... |
Iran | ... rmenia as well as of others abroad, notably Tbilisi in Georgia or Tabriz in | |
Poland | ... war, as well as areas which Nazi Germany had annexed or occupied in pre-war | , Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, northern Yugoslavia and other states o ... |
Scotland | Sir Quackly was born in | in the year 1010. He later became the leader of The Clan McDuck. In 1057 K ... |
Serbia | ... ethnic German volunteers from Italy and volunteers from Slovenia, Croatia, | and Ukraine. They were primarily involved in fighting partisans in the Kra ... |
United Kingdom | ... Denmark, Norway and Finland; other source countries include Germany and the | . Sweden's tourist sites include the Vasa Museum, the Millesgarden, and th ... |
Germany | ... tion was 2,269 at the 2000 census. The majority of early settlers were from | and Great Britain |
Germany | ... t for a row of large scales that run along the lateral line; originating in | ), the leather carp (virtually unscaled except near dorsal fin), and the f ... |
Italy | ... stinging depictions of Hitler and Mussolini led to his work being banned in | and Germany and being named in The Black Book |
French | Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan (; July 22, 1916 – October 28, 1949) was a | pied noir world boxing champion who was considered by many boxing experts ... |
Paraguay | ... orld that have frequent tornadoes include South Africa, parts of Argentina, | , and southern Brazil, as well as portions of Europe, Australia and New Ze ... |
Poland | ... an, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, | , Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Ne ... |
Somalia | ... ure at Elaayo, Haylaan, Qa’ableh and Qombo'ul, among other places. Northern | in general is home to a lot of such historical settlements and archaeologi ... |
Germany | Heinrich Theodor Böll (December 21, 1917 – July 16, 1985) was one of | 's foremost post-World War II writers. Böll was awarded the Georg Büchner ... |
Nepal | In | , Diwali is known as "Tihar" or "Swanti". It is celebrated during the Octo ... |
Belgian | ... rent locale. The word "panarchy" was invented and the concept proposed by a | political economist, Paul Émile de Puydt in an article called "Panarchy" p ... |
Macau | ... , apart from periods of practical training (1974–1976) in East Timor and in | , he was in Portugal and Rome where, having become a member of the Salesia ... |
Denmark | ... n Budapest. Groups were introduced at the same level in 1967 in Copenhagen, | . Rhythmic gymnastics was added to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles ... |
Japan | is a city located in Kumamoto, | |
Mongolia | ... the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts occupying the arid north and northwest near | and Central Asia, and subtropical forests being prevalent in the wetter so ... |
Vietnam | ... donesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, and | |
Puerto Rico | In | , he hosted a weekly astrology television show, first on WKAQ-TV, and late ... |
Roman Empire | ... an emperor, Claudius, dissolved the league. Lycia was incorporated into the | with a provincial status. It became an eparchy of the Eastern, or Byzantin ... |
Venezuela | ... il, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Peru, Spain, Sweden, the UK, the USA, and | . TFI leadership has maintained that they did not sanction or condone the ... |
Canada | ... ng oil, which is used in central heating. In Europe, the United States, and | , taxes on diesel fuel are higher than on heating oil due to the fuel tax, ... |
Germany | ... epictions of Hitler and Mussolini led to his work being banned in Italy and | and being named in The Black Book |
Brazil | ... tornadoes include South Africa, parts of Argentina, Paraguay, and southern | , as well as portions of Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and far easter ... |
India | ... er 1984) was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of | for three consecutive terms (1966–77) and a fourth term (1980–84). Gandhi ... |
Netherlands | ... Asia trade route with the conquest of the Sultanate of Malacca in 1511. The | and Spain followed and soon superseded Portugal as the main European power ... |
Estonia | ... tion of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of the three Baltic states— | , Latvia, and Lithuania—and remained the official U.S. position until the ... |
Iran | ... as AuctionWeb in San Jose, California, on September 5, 1995, by French-born | ian-American computer programmer Pierre Omidyar (born June 21, 1967) as pa ... |
Uruguay | The Armed Forces of | (Fuerzas armadas del Uruguay or FF.AA. del Uruguay) consist of an army, na ... |
British | A | version of the televised College Bowl competition was launched as Universi ... |
Israel | In | , there are also a few thousand Circassians, living mostly in Kfar Kama (2 ... |
Portugal | ... ods of practical training (1974–1976) in East Timor and in Macau, he was in | and Rome where, having become a member of the Salesian Society, he studied ... |
Hong Kong | The de-facto spoken standard in | and Macao is Cantonese, although officially it is just the Chinese languag ... |
Cambodia | ... ed from the waters of Hong Kong, Mauritius, and Taiwan, as well as parts of | , Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam. Further disappearances are likely |
Iceland | ... pound, and the Scandinavian currencies do not issue large value banknotes. | in particular has never needed much currency since electronic transactions ... |
Hungary | ... id not show up in Tirol Castle on August 24, 1422, opting rather to ride to | , where he met King Sigismund. Together they plotted a war against Friedri ... |
Japan | ... a domesticated ornamental variety that originated in the Niigata region of | in the 1820s. They also invaded the Great Lakes in 1896 when the area near ... |
People's Republic of China | ... oyu, often called "Mandarin", is the official standard language used by the | , the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Singapore (where it is called "Huayu ... |
Egypt | ... similarities recognized by Greeks themselves. The cultural peak of ancient | , and thus the possible age of the earliest instruments of this type, pred ... |
Singapore | ... which participated were Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, | , Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam |
Bangladesh | Tornadoes kill an average of 179 people per year in | , the most in the world. This is due to high population density, poor qual ... |
Hong Kong | The 2010 Census counted 234,829 residents from | , 21,201 residents from Macao, 170,283 residents from Taiwan, and 593,832 ... |
Republic of China | ... tal city is Beijing. The PRC also claims Taiwan, which is controlled by the | (ROC)–a separate political entity–as its 23rd province, a claim controvers ... |
Italy | In 1892, Ali bin Said leased the city to | . Italy purchased the city in 1905 and made Mogadishu the capital of the n ... |
Croatia | ... mainly of ethnic German volunteers from Italy and volunteers from Slovenia, | , Serbia and Ukraine. They were primarily involved in fighting partisans i ... |
Hong Kong | ... by HMV Group plc, mainly in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Singapore, Australia, | , and Japan |
Sri Lanka | In | , this festival is also called "Deepavali" and is celebrated by the Tamil ... |
Soviet Union | ... oted against ratification of the December 1991 agreement that dissolved the | and set up the Commonwealth of Independent States in its place |
Sicily | ... s, a rebellion against Charles of Anjou in Palermo, and the invasion of the | by the Catalans of King Peter III of Aragon. Michael VIII was forced to dr ... |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... iers deployed on 12 UN peacekeeping missions. The largest groups are in the | and Haiti. There is also an 85-man contingent in the MFO in the Sinai |
Russian Empire | ... nt were forced to give up all land beyond the Amur and Ussuri Rivers to the | , cutting off Manchu Qing Empire from the Sea of Japan and giving Heilongj ... |
Hong Kong | ... 20 per cent in the last 90 years. They have disappeared from the waters of | , Mauritius, and Taiwan, as well as parts of Cambodia, Japan, the Philippi ... |
Spain | ... including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Peru, | , Sweden, the UK, the USA, and Venezuela. TFI leadership has maintained th ... |
Japan | ... lc, mainly in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, and | |
Soviet Union | ... n has led to a significant change in World Service activities in the former | and in Eastern Europe. In its 2007 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Annual Re ... |
Sri Lanka | ... econd female head of government in the world after Sirimavo Bandaranaike of | , and she remains as the world's second longest serving female Prime Minis ... |
English | Leicestershire ( or or ; abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the | Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, ... |
Ghana | ... nation earlier that year. Between 1947 and 1952, Rustin met with leaders of | 's and Nigeria's independence movements |
Bolivia | ... expiry dates. The Andean passport is currently in use in Ecuador and Peru. | and were to start issuing Andean passports in early 2006. Andean passports ... |
Uruguay | This article is about the demographic features of the population of | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
Northern Ireland | ... this area was still part of Lancaster County. Named for Strabane, a town in | , this spelling was in use as late as the 1870s. For the most part the ori ... |
Roman | ... prehistoric times. Aylsham is just over two miles (3 km) from a substantial | settlement at Brampton, linked to Venta Icenorum at Caistor St Edmund, sou ... |
India | ... 102 CE) enlisted the aid of the Kushan Empire, occupying the area of modern | , Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, to subdue Kashgar and its ally So ... |
France | ... the unification of Italy under his rule. Following the defeat of Napoleonic | , the Congress of Vienna (1815) was convened to redraw the European contin ... |
Guam | ... ore she departed the area on 19 February, without any kills. She arrived at | on the 24th for refit alongside Proteus |
France | ... ld boxing champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be | 's greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to have learned his cr ... |
Majapahit | ... grarian kingdoms including the Sailendras, Mataram, Singhasari, and finally | . According to the Nagarakertagama, around the 13th century CE, Majapahit' ... |
Nigeria | ... er that year. Between 1947 and 1952, Rustin met with leaders of Ghana's and | 's independence movements |
Sweden | ... his only child, his beloved daughter, who in 1786 married the ambassador of | and became Madame de Staël. In 1787 Necker was banished by the lettre de c ... |
Jordan | ... spiritual leader, from Israeli prison. Two years later Hamas was banned in | , reportedly in part at the request of the United States, Israel, and the ... |
Poland | ... as of expulsion included pre-war German provinces which were transferred to | and the Soviet Union after the war, as well as areas which Nazi Germany ha ... |
England | ... the Great Park, on the eastern side of the town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, | . The present Jacobean house was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, First Earl ... |
Italy | ... hin Europe such as the Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini in Rome, | , the San Bernardino alle Ossa in Milan, Italy, the Sedlec Ossuary in the ... |
Mauritius | ... t in the last 90 years. They have disappeared from the waters of Hong Kong, | , and Taiwan, as well as parts of Cambodia, Japan, the Philippines and Vie ... |
Haiti | ... issions. The largest groups are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and | . There is also an 85-man contingent in the MFO in the Sinai |
South Africa | In 1951, he formed the Committee to Support | n Resistance, which later became the American Committee on Africa |
Soviet Union | ... had been begun by her father. Gandhi established closer relations with the | , depending on that nation for support in India’s long-standing conflict w ... |
Sweden | ... ng Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Peru, Spain, | , the UK, the USA, and Venezuela. TFI leadership has maintained that they ... |
Netherlands | Feyenoord is a professional football club from Rotterdam, | . The club is historically one of the three clubs that dominate the Dutch ... |
Portugal | ... agged along the ships as they hoped to spread Christianity into the region. | was the first European power to establish a bridgehead into the lucrative ... |
Thailand | ... ere Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, | , and Vietnam |
Norwegian | ... er Mark Finnan elaborated upon this theory. The theory was also used in the | book Organisten (The Organ Player) by Erlend Loe and Petter Amundsen. It h ... |
Kingdom of Denmark | ... le class of nationality is available for the three constituent countries of | (although Faroe nationals enjoy a special status), all four constituent co ... |
Canada | ... he British armed forces and was also used in Commonwealth countries such as | and New Zealand |
Austrian Empire | ... mperial printing office (K.-k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei) in the days of the | . Carl went to secondary school in Mariahilf and Josefstadt before graduat ... |
New Zealand | ... armed forces and was also used in Commonwealth countries such as Canada and | |
East Timor | Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo SDB, GCL (born 3 February 1948) is an | ese Roman Catholic bishop. Along with José Ramos-Horta, he received the 19 ... |
Norwegian | ... fell goldfields of New South Wales. His father was Niels Herzberg Lawson, a | -born miner who went to sea at 21 and arrived in Melbourne in 1855 to join ... |
Belgium | ... , the user can be fined (e.g. US$10,000 in the USA). In the United Kingdom, | and the Netherlands, it is known as red diesel (or gas oil), and is also u ... |
Netherlands | ... ed on a strictly limited basis: "Sacred Life" was released in Spain and the | , "Be Free" was issued in Canada and France, "Saints Are Down" was issued ... |
Duchy of Warsaw | The Austrians drove into the | , but suffered defeat at the Battle of Raszyn on 19 April 1809. The Polish ... |
Austrian Empire | ... eas largely populated by Italian-speaking populations under the rule of the | was a constant cause of friction between Austria and Italy, a national sta ... |
Scotland | He was born in | in 1159. He was very gluttonous. The clan was until then one of the riches ... |
Cyprus | ... e Aegean islands were under Ottoman control by the end of the 15th century, | and Crete did not fall to them until 1571 and 1670 respectively. The only ... |
Denmark | Christian I (February 1426 – 21 May 1481) was a Danish monarch, king of | (1448–1481), Norway (1450–1481) and Sweden (1457–1464), under the Kalmar U ... |
Canada | ... rations and dictatorships, the decision was made not to pursue this option. | briefly issued a $1000 Canadian dollar bill in 1992, but the Royal Canadia ... |
Italian | ... ntonio Baretti (24 April 1719, Turin, Piedmont – 5 May 1789, London) was an | -born English literary critic and author of two influential language-trans ... |
England | The English language evolved in | , from a set of West Germanic dialects spoken by the Angles and Saxons, wh ... |
English | James Henry Monk (1784–1856) was an | divine and classical scholar |
Romania | ... f ideological conformism, inspired by the rise of the fascist Iron Guard in | in the 1930s. Le Roi se meurt translated as Exit the King (1962) shows him ... |
England | Ice cream recipes first appeared in 18th-century | and America. The recipe for ice cream was published in Mrs. Mary Eales's R ... |
Sudan | ... sial but it is estimated that at least 16,000 refugees mainly from Eritrea, | , Ethiopia and the Ivory Coast reside and work in Israel. A recent check ( ... |
Aragón | ... oz, Málaga, Granada, Tortosa and Seville, defeated a combined army of León, | and Castile |
Brazil | ... dest characiform is Santanichthys of the early Cretaceous (Albian stage) of | . While all extant species are freshwater, this species was probably eithe ... |
Moldova | ... fourth centuries between the Danube and the Dniepr in what is now Romania, | and western Ukraine. This was a multi-tribal state ruled by a Gothic elite ... |
Carthage | ... ast and was transplanted by the Phoenicians in the 8th century BC as far as | (now in Tunisia) |
Ethiopia | ... t it is estimated that at least 16,000 refugees mainly from Eritrea, Sudan, | and the Ivory Coast reside and work in Israel. A recent check (late 2011) ... |
Norway | ... uary 1426 – 21 May 1481) was a Danish monarch, king of Denmark (1448–1481), | (1450–1481) and Sweden (1457–1464), under the Kalmar Union. In Sweden his ... |
Canada | The Bloc Québécois (, Quebec Bloc) is a federal political party in | devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of ... |
France | ... s released in Spain and the Netherlands, "Be Free" was issued in Canada and | , "Saints Are Down" was issued in Greece, but none of the songs gained muc ... |
Denmark | Sweden is mostly visited by tourists from neighbouring countries such as | , Norway and Finland; other source countries include Germany and the Unite ... |
Greenland | ... atives of arctic North America (i.e. northern Canada, Alaska and indigenous | ) have built carefully constructed cairns and stone sculptures, called by ... |
Belarus | ... ашэнка, , ; born 30 or 31 August 1954) has been serving as the President of | since 20 July 1994. Before his career as a politician, Lukashenko worked a ... |
Netherlands | ... e fined (e.g. US$10,000 in the USA). In the United Kingdom, Belgium and the | , it is known as red diesel (or gas oil), and is also used in agricultural ... |
Belgian | ... s de chez vous, It Happened in Your Neighborhood) is a darkly comedic crime | mockumentary starring Benoît Poelvoorde. In the film, a crew of filmmakers ... |
Iran | ... atched an Islamist movement topple the Shah as Israel's military attache in | . According to Segev, Yassin and his charity were completely peaceful towa ... |
East Timor | ... o was born in the village of Wailakama, near Vemasse, on the north coast of | . His father, a schoolteacher, died two years later. His childhood years w ... |
Prussia | ... ad to share broad swathes of the Westerwald with the newly created power of | . A sovereign Duchy of Nassau existed until it was annexed by Prussia in 1 ... |
Ukraine | ... tween the Danube and the Dniepr in what is now Romania, Moldova and western | . This was a multi-tribal state ruled by a Gothic elite but inhabited by m ... |
Sweden | ... ) was a Danish monarch, king of Denmark (1448–1481), Norway (1450–1481) and | (1457–1464), under the Kalmar Union. In Sweden his short tenure as monarch ... |
Tunisia | ... planted by the Phoenicians in the 8th century BC as far as Carthage (now in | ) |
Russian Empire | As part of the | the city was called Dvinsk (1893–1920). The town was renamed Daugavpils in ... |
France | ... at the University of Cologne. Conscripted into the Wehrmacht, he served in | , Romania, Hungary and the Soviet Union, and was wounded four times before ... |
Ostrogothic Kingdom | ... e other were put into imperial service or fled to the two Gothic kingdoms ( | and Visigothic kingdom), some Vandal women married Byzantine soldiers sett ... |
Castile | ... Granada, Tortosa and Seville, defeated a combined army of León, Aragón and | |
Austrian Empire | ... gle for Italian unification was perceived to be waged primarily against the | and the Habsburgs, since they directly controlled the predominantly Italia ... |
Qatar | ... u, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, | , Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, ... |
Indonesia | His state visit to | as invited by President Soeharto to discuss Indo-Japanese trade relations ... |
Norway | ... is mostly visited by tourists from neighbouring countries such as Denmark, | and Finland; other source countries include Germany and the United Kingdom ... |
Republic of China | ... the official standard language used by the People's Republic of China, the | (Taiwan), and Singapore (where it is called "Huayu"). It is based on the B ... |
Spain | ... with the conquest of the Sultanate of Malacca in 1511. The Netherlands and | followed and soon superseded Portugal as the main European powers in the r ... |
English | Mid Sussex is a local government district in the | county of West Sussex. It contains the towns of East Grinstead, Haywards H ... |
Swiss | ... aon among others. It is also the emblem of the city of Florence, and of the | municipality of Schlieren |
Sweden | Småland, is a province of | and at the funeral of Gustav Vasa in 1560 the province was granted its arm ... |
Rwanda | ... sance were President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and President Paul Kagame of | |
Kyrgyzstan | ... al holiday in the Soviet Union from 1918 onward and still is in Belarus and | |
Latvia | ... the Soviet annexation and incorporation of the three Baltic states—Estonia, | , and Lithuania—and remained the official U.S. position until the Baltic s ... |
Iran | ... mic connection" is emerging in which China will cooperate more closely with | , Pakistan, and other states to augment its international position |
United Kingdom | ... or driving use), the user can be fined (e.g. US$10,000 in the USA). In the | , Belgium and the Netherlands, it is known as red diesel (or gas oil), and ... |
Singapore | ... used by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and | (where it is called "Huayu"). It is based on the Beijing dialect, which is ... |
French | ... carcass. Its fossilized bones were reportedly discovered and collected by a | naturalist in the 18th century and shipped to the Jardin des Plantes of Pa ... |
Finland | ... visited by tourists from neighbouring countries such as Denmark, Norway and | ; other source countries include Germany and the United Kingdom. Sweden's ... |
Iran | The only railway that goes to | to the south passes by the closed border of Nakhichevan. For this reason, ... |
Russian Empire | ... influential in the monarch's decision to resist the French invasion of the | . He provides invaluable assistance in the defence of Riga against the Fre ... |
Malaysia | In | , Diwali festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Hindu sola ... |
Philippines | ... over Malacca from the Portuguese in 1641 while Spain began to colonize the | (named after Philip II of Spain) from 1560s. Acting through the Dutch East ... |
English | Ports sometimes fall out of use. Rye, East Sussex, was an important | port in the Middle Ages, but the coastline changed and it is now from the ... |
Ukraine | ... man volunteers from Italy and volunteers from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and | . They were primarily involved in fighting partisans in the Kras region of ... |
Portugal | ... stan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, | , Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint ... |
Greece | ... of the earliest instruments of this type, predates the 5th century classic | . This indicates the possibility that the lyre might have existed in one o ... |
Romania | ... third and fourth centuries between the Danube and the Dniepr in what is now | , Moldova and western Ukraine. This was a multi-tribal state ruled by a Go ... |
India | ... orded was long and weighed , and was found off the Saurashtra coast of west | . Females tend to be larger than males |
Mongolia | ... raditional and often decorated, heap-formed cairn called an ovoo is made in | . It primarily serves religious purposes, and finds use in both Tengriist ... |
England | ... traditionally used for carrying cargo or passengers on rivers and canals in | , and is particularly associated with the River Thames and also with the B ... |
Ecuador | ... valid until their expiry dates. The Andean passport is currently in use in | and Peru. Bolivia and were to start issuing Andean passports in early 2006 ... |
Republic of Kraków | ... d as the Grand Duchy of Posen, and an Austrian partition. The newly created | was a tiny state under a joint supervision of the three partitioning power ... |
Germany | ... untries such as Denmark, Norway and Finland; other source countries include | and the United Kingdom. Sweden's tourist sites include the Vasa Museum, th ... |
Jordan | ... f Old Jerusalem have Israeli identity cards, they are officially holders of | ian passports |
Low Countries | ... s to the east and north, for overland traffic skirting the Harz between the | and Saxony or Thuringia |
Lithuania | ... nnexation and incorporation of the three Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and | —and remained the official U.S. position until the Baltic states gained fo ... |
Singapore | In | , Diwali festival is a gazetted public holiday. Observed primarily by the ... |
León | ... Badajoz, Málaga, Granada, Tortosa and Seville, defeated a combined army of | , Aragón and Castile |
Fiji | ... carry cargo and passengers between the main atolls and travel between Suva, | and Funafuti 3 to 4 times a year. The Nivaga II and Manu Folau provide rou ... |
New Zealand | ... improved security. Mark 23 was a Mark 22 modified for use with the CCM. In | , Typex Mark II and Mark III were superseded by Mark 22 and Mark 23 on 1 J ... |
Philippines | ... is a major tourist attraction and one of the most recognizable icons of the | . Ermita and Malate, aside from being known for its nightlife, are well-kn ... |
Canada | Throughout what today are the continental United States and | , cairns still mark indigenous peoples' game-driving "lanes" leading to bu ... |
Scotland | Sir Swamphole was born in | in 1110, and later became the leader of The Clan McDuck. He was a very suc ... |
Scotland | Born as Anthony James Donegan in Bridgeton, Glasgow, | , the son of a professional violinist who had played with the Scottish Nat ... |
Egypt | ... urch of Alexandria is the official name for the largest Christian church in | and the Middle East. The Church belongs to the Oriental Orthodox family of ... |
Israel | ... siness tycoon Henry Fok. Zhang was involved with, and lengthily engaged to, | i venture capitalist Aviv "Vivi" Nevo until late 2010. The reason being wa ... |
Soviet Union | ... e of the Battle of Daugavpils from 1919 to 1920. Daugavpils was part of the | between 1940–41 and 1944–1991, and was occupied by the Nazis between 1941– ... |
Galatia | ... a states that "Gelimer was honourably treated and received large estates in | . He was also offered the rank of a patrician but had to refuse it because ... |
Netherlands | Assen is a municipality and a city in the northeastern | , and is the capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights i ... |
Zimbabwe | ... 's reign. The city of Salisbury (now Harare) in the colony of Rhodesia (now | ) was founded in his time, and named for him. He is also known for often p ... |
Afghanistan | ... rts of modern day southeast Turkmenistan. Salor groups also live in Turkey, | , Uzbekistan, and China |
Vanuatu | ... ds archipelago and New Caledonia, stretching to a westernmost population in | . A highly isolated population lives around the islands of Palau |
Finland | ... sh school of rhythmic gymnastics, which would later add dance elements from | . Around this time, Ernst Idla of Estonia established a degree of difficul ... |
South Africa | Cape Town (; ) is the second-most populous city in | , and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the ... |
Uruguay | Paraguay | |
South Africa | ... act that Flintheart Glomgold's first coin could never be a rand because the | ns utilized the South African pound from 1825 to 1961, when the South Afri ... |
Tanzania | ... ysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mauritius, Kenya, | , South Africa, Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago,( Zimbabwe) the Nethe ... |
Germany | ... utral in World War I, during her reign, and this country was not invaded by | , as neighboring Belgium was |
Principality of Achaea | ... anied by the recovery of much of the Greek peninsula, although the Frankish | in the Peloponnese remained an important regional power into the 14th cent ... |
Paraguay | Ecuador | Urugua |
Netherlands | Wilhelmina was queen of the | for 58 years, from 1890 to 1948. Because she was only 10 years old in 1890 ... |
Mexico | ... lifornia, and sent Zachary Taylor into the contested land between Texas and | . He also continued his pleadings for the annexation of Texas as extending ... |
Slovenia | ... al poet of Slovenes. On 27 September 1989, it became the national anthem of | |
Confederate States of America | ... largest city in the United States and 4th largest in what would soon be the | . The free population in the whole of Mobile County, including the city, c ... |
Nigeria | ... Pakistan, Italy, Sweden, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Flinders Island, Australia, | and the United States |
Sweden | ... ÅA for short) and Steamship Company Bore, started collaborating on Finland– | traffic. The initial collaboration agreement was terminated in 1909, but r ... |
Puerto Rico | The defense of | is the responsibility of the United States as part of the Treaty of Paris ... |
Thailand | ... governments, who took over the direct administration of the colonies. Only | was spared the experience of foreign rule, although, Thailand itself was a ... |
Honduras | In Central America, the members of the CA-4 Treaty (Guatemala, El Salvador, | , and Nicaragua) adopted a common-design passport, called the Central Amer ... |
France | ... cs, a form of physical training for musicians and dancers. George Demeny of | created exercises to music that were designed to promote grace of movement ... |
Danish | St. Canute's Cathedral , also known as Odense Cathedral, is named after the | king Canute the Saint , otherwise Canute IV. It is a fine example of Brick ... |
Ecuador | Colombia | Paragua |
Colombia | Chile | Ecuado |
El Salvador | In Central America, the members of the CA-4 Treaty (Guatemala, | , Honduras, and Nicaragua) adopted a common-design passport, called the Ce ... |
Romania | ... ancient civilization. Today, treasure-hunters sometimes search the area, as | lacks legislation in this domain |
Belgium | ... in the English Lake District, and even the First World War battlefields in | , by way of the Tilbury to Dunkerque ferry service and the Belgian railway ... |
Romania | ... ma, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, | , Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vi ... |
United Kingdom | ... in World War II. On July 26, 1945, United States President Harry S. Truman, | Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chairman of the Nationalist Governme ... |
Scotland | ... ge. The remains of a 2300 year old lyre was discovered on the Isle of Skye, | in 2010 making it Europe’s oldest surviving stringed musical instrument. M ... |
Romania | ... murus dacicus style, the six Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains, in | , were created in the 1st centuries BC and AD as protection against Roman ... |
Roman Empire | ... hetess Veleda predicted the complete success of Civilis and the fall of the | . But disputes broke out amongst the different tribes and rendered co-oper ... |
Roman Empire | ... ndals and other "barbarian" groups had long been blamed for the fall of the | by writers and historians |
Turkmenistan | ... egion near the Amu Darya delta and into other parts of modern day southeast | . Salor groups also live in Turkey, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and China |
Paraguay | ... conomic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. | 's population is distributed unevenly throughout the country. The vast maj ... |
Israel | ... group whose members believe they are descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of | . With a population of over 5,000, most members live in their own communit ... |
Germany | ... ore he went up to Oxford in 1931, Hill had a prolonged holiday in Freiburg, | , where he witnessed the rise of the Nazi Party; he later said it contribu ... |
Egypt | ... a cursive writing system that was used in the provenance of the pharaohs in | and Nubia that developed alongside the hieroglyphic system, to which it is ... |
Chile | Argentina | Colombi |
Yugoslavia | ... eration Desert Storm and Desert Fox in Iraq; and preparation for the War in | |
Kenya | ... gadishu connect the city to other localities in Somalia and to Ethiopia and | . The city itself is cut into a several grid layouts by an extensive road ... |
Kenya | ... d, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mauritius, | , Tanzania, South Africa, Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago,( Zimbabwe) ... |
Livonia | ... s of the Sword conquered most of what is now Estonia and Latvia (the former | ) in the early 13th century. In 1237, the Brothers of the Sword were incor ... |
United Kingdom | ... e now most likely to be found in the older villages of mainland Europe, the | , and areas of New England and Ohio in the United States. Town expansion i ... |
Japan | ... ince 200 AD, and are now fished in the seas around most of South East Asia. | is the largest single consumer of edible jellyfish, importing at first onl ... |
Estonia | ... omies, although it is often argued that some (such as Romania, Slovakia and | , with their flat tax rates) are actually more capitalist than Western Eur ... |
Austria | Following defeat by Napoleon in 1805, | was forced to cede Tyrol to the Kingdom of Bavaria in the Peace of Pressbu ... |
Panama | The culture, customs, and language of | is predominantly Caribbean Spanish. Panama has a very diverse population w ... |
Scotland | ... o Britain, he eventually decided to settle in Caledonia (the Roman name for | ) among the populations of the |
Singapore | ... erritories during the Napoleonic Wars, In 1819 Stamford Raffles established | as a key trading post for Britain in their rivalry with the Dutch. However ... |
Panama | ... anwhile, his bank account — heretofore under Manuel Noriega's protection in | — is seized. One night, he and Mirtha get into a fight while driving. They ... |
Paraguay | This article is about the demographic features of the population of | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... y when considering relationships such as that between the United States and | . In addition, he cites the fact that many Islamic extremists spent a sign ... |
Soviet Union | ... the nations that made their Summer Olympic debut were formerly part of the | |
Brazil | ... t against TF around the world, in locations including Argentina, Australia, | , France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Peru, Spain, Sweden, the UK, the USA, and ... |
Switzerland | During the 1880s, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze of | developed eurhythmics, a form of physical training for musicians and dance ... |
Gibraltar | ... 9 711. The armies of Tariq, composed of recent converts to Islam, landed at | . The Muslim armies swept through Hispania. Bandits known as Al-Mogauar we ... |
Panama | This article is about the demographic features of the population of | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
Kingdom of Mysore | ... nuja exists in the Vitthalapura area of Vijayanagara. Scholars in the later | wrote Vaishnavite works upholding the teachings of Ramanuja. King Vishnuva ... |
India | ... he was frequently arrested for protesting against British colonial rule in | and Africa |
Iceland | ... territorial flower of the Northwest Territories, and the national flower of | |
Latvia | ... ng Livonian Brothers of the Sword conquered most of what is now Estonia and | (the former Livonia) in the early 13th century. In 1237, the Brothers of t ... |
Sweden | ... company AS Tallink Grupp, for car and passenger traffic between Finland and | . The former company Silja Oy – today Tallink Silja Oy – is a subsidiary o ... |
Slovakia | ... ve mixed economies, although it is often argued that some (such as Romania, | and Estonia, with their flat tax rates) are actually more capitalist than ... |
Uganda | ... g Saddam Hussein and Idi Amin. Arafat was Amin's best man at his wedding in | in 1975 |
Kingdom of Poland | ... les during the Napoleonic period. The Duchy of Warsaw was replaced with the | , a residual Polish state in personal union with the Russian Empire, ruled ... |
Norway | The University of Bergen is located in Bergen, | . Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at B ... |
Eritrea | ... controversial but it is estimated that at least 16,000 refugees mainly from | , Sudan, Ethiopia and the Ivory Coast reside and work in Israel. A recent ... |
Burma | ... e Han Empire received gifts from the Parthian Empire, from a king in modern | , from a ruler in Japan, and initiated an unsuccessful mission to Daqin (R ... |
Morocco | ... of the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I, led a large army from the north coast of | on April 29 711. The armies of Tariq, composed of recent converts to Islam ... |
Guatemala | In Central America, the members of the CA-4 Treaty ( | , El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua) adopted a common-design passport, ... |
Iceland | ... ve been used for centuries as trail and sea marks, among other purposes. In | , cairns were often used as markers along the numerous single-file roads o ... |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | | plans to build its first Special Economic Zone in the Kinshasa district of ... |
New Zealand | Typex machines continued in use after the war up until the 1970s (the | government disposed of its last machine about 1973. |
Ethiopia | ... ing out of Mogadishu connect the city to other localities in Somalia and to | and Kenya. The city itself is cut into a several grid layouts by an extens ... |
Soviet Union | ... unist Party of Great Britain. In 1935, he undertook a prolonged trip to the | , where he learnt Russian and studied Soviet historical scholarship, parti ... |
Estonia | ... ould later add dance elements from Finland. Around this time, Ernst Idla of | established a degree of difficulty for each movement. In 1929, Henrich Med ... |
Romania | ... een to have mixed economies, although it is often argued that some (such as | , Slovakia and Estonia, with their flat tax rates) are actually more capit ... |
republic | ... ite flag with fleurs-de-lis. His condition was rejected and France became a | |
Italy | ... corundum deposits. Its type localities are Monte Somma and Valle di Fassa, | . It was first described in 1823. It is more rare in surficial rocks than ... |
English | Jack Warner OBE (24 October 1895 – 24 May 1981) was an | film and television actor. He is closely associated with the role of PC Ge ... |
Liberia | ... e Jewish. Their ancestors were African Americans who after several years in | migrated to Israel in the late 1960s |
Latvia | Daugavpils is a city in southeastern | , located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its ... |
Czech Republic | ... is a traditional part of a Christmas Eve dinner. Many people in Poland and | buy a live carp and bring it home three or two days before Christmas Eve. ... |
Finland | ... onian ferry company AS Tallink Grupp, for car and passenger traffic between | and Sweden. The former company Silja Oy – today Tallink Silja Oy – is a su ... |
Soviet Union | Later official accounts of the revolution from the | would depict the events in October as being far more dramatic than they ac ... |
Mexico | ... e. Born 47 years earlier in San Remo, Italy, Mario Calvino had emigrated to | in 1909 where he took up an important position with the Ministry of Agricu ... |
Germany | ... bobsleigh gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, | |
English | Richard Dawes (1708 – March 21, 1766) was an | classical scholar |
Netherlands | During the revolt in the | in 1787, Clerfayt, as a Walloon by birth, came under great pressure to aba ... |
India | ... eled after Mohandas Gandhi's non-violent resistance against British rule in | |
Philippines | eEye believed that the worm originated in Makati City, | , the same origin as the VBS/Loveletter (aka "ILOVEYOU") worm |
Mozambique | ... ld take up a new assignment. In agreement with the Holy See, he would go to | as a missionary, and live as a member of the Salesian Society in that coun ... |
Czech Republic | ... nsity (137/km 2 ) is not very high, similar to those of Switzerland and the | . The overall population density of China conceals major regional variatio ... |
Scotland | ... turmoil of the Protestant Reformation, especially in Germany, England, and | |
Canada | ... part of the state. It was named after Virtue's home province of Ontario in | |
South Africa | ... apore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mauritius, Kenya, Tanzania, | , Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago,( Zimbabwe) the Netherlands, Canada ... |
France | ... settlement and trade in the Ohio Country west of the Appalachian Mountains. | , which claimed this area as part of their colony of New France, viewed th ... |
Vatican City | ... xt to his predecessor, Saint Linus, in St. Peter's Basilica, in what is now | . His name (as Cletus) is included in the Roman Canon of the |
Philippines | ... e that borders on a tropical monsoon climate. Together with the rest of the | , Manila lies entirely within the tropics. Its proximity to the equator me ... |
Croatia | ... ninsula of Istria, on the northern part of the Adriatic Sea, in what is now | as well as in other countries around the world where the Istro-Romanian pe ... |
Belgium | ... ring her reign, and this country was not invaded by Germany, as neighboring | was |
Estonia | ... erman-speaking Livonian Brothers of the Sword conquered most of what is now | and Latvia (the former Livonia) in the early 13th century. In 1237, the Br ... |
Parthian Empire | ... ributary relations with the Kushans, the Han Empire received gifts from the | , from a king in modern Burma, from a ruler in Japan, and initiated an uns ... |
Uzbekistan | ... day southeast Turkmenistan. Salor groups also live in Turkey, Afghanistan, | , and China |
Belarus | ... north-west. Daugavpils has a favorable geographical position as it borders | and Lithuania (distances of 33 and 25 km respectively). It is located some ... |
British | Giles Lytton Strachey (; 1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was a | writer and critic |
Bolshevist Russia | ... briefly formed during the Russian Civil War. One should note, however, that | did not recognize official languages as such; however, there were a number ... |
Japan | ... become the primary attack helicopter of multiple nations, including Greece, | , Israel, the Netherlands and Singapore; as well as being produced under l ... |
Afghanistan | ... eden and Luxembourg are the safest countries in terms of maternal death and | , Central African Republic and Malawi are the most dangerous |
Uttar Pradesh | ... st lie the Upper Gangetic plains moist deciduous forests of Uttarakhand and | and Lower Gangetic plains moist deciduous forests of Bihar and West Bengal ... |
Namibia | ... es held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, setting a record time of 9.88 s, beating | 's Frankie Fredericks (9.96 s) and Barbados' Obadele Thompson (10.00 s). T ... |
Italy | ... go. In addition, Tirana served as the venue for the signing between Fascist | and Albania of the Pact of Tirana. In 1939, Tirana was captured by Fascist ... |
Japan | is a | ese mathematician, and currently a professor emeritus of mathematics (form ... |
United Kingdom | ... female music artist in history due to her success in the United States and | for having more hits than any female artist in the charts with a career to ... |
Lithuania | ... Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia), and some, such as Estonia, Latvia and | , underwent an economic boom (see Baltic Tiger), although all have suffere ... |
Sicily | Gorgias originated from Leontini, a Greek colony in | , and what is often called the home of Spartan rhetoric. It is known that ... |
Vatican | ... British and American servicemen and Jews, during World War II while in the | in Rome. His story is told in two books and a film |
Philippines | ... zon City features a tropical monsoon climate. Together with the rest of the | , Metro Manila lies entirely within the tropics. Its proximity to the equa ... |
Portugal | In a legend of | , a cairn is called a moledro, the stones of which are enchanted soldiers, ... |
Afghanistan | ... the aid of the Kushan Empire, occupying the area of modern India, Pakistan, | , and Tajikistan, to subdue Kashgar and its ally Sogdiana. When a request ... |
Canada | ... h Africa, Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago,( Zimbabwe) the Netherlands, | , the United Kingdom, and the United States. With more and more Indians no ... |
Swiss | ... rie Musy (10 April 1876, Albeuve, Canton of Fribourg - 19 April 1952) was a | politician |
Switzerland | ... tional population density (137/km 2 ) is not very high, similar to those of | and the Czech Republic. The overall population density of China conceals m ... |
Hong Kong | On 4 July, Bang sighted a small | -bound convoy consisting of one cargo ship and four destroyer escorts. She ... |
France | ... mune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern | . It is 20 km northwest of Mâcon |
India | ... ecorded incidents occurred around the 9th century in Roopkund, Uttarakhand, | . The largest hailstone in terms of diameter and weight ever recorded in t ... |
Poland | ... Europe, it is a traditional part of a Christmas Eve dinner. Many people in | and Czech Republic buy a live carp and bring it home three or two days bef ... |
Portuguese Timor | ... utch ruled the Netherlands East Indies while Portugal managed to hold on to | . In the Philippines, Filipino revolutionaries declared independence from ... |
Denmark | ... org County on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern | |
New Zealand | ... he United Kingdom for many years. Low was a self-taught cartoonist. Born in | , he worked in his native country before migrating to Sydney, Australia in ... |
Greece | ... as also become the primary attack helicopter of multiple nations, including | , Japan, Israel, the Netherlands and Singapore; as well as being produced ... |
Norway | ... in locations including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, | , Peru, Spain, Sweden, the UK, the USA, and Venezuela. TFI leadership has ... |
Saint Lucia | ... ortugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, | , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Prínci ... |
Portugal | ... nch controlled Indochina, the Dutch ruled the Netherlands East Indies while | managed to hold on to Portuguese Timor. In the Philippines, Filipino revol ... |
Sweden | The most recent data suggests that Italy, | and Luxembourg are the safest countries in terms of maternal death and Afg ... |
Norway | ... ive and rare treat, until large quantities of ice began to be imported from | and the US in the mid-Victorian era. A Swiss-Italian businessman, Carlo Ga ... |
Tajikistan | ... a (1999), there were 21,472 Germans in Kyrgyzstan. The German population in | was 38,853 in 1979 |
communist Poland | ... into a Solidarity election poster for the first partially free elections in | . The poster, which was displayed all over Poland, shows Cooper armed with ... |
Latvia | ... h Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia), and some, such as Estonia, | and Lithuania, underwent an economic boom (see Baltic Tiger), although all ... |
Denmark | Ørbæk is a town in central | , located in Nyborg municipality on the island of Funen |
Macau | ... mostly self-governing special administrative regions (SARs), Hong Kong and | . Its capital city is Beijing. The PRC also claims Taiwan, which is contro ... |
Suriname | ... ogo, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, | , Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela among othe ... |
Luxembourg | The most recent data suggests that Italy, Sweden and | are the safest countries in terms of maternal death and Afghanistan, Centr ... |
Sudan | ... erments and new spending initiatives. Among the new commitments was aid for | , which Sudan's officials turned down as Martin did not consult them about ... |
Soviet Union | Competitive rhythmic gymnastics began in the 1940s in the | . The FIG formally recognized this discipline in 1961, first as modern gym ... |
Denmark | Ærøskøbing is a town in central | , located in Ærø Municipality on the island of Ærø. The suffix -købing mea ... |
India | This National Emblem was adopted on 26 January 1950, the day that | became a republic |
Indonesia | Father Belo was the choice of the Vatican's Pro Nuncio in Jakarta and the | n leaders because of his supposed submissiveness, but he was not the choic ... |
India | File:nanda devi.jpg|Nanda Devi, the highest peak within | |
Estonia | ... e.g. Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia), and some, such as | , Latvia and Lithuania, underwent an economic boom (see Baltic Tiger), alt ... |
Netherlands | ... anzania, South Africa, Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago,( Zimbabwe) the | , Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. With more and more In ... |
Liang Dynasty | ... Southern dynasties (南朝 pinyin: náncháo) comprise the Liu Song, Southern Qi, | and Chen Dynasty, whose capital were at Jiankang (although the Southern Qi ... |
Pakistan | ... enlisted the aid of the Kushan Empire, occupying the area of modern India, | , Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, to subdue Kashgar and its ally Sogdiana. Wh ... |
Maldives | ... gives Tuvalu the second-lowest maximum elevation of any country (after the | ). However, the highest elevations are typically in narrow storm dunes on ... |
Italy | The most recent data suggests that | , Sweden and Luxembourg are the safest countries in terms of maternal deat ... |
Soviet | ... tation of the Skull was still formidable enough to prove useful. In 1953, a | Russian KGB agent named Albert Malik set up his spy/criminal organization ... |
dominion | From 1947 to 1956, Pakistan was a | in the Commonwealth of Nations, under two monarchs. In 1947, King George V ... |
Hong Kong | ... qing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (SARs), | and Macau. Its capital city is Beijing. The PRC also claims Taiwan, which ... |
Bangladesh | ... he deadliest tornado in world history was the Daultipur-Salturia Tornado in | on April 26, 1989, which killed approximately 1300 people. Bangladesh has ... |
Kashgar | ... the area of modern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, to subdue | and its ally Sogdiana. When a request by Kushan ruler Vima Kadphises (r. c ... |
Kyrgyzstan | According to the 1989 census there were 100,309 Germans living in | . According to the most recent census data (1999), there were 21,472 Germa ... |
English | A giant statue of Watt's governor stands at Smethwick in the | West Midlands. It is known as the flyball governor |
United Kingdom | When the War of 1812 broke out between the | and the United States, Bainbridge was appointed to command the 44-gun frig ... |
Afghanistan | ... . as it was thought that the Russians were planning to march on to Herat in | . Until 1898 Transcaspia was part of the Governor-Generalship of the Cauca ... |
Japan | ... world, in locations including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, | , Norway, Peru, Spain, Sweden, the UK, the USA, and Venezuela. TFI leaders ... |
Iran | ... in constructed dwellings. The earliest known courtyard houses were built in | and China and date as far back as 3000 BC. Courtyards have historically be ... |
Slovenia | ... ed in fighting partisans in the Kras region of the Alps on the frontiers of | , Italy, and Austria, the mountainous terrain requiring specialized mounta ... |
Venezuela | ... Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Uruguay and | among others. As interest in African indigenous religions (spiritual syste ... |
UK | ... illage Green Preservation Society. The Open Spaces Society is a present-day | national campaigning body which continues this movement |
Denmark | ... nde (nickname: Min Amandas by, i.e. My Amanda's town), is a town in central | , located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has ... |
East Timor | ... e death of Brian Peters, one of five Australia-based TV personnel killed in | in October 1975. Whitlam indicated that he had warned Peters' colleague, G ... |
Sweden | ... e Golden Globe Award for his performance as an Italian labourer stranded in | in To Bed or Not to Bed. In 1999, the city of Rome made him honorary mayor ... |
Slovakia | ... yond that threshold however (e.g. Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, | ), and some, such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, underwent an economic ... |
Russia | ... 25 km respectively). It is located some 120 km from the Latvian border with | . Daugavpils is a major railway junction and industrial centre |
Italy | ... und the world, in locations including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, | , Japan, Norway, Peru, Spain, Sweden, the UK, the USA, and Venezuela. TFI ... |
Guam | U.S., | , Japan, Singapore, Korea (2000 |
Rwanda | ... y, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, | , Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sa ... |
Russian Empire | ... quently, comparatively few people had passports. The Ottoman Empire and the | maintained passport requirements for international travel, in addition to ... |
England | He was born in or near Market Bosworth, | , and was educated at the town grammar school under Anthony Blackwall, and ... |
India | ... mission reported that women were being forced to wear chastity belts in the | n state of Rajasthan |
Uruguay | ... ti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, | and Venezuela among others. As interest in African indigenous religions (s ... |
Nepal | File:Kangchenjunga.jpg|Kangchenjunga, on the border of | and Sikkim, Indi |
Greenland | ... em of writing developed by Moravian Church missionaries during the 1760s in | . In addition, the Alaskan Yupik and Inupiat are the only Northern indigen ... |
France | Chinon is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central | well known for the Château de Chinon, a medieval castle which at times ser ... |
Singapore | U.S., Japan, | (2000 |
Afghanistan | ... xation of the Pendjeh oasis, to the south of Merv, on a territory of modern | , which nearly led to war with Britain. as it was thought that the Russian ... |
United Kingdom | ... yana, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago,( Zimbabwe) the Netherlands, Canada, the | , and the United States. With more and more Indians now migrating to vario ... |
Croatia | In | , in areas of ancient Dalmatia, such as Herzegovina and the Krajina, they ... |
Tajikistan | ... shan Empire, occupying the area of modern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and | , to subdue Kashgar and its ally Sogdiana. When a request by Kushan ruler ... |
Netherlands | ... bitration (PCA), is an international organization based in The Hague in the | |
Pakistan | File:K2 8611.jpg|K2, on the border of | and Chin |
Denmark | Langå, is a railway town in central | with a population of 2,871 (1 January 2011), located in Randers municipali ... |
Paraguay | | has a meager telecommunications sector. It has the lowest fixed-line telep ... |
Jordan | ... ergency messages to British subjects abroad, such as the advice to evacuate | during the Black September incidents of September 1970. These facilities w ... |
Brazil | ... Empire on the verge of disintegration, Pedro II turned Portuguese-speaking | into an emerging power in the international arena. The nation grew to be d ... |
Guam | ... s, as well as in the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, | and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Louisiana has enacted most provisions of the ... |
Germany | ... own discretion for two years. From 1773 to 1775 he travelled in Poland and | , and on his return to Paris he devoted himself mainly to poetry. About th ... |
Poland | ... d "the bloody assassin of the workers". On 1 September, the Germans invaded | from the west and, on 17 September, the Soviets invaded from the east |
Balhae | ... Mongolian. The eastern portion of Heilongjiang was ruled by the kingdom of | between the 7th century and 10th century. The Jurchen that subsequently ru ... |
Romania | ... erably beyond that threshold however (e.g. Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, | , Slovakia), and some, such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, underwent an ... |
Lithuania | ... Daugavpils has a favorable geographical position as it borders Belarus and | (distances of 33 and 25 km respectively). It is located some 120 km from t ... |
the Congo | ... n to the above, the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, | , Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Malawi, Angola, Namibia and South Af ... |
France | ... t TF around the world, in locations including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, | , Italy, Japan, Norway, Peru, Spain, Sweden, the UK, the USA, and Venezuel ... |
Burma | By 1913, the British occupied | , Malaya and the Borneo territories, the French controlled Indochina, the ... |
Roman Empire | ... ly demonstrated by documenting the rise of Christianity from the hellenized | , the rise of the Islamic caliphates from the Christianized Roman Empire a ... |
Ethiopia | ... dishu is located at . The Shebelle River (Webiga Shabelle) rises in central | and comes within of the Indian Ocean near Mogadishu before turning southwe ... |
Armenia | ... ic debut (after competing at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer) were: | , Belarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Slova ... |
Poland | ... dies at his own discretion for two years. From 1773 to 1775 he travelled in | and Germany, and on his return to Paris he devoted himself mainly to poetr ... |
Luxembourg | ... , William proclaimed himself King William I. He was also made grand duke of | , and the title 'Prince of Orange' was changed to 'Prince of Oranje'. The ... |
Estonia | ... a Ukrainian declaration of independence from Russia on 25 January 1918. In | , two rival governments emerged: the Estonian Provincial Assembly proclaim ... |
Sierra Leone | ... or safety standards. The measure also affects Swaziland, Equatorial Guinea, | , Sao Tome, and Principe |
Austria | ... ans in the Kras region of the Alps on the frontiers of Slovenia, Italy, and | , the mountainous terrain requiring specialized mountain troops and equipm ... |
Mexico | ... rica from southeastern Canada through the Eastern United States to southern | . Other species are found in eastern and southeastern Asia from China sout ... |
Malaysia | Penang is a state in | and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of ... |
Puerto Rico | María de Lourdes Santiago Negrón is a lawyer and journalist from Adjuntas, | . She is the current vice-president of the Puerto Rican Independence Party ... |
Thailand | ... delayed the release of Ceremony in many countries including South Korea and | , which did not see the record's release until late 1992, and it was unrel ... |
Italy | ... rt of Asunción between 1882 and 1907, of that total, almost 9,000 came from | , Germany, France, and Spain. Migrants also arrived from neighboring Spani ... |
Philippines | ... rule, it is now believed to be small and scattered. All the islands of the | are believed to have once provided habitat for dugongs, which were common ... |
Soviet Union | ... ic support for the opening of a second European front in 1942 to assist the | in World War II were controversial |
United Kingdom | ... e Netherlands and Singapore; as well as being produced under license in the | as the AgustaWestland Apache. U.S. AH-64s have served in conflicts in Pana ... |
Soviet Union | ... the dark side of capitalism in his books. He sold millions of copies in the | alone. When Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was expelled from the Soviet Union, he ... |
Russia | ... piaq and Yupik of Greenland and North America and the Chukchi and Koryak of | . The Chukchi and Bering Sea Yupik in particular continue to produce ivory ... |
Scotland | ... ect of a variety of legends and folklore throughout Britain and Ireland. In | , it is traditional to carry a stone up from the bottom of a hill to place ... |
Netherlands | ... tes , but they were mostly popular in Japan, the Middle East, the USSR, the | , Spain, Brazil and to a lesser extent, several other European countries. ... |
Brazil | ... he 1970's), China (Huang, Johnson, Leo Shi, Suzuki, Hohner, Swan, AXL), and | (Hering, Bends). The United States had two significant harmonica manufactu ... |
Norwegian | ... hindered by storms and high seas. The ship at one point took refuge in the | fjords at Tvedestrand, and a trip that was expected to take 8 days finally ... |
Canada | ... . Five of the species are native to eastern North America from southeastern | through the Eastern United States to southern Mexico. Other species are fo ... |
Swaziland | ... ed from UAE airspace due to poor safety standards. The measure also affects | , Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome, and Principe |
Japan | ... ble to force all remaining Filipino and American troops to surrender. After | was defeated in World War II, the Philippines gained its independence (its ... |
Pakistan | The first fossils of this species were found in Balochistan Province, | in 2001 by Philip Gingerich. Dating from about 47 million years ago, they ... |
Vanuatu | # Sowa (a language of | ): last fluent speaker died in 200 |
Carolingian Empire | ... oscillated between two powerful states, Moors of al Andalus and Franks, of | , looking to expand the Marca Hispanica |
Suriname | ... nada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, | , and Trinidad and Tobago |
Japan | ... nes were seldom seen in the United States , but they were mostly popular in | , the Middle East, the USSR, the Netherlands, Spain, Brazil and to a lesse ... |
Seychelles | ... nd, and the smaller Lesotho Relay Station and Indian Ocean Relay Station on | . A large part of the English schedule is taken up by specialist programmi ... |
Samoa | ... anda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, | , San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seyche ... |
Colombia | ... prison, George violates his parole conditions and heads down to Cartagena, | to meet up with Diego. They meet with cartel officer Cesar Rosa to negotia ... |
Spanish | The earliest documentation of pawpaws is in the 1541 report of the | de Soto expedition, who found Native Americans cultivating it east of the ... |
Ukrainian People's Republic | ... he Ukrainian Rada, which had declared autonomy on 23 June 1917, created the | on 20 November, which was supported by the Ukrainian Congress of Soviets |
the Roman Empire | ... a flourishing city of Gallia Narbonensis, the first Transalpine province of | , but very little from this period remains (a few fragments of the forum n ... |
Singapore | ... r of multiple nations, including Greece, Japan, Israel, the Netherlands and | ; as well as being produced under license in the United Kingdom as the Agu ... |
Soviet | ... which lay at the heart of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, depicting Hitler and | dictator Joseph Stalin bowing politely before each other after their joint ... |
Singapore | ... in. These include countries such as Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, | , Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mauritius, Kenya, Tanzania, Sou ... |
Equatorial Guinea | ... airspace due to poor safety standards. The measure also affects Swaziland, | , Sierra Leone, Sao Tome, and Principe |
Spain | ... or Manicheans in Rome and Dalmatia in the 4th century, and also in Gaul and | . The influence of Manicheanism was attacked by imperial elects and polemi ... |
United Kingdom | The Tuvalu Trust Fund was established in 1987 by the | , Australia and New Zealand. The value of the Tuvalu Trust Fund is approxi ... |
Russia | The Amur River marks the border between the People's Republic of China and | to the north. Heilongjiang contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe Co ... |
Norway | ... s of Scrooge McDuck. The family tree accompanying it was first published in | on July 3, 1993 |
Thailand | ... e Imperial Army and included in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. | was the only country to maintain a nominal independence by making a politi ... |
Finnish | The history of Silja Line can be traced back to 1904 when two | shipping companies, Finland Steamship Company (Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebola ... |
Belgium | ... d a replay on a neutral ground took place. The match was played in Antwerp, | and 30,000 Feijenoord fans travelled by bus to see their team play. For th ... |
Brazil | ... Okinawans, Koreans, ethnic Chinese, Arabs, Ukrainians, Southern Europeans, | ians, and Argentines are among those who have settled in Paraguay. There a ... |
Reichsland Elsass-Lothringen | ... of the Empire or organised into a separate state, but were governed as the | under a governor directly appointed by the German Emperor, without any par ... |
Saint Lucia | ... re Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, | , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago |
Russia | The folk art of walrus ivory carving has been popular in European | since the Middle Ages, with notable schools of walrus ivory carving in Kho ... |
Colombia | ... s, amassing a $1.35 million profit. George is then whisked off to Medellín, | , where he finally meets the group's leader, Pablo Escobar (Cliff Curtis), ... |
Britain | The Stinger's combat debut occurred during the Falklands War fought between | and Argentina. At the onset of the conflict soldiers of the British Specia ... |
Italy | ... d frontier mountain areas. Later, they were much employed as mercenaries in | , Latin Greece and the Levant |
Kazakhstan | ... r Olympics in Lillehammer) were: Armenia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, | , Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Slovakia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The Czech Republi ... |
Lesotho | ... , the large BBC Atlantic Relay Station on Ascension Island, and the smaller | Relay Station and Indian Ocean Relay Station on Seychelles. A large part o ... |
British | ... a Minister Joseph Goebbels told British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax that | political cartoons, particularly those of Low's, were damaging Anglo-Germa ... |
Japan | ... hich expires June 14, 2013. Financial support to Tuvalu is also provided by | , South Korea and the European Union |
Syria | ... Chinese, Lebanese, Palestinians, South Asians (from India and Pakistan) and | ns |
Soviet | The first two Red Skulls are Nazi agents and the third is a | agent. The Red Skull was first introduced in Captain America Comics #1 in ... |
Austria | ... in 1952–1953 by Austrian VOEST and ÖAMG. The LD converter, named after the | n towns Linz and Donawitz (a district of Leoben) is a refined version of t ... |
Assyria | ... ael and Kingdom of Judah (c. 930 BCE–586 BCE), had been occupied in turn by | , Babylonia, the Achaemenid Empire, and Alexander the Great's Hellenic Mac ... |
Central African Republic | ... d in 1976, Elisabeth Domitien becomes the first woman Prime Minister of the | , Indira Gandhi continuing as Prime Minister of India until 1977 (and taki ... |
Italy | ... d, even today; variations of the lyra are still played in Bulgaria, Greece, | and Turkey; a notable example is Crete, where the Cretan lyra is central t ... |
People's Republic of China | The Amur River marks the border between the | and Russia to the north. Heilongjiang contains China's northernmost point ... |
Netherlands | ... attack helicopter of multiple nations, including Greece, Japan, Israel, the | and Singapore; as well as being produced under license in the United Kingd ... |
Kyrgyzstan | ... n Lillehammer) were: Armenia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kazakhstan, | , Moldova, Slovakia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The Czech Republic and Slovak ... |
United Kingdom | ... fter losing the Punjab Assmebly elections in 1969. In 1971, he moved to the | , and also went to Nankana Sahib in Pakistan to attempt to set up a Sikh g ... |
Macau | ... land and a large expatriate population comprising about 4%. Like Hong Kong, | also has a low birth rate relying on immigration to maintain its populatio ... |
Puerto Rico | ... gend, the Spanish heard of Bimini from the Arawaks in Hispaniola, Cuba, and | . The Caribbean islanders described a mythical land of Beimeni or Beniny ( ... |
Spain | ... y were mostly popular in Japan, the Middle East, the USSR, the Netherlands, | , Brazil and to a lesser extent, several other European countries. It is d ... |
New Zealand | ... alu Trust Fund was established in 1987 by the United Kingdom, Australia and | . The value of the Tuvalu Trust Fund is approximately $100 million |
Russian Empire | Bolshevik-led attempts to seize power in other parts of the | were largely successful in Russia proper — although the fighting in Moscow ... |
Belarus | ... (after competing at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer) were: Armenia, | , Czech Republic, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Slovakia, Ukra ... |
Indonesia | ... nclude countries such as Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, | , Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mauritius, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, ... |
North Korea | ... on 15 May 1972. At his initiative, Switzerland recognized North Vietnam and | . Graber presided over the diplomatic conference that led to the adoption ... |
Germany | Rosenheim is a Kreis (district) in the south of Bavaria, | |
Soviet | ... ion launched in the direction of Mars on November 1, 1962, the first of the | Mars probe program, with the intent of flying by the planet at a distance ... |
Russia | ... he only country that produces promethium-147 on a relatively large scale is | . However, as of 2010 the U.S. is planning to build a reactor to resume pr ... |
Israel | ... the primary attack helicopter of multiple nations, including Greece, Japan, | , the Netherlands and Singapore; as well as being produced under license i ... |
Russia | ... borders Jilin in the south and Inner Mongolia to the west; it also borders | to the north and east |
United Kingdom of the Netherlands | As king of the | , William tried to establish one common culture. This provoked resistance ... |
Sweden | ... onomiska observatoriet i Uppsala) is the oldest astronomical observatory in | . It was founded in 1741, though there was a professorial chair of astrono ... |
India | ... jans (singing songs in praise of God and his divine love and simplicity) in | , particularly in South India. Dakshina" means "south" in Sanskrit and "Bh ... |
Cuba | ... ding to legend, the Spanish heard of Bimini from the Arawaks in Hispaniola, | , and Puerto Rico. The Caribbean islanders described a mythical land of Be ... |
Sicily | ... hist, pre-socratic philosopher and rhetorician, was a native of Leontini in | . Along with Protagoras, he forms the first generation of Sophists. Severa ... |
Greece | ... rely dead, even today; variations of the lyra are still played in Bulgaria, | , Italy and Turkey; a notable example is Crete, where the Cretan lyra is c ... |
Austria | ... m the west, Miesbach, Munich, Ebersberg, Mühldorf, and Traunstein, with the | n province Tirol across the southern border |
Czech Republic | ... mpeting at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer) were: Armenia, Belarus, | , Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Slovakia, Ukraine and Uzbekist ... |
Greenland | ... rom the Laurasian supercontinent, which comprised Europe, North America and | . The only exception is a single Gondwanan genus, Metaxygnathus, which has ... |
Brazil | ... mostly popular in Japan, the Middle East, the USSR, the Netherlands, Spain, | and to a lesser extent, several other European countries. It is difficult ... |
Pakistan | ... in particular Chinese, Lebanese, Palestinians, South Asians (from India and | ) and Syrians |
Ascension Island | ... e from the UK, Cyprus (see Europe), the large BBC Atlantic Relay Station on | , and the smaller Lesotho Relay Station and Indian Ocean Relay Station on ... |
Hong Kong | In | , the birth rate of 0.9% is lower than its death rate. Hong Kong's populat ... |
Philippines | ... le to defeat the Battle of the Philippines 1941–42 Japanese invasion of the | |
Italy | ... ting partisans in the Kras region of the Alps on the frontiers of Slovenia, | , and Austria, the mountainous terrain requiring specialized mountain troo ... |
Germany | Aichach-Friedberg is a district in Bavaria, | . It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the districts of Aug ... |
Scotland | ... Flintheart offered to be the guide of the recently arrived gold miner from | , since he knew the territory. Scrooge accepted him as a needed companion ... |
UK | ... redited to Lonnie Donegan.) It was the first debut record to go gold in the | , and reached the Top Ten in the United States. His next single for Decca, ... |
Afghans | ... Stimme der Freiheit (Sada-e Azadi, Voice of Freedom), heard by thousands of | . Another is the publication of various newspapers and magazines in Kosovo ... |
Uruguay | Transport in nation of | consists of 2,835 km of rail network, 8,983 km of roads, 1,600 km of navig ... |
Soviet | ... hukchi and Bering Sea Yupik in particular continue to produce ivory. During | times, several walrus carving collectives were established in villages in ... |
Luxembourg | ... tinually tried to form his own royal governments. In 1868, he tried to sell | to France, which was the source of a quarrel between Prussia and France |
Nepal | ... of foothills extending across the Himalayan region through Pakistan, India, | and Bhutan. This region consists of many sub-ranges. Summits are generally ... |
New Zealand | ... as Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, | , Fiji, Mauritius, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Guyana, Surinam, Trinida ... |
Scotland | In | , the peck was used as a dry measure until the introduction of imperial un ... |
Egypt | ... r the Great stretched from Greece in the west and Pakistan in the east, and | in the south. Before his sudden death in 323 BC, Alexander was also planni ... |
Pakistan | ... stly Muslim population for his support of the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan. | also had a seat on the UN Security Council during the pre-war period, thou ... |
Prussia | ... the "Bancroft treaties" in his honor, which he negotiated successively with | and the other north German states were the first international recognition ... |
Slovakia | ... Armenia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, | , Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The Czech Republic and Slovakia attended the gam ... |
France | The following is the list of the 334 communes of the Loiret département, in | |
France | ... to form his own royal governments. In 1868, he tried to sell Luxembourg to | , which was the source of a quarrel between Prussia and France |
India | ... d Asians: in particular Chinese, Lebanese, Palestinians, South Asians (from | and Pakistan) and Syrians |
Malaya | Penang was among the first states in | to be electrified in 1905 upon the completion of the first hydroelectric s ... |
Spanish | ... transfer. On 1 October 1972, Bang was decommissioned and transferred to the | government. She was recommissioned as SPS Cosme Garcia (S34). On 1 Novembe ... |
Bahrain | ... ily name of the Al Khalifa dynasty, rulers of the peninsular Arab nation of | , who are descended from the Bani Utub tribe |
France | ... nguage was first conceived by a group around Alain Colmerauer in Marseille, | , in the early 1970s and the first Prolog system was developed in 1972 by ... |
Estonia | Silja Line is a Finnish cruiseferry brand operated by the | n ferry company AS Tallink Grupp, for car and passenger traffic between Fi ... |
Dominica | ... ember states which use the common design are Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, | , Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grena ... |
Former Soviet Union | There were a total of 19,269 immigrants in 2006: 7,472 from the | , 3,595 from Ethiopia, 2,411 from France, 2,159 from the United States, 59 ... |
Ukraine | ... elarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Slovakia, | and Uzbekistan. The Czech Republic and Slovakia attended the games as inde ... |
UK | ... HMV is used by a chain of music shops owned by HMV Group plc, mainly in the | , Ireland, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan |
Japan | ... nd in Germany (, Bushman, Hohner - the dominant manufacturer in the world), | (Suzuki, Tombo - the manufacturer of the popular Lee Oskar harmonica, and ... |
overlord | ... crats in Ireland and some Gaelic Irish chieftains to recognise him as their | |
Cuba | ... loped world. It finds some inspiration in the urban agriculture response of | to the United States embargo against Cuba in 1962. Some of these themes we ... |
Moldova | ... r) were: Armenia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, | , Slovakia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The Czech Republic and Slovakia attend ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, | , Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia ... |
Mongolia | ... he information above is accurate as of January 2012, when the Parliament of | signed the Second Additional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civ ... |
Kingdom of the West Franks | ... ench writers asserted that the monarchy of France, which developed from the | , could trace its heritage back to the divine gift of royal arms received ... |
Brazil | In 1970s, due to clear felling of forests in | and Central America, there was a shortage of logwood and therefore of haem ... |
Hong Kong | ... claimed to be the world's highest hotel. It is located in the top floors of | 's tallest building, the 488 meter tall International Commerce Centre |
United Kingdom | ... It also appeared on the album Too-Rye-Ay. It was their first #1 hit in the | since 1980's "Geno" |
Puerto Rico | ... ury, Osceola County has experienced a significant influx of immigrants from | , and in the 2000 U.S. Census Puerto Rican was the largest self-reported a ... |
Austria | ... sh family, the daughter of Emanuel and Diana (née Rosen) Streisand, both of | n descent. She is the second of two children fathered by Emanuel (the elde ... |
Panama | ... are Los Angeles in the U.S., Manzanillo in Mexico and Vancouver in Canada. | also has the Canal that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, and is a ... |
Finnish | Stratovarius is a | power metal band that formed in 1982 (previously known as Black Water from ... |
North Korea | ... gul alphabet is generally used, but Hanja is used as a sort of boldface. In | , Hanja has been discontinued. Since the modernization of Japan in the lat ... |
India | ... range of foothills extending across the Himalayan region through Pakistan, | , Nepal and Bhutan. This region consists of many sub-ranges. Summits are g ... |
Japan | His childhood name was . He was the last head of the Minamoto clan of | |
Malaysia | ... ound in eastern and southeastern Asia from China south through Indochina to | and southwest to the Himalayas. A related genus, Davidia, including the do ... |
Morocco | In | , the Sherifian Monarch awarded the title Khalifa or Chaliphe, here meanin ... |
Scotland | ... ted in Dismal Downs, somewhere in Rannoch Moor (a non-fictional location in | ). The nearest village is the fictional MacDuich. The McDuck family (excep ... |
Lebanon | ... Iraq. Israel has made active use of the Apache in its military conflicts in | and the Gaza Strip, while two coalition allies have deployed their AH-64s ... |
New Zealand | ... mmercial elements, has extended to places such as South America, Australia, | , (most) continental Europe, Japan, and other parts of East Asia |
El Salvador | ... s Semester, the Jesuit Beijing Center, as well as Casa de la Solidaridad in | |
Normandy | ... this, and the embassy returned to England not long before Philip conquered | |
France | ... Luxembourg to France, which was the source of a quarrel between Prussia and | |
Moldavia | ... uteshk, the leader of a Pecheneg tribe settled in the later principality of | . Between 1084-1085 he married his daughter, committing bigamy with this a ... |
Socialist Republic of Slovenia | ... venia before the breakup of Yugoslavia. Therefore, it was the anthem of the | , the Republic of Slovenia as a constituent republic of the Socialist Fede ... |
Mauritius | ... ar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, | , Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago,( Zi ... |
Ethiopia | ... was the scene of bitter warfare and devastation caused by fighting between | n and Somali government troops, and Islamist guerrillas. Fighting escalate ... |
Belgian | He was born in Paris to a house painter father and a mother of | descent. He made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public ... |
German | In the | Bundeswehr, the Zentrum Operative Information and its subordinate Bataillo ... |
Cuba | ... fountain of youth, rather than Bimini itself. Sequene, an Arawak chief from | , purportedly was unable to resist the lure of Bimini and its restorative ... |
Pakistan | ... outermost range of foothills extending across the Himalayan region through | , India, Nepal and Bhutan. This region consists of many sub-ranges. Summit ... |
Kaliningrad Oblast | ... ermans returned to one of their ancestral provinces: about 6,000 settled in | (former ) |
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | ... blic of Slovenia, the Republic of Slovenia as a constituent republic of the | from 8 March 1990 to 25 June 1991, and of the Republic of Slovenia as a so ... |
Northern Ireland | ... It is named after the city of Londonderry, Ireland which is in present-day | . The first settlers were immigrants |
Greek | Gorgias (, ; "the Nihilist"; c. 485 – c. 380 BC), | sophist, pre-socratic philosopher and rhetorician, was a native of Leontin ... |
Sri Lanka | ... pulation exists in the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait between India and | , but it is seriously depleted. A small population exists around the Nanse ... |
Egypt | ... iritualities. European colonialism put Westerners in contact with India and | and re-introduced exotic beliefs. Hindu and Egyptian mythology frequently ... |
Libya | ... ace Prize with Al Gore. Abdurrahim El-Keib is the interim prime minister of | |
Czechoslovakia | ... ed the games as independent nations for the first time since the breakup of | , while the rest of the nations that made their Summer Olympic debut were ... |
Israel | ... until 1977 (and taking office again in 1980), Prime Minister Golda Meir of | and acting Chairman Soong Ching-ling of the People's Republic of China con ... |
People's Republic of China | (; Postal map spelling: Heilungkiang) is a province of the | located in the northeastern part of the country. "Heilongjiang" literally ... |
Uzbekistan | ... h Republic, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Slovakia, Ukraine and | . The Czech Republic and Slovakia attended the games as independent nation ... |
Italy | # Antíphatês, son of Sarpedon. Who accompanied Aeneas to | where he was killed by Turnus |
Prussia | ... ied to sell Luxembourg to France, which was the source of a quarrel between | and France |
Germany | ... Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), | and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of ... |
Belgium | ... d by Jacques Wirtz and Peter Wirtz of Wirtz International based in Schoten, | . The first phase of development, opened in October 2001, involved the cre ... |
Indonesia | ... e Europeans returned to a very different Southeast Asia after World War II. | declared independence in 17 August 1945 and subsequently fought a bitter w ... |
Armenia | ... 82); from Syria it progressed still farther, into Palestine, Asia Minor and | . There is evidence for Manicheans in Rome and Dalmatia in the 4th century ... |
Fiji | ... Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, | , Mauritius, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad and ... |
French | Pierre Jean George Cabanis (5 June 1757 – 5 May 1808) was a | physiologist and materialist philosopher |
Egypt | ... the island of Samos, and might have travelled widely in his youth, visiting | and other places seeking knowledge. Around 530 BC, he moved to Croton, a G ... |
Soviet | ... he KMT leftists and Communists from the Central Government and expelled his | advisers. Following this, Chiang Ching-kuo wrote an editorial that harshly ... |
Japan | ... of snow. In some areas with abundant snowfall, such as Yamagata Prefecture, | , people harvest snow and store it surrounded by insulation in ice houses. ... |
Italy | Hephaestus was identified by Greek colonists in southern | with the volcano gods Adranus (of Mount Etna) and Vulcanus of the Lipari i ... |
Spain | ... ción") in Argentina in 1992, and the title track "Ceremony" was released in | |
Nicaragua | ... rica, the members of the CA-4 Treaty (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and | ) adopted a common-design passport, called the Central American passport. ... |
Socialist Republic of Slovenia | ... omposition of Premrl, was adopted as the anthem on 27 September 1989 by the | before the breakup of Yugoslavia. Therefore, it was the anthem of the Soci ... |
Israel | The demography of | is monitored by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. The State of Isra ... |
Kazakhstan | ... tates. The German population of Kyrgyzstan has practically disappeared, and | has lost well over half of its roughly one million Germans. The drop in th ... |
Uganda | ... eight championship. In his first title defense, he lost it by a decision to | 's Cornelius Boza Edwards, who, in turn, defended his title against Chacon ... |
Sweden | ... derhamn Municipality is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central | . The seat is located in Söderhamn |
San Marino | ... aint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, | , São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra ... |
Egypt | ... In the west, the teachings of the school moved into Syria, Northern Arabia, | and North Africa (where Augustine was a member of the school from 373-382) ... |
Tunisia | ... e Israelis also attacked Port Said, facing Egyptian troops and a 900-strong | n unit, who fought a defensive battle |
Spain | ... mpt to resolve a long-standing series of disputes between Great Britain and | which had spilled over into the Anglo-Spanish War of 1727. The Congress wa ... |
Japan | ... s manuscripts. Amherst maintains a relationship with Doshisha University in | , which was founded by Amherst alumnus Joseph Hardy Neesima. In accordance ... |
Italy | ... -Flemish composers from their home areas in the modern day Low Countries to | , Germany, Spain, Poland and elsewhere; the polyphonic style of the Franco ... |
Carthage | ... ion against the Vandal kingdom in North Africa, took part in the capture of | , and remained in Africa with Belisarius' successor Solomon the Eunuch whe ... |
Sweden | ... ty (Mörbylånga kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern | , located on the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. The seat is located in ... |
Pakistan | ... rn portion of Haryana and Punjab states and into southern Gujarat state. In | , the desert covers eastern Sindh province and the southeastern portion of ... |
Finnish | ... ischarges into the Gulf of Bothnia. On the other side of the river lies the | town Tornio (Swedish: Torneå). Haparanda and Tornio jointly call themselve ... |
Netherlands | ... hich inherited parts of the Nassau county, properties in France, and in the | |
Germany | It is manufactured by Raytheon Missile Systems and under license by EADS in | , with 70,000 missiles produced. It is classified as a Man-Portable Air-De ... |
Belarus | ... ourth one, Daugavpils HES, has been planned but has faced strong criticism. | currently plans to build several hydroelectric dams on the Belarusian part ... |
Japan | ... ften supply moisture to the Southwestern United States and parts of Mexico. | receives over half of its rainfall from typhoons. Hurricane Camille averte ... |
Senegal | ... and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, | , Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon ... |
United Kingdom | In the England and the | , the development of police forces was much slower than in the rest of Eur ... |
Russia | ... land of Spitzbergen, which lay on the northern flank of the convoy route to | , in an operation that took the ship across the Arctic Circle. Soon after ... |
Germany | ... University, all in Japan as well as the Dortmund University of Technology, | and University of Hull, England |
Bolivia | ... ip from the sixties, Lidia Gueiler Tejada becoming the interim President of | beginning from 1979 to 1980, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo becoming the firs ... |
Spain | Segovia is a province of central/northern | , in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It ... |
Bhutan | ... ls extending across the Himalayan region through Pakistan, India, Nepal and | . This region consists of many sub-ranges. Summits are generally . Steeper ... |
Singapore | ... rgency from 1948 to 1960, Britain granted independence to Malaya and later, | , Sabah and Sarawak in 1957 and 1963 respectively within the framework of ... |
England | ... War toured extensively across Europe and the United States. A reviewer from | 's New Musical Express called War "the best live band I ever saw" after th ... |
Germany | ... ation" for negroes, to be located in the American Southeast. In 1941, after | invaded the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin ordered the CPUSA to abandon civil ... |
Thailand | ... th conference between Catholic and non-Christian monks in suburban Bangkok, | . While stepping out of his bath, he reached out to adjust an electric fan ... |
Russia | ... by Labour MP Robin Cook. The collective took its name from a 1919 poster by | n constructivist artist El Lissitzky, Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge. ... |
Singapore | ... de a separate presidency (ranking with Bombay and Madras); and when in 1826 | and Malacca were incorporated with it, Penang continued to be the seat of ... |
Romania | ... ental Europe during summer. The tour also includes the first performance in | and Croatia |
Armenia | ... time. Also for the first time, Olympic medals were won by the athletes from | , Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burundi, Ecuador, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, M ... |
Switzerland | Currently, SWIFT has opened a third data center in | , which started operating in 2009 |
Jordan | ... reservoirs that catch the Yarmouk's waters. Environmentalists blame Israel, | and Syria for extensive damage to the Jordan River ecosystem |
Malaysia | ... 10 different countries—two from Guyana and one each from Honduras, Ireland, | , Maldives, Mauritius, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand |
Sweden | Piteå Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern | . Its seat is located in Piteå |
Netherlands | ... un from two redundant data centers, one in the United States and one in the | . These centers share information in near real-time. In case of a failure ... |
Israel | ... o built reservoirs that catch the Yarmouk's waters. Environmentalists blame | , Jordan and Syria for extensive damage to the Jordan River ecosystem |
Scotland | West Lothian (, ) is one of the 32 unitary council areas in | , and a Lieutenancy area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, North ... |
Pakistan | ... Empire created by Alexander the Great stretched from Greece in the west and | in the east, and Egypt in the south. Before his sudden death in 323 BC, Al ... |
Canada | ... ties were unprepared for how quickly extremism spread and gained support in | , with extremists "...threatening to kill thousand of Hindus by a number o ... |
People's Republic of China | ... e in 1938, he joined the Communist Party of China. With the creation of the | , he became a prominent journalist in Shanghai in charge of the Liberation ... |
Germany | ... h composers from their home areas in the modern day Low Countries to Italy, | , Spain, Poland and elsewhere; the polyphonic style of the Franco-Flemish ... |
Prussia | ... n his autobiographical song "Es fügt sich...", mentioning travels to Crete, | , Lithuania, Crimea, Turkey, the Holy Land, France, Lombardy and Spain, as ... |
Wiman Joseon | ... Gojoseon and belonged to another Korean kingdom by the time of the fall of | , the longest-lasting part of Gojoseon, after the Gojoseon-Han war in 108 ... |
England | ... l as the Dortmund University of Technology, Germany and University of Hull, | |
Sweden | ... ipality (Jönköpings kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern | . The city Jönköping is the municipal seat. The municipality is situated b ... |
Malaysia | ... , Guinness World Records listed the First World Hotel in Genting Highlands, | as the world's largest hotel with a total of 6,118 rooms. The Izmailovo Ho ... |
Honduras | ... were admitted from 10 different countries—two from Guyana and one each from | , Ireland, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiw ... |
Soviet Union | ... to be located in the American Southeast. In 1941, after Germany invaded the | , Joseph Stalin ordered the CPUSA to abandon civil rights work and focus s ... |
Soviet | ... olicies of German dictator Adolf Hitler, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, | dictator Joseph Stalin, and other leaders of his times |
Portugal | In 1820 he visited | , and there collected materials for his Essai statistique sur le royaume d ... |
Algeria | ... giers became the center of Ottoman authority in the Maghrib. For 300 years, | was a province of the Ottoman Empire under a regency that had Algiers as i ... |
United Kingdom | In a week of farewell flights around the | , Concorde visited Birmingham on 20 October, Belfast on 21 October, Manche ... |
Straits Settlements | ... incorporated with it, Penang continued to be the seat of government of the | , an extension of the British Raj. In 1829 Penang was reduced from the ran ... |
Republic of China | ... United Kingdom and the European Union. It has diplomatic relations with the | (Taiwan); the ROC maintains the only resident embassy in Tuvalu and has a ... |
Serbia | ... renadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, | , Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... wake of the civil war. Financed by the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah, | , as well as other donor institutions, the university counts hundreds of y ... |
Italy | ... He rejoined Belisarius for his campaign against the Ostrogothic kingdom in | and experienced the Gothic siege of Rome that lasted a year and nine days, ... |
Mauritius | ... es—two from Guyana and one each from Honduras, Ireland, Malaysia, Maldives, | , the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand |
Nepal | ... oba ranges both reach well over north of the Dhaulagiri Himalaya in central | |
Sweden | ... icipality (Laholms kommun) is a municipality in Halland County in southwest | . The seat is located in Laholm |
Serbia | ... and eastern Europe and played their first concerts in Bulgaria, Poland and | . An eleven-date UK tour followed as well as several more dates in the Uni ... |
Qin Dynasty | ... the Chinese language, measurements, length of cart axles, and currency. The | lasted only fifteen years, falling soon after Qin Shi Huang's death, as it ... |
India | More recent immigrant populations include those from | , Philippines, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, Guatema ... |
Denmark | ... several other academic institutions, including the University of Aalborg in | , three universities in Egypt, seven universities in Sudan, the University ... |
Sweden | ... f Genoa and the proclamation of Napoleon as King of Italy on 17 March 1805. | , which had already agreed to lease Swedish Pomerania as a military base f ... |
Vatican City | ... mation, the Boler School of Business Semester in London, Italian Studies at | , the London Liberal Arts Semester, the Jesuit Beijing Center, as well as ... |
France | ... s the Otton Line, which inherited parts of the Nassau county, properties in | , and in the Netherlands |
Vietnam | ... ict commonly referred to in the United States as the Vietnam War meant that | , Laos and Cambodia had to go through a prolonged and protracted war in th ... |
New Zealand | ... nued as part of a large post-war wave of European immigration to Australia. | has received modest, but steady, ethnic German immigration from the mid-19 ... |
Israel | ... c: Bohayrat Tabaraya, meaning Lake of Tiberias) is within the boundaries of | , and forms the western boundary of the Golan Heights. South of the lake, ... |
Germany | ... the back in the first weeks of combat and was taken as a prisoner of war in | for two years. In 1916, he was released through the secret intervention of ... |
Indonesia | ... enced by Anton Webern, Gregorian chant, Indian classical music, Gagaku, and | n gamelan music |
Canada | ... ultimately culminated in the only peacetime use of the War Measures Act in | 's history, done by Governor General of Canada Roland Michener at the dire ... |
Thailand | ... and, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and | |
Syria | ... the east and the west. In the west, the teachings of the school moved into | , Northern Arabia, Egypt and North Africa (where Augustine was a member of ... |
Bangladesh | ... ovement in the past, to seek revenge against India for its help in creating | as well as to destabilize the nation. India has also accused the Pakistan' ... |
British | Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was a | writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as ... |
Han Dynasty | The subsequent | ruled China between 206 BC and 220 AD, and created a lasting Han cultural ... |
Sweden | Krokom Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern | . Its seat is located in Krokom |
Belgium | When | faced a food crisis after being invaded by Germany, Hoover undertook an un ... |
Egypt | ... tracting followers: Basilides' own school was popular also, and survived in | until the 4th century |
Denmark | Aarhus County or Århus County is a former county (Danish: amt) in central | on the Jutland peninsula. The county was abolished effective January 1, 20 ... |
Mongolia | ... e's territory considerably with military campaigns reaching Korea, Vietnam, | and Central Asia, and also helped establish the Silk Road in Central Asia. ... |
Kingdom of Naples | ... f Genoa), was pressured into merging with France. In 1806, he conquered the | and granted it to his brother and then (from 1808) to Joachim Murat, along ... |
Philippines | More recent immigrant populations include those from India, | , Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Panama, J ... |
Vatican City | ... y Trenitalia and SBB), Rhätische Bahn and SNCF operate international links. | is also linked with a railroad, occasionally used. San Marino used to have ... |
Austria-Hungary | ... ent for electric lighting and, by 1883, had installed over fifty systems in | . Their systems used alternating current exclusively and included those co ... |
Sweden | ... pality (Arvika kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central | . Its seat is located in the city of Arvika |
Sweden | ... Municipality (Örebro kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central | . Its seat is located in the city of Örebro |
Cambodia | ... red to in the United States as the Vietnam War meant that Vietnam, Laos and | had to go through a prolonged and protracted war in their route to indepen ... |
Latvia | ... share a border over 1000 kilometers in length with the accession of Poland, | and Lithuania |
Egypt | ... nd had been developing alternative sources of cotton most notably India and | . They were not about to go to war with the U.S. to acquire more cotton at ... |
Swedish | ... Hansson (28 October 1885 in Kulladal – 6 October 1946 in Stockholm), was a | politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime ... |
Burundi | ... Olympic medals were won by the athletes from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, | , Ecuador, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mozambique, Slovakia, ... |
Laos | ... nly referred to in the United States as the Vietnam War meant that Vietnam, | and Cambodia had to go through a prolonged and protracted war in their rou ... |
Srivijaya | ... itions, the Visayas were populated by Malays from the collapsing empires of | and Majapahit migrating from Borneo to Mindanao and to the Visayas, while ... |
Hungary | In 1878, the Ganz Company in | began manufacturing equipment for electric lighting and, by 1883, had inst ... |
Egypt | ... that Pythagoras had undertaken extensive travels, and had visited not only | , but Arabia, Phoenicia, Judaea, Babylon, and even India, for the purpose ... |
Sweden | ... ög Municipality (Ödeshögs kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County, | . The seat is situated in the small town of Ödeshög |
Denmark | ... eir main distribution is within Sweden, but a small export goes to Finland, | , the United Kingdom, Germany and France, where it is popular to use for h ... |
Gojoseon | ... or Wanggomsŏng (왕검성; 王儉城), the first capital (second millennium BC) of the | kingdom according to Korean history books, notably Samguk Yusa. Many South ... |
Vietnam | ... e recent immigrant populations include those from India, Philippines, Laos, | , Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Panama, Jamaica, Haiti, ... |
Lithuania | ... der over 1000 kilometers in length with the accession of Poland, Latvia and | |
Japan | During the Meiji era (1868–1912), many Germans came to work in | as advisors to the new government. Despite Japan's isolationism and geogra ... |
Etruria | ... right bank of the lower Tiber river and the coast; that is, all of southern | . Where the northwest border is to be drawn is uncertain; probably as far ... |
Finland | ... bread. Their main distribution is within Sweden, but a small export goes to | , Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, where it is popular to ... |
Tunisia | Arafat and Fatah's center for operations was based in Tunis, the capital of | , until 1993. In 1985 he narrowly survived an Israeli assassination attemp ... |
Germany | Though Mickey Mouse was a famous movie character in | since his first appearance in 1929, no regular comic books were produced u ... |
Hong Kong | ... the athletes from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burundi, Ecuador, Georgia, | , Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mozambique, Slovakia, Tonga, Ukraine, and Uzbekista ... |
French | ... of the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service or the | prefects. For some public groups, such as police, it is illegal for non me ... |
France | Somme is a department of | , located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It ... |
Soviet | After the Japanese defeat in 1945, | forces entered Manchuria and gave the Chinese communists control over most ... |
Bulgaria | ... , they toured central and eastern Europe and played their first concerts in | , Poland and Serbia. An eleven-date UK tour followed as well as several mo ... |
Sweden | Sunne Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central | . Its seat is located in the town of Sunne |
Ecuador | ... medals were won by the athletes from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burundi, | , Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mozambique, Slovakia, Tonga, Uk ... |
Pakistan | The current Chairman of SWIFT is Yawar Shah, who was born and raised in | , and the CEO is Lázaro Campos, who is from Spain |
Majapahit | ... sayas were populated by Malays from the collapsing empires of Srivijaya and | migrating from Borneo to Mindanao and to the Visayas, while other Malays c ... |
San Marino | Vatican City is also linked with a railroad, occasionally used. | used to have a narrow gauge rail connection with Italy, dismantled in 1944 |
Seychelles | ... s, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, | , Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, S ... |
Philippines | ... isits to California with the Manila Galleons on their return trips from the | beginning in 1565. Humboldt County was formed in 1853 from parts of Trinit ... |
United Kingdom | ... own free reed instruments appeared in the United States, South America, the | and in Europe at roughly the same time |
Israel | In | 's first years, Israeli passports bore the stamp "not valid for Germany" ( ... |
Transylvania | ... Istria and all the way up to the city of Trieste about 1,000 years ago from | . The first possible historical record of Romanians in the Istria region, ... |
Falkland Islands | ... ntee reception in this area. It has ended its specialist programming to the | but continues to provide a stream of World Service programming to the Falk ... |
Spain | ... was born and raised in Pakistan, and the CEO is Lázaro Campos, who is from | |
Austria | ... carrier, Trenitalia, operates trains linking Italy to France, Switzerland, | and Slovenia. Other companies, like Cisalpino (owned by Trenitalia and SBB ... |
Soviet Union | ... nancing for presidential elections. In April 1974, Kennedy travelled to the | , where he met with leader Leonid Brezhnev and advocated a full nuclear te ... |
Noricum | ... lic army, probably reinforced with a Gothic force. He probably travelled to | to restore the imperial authority in that province, and then passed throug ... |
Dukes of Parma | ... eurs-de-lis have been used for some papal crowns and coats of arms, Farnese | , and by some doges of Venice |
Serbia | ... ginally named, was born in the city of Naissus, Moesia, in present-day Niš, | , on 27 February of an uncertain year, probably near 272. His father was F ... |
Italian | Italo Calvino (15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an | journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works in ... |
Ethiopia | ... fountain containing a very special kind of water located in the land of the | ns, which gives the Ethiopians their exceptional longevity. A story of the ... |
Spain | ... andfather, Francisco Saralegui Arrizubieta emigrated to Cuba from Lizartza, | , a small village in the Basque Country. Her paternal grandmother, Amalia ... |
Japan | ... t Kansai Gaidai University, Nanzan University and Sophia University, all in | as well as the Dortmund University of Technology, Germany and University o ... |
Japan | ... t Chinese states of this period such as Wu opened diplomatic relations with | , introducing the Chinese writing system there. In 580 AD, China was reuni ... |
Norway | ... ama participated in "Operation Governor", a diversion aimed toward southern | , which was an attempt to draw the German military's attention away from t ... |
North Korea | ... Leopoldo Serantes in the Olympics, and to discuss Unification talks to end | 's hostilities after the Korean War |
Slovenia | ... enitalia, operates trains linking Italy to France, Switzerland, Austria and | . Other companies, like Cisalpino (owned by Trenitalia and SBB), Rhätische ... |
Azerbaijan | ... o for the first time, Olympic medals were won by the athletes from Armenia, | , Belarus, Burundi, Ecuador, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Moza ... |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... c of Congo is the state military organisation responsible for defending the | . The FARDC is being rebuilt as part of the peace process which followed t ... |
Vietnam | ... 1 has long been a symbol of US involvement in Southeast Asia in general and | in particular, and as a result of that conflict, has become one of the wor ... |
United Kingdom | The | used the 6x6 wheeled Alvis Stalwart as their amphibious cargo carrier. Thi ... |
Sweden | Haparanda Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern | . Its seat is located in Haparanda |
Sweden | ... Municipality (Habo kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern | , where the town of Habo is seat |
Germany | In Israel's first years, Israeli passports bore the stamp "not valid for | " (Hebrew: לא תקף בגרמניה), as in the aftermath of the Holocaust it was co ... |
Indonesia | ... populations include those from India, Philippines, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, | , Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Panama, Jamaica, Haiti, Cape Verde and former ... |
Brazil | ... ton, in Houston, TX. His aluminum bandshell, inspired by a folding hat from | , was built in downtown Miami in 2001; a monumental Stella sculpture was i ... |
Lithuania | ... obiographical song "Es fügt sich...", mentioning travels to Crete, Prussia, | , Crimea, Turkey, the Holy Land, France, Lombardy and Spain, as well as be ... |
Sicily | ... y Theodoric's own hand. Ostrogothic power was fully established over Italy, | , Dalmatia and the lands to the north of Italy. In this war the Ostrogoths ... |
Spain | ... rs from their home areas in the modern day Low Countries to Italy, Germany, | , Poland and elsewhere; the polyphonic style of the Franco-Flemish became ... |
Confederate | ... on County — and perhaps the first in the state — to experience an attack by | forces |
Syria | ... members who receive military style training, including training in Iran and | . Additionally, the brigades have an estimated 10,000 operatives "of varyi ... |
India | ... ad visited not only Egypt, but Arabia, Phoenicia, Judaea, Babylon, and even | , for the purpose of collecting all available knowledge, and especially to ... |
Netherlands | ... tective tariffs applied to agriculture by the United States and Europe. The | and the United Kingdom were both strong advocates of free trade when they ... |
New Zealand | ... and southwest regions of Australia. The species was hunted to extinction in | , but later reintroduced. Within Australia they are nomadic, with erratic ... |
Norwegian | ... vleborg, Västernorrland, and Västerbotten. It also shares a border with the | counties of Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag |
Principality of Achaea | ... 63, the emperor sent men (which included Seljuk mercenaries) to conquer the | , but this expedition failed in the battles of Prinitza and Makryplagi, an ... |
Sweden | Älvsbyn Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern | . Its seat is located in Älvsbyn |
Italy | Paltrow died on October 3, 2002, while vacationing in Rome, | , to celebrate his daughter's 30th birthday. He was 58 years old. Paltrow ... |
Japan | was a | ese politician and the 70th Prime Minister of Japan from July 17, 1980 to ... |
North Korea | ... s not consider travel within the Korean peninsula (between South Korean and | n administrations) as international travel, as South Korea's constitution ... |
Panama | ... Philippines, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, | , Jamaica, Haiti, Cape Verde and former Soviet countries |
Japan | ... ically dominant, today the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and | are its greatest proponents. However, many other countries (such as India, ... |
Indonesia | ... by high economic growth by most countries and closer regional integration. | , Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand have traditionally exp ... |
Sierra Leone | ... n Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, | , Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, S ... |
Sicily | ... the inclusion of the Alans of northern Africa into his alliance. Conquering | , Sardinia, Corsica and the Balearic Islands, he built his kingdom into a ... |
Poland | ... their home areas in the modern day Low Countries to Italy, Germany, Spain, | and elsewhere; the polyphonic style of the Franco-Flemish became an intern ... |
Danish | On February 26th 2012 the | newspaper Berlingske reported that USA authorities evidently have sufficie ... |
Sweden | ... Valdemarsviks kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast | . Its seat is located in the town of Valdemarsvik |
Brazil | ... those from India, Philippines, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, | , Guatemala, Panama, Jamaica, Haiti, Cape Verde and former Soviet countrie ... |
Poland | ... Belarus share a border over 1000 kilometers in length with the accession of | , Latvia and Lithuania |
Belarus | ... rst time, Olympic medals were won by the athletes from Armenia, Azerbaijan, | , Burundi, Ecuador, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mozambique, S ... |
Brunei | ... ory soon after. Finally, Britain ended its protectorate of the Sultanate of | in 1984, marking the end of European rule in Southeast Asia |
France | ... n March 12, 1829, a government decree created the first uniformed police in | , known as sergents de ville ("city sergeants"), which the Paris Prefectur ... |
Sicily | ... ilitary's attention away from the real Allied target, the Italian island of | . This operation had also been carried out in an attempt to lure the out o ... |
Oman | ... nd Cyprus have been supplemented by the former BBC Eastern Relay Station in | and the Far Eastern Relay Station in Singapore. The East Asian Relay Stati ... |
Germany | ... l and Ilmen mountains of Russia, in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, | , Norway, Pakistan, Italy, Sweden, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Flinders Island, ... |
France | By 1798, post-revolutionary | was no longer allied with the United States but was preying upon U.S. merc ... |
Portuguese Timor | ... ion, Portugal began a process of decolonisation and began a withdrawal from | (later East Timor). Australians had long taken an interest in the colony; ... |
Monaco | On 1 July 2011, Jarre performed a large scale concert in | to celebrate the marriage of Prince Albert and his bride Charlene. During ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... a that he should make an official visit to discuss Germany's intentions for | . Neville Chamberlain was in favour of a meeting, and there was talk of a ... |
Austria | DeLorean's mother, Kathryn, was an immigrant from | , and was employed at the Carboloy Products Division of General Electric t ... |
Norway | #(1946) Drammen, | #(1947) Lappeenranta (Villmanstrand), Finlan |
UK | ... s (US, Canada, Denmark, Mexico) use sow stalls, but some nations (e.g., the | ) and some US states (e.g., Florida, Arizona, and California) have banned ... |
Syria | ... ce to the dry lands in the area and are a source of conflict among Lebanon, | , Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians which began with 1951 Syrian border ... |
Pakistan | ... er 1971, Kennedy strongly criticized the Nixon administration's support for | and its ignoring of "the brutal and systematic repression of East Bengal b ... |
Vietnam | ... 1972 the term trolling for MiGs was documented in use by US Navy pilots in | |
Vietnam | ... d Korea, respectively. Now retired from service, it saw extensive combat in | , and limited service in Operation Just Cause (Panama), and the Gulf War ( ... |
Russia | Vladislav (Vlad) Nikolayevich Listyev (May 10, 1956 – March 1, 1995) was a | n journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel (now government-owned Channel ... |
Croatia | ... 1 census of Yugoslavia, only 811 Romanians were registered, and in the 2001 | n census only 137 inhabitants of the region declared Romanian as their mot ... |
Norway | ... en mountains of Russia, in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Germany, | , Pakistan, Italy, Sweden, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Flinders Island, Austral ... |
Canada | ... ack of short selling during this month to pump and dump thinly traded IPOs. | and other countries do allow selling IPOs (including U.S. IPOs) short |
Italy | ... 1964 excavation of a sanctuary of ancient Pyrgi on the Tyrrhenian coast of | (today the town of Santa Severa), are three golden leaves that record a de ... |
Republic of China | ... President Chiang Kai-shek and held numerous posts in the government of the | (ROC). He succeeded his father to serve as Premier of the Republic of Chin ... |
Costa Rica | ... ent, who took to heart his novel, and permanently abolished the military of | in 1948, and banned the military in the Constitution. Despite opposing the ... |
English | Ingham is a small village and civil parish in the | county of Norfolk. It lies close to the village of Stalham, and is about 2 ... |
Tunisia | ... d into North Africa and settled mainly in the lands corresponding to modern | and northeastern Algeria |
British Mandate | ... held in place with an exterior scaffolding of iron girders installed by the | . No plans have been agreed upon for its renovation |
Malaysia | ... onomic growth by most countries and closer regional integration. Indonesia, | , the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand have traditionally experienced h ... |
Confederate States of America | ... and Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers. On April 24, Virginia joined the | , which chose Richmond as its capital. After the 1863 Wheeling Convention, ... |
Sweden | ... he three languages, some as major as nearly awarding points to "Schweden" ( | ) that were meant for "Schweiz" |
German | Jakob Balde (January 4, 1604 – August 9, 1668), a | Latinist, was born at Ensisheim in Alsace |
Latvia | ... andard compliant National Identity Cards, notably Denmark, Norway, Iceland, | , Ireland and the United Kingdom. Sweden issues National Identity Cards, b ... |
United Arab Emirates | ... ade their live debut headlining the Dubai Desert Rock festival, held in the | , alongside Testament and 3 Doors Down |
Panama | ... extensive combat in Vietnam, and limited service in Operation Just Cause ( | ), and the Gulf War (Kuwait) |
Finland | #(1947) Lappeenranta (Villmanstrand), | #(1979) Stykkishólmur, Icelan |
Singapore | ... rmer BBC Eastern Relay Station in Oman and the Far Eastern Relay Station in | . The East Asian Relay Station moved from Hong Kong to Thailand when the f ... |
France | ... in railroad passenger carrier, Trenitalia, operates trains linking Italy to | , Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. Other companies, like Cisalpino (owne ... |
Brazil | ... s amateur footage depicting an alien walking by a child's birthday party in | . Ray tells Graham that he is heading for the lake, as he rationalizes tha ... |
East Timor | ... ocess of decolonisation and began a withdrawal from Portuguese Timor (later | ). Australians had long taken an interest in the colony; the nation had se ... |
Bangladesh | ... light of the 10 million Bengali refugees. In February 1972, Kennedy flew to | and delivered a speech at Dhaka University, where a killing rampage had be ... |
Philippines | ... by most countries and closer regional integration. Indonesia, Malaysia, the | , Singapore and Thailand have traditionally experienced high growth and ar ... |
People's Republic of China | ... se is Hanyu Pinyin, often known simply as pinyin, introduced in 1956 by the | , and later adopted by Singapore and Taiwan. Pinyin is almost universally ... |
Russia | ... to be confused with Northern Dvina, is a river rising in the Valdai Hills, | , flowing through Russia, Belarus, and Latvia, draining into the Gulf of R ... |
Soviet Union | ... ing for the First Channel of Central Television, the main TV channel in the | (later called Ostankino and ORT). In VID, Listyev started a number of new ... |
Italian | Filippo Baldinucci (1624 – January 1, 1697) was an | art historian and biographer |
Switzerland | ... oad passenger carrier, Trenitalia, operates trains linking Italy to France, | , Austria and Slovenia. Other companies, like Cisalpino (owned by Trenital ... |
India | ... rgest metropolis by area and the second-largest metropolis by population in | . It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16.7 ... |
Singapore | ... Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, | , Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri L ... |
Scotland | Politics in Glasgow, | , is evident in the deliberations and decisions of the city council of Gla ... |
Iceland | #(1979) Stykkishólmur, | #(2001) Łódź, Polan |
Union of South Africa | ... Boer War of 1899–1902, which Britain won. In 1910, Britain established the | , which unified the Cape Colony with the two defeated Boer Republics and t ... |
Algeria | ... ettled mainly in the lands corresponding to modern Tunisia and northeastern | |
Soviet Union | ... act and the subsequent Nazi-Soviet population transfers which had given the | a green light to invade and annex Latvia and Estonia in 1940 |
England | ... d the introduction of primary education in the province. He died in London, | on May 20, 1873 |
Nordic Passport Union | The | meant that Nordic citizens (Denmark, including the Faroe Islands, Finland, ... |
Swiss | ... f Bobbio in northern Italy and one of his monks was Saint Gall for whom the | town of St Gallen and canton of St Gallen |
Britain | ... century was the introduction of soft ice cream. A chemical research team in | (of which a young Margaret Thatcher was a member) discovered a method of d ... |
Singapore | ... ries and closer regional integration. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, | and Thailand have traditionally experienced high growth and are commonly r ... |
France | He spent most of his childhood in | and, while there, had an experience he claimed affected his perception of ... |
Iran | ... hundred members who receive military style training, including training in | and Syria. Additionally, the brigades have an estimated 10,000 operatives ... |
Pakistan | ... ains of Russia, in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, | , Italy, Sweden, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Flinders Island, Australia, Nigeri ... |
Thailand | ... Station in Singapore. The East Asian Relay Station moved from Hong Kong to | when the former British colony reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. To ... |
Parthian Empire | ... 's grip on Israel, allowing a very brief Hasmonean resurgence backed by the | . This short independence was rapidly crushed by the Romans under Mark Ant ... |
Portugal | Having secured | , Wellington set about re-taking the fortified frontier cities of Almeida, ... |
Jordan | ... he dry lands in the area and are a source of conflict among Lebanon, Syria, | , Israel and the Palestinians which began with 1951 Syrian border clashes. ... |
United Kingdom | ... restrictions on international trade. In the 19th century, especially in the | , a belief in free trade became paramount. This belief became the dominant ... |
Russian | ... d his perceived necessity of remaining in subordinate relationship with his | sponsors. The Bar Confederation of 1768 was a szlachta rebellion directed ... |
Canada | ... numbers in the diaspora in countries such as the United States of America, | , Australia, France, Germany, and Sudan. The number of Coptic Orthodox Chr ... |
Sweden | ... ilhelmina Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern | . Its seat is located in Vilhelmina |
Kuwait | ... m, and limited service in Operation Just Cause (Panama), and the Gulf War ( | ) |
Singapore | ... introduced in 1956 by the People's Republic of China, and later adopted by | and Taiwan. Pinyin is almost universally employed now for teaching standar ... |
Thailand | ... r regional integration. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and | have traditionally experienced high growth and are commonly recognized as ... |
Russia | ... and cassiterite in various areas including the Ural and Ilmen mountains of | , in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Pakistan, It ... |
Iceland | ... s exist there, including Panvera (now part of Invitrogen), Promega, and the | -based Nimblegen. The contract research organisation Covance is a big empl ... |
Sweden | Storuman Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern | . Its seat is located in Storuman |
Neustria | Part of the Frankish territory of | , the Soissons region, and the Abbey of Saint-Médard, built in the 8th cen ... |
Belarus | ... ina, is a river rising in the Valdai Hills, Russia, flowing through Russia, | , and Latvia, draining into the Gulf of Riga in Latvia, an arm of the Balt ... |
Sicilian | ... daughters to Elliot Imbruglia, her father of Italian descent (originally a | from Lipari) and Maxene Anderson, her Anglo-Australian mother. Imbruglia g ... |
Netherlands | ... of Nassau, has played a central role in the politics and government of the | — and at times in Europe — especially since William I of Orange (also know ... |
United Kingdom | ... ribution is within Sweden, but a small export goes to Finland, Denmark, the | , Germany and France, where it is popular to use for homemade pizza |
Germany | ... short selling was further extended for another 28 days on 21 October 2008. | , Ireland, Switzerland and Canada banned short selling leading financial s ... |
Tonga | ... cluding traditional Fijian, Māori, Samoan, Rapanui, Tahitian, Hawaiian, and | n cultures – in most cases using a recognisably similar word—but in Rotuma ... |
Mexico | ... ompañía Mexicana de Aviación, S.A. de C.V. (commonly known as Mexicana) was | 's oldest airline, before ceasing operations on August 28, 2010. The group ... |
Vietnam | ... monly recognized as the more developed countries of the region. As of late, | too had been experiencing an economic boom. However, Myanmar, Cambodia, La ... |
Lebanon | ... nt resource to the dry lands in the area and are a source of conflict among | , Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians which began with 1951 Syrian ... |
Morocco | ... aging in military conquest after 1054. By 1106 the Almoravids had conquered | , the Maghreb as far east as Algiers, and Spain up to the Ebro River |
Britain | ... ognised as a separate musical genre popular at raves and on pirate radio in | . It is important to note when discussing the history of Drum n Bass that ... |
Yugoslavia | ... uşcariu estimated their number to be closer to 3,000. In the 1991 census of | , only 811 Romanians were registered, and in the 2001 Croatian census only ... |
Afghanistan | ... erite in various areas including the Ural and Ilmen mountains of Russia, in | , Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Pakistan, Italy, Sweden, Jap ... |
Egypt | In June 2008, as part of an | ian-brokered ceasefire, Hamas ceased rocket attacks on Israel and made som ... |
Italy | ... s successors, Magica lives on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, next to Naples, | . Her primary motivation is to steal Uncle Scrooge's Number One Dime and m ... |
Zhou Dynasty | ... is derived from "Qin" , the westernmost of the Chinese kingdoms during the | , or from the succeeding Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC). The word Cīna is used i ... |
French | ... were evacuated in the course of the Battle of France, on 23 November 1944. | forces occupied the town in March 1945 and prevented the inhabitants from ... |
Denmark | #(1946) Kolding Municipality, | #(1946) Drammen, Norwa |
Papua New Guinea | Residents of nine coastal villages in | are permitted to enter the 'Protected Zone' of the Torres Strait (part of ... |
UK | ... (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002) was a skiffle musician, with more than 20 | Top 30 hits to his name. He is known as the "King of Skiffle" and is often ... |
Sweden | ... cipality (Ånge kommun) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern | . Its seat is located in Ånge |
Latvia | ... er rising in the Valdai Hills, Russia, flowing through Russia, Belarus, and | , draining into the Gulf of Riga in Latvia, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The ... |
Portugal | ... ese Army under Viscount Wellington checked an attempt by the French Army of | under Marshal André Masséna to relieve the besieged city of Almeida |
Philippines | ... He also met with President Corazon Aquino for a series of talks between the | and South Korea for economic, social and cultural ties, supporting Filipin ... |
Germany | The Jesuits who founded St. Ignatius College were exiles from | , forced out by Bismarck's Kulturkampf. They brought with them the traditi ... |
Sweden | Umeå Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern | . Its seat is Umeå, which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County |
Cambodia | ... late, Vietnam too had been experiencing an economic boom. However, Myanmar, | , Laos and the newly independent East Timor are still lagging economically |
Bermuda | Making their debuts were Algeria, | , Brazil, Honduras, Ireland and Swaziland (as well as the previously menti ... |
Germany | ... in Sweden, but a small export goes to Finland, Denmark, the United Kingdom, | and France, where it is popular to use for homemade pizza |
Sri Lanka | ... ous areas including the Ural and Ilmen mountains of Russia, in Afghanistan, | , Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Pakistan, Italy, Sweden, Japan, Brazil, ... |
Falkland Islands | ... rs to passengers for the Royal Air Force's scheduled TriStar flights to the | . Some airbases are co-located with civilian airports, sharing the same AT ... |
Romania | ... gène Ionesco (born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a | n and French playwright and dramatist, and one of the foremost playwrights ... |
Portugal | McCartney said the breakthrough with the lyrics came during a trip to | in May 1965 |
France | ... ut a small export goes to Finland, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany and | , where it is popular to use for homemade pizza |
Czechoslovakia | In | Heyrovský was awarded the State Prize, First Grade, in 1951, and in 1955 t ... |
Syria | ... al with the conflict between the Romans and Sassanid Persia in Mesopotamia, | , Armenia, Lazica and Caucasian Iberia (roughly modern-day Georgia). It de ... |
Greenland | ... ea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark, but excludes the Faroe Islands and | . Its position gives Denmark complete control of the Danish Straits (Skage ... |
Thailand | Countries with mandatory school uniforms include Japan, South Korea, | , India, Australia, U.A.E, Singapore,some schools in China, and the United ... |
Italian states | The Reformation spread to the | in the 1520s, and quickly collapsed at the beginning of the 17th century. ... |
Czech Republic | ... ncluding the Ural and Ilmen mountains of Russia, in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, | , Germany, Norway, Pakistan, Italy, Sweden, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Flinder ... |
Laos | ... nam too had been experiencing an economic boom. However, Myanmar, Cambodia, | and the newly independent East Timor are still lagging economically |
German | Johann Friedrich Herbart (May 4, 1776August 14, 1841) was a | philosopher, psychologist, and founder of pedagogy as an academic discipli ... |
Sicily | ... sh strength toward the Mediterranean theater to prepare for the invasion of | , the Royal Navy lacked the heavy ships necessary to cover the northern co ... |
Spain | #(2003) Terrassa, | |
Ireland | ... of Charles I was "Charles, by the Grace of God, King of England, France and | , King of Scots, Defender of the Faith, etc." (The claim to France was onl ... |
Brazil | ... Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Pakistan, Italy, Sweden, Japan, | , Mexico, Flinders Island, Australia, Nigeria and the United States |
Afghanistan | ... ehold names. The Persian service is essentially the national broadcaster of | , along with its Iranian audience. The World Service is available up to ei ... |
Soviet | Dziga Vertov was central to the | Kino-Pravda (literally, "cinematic truth") newsreel series of the 1920s. V ... |
England | The church is one of the largest parish churches in | , and it has the fourteenth highest church tower in England. The tower is ... |
England | ... ký lectured on polarography in the United States in 1933, the USSR in 1934, | in 1946, Sweden in 1947, the People's Republic of China in 1958, and in U. ... |
East Timor | ... n economic boom. However, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and the newly independent | are still lagging economically |
New Zealand | Today | 's only glockenspiel clock tower plays the balcony scene from Romeo and Ju ... |
Egypt | ... g to it, the clan was founded during the 1st century BC by Pah-Peh-Rheo, an | ian, who had become a Roman citizen as Petronius Paperonius. Originally fo ... |
Namibia | ... to isolate themselves and be more self-sufficient than other Europeans. In | there are 30,000 ethnic Germans, though it is estimated that only a third ... |
Slovakia | ... íncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, | , Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suda ... |
Iraq | ... an Gulf War, speculation on the survival of the regime of Saddam Hussein in | . Similar political stability concerns have from time to time driven the p ... |
Israel | ... while its officials were ousted from government positions in the West Bank. | and Egypt then imposed an economic blockade on Gaza, on the grounds that F ... |
Sweden | Jämtland County (Jämtlands län) is a county or län in the middle of | consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor p ... |
Italian | Paolo Uccello (1397 – 10 December 1475), born Paolo di Dono, was an | painter and a mathematician who was notable for his pioneering work on vis ... |
Latvia | ... wing through Russia, Belarus, and Latvia, draining into the Gulf of Riga in | , an arm of the Baltic Sea. The total length of the river is : 325 km in R ... |
Palau | ... lation in Vanuatu. A highly isolated population lives around the islands of | |
England | ... udes all the essential elements as they were recognized in this country and | when the Constitution was adopted.” Therefore, it was held that juries had ... |
Yugoslavia | ... ly (which had previously gained Istria after World War I) and awarded it to | , the parent country of present-day Croatia and Slovenia, who split Istria ... |
New Zealand | Stratford District Council is one of 74 territorial local authorities in | . It is one of three territorial authorities in the Taranaki region, along ... |
Khwarezm | Under their commander, Genghis Khan, the Mongols conquered | and burned the city of Merv to the ground. The Mongol leader ordered the m ... |
German | Otto Ludwig Hölder (December 22, 1859 – August 29, 1937) was a | mathematician born in Stuttgart |
Qin Dynasty | ... ost of the Chinese kingdoms during the Zhou Dynasty, or from the succeeding | (221–206 BC). The word Cīna is used in two Hindu scriptures – the Mahābhār ... |
Mexico | ... a, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Pakistan, Italy, Sweden, Japan, Brazil, | , Flinders Island, Australia, Nigeria and the United States |
Republic of China | The Dominican Republic maintains official relations with the | (commonly known as "Taiwan") instead of the People's Republic of China |
Scotland | Wagner's original draft had the action set in | , and many of the characters had Scottish names. He changed the location a ... |
Mexico | Under the later Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, | formally ceded Alta California and other territories to the United States, ... |
Romania | DeLorean's father Zaharie was a | n immigrant who worked in a mill factory; Zaharie emigrated to the United ... |
Iran | ... vice is essentially the national broadcaster of Afghanistan, along with its | ian audience. The World Service is available up to eighteen hours a day in ... |
France | ... various official capacities, including (in 1985) as Canadian ambassador to | . In 1988, Bouchard returned to Canada to serve as Mulroney's Quebec lieut ... |
France | ... spora in countries such as the United States of America, Canada, Australia, | , Germany, and Sudan. The number of Coptic Orthodox Christians in the dias ... |
Brazil | For countries that do not maintain diplomatic relations with | , such as Kosovo and Taiwan, diplomatic, official and work passports are n ... |
India | ... ntries with mandatory school uniforms include Japan, South Korea, Thailand, | , Australia, U.A.E, Singapore,some schools in China, and the United Kingdo ... |
Romania | "Traian" is used as a male first name in present-day | – among others, that of the country's president, Traian Băsescu |
Buyeo | ... d other sources state that Heilongjiang was inhabited by people such as the | , the Mohe, and the Khitan. Some names are Manchu or Mongolian. The easter ... |
British | ... ng of Skiffle" and is often cited as a large influence on the generation of | musicians who became famous in the 1960s. The Guinness Book of British Hit ... |
Norway | ... , parking areas and hangars. Bardufoss Airport and Bardufoss Air Station in | are an example of this |
Italy | ... alian: Veio) was, in ancient times, an important Etrurian city NNW of Rome, | ; its site lies in Isola Farnese, a village of Municipio XX, an administra ... |
Iraq | ... he re-opened Aden Adde International Airport. With concurrent activities in | and Afghanistan, among other complex areas, the company is expected to run ... |
Sweden | ... larography in the United States in 1933, the USSR in 1934, England in 1946, | in 1947, the People's Republic of China in 1958, and in U.A.R. (Egypt) in ... |
Egypt | ... fficials were ousted from government positions in the West Bank. Israel and | then imposed an economic blockade on Gaza, on the grounds that Fatah force ... |
Brazil | ... 4, the film was listed as #77 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments for the | ian birthday party scene |
Sweden | The Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, | , and the Hotel de Glace in Duschenay, Canada, melt every spring and are r ... |
Britain | ... 60s. The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums states Donegan was " | 's most successful and influential recording artist before The Beatles. He ... |
People's Republic of China | ... ions with the Republic of China (commonly known as "Taiwan") instead of the | |
Romania | ... nia/hydrogen exchange based plant supplied by Switzerland's Sulzer company. | produces heavy water at the Drobeta Girdler Sulfide plant and exports it o ... |
Romania | ... here were 1,644 declared Istro-Romanian speakers in the area, while in 1926 | n scholar Sextil Puşcariu estimated their number to be closer to 3,000. In ... |
Hong Kong | ... accessible in most of the Middle and Near East, at least in the evening. In | and Singapore, the BBC World Service in English is essentially treated as ... |
Russian Empire | ... e German community and its institutions were intact and protected under the | . The Baltic German nobility were very influential in the Russian Tsar's a ... |
Afghanistan | ... d nearly 500 Stingers (some sources claim 1,500–2,000) to the Mujahideen in | as part of Operation Cyclone. with the supply of 250 launchers |
Provisional People's Committee for North Korea | ... f the Soviet Army entered Pyongyang, and it became the temporary capital of | . Pyongyang Commercial School was on Mansudae Hill, with the provincial go ... |
Cuba | The Dominican Republic and | recently established consular relations, and there is contact in fields su ... |
German | She was sunk along with HMS Monmouth by the | armoured cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau under Admiral Graf Maximilian ... |
People's Republic of China | ... ited States in 1933, the USSR in 1934, England in 1946, Sweden in 1947, the | in 1958, and in U.A.R. (Egypt) in 1960 and 1961 |
Germany | ... countries such as the United States of America, Canada, Australia, France, | , and Sudan. The number of Coptic Orthodox Christians in the diaspora is r ... |
Croatia | ... during summer. The tour also includes the first performance in Romania and | |
India | ... C – to refer to a country located in the Tibetan-Burman borderlands east of | |
Israel | ... attacks and, from 1993 to 2008, suicide bombings. Military targets included | i and ian outposts and border crossings and rival Palestinian militias in ... |
Albania | ... Hotel in Teufen, Appenzellerland, Switzerland and the Concrete Mushrooms in | are former nuclear transformed into hotels |
Afghanistan | ... ned Aden Adde International Airport. With concurrent activities in Iraq and | , among other complex areas, the company is expected to run security scree ... |
Greenland | Winds blowing off the elevated glaciated plateaus of | and Antarctica experience the most extreme form of katabatic wind, of whic ... |
English | ... ularly in regions where trade by water has been important. For example, the | crown gave the Hudson's Bay Company a monopoly on the fur trade in the ent ... |
India | ... osophy, childrearing, education, government and the possible future of both | and the world. The resulting manuscript was published under the title Saty ... |
Haiti | Although Dominican relations with its closest neighbor, the Republic of | , have never been extensive, there are signs this would have changed with ... |
Slovenia | ... udi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, | , Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam ... |
Germany | ... established as a result of the marriage of Hendrik III of Nassau-Breda from | and Claudia of Châlon-Orange from French Burgundy in 1515 |
Sikkim | ... amunotri (Uttarakhand), Nubra, Biafo and Baltoro (Karakoram region), Zemu ( | ) and Khumbu glaciers (Mount Everest region) |
Italy | ... ssia, in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Pakistan, | , Sweden, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Flinders Island, Australia, Nigeria and t ... |
Goguryeo | ... ural outpost after Lelang was destroyed by an expanding Goguryeo in 313 AD. | moved its capital here in 427. According to Christopher Beckwith, Pyongyan ... |
Poland | #(2001) Łódź, | #(2002) Yantai, Chin |
Egypt | ... Lower Egyptian nome of Kha, until it was replaced by Thmuis in Greco-Roman | . The two cities are only several hundred meters apart. During the 29th dy ... |
The Terminal | ... architectural features of particular airports. One such example of this is | , a film about a man who becomes permanently grounded in an airport termin ... |
Egypt | ... ultinational Force and Observers peacekeeping force in the Sinai Peninsula, | |
Scotland | On June 30, 1800, the authorities of Glasgow, | successfully petitioned the government to pass the Glasgow Police Act esta ... |
Malaysia | ... al ferry services between across the Straits of Malacca between Sumatra and | , and between Singapore and nearby Indonesian islands, such as Batam |
Sweden | ... n Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Pakistan, Italy, | , Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Flinders Island, Australia, Nigeria and the Unite ... |
Denmark | ... EEA member states issue standard compliant National Identity Cards, notably | , Norway, Iceland, Latvia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Sweden issues N ... |
Singapore | ... ool uniforms include Japan, South Korea, Thailand, India, Australia, U.A.E, | ,some schools in China, and the United Kingdom, among as many other places ... |
Singapore | ... most of the Middle and Near East, at least in the evening. In Hong Kong and | , the BBC World Service in English is essentially treated as a domestic br ... |
Principality of Orange | Their son René inherited in 1530 the | from his mother's brother, Philibert of Châlon. As the first Nassau to be ... |
Syria | ... that catch the Yarmouk's waters. Environmentalists blame Israel, Jordan and | for extensive damage to the Jordan River ecosystem |
Banu Ifran | ... ficant local power in Algeria for the first time but they still in war with | (kingdom of Tlemcen) and Maghraoua (942-1068). This period was marked by c ... |
Vatican | ... Veii is famous for its statuary including a statue of Tiberius (now in the | ), and the Apollo of Veii (now in the National Etruscan Museum). The city ... |
Balhae | ... 676, Pyongyang was taken by Silla but left on the border between Silla and | until the time of the Goryeo dynasty, when the city was revived as Sŏgyŏng ... |
Japan | ... istan, Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Pakistan, Italy, Sweden, | , Brazil, Mexico, Flinders Island, Australia, Nigeria and the United State ... |
Singapore | ... een across the Straits of Malacca between Sumatra and Malaysia, and between | and nearby Indonesian islands, such as Batam |
Norway | ... r states issue standard compliant National Identity Cards, notably Denmark, | , Iceland, Latvia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Sweden issues National ... |
Puerto Rico | The Dominican Republic has very strong ties and relations with | . Although a United States Commonwealth, the island is the Dominican Repub ... |
UK | ... ore The Beatles. He chalked up 24 successive Top 30 hits, and was the first | male to score two Top 10s" |
Italy | ... elisarius seems to have cooled thereafter. When Belisarius was sent back to | in 544 to cope with a renewal of the war with the Goths, now led by the ab ... |
Canada | In | , Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa (the "Greenbelt") and Waterloo, Ontario have ... |
Sudan | ... ch as the United States of America, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, and | . The number of Coptic Orthodox Christians in the diaspora is roughly 4 mi ... |
United Kingdom | ... ion series was first broadcast on 11 September 1959 shown by the BBC in the | from 1959 to 1965. twenty-one programmes were made in black and white, and ... |
Spain | ... os and Miguel López de Legazpi in 1543 and 1565 and claimed the islands for | . The Visayas region and many tribes began converting to Christianity and ... |
Goryeo | ... Silla but left on the border between Silla and Balhae until the time of the | dynasty, when the city was revived as Sŏgyŏng (서경; 西京; "Western Capital"), ... |
Sicily | ... sy by Marcian, with the destruction of Capua. Avitus sent Ricimer to defend | , and the Romans defeated the Vandals twice, once in a land battle near Ag ... |
South Africa | In | , a number of Afrikaners and Boers are of partial German ancestry, being t ... |
Confederate | ... ncoln on his way to his inauguration. His agents often worked undercover as | soldiers and sympathizers, in an effort to gather military intelligence. P ... |
Etruria | Veii (also Veius, Italian: Veio) was, in ancient times, an important | n city NNW of Rome, Italy; its site lies in Isola Farnese, a village of Mu ... |
Iceland | ... issue standard compliant National Identity Cards, notably Denmark, Norway, | , Latvia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Sweden issues National Identity ... |
Germany | ... thnic nationalists in Nazi Germany, induced many Latvian Germans to move to | |
Pakistan | ... hic rocks such as gneiss and schists and skarns. Source localities include: | ; Italy; Russia; China; Brazil; Tujetsch, St. Gothard, Switzerland; Madaga ... |
Latvia | ... s it is worth more than $1000, but it is unlikely to be accepted outside of | . Likewise, the 10000 Singapore dollar note is the most valuable, but is r ... |
Northern Ireland | In October 1971, Kennedy made his first speech about The Troubles in | : he said that "Ulster is becoming Britain's Vietnam", demanded that Briti ... |
England | John Maynard Keynes was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, | , to an upper-middle-class family. His father John Neville Keynes was an e ... |
India | ... millions of people who rely on the glaciers to feed the rivers of northern | during the dry seasons |
Croatia | ... ost of the Stingers it had delivered, but some of them found their way into | , Iran, Qatar and North Korea. According to the CIA, already in August 198 ... |
Somalia | ... , Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, | , South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Swit ... |
Iraq | Iran, | and Myanmar/Burma have all jammed the BBC in the past. Japan and Korea hav ... |
Prussia | ... ion. In 1815, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of Russia and the King of | formed the "Holy Alliance" in Heidelberg. In 1848, the German National Ass ... |
Italian Studies | ... d Conflict Transformation, the Boler School of Business Semester in London, | at Vatican City, the London Liberal Arts Semester, the Jesuit Beijing Cent ... |
Cyprus | ... cene**†Hippopotamus creutzburgi - Crete; Pleistocene**†Hippopotamus minor - | ; Pleistocene to Holocene**†Hippopotamus melitensis - Malta; Pleistocene** ... |
United Kingdom | ... e colors, often in different variations for "home" and "away" games. In the | , especially in football the terms "kit" or "strip" (as in 'football kit') ... |
Malayan Union | ... ossessions in British Malaya into a single administrative entity called the | , but by then British prestige and image of invincibility were already sev ... |
Sweden | ... manic tribe inhabiting what is now Götaland ("land of the Geats") in modern | . The name of the Geats also lives on in the Swedish provinces of Västergö ... |
Switzerland | The Null Stern Hotel in Teufen, Appenzellerland, | and the Concrete Mushrooms in Albania are former nuclear transformed into ... |
Austria | ... 20, 1797, and resulted in a French victory under General Moreau against the | ns under Genera |
Syria | In 1912, | ns residing in Haiti participated in a plot in which the Presidential Pala ... |
Estonia | ... Wiking, with the attached 5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien, and the | n SS Battalion Narwa. The Germans broke out in coordination with a relief ... |
Kuwait | ... intensity began to wear down, Arafat supported Saddam Hussein's invasion of | and opposed the US-led coalition attack on Iraq. He made this decision wit ... |
Sweden | ... their second studio album. They are one of the most popular rock groups in | , and describe themselves as "Sweden's biggest rock band", but are more or ... |
Singapore | ... l used in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau and Chinese speaking communities (except | and Malaysia) outside mainland China, takes its form from standardized cha ... |
Austria | ... e is located near Oberstdorf in the Allgäu region of the Alps, close to the | n border. From there it runs northwards, passing the towns of Sonthofen, I ... |
Norics | ... er the magister militum Aetius in his campaign against the Juthungi and the | (430–431) and also against the Burgundians (436). In 437, after being elev ... |
Belgium | ... imes before losing it to Cyrille Delannoit by a decision in 15 at Brussels, | . Soon, he went back to Belgium and re-took the title by beating Delannoit ... |
Kuwait | In the 1980s, Sakhr (صخر) Computers (Developed by Al Alamyyeh, a | i company), started the production of the first Arabic version of MSX comp ... |
crusader monarch of Jerusalem | ... e Holy Sepulchre. Crusader Prince Godfrey of Bouillon, who became the first | , decided not to use the title "king" during his lifetime, and declared hi ... |
Belarus | ... ulture (7th century BCE to 1st century CE) of northern Ukraine and southern | .#Chernoles culture hypothesis: The pre-Proto-Slavs were the bearers of th ... |
Honduras | PLH's Carlos Roberto Flores took office on 27 January 1998, as | ' fifth democratically elected President since free elections were restore ... |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | This article is about the demographic features of the population of the | , including ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic s ... |
Macau | ... hinese characters. The traditional system, still used in Hong Kong, Taiwan, | and Chinese speaking communities (except Singapore and Malaysia) outside m ... |
British Malaya | ... d of the war and was intent to consolidate its rule over its possessions in | into a single administrative entity called the Malayan Union, but by then ... |
Belgium | ... ned short selling leading financial stocks, and France, the Netherlands and | banned naked short selling leading financial stocks |
French | The Battle of Diersheim was fought on April 20, 1797, and resulted in a | victory under General Moreau against the Austrians under Genera |
Hong Kong | During his infant years, Hislop lived in Nigeria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and | . On his return to Britain he was educated at Ardingly College, an indepen ... |
Solomon Islands | As Croatia and Slovenia, the | were claimed to be members of the coalition but wished "to disassociate it ... |
Finland | In | , male citizens aged 18–30 years have to prove that they have completed, o ... |
Austria | ... rganization (CTBTO), an international organization headquartered in Vienna, | , was created to build the verification regime, including establishment an ... |
Goguryeo | During the widespread rebellion against Wang Mang, the Korean state of | was free to raid Han's Korean commanderies; Han did not reaffirm its contr ... |
Ukraine | ... the Panther-Wotan Line, a defensive position along the Dnieper River in the | . Two Army Corps were left holding a salient into the Soviet lines extendi ... |
Russia | ... sh a historical collection. In 1815, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of | and the King of Prussia formed the "Holy Alliance" in Heidelberg. In 1848, ... |
United Kingdom | ... Thailand, India, Australia, U.A.E, Singapore,some schools in China, and the | , among as many other places. In some countries, uniform types vary from s ... |
Banu Ifran | ... moved the caliphate to Baghdad. Under the Abbasids, Berber Kharijites Sufri | were opposed to Umayyad and Abbasids. After, the Rustumids (761–909) actua ... |
Sweden | | was historically divided into the four lands: Götaland, Svealand, Norrland ... |
Cuba | ... s way to England from Jamestown, Virginia. On Saint James Day while between | and the Bahamas a hurricane raged for nearly two days. Though one of the s ... |
Papua New Guinea | ... from the Netherlands East Indies. This is similar to the position taken by | in relation to West Papua, when the former became independent of |
Ukraine | ... ers of the Milograd culture (7th century BCE to 1st century CE) of northern | and southern Belarus.#Chernoles culture hypothesis: The pre-Proto-Slavs we ... |
Malaysia | ... iscontinued after three return flights because of noise complaints from the | n government; it could only be reinstated on a new route bypassing Malaysi ... |
South Africa | ... cendants, ending with the present Lord Hornblower's emigration to Apartheid | in the late 1960s. According to Parkinson, Hornblower in later life became ... |
Panama | ... re opened to El Salvador, Costa Rica and Cuba, in addition to Nicaragua and | , made possible by their association with Pan Am via Pan Am's Miami base ( ... |
North Korea | ... ng and outgoing international travels are very highly regulated (such as in | ), general use passports are the privilege of a very small amount of peopl ... |
Kenya | ... part of their Aboriginality. Dugongs have also played a role in legends in | , and the animal is known there as the "Queen of the Sea". Body parts are ... |
Brazil | ... etops Hotel in Aberdare National Park, Kenya; the Ariau Towers near Manaus, | , on the Rio Negro in the Amazon; and Bayram's Tree Houses in Olympos, Tur ... |
Solomon Islands | ... , Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, | , Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Swe ... |
Cuba | ... eaching informatics in school in some Arab countries, the Soviet Union, and | , where they were wildly popular in all government education schools and c ... |
British | ... Firmin. The TV series is considered a 'cult classic' from the golden age of | children's television. Noggin himself is a simple, kind and unassuming Kin ... |
Tunisia | ... ellow with a white crescent); Cairo (white with a blue crescent); Mahdia in | (white with a purple crescent); Tunis (white with a black crescent); and B ... |
South Africa | ... les, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, | , Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria ... |
Federated Malay States | ... the Federation of Malaya was formed in its place in 1948, uniting the then | , Unfederated Malay States, and the Straits Settlements of which Penang wa ... |
Cuba | The | n Revolutionary Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias) co ... |
Austria | ... palace ruins and establish a historical collection. In 1815, the Emperor of | , the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia formed the "Holy Alliance" ... |
Nicaragua | ... new routes were opened to El Salvador, Costa Rica and Cuba, in addition to | and Panama, made possible by their association with Pan Am via Pan Am's Mi ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... er the Panama operation, close to half of all U.S. Apaches were deployed to | in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. During Operation Desert Storm on ... |
Indonesia | ... nvitation only. In 2005, the nine countries which participated were Brunei, | , Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietn ... |
United Kingdom | ... ren to travel by themselves or with someone other than a parent. India, the | and the United States once issued family passports, but no longer do so, w ... |
Spain | Jaén is a province of southern | , in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bord ... |
India | ... ed both her time and money to charities. Cruz has volunteered in Uganda and | , where she spent one week working for Mother Teresa; she donated her sala ... |
Sweden | ... are three traditional parts, essentially three collectives of provinces, in | . These "lands" have no administrative function, and there is no official ... |
Belgium | ... ion metric tons each year). In the mid 16th century, potters from Raeren in | migrated into the Westerwald, bringing with them some of their moulds. Thi ... |
Marshall Islands | On October 21, 1986, the U.S. ended its administration of the | district. The termination of U.S. administration of the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae ... |
Singapore | ... ditional glyphs to fewer strokes, many to common caoshu shorthand variants. | , which has a large Chinese community, is the first—and at present the onl ... |
Brunei | ... tly by invitation only. In 2005, the nine countries which participated were | , Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand ... |
Egypt | ... n to abandon herding for standard jobs. Similarly, governmental policies in | and Israel, oil production in the Persian Gulf, as well as a desire for im ... |
Portugal | ... f Hungary. His first diplomatic voyage brought him to England, Scotland and | , where he participated in the conquest of the Moorish city of Ceuta (see ... |
Nicaragua | In 1988, as a result of threatening actions by the forces of the | ns, US forces were deployed to Honduras |
East Timor | ... Timorese, have any interest in joining their tribal enemies. Additionally, | 's independence movement never laid claim to West Timor at any time, befor ... |
Soviet Union | ... included pre-war German provinces which were transferred to Poland and the | after the war, as well as areas which Nazi Germany had annexed or occupied ... |
England | ... eptember the 9th, 1513. Fought in the county of Northumberland, in northern | , between an invading Scots army under King James IV and an English army c ... |
Carthaginians | ... ) of an ancient and almost unintelligible treaty between the Romans and the | , which he dated to the consulships of L. Iunius Brutus and L. Tarquinius ... |
Iceland | Einar Benediktsson (1864–1940) was an | ic poet and lawyer |
Italy | ... nd in 1850 graduated at New York University. He then lived for two years in | and Greece, was a student in the Union Theological Seminary in New York Ci ... |
Republic of China | ... ublic protests in front of the American Institute in Taiwan, leaders of the | (commonly known as Taiwan) seemed supportive of the war effort; however Ta ... |
Romania | ... bi Sikhs. Sikh groups claimed responsibility for the 1991 kidnapping of the | n chargé d'affaires in New Delhi, Liviu Radu. This appeared to be retaliat ... |
New Zealand | In | , Diwali is celebrated publicly among many of the South Asian diaspora cul ... |
Soviet Union | ... 1961, 00:34:36 UTC, was the first planetary probe launched to Venus by the | . The Venus-1 Automatic Interplanetary Station, or Venera 1, was a 643.5 k ... |
France | ... ontana, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada; the total area is similar to the size of | . Roughly of the river's length and 85 percent of its drainage basin are i ... |
Ostrogothic Kingdom | ... the future Theodoric the Great (whose name means "leader of the people") of | , was born to Theodemir in or about 454, soon after the Battle of Nedao. H ... |
Federation of Malaya | ... ly dented. The Malayan Union was vehemently rejected by the people, and the | was formed in its place in 1948, uniting the then Federated Malay States, ... |
Uganda | ... e has donated both her time and money to charities. Cruz has volunteered in | and India, where she spent one week working for Mother Teresa; she donated ... |
Hong Kong | In some countries or regions such as the UK, Australia or | , the laundry expenses of working- uniform or clothing can be partially de ... |
India | ... d for children to travel by themselves or with someone other than a parent. | , the United Kingdom and the United States once issued family passports, b ... |
Iran | ... e Stingers it had delivered, but some of them found their way into Croatia, | , Qatar and North Korea. According to the CIA, already in August 1988 the ... |
Roman Empire | ... it was used in some form by preliterate Germanic tribes at the time of the | . The word may be further traced to Proto-Germanic *skit-, and ultimately ... |
Soviet Union | ... SX were used for teaching informatics in school in some Arab countries, the | , and Cuba, where they were wildly popular in all government education sch ... |
Laos | ... Isan (Northeastern Thailand), both regions of Thailand directly adjacent to | with which they share this, and many other cultural traits |
Germany | The (ancient name Ilargus) is a river in Bavaria, | . It is a right tributary of the Danube, 147 km in length |
Cuba | ... pachula. In addition, new routes were opened to El Salvador, Costa Rica and | , in addition to Nicaragua and Panama, made possible by their association ... |
Germany | ... een years of age. At age 17, he graduated from Harvard and went to study in | . Abroad, he studied at Heidelberg, Göttingen and Berlin. At Göttingen he ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... ecame the province of Arabia Petraea (modern southern Jordan and north west | ) |
Poland | ... of Polish and Danish heritage. (His paternal grandparents had been born in | .) As a child, he was both overweight and nonathletic. He was close to his ... |
Philippines | As the cultural center of the | , Manila houses a number of notable museums. Bahay Tsinoy, one of Manila's ... |
Ukraine | ... expanded are cultures within the territories of modern Belarus, Poland, and | . The proposed frameworks are:#Milograd culture hypothesis: The pre-Proto- ... |
Malaysia | ... tion is not rotated from country to country and it has been held in Penang, | since its conception. Each participating country is represented by four pa ... |
Duchy of Warsaw | ... e French drove Russian forces out of Poland and instituted a new state, the | . Then Napoleon turned north to confront the remainder of the Russian army ... |
Nicaragua | ... n Honduras with the purpose of supporting the Contra guerillas fighting the | n government and also developed an air strip and a modern port in Honduras ... |
Kenya | ... Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica; the Treetops Hotel in Aberdare National Park, | ; the Ariau Towers near Manaus, Brazil, on the Rio Negro in the Amazon; an ... |
Liberia | ... lement of American free blacks to other countries, primarily to a colony in | , as a solution to problems of racism in the US. Starting in September 182 ... |
Costa Rica | ... Ixtepec and Tapachula. In addition, new routes were opened to El Salvador, | and Cuba, in addition to Nicaragua and Panama, made possible by their asso ... |
Italy | | has well developed public and private transportation options. Italian rail ... |
Papua New Guinea | ... while in parts of Indonesia they are considered reincarnations of women. In | they are seen as a symbol of strength |
Italy | ... ttery industry is centred around Höhr-Grenzhausen. Exports, particularly to | , are also important (more than one million metric tons each year). In the ... |
Malaysia | ... Kong, Taiwan, Macau and Chinese speaking communities (except Singapore and | ) outside mainland China, takes its form from standardized character forms ... |
Scotland | ... Empire and of Hungary. His first diplomatic voyage brought him to England, | and Portugal, where he participated in the conquest of the Moorish city of ... |
Panama | ... first used in combat in 1989, during Operation Just Cause, the invasion of | . The AH-64 participated in over 240 hours of combat attacking various tar ... |
Syria | ... ially as hot ranges have shrunk and populations have grown. For example, in | the Bedouin way of life effectively ended during a severe drought from 195 ... |
Russia | ... and Japan classify Hamas as a terrorist organization, while nations such as | , Turkey, and do not |
North Korea | ... d delivered, but some of them found their way into Croatia, Iran, Qatar and | . According to the CIA, already in August 1988 the US had demanded from Qa ... |
Spain | ... also quite popular in continental Europe, especially in the Netherlands and | . Classrooms full of networked Yamaha MSX were used for teaching informati ... |
France | ... , Switzerland and Canada banned short selling leading financial stocks, and | , the Netherlands and Belgium banned naked short selling leading financial ... |
Israel | ... with a sawed-off shotgun and a communique announcing the kidnapping of the | i consul. In June, police raided a home in the small community of Prévost, ... |
Indonesia | Because | encompasses a sprawling archipelago, maritime shipping provides essential ... |
Italy | ... im to challenge Saviello Turiello for Europe's welterweight title in Milan, | . He won the European title by a decision in 15 rounds to continue his asc ... |
Macau | ... a (PRC) authorizes by law its Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and | ) to issue passports to their permanent residents with Chinese nationality ... |
El Salvador | ... , Minatitlán, Ixtepec and Tapachula. In addition, new routes were opened to | , Costa Rica and Cuba, in addition to Nicaragua and Panama, made possible ... |
Switzerland | ... ies include: Pakistan; Italy; Russia; China; Brazil; Tujetsch, St. Gothard, | ; Madagascar; Tyrol, Austria; Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; Sanford, Ma ... |
Japan | ... Kurosawa. The film takes place in 1587 during the Warring States Period of | . It follows the story of a village of farmers that hire seven masterless ... |
France | ... talie Schafer. The film tells the story of a young, confused woman in 1920s | (Ingrid Bergman), who is picked up and influenced by a group of Russian ex ... |
Spain | ... one, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, | , Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thail ... |
Roman Republic | ... collapse of the Seleucid Empire under attacks from the rising powers of the | and the Parthian Empire. However, the same power vacuum that enabled the J ... |
Vietnam | Communist East Germany had relations with Uganda and | , but in these cases population movement went mostly to, not from, Germany ... |
Hong Kong | ... ublic of China (PRC) authorizes by law its Special Administrative Regions ( | and Macau) to issue passports to their permanent residents with Chinese na ... |
Scotland | ... heir arrival in England, they founded Dryburgh Abbey in the Borders area of | , which was followed by other communities at Whithorn Priory, Dercongal Ab ... |
Norwegian | ... en from Swiss Cottage", he mused on love, loneliness and herrings in a mock | accent. Jokes included Sven's attempts to find his estranged wife, in whic ... |
Romania | In August 1991, Julio Ribeiro, then Indian Ambassador to | was attacked and wounded in a Bucharest assassination attempt by gunmen id ... |
El Salvador | In July 1969, Honduras was invaded by | in the short Soccer War. Tensions in the aftermath of the conflict remain |
Dominica | This article is about the demographic features of the population of | , including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the ... |
Italian | Ottaviano Petrucci (18 June 1466 – 7 May 1539) was an | printer. His Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, a collection of chansons printed ... |
Italy | ... unified different states of the Italian peninsula into the single nation of | |
Netherlands | ... e 1980s. It was also quite popular in continental Europe, especially in the | and Spain. Classrooms full of networked Yamaha MSX were used for teaching ... |
Dominica | Almost all | ns are descendants of African slaves brought in by colonial planters in th ... |
Cambodia | ... nly. In 2005, the nine countries which participated were Brunei, Indonesia, | , Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam |
Fiji | The concept exists in many societies, including traditional | an, Māori, Samoan, Rapanui, Tahitian, Hawaiian, and Tongan cultures – in m ... |
Canada | ... d for another 28 days on 21 October 2008. Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and | banned short selling leading financial stocks, and France, the Netherlands ... |
Castile | ... two principal kingdoms which would later combine to form Spain, Aragon and | , had developed powerful fleets. Aragon possessed the third largest navy i ... |
Uganda | Communist East Germany had relations with | and Vietnam, but in these cases population movement went mostly to, not fr ... |
Mexico | ... home of two rivers, the Rio Hondo, which also forms part of the border with | , and the , which has as its source Belize's largest body of water, the Ne ... |
Indonesia | | 's transport system has been shaped over time by the economic resource bas ... |
New Zealand | ... with the high level of rainfall, make for some of the best dairy country in | . The district is predominantly dairying (57,300 dairy cattle), while the ... |
Tonga | ... erives from this later meaning and dates from Captain James Cook's visit to | in 1777 |
Malaysia | ... wn by neolithic peoples, in Tambun Cave of Ipoh city in the state of Perak, | . This was discovered by Lieutenant R.L Rawlings in 1959 while on a routin ... |
Singapore | ... he most valuable, but is rarely used and unlikely to be accepted outside of | . Other currencies in Europe, like the British pound, and the Scandinavian ... |
People's Republic of China | The Central People's Government of the | (PRC) authorizes by law its Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and ... |
Austria | ... d Europe, moving through Germany, Italy, Poland, the Kingdom of Hungary and | . On these travels, he met a number of prominent European intellectuals an ... |
German | ... r Joseph Hückel (August 9, 1896, Berlin – February 16, 1980, Marburg) was a | physicist and physical chemist. He is known for two major contributions |
Brazil | ... hists and skarns. Source localities include: Pakistan; Italy; Russia; China | ;; Tujetsch, St. Gothard, Switzerland; Madagascar; Tyrol, Austria; Renfrew ... |
Kuwait | ... .S. Apaches were deployed to Saudi Arabia in response to Iraq's invasion of | . During Operation Desert Storm on 17 January 1991, eight AH-64As guided b ... |
Greece | ... graduated at New York University. He then lived for two years in Italy and | , was a student in the Union Theological Seminary in New York City from 18 ... |
Switzerland | ... further extended for another 28 days on 21 October 2008. Germany, Ireland, | and Canada banned short selling leading financial stocks, and France, the ... |
Japan | ... violent clashes. The European Union, the United States, Canada, Israel and | classify Hamas as a terrorist organization, while nations such as Russia, ... |
Qatar | ... gers it had delivered, but some of them found their way into Croatia, Iran, | and North Korea. According to the CIA, already in August 1988 the US had d ... |
Malaysia | ... ough it has also become the de facto standard for younger ethnic Chinese in | . The Internet provides the platform to practice reading the alternative s ... |
Costa Rica | ... weden, the Costa Rica Tree House in the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, | ; the Treetops Hotel in Aberdare National Park, Kenya; the Ariau Towers ne ... |
Albania | ... ub-dialect of Gheg Albanian: Tirona) is the capital and the largest city of | . Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjin ... |
Germany | ... a Regierungsbezirk of the Prussian Province of Hanover and of Lower Saxony, | , that existed from 1885 until 2004. It was located in the south of the st ... |
Soviet Union | ... dget. In 2003, China became the third nation in the world, after the former | and the United States, to independently launch a successful manned space m ... |
Israel | ... a series of violent clashes. The European Union, the United States, Canada, | and Japan classify Hamas as a terrorist organization, while nations such a ... |
India | In August 1991, Julio Ribeiro, then | n Ambassador to Romania was attacked and wounded in a Bucharest assassinat ... |
Malta | ... f Spee sailing from Montevideo were shot in the Grand Harbour at Valetta in | , and the launch taking McCall out to HMS Ajax was filmed in Gozo harbour ... |
Slovenia | Zakrajšek was born in Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia (today | ). He became an orphan even before he started to attend school. He went to ... |
South Africa | ... secutive sold out nights at the LA House of Blues. In 2000, the band toured | for the first time, and North and South America, and contributed the song ... |
Dominican Republic | The | has a close relationship with the United States and with the other states ... |
Sri Lanka | ... ngapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, | , Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajiki ... |
Philippines | ... tan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the | . It is composed of 17 cities namely City of Manila, Caloocan, Las Piñas, ... |
Parthian Empire | ... d Empire under attacks from the rising powers of the Roman Republic and the | . However, the same power vacuum that enabled the Jewish state to be recog ... |
France | ... s of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Zaragoza and Huesca and the countries of | and Andorra |
Grand Duchy of Finland | ... tern part of Sweden was ceded to Russia, thus becoming the Imperial Russian | , with Norrland divided between these two states. The Swedish portion of N ... |
South Africa | ... the title of the Richest Duck in the World, learns that a businessman from | has also claimed this title. Scrooge decides to confront this claimant to ... |
Canada | ... re prosperous Caribbean Islands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and | . English is the official language and universally understood; however, be ... |
Sweden | ... living trees as structural elements, for example the Treehotel near Piteå, | , the Costa Rica Tree House in the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, Cos ... |
Norway | ... erg Line from July to September. A number of volunteer Waffen-SS units from | , Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium fought in Narva, in what has been call ... |
Saint Helena | ... eterans of Napoleon's Imperial Guard to free Napoleon from his captivity on | , captures a slave ship, and encounters Simón Bolívar's army. He retires t ... |
English | ... troud, Gloucestershire, April 1728 – Philadelphia, October 25, 1786) was an | astronomer who made significant contributions to 18th-century science and ... |
Philippines | ... ne countries which participated were Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, | , Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam |
Israel | ... ands in the area and are a source of conflict among Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, | and the Palestinians which began with 1951 Syrian border clashes. Mediatio ... |
Czech Republic | ... Svratka , formerly Švarcava is a river in the South Moravian Region of the | with a length of 173.9 km. It develops out of the Bohemian-Moravian Highla ... |
Canada | ... century. Apart from its origins in the UK, the style became popular both in | and throughout the United States during those periods, for sturdy "baronia ... |
Spain | Lleida (, ; ) is a province of north-eastern | , in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bord ... |
Prussia | Hanover was a Regierungsbezirk of the | n Province of Hanover and of Lower Saxony, Germany, that existed from 1885 ... |
India | ... nciation patterns were recorded in early rime books and dictionaries. Early | n translators, working in Sanskrit and Pali, were the first to attempt to ... |
Poland | ... t the next several years in mainland Europe, moving through Germany, Italy, | , the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria. On these travels, he met a number of ... |
Netherlands | ... d and Canada banned short selling leading financial stocks, and France, the | and Belgium banned naked short selling leading financial stocks |
English | Reedham is a village and civil parish in the | county of Norfolk and within The Broads. It is situated on the north bank ... |
United Kingdom | ... low, due primarily to emigration to more prosperous Caribbean Islands, the | , the United States, and Canada. English is the official language and univ ... |
Canada | ... tion in a series of violent clashes. The European Union, the United States, | , Israel and Japan classify Hamas as a terrorist organization, while natio ... |
United Kingdom | ... n embargo happened during the Napoleonic Wars. In an attempt to cripple the | economically, the Continental System – which forbade European nations from ... |
Russia | After the Finnish War (1808–1809) the eastern part of Sweden was ceded to | , thus becoming the Imperial Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, with Norrland ... |
Russia | ... s gneiss and schists and skarns. Source localities include: Pakistan; Italy | ;; China; Brazil; Tujetsch, St. Gothard, Switzerland; Madagascar; Tyrol, A ... |
Pakistan | ... require conditions to be met before a passport will be issued. For example, | requires applicants to be interviewed before a Pakistani passport will be ... |
Scotland | Pinkerton was born in the Gorbals, Glasgow, | , to William Pinkerton and his wife, Isobel McQueen, on August 25, 1819. T ... |
Morocco | He began boxing professionally on November 4, 1934 in Meknes, | , beating Marcel Bucchianeri by a decision in six rounds. Cerdan then ran ... |
Italy | ... egionnaires (moved by Augustus to eastern Istria to colonize the borders of | ) and the Aromanian shepherds who escaped from the Ottoman invasions to se ... |
Scotland | The word shit (or sometimes shite in | , Northern Ireland, Ireland, Northern England and Wales) is used by Englis ... |
Malaysia | ... 05, the nine countries which participated were Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, | , Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam |
New Zealand | ... eliminary investigation of insect colonization and succession on remains in | revealed the following results on decay and insect colonization |
Hong Kong | ... specifying which spoken form is standard. The written official standard in | and Macao is Mandarin in traditional Chinese characters |
Greenland | ... nce, is worshipped under various names by cults amongst both the Eskimos of | and voodoo circles of Louisiana, and in many other parts of the world |
Palau | ... ncil ended the trusteeship for the Palau district, after which the U.S. and | agreed to establish the latter's independence on October 1 |
Italy | ... such as gneiss and schists and skarns. Source localities include: Pakistan | ;; Russia; China; Brazil; Tujetsch, St. Gothard, Switzerland; Madagascar; ... |
United Kingdom | ... avourable and balked at joining in 1867, choosing to remain a colony of the | . In the late 1860s, the colony examined various options, including the po ... |
South Africa | ... igrants however, remain in Africa, with new destination countries including | and various points en route to Europe. In addition to being a host country ... |
Cyprus | ... offerton and Skelton. The former BBC East Mediterranean Relay Station is in | |
German | Wilhelm Wattenbach (22 September 1819 – 20 September 1897), was a | historian |
Italy | ... e set out in 488, by commission from the Byzantine emperor Zeno, to recover | from Odoacer. By 493 Ravenna was taken, where Theodoric would set up his c ... |
New Zealand | ... n countries including Argentina, Costa Rica, Egypt, England, France, India, | , Spain, and Senegal, as well as Japan where Amherst maintains a special r ... |
Tonga | ... di, Ecuador, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mozambique, Slovakia, | , Ukraine, and Uzbekistan |
Netherlands | ... September. A number of volunteer Waffen-SS units from Norway, Denmark, the | , Belgium fought in Narva, in what has been called by several authors the ... |
Yuan Dynasty | ... and has nothing to do with ice cream. It has also been claimed that, in the | , Kublai Khan enjoyed ice cream and kept it a royal secret until Marco Pol ... |
Scotland | The Scottish Borders (; ) is one of 32 local government council areas of | . It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire a ... |
France | ... hes were replaced with moons, stars, circles and triangles. In 18th century | , Trivelino was a distinct character from Harlequin. They appeared togethe ... |
Spain | Toledo is a province of central | , in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. It ... |
Zimbabwe | ... orts, currently over half the revenue of the government of Robert Mugabe in | is in seigniorage. Zimbabwe has experienced hyperinflation (see Hyperinfla ... |
Roman Republic | ... sful invasion of Ptolemaic Egypt was turned back by the intervention of the | , Antiochus instead moved to assert strict control over Israel, sacking Je ... |
Puerto Rica | Ricky Meléndez (born 22 November 1967) is a | n singer. He was raised in Guaynabo. He became a member of Menudo at the a ... |
Senegal | ... gentina, Costa Rica, Egypt, England, France, India, New Zealand, Spain, and | , as well as Japan where Amherst maintains a special relationship with Dos ... |
Belgian | Zemst is a municipality located in the | province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the villages of El ... |
Ghana | ... thusiastically anticipate and receive. The University Choir was recently in | under the invitation of Morgan State alumni and US ambassador to Ghana Mrs ... |
Iraq | ... nited States was particularly angered by Belarus's arms trade with Iran and | , and American political leaders increasingly began to refer to Belarus as ... |
Ukraine | ... ador, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mozambique, Slovakia, Tonga, | , and Uzbekistan |
Venezuela | ... liberate the Viceroyalty of New Granada (Now Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and | ) |
Sudan | ... ovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, | , Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, T ... |
Kazakhstan | ... c script was developed and is still used to write Tatar. It is also used in | |
Japan | ... ted to both Men's artistic gymnastics and wushu martial arts. It emerged in | from stick gymnastics. Stick gymnastics has been taught and performed for ... |
Italian | ... y remains of the High Level Station is the subway under the Parade with its | mosaic roofing which is a Grade II listed building |
Israel | ... out his early life. He was a native of Caesarea in Palaestina Prima (modern | ). He would have received a conventional élite education in the Greek clas ... |
Indonesia | ... ngladesh; Kathmandu, Nepal; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Kelantan; Jakarta and Java, | ; Surabaya; and , Thailand |
France | ... ini ("Thomassin"), who performed with the Comédie-Italienne in 18th century | , and Tristano Martinelli |
Iran | ... ko. The United States was particularly angered by Belarus's arms trade with | and Iraq, and American political leaders increasingly began to refer to Be ... |
Pakistan | ... ited States have signed but not ratified the Treaty; India, North Korea and | have not signed it. In 1998 India said it would only sign the treaty if th ... |
Belarus | ... s were issued on CD, with several bonus tracks being issued on the Russian, | ian, and Lithuanian versions. These eastern European releases had many pri ... |
Canada | ... Gothard, Switzerland; Madagascar; Tyrol, Austria; Renfrew County, Ontario, | ; Sanford, Maine, Gouverneur, Diana, Rossie, Fine, Pitcairn, Brewster, New ... |
German | ... 961 is called "Hand in Hand". Its melody was written in the 19th century by | Wilhelm Speidel. In 1961, Jaap Valkhoff wrote the lyrics which became popu ... |
Dutch East Indies | ... ere sent to the Cape to establish a way-station for ships travelling to the | , and the Fort de Goede Hoop (later replaced by the Castle of Good Hope). ... |
Andorra | ... , Barcelona, Tarragona, Zaragoza and Huesca and the countries of France and | |
Denmark | ... from July to September. A number of volunteer Waffen-SS units from Norway, | , the Netherlands, Belgium fought in Narva, in what has been called by sev ... |
Sri Lanka | ... demonstrations took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh; Kathmandu, Nepal; Colombo, | ; Kelantan; Jakarta and Java, Indonesia; Surabaya; and , Thailand |
Czech Republic | ... t our nation’s Capitol Rotunda. In July 2006, the Choir traveled to Prague, | , for two concerts with Maestro Paul Freeman. In November 2006, the Morgan ... |
Albania | ... ment, fuel tanks, and survivability. Deploying 24 Apaches to a land base in | to participate in the Kosovo engagement required 26,000 tons of equipment ... |
Mozambique | ... baijan, Belarus, Burundi, Ecuador, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Moldova, | , Slovakia, Tonga, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan |
Republic of China | ... vernment of Chiang Kai-shek. Kung began his career in the government of the | as the Minister of Industry, holding this position from 1927-1928 in the W ... |
Spain | ... ni near Perugia. All his lands were acquired by the Papal States. Exiled to | in 1504, he was imprisoned in the Castle of La Mota, Medina del Campo, fro ... |
Netherlands | ... ing the First World War, the Transoceanic Trading Company was set up in the | to look after its overseas assets. On August 8, 1923, the British branch o ... |
Scotland | ... ls held in purgatory. The turnip has traditionally been used in Ireland and | at Halloween, but immigrants to North America used the native , which is b ... |
Cuba | Cristina Saralegui (born January 29, 1948, Havana, | ) is a Cuban American journalist, actress and talk show host of the Spanis ... |
Qin Dynasty | ... nd ending with the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. Since 221 BC, when the | first conquered several states to form a Chinese empire, the country has e ... |
Soviet Union | In the | after 1928, Tatar was written with a Latin alphabet called Jaꞑalif |
India | ... freedom to undertake a tour of Asia, during which he met the Dalai Lama in | on three occasions, and also the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen master, Chatral ... |
Slovakia | ... rus, Burundi, Ecuador, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mozambique, | , Tonga, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan |
Egypt | ... ons of many countries of Asia and Africa. Muhammad Ali, who became Pasha of | in 1805, introduced the first national flag of Egypt, red with three white ... |
Panama | ... ling him to liberate the Viceroyalty of New Granada (Now Colombia, Ecuador, | and Venezuela) |
India | ... grams in countries including Argentina, Costa Rica, Egypt, England, France, | , New Zealand, Spain, and Senegal, as well as Japan where Amherst maintain ... |
Indonesia | ... ogist Bernhard Rensch. In the 1920s Rensch, who like Mayr did field work in | , analyzed the geographic distribution of polytypic species and complexes ... |
Belgian | Steenokkerzeel is a municipality located in the | province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Melsb ... |
Yemen | ... universities in Sudan, the University of Djibouti, and two universities in | . It has also been scored among the 100 best universities in Africa in spi ... |
Moldova | ... nia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burundi, Ecuador, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, | , Mozambique, Slovakia, Tonga, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan |
Shangri-La | ... ling their abductor. The group is rescued by Chang and his men and taken to | , an idyllic valley sheltered from the bitter cold. The contented inhabita ... |
Cyprus | ... well as its opportunities to study abroad. UIndy has satellite campuses in | , Jerusalem, and at the base of the Acropolis in Athens. The University of ... |
Colombia | ... re critical in enabling him to liberate the Viceroyalty of New Granada (Now | , Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela) |
India | | is the world's largest producer of heavy water through its Heavy Water Boa ... |
Nepal | ... r. Huge anti-war demonstrations took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh; Kathmandu, | ; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Kelantan; Jakarta and Java, Indonesia; Surabaya; and ... |
Afghanistan | U.S. Apaches have served in Operation Enduring Freedom in | from 2001. The Apache was the only platform capable of providing accurate ... |
Armenia | ... provoked by Parthia's decision to put an unacceptable king on the throne of | , a kingdom over which the two great empires had shared hegemony since the ... |
England | Bentley was born at Oulton near Rothwell, Leeds, West Yorkshire, northern | . His grandfather had suffered for the Royalist cause following the Englis ... |
Canada | ... rth of downtown Montreal, on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, | . The town is completely surrounded by Montreal. The population was 18,933 ... |
Greece | ... 02, revealing their new work was inspired by the rocky region of Meteora in | , where numerous monasteries have been built on top of the rocks. Meteora ... |
Suriname | ... Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, | , Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, T ... |
Turpan | ... d the Northern Xiongnu at the Battle of Yiwulu in 73 CE, evicting them from | and chasing them as far as Lake Barkol before establishing a garrison at H ... |
Indonesia | ... hnic Germans settled in the former Asian territories of Malaysia (British), | (Dutch) and the Philippines (American) in the late 19th and early 20th cen ... |
South Africa | ... rr in most animated features, though he is generally accepted as being from | in the continuity of the comic books). He is drawn with a full beard and s ... |
French | ... ed the Jews, with the result that Jews were expelled from Limoges and other | towns. Ultimately, this destruction provided an impetus to the later Crusa ... |
Germany | ... Silja and Viking Line boats from Stockholm to Helsinki (Finland), Rostock ( | ) or Mariehamn island. The Scandinavian Airlines System and other airlines ... |
Austria | ... ssia; China; Brazil; Tujetsch, St. Gothard, Switzerland; Madagascar; Tyrol, | ; Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; Sanford, Maine, Gouverneur, Diana, Ross ... |
Bangladesh | ... scussion rather than war. Huge anti-war demonstrations took place in Dhaka, | ; Kathmandu, Nepal; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Kelantan; Jakarta and Java, Indone ... |
Azores | ... , but the French using their normal callsigns. The Paris-Caracas route (via | ) began on 10 April. The US Congress had just banned Concorde landings in ... |
Kingdom of Mysore | Dasara, a traditional celebration of the old | , is the state festival and is celebrated with great vigour |
Germany | ... hat were reproductively isolated from all other populations. Before he left | for the United States in 1930, Mayr had been influenced by the work of Ger ... |
English | Henry Baker (8 May 1698 – 25 November 1774) was an | naturalist |
Belgium | ... number of volunteer Waffen-SS units from Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, | fought in Narva, in what has been called by several authors the Battle of ... |
Austria | ... wing the French Revolution, the city was alternately occupied by French and | n forces, with the former ones destroying the city fortifications. In 1803 ... |
Japan | ... uled the Chinese mainland until 1949. In 1945, the ROC acquired Taiwan from | following World War II |
Norway | ... e Isle of Man, previously Scots but for 180 years subjected by the crown of | . Identified with the conquest of Man, Dumfries shared in the well being o ... |
Andorra | ... province are La Seu d'Urgell (see of the archbishop who is the coprince to | ), Mollerussa, Cervera, Tàrrega, Balaguer. There are 231 municipalities in ... |
Malaysia | ... maller numbers of ethnic Germans settled in the former Asian territories of | (British), Indonesia (Dutch) and the Philippines (American) in the late 19 ... |
South Africa | ... el. Previously, the passport was invalid for travel to Rhodesia, Taiwan and | as well |
England | A 9th or 10th century Gosforth Cross in Cumbria, | depicts a figure holding a horn and a sword standing defiantly before two ... |
English | The Aeroford was an | automobile manufactured in Bayswater, London, from 1920 to 1925. It was a ... |
Madagascar | ... Pakistan; Italy; Russia; China; Brazil; Tujetsch, St. Gothard, Switzerland | ;; Tyrol, Austria; Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; Sanford, Maine, Gouver ... |
Kazakhstan | ... es from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burundi, Ecuador, Georgia, Hong Kong, | , Moldova, Mozambique, Slovakia, Tonga, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan |
Japan | ... Egypt, England, France, India, New Zealand, Spain, and Senegal, as well as | where Amherst maintains a special relationship with Doshisha University, f ... |
Philippines | ... essful one-night only concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, | , much to the delight of their Filipino fans, for it being the band's firs ... |
Banu Ifran | ... egal, Egypt ... etc.. Ibn Khaldoun made a table of Berber Dynasties: Zirid, | , Maghrawa, Almoravid, Hammadid, Almohad, Merinid, Abdalwadid, Wattasid, M ... |
Serbia | ... ionist controversy helped drive Byzantium's Orthodox neighbors Bulgaria and | into the camp of Michael VIII's opponents. This threat did not materialise ... |
Russia | ... sued family passports, but no longer do so, whereas some countries, such as | , still do. A Uruguayan passport still has two photo pages, on which there ... |
Austria | ... and resulted in a French-Bavarian victory under Marshal Villars against the | ns under General Limburg Styrum |
Finland | ... ities. Connection by rail is possible to Norway and Denmark; connections to | are by bus, due to rail gauge differences. It's possible to take Silja and ... |
Greece | ... , and her beauty was the direct cause of the decade long Trojan War between | and Troy. The war began after the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite as ... |
French | ... Scientifiques (I.H.É.S., en: Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies) is a | institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical phys ... |
Egypt | ... ions, including the University of Aalborg in Denmark, three universities in | , seven universities in Sudan, the University of Djibouti, and two univers ... |
Belize | Orange Walk District is a district in the northwest of the nation of | , with its district capital in Orange Walk Town |
Ascension Island | ... of February 2008. In a very few cases, 15400 kHz from the relay station in | still becomes listenable, as are some frequencies directed to Africa |
Swaziland | ... Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, | , Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, ... |
United Kingdom | ... close relations with Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, South Korea, the | and the European Union. It has diplomatic relations with the Republic of C ... |
Cuba | ... 72, the Spanish Government hired Pinkerton to help suppress a revolution in | which intended to end slavery and give citizens the right to vote. If Pink ... |
India | It lies mostly in the | n State of Rajasthan, and extends into the northern portion of Haryana and ... |
Kenya | ... mber of birds that it is the world's most bird enriched Capital, only after | 's Nairobi |
Grand Duchy of Finland | ... parts separated by the Gulf of Bothnia. The eastern part became the Russian | |
Republic of China | # ( | |
Republic of Ireland | The | is an officially neutral country, with a strong tradition of supporting UN ... |
Denmark | ... s connecting the major cities. Connection by rail is possible to Norway and | ; connections to Finland are by bus, due to rail gauge differences. It's p ... |
Japan | ... y 10, 1946) was a Japanese author, an important mystery novelist in pre-war | |
United Kingdom of the Netherlands | ... Treaty of Ghent, which was signed on December 24, 1814, in Ghent, Flanders, | , which ended the War of 1812 between the United States and United Kingdom ... |
France | ... (Ateliers de construction de motocycles et d'automobiles) in Fourchambault, | , from 1957 to 1961 to the designs of the Italian Piaggio company. Two dif ... |
Roman Empire | Berber territory was annexed by the | in AD 24. Increases in urbanization and in the area under cultivation duri ... |
Netherlands | ... gle was given a free rein when he was appointed governor of Flushing in the | . In the Netherlands, he consistently urged boldness on his superior, his ... |
Malaysia | The phrase "Islamization of knowledge" was first used and proposed by the | n scholar Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas in his book "Islam and Secularism" ... |
Philippines | ... e former Asian territories of Malaysia (British), Indonesia (Dutch) and the | (American) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In Indonesia, some o ... |
Soviet | The minor planet 2212 Hephaistos discovered in 1978 by | astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh is named in his honor |
Japan | Tuvalu maintains close relations with Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, | , South Korea, the United Kingdom and the European Union. It has diplomati ... |
West Florida | ... ly ceded French colonies. It established government for four areas: Quebec, | , East Florida, and Grenada |
Germany | The largest of the new churches were the Lutherans (mostly in | and Scandinavia) and the Reformed churches (mostly in Germany, Switzerland ... |
DRC | ... ation towards South Africa and Europe also plays a role. Immigration in the | has decreased steadily over the past two decades, most likely as a result ... |
Pitcairn | ... Terra Australis, Spanish explorers in the 17th century also discovered the | and Vanuatu archipelagos. Most significantly, from 1565 Spanish fleets exp ... |
Denmark | | is located in Western Europe (it is one of the Nordic countries) on the Ju ... |
Fiji | Tuvalu maintains close relations with | , New Zealand, Australia, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the E ... |
Armenia | As a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh War between Azerbaijan and | , Azerbaijan refuses entry to holders of Armenian passports, as well as pa ... |
Soviet Union | ... a population before his work was shut down by the rise of Lysenkoism in the | |
India | ... ། (Shyiwa Lha, Wylie: zhi ba lha); Mn: Шантидэва гэгээн) was an 8th-century | n Buddhist scholar at Nalanda University and an adherent of the Madhyamaka ... |
Madagascar | ... abour shortage prompted the authorities to import slaves from Indonesia and | . Many of these became ancestors of the first Cape Coloured communities. U ... |
Scottish | The Clan McDuck is a fictional family in the style of a | clan, from which a great number of Walt Disney Company's comic book charac ... |
Sweden | ... lands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, | , Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, T ... |
Hong Kong | ... y two systems for Chinese characters. The traditional system, still used in | , Taiwan, Macau and Chinese speaking communities (except Singapore and Mal ... |
Djibouti | ... three universities in Egypt, seven universities in Sudan, the University of | , and two universities in Yemen. It has also been scored among the 100 bes ... |
New Zealand | Tuvalu maintains close relations with Fiji, | , Australia, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the European Union ... |
Malaysia | ... championship drew five countries from two continents: Japan, Canada, Korea, | , and the United States. The 2005 World Championship included Australia, C ... |
Norway | ... X2000 trains connecting the major cities. Connection by rail is possible to | and Denmark; connections to Finland are by bus, due to rail gauge differen ... |
United Kingdom | ... ssembling or operating an amusement park ride. This is also the case in the | and many other countries. In some countries it is also an offense to serve ... |
Soviet Union | ... Lunnik, was a series of robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the | between 1959 and 1976. Fifteen were successful, each designed as either an ... |
Netherlands | ... Scandinavia) and the Reformed churches (mostly in Germany, Switzerland, the | and Scotland). There were many smaller bodies as well. The most common dat ... |
Bulgaria | ... e time the unionist controversy helped drive Byzantium's Orthodox neighbors | and Serbia into the camp of Michael VIII's opponents. This threat did not ... |
Switzerland | ... of 1000 franc Swiss banknotes circulating is over 3 times the population of | . In comparison the number of £50 banknotes circulating slightly less than ... |
Egypt | ... han 260 study-abroad programs in countries including Argentina, Costa Rica, | , England, France, India, New Zealand, Spain, and Senegal, as well as Japa ... |
Malaysia | ... ence and Mathematics (SEAMEO RECSAM), which bases its operations in Penang, | . Unlike the International Mathematical Olympiad, the venue for this compe ... |
England | After spending 1928 and 1929 in | and Denmark, working briefly with Niels Bohr, Hückel joined the faculty of ... |
New Zealand | Before the arrival of the Māori in | , a subspecies of the Black Swan known as the New Zealand Swan had develop ... |
Belgium | ... e Delannoit by a decision in 15 at Brussels, Belgium. Soon, he went back to | and re-took the title by beating Delannoit, also by decision |
Germany | His remains are said to have been transferred to Freising in Bavaria, | in AD 834 |
Italy | ... he relative quantities of the main ingredients. In other countries, such as | and Argentina, one word is used for all variants. Analogues made from dair ... |
English | Kessingland is a large village in the Waveney District of the | county of Suffolk. It is located around south of Lowestoft. It is of inter ... |
Carthage | ... an traders arrived on the North African coast around 900 BC and established | (in present-day Tunisia) around 800 BC. During the classical period, Berbe ... |
Sudan | ... y of Aalborg in Denmark, three universities in Egypt, seven universities in | , the University of Djibouti, and two universities in Yemen. It has also b ... |
Canada | ... ip. This first championship drew five countries from two continents: Japan, | , Korea, Malaysia, and the United States. The 2005 World Championship incl ... |
Cambodia | ... were especially heavy after President Richard Nixon ordered US forces into | on May 1, 1970 in which, among other cavalry squadrons, the 11th Armored C ... |
Indonesia | ... labour. This labour shortage prompted the authorities to import slaves from | and Madagascar. Many of these became ancestors of the first Cape Coloured ... |
British | ... elf-interest of studying the topic. In particular, number theorists such as | mathematician G. H. Hardy prided themselves on doing work that had absolut ... |
United Kingdom | ... the Netherlands, which ended the War of 1812 between the United States and | . suggested the town's name; he represented the United States at the Peace ... |
Tunisia | ... North African coast around 900 BC and established Carthage (in present-day | ) around 800 BC. During the classical period, Berber civilization was alre ... |
Uzbekistan | ... , Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mozambique, Slovakia, Tonga, Ukraine, and | |
Iceland | In | , the members of Ásatrúarfélagið account for 0.4% of the total population, ... |
Egypt | ... s: Macareus fled to Lesbos, Candalus to Cos, Triopas to Caria, and Actis to | . Ochimus and Cercaphus, who stayed aside from the crime, remained at the ... |
Azerbaijan | As a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh War between | and Armenia, Azerbaijan refuses entry to holders of Armenian passports, as ... |
Tonga | ... followed by later waves of immigration from the Society Islands and Samoa- | . Their languages, over time, became the Hawaiian language. Kimura and Wil ... |
Spain | ... ommander. His abilities as a commander and the lack of strong leadership in | after the death of Philip II (1598) gave Maurits excellent opportunities t ... |
Vietnam | ... not reaffirm its control over the region until 30 CE. The Trưng Sisters of | rebelled against Han in 40 CE. Their rebellion was crushed by Han general ... |
Scotland | ... 5 on saw Halloween become eclipsed in Britain with the notable exception of | . There and in Ireland, they had been celebrating Samhain and Halloween si ... |
Switzerland | ... y in Germany and Scandinavia) and the Reformed churches (mostly in Germany, | , the Netherlands and Scotland). There were many smaller bodies as well. T ... |
Costa Rica | ... from more than 260 study-abroad programs in countries including Argentina, | , Egypt, England, France, India, New Zealand, Spain, and Senegal, as well ... |
Jordan | ... ies, but Israeli pilots soon adopted a different tactic; flying in low over | and diving in over the Golan heights, catching the Syrians in the flank an ... |
Denmark | After spending 1928 and 1929 in England and | , working briefly with Niels Bohr, Hückel joined the faculty of the Techni ... |
Tsardom | ... aine divided, with the eastern part, lost by the Commonwealth, becoming the | 's dependency. John III Sobieski, fighting protracted wars with the Ottoma ... |
Lithuania | The contemporary independent republics of Finland and | have been grand duchies during certain eras of their history |
Indonesia | ... Houtman, was a Dutch explorer who discovered a new sea route from Europe to | and managed to begin the Dutch spice trade. At the time, the Portuguese Em ... |
Syria | Caracalla, of mixed Punic–Roman–Berber and | n descent, was born Lucius Septimius Bassianus in Lugdunum, Gaul (now Lyon ... |
Prince of Achaea | In 1259 Michael VIII defeated the alliance of William II Villehardouin, | , and Michael II Komnenos Doukas of Epirus at the Battle of Pelagonia. In ... |
Liechtenstein | Belgium , Switzerland , Sweden , Norway , Greece , Austria and | also condemned the war. The Czech Republic, Croatia , and were already men ... |
France | ... letter of 6 July 1799 by French envoy Louis-Guillaume Otto, announcing that | had entered the race to industrialise. In his 1976 book , Raymond Williams ... |
Indonesia | ... h Timor until 1949 when it became Indonesian Timor, a part of the nation of | which was formed from the old Netherlands East Indies; while East Timor wa ... |
Italy | ... that brought together representatives of six governments: France, Germany, | , Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, thus leading to the na ... |
New Zealand | Early in 2004, McTell co-headlined on Steeleye Span's tour of Australia and | as well as touring in the UK, Ireland and continental Europe |
Czech Republic | ... n , Norway , Greece , Austria and Liechtenstein also condemned the war. The | , Croatia , and were already mentioned above |
French | Durandal or Durendal most often refers the legendary sword of the | hero Roland |
United Kingdom | Barton Broad lies within The Broads in Norfolk, the | . The broad is situated to the south and east of the village of Barton Tur ... |
Colombia | ... g, Queens is away. John F. Kennedy Airport is also in Queens, New York. The | n airline Avianca operates a private bus service from to Union City and El ... |
Sicily | ... European power in the Mediterranean, encompassing the Balearics, Sardinia, | , southern Italy and, briefly, the Duchy of Athens. Castile meanwhile used ... |
German | ... he northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the | state of Niedersachsen (districts of Leer and Emsland), in the south Drent ... |
Croatia | ... ece , Austria and Liechtenstein also condemned the war. The Czech Republic, | , and were already mentioned above |
Bangladesh | ... 2008 Mumbai attacks. They are also still seen in the hands of Pakistani and | i second-line and police units |
Dutch | ... , in addition to his professorship at Erasmus University Rotterdam, for the | statistical office. He was also consultant to the League of Nations. From ... |
Normandy | ... r, on 19 January 1419, Rouen surrendered to Henry V of England, who annexed | once again to the Plantagenet domains. But Rouen did not go quietly: Alain ... |
Sweden | ... luding Austria, Belarus, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, | , and Taiwan |
Georgia | ... re won by the athletes from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burundi, Ecuador, | , Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mozambique, Slovakia, Tonga, Ukraine, an ... |
Qatar | The world's largest gas field is | 's offshore North Field, estimated to have 25 trillion cubic meters (9.0cu ... |
Tajikistan | ... ri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, | , Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey ... |
Cambodia | ... anese imports from the least developed countries, second only to those from | . Common imports from Bangladesh to Japan include leather goods, ready-mad ... |
Roman Empire | ... under one rule—a feat that had not been accomplished since the days of the | (although Charlemagne had nearly done so around 800 CE). However, France's ... |
Mongolia | ... Trans-Siberian between Moscow and Ulan Ude, and then follows this route to | and China |
Epirus | ... lliam II Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea, and Michael II Komnenos Doukas of | at the Battle of Pelagonia. In 1263, the emperor sent men (which included ... |
East Timor | ... n of Indonesia which was formed from the old Netherlands East Indies; while | was known as Portuguese Timor, a Portuguese colony until 1975. It includes ... |
Japan | ... al equipment and information technology corporation headquartered in Tokyo, | . It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, sp ... |
Singapore | ... -La Dialogue, an annual meeting of Asia-Pacific region Defense Ministers in | , and the Manama Dialogue, an annual meeting of Persian Gulf-region securi ... |
Japan | ... rought together representatives of six governments: France, Germany, Italy, | , the United Kingdom, and the United States, thus leading to the name Grou ... |
Roman Republic | ... ns received two . Fons was not among the deities depicted on coinage of the | |
Portuguese Timor | ... formed from the old Netherlands East Indies; while East Timor was known as | , a Portuguese colony until 1975. It includes the enclave of Oecussi-Amben ... |
India | Although oil paint was first used for the Buddhist Paintings by | n and Chinese painters in western Afghanistan sometime between the fifth a ... |
United Kingdom | ... ther representatives of six governments: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the | , and the United States, thus leading to the name Group of Six or G6. The ... |
France | ... hosted by France that brought together representatives of six governments: | , Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, thus l ... |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... rough, while Paralympic athletes from Angola, the Central African Republic, | , The Gambia, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Lesotho, Morocco, Niger, Paki ... |
Israel | On August 23, | i Mossad reportedly gives his name to the CIA as part of a list of 19 name ... |
British | A young | schoolmistress, Adela Quested, and her elderly friend, Mrs. Moore, visit t ... |
Belize | San Ignacio is a town in western | that serves as the capital of Cayo District. It got its start from Mahogan ... |
Kaliningrad Oblast | ... tried to help settle the Volga Germans from eastern parts of Russia in the | . This effort was only a small success, however, as most impoverished Volg ... |
German | Johann Tobias Krebs (7 July 1690 – 11 February 1762) was a | organist and composer |
Canada | ... systems, or the sty. In many pork-producing countries (e.g., United States, | , Australia, Denmark) the use of intensive piggeries has led to market rat ... |
Iraq | ... estern Sahara War (1975–1991), Iran (1980–88), Brazil (1972), Egypt (1973), | (1980–88, 1991, 2003–2011), Israel (2003-2012) Angola (1993), Yugoslavia ( ... |
Scotland | In 1829 William McKrea arrived from | with his family and opened a store. Because of his business ability the ha ... |
Italy | ... n the Mediterranean, encompassing the Balearics, Sardinia, Sicily, southern | and, briefly, the Duchy of Athens. Castile meanwhile used its naval capaci ... |
United Kingdom | ... urth-largest source of foreign direct investment, behind the United States, | , and Malaysia. Japan's political goals in its relationship with Banglades ... |
Netherlands | When Jacob Munster, a young man from the | who until the 1860s spelled his surname "Monster," opened an area General ... |
Ireland | Wellington was born in | as "The Honourable Arthur Wesley", the fourth son—third of five surviving ... |
Duchy of Athens | ... ompassing the Balearics, Sardinia, Sicily, southern Italy and, briefly, the | . Castile meanwhile used its naval capacities to conduct its reconquista o ... |
Israel | ... inian militant groups, in attempt to derail the stalled peace talks between | and Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority. According to th ... |
Dál Riata | ... ble for his successes against the Britons and his victory over the Gaels of | . Although he was defeated and killed in battle and replaced by a dynastic ... |
Russia | The world's largest proven gas reserves are located in | , with 4.757 m³ (1.68 cubic feet). With the Gazprom company, Russia is fre ... |
Dutch East Indies | ... cabinet laid the foundation for the welfare state and decolonization of the | . In the Dutch general election of 1952 the VVD gained one seat, but did n ... |
Thailand | ... , Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, | , Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tun ... |
Prussia | The war with | , initiated by Napoleon III in July 1870, turned out disastrously for Fran ... |
France | ... n descent, was born Lucius Septimius Bassianus in Lugdunum, Gaul (now Lyon, | ), the son of the later Emperor Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. At the ... |
Germany | ... by France that brought together representatives of six governments: France, | , Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, thus leading to ... |
Chile | Garua fog is a type of fog which happens to occur by the coast of | and Peru. The normal fog produced by the sea travels inland, but suddenly ... |
UK | ... or regional crisis, or during events abroad with major implications for the | . The constitution of a COBR will depend on the nature of the incident but ... |
Roman Republic | ... independent kingdom of Israel. In 63 BCE, the kingdom was conquered by the | , broken up and set up as a Roman client state. The Kingdom had survived f ... |
Poland | The borders of the present-day Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in | correspond closely to those of southern East Prussia |
Russia | | n Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov joined France and Germany and said the coun ... |
Pakistan | ... the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. They are also still seen in the hands of | i and Bangladeshi second-line and police units |
Congress Poland | ... f Prussia, while what is now central Poland became the Russian client state | . Many Germans remained in this central region, maintaining their middle-G ... |
Angola | ... l (1972), Egypt (1973), Iraq (1980–88, 1991, 2003–2011), Israel (2003-2012) | (1993), Yugoslavia (1991-1996), and by Argentina (1982) |
England | ... who have never worked, the figure stands at 33.33 percent, in the whole of | and Wales |
Malaysia | ... of foreign direct investment, behind the United States, United Kingdom, and | . Japan's political goals in its relationship with Bangladesh include gain ... |
Netherlands | ... n (, locally ; Gronings: Grönnen; ) is the northeasternmost province of the | . In the east it borders the German state of Niedersachsen (districts of L ... |
Brazil | The Magnavox Odyssey², known in Europe as the Philips Videopac G7000, in | as the Philips Odyssey, in the United States as the Magnavox Odyssey² and ... |
Finland | The contemporary independent republics of | and Lithuania have been grand duchies during certain eras of their history |
Canada | ... Corporation (formerly Alias|Wavefront), headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, | , was a software company that produced high-end 3D graphics software. The ... |
Germany | ... ional league of countries like China (the China Table Tennis Super League), | , France, Belgium and Austria are some highest level examples. There are a ... |
Greece | ... second letter, 2 Clement, is no longer ascribed to him) and that he died in | in the third year of Emperor Trajan's reign, or 101 AD |
Norway | ... Jie; Germany's Birgit Prinz, Conny Pohlers, Steffi Jones and Maren Meinert | ;'s Hege Riise, Unni Lehn, and Dagny Mellgren; Brazil's Sissi, Kátia and P ... |
Denmark | ... . In many pork-producing countries (e.g., United States, Canada, Australia, | ) the use of intensive piggeries has led to market rationalization and con ... |
Bolivia | ... of them. Butch persuades Sundance and Etta that the three should escape to | , which Butch envisions as a robber's paradise |
Guatemala | ... e ancient Maya ruins of Caracol, Xunantunich, Cahal Pech, El Pilar, Tikal ( | ). the cave Actun Tunichil Muknal, Chaa Creek Nature Reserve, and the Moun ... |
Soviet | ... ation particles trapped by the Earth's magnetic field. In January 1959, the | satellite Luna 1 first directly observed the solar wind and measured its s ... |
England | ... sertion that Aziz is innocent, decides to arrange for her return by ship to | before she can testify to this effect at the trial. Mrs. Moore dies during ... |
Austria | ... d in the late 18th century dismantled the Polish state, dividing it between | , Prussia and Russia. There were already many Germans living in the part o ... |
Belgium | ... Heysel Exhibition Park is the place in the north of the centre of Brussels, | , where the Brussels International Exposition (1935) and the Expo '58 took ... |
France | ... ith 17th, 18th, and 19th century art and furniture from Italy, England, and | |
Northern Ireland | ... art of the Belfast Agreement, Ireland dropped its claim to the territory of | and the United Kingdom now accepts its official name, Ireland, and its let ... |
Dutch | Jan Tinbergen (April 12, 1903June 9, 1994), was a | economist. He was awarded the first Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Scien ... |
Malawi | ... reserve forces and police forces in many Commonwealth countries, including | , and particularly Canada, where they are the main rifle issued to the Can ... |
Lebanon | ... sed frequently during the 1990s to attack and destroy Hezbollah outposts in | , attacking in many weather conditions – day and night. On 13 April 1996, ... |
Samoa | ... igues Solitaire. The generic name of the dodo-like Tooth-billed Pigeon from | is Didunculus, which means "little Dodo", and it was also shown to be quit ... |
Pakistan | Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a | i Islamic scholar, writes that punishment for apostasy was part of Divine ... |
Finland | ... Sture. From 1495 to 1497, Sten successfully repelled a Russian invasion of | . However, he subsequently fell out with the majority of the Swedish nobil ... |
British | Doctors is a | daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Lether ... |
Kaliningrad Oblast | ... rg was renamed Kaliningrad to honour Mikhail Kalinin and the area named the | . Between 24 August and 26 October 1948 21 transports with in total 42,094 ... |
British | The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is a | research institute (or think tank) in the area of international affairs. I ... |
England | ... elical movement, to which both men belonged, present in many communities in | at the time |
Germany | ... ams come from East Asia and European countries, including Austria, Belarus, | , Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Sweden, and Taiwan |
French | Henri Fantin-Latour (14 January 1836 – 25 August 1904) was a | painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group por ... |
Canadian | ... adian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a | conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was ... |
Gibraltar | ... ornwall and York. For eight months they toured the British Empire, visiting | , Malta, Egypt, Ceylon, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Sout ... |
Belgium | ... such as Chile and Guinea, had only said they would consider supporting it. | , Switzerland , Sweden , Norway , Greece , Austria and Liechtenstein also ... |
Madagascar | ... ng the captains and traders, several were killed or imprisoned on board. At | , where a brief stop was planned, further complications led to many more d ... |
Syria | ... Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, | , Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and T ... |
Netherlands | ... l union with the Netherlands crown until 1890 when William III, King of the | and Grand Duke of Luxembourg, died without leaving a male heir, so that in ... |
Portuguese | ... able to converse with Enrique of Malacca using the Malay language when the | explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived in 1521 |
Israel | In January 2004, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in | , Sheikh Mowafak Tarif, signed a declaration calling on all non-Jews in Is ... |
West Francia | ... ngia, which became disputed by the more powerful states that evolved out of | and East Francia (i.e., France and various Germanic states that united as ... |
Afghanistan | ... nd; Pashto/Persian: , Greek: (Etýmandros), Latin: ) is the longest river in | and the primarily watershed for the endorheic Sistan Basin |
Hong Kong | ... from East Asia and European countries, including Austria, Belarus, Germany, | , Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Sweden, and Taiwan |
Poland | ... ny Central European peoples lacking their own national states, not least in | , which had recently lost its independence when Russia's army crushed the ... |
Kiribati | ... rock islands in the Pacific Ocean (the others were Banaba (Ocean Island) in | and Makatea in French Polynesia). However, the phosphate reserves on Nauru ... |
Estonia | During the decades of the Soviet occupation of | , the original Estonian anthem was strictly forbidden. Throughout the year ... |
Switzerland | ... e setting's future history includes a war pitting most of the Earth against | , fueled by outrage over the Swiss allowing generations of kleptocrats to ... |
German | Renate Stecher (born 15 May 1950 in Süptitz) is a | (former East German) athlete and a triple Olympic champion |
Germany | ... erman population could trace their ancestry back to this region of northern | .Porta Westfalica itself came about in 1973 as a conglomeration of 15 vill ... |
Malta | ... York. For eight months they toured the British Empire, visiting Gibraltar, | , Egypt, Ceylon, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, South Afric ... |
Majapahit | ... century Nagarakretagama, Canto 14, that identify Timur as an island within | 's realm. Timor was incorporated into ancient Javanese, Chinese and Indian ... |
Russia | ... so was placed among 96-98th best universities in the world according to the | n based Global University Ranking |
Normandy | ... rl of Chester, who brought Benedictine monks from Savigny Abbey in southern | . In 1147, the abbey became part of the Cistercian Order and therefore a d ... |
Mexican | ... lar Montenegro (born Maria del Pilar Montenegro López on May 31, 1969) is a | Latin pop singer and actress |
Ukraine | ... ans were contributing to the war effort by checking German ambitions in the | and Japanese designs on Siberia, but this came to naught |
Brazil | ... ge of Latin America is Spanish, though the largest nation in Latin America, | , speaks Portuguese. Small enclaves of French-, Dutch- and English-speakin ... |
Brazil | ... veloping countries, referred to as the Outreach Five (O5) or the Plus Five: | , People's Republic of China, India, Mexico, and South Africa. These count ... |
Switzerland | Belgium , | , Sweden , Norway , Greece , Austria and Liechtenstein also condemned the ... |
Afghanistan | ... t used for the Buddhist Paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western | sometime between the fifth and ninth centuries, it did not gain popularity ... |
East Francia | ... e disputed by the more powerful states that evolved out of West Francia and | (i.e., France and various Germanic states that united as Germany in the 19 ... |
Sweden | Belgium , Switzerland , | , Norway , Greece , Austria and Liechtenstein also condemned the war. The ... |
French Guiana | ... Dutch- and English-speaking regions also exist in Latin America, notably in | , Suriname and Belize respectively, and Haitian Creole, of French origin, ... |
Philippines | Manila (; pronounced in Tagalog and in English) is the capital of the | . It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila |
Japan | ... sia and European countries, including Austria, Belarus, Germany, Hong Kong, | , South Korea, Singapore, Sweden, and Taiwan |
Zambia | | is home to two Chinese-supported Special Economic Zones. One sits just out ... |
England | ... f England to investigate and recover royal lands, rights, and franchises in | , in particular those lost during the reign of his father, King Henry III ... |
Norway | Belgium , Switzerland , Sweden , | , Greece , Austria and Liechtenstein also condemned the war. The Czech Rep ... |
France | Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond, 7th duc de Broglie, FRS (; ; Dieppe, | , 15 August 1892 – Louveciennes, France, 19 March 1987) was a French physi ... |
Iran | ... levels. The second largest natural gas field is the South Pars Gas Field in | ian waters in the Persian Gulf. Located next to Qatar's North Field, it ha ... |
Scotland | ... the Reformed churches (mostly in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and | ). There were many smaller bodies as well. The most common dating of the P ... |
Russia | ... resolved the dispute and adopted the current name, dubnium (Db), after the | n town of Dubna, the location of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. ... |
Italy | ... . It was furnished with 17th, 18th, and 19th century art and furniture from | , England, and France |
Roman Empire | ... on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the | |
France | ... re powerful states that evolved out of West Francia and East Francia (i.e., | and various Germanic states that united as Germany in the 19th century). T ... |
Switzerland | ... omalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, | , Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinida ... |
Egypt | ... For eight months they toured the British Empire, visiting Gibraltar, Malta, | , Ceylon, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, South Africa and C ... |
Japan | Since feudal | the common slang for infanticide was "mabiki" (間引き) which means to pull pl ... |
England | ... s furnished with 17th, 18th, and 19th century art and furniture from Italy, | , and France |
Kingdom of England | ... II of England. From 1278 to 1294, Edward dispatched justices throughout the | to inquire “by what warrant” English lords held their lands and exercised ... |
Canada | ... e known as the Group of Seven or G7 the following year with the addition of | . In 1997, Russia was added to group which then became known as the G8 |
Belize | ... regions also exist in Latin America, notably in French Guiana, Suriname and | respectively, and Haitian Creole, of French origin, is dominant in the nat ... |
Greece | Belgium , Switzerland , Sweden , Norway , | , Austria and Liechtenstein also condemned the war. The Czech Republic, Cr ... |
Canada | In 2005, | changed its Letter of Credence and Letter of Recall by removing all refere ... |
Japan | ... nd grandeur won it the admiration of many throughout history, including the | ese monk Ennin (794–864), the Persian historian Rashid al-Din (1247–1318), ... |
Swedish | ... rles XIII. Baron Carl Otto Mörner (22 May 1781 – 17 August 1868), who was a | courtier, and obscure member of the Diet, advocated for the succession |
Netherlands | ... xistence today is Luxembourg. It has been a grand duchy since 1815 when the | became an independent kingdom and Luxembourg was handed over to the King o ... |
Germany | ... a and East Francia (i.e., France and various Germanic states that united as | in the 19th century). The collapse of the Middle Frankish Kingdom also com ... |
Haiti | ... ctively, and Haitian Creole, of French origin, is dominant in the nation of | . Native languages are more prominent in Latin America than in Anglo-Ameri ... |
Normandy | Operation Overlord, the Allied "D-Day" landings in | , took place on 6 June 1944. In preparation for the expected landings the ... |
Singapore | ... ntries, including Austria, Belarus, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, | , Sweden, and Taiwan |
Northern Ireland | ... similar relationship with the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales, and | . The Sovereign appoints the First Minister of Scotland on the nomination ... |
Austria | Belgium , Switzerland , Sweden , Norway , Greece , | and Liechtenstein also condemned the war. The Czech Republic, Croatia , an ... |
France | ... 7th duc de Broglie, FRS (; ; Dieppe, France, 15 August 1892 – Louveciennes, | , 19 March 1987) was a French physicist and a Nobel laureate in 1929. He w ... |
Russia | ... oup of Seven or G7 the following year with the addition of Canada. In 1997, | was added to group which then became known as the G8 |
Singapore | ... s they toured the British Empire, visiting Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, Ceylon, | , Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, South Africa and Canada. No royal had ... |
Dál Riata | Áedán mac Gabráin, the Irish king of | (to the northwest of Bernicia), was alarmed by Æthelfrith's successes, and ... |
Ukraine | Special Economic Zones existed in | until March 31, 2005. The first created was the Nouth-Crimean Experimental ... |
Angola | ... n, women and children were brought from west-central Africa, primarily from | and the Bight of Biafra. The Igbo ethnic group of what is now southern Nig ... |
New Zealand | ... e of the Governor General, who is the Queen's representative. Australia and | have since followed suit, in consultation with Elizabeth II's Private Secr ... |
Iceland | ... ked by a Canadian Short Sunderland and a PBY Catalina aircraft southeast of | . One crewman was killed in the attack. The Catalina was damaged, the Sund ... |
Netherlands | ... Seclusion laws, inbound ships were only allowed from China, Korea, and the | |
India | ... centres specifically promote international economic relations with Russia, | and Turkey |
empire | ... d success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the | , and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of ... |
Spain | ... the XXI Premi Internacional Catalunya 2009 by the Catalonian government of | . The award honors an individual "whose creative work has made a significa ... |
Poland | Through wars and the partitions of | , Prussia acquired an increasing amount of northern, western, and central ... |
Denmark | ... stofer av Bayern (26 February 1416 – 5 or 6 January 1448) was union king of | (1440–1448 as Christopher III), Sweden (1441–1448) and (1442–1448) |
Russia | ... regional centres specifically promote international economic relations with | , India and Turkey |
Albania | Currently, in | the word "Catalan" means "ugly and wicked man." Likewise, "Catalan" or "Ka ... |
England | ... nths especially in areas bounded by high ground such as the Vale of York in | . Radiation fog is most common in autumn and early winter. Examples of thi ... |
India | ... d when I die every drop of my blood will strengthen India and keep a united | aliv |
Belize | The nations of Guyana, Suriname, and | are generally considered not to fall into either Anglo-America or Latin Am ... |
Portugal | In the 15th century Castile entered into a race of exploration with | that inaugurated the European age of discovery. In 1492 two caravels and o ... |
France | Milhaud is a commune in the Gard department in southern | |
Mexican | ... (January 20, 1918 – January 3, 2002) often simply known as Esquivel!, was a | band leader, pianist, and composer for television and films. He is recogni ... |
Finland | Porvoo (; ) is a city and a municipality situated on the southern coast of | approximately east of Helsinki. Porvoo is one of the six medieval towns in ... |
Japan | ... Kingdom, then subsequently spread throughout Western Europe, North America, | , and eventually the rest of the world |
Portugal | ... eferendum held in 1999 under a UN sponsored agreement between Indonesia and | in which its people rejected the offer of autonomy within Indonesia. The U ... |
Sweden | ... city of Porvoo and the Rural municipality of Porvoo were consolidated. When | lost the city of Viborg to Russia in 1721, the episcopal seat was moved to ... |
Indonesia | ... bolic victory. It may be regarded as the start of the Dutch colonisation of | . Within five years, sixty-five more Dutch ships had gone East to trade. S ... |
Uzbekistan | NAVOI FREE INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIC ZONE in | In order to further stimulate attraction of foreign investments, to create ... |
Tunisia | ... iland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, | , Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uni ... |
Jordan | As the Syrian position deteriorated, | sent an expeditionary force into Syria. King Hussein, who had come under i ... |
Denmark | ... and. The town is close to Ringkøbing Fjord on the Jutland peninsula in west | . The former Videbæk municipality covered an area of 289 km², and had a to ... |
Russia | In | , infanticide may have been practiced as human sacrifice, as part of the p ... |
Vietnam | ... time in prison studying. He was particularly inspired by his studies of the | ese struggle. He became a member of the escape committee which engineered ... |
British | ... yfair (later 1st Baron Playfair, GCB, PC, FRS (1 May 1818 – 29 May 1898), a | chemist, proposed using a cacodyl cyanide-filled artillery shell against e ... |
Prussia | Through wars and the partitions of Poland, | acquired an increasing amount of northern, western, and central Polish ter ... |
Djibouti | The RNLAF Apaches' first deployment was in 2001 to | , Africa. They were also deployed alongside US AH-64s in support of NATO p ... |
British | Derek Parfit (born December 11, 1942; China) is a | philosopher who specializes in problems of personal identity, rationality ... |
German | ... le cannon) was an 8.8 cm calibre tank gun designed by Krupp and used by the | Wehrmacht, during the Second World War. It was the primary armament of the ... |
Germany | Within | , use of the title expanded after 1815, but its application was not univer ... |
Guam | ... including six refuelling stops at Toulouse, Dubai, Bangkok, Andersen AFB in | , Honolulu, and Acapulco. By its 30th flight anniversary on 2 March 1999 C ... |
Sweden | ... r 6 January 1448) was union king of Denmark (1440–1448 as Christopher III), | (1441–1448) and (1442–1448) |
Switzerland | ... unicipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, | . It has a permanent population of . Davos is located on the Landwasser Ri ... |
France | ... and would lead to a deeper crisis involving other countries in the region". | , Germany and Russia were from the very outset publicly opposed to a US-le ... |
Jordan | ... to Syria and destroying a bridge in the tri-border area of Syria, Iraq, and | . The operation disrupted the flow of weapons and troops to Syria. During ... |
Germany | ... adopted Russian culture and have a poor command of German. For this reason, | has recently strictly limited their immigration, and the fall of Germans i ... |
Bulgaria | ... a popular saying included: may the revenge of the Catalans fall on you. In | , the expressions "Catalan" and "Son of Catalan" mean "wicked man, soulles ... |
French Polynesia | ... fic Ocean (the others were Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in | ). However, the phosphate reserves on Nauru are depleted for all practical ... |
Russia | | currently has 16 federal economic zones and several regional projects |
Israel | ... f human rights abuses by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, as well as by | i authorities, with the security forces belonging to the PA and Hamas bein ... |
UK | Rated R was the band's breakout album in the | . Upon its release in June 2000, the album peaked at number 16 on the Top ... |
New Zealand | ... ish Empire, visiting Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, Ceylon, Singapore, Australia, | , Mauritius, South Africa and Canada. No royal had undertaken such an ambi ... |
England | ... r time by later rulers. Billy Morin, recently at University of Cambridge in | and now at Leiden University in the Netherlands led a team that investigat ... |
Germany | The Barberini Faun (located in the Glyptothek in Munich, | ) is a Hellenistic marble statue from about 200 BCE that was found in the ... |
Belarus | ... core from which they expanded are cultures within the territories of modern | , Poland, and Ukraine. The proposed frameworks are:#Milograd culture hypot ... |
Yuan Dynasty | ... tarting in about 1264 CE. According to Yuanshi, the official history of the | , the Mongols militarily subdued the Guwei (骨嵬, Gǔwéi), and by 1308, all i ... |
Bahrain | ... x refuelling stops at Santo Domingo, Acapulco, Honolulu, Guam, Bangkok, and | |
Guam | ... ritories. The United States Navy controlled the TTPI from a headquarters in | until 1951, when the United States Department of the Interior took over co ... |
Roman Empire | During the | , Aequitas as a divine personification was part of the religious propagand ... |
Japan | ... ons between the two countries are based on Vietnam's developing economy and | 's role as an investor and foreign aid donor |
Papua New Guinea | ... orld where this occurs is in the central dialect of the Rotokas language of | , where nasal stops are used only when imitating foreign accents (a second ... |
Denmark | ... ity (Danish, kommune) in Ringkøbing County on the Jutland peninsula in west | . The municipality covered an area of 239 km², and had a total population ... |
South Africa | ... the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Malawi, Angola, Namibia and | are under the jurisdiction and the evangelization of the Throne of Alexand ... |
Kingdom of Naples | ... play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the | 's control of Rome threatened by Napoleon's . It contains depictions of to ... |
Bermuda | ... ms and on other invertebrates. She commented in a letter: "The polyclads of | were so pretty that I could not resist collecting them and figuring out Ve ... |
Denmark | ... ) in Ringkøbing County near the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west | . The municipality covered an area of 377 km², and had a total population ... |
Vietnam | ... in friendly trade. Modern relations between the two countries are based on | 's developing economy and Japan's role as an investor and foreign aid dono ... |
Denmark | ... (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western | . The municipality covers an area of 1,336 km² and a total population of 8 ... |
Portugal | The visits of the Nanban ships from | were at first the main vector of trade exchanges, followed by the addition ... |
Germany | France, | and Russia were from the very outset publicly opposed to a US-led war. As ... |
Normandy | ... Paris, and regional trains to Caen, Dieppe and other local destinations in | . Daily direct trains operate to Amiens and Lille, and direct TGVs (high-s ... |
Chile | ... anted to vote for the U.S./UK resolution, while a few more nations, such as | and Guinea, had only said they would consider supporting it |
Jordan | ... e empire gained what became the province of Arabia Petraea (modern southern | and north west Saudi Arabia) |
Pakistan | ... in 1988 and 1989, dropping to just under US$900 million in 1990. Except for | , which received heavy inputs of aid from the United States, all other Sou ... |
Poland | ... which they expanded are cultures within the territories of modern Belarus, | , and Ukraine. The proposed frameworks are:#Milograd culture hypothesis: T ... |
Canada | "O Canada" is the national anthem of | . The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Th ... |
North Korea | ... ry that hangul truly replaced hanja. Officially, hanja has not been used in | since June 1949 (additionally, all texts are now written horizontally inst ... |
Japan | ... ckcurrants are also the primary ingredient in the apéritif crème de cassis. | imports $3.6 million of New Zealand blackcurrants for uses as dietary supp ... |
Russia | France, Germany and | were from the very outset publicly opposed to a US-led war. As the US took ... |
Tonga | ... den, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, | , Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukra ... |
late Republican | ... , "to sow," as was the title of the goddess Ops as Consivia or Consiva. The | theologian Varro said that the Consualia were named for Consus. The festiv ... |
Germany | In 1991, McTell shared the billing with Donovan on a tour of | . He also toured in his own right in the UK |
Neustria | Jersey was part of | with the same Gallo-Frankish population as the continental mainland. Jerse ... |
India | ... n countries receive most of their aid from Japan. Four South Asian nations— | , Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka—are in the top ten list of Tokyo's a ... |
Botswana | ... da, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, | , Malawi, Angola, Namibia and South Africa are under the jurisdiction and ... |
Indonesia | Nam phrik are Thai chilli pastes, similar to the | n and Malaysian sambals. Each region has its own special versions. The wor ... |
Malawi | ... Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, | , Angola, Namibia and South Africa are under the jurisdiction and the evan ... |
Spain | Girona (; ) is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, | at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an ... |
Portugal | ... try's 27th province, but this was never recognised by the United Nations or | |
Soviet Union | ... d in 1968 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research at Dubna (then in the | ). Researchers there bombarded an americium-243 target with neon-22 ions. ... |
Anjou | ... rounding Comtat Venaissin were ruled by the kings of Sicily of the house of | . The French King Philip the Fair, who had inherited from his father all t ... |
Mauritius | ... isiting Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, Ceylon, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, | , South Africa and Canada. No royal had undertaken such an ambitious tour ... |
Croatia | ... ed to be the Istro-Romanians' relatives, the Morlachs in what is now in the | n region of Morlachia inhabited a wide range of Dalmatia in the past, but ... |
Canada | ... between his television commitments and he toured during 1984 at home and in | and the United States. After composing the music for a Skol lager advertis ... |
Iran | The Parthian Kingdom succumbed in 224 AD to the Sasanids – rulers of | . At the same time, several tribal groups—including the Alans and the Huns ... |
Cuba | ... iscovery of America and the settlement of certain Caribbean islands such as | , Spanish conquistadors Hernán Cortés and Pizarro were carried by the Span ... |
Ghana | ... of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, | , Botswana, Malawi, Angola, Namibia and South Africa are under the jurisdi ... |
France | ... member of the Ariane family of rockets, and was produced by Aérospatiale in | |
France | ... gue of countries like China (the China Table Tennis Super League), Germany, | , Belgium and Austria are some highest level examples. There are also some ... |
Spain | ... Mr. Cinders. More concert tours followed, along with a move from Florida to | . In 1992 Donegan underwent further bypass surgery following another heart ... |
Angola | ... a, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Malawi, | , Namibia and South Africa are under the jurisdiction and the evangelizati ... |
Duchy of Warsaw | ... tence of South Prussia. It and other territories were incorporated into the | . After Napoleon's defeat in 1815, however, the Duchy was divided. The wes ... |
Soviet | ... icans, Italian-Americans, Jews, and immigrants from Russia and other former | republics |
Austria | ... European countries in March 1938, the month of Nazi Germany's Anschluss of | , and stated "I do not believe a widespread war is at all probable in the ... |
Poland | ... the group armed itself by weapons purchased in Europe, primarily Italy and | , and smuggled to Palestine. The Irgun also established workshops that man ... |
Malaysia | Nam phrik are Thai chilli pastes, similar to the Indonesian and | n sambals. Each region has its own special versions. The wording "nam phri ... |
Togo | ... d, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, | , Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ugand ... |
Bangladesh | ... ive most of their aid from Japan. Four South Asian nations—India, Pakistan, | , and Sri Lanka—are in the top ten list of Tokyo's aid recipients worldwid ... |
Namibia | ... a, Zimbabwe, the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Malawi, Angola, | and South Africa are under the jurisdiction and the evangelization of the ... |
Poland | There are 14 Special Economic Zones in | |
Italy | ... rld War II the group armed itself by weapons purchased in Europe, primarily | and Poland, and smuggled to Palestine. The Irgun also established workshop ... |
Denmark | ... of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest | . Its mayor is Johnny Søtrup, from the Venstre (Center-Right Party) politi ... |
Greece | ... ve land he occupied himself with natural philosophy. He traveled throughout | to acquire a knowledge of its culture. He mentions many Greek philosophers ... |
Swiss | Theodor Zwinger the Elder (August 2, 1533 – March 10, 1588) was a | physician and humanist scholar. He made significant contributions to the e ... |
Northern Ireland | ... llero is firstly because of its background as a Protestant marching song in | |
Pakistan | ... tries receive most of their aid from Japan. Four South Asian nations—India, | , Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka—are in the top ten list of Tokyo's aid recipie ... |
South Africa | ... raltar, Malta, Egypt, Ceylon, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, | and Canada. No royal had undertaken such an ambitious tour before. She bro ... |
Belgium | ... ountries like China (the China Table Tennis Super League), Germany, France, | and Austria are some highest level examples. There are also some important ... |
Sweden | ... e den äldre; 1440 – 14 December 1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of | from (1470–1497 and 1501–1503) |
Zimbabwe | In addition to the above, the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, | , the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Malawi, Angola, Namibia a ... |
Turkmenistan | ... n from the east and north. A branch of the Huns wrested control of southern | from the Sasanian Empire in the 5th century A.D, this records first eviden ... |
Russia | ... zen (IQF) produce for culinary production as jams, jellies or preserves. In | , blackcurrant leaves may be used for flavouring tea or preserves. Sweeten ... |
Prussia | ... of their fiefs with additional lands obtained from defeated powers such as | . Though Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and his vassal territories like ... |
Indonesia | ... trol until a referendum held in 1999 under a UN sponsored agreement between | and Portugal in which its people rejected the offer of autonomy within Ind ... |
Mauritius | ... hus cucullatus) was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of | . It stood about a metre (3.3 feet) tall, weighing about . The species los ... |
Mongolia | On January 11, 2008, China, | , Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany agreed to collaborate on a cargo tra ... |
Ukraine | ... ment, including his head, are claimed by the Kiev Monastery of the Caves in | |
Soviet Union | ... microscopic amounts of dubnium were produced in laboratories in the former | and in California. The priority of the discovery and therefore the naming ... |
Philippines | ... rn formed Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian, and an "Outer" group on Borneo and the | . Both are remnant groups with negative definitions: Outer WMP (Borneo–Phi ... |
Egypt | We know that he wrote on Babylon and Meroe; he must also have visited | , and Diodorus Siculus states that he lived there for five years. He himse ... |
Northern Ireland | After the Troubles broke out in | in 1969, the IRA and Sinn Féin both split over abstentionism and the "left ... |
Austria | ... e China (the China Table Tennis Super League), Germany, France, Belgium and | are some highest level examples. There are also some important internation ... |
Singapore | On May 18, 2010, Bilbao was awarded by the government of | with the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, at the World Cities Summit 2010. I ... |
Belize | Corozal District is the northernmost district of the nation of | . The population was 33,335 as of 2000. The district capital is Corozal To ... |
Majapahit | ... integration. Empires such as Bagan, Ayutthaya, Champa, Khmer, Srivijaya and | are known as "mandala" in this sense |
New Zealand | ... -loading design or vertical-axis clothes washer, most popular in Australia, | , Canada, the United States and Latin America, places the clothes in a ver ... |
Italy | ... n the late 5th century, under Theodoric the Great, established a Kingdom in | |
Zambia | In addition to the above, the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, | , Zimbabwe, the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Malawi, Angola, ... |
Duchy of Warsaw | ... ants), the Maratha Confederation, the Ottoman Empire, Italy, Naples and the | ever had more than 100,000 men under arms. Even small nations now had armi ... |
Sri Lanka | ... r aid from Japan. Four South Asian nations—India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and | —are in the top ten list of Tokyo's aid recipients worldwide. A point to n ... |
Canada | ... ypt, Ceylon, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, South Africa and | . No royal had undertaken such an ambitious tour before. She broke down in ... |
Nigeria | ... ountries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the Congo, Cameroon, | , Ghana, Botswana, Malawi, Angola, Namibia and South Africa are under the ... |
Transylvania | ... olved from the Romanian language spoken in the Apuseni or Maramureş area of | , which has some similar traits. It could also be a coincidental developme ... |
Japan | The bakuhan taisei was the feudal political system in the Edo period of | . Baku, or "tent," is an abbreviation of bakufu, meaning "military governm ... |
Prussia | The song's lyrics reflect the invasion of France by foreign armies (from | and Austria) that were underway when it was written. Strasbourg itself was ... |
New Zealand | ... businessmen, the brothers John Cooke and Henry Cooke, who had arrived from | in the 1840s, and Walter Powell. The first edition appeared on 17 October ... |
Poland | On January 11, 2008, China, Mongolia, Russia, Belarus, | and Germany agreed to collaborate on a cargo train service between Beijing ... |
Austria | ... s lyrics reflect the invasion of France by foreign armies (from Prussia and | ) that were underway when it was written. Strasbourg itself was attacked j ... |
Puerto Rico | ... lices fried in soybean oil (known as tostones in the Dominican Republic and | ). It is eaten both as a snack and as part of a meal is, often eaten with ... |
Afghanistan | Oil paint, which may have originated in | between the 5th and 9th centuries and migrated westward in the Middle Ages ... |
Castile | ... Navas de Tolosa they occasionally entered into alliances with the kings of | . They were successful in expelling the garrisons placed in some of the co ... |
Mariana Islands | ... mination of U.S. administration of the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and the | districts of the TTPI soon followed on November 3, 1986. The Security Coun ... |
Singapore | ... Hopkins maintains campuses in Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Italy; China and | |
Tanzania | ... dan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, | , Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmeni ... |
Denmark | ... h, kommune) in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south | . The municipality covers an area of 817 km², and has a total population o ... |
Kingdom of Aragon | ... t to Catholicism or be expelled. Nevertheless, King Ferdinand, ruler of the | , continued to tolerate the large Muslim population living in his territor ... |
Austria-Hungary | ... orough House. As Princess of Wales, May accompanied her husband on trips to | and Württemberg in 1904. The following year, she gave birth to her last ch ... |
Sicily | ... e, the city and the surrounding Comtat Venaissin were ruled by the kings of | of the house of Anjou. The French King Philip the Fair, who had inherited ... |
Belarus | On January 11, 2008, China, Mongolia, Russia, | , Poland and Germany agreed to collaborate on a cargo train service betwee ... |
India | ... and her perfect meditation ritual. When he decides to go on a pilgrimage to | , the priest gives the couple permission to remain in the temple so long a ... |
Roman Empire | ... wn to have visited Torquay during the period when Britain was a part of the | , leaving offerings at a curious rock formation in Kent's Cavern, known as ... |
League of the Ten Jurisdictions | In 1436, the | was founded in Davos |
Malaysia | Shah Alam is the state capital of Selangor, | situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighbori ... |
Canada | ... gn or vertical-axis clothes washer, most popular in Australia, New Zealand, | , the United States and Latin America, places the clothes in a vertically ... |
Lebanese | The population is largely Mestizo and Kriol, with some | and Mopan. San Ignacio also boasts a fairly large Chinese population, most ... |
Cameroon | ... ove, the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the Congo, | , Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Malawi, Angola, Namibia and South Africa are u ... |
Pakistan | ... bar Khalsa was sending its recruits to the same terrorist training camps in | used by Al Qaeda |
Swedish | Sten Sture the Elder (Sten Sture den äldre; 1440 – 14 December 1503) was a | statesman and regent of Sweden from (1470–1497 and 1501–1503) |
Kenya | In addition to the above, the countries of Uganda, | , Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswan ... |
Belgian | Glabbeek is a municipality located in the | province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Atten ... |
Austria | ... political conditions as in the 16th century; the main differences were that | had replaced Spain as the dominant foreign power after the War of Spanish ... |
Thailand | ... blicized spring 1991 tour of five Southeast Asian nations—Malaysia, Brunei, | , Singapore, and the Philippines—culminated in a 3 May major foreign polic ... |
France | ... ter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, | . They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summe ... |
Egypt | ... were once again left in the care of their grandparents. They passed through | both ways and on the way back stopped in Greece. The tour was almost immed ... |
Uganda | In addition to the above, the countries of | , Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, ... |
Third Republic | ... f the House of Bourbon dynasty were labeled the legitimist reaction. In the | , the monarchists were the reactionary faction, later renamed conservative ... |
Germany | The celebration of Mardi Gras in | is called Karneval, Fastnacht, or Fasching. Fastnacht means "Eve of the Be ... |
Tanzania | In addition to the above, the countries of Uganda, Kenya, | , Zambia, Zimbabwe, the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Malawi, ... |
Greece | ... parents. They passed through Egypt both ways and on the way back stopped in | . The tour was almost immediately followed by a trip to Spain for the wedd ... |
Italy | ... ard one star for ten titles. The first team to adopt a star was Juventus in | and Europe, who added a star above their badge in 1958 to represent their ... |
Singapore | ... pring 1991 tour of five Southeast Asian nations—Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, | , and the Philippines—culminated in a 3 May major foreign policy address i ... |
New Zealand | In 1998, | based company Fisher & Paykel introduced its SmartDrive washing machine li ... |
Spain | ... (R11), which entered service in 1988 after completing sea trials. Built in | it was designed with a "ski-jump" takeoff deck. Its complement is twenty n ... |
Lebanon | ... se prince, see Li Ban (李班). For the country whose French name is Liban, see | |
Spain | ... as in the 16th century; the main differences were that Austria had replaced | as the dominant foreign power after the War of Spanish Succession (and tha ... |
Western Frankish Realm | ... ing himself sacred at Metz. Cambrai thus reverted, but only briefly, to the | . In 870 the town was destroyed by the Normans |
Ukraine | ... Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, | , United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan ... |
Russia | ... with the symbol Db and atomic number 105, named after the town of Dubna in | , where it was first produced. It is a synthetic element (an element that ... |
Republic of Ireland | ... inner elections. While continuing to be the main method of elections in the | and for some elections in Australia, it has been widely used in numerous c ... |
Algeria | ... causing a large number of French people to emigrate into France (including | ). The territories were not annexed by any state of the Empire or organise ... |
New Zealand | ... nd has yet to regain its previous popularity to levels enjoyed in Europe or | . Owing to its unique flavour and richness in polyphenols, dietary fibre a ... |
Britain | ... vents, political rallies and around Scout and Guide campfires, primarily in | , Ireland and some Commonwealth nations |
Malaysia | ... ple. The Visayans were thought to have kept close diplomatic relations with | and Indonesian kingdoms since the tribal groups of Cebu were able to conve ... |
British | Princess Royal is a style customarily (but not automatically) awarded by a | monarch to his or her eldest daughter. The style is held for life, so a pr ... |
Belarus | ... was one of ten candidates registered for the presidential election held in | on 19 December 2010. Though originally envisaged for 2011 an earlier date ... |
Ethiopia | ... knowledge. He traveled to Asia, and was even said to have reached India and | |
India | ... Thailand and Jordan, along with persons of high office in countries such as | , have been among their audiences |
Singapore | ... 2003, Greece ordered 12 AH-64D in addition to existing fleet of 20 AH-64A+. | purchased a total of 20 AH-64D Longbow Apache aircraft in two batches betw ... |
Sweden | ... vante Nilsson (1460 – 2 January 1512) was a Swedish statesman and regent of | 1504 – 2 January 1512. He was born around 1460 as the son of Nils Bosson o ... |
India | ... ince and Princess of Wales undertook another eight month tour, this time of | , and the children were once again left in the care of their grandparents. ... |
Latin Empire | ... il the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. He recovered Constantinople from the | in 1261 and transformed the Empire of Nicaea into a restored Byzantine Emp ... |
Uganda | ... e, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, | , Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, U ... |
Sierra Leone | ... tions were the returnee ex-slaves known as Creoles, who came from Freetown, | , Brazil and the West Indies to Lagos. The Creoles contributed to Lagos' m ... |
Egypt | ... ession in 285 BC of (Greek-speaking) Ptolemy II, who ruled from Alexandria, | and launched the "Alexandrian period", when the city of Alexandria and its ... |
Austria | ... villain. He had a successful stage and film career in Hungary, Germany and | where he worked with Max Reinhardt. He arrived in Hollywood in 1927 and be ... |
Portuguese | ... iguel Meireles Von-Doellinger Castro (born 3 June 1979 in Fafe, Braga) is a | footballer who plays for Moreirense F.C. in the Portuguese second division ... |
British | ... ing him with the "Georgian poets") (9 January 1881 – 27 October 1938) was a | poet and literary critic, one of the "Dymock poets". He was born in Ashton ... |
Brunei | ... much publicized spring 1991 tour of five Southeast Asian nations—Malaysia, | , Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines—culminated in a 3 May major for ... |
North Korea | ... ula. Hence, close air support of the ground troops along the border between | and South Korea was vital, and the American and other U.N. aviators turned ... |
England | ... specially following the Acts of Union in 1707, which joined the Kingdoms of | and Scotland, the personification of the martial Britannia was used as an ... |
Netherlands | ... S Frundberg) were pulled out of the line and sent to the Arnhem area in the | . Upon arrival they began the task of refitting, and the majority of the r ... |
Qatar | ... eum in Japan, the Suzhou Museum in Suzhou, and the Museum of Islamic Art in | |
Scotland | ... uch as Maribel Dominguez of Mexico, Homare Sawa of Japan, Julie Fleeting of | , Cheryl Salisbury of Australia, Marinette Pichon of France and Kelly Smit ... |
Yugoslavia | ... rance at the Winter Olympics, competed as independent nations after leaving | . The UN sanctions against Yugoslavia that saw them miss the 1992 Summer O ... |
Kingdom of Naples | ... had protected the republic, withdrew from Rome. As they left, troops of the | occupied the city |
India | ... hirst for knowledge. He traveled to Asia, and was even said to have reached | and Ethiopia |
Denmark | ... it entrained for the southern end of the country, crossing the Skagerrak to | |
Germany | ... predestination was the center of much controversy in 9th century France and | . In his own time, Ratramnus was perhaps best known for his Against the Ob ... |
Greece | ... ased 16 Longbow helicopters. Egypt also uses the Apache. In September 2003, | ordered 12 AH-64D in addition to existing fleet of 20 AH-64A+. Singapore p ... |
Russia | With the Congress of Vienna, the monarchs of | , Prussia, and Austria formed the Holy Alliance, a form of collective secu ... |
Eritrea | ... Alexandria has jurisdiction over Pentapolis, Libya, Nubia, Sudan, Ethiopia, | and all Africa |
Mauritius | ... ed the Dodo Tree, is a long-lived tree in the family Sapotaceae, endemic to | . The Dodo Tree is valued for its timber |
Soviet | These results by the Berkeley scientists did not confirm the | findings regarding the 9.40 MeV or 9.70 MeV alpha-decay of dubnium-260, le ... |
Kenya | ... Bird Library is also home to the largest collection of national archives of | and Tanzania. In July 2008, Syracuse University became the owner of the se ... |
Prussia | ... ame not the inspiration for nationalism, but the object of its struggle. In | , the development of spiritual renewal as a means to engage in the struggl ... |
Scotland | ... es of Nauru was the Eigamoiya, built by the Henry Robb shipyard at Leith in | |
Cambodia | ... ew role, Japan took an active part in promoting negotiations to resolve the | n conflict |
Germany | ... ypecast as a villain. He had a successful stage and film career in Hungary, | and Austria where he worked with Max Reinhardt. He arrived in Hollywood in ... |
Eritrea | ... ate of Addis Ababa and all Ethiopia, and the Patriarchate of Asmara and all | do acknowledge the supremacy of honor and dignity of the Pope and Patriarc ... |
Jordan | ... an, and has since performed in over 56 nations. The royalty of Thailand and | , along with persons of high office in countries such as India, have been ... |
British | In 1854, Lyon Playfair, a | chemist, proposed a cacodyl cyanide artillery shell for use against enemy ... |
Lithuania | ... l of Management) with around 2000 students located in Vilnius and Kaunas in | |
Cameroon | In English-language teaching Bobda shows how | has moved away from a mono-cultural, Anglo-centered way of teaching Englis ... |
German | ... sed that the new element should be named hahnium (Ha), in honor of the late | chemist Otto Hahn. Consequently hahnium was the name that most American an ... |
Japan | ... and Iraq. The group first performed as the Young Ambasadors at Expo '70 in | , and has since performed in over 56 nations. The royalty of Thailand and ... |
Sudan | ... t, the Church of Alexandria has jurisdiction over Pentapolis, Libya, Nubia, | , Ethiopia, Eritrea and all Africa |
Scotland | An example of a credit money banknote which is not legal tender is seen in | , where banknotes from a well-trusted bank function as currency. Scotland ... |
New Zealand | The Māori language ( | ) uses reduplication in a number of ways |
Italy | ... sted in her day, Virgil's Dido curses the future progeny of the Trojans. In | under the Fascist regime, her figure was demonized, perhaps not only as an ... |
Indonesia | ... yans were thought to have kept close diplomatic relations with Malaysia and | n kingdoms since the tribal groups of Cebu were able to converse with Enri ... |
Spain | ... the Roman province of Hispania Baetica (in what is now Andalusia in modern | ), a province that was thoroughly Romanized and called southern Hispania, ... |
Poland | ... d excavations started in the 1920s had located Truso around Janów Pomorski, | , in the south-eastern suburb of Elbląg (Elbing). These artifacts, dating ... |
Hungary | ... became typecast as a villain. He had a successful stage and film career in | , Germany and Austria where he worked with Max Reinhardt. He arrived in Ho ... |
Philippines | ... five Southeast Asian nations—Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Singapore, and the | —culminated in a 3 May major foreign policy address in Singapore, in which ... |
France | ... of double predestination was the center of much controversy in 9th century | and Germany. In his own time, Ratramnus was perhaps best known for his Aga ... |
Belgium | ... n the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of | . The municipality comprises the city of Aarschot proper and the towns of ... |
Japan | ... s, administration facilities, schools, prisons, and churches on the island. | proclaimed its sovereignty over Sakhalin (which they called Karafuto) yet ... |
Thailand | ... po '70 in Japan, and has since performed in over 56 nations. The royalty of | and Jordan, along with persons of high office in countries such as India, ... |
Kuwait | ... 991 and 1994, which they are now upgrading to AH-64D specification. In 2005 | purchased 16 Longbow helicopters. Egypt also uses the Apache. In September ... |
Belgian | Landen is a municipality located in the | province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the city of Landen ... |
Ethiopia | ... Church of Alexandria has jurisdiction over Pentapolis, Libya, Nubia, Sudan, | , Eritrea and all Africa |
Spain | ... ck stopped in Greece. The tour was almost immediately followed by a trip to | for the wedding of King Alfonso XIII to Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, at ... |
Belgian | ... eeuw is a municipality and city in the Hageland, in the extreme east of the | province of Flemish Brabant. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 7,947 ... |
Roman Republic | Carthage was the | 's greatest rival and enemy, and Virgil's Dido in part symbolises this. Ev ... |
Brunei | ... h century, settlers from the collapsing empires of Srivijaya, Majapahit and | , led by the chieftain Datu Puti and his tribes, settled in the island of ... |
Pakistan | ... and textbooks have been appropriated to suit local Vietnamese culture. The | i textbook "Primary Stage English" includes lessons such as "Pakistan My C ... |
Yemen | ... ved launched air strikes against Houthi rebels operating inside neighboring | as well. In January 2010 the rebels claimed to have shot down an Apache; t ... |
Norway | ... , and mother of King Harold I of England (1035–40). She served as regent of | from 1030 to 1035 |
South Africa | ... r to his arrest and long incarceration for his anti-apartheid activities in | due to his effective use of disguises when evading capture by the police |
Tuvalu | ... mor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, | , Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Ur ... |
Sweden | ... dicals. About 1910-11 he spent some time at Saltsjöbaden, near Stockholm in | . In this period he also lived for a while in a cottage on Dartmoor and ab ... |
France | At the end of the First World War, | awarded him the Légion d'honneur, but he declined it; he did not like deco ... |
Libya | Besides Egypt, the Church of Alexandria has jurisdiction over Pentapolis, | , Nubia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and all Africa |
Italy | ... eague had the rights to sell their broadcast rights to specific channels in | , unlike in most other European countries. The three broadcasters in Italy ... |
Japan | ... ront of women's soccer, such as Maribel Dominguez of Mexico, Homare Sawa of | , Julie Fleeting of Scotland, Cheryl Salisbury of Australia, Marinette Pic ... |
Rwanda | ... ully invaded and conquered areas of German East Africa, notably present day | , during World War I. Elements of the FP were also used to form Belgian co ... |
Israel | Junior is a computer chess program authored by the | i programmers Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky. Grandmaster Boris Alterman assi ... |
Spain | ... in. Six slightly smaller corvettes of Portuguese design were constructed in | between 1978 and 1982 |
New Zealand | ... . In 2005 the ASEAN plus Three countries together with India, Australia and | held the inaugural East Asia Summit (EAS) |
United Arab Emirates | The | purchased 30 AH-64A helicopters in 1991 and 1994, which they are now upgra ... |
Palau | The Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and | (former American trust territories with a combined population of around 18 ... |
Spain | ... 80 Santa María class frigates, commissioned between 1986 and 1995, built in | . Six slightly smaller corvettes of Portuguese design were constructed in ... |
Norway | ... sassination. Only a week after returning to Britain, May and George went to | for the coronation of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud (George's sister) |
Jordan | ... as Curtain Time USA. In the 1960s their world tour stops included Lebanon, | , and Iraq. The group first performed as the Young Ambasadors at Expo '70 ... |
New Zealand | ... rd is the only town in the central Taranaki district of Stratford District, | . It lies beneath the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki/Egmont, approximate ... |
Switzerland | ... ttack at his summer home in Tschingel, a village in the Bernese Oberland of | . He was buried in Princeton Cemetery. His son, writer and pollster George ... |
Scottish | Innerleithen is a small town in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the | |
Egypt | ... lim leaders in order to create peace. Many now worry of Muslims controlling | as the Muslim Brotherhood won 70% of the parliamentary elections |
Austria | With the Congress of Vienna, the monarchs of Russia, Prussia, and | formed the Holy Alliance, a form of collective security against revolution ... |
Puerto Rico | ... in the United States: Seattle, Detroit, Charlotte. It intended to return to | , but the service came back only as a charter operation. It is also negoti ... |
Greece | ... ελλῆς) of Kos (flourished 4th century BC) was a renowned painter of ancient | . Pliny the Elder, to whom we owe much of our knowledge of this artist (Na ... |
Bulgarian Empire | ... conquer the Bulgarian portion of Thrace while the internal situation of the | remained unstable. For a while the diplomatic intent of the union worked o ... |
United Kingdom's | ... t was also the largest commercial undertaking in the British Empire and the | second largest employer, after the Post Office. The LMS also claimed to be ... |
Majapahit | ... ps. In the 12th century, settlers from the collapsing empires of Srivijaya, | and Brunei, led by the chieftain Datu Puti and his tribes, settled in the ... |
Jordan | ... 1922) and divided the British Mandate of Palestine, creating the Kingdom of | for Faisal's brother, which may also have delayed the problems there |
India | ... N Plus Three meetings. In 2005 the ASEAN plus Three countries together with | , Australia and New Zealand held the inaugural East Asia Summit (EAS) |
Iraq | ... Time USA. In the 1960s their world tour stops included Lebanon, Jordan, and | . The group first performed as the Young Ambasadors at Expo '70 in Japan, ... |
Iraq | ... assurance, but said that Israel had no intention of opening another front. | also sent an expeditionary force to Syria, consisting of the 3rd Armoured ... |
Swedish | Svante Nilsson (1460 – 2 January 1512) was a | statesman and regent of Sweden 1504 – 2 January 1512. He was born around 1 ... |
Romania | ... Dutch name was leeuwendaler (German löwenthaler). These coins circulated in | and gave their name to the currencies of both Romania and Moldova, the leu ... |
Mexico | ... ncerns. Many of the world’s largest producers of pigs (US, Canada, Denmark, | ) use sow stalls, but some nations (e.g., the UK) and some US states (e.g. ... |
British | ... pire was divided amongst the victorious powers in the Treaty of Sèvres. The | occupied Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) and established a colonial governm ... |
Scotland | There are a number of snowdrop gardens in England, | , and Ireland |
Northern Ireland | In | they are designated under separate legislation and are referred to as a sc ... |
France | ... h originate in Bolderberg, Heusden-Zolder, and continue as far as Calais in | , are mainly covered with woods and fruit yards |
Greece | ... r in Normandy, the 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division was stationed in | on internal security duties and anti-partisan operations. On 10 June they ... |
Sweden | ... dle Ages the German mother had the right to expose the newborn. In Gotland, | , children were also sacrificed |
Dominican Republic | ... htlife. Washington Heights is a vibrant neighborhood of immigrants from the | . Chinatown has a dense population of people of Chinese descent. Koreatown ... |
Belarus | ... to refer to the political and economic system Lukashenko has implemented in | . The term is also used more broadly to refer to an authoritarian politica ... |
Dominican Republic | ... possibly due to the substantially high port fees, compared to ports in the | . The port of Saint-Marc is currently the preferred port of entry for cons ... |
Ukraine | ... several of the subject nationalities of the old empire, such as Finland and | , autonomous and seeking to forge a military accommodation with Germany |
Egypt | ... urzon nevertheless helped in several Middle Eastern problems: he negotiated | ian independence (granted in 1922) and divided the British Mandate of Pale ... |
Scotland | The designation process was first devolved to | and Wales in the 1970s and is now operated there by the Scottish Governmen ... |
India | ... e till my last breath and when I die every drop of my blood will strengthen | and keep a united India aliv |
Soviet Union | ... the Iran hostage crisis and the Gulf War, plus a number of missions in the | , and claims to have "had Abu Nidal's head in my gunsights", but never got ... |
Turkmenistan | ... , Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, | , Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United St ... |
United Kingdom | ... capa Flow more than 1000 years ago, but it is best known as the site of the | 's chief naval base during World War I and World War II. The base was clos ... |
United Kingdom | ... ndelion and burdock is today a soft drink that has long been popular in the | , which has its origins in hedgerow mead commonly drunk in the medieval pe ... |
France | More recent uses include: by | during the First Indochina War (1946–1954), the Algerian War (1954–1962), ... |
Parthian | ... f the Jews...[and] told [the Senate] that it was for their advantage in the | war that Herod should be king; so they all gave their votes for it. And wh ... |
Lebanon | ... was known as Curtain Time USA. In the 1960s their world tour stops included | , Jordan, and Iraq. The group first performed as the Young Ambasadors at E ... |
Italy | ... on Trial in the mid-1980s allowed the conviction of hundreds of mobsters in | and the United States, including Gaetano Badalamenti |
Moldova | ... ulated in Romania and gave their name to the currencies of both Romania and | , the leu. In the Netherlands, the name rijksdaalder lived on until the gu ... |
India | ... t Westminster Abbey. Later in the year, the new King and Queen travelled to | for the Delhi Durbar held on 12 December 1911, and toured the sub-continen ... |
Italy | ... hirty dogs. For many years she lived in London, but about 1874 she moved to | , where she remained until her death in 1908 |
Assyria | ... re period the two undergo syncretization and are identified. The occasional | n spelling of D NANNA-ar D Su'en-e is due to association with Akkadian na- ... |
Britain | ... ed editions, and it is likely that many other editions were printed in both | and America. As hymn-singing gained popularity in the nineteenth century, ... |
Nigeria | ... gola and the Bight of Biafra. The Igbo ethnic group of what is now southern | were the single largest African group among slaves in Virginia. Though the ... |
Canadian | ... e Second Battle of Ypres, April 22, 1915, when the Germans attacked French, | and Algerian troops with . Deaths were light, though casualties relatively ... |
Iran | ... ket attacks on Eilat and Aqaba and Aqaba sparked rage in Egypt at Hamas and | . The Egyptian press stated that the firing of the rockets from Egyptian t ... |
Canada | ... animal welfare concerns. Many of the world’s largest producers of pigs (US, | , Denmark, Mexico) use sow stalls, but some nations (e.g., the UK) and som ... |
El Salvador | The U.S. argued that its actions were "primarily for the benefit of | , and to help it to respond to an alleged armed attack by Nicaragua, that ... |
Denmark | ... from staff and students at the SS-Junkerschule. They had been stationed in | to allow the garrison there to move into France, but were themselves broug ... |
Egypt | ... rding to the Coptic calendar was adopted as an official national holiday in | since 2002 |
independent Ireland | ... state; for example, a governor-general). This became a source of dispute in | from December 1936 to the declaration of the Republic of Ireland in 1949, ... |
Spain | The city has a roller hockey team, GEiEG, one of the most important in | , which competes in the main League OK Liga |
United Kingdom | ... the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times. It began in the | , then subsequently spread throughout Western Europe, North America, Japan ... |
Moroccan | By the time of the | traveller Ibn Battuta's appearance on the Somali coast in 1331, the city w ... |
Venezuela | ... e to a question about Belarus's domestic policies, President Hugo Chávez of | said "We see here a model social state like the one we are beginning to cr ... |
Ethiopia | The Maria Theresa thaler was still used during the 20th century in | and throughout much of the Arab Peninsula |
Cyprus | ... is promise to pay Raynald a sum of money, and vowed to attack the island of | in revenge. When the Latin Patriarch of Antioch refused to finance this ex ... |
Algeria | One of her most famous novels, Under Two Flags, described the British in | and expressed sympathy for the French—with whom Ouida deeply identified—an ... |
England | There are a number of snowdrop gardens in | , Scotland, and Ireland |
Denmark | ... elfare concerns. Many of the world’s largest producers of pigs (US, Canada, | , Mexico) use sow stalls, but some nations (e.g., the UK) and some US stat ... |
Saudi Arabia | ... ny US Apaches operated from bases within Saudi territory, the government of | purchased twelve AH-64As for their military. Within the Middle East, Israe ... |
Kingdom of Laos | ... s sometimes associated with the old Lao Kingdom of Lan Xang and the defunct | . They had used Erawan, more commonly known as "The three headed elephant" ... |
Japan | ... ar among players originating from East Asian regions such as China, Taiwan, | , and South Korea. Traditionally, penhold players use only one side of the ... |
Morocco | ... 7) in Nigeria (1969), India and Pakistan (1965 and 1971), Turkey (1974), by | during the Western Sahara War (1975–1991), Iran (1980–88), Brazil (1972), ... |
Japan | ... guided by the 1972 Japan–PRC Joint Communique. Since the joint Communique, | has maintained non-governmental, working-level relations with Taiwan. Japa ... |
Austria | ... unched with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Volkov as flight commander, and the | n research cosmonaut Franz Viehböck in Soyuz TM-13 from the Baikonur Cosmo ... |
India | ... ame to Central Asia, with the protection of Britain’s most valuable colony, | , as the prime goal. While all European powers were viewed as potential th ... |
Kingdom of Bosnia | The coat of arms of the medieval | contained six fleurs-de-lis, understood as the native Bosnian or Golden Li ... |
Greece | is both an archaeological site and a modern town in | on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis |
Syria | ... sian steppes and moved along the outskirts of the Karakum desert into Iran, | , and Anatolia |
Philippines | ... ngapore (who shortly after reached a Free Trade Agreement with the US), the | , and South Korea all pledged support for the war, as did a number of smal ... |
South Africa | ... f the former British colonies of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, | , Canada, and various islands of the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific O ... |
Scotland | Vandalia is a sister city to Lichtenfels, Germany and Prestwick, | . It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area |
Republic of Ireland | ... ntrol devices are in use throughout the world. The term is also used in the | |
Italy | ... r, but the conviction was in absentia as he was not actually in custody (In | , it is possible for fugitives to be prosecuted without them being present ... |
Kievan Rus' | ... onicle. According to the document, Igor was son of Rurik, the first king of | |
Egypt | In the mid-1980s, Kinski met | ian filmmaker Ibrahim Moussa. They married on September 10, 1984. They rai ... |
Mexico | ... each Five (O5) or the Plus Five: Brazil, People's Republic of China, India, | , and South Africa. These countries have participated as guests in previou ... |
Germany | Vandalia is a sister city to Lichtenfels, | and Prestwick, Scotland. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical ... |
New Zealand | ... populations of the former British colonies of the United States, Australia, | , South Africa, Canada, and various islands of the Caribbean, Indian Ocean ... |
Iran | ... he Russian steppes and moved along the outskirts of the Karakum desert into | , Syria, and Anatolia |
Italy | ... he became king, he was also the Sovereign Prince of Pontecorvo, in Southern | , between 1806 and 1810 |
Japan | Atlanta was selected on September 18, 1990, in Tokyo, | , over Athens, Belgrade, Manchester, Melbourne, and Toronto at the 96th IO ... |
Syria | ... 0, Raynald was captured by the Muslims during a plundering raid against the | n and Armenian peasants of the neighbourhood of Marash. He was confined at ... |
United Kingdom | ... e to be recognised as a city, it would rank as the 45th largest city in the | with a population only slightly less than that of Brighton, which was gran ... |
Egypt | ... city walls of medieval Islamic Cairo, within the present day city of Cairo, | |
Tamil Nadu | ... 's Rule was imposed on the two opposition party ruled states of Gujarat and | thereby bringing the entire country under direct Central rule or by govern ... |
Thailand | Thai cuisine is the national cuisine of | . Blending elements of several Southeast Asian traditions, Thai cooking pl ... |
United Kingdom | ... of pedestrian light controlled. The term Pelican crossing originated in the | , but similar traffic control devices are in use throughout the world. The ... |
Singapore | | (who shortly after reached a Free Trade Agreement with the US), the Philip ... |
Pakistan | ... r (1975–1991),The Six days war by Israel(1967) in Nigeria (1969), India and | (1965 and 1971), Turkey (1974), by Morocco during the Western Sahara War ( ... |
Ukraine | ... endently in each area. It is still extensively cultivated in India, Russia, | , the Middle East, Turkey and Romania. In the United States, proso is main ... |
Manchukuo | ... wo, Taiwan was relinquished by Japan as a stolen territory from China (like | ) by the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1951. Current relations are guided ... |
Uruguay | ... valu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, | , Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabw |
Normandy | ... ersey (, ; Jèrriais: Jèrri), is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of | , France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes t ... |
Gallo-Hispanic Goths | ... ths, whom he served, and reserved the geographical term "Visigoths" for the | . This usage, however, was adopted by the Visigoths themselves in their co ... |
Soviet Union | ... l science and professional research, reformulating it as a paradigm for the | as well as fascist regimes. For Friedrich and Brzezinski, the defining ele ... |
Iran | ... Reduplication is particularly common in the city of Shiraz in southwestern | . One can further categorize the reduplicative words into "True" and "Quas ... |
Kievan Rus' | ... ussian: Игорь; Old Norse: Ingvar; Ukrainian: Ігор) was a Varangian ruler of | from 912 to 945 |
English | ... a place on the north bank of the River Yare, close to Breydon Water in the | county of Norfolk. It is part of the civil parish of Reedham, is administe ... |
UK | ... , a popular kissel-like dessert in North German and Danish cuisines. In the | , Europe and Commonwealth countries, some types of confectionery include a ... |
Mexico | ... , is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern | . The municipality covers an area of 305.8 km² (118.07 sq mi), and as of 2 ... |
India | ... he Outreach Five (O5) or the Plus Five: Brazil, People's Republic of China, | , Mexico, and South Africa. These countries have participated as guests in ... |
Norway | ... in Turku until he was released. From Finland, Reed traveled to Kristiania, | via Stockholm. Because he remained under indictment in the Masses case, Ja ... |
Germany | is a city in southwestern | . With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in t ... |
Russia | On October 2, 1991 he launched with | n cosmonaut Alexander Volkov as flight commander, and the Austrian researc ... |
Scottish | David Graeme Garden OBE (born 18 February 1943) is a | author, actor, comedian, artist and television presenter, who first became ... |
Germany | ... rom his capitals at Mediolanum (Milan, Italy) or Augusta Treverorum (Trier, | ), while Diocletian ruled in the East, from Nicomedia (İzmit, Turkey). The ... |
Italy | ... ch of the three brothers was already established in one kingdom: Lothair in | , Louis the German in Bavaria, and Charles the Bald in Aquitaine. In the s ... |
Delhi Sultanate | ... b-ud-din Aybak, the first ruler of the Turkic Slave Dynasty established the | . Qutb-ud-din started the construction the Qutub Minar and Quwwat-al-Islam ... |
United Kingdom | ... avos became a famous ski resort, especially frequented by tourists from the | and the . After peaking in the 1970s and 1980s, the city settled down as a ... |
English | St Olaves is a village in the | county of Norfolk. The village is situated on the River Waveney in England ... |
Canada | ... ise, Unni Lehn, and Dagny Mellgren; Brazil's Sissi, Kátia and Pretinha; and | 's Charmaine Hooper, Sharolta Nonen, and Christine Latham. The league also ... |
Russia | ... ed independently in each area. It is still extensively cultivated in India, | , Ukraine, the Middle East, Turkey and Romania. In the United States, pros ... |
Yuan Dynasty | A peasant named Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the | in 1368 and founded the Ming Dynasty. Ming Dynasty thinkers such as Wang Y ... |
India | ... Sahara War (1975–1991),The Six days war by Israel(1967) in Nigeria (1969), | and Pakistan (1965 and 1971), Turkey (1974), by Morocco during the Western ... |
Luxembourg | Today | is the only remaining grand duchy. However, some historical grand duchies ... |
Singapore | ... i Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, | , and |
Hong Kong | In | where control panels are also used as in the United Kingdom, no zig-zag li ... |
Belarus | ... strong teams come from East Asia and European countries, including Austria, | , Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Sweden, and Taiwan |
Turkmenistan | ... n Age finds do support the probability of advanced civilizations in ancient | including finds at |
Soviet Union | ... CNC milling machines used to produce very quiet submarine propellers to the | in violation of the CoCom agreement, an international embargo on certain c ... |
India | ... esticated independently in each area. It is still extensively cultivated in | , Russia, Ukraine, the Middle East, Turkey and Romania. In the United Stat ... |
Mexico | ... h were not at the forefront of women's soccer, such as Maribel Dominguez of | , Homare Sawa of Japan, Julie Fleeting of Scotland, Cheryl Salisbury of Au ... |
Northern Ireland | ... ot currently recognised. 17 March (St Patrick's Day) is a public holiday in | and, since 2008, 30 November (St Andrew's Day) is a bank holiday in Scotla ... |
Romania | Between July 1898 and 1901 the | n professor Gheorghe Marinescu made several science films in his neurology ... |
Malta | ... oldest free-standing structure is the neolithic temple of Ggantija in Gozo, | |
Spanish | ... ces to the works of Diego Velázquez, specifically The Surrender of Breda, a | painter who had died 300 years earlier, and who influenced both Dalí's pai ... |
French | ... n 1873. The first archaeological excavations were conducted in the 1880s by | antiquarian Désiré Charnay. A twenty year archaeological project under Jor ... |
Srivijaya | ... tribal groups. In the 12th century, settlers from the collapsing empires of | , Majapahit and Brunei, led by the chieftain Datu Puti and his tribes, set ... |
Parthian | at:40 shift: 15,10 text: | invasion, Antigonus crowned, 40–3 |
South Ossetia | ... ade Belarus not to recognize the independence of Georgian breakaway regions | and Abkhazia, which had been recognized two months previous. These were re ... |
Soviet Union | ... was taken from his New York City apartment by KGB agents, taken back to the | and made to work in a sharashka laboratory prison camp at Magadan, Siberia ... |
Yuan Dynasty | ... ol leader and fifth Khagan of the Mongol Empire Kublai Khan established the | , with the last remnant of the Song Dynasty falling to the Yuan in 1279. B ... |
Cisalpine Gaul | ... arca, Hannibal and Mago, who were still fighting the Romans in Bruttium and | respectively |
Austria | ... 1. Other strong teams come from East Asia and European countries, including | , Belarus, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Sweden, and ... |
England | ... tchell was born at 115 Congleton Road, Butt Lane, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, | . After leaving Hanley High School at the age of 16 he gained an apprentic ... |
People's Republic of China | ... countries, referred to as the Outreach Five (O5) or the Plus Five: Brazil, | , India, Mexico, and South Africa. These countries have participated as gu ... |
Cockaigne | ... bout a hobo's idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of | . It is a place where "hens lay soft boiled eggs" and there are "cigarette ... |
British | The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was a | railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of ... |
Lotharingia | ... econd son Lothair II, after whom the hitherto nameless territory was called | , which name in English eventually evolved into the modern Lorraine. Lotha ... |
Federated States of Micronesia | The Marshall Islands, | , and Palau (former American trust territories with a combined population ... |
Morocco | ... ing Marrakech, the capital city of the Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz region in | . It is an international facility that receives some European flights as w ... |
Italy | ... tenant. Maximian ruled in the West, from his capitals at Mediolanum (Milan, | ) or Augusta Treverorum (Trier, Germany), while Diocletian ruled in the Ea ... |
Vietnam | ... regions being annexed to what is now Guangdong province and part of today's | |
Sudan | ... zation to help aid victims of the genocide in Darfur, the western region in | . He also appears in the recent anti-fur documentary "Skin Trade. |
France | Born in Nancy, | , the son of a baker, he trained as an artilleryman and took part in the b ... |
Nigeria | ... and the Western Sahara War (1975–1991),The Six days war by Israel(1967) in | (1969), India and Pakistan (1965 and 1971), Turkey (1974), by Morocco duri ... |
France | ... appointed regent by Henry as he went on his last, unsuccessful, campaign in | . Thanks to her uncle having been appointed as member of her regency counc ... |
Burma | ... group of people who disappear while on an art expedition in the jungles of | . In addition to these, Tan has written two children's books: The Moon Lad ... |
Marshall Islands | The | , Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau (former American trust territo ... |
Sweden | In | the celebration is called Fettisdagen. It comes from the word "fett" (fat) ... |
French | During the Rif War in Spanish Morocco in 1921–1927, combined Spanish and | forces dropped mustard gas bombs in an attempt to put down the Berber rebe ... |
Ethiopia | ... nificant; for example, when Italy deposed the Haile Selassie of Abyssinia ( | ) and claimed his title, Emperor of Abyssinia, for the King of Italy (Vict ... |
Britain | ... of Peter Osgood, the soccer player. When Margaret Thatcher came to power in | in 1979 a variation of the chant ("Maggie Maggie Maggie, Out Out Out!") wa ... |
Portugal | ... and Portuguese, both neolatin), more specifically in the Iberian nations of | and Spain (hence the use of the term Ibero-America as a synonym). Latin Am ... |
England | The world's oldest known engineered roadway, the Sweet Track in | , dates from 3800 BC and the world's oldest free-standing structure is the ... |
Greece | ... 0 BC – ca. 370 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher born in Abdera, Thrace, | . He was an influential pre-Socratic philosopher and pupil of Leucippus, w ... |
Armenia | ... was captured by the Muslims during a plundering raid against the Syrian and | n peasants of the neighbourhood of Marash. He was confined at Aleppo for t ... |
Russia | ... Japan to assess the national mood of the country—Clark is under cover as a | n reporter. When the situation turns into a war between Japan and America, ... |
Brazil | ... ities did not ask for his extradition he was released. Buscetta moved on to | where he set up a drug trafficking network. In 1972 Buscetta was arrested ... |
Kazakhstan | Toktar Ongarbayuly Aubakirov (, born on July 27, 1946, in Karaganda, | ) is a retired Kazakhstani Air Force officer and a former cosmonaut (Kazak ... |
Canada | ... d all over the world—including the Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, | , Africa, Asia and Europe. Their most recent international appearance was ... |
Israel | ... War (1961–1974) and the Western Sahara War (1975–1991),The Six days war by | (1967) in Nigeria (1969), India and Pakistan (1965 and 1971), Turkey (1974 ... |
Canada | ... ritish colonies of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, | , and various islands of the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean |
Afghanistan | ... wegian ship that had rescued 433 refugees (from various countries including | ) from a stranded 20-metre-long boat and was seeking to dock in Australia, ... |
Puerto Rico | ... of all technology. The Red October was then sunk in a deep ocean trench off | to avoid discovery. Both Ryan and Ramius are on hand to see the submarine ... |
Canada | ... rtain political rights to Canadian citizens and civil rights of everyone in | from the policies and actions of all areas and levels of government. It is ... |
Nigeria | Lagos is a port city and the most populous city in | . With a population of 7,937,932, and is estimated to be the second fastes ... |
United Kingdom | ... nisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, | , United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, ... |
Spain | ... prime minister Junichiro Koizumi said that he supported the U.S., U.K., and | for ending diplomatic efforts against Iraq. He also indicated that no furt ... |
Netherlands | The | also has a festival similar to Mardi Gras. It's called Carnaval and is sim ... |
Indonesia | ... n the same period ranged from 70 to 80 percent in Thailand to 20 percent in | |
Spain | The roots of the modern Spanish navy date back before the unification of | . By the late Middle Ages, the two principal kingdoms which would later co ... |
Mauritius | Diwali is an official holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, | , Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, Singapore, and |
Finland | ... trongly flavoured and sweeter than typical blackcurrants, are cultivated in | , where they are called "greencurrants" (viherherukka) |
Egypt | ... o during the Western Sahara War (1975–1991), Iran (1980–88), Brazil (1972), | (1973), Iraq (1980–88, 1991, 2003–2011), Israel (2003-2012) Angola (1993), ... |
Georgia | ... liaceum forms." This millet has been reportedly found in Neolithic sites in | (dated to the fifth and fourth millennia BC), as well as excavated Yangsha ... |
Sicilian | Tommaso Buscetta (13 July 1928 – 2 April 2000) was a | mafioso. Although he was not the first pentito (informant) in the Italian ... |
Dutch | ... 52, Radiola Jet 25, Schneider 7000, and Siera G7000. Philips, as Magnavox's | parent company, used their own name rather than Magnavox's for European ma ... |
Tanzania | ... ry is also home to the largest collection of national archives of Kenya and | . In July 2008, Syracuse University became the owner of the second largest ... |
Nigeria | ... r British Empire), including populous countries such as India, Pakistan and | ; and others, such as the Philippines, under the sphere of influence of En ... |
Germany | Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, | . Located at 8° 30′ E, 50° 34′ N, Wetzlar straddles the river Lahn and is ... |
Sri Lanka | Diwali is an official holiday in India, Nepal, | , Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, Singa ... |
Republic of Ireland | In the | , the term "public holiday" is used officially, though "bank holiday" is u ... |
Brazilian | Clube Atlético Mineiro ( Mineiro Athletic Club), are a | football club based in Belo Horizonte, the oldest in the city. Founded in ... |
Austria | Rheticus was born at Feldkirch, | . Both his parents, Georg Iserin and Thomasina de Porris, possessed consid ... |
Thailand | ... tment in ASEAN countries in the same period ranged from 70 to 80 percent in | to 20 percent in Indonesia |
Belgium | ... opean Union, and bilateral partners which include Angola, South Africa, and | are attempting to create a viable force with the ability to provide the DR ... |
Ukraine | ... nonite settlements of Altai). German colonial areas were still expanding in | as late as the beginning of World War I |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ... Western Luba, Kasai, Luva, and Tshiluba) is a Bantu language spoken in the | , where it is a national language, along with Lingala, Swahili, and Kikong ... |
Russian Empire | Modern Turkmenistan was radically transformed by the invasion of the | , which conquered the region in the late 19th century. Later, the Russian ... |
Canada | ... and US Airways, Air Canada, and WestJet offer non-stop service to parts of | , while US Airways alone, offers non-stop service to parts of Alaska and C ... |
Iceland | The Íslendingabók, a main source for the early history of | , recounts that on the Conversion of Iceland to Christianity in 1000 it wa ... |
Carolingian Empire | ... of Louis the Pious, the son and successor of Charlemagne, which divided the | into three kingdoms. It ended the three year long Carolingian Civil War |
Pakistan | ... ns (the former British Empire), including populous countries such as India, | and Nigeria; and others, such as the Philippines, under the sphere of infl ... |
Abkhazia | ... recognize the independence of Georgian breakaway regions South Ossetia and | , which had been recognized two months previous. These were renewed six mo ... |
France | ... retics" to any French nobleman willing to take up arms. The violence led to | 's acquisition of lands with closer linguistic, cultural, and political ti ... |
Portuguese | ... s tinctoria (Brassicaceae), was used instead. In the late 15th century, the | explorer Vasco da Gama discovered a sea route to India. This led to the es ... |
Tsardom of Russia | ... 17th Century, a certain amount of Joachimsthalers was in circulation in the | , where it was called Yefimok - a distortion of its name's first half |
Russia | ... d Europe. Their most recent international appearance was in St. Petersburg, | at the invitation of Maestro Yuri Temirkanov, music director and conductor ... |
India | ... f Nations (the former British Empire), including populous countries such as | , Pakistan and Nigeria; and others, such as the Philippines, under the sph ... |
Nepal | Diwali is an official holiday in India, | , Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Mala ... |
South Africa | ... d Nations, the European Union, and bilateral partners which include Angola, | , and Belgium are attempting to create a viable force with the ability to ... |
Republic of China | ... chase remains uncertain, due to considerations of alternative aircraft. The | (Taiwan) reached an agreement with the US to purchase 30 AH-64D Block III ... |
Russia | The | n writer Leo Tolstoy wrote in his journal, in 1896, about a tiny shoot of ... |
Canadian | ... title is still seen briefly in the show's current introduction) is a weekly | television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Can ... |
English | Joseph Severn (7 December 1793 – 3 August 1879) was an | portrait and subject painter and a personal friend of the famous English p ... |
Brazil | ... 974), by Morocco during the Western Sahara War (1975–1991), Iran (1980–88), | (1972), Egypt (1973), Iraq (1980–88, 1991, 2003–2011), Israel (2003-2012) ... |
Japan | ... aapenfabrikk. The incident strained relations between the United States and | , and resulted in the arrest and prosecution of two senior executives, as ... |
Soviet | ... nuclear war was foremost in the minds of most during the Cold War, both the | and Western governments put enormous resources into developing chemical an ... |
Egypt | ... een the various Syrian dynasties and the caliphs first of Damascus, then of | . The place was fortified and took on the name al-Qala‘ ("fortress"; see A ... |
Malaysia | ... Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, | , Singapore, and |
Puerto Ricans | ... e-class ethnic Americans, such as Croatians, Czechs, Slovaks, Italians, and | |
Kingdom of England | ... ficant power in Western Europe, including Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, the | , the Kingdom of Scotland, the Duchy of Milan, Florence, the Duchy of Ferr ... |
Italy | Carnevale is the traditional pre-Lenten celebration in | . Carnevale was Mardi Gras predecessor. The French borrowed this idea and ... |
Sweden | ... g to the British Council. Darius Degher, a professor at Malmö University in | , uses the term decentered English to describe this shift, along with atte ... |
United Kingdom | ... f Italy and Emperor of Abyssinia," because the Irish Free State, unlike the | , recognized the King of Italy's imperial title |
United Arab Emirates | ... rinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, | , United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, ... |
Soviet Union | ... n conductor Arturo Toscanini also incorporated "The Internationale" for the | and "The Star-Spangled Banner" representing the United States |
South Africa | ... 5) or the Plus Five: Brazil, People's Republic of China, India, Mexico, and | . These countries have participated as guests in previous meetings, which ... |
Britain | ... as "Prince Kajuku" from Flying reached #26), but generated poor interest in | and America. Consequently, their third effort, Live (later re-issued as UF ... |
Canada | Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of | . The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transpo ... |
Ukraine | ... amp to accommodate so-called displaced persons (DP). Most of them came from | . The camp was supervised by the UNRRA |
Japan | Alarmed by the visits of European powers, | proclaimed its sovereignty over the whole island in 1807. The Japanese say ... |
Germany | ... ome 50 × 70 km, and thereby roughly 3 000 km², making the Westerwald one of | ’s biggest mountain ranges by area. In areas of subsidence, it has in its ... |
Norway | ... dinavian countries of northern Europe of Denmark, Sweden, and predominately | . A large contingent of the City's current population is descended from a ... |
Brazil | ... Jones and Maren Meinert; Norway's Hege Riise, Unni Lehn, and Dagny Mellgren | ;'s Sissi, Kátia and Pretinha; and Canada's Charmaine Hooper, Sharolta Non ... |
Angola | ... he United Nations, the European Union, and bilateral partners which include | , South Africa, and Belgium are attempting to create a viable force with t ... |
Turkmenistan | The territory of | has been populated since ancient times, especially the areas near oasis of ... |
Egypt | ... heast of the Dead Sea. These fortresses controlled the trade routes between | and Damascus and gave Raynald access to the Red Sea. He became notorious f ... |
Iran | ... 1971), Turkey (1974), by Morocco during the Western Sahara War (1975–1991), | (1980–88), Brazil (1972), Egypt (1973), Iraq (1980–88, 1991, 2003–2011), I ... |
Malaysia | ... i Kaifu's much publicized spring 1991 tour of five Southeast Asian nations— | , Brunei, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines—culminated in a 3 May m ... |
Suriname | ... in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, | , Malaysia, Singapore, and |
Norway | Cnut sent Ælfgifu with their eldest son Svein to rule | , in 1030. Their rule was, however, so harsh that the Norwegians rebelled ... |
British | The Flower Pot Men is a | children's programme, produced by BBC television, first transmitted in 195 ... |
Russia | ... While all European powers were viewed as potential threats, Curzon believed | to be the most likely challenger to British supremacy in the region from t ... |
Abkhazia | ... ame the fourth country, after Russia, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to recognise | , a breakaway region of Georgia. was reported to be giving Nauru $50M in h ... |
United Kingdom | ... r Crown Dependencies of Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It is not part of the | , and has an international identity separate from that of the UK but the U ... |
Persia | ... ds, China, and Japan. Importers could now avoid the heavy duties imposed by | n, Levantine, and Greek middlemen and the lengthy and dangerous land route ... |
Gibraltar | ... arrier battle group, the U.S. 6th Fleet, sent on a training exercise toward | was re-positioned back towards the eastern Mediterranean to be able to def ... |
Haiti | ... , Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Panama, Jamaica, | , Cape Verde and former Soviet countries |
Confederate | ... on the Great Lakes. Nearby, in Sandusky Bay, is Johnson's Island, a former | officer POW camp during the Civil War |
Cook Islands | ... valu in 1861 when Elekana, a deacon of a Congregational church in Manihiki, | became caught in a storm and drifted for 8 weeks before landing at Nukulae ... |
Georgia | ... 994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer) were: Armenia, Belarus, Czech Republic, | , Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Slovakia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The C ... |
Sweden | ... cultural ties to the Scandinavian countries of northern Europe of Denmark, | , and predominately Norway. A large contingent of the City's current popul ... |
Mexico | ... waii. US Airways and Aeroméxico Connect offer non-stop service to cities in | and US Airways, Air Canada, and WestJet offer non-stop service to parts of ... |
Qin Dynasty | Han scholars such as Jia Yi (201–169 BCE) portrayed the previous | as a brutal regime. However, archaeological evidence from Zhangjiashan and ... |
Macedonia | ... ut were: Azerbaijan, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, | , Nauru, Palestine, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, São Tomé and Prínc ... |
English | UFO are an | heavy metal and hard rock band, who were formed in 1969. UFO became a tran ... |
Republic of Ireland | ... g celebrity for credibility." On November 26, 2006, the Sunday Times in the | , where Sheen was then living due to his enrolment in NUI Galway, reported ... |
Provisional Government | The | formed after the revolution kept Nicholas, Alexandra, and their children c ... |
Irish Free State | ... rs of credence to the "King of Italy and Emperor of Abyssinia," because the | , unlike the United Kingdom, recognized the King of Italy's imperial title |
Philippines | ... lous countries such as India, Pakistan and Nigeria; and others, such as the | , under the sphere of influence of English-speaking countries. Here Englis ... |
Bahrain | ... n annual meeting of Persian Gulf-region security ministers and officials in | |
Iraq | ... e supported the U.S., U.K., and Spain for ending diplomatic efforts against | . He also indicated that no further UN resolution was necessary to invade ... |
Finland | ... from Russia to Finland; he didn't have a visa or passport while crossing to | . In Turku harbor, when Reed was boarding a ship on his way to Stockholm, ... |
Denmark | ... toric and cultural ties to the Scandinavian countries of northern Europe of | , Sweden, and predominately Norway. A large contingent of the City's curre ... |
Morocco | ... ibal confederation of the Atlas Mountains of southern Morocco. At the time, | , and much of the rest of North Africa (Maghreb) and Spain (al-Andalus), w ... |
Romans | ... onean dynasty. The Roman Senate accorded the new dynasty recognition by the | c. 139 BCE, when the delegation of Simon was in Rome |
Israel | ... ssimilation experiences of American Jews, their relationship to the Jews of | , and the pleasures and perils the narrator sees as inherent in being the ... |
Vanuatu | ... lis, Spanish explorers in the 17th century also discovered the Pitcairn and | archipelagos. Most significantly, from 1565 Spanish fleets explored and co ... |
Scotland | Examples of Scheduled Ancient Monuments in | , as designated by Historic Scotland |
Persia | ... 450 BC, it is said that Nehemiah, an official serving King Artaxerxes I of | , asked leave to travel to Judea, and the king granted leave and gave him ... |
Italian | ... causeways to block the eastern approaches to Scapa Flow; they were built by | prisoners of war held in Orkney. These "Churchill Barriers" now provide ro ... |
Ukraine | ... ncient tribal group, contemporary with the Scythians, who lived in southern | . The Cimbrian language still exists today, and is spoken by 2230 people i ... |
Russia | ... ads between central and eastern Europe, between north and south. It borders | and is not far from Turkey. It has mountain ranges - the Carpathian Mounta ... |
Austria-Hungary | ... sin of Emperors Napoleon II of France, Franz Joseph I (Francis Joseph I) of | and Don Maximiliano I (Maximilian I) of Mexico |
Thailand | ... Hindu and Sikh origin. These include countries such as Sri Lanka, Myanmar, | , Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mauritius, ... |
Puerto Rico | ... gle and Cape Air. JetBlue Airways is the largest carrier in San Juan and in | , with about 38 daily flights in high season and 31 daily flights in low s ... |
Hondurans | ... 1970s and 1980s. In Central America, Nicaraguans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans, | , Costa Ricans (however, the country had no dictators) and Panamanians fle ... |
Eritrea | The birr, the official currency of Ethiopia and | , takes its name from the local name for thaler, as well as the riyal of m ... |
Brazil | ... o the five "outreach countries" which are also known as the Group of Five — | , People's Republic of China, India, Mexico, and South Africa |
Serbia | Other countries using the emblem heraldically include | and Spain in recognition of the Bourbons. Coins minted in XIV century Roma ... |
Sweden | A tomte, nisse or '"tomtenisse"' ( | ) , nisse (Norway and Denmark) or tonttu (Finland) is a humanoid mythical ... |
Nicaragua | The CIA made extensive use of Contra death squads in | to destabilize the Sandinista government, which the U.S. maintained was co ... |
Saudi Arabia | A "master gas system" was invented in | in the late 1970s, ending any necessity for flaring. Satellite observation ... |
Canada | ... institutions exclusive to the education system in the province of Quebec in | . It is a loanword from Quebec French |
Senegal | ... ريدية, Murīdiyya in Arabic) is a large Islamic Sufi order most prominent in | and The Gambia, with headquarters in the holy city of Touba, Senegal. The ... |
United Kingdom | ... and employ only one national flag and ensign in all cases. Others (like the | , Italy, Russia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan) use diff ... |
Kazakhstan | ... .e. "apple", and ата/ata, i.e. "grandfather"), is the former the capital of | and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500 (at 1 Septem ... |
Romania | ... . In 1629 Alsted left war-torn Germany for Gyulafehérvár (now Alba Iulia in | , called at that time Weissenburg in German). He was to found a Calvinist ... |
Italy | ... one national flag and ensign in all cases. Others (like the United Kingdom, | , Russia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan) use different e ... |
State of Israel | On May 14, 1948 the establishment of the | was proclaimed. The declaration of independence was followed by the establ ... |
Spanish East Indies | ... 1565 Spanish fleets explored and colonised the Philippine archipelago, the | |
Congo | ... riorating conditions in Zimbabwe have gone to South Africa. The long war in | , in which numerous nations have been involved, has also created millions ... |
Egypt | ... l in the early development of human communities. Much of the Babylonian and | ian pictorial writing characters appear derived from the same sources |
United Kingdom | ... line Claudine Agnes; 26 May 186724 March 1953) was the queen consort of the | and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emper ... |
Sicily | ... southern Italian regions of Puglia, Campania, Calabria, Molise, Abruzzo and | . Bedford's Little Italy feel is enhanced by a wide variety of Italian bar ... |
People's Republic of China | ... ve "outreach countries" which are also known as the Group of Five — Brazil, | , India, Mexico, and South Africa |
Mayotte | ... ve overseas departments (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion and | ) the total comes to 101 departments. In 2011, the overseas collectivity o ... |
The Gambia | ... iyya in Arabic) is a large Islamic Sufi order most prominent in Senegal and | , with headquarters in the holy city of Touba, Senegal. The followers are ... |
Vietnam | ... es, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, | , Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabw |
Puerto Rico | ... , Saint John the Baptist), is the capital and most populous municipality in | , an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, ... |
People's Republic of China | The | pressed for continued U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq after two arms insp ... |
Norway | A tomte, nisse or '"tomtenisse"' (Sweden) , nisse ( | and Denmark) or tonttu (Finland) is a humanoid mythical creature of Scandi ... |
Kazakhstan | ... maty was the capital of the Kazakh SSR from 1929 to 1991 and of independent | from 1991 to 1997. Despite losing its status as the capital to Astana in 1 ... |
Cuba | ... ing, and other artifacts, eventually merged with groups from Hispaniola and | , to form what is now called the Taíno culture. This culture flourished in ... |
Malaysia | ... Sikh origin. These include countries such as Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, | , Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mauritius, Kenya, Ta ... |
Sweden | ... vad. To the east is the Øresund, which separates the island of Zealand from | |
Chile | ... look of the September 1973 overthrow of the Salvador Allende government in | by military leaders under Augusto Pinochet, produced by documentarians Ari ... |
Egypt | ... al, Aswan (Egypt).JPG|Archangel Michael's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Aswan, | File:Magon0293.jpg|Annunciation Coptic Church, Nazareth, Israel File:Magon ... |
India | ... h are also known as the Group of Five — Brazil, People's Republic of China, | , Mexico, and South Africa |
Russia | ... ional flag and ensign in all cases. Others (like the United Kingdom, Italy, | , South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan) use different ensigns. ... |
People's Republic of China | ... irst countries to feel Japanese Imperialism. After the establishment of the | (PRC) in 1949, relations with Japan changed from hostility and an absence ... |
Israel | ... from Eastern Europe, but also from Western Europe (6.3 million) and USA and | and also Canada. The country is the 8th |
Norway | In 1963, Jan Mowill initiated the development at Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk in | . Various successors have made good progress in the refinement of this mec ... |
Portuguese | ... lupe. Among its earliest settlers were Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, and the | Don Pedro Rodríguez de Guzmán, from nearby |
France | ... us king of Canada, when he dedicated the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in | in 1936. Still, by-laws and practices governing the use of song during pub ... |
Dominican Republic | ... overthrow of left-wing, democratically elected president Juan Bosch of the | and João Goulart of Brazil, maintaining US support for anti-communist, aut ... |
Swaziland | ... Mpande began raiding the surrounding areas, culminating in the invasion of | in 1852. However, the British pressured him into withdrawing, which he did ... |
Transylvania | He was later in exile from the Thirty Years' War in | , where he remained for the rest of his life. In 1629 Alsted left war-torn ... |
South Africa | ... ag and ensign in all cases. Others (like the United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, | , Australia, New Zealand, and Japan) use different ensigns. Such ensigns a ... |
Russia | ... -ground remains of the east end of the temple precinct still survive in the | n Mission in Exile) |
Syria | ... hey could not sell any more produce. Next door to the ice cream booth was a | n waffle booth, unsuccessful due to intense heat; the waffle maker offered ... |
Mayotte | ... ) the total comes to 101 departments. In 2011, the overseas collectivity of | became the 101st department |
United Kingdom | ... an models and many undertook their training in composition in Europe or the | . One of the earliest known composers was George Tolhurst, whose oratorio ... |
Ukraine | ... Gazprom, the state-owned energy company in Russia, engaged in disputes with | and Belarus over the price of natural gas, which have created concerns tha ... |
Swedish | ... ody parts. Peter Henry Ling further developed this idea in his 19th-century | system of free exercise, which promoted "aesthetic gymnastics", in which s ... |
Denmark | ... in Stockholm on 7 March 1931, while returning from a lecture in Copenhagen, | |
Panama | ... ed was communist. The CIA used psychological warfare techniques against the | nians by broadcasting pirate TV broadcasts. The CIA has extensively used p ... |
Mexico | ... orn in New York, Gulnae had married a Mexican woman and sworn allegiance to | , and he applied in Weber's place for a land grant of eleven square league ... |
Mexico | ... lso known as the Group of Five — Brazil, People's Republic of China, India, | , and South Africa |
Sri Lanka | ... large populations of Hindu and Sikh origin. These include countries such as | , Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealan ... |
Russian Empire | Almaty (, i.e. "city of apples" or "city of apple trees", under the | from 1867 to 1921 known by the Russian name of Верный, Vierny, i.e. "the F ... |
Ecuador | ... ricans, who arrived mainly in the last century from the continental part of | . There is also a large number of whites, mostly of Spanish descent. Some ... |
Irish Free State | ... tations and key dock facilities. There was even sales representation in the | , certain European countries and North America. A monthly newsletter was p ... |
Canada | ... ope, but also from Western Europe (6.3 million) and USA and Israel and also | . The country is the 8th |
Japan | ... ork technologies. As of January 2005, up to 10% of telephone subscribers in | and South Korea have switched to this digital telephone service. A January ... |
Mexico | ... feated Mexican club Pachuca with a final score of 5-2. In the first game in | , the team had a good performance but was defeated 2-1. Alexandre Pato ope ... |
Brazil | ... elected president Juan Bosch of the Dominican Republic and João Goulart of | , maintaining US support for anti-communist, authoritarian Latin American ... |
Soviet Union | ... n by the Russian name of Верный, Vierny, i.e. "the Faithful," and under the | from 1921 to 1993 known as Alma-Ata (, from the Kazakh алма/alma, i.e. "ap ... |
United Kingdom | ... n the list of box-office money earners in the U.S. as of April 2010. In the | , it was given at first a limited release at 9 screens, and entered at #8 ... |
Germany | ... etal music with medieval folk music. Medieval metal is mostly restricted to | where it is known as Mittelalter-Metal or Mittelalter-Rock. The genre emer ... |
South Africa | ... the Group of Five — Brazil, People's Republic of China, India, Mexico, and | |
Low Countries | ... ghly coinciding with the shire of Brabant, included the central part of the | . The bishopric had some limited secular power |
Belarus | ... state-owned energy company in Russia, engaged in disputes with Ukraine and | over the price of natural gas, which have created concerns that gas delive ... |
Yemen | ... d Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, | , Zambia, Zimbabw |
Cuba | ... broadcasts. The CIA has extensively used propaganda broadcasts against the | n government through TV Marti, based in Miami, Florida. However, the Cuban ... |
Northern Ireland | Examples of Scheduled Monuments in | , as designated by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency |
Japan | ... restoring closer economic and political relations with China. Resumption of | 's multi-billion dollar investments to China and increased visits to China ... |
Danish | Aars is a | town with a population of 8,010 (1 January 2011) in the Himmerland area on ... |
Kiribati | ... us. As a consequence Tuvalu separated from the Gilbert Islands which became | . Tuvalu became fully independent within the Commonwealth on October 1, 19 ... |
Mongolia | ... Asia, covering a widespread area from the Caspian Sea east to Xinjiang and | , and it may be that these semiarid areas may harbor "genuinely wild P. mi ... |
Cuba | ... rcedes-Benz Argentina in 1974, and its Honorary President for Life in 1987. | n rebels kidnapped him on February 23, 1958 while he was racing at the 195 ... |
Germany | ... janisches Pferd in Ankershagen.jpg|At the Schliemann Museum in Ankershagen, | File:Trojan_horse_Çanakkale.jpg|From the movie Tro |
Carthage | ... ccording to ancient Greek and Roman sources, the founder and first Queen of | (in modern-day Tunisia). She is best known from the account given by the R ... |
Russian Empire | ... the beginning of World War I, East Prussia became a theatre of war when the | invaded the country. The Russian Army encountered at first little resistan ... |
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | The | (TRNC) issues passports, but only Turkey recognises its statehood. TRNC pa ... |
Northern Ireland | ... and part of the Scottish Region. British Railways transferred the lines in | to the Ulster Transport Authority in 1949. The London Midland & Scottish R ... |
Germany | ... |A modern interpretation at the Troja-Ausstellung (Troy Fair) in Stuttgart, | (May 2001 |
United Kingdom | ... railway organisation. It operated in all four constituent countries of the | , and in England its operations penetrated 32 of the 40 counties. The comp ... |
Poland | ... k, e.g. the European Commission started an "infringement procedure" against | in April 2006 |
Canada | The English-speaking regions of | and the Caribbean are caught between historical connections with the UK an ... |
British | ... Vermont. New York was given legal control of the area by a decision of the | crown and refused to respect the New Hampshire titles and town charters. A ... |
Kingdom of England | ... 2,000, but it was relatively small compared with most notable towns in the | |
England | ... de Commines all state that the rumour of the princes' death was current in | by the end of 1483. In his summary of the events of 1483, Commines says qu ... |
Egypt | ... ile:Saint Mark Church, Heliopolis.jpg|Saint Mark Church, Heliopolis, Cairo, | File:Coptic Cairo2.JPG|Tower of a Coptic Church, Coptic Cairo, Egypt File: ... |
Middle Francia | ... e of King Lothair II (855–869). Its territory had originally been a part of | , created in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun, when the Carolingian empire was ... |
Vietnam | ... district with one of the largest ethnically Vietnamese communities outside | , she voted against a trade agreement with Vietnam, saying that political ... |
Egypt | ... viously was available only from natural sources and had to be imported from | . Hutton owned and rented out properties in Edinburgh, employing a factor ... |
Portugal | ... he Vichy regime in France, Francisco Franco's regime, the Salazar regime in | , and Maurras's Action Française political movements are examples of such ... |
Cameroon | The African Union, with all of its 52 members, condemned the war. Guinea, | and Angola had seats on the Security Council, and amid talks of American f ... |
Canada | ... s of traditionally dissenting churches, to migrate to the United States and | , while many Catholics chose Brazil and Argentina. They moved primarily to ... |
Puerto Rico | Vieques (; ), in full Isla de Vieques, is an island–municipality of | in the northeastern Caribbean, part of an island grouping sometimes known ... |
Dominican Republic | ... dest European-established city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the | . Several historical buildings are located in San Juan; among the most not ... |
Soviet | ... s early as the 1930s. The first space suit worn by a human in space was the | SK-1 suit worn by Yuri Gargarin in 1961 |
New Zealand | Since 2002 | collective Vitamin S has hosted weekly improvisations based around randoml ... |
Belgium | ... le:Natura2000belgiumLesse.jpg|Sign identifying a Natura 2000 listed site in | |
Soviet | Wary of | expansion, Pakistan has strong relations with the People's Republic of Chi ... |
Cyprus | ... reaches Othello, news arrives in Venice that the Turks are going to attack | ; therefore Othello is summoned to advise the senators. Brabantio arrives ... |
Angola | ... Union, with all of its 52 members, condemned the war. Guinea, Cameroon and | had seats on the Security Council, and amid talks of American financial do ... |
Soviet Union | ... in both Eastern and Western Europe had been governed by the example of the | . In most of the countries in Eastern Europe, following the fall of Commun ... |
Japan | ... y, which often freezes in winter in its narrower part, and from Hokkaidō, ( | ) by the Soya Strait or La Pérouse Strait. Sakhalin is the largest island ... |
imperial Rome | ... tine ordered the erection of his baths, the last thermae complex erected in | . These are now lost, having been incorporated into Renaissance Rome, with ... |
Cuba | Desi Arnaz (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a | n-born American musician, actor and television producer. While he gained i ... |
France | ... f course Commines had been present at the meeting of the Estates-General of | in January 1484, when the statement was taken at face value. The other two ... |
Dutch | ... of aromatic sandalwood, slaves, honey and wax, and was settled by both the | , based in Kupang, and the Portuguese in the mid-17th century |
Uzbekistan | ... nda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, | , Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabw |
German | ... annelore Kohl (March 7, 1933, Berlin – July 5, 2001) was the wife of former | Chancellor Helmut Kohl. She met him for the first time at a prom in Ludwig ... |
Scotland | ... origin. His great-great-grandfather Robert Burnside (1725–1775) was born in | and settled in the Province of South Carolina. His father, a native of Sou ... |
English | Richard Bentley (27 January 1662 – 14 July 1742) was an | classical scholar, critic, and theologian. He was Master of Trinity Colleg ... |
Romania | ... tensively cultivated in India, Russia, Ukraine, the Middle East, Turkey and | . In the United States, proso is mainly grown for birdseed. It is sold as ... |
Egypt | File:Coptic Cairo2.JPG|Tower of a Coptic Church, Coptic Cairo, | File:Church06.jpg|Saint Mary Church, Masarra, Cairo, Egypt File:Archangel ... |
Indonesia | ... e second largest Muslim country in terms of percentage of population (after | ), and its status as a declared nuclear power, being the only Islamic nati ... |
India | ... Curzon did state "any government which imperiled the financial position of | in the interests of prodigal philanthropy would be open to serious critici ... |
United Kingdom | ... ircle is the traditional base of English and includes countries such as the | and Ireland and the anglophone populations of the former British colonies ... |
Brazil | ... hes, to migrate to the United States and Canada, while many Catholics chose | and Argentina. They moved primarily to the American Great Plains and weste ... |
India | ... uddhism. Pure Land Buddhism seems to have first become popular in northwest | /Pakistan and Afghanistan, from where it spread to Central Asia and China |
Italian | ... ne, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (June 15, 1920 – February 25, 2003) was an | actor. He was also a film director and the dubbing voice of Oliver Hardy i ... |
Germany | ... ger Holz.jpg|Coarse woody debris in the "Hallerburger Holz" in Nordstemmen, | File:Foloi oak forest.JPG| The Foloi oak forest in Greece is a Natura 2000 ... |
Russia | ... ally larger and more powerful than the remaining Communist Parties; only in | , Moldova, and the Czech Republic did the Communist Party remain a signifi ... |
Nauru | ... country in the world, larger only than the Vatican City at , Monaco at and | at |
Luxembourg | ... esent-day northeastern Lorraine region of France, including parts of modern | and Germany. The main cities were Metz, Verdun, Epinal and the historic ca ... |
Soviet | ... a 1984 novel by Tom Clancy. The story follows the intertwined adventures of | submarine captain Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius and CIA analyst Jack Ryan |
Cyprus | ... nice to command the Venetian armies against invading Turks on the island of | , accompanied by his new wife, his new lieutenant Cassio, his ensign Iago, ... |
Vanuatu | ... , United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, | , Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabw |
Mexico | ... as Mexico and Peru all the way to Southeast Asia. Silver that was mined in | and Peru were exchanged for Chinese silk, Indian gems, and the spices of t ... |
Denmark | ... Copenhagen on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern | . The municipality covers an area of 39 km², and has a total population of ... |
Denmark | kommune) in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand in eastern | . Its mayor is Erik Nielsen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemok ... |
French Guiana | ... artments, raising the total to 96. Counting the five overseas departments ( | , Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion and Mayotte) the total comes to 101 depa ... |
India | ... ncy internationally. A year later, on 8 June 2008, the G8 along with China, | , South Korea and the European Community established the International Par ... |
Uzbekistan | ... descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan from the Fergana Valley (in modern day | ), invaded India and defeated the last Lodhi sultan in the First Battle of ... |
Guadeloupe | ... ing the total to 96. Counting the five overseas departments (French Guiana, | , Martinique, Réunion and Mayotte) the total comes to 101 departments. In ... |
Northern Ireland | Most of the above operated in what became | The total route mileage of the LMS in 1923 was 7790 miles (12,537 km) |
France | ... of production and a nostalgia for a more rural society. The Vichy regime in | , Francisco Franco's regime, the Salazar regime in Portugal, and Maurras's ... |
Kyrgyzstan | ... located in a mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan, near the border with | |
Mexico | | , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina and Chile condemned the UN-opposed war. M ... |
Parthia's | In 113, he embarked on his last campaign, provoked by | decision to put an unacceptable king on the throne of Armenia, a kingdom o ... |
Kingdom of Italy | ... and declared the Quirinale an imperial palace. When Rome was united to the | , the Quirinale became the residence of the kings until 1946 |
Kenya | ... lack students earned graduate degrees. Dr. James Nabwangu a British-trained | n, was the first black graduate of the medical school. A second was earned ... |
Croatia | ... American population, including other middle-class ethnic Americans, such as | ns, Czechs, Slovaks, Italians, and Puerto Ricans |
Germany | ... llor Helmut Kohl. She met him for the first time at a prom in Ludwigshafen, | , when she was 15 years old |
Venezuela | Mexico, | , Brazil , Argentina and Chile condemned the UN-opposed war. Major demonst ... |
Afghanistan | ... . However it has had long-standing close relations with its other neighbors | , Iran and China, extensive security and economic interests in the Persian ... |
Spain | In 1898, | ceded the Philippines to the United States. Under American control, the ne ... |
Senegal | ... urides constitute Mouridism. The Mouride brotherhood was founded in 1883 in | by Amadou Bamba. The Mouride make up around 1/6 of the total population in ... |
Brazil | Mexico, Venezuela , | , Argentina and Chile condemned the UN-opposed war. Major demonstrations w ... |
Moldova | ... ger and more powerful than the remaining Communist Parties; only in Russia, | , and the Czech Republic did the Communist Party remain a significant forc ... |
USSR | To counter the threat posed by these 'eyes in the sky', the United States, | /Russia, China and possibly others, have developed systems for destroying ... |
Salvadorans | ... s of military rule in the 1970s and 1980s. In Central America, Nicaraguans, | , Guatemalans, Hondurans, Costa Ricans (however, the country had no dictat ... |
Kazakhstan | ... it was the capital of Kazakh SSR. From 1991 to 1997, it was the capital of | . Almaty remains the largest, most developed, and most ethnically and cult ... |
Transjordan | ... the Kingdom of Israel to expand its influence and even political control in | , and these factors combined brought economic prosperity to the kingdom |
Chile | Mexico, Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina and | condemned the UN-opposed war. Major demonstrations were reported from La P ... |
Iran | ... has had long-standing close relations with its other neighbors Afghanistan, | and China, extensive security and economic interests in the Persian Gulf a ... |
Egypt | File:Church06.jpg|Saint Mary Church, Masarra, Cairo, | File:Archangel Michael's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Aswan (Egypt).JPG|Arch ... |
Martinique | ... l to 96. Counting the five overseas departments (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, | , Réunion and Mayotte) the total comes to 101 departments. In 2011, the ov ... |
Lotharingia | Lorraine's predecessor | was an independent Carolingian kingdom under the rule of King Lothair II ( ... |
Sweden | ... ions had increased, and they broke up in April 1990 after a show in Örebro, | |
Senegal | The Mouride brotherhood was founded in 1883 in | by Shaykh Aḥmadu Bàmba Mbàkke, commonly known as Amadou Bamba (1850–1927). ... |
Venezuela | ... Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, | , Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabw |
United Kingdom | ... nder a system of government that, influenced by Canada's mother country the | , was based upon Parliamentary supremacy. As a result, the Charter has att ... |
Colombia | ... ning of August 12, in Mexico City. Then, the WBC decided to put Laporte vs. | n Mario Miranda for the vacant world title in a fight held at the Madison ... |
Italy | ... ering about 40,000. The first town his army encountered was Segusium (Susa, | ), a heavily fortified town that shut its gates to him. Constantine ordere ... |
Scotland | ... paflói—"bay of the long isthmus") is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, | , United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, ... |
England | ... Scotland, Sarah thus becoming Lady Churchill. The Duke of York returned to | after the religious tension had eased, and Sarah was appointed a Lady of t ... |
Andhra Pradesh | ... ed (as on October 2010) by the Government of India in the following states: | - 109; Chandigarh - 2; Chattisgarh - 2; Dadra and Nagar Haveli - 4; Delhi ... |
Morocco | ... ve the poet also took inspiration from the several Moorish delegations from | to Elizabethan England circa 1600. While Shakespeare closely followed Cint ... |
Ukraine | ... celand, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus, Russia, Belarus, and | . Donald Rumsfeld tried to downplay the French and German governmental cri ... |
People's Republic of China | Wary of Soviet expansion, Pakistan has strong relations with the | during much of the Cold War and good relations with the United States of A ... |
Cuba | Millions of Haitians live abroad in: the Dominican Republic, United States, | , Canada (primarily Montreal), Bahamas, France, French Antilles, the Turks ... |
Russia | ... egates who signed the peace agreement were Sergei Witte and Roman Rosen for | , and Komura Jutarō and Takahira Kogorō for Japan. Fyodor Martens and othe ... |
Belarus | ... m, Denmark, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus, Russia, | , and Ukraine. Donald Rumsfeld tried to downplay the French and German gov ... |
French | Bertrand Blier (born 14 March 1939) is a | screenwriter and film director |
Normandy | ... he Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) region and the historic capital city of | . Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , ... |
Egypt | File:StMarkCathAlex.jpg|Saint Mark Cathedral, Alexandria, | File:Kairo Hanging Church BW 1.jpg|The Hanging Church, Coptic Cairo, Egypt ... |
Italy | ... animal rights, purchasing land to create a bird sanctuary near his home in | , advocating bans on painful traps, and keeping pets as diverse as an owl ... |
Italy | ... ia. In 1797 he brought reinforcements from the Rhine to Bonaparte's army in | , distinguishing himself greatly at the passage of the Tagliamento, and in ... |
Czech Republic | ... rful than the remaining Communist Parties; only in Russia, Moldova, and the | did the Communist Party remain a significant force |
Russia | ... , Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus, | , Belarus, and Ukraine. Donald Rumsfeld tried to downplay the French and G ... |
Ireland | ... ompliant National Identity Cards, notably Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Latvia, | and the United Kingdom. Sweden issues National Identity Cards, but do not ... |
Dominican Republic | Millions of Haitians live abroad in: the | , United States, Cuba, Canada (primarily Montreal), Bahamas, France, Frenc ... |
Japan | ... n painting. One dodo is even mentioned to have been sent a far as Nagasaki, | in 1647 |
United Kingdom | ... referred to as the British monarchy) is the constitutional monarchy of the | and its overseas territories. The present monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has ... |
Parthian Empire | His war against the | ended with the sack of the capital Ctesiphon and the annexation of Armenia ... |
Montenegro | Non-parties are Iraq, | , Vatican City and the states with limited recognition |
Palau | The economy of | consists primarily of subsistence agriculture and fishing. The government ... |
Egypt | ... med guard. The chaos that succeeded his death in 1804 was ended only by the | ian occupation in 1832. With the treaty of London (1840) Baalbek became re ... |
Northern Ireland | ... was also the only one of the Big Four companies to operate rail services in | , serving most major settlements in the region |
People's Republic of China | ... Cold War and good relations with the United States of America . Today, the | remain Pakistan's closest ally |
Soviet Union | ... ion happened to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, since their allies, the | , and China has also cut down military support, forcing them to using the ... |
France | Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, | . He is the son of Bernard Blier. His 1996 film Mon Homme was entered into ... |
Afghanistan | ... (1889–90), Siam, French Indochina and Korea (1892), and a daring foray into | and the Pamirs (1894), and published several books describing central and ... |
Republic of Ireland | ... Ireland itself, which had approximately 6.4 million in 2011 (comprising the | and Northern Ireland) |
North Korea | ... ng headquarters of the ITF is located at the Taekwondo Palace in Pyongyang, | , and was founded in the mid-1990s |
Canada | While | participated in the Gulf War of 1991, it refused to engage in a war on Ira ... |
Sweden | ... nnects the town of Frederikshavn to the city of Oslo in Norway, Göteborg in | and to Læsø |
Iraq | Non-parties are | , Montenegro, Vatican City and the states with limited recognition |
Hong Kong | ... called a master of modern architecture. Born in Canton, China and raised in | and Shanghai, Pei drew inspiration at an early age from the gardens at Suz ... |
United Kingdom | ... power was expected to grow substantially; China, the United States and the | are all expected to invest heavily in nuclear power. The acquisition of We ... |
Sweden | Axel Munthe's family was originally of Flemish descent and settled in | during the 16th century |
Italy | ... es from subjects and sending the revenues disproportionately to the Pope in | |
Ecuador | ... years afterward described the entire island as still a blackened wasteland. | annexed the Galápagos Islands on 12 February 1832, naming them the Archipe ... |
Italy | ... r policies to a more moderate and less radical course. In countries such as | and Germany, post-communism is marked by the increased influence of their ... |
Lithuania | Marko Alexandrovich Ramius, a | n who has risen to high levels of trust in the Soviet Navy, intends to def ... |
Norway | Ferry service connects the town of Frederikshavn to the city of Oslo in | , Göteborg in Sweden and to Læsø |
North Korea | ... h the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Despite the 31 August 1998 | n missile test which overflew the Home Islands, Japan has maintained its s ... |
East Timor | ... he UN, and sent their troops to Cambodia, Mozambique, Golan Heights and the | in the 1990s and 2000s. After the September 11 attacks, Japanese naval ves ... |
Brazil | ... 48), the Moroccan (2,058), the Ecuadorian (1,832), the Chinese (1,390), the | ian (1,273) and the Paraguayan, with 1,204 inhabitants |
West Florida | ... territory to Great Britain, and it was made a part of the expanded British | colony. The British changed the name of Fort Condé to Fort Charlotte, afte ... |
France | ... d to observe enemy formations far in the distance. In 1888 Amedee Denisse ( | ) studied the possibility of cameras attached to rockets to obtain photogr ... |
Assyria | ... f at war in the northeast. Most threatening, however, was the ascendancy of | , which was beginning to expand westward from Mesopotamia: the Battle of Q ... |
Denmark | ... ds, Austria, France, Switzerland, Greece, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, | , Iceland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus, Russia, Belarus, ... |
Azerbaijan | ... d in the Caucasus region, in areas such as the North Caucasus, Georgia, and | . In 1941 Joseph Stalin ordered all inhabitants with a German father to be ... |
Spain | ... te-warlord Limahong before it became the seat of the colonial government of | |
Philippines | ... s. The population enjoys a per capita income of more than twice that of the | and much of Micronesia. Long-term prospects for the tourist sector have be ... |
Egypt | File:Kairo Hanging Church BW 1.jpg|The Hanging Church, Coptic Cairo, | File:Saint Mark Church, Heliopolis.jpg|Saint Mark Church, Heliopolis, Cair ... |
Germany | ... to a more moderate and less radical course. In countries such as Italy and | , post-communism is marked by the increased influence of their existing So ... |
Finland | ... ments taking place in the fledgling republic of Russia. Traveling by way of | , the pair arrived in the capital city of Petrograd immediately after the ... |
Indonesia | ... ether, the couple married on 21 November 1990, in a Hindu beach ceremony in | and moved together to Downe House in Richmond, Surrey. Jagger later contes ... |
Norway | ... ly, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Switzerland, Greece, Germany, Sweden, | , Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus ... |
Middle Francia | ... his father until 840, and the King of Bavaria (815–17), Italy (818–55) and | (840–55). The territory of Lothringen (Lorraine in French and English) is ... |
United Kingdom | ... y of the long isthmus") is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, | , sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay ... |
Romania | ... y, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, | , Cyprus, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Donald Rumsfeld tried to downplay ... |
French | At the time of the foundation of the Mouride brotherhood in 1883, the | were in control of Senegal, as well as most of West and North Africa. Thou ... |
Carthage | ... ke of heightened tax rates and depressed trade; riots broke out in Rome and | ; and Domitius Alexander was able to briefly usurp his authority in Africa ... |
Spain | ... ted by Europeans in 1568 with the voyage of Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira from | who is understood to have sighted the island of Nui, which he named Isla d ... |
France | Rouen , in northern | on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) ... |
Cyprus | ... , Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, | , Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Donald Rumsfeld tried to downplay the Fren ... |
Soviet Union | ... Revolution, motivated by power struggles within the Party and a fear of the | , led to a major upheaval in Chinese society. In 1972, at the peak of the ... |
United Kingdom | ... Big Four railway companies and the only one to operate in all parts of the | : England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales |
Belgium | ... a major German offensive through the forested Ardennes Mountains region of | . The Waffen-SS units included the Sixth SS Panzer Army, under Sepp Dietri ... |
United Kingdom | ... m²) located in the village of Bricket Wood, in the county of Hertfordshire, | |
Czech Republic | ... witzerland, Greece, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the | , Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Donald Rumsfeld ... |
English throne | ... ry I of England, Geoffrey had a son, Henry Curtmantle, who succeeded to the | and founded the Plantagenet dynasty to which Geoffrey gave his nickname |
Iceland | ... ia, France, Switzerland, Greece, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, | , the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus, Russia, Belarus, and Ukra ... |
Paraguay | ... the Ecuadorian (1,832), the Chinese (1,390), the Brazilian (1,273) and the | an, with 1,204 inhabitants |
Afghanistan | ... s was especially close after the Soviets invaded the neighboring country of | . In 1964, Pakistan signed the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD) ... |
Northern Ireland | In 1938, the LMS operated of railway (excluding its lines in | ), but its profitability was generally disappointing, with a rate of retur ... |
Ukraine | ... ecade. Some populations are still poorer today than they were in 1989 (e.g. | , Moldova, Serbia). Others have bounced back considerably beyond that thre ... |
Vatican City | Non-parties are Iraq, Montenegro, | and the states with limited recognition |
Denmark | ... geographic region of the Jutland peninsula known as Himmerland in northern | . The modern town has a population of 2,875 as of 1 January 2011; the form ... |
German | This article is about a Danish town. For the | town, see Friedrichshafen, and for the Finnish town, see Fredrikshamn (Fin ... |
Malawi | ... es in terms of maternal death and Afghanistan, Central African Republic and | are the most dangerous |
Swedish | Harald Edelstam (1913–1989) was a | diplomat. During World War II, he earned the nickname Svarta nejlikan ("th ... |
Japan | ... he United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and | ) use different ensigns. Such ensigns are strictly regulated and indicate ... |
Ethiopian | ... t was opening somewhat more slowly than the other two arms, but in 2005 the | Afar Geophysical Lithospheric Experiment reported that in the Afar region ... |
Sweden | ... ish, French, Italian fluently, and German at least passably), growing up in | , attending medical school and opening his first practice in France. He wa ... |
Britain | ... he arts, although a patriotic attachment with the "mother country", that is | , and the British Empire continued to dominate musical taste. In the war a ... |
Malaysia | ... gthened by the arrival to the Philippines of traders and proselytizers from | and Indonesia. The multiple states that existed in the Philippines simplif ... |
Finnish | ... about a Danish town. For the German town, see Friedrichshafen, and for the | town, see Fredrikshamn (Finnish: Hamina) |
Soviet | ... armies were separated, defeated and pushed back, which forced Lenin and the | leadership to abandon for the time being their strategic objective of link ... |
Switzerland | ... Britain, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, France, | , Greece, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Czech Re ... |
New Zealand | ... s. Others (like the United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Australia, | , and Japan) use different ensigns. Such ensigns are strictly regulated an ... |
Romania | ... the Colombian, with 4,879 and 3,730 respectively. They are followed by the | n (2,248), the Moroccan (2,058), the Ecuadorian (1,832), the Chinese (1,39 ... |
Israel | On August 4, 2006, | i helicopter-borne soldiers supported by bombs from aircraft entered the H ... |
Egypt | ... coming from "undisclosed" foreign aid which includes funding from Iran and | 's Muslim Brotherhood according to western intelligence agencies. Due to t ... |
Mauritius | ... own descriptions of the bird were made by Dutch travellers to the island of | , east of Madagascar. Only a dozen such contemporary accounts based on obs ... |
Central African Republic | ... mbourg are the safest countries in terms of maternal death and Afghanistan, | and Malawi are the most dangerous |
Cayman Islands | ... , a Tunisian cell phone company and venture capital funds in the US and the | . The head of the investigation stated that "although the money for the po ... |
Kazakhstan | ... d all inhabitants with a German father to be deported, mostly to Siberia or | |
Moldova | ... me populations are still poorer today than they were in 1989 (e.g. Ukraine, | , Serbia). Others have bounced back considerably beyond that threshold how ... |
France | ... eets of Britain, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, | , Switzerland, Greece, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, ... |
Malaysia | Internal R → L copying in Temiar (an Austro-Asiatic language of | ) |
Danish | This article is about a | town. For the German town, see Friedrichshafen, and for the Finnish town, ... |
United Kingdom | Hanover was in the | zone of occupation of Germany after the war, and became part of the new st ... |
Soviet Union | ... e to the mass evacuation of factories and workers from the European part of | during World War II, Alma-Ata of administrative and trading center with a ... |
Indonesia | ... e arrival to the Philippines of traders and proselytizers from Malaysia and | . The multiple states that existed in the Philippines simplified Spanish c ... |
Ukraine | The migration of Germans into Volhynia (today covering northwestern | from a short distance west of Kiev to the border with Poland) occurred und ... |
Egypt | ... n Patriarchate - St. Mark Cathedral33.jpg|Saint Mark Cathedral, Alexandria, | File:StMarkCathAlex.jpg|Saint Mark Cathedral, Alexandria, Egypt File:Kairo ... |
Soviet Union | In August 1945, according to Yalta Conference agreements, the | took over the control of Sakhalin. The Soviet attack on South Sakhalin was ... |
English | Wilson Barrett (18 February 1846 – 22 September 1904) was an | manager, actor, and playwright |
Sweden | ... gal, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Switzerland, Greece, Germany, | , Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania ... |
Mexico | ... th twelve recognized subspecies, it ranges from southern Canada to northern | , including most of the continental United States. The bobcat is an adapta ... |
India | ... issur has contributed many national and international bodybuilding stars to | , such a |
Ecuador | ... ively. They are followed by the Romanian (2,248), the Moroccan (2,058), the | ian (1,832), the Chinese (1,390), the Brazilian (1,273) and the Paraguayan ... |
Cuba | ... ed Airlines all operate regular flights between MIA and several airports in | , one of a few airports with direct airlink between the two nations. Howev ... |
New Zealand | ... nd this relatively well-established English was brought to Africa, Asia and | . It developed both as the language of English-speaking settlers from Brit ... |
Austria | Stefan Zweig (November 28, 1881 – February 22, 1942) was an | n novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his li ... |
Tamil Nadu | ... ; Chandigarh - 1; Gujarat - 8; Haryana - 3; Maharashtra - 14; Rajasthan - 1 | ;- 20; Uttar Pradesh - 4; West Bengal - 2: Orissa - 1 |
Egypt | ... in a footnote that he believed Josephus mistook Seth for Sesostris, king of | , the erector of the referenced pillar in Siriad (being a contemporary nam ... |
France | ... ng up in Sweden, attending medical school and opening his first practice in | . He was married to an English aristocrat, and spent most of his adult lif ... |
England | HMS Wivern was an ironclad turret ship built at Birkenhead, | , one of two sister ships secretly ordered from the Laird & Son shipyard b ... |
France | ... istress in place of the Duchess of Cleveland, who had recently departed for | , but surviving letters from Sarah to John show her unwillingness to assum ... |
France | ... ; ; ; old spelling Cambray) is a commune in the Nord department in northern | on the Escaut river. It is a sub-prefecture of the department |
Low Countries | ... ing and in time made Spain's sea communications with its possessions in the | difficult. Most notable of these attacks was the Battle of Gibraltar in 16 ... |
Germany | ... rs of the Common Life and Jan Standonck) and the observantine tradition. In | , "the modern way" or devotionalism caught on in the universities, requiri ... |
Greece | ... and, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Switzerland, | , Germany, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Czech Republic, ... |
Canada | ... years ago (AEO). With twelve recognized subspecies, it ranges from southern | to northern Mexico, including most of the continental United States. The b ... |
Serbia | ... tions are still poorer today than they were in 1989 (e.g. Ukraine, Moldova, | ). Others have bounced back considerably beyond that threshold however (e. ... |
Kazakhstan | ... of the first Kazakh SSR, and then it used to be a capital of an independent | |
Samoa | ... d. On Funafuti and Vaitupu the founding ancestor is described as being from | ; whereas on Nanumea the founding ancestor is described as being from |
Germany | ... in, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Switzerland, Greece, | , Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, ... |
Danish | Frederikshavn is a | town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland on the northeast co ... |
Zambia | ... om, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, | , Zimbabw |
Andhra Pradesh | Diwali is one of the seven most important festivals of | . It is very popular with children who celebrate Diwali because of the exc ... |
France | Paintings of mothers with their children have a long tradition in | . In the 18th century, these works embodied the Enlightenment's preoccupat ... |
Scotland | ... who died in infancy. When the Duke of York went into self-imposed exile to | as a result of the furore surrounding the Popish Plot, John and Sarah acco ... |
Malaya | Though Penang in 1951 was the first state in the then | to hold local elections, local councillors have been appointed by the stat ... |
Italy | ... e was married to an English aristocrat, and spent most of his adult life in | . Munthe had a philanthropic nature, often treating the poor without charg ... |
French Guiana | ... French Antilles, the Turks and Caicos, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and | . There are an estimated 800,000 in the Dominican Republic, 600,000 Haitia ... |
Slovakia | ... ss (1848–1892), Hungarian , was born at Pružina near Trencsén (now Trenčín, | ) on 6 July 1848, and educated at Esztergom. He was for a time one of the ... |
Maratha Empire | After 1680, the Mughal Empire's influence declined rapidly as the Hindu | rose to prominence. In 1737, Maratha forces sacked Delhi, following their ... |
Second French Empire | ... X of France in 1830. In a very strange turn of events after the end of the | , where a flag apparently influenced the course of history, Henri, comte d ... |
Iraq | ... ence for its cultivation in the Near East is a find in the ruins of Nimrud, | dated to about 700 BC |
Portugal | Millions demonstrated on the streets of Britain, Ireland, Spain, | , Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Switzerland, Greece, Germany, S ... |
East Timor | ... sia, north of the Timor Sea. It is divided between the independent state of | , and West Timor, belonging to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tengga ... |
Slovenia | ... nd United States of America, as well as tolar (slovene for thaler), used in | until the end of 2006. Between 1992 and 1995, Belarus planned to introduce ... |
Norway | ... n Mill Creek. This type of technology is found in places such as Australia, | , and in the United States, in places such as Arizona. The dam is part of ... |
North Korea | ... on a government level. Japan has limited economic and commercial ties with | . Japanese normalization talks halted when North Korea refused to discuss ... |
Azores | ... was bolstered by a number of Portuguese sailors, many of whom were from the | , and came to live in Provincetown after being hired to work on US ships. ... |
Russian Empire | In the context of the Great Game between the British and | s for control of Central Asia, he held deep mistrust of Russian intentions ... |
Japan | ... Islands to the west of Koror. The number of visitors—85% of whom come from | , Taiwan, and the U.S.—reached nearly 67,000 in 1997, more than quadruple ... |
Vietnam | ... ted Cork Graham/Richard Knight hunt for Captain Kidd's treasure off western | in 1983, documented in The Bamboo Chest |
Northern Ireland | ... d approximately 6.4 million in 2011 (comprising the Republic of Ireland and | ) |
West Florida | ... r Pollack, representative of the American Continental Congress, and because | , for the most part, remained loyal to the British Crown. The fort was ren ... |
Puerto Rico | ... Montreal), Bahamas, France, French Antilles, the Turks and Caicos, Jamaica, | , Venezuela and French Guiana. There are an estimated 800,000 in the Domin ... |
Normandy | ... prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of | in the Middle Ages. It was one of the capitals of the Anglo-Norman dynasti ... |
Denmark | ... he island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern | . The municipality covered an area of 181 km², and hads a total population ... |
Italy | Pirelli & C. SpA is a diverse multinational company based in Milan, | . The company, the world’s fifth largest tyre manufacturer, is present in ... |
Italian | Domenico Maria Novara (1454–1504) was an | scientist |
Spain | Millions demonstrated on the streets of Britain, Ireland, | , Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Switzerland, Greece, ... |
France | ... ation Silja had ordered two new ships from Dubegion-Normandie S.A., Nantes, | to begin year-round traffic from Helsinki to Stockholm (up until that poin ... |
Czech Republic | ... . Others have bounced back considerably beyond that threshold however (e.g. | , Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia), and some, such as Estonia, Latvia a ... |
Indonesia | ... tween the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, belonging to the | n province of East Nusa Tenggara. The island's surface is 30,777 square ki ... |
Poland | ... k considerably beyond that threshold however (e.g. Czech Republic, Hungary, | , Romania, Slovakia), and some, such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, und ... |
Ethiopia | The birr, the official currency of | and Eritrea, takes its name from the local name for thaler, as well as the ... |
Denmark | ... ion Nordjylland on the northeast coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern | . Its name translates to "Frederik's harbour". It was originally named Fla ... |
Netherlands | ... emonstrated on the streets of Britain, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the | , Austria, France, Switzerland, Greece, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, ... |
England | ... hpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, | . OMD were originally assimilated in the greater New Wave batch of synthes ... |
Spain | ... any countries to separately regulate transmission (see electricity market). | was the first country to establish a regional transmission organization. I ... |
Roman Republic | Subsequently the Macedonians were defeated by the | , which for most of its final tenure allowed home rule to the Lycians, inc ... |
West Florida | ... med Fortaleza Carlota, with the Spanish holding Mobile as a part of Spanish | until 1813, when it was seized by the U.S. General James Wilkinson during ... |
West Francia | ... s, his territory was divided by the 870 Treaty of Meerssen between East and | and finally came under East Frankish rule as a whole by the 880 Treaty of ... |
Austria | ... n the streets of Britain, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, | , France, Switzerland, Greece, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, ... |
Britain | ... Barnes which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The novel is set in the | of the not-too-distant future, and chronicles the creation of a giant Engl ... |
Brazil | ... arating a mixture of a few rare earth elements nitrate concentrate from the | ian mineral monazite by fractionated crystallization, they yielded a solut ... |
Japan | ... Witte and Roman Rosen for Russia, and Komura Jutarō and Takahira Kogorō for | . Fyodor Martens and other diplomats from both nations stayed in New Castl ... |
Soviet Union | ... 1, presumably to advance in the Communist Party, he spent two months in the | as correspondent for l'Unità. While in Moscow, he learned of his father's ... |
Uttar Pradesh | Tamil Nadu - 20 | ;- 4; West Bengal - 2: Orissa - 1 |
Iran | ... up to 90% coming from "undisclosed" foreign aid which includes funding from | and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood according to western intelligence agencies. ... |
Italy | Millions demonstrated on the streets of Britain, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, | , the Netherlands, Austria, France, Switzerland, Greece, Germany, Sweden, ... |
Denmark | ... ild municipality in Region Nordjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern | . The former Nørager municipality covered an area of 168 km², and had a to ... |
Colombia | ... On the other hand, the largest foreign communities are the Bolivian and the | n, with 4,879 and 3,730 respectively. They are followed by the Romanian (2 ... |
Hungary | ... unced back considerably beyond that threshold however (e.g. Czech Republic, | , Poland, Romania, Slovakia), and some, such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithua ... |
Zimbabwe | ... ed States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, | Non-parties are Iraq, Montenegro, Vatican City and the states with limited ... |
Scotland | ... rate set of meetings known as the G8+5, created during the 2005 Gleneagles, | summit, that is attended by finance and energy ministers from all eight me ... |
Dominican Republic | ... to Rico, Venezuela and French Guiana. There are an estimated 800,000 in the | , 600,000 Haitians in the United States, 100,000 in Canada, 80,000 in Fran ... |
Belarus | ... for thaler), used in Slovenia until the end of 2006. Between 1992 and 1995, | planned to introduce Belarusian taler as a national currency |
Soviet Union | ... the Cold War, Japan took a part in the Western world's confrontation of the | in East Asia. In the rapid economic developments in the 1960s and 1970s, J ... |
Majapahit | ... is also early evidence of Manila being invaded by the Indianized empire of | , due to the epic eulogy poem Nagarakretagama which inscribed its conquest ... |
Japan | The Odyssey² was released in | in December 1982 by Kōton Trading Toitarii Enterprise (コートン・トレーディング・トイタリー・ ... |
Netherlands | ... Paris where the council of ministers entrusted him with the defence of the | against the British expedition in Walcheren. In 1810, he was about to ente ... |
United Kingdom | Although he was born an American, he moved to the | in 1914 (at age 25) and was naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at ag ... |
Netherlands | ... om Oceania, 63 from Hungary, 61 from Chile, 50 from Romania and 50 from the | |
Japan | ... is currently in a sister city relationship with Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture, | . Each year, a small group of high school students from Greenfield and Kak ... |
Denmark | ... sical The Lion King. Gielgud's Hamlet was later taken to Elsinore Castle in | (the actual setting of the play), there was a 1944 production directed by ... |
Goguryeo | ... cs and unarmed combat using subak. Although subak was a leg-oriented art in | , Silla's influence added hand techniques to the practice of subak |
France | ... re Paul Broca was born on June 28, 1824, in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Bordeaux, | , the son of Benjamin Broca, a medical practitioner and former surgeon in ... |
French | ... (formerly Connex) was the international transport services division of the | -based multinational company Veolia Environnement until the 2011 merger th ... |
Canada | ... raine, and France placed the Russians first; judges from the United States, | , Germany, and Japan gave the nod to the Canadians. The International Skat ... |
Baekje | ... styles developed by the three rival Korean Kingdoms of Goguryeo, Silla, and | , where young men were trained in unarmed combat techniques to develop str ... |
Danish | In 1916, the | engineer Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen founded a factory in Zschopau, Saxony, Ge ... |
Chile | ... 73 from Uruguay, 72 from Mexico, 66 from Oceania, 63 from Hungary, 61 from | , 50 from Romania and 50 from the Netherlands |
Goryeo | Due to standardization efforts during | and Joseon eras, native Korean placenames were converted to hanja, and mos ... |
Mauritania | ... s power, the French sentenced Bamba to exile in Gabon (1895–1902) and later | (1903–1907). However, Bamba's exile fueled legends about his miraculous ab ... |
United Kingdom | ... h positions on charts worldwide. The album has been certified silver in the | . Three singles were released from it: "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret", ... |
Jubaland | ... occupation survive in certain ethnic minority groups inhabiting modern-day | and other parts of the south. The latter descendants include relict popula ... |
England | ... olleges created by royal charter from King William III and Queen Mary II of | |
Romania | ... y, 72 from Mexico, 66 from Oceania, 63 from Hungary, 61 from Chile, 50 from | and 50 from the Netherlands |
Morocco | ... s known as Shaba I. Mobutu had to request assistance, which was provided by | in the form of regular troops who routed the MPLA and their Cuban advisors ... |
Norwegian | ... ed to Berlin to oversee the joint exhibition of his works with the works of | painter Edvard Munch. Here he became acquainted with the Symbolists |
Austria | The play was later made into a black and white film. It was directed by the | n director George Hoellering with music by the Hungarian composer Laszlo L ... |
Kingdom of Maynila | ... (gold) or Suvarnadvipa by its neighboring provinces, and was officially the | . The Kingdom of Maynila flourished during the latter half of the Ming Dyn ... |
Srivijaya | ... dministrative integration. Empires such as Bagan, Ayutthaya, Champa, Khmer, | and Majapahit are known as "mandala" in this sense |
Germany | ... nd France placed the Russians first; judges from the United States, Canada, | , and Japan gave the nod to the Canadians. The International Skating Union ... |
Khwarezm | ... anity being laid under interdict. Both city and church were captured by the | ians in 1244 |
Russia | ... ause a large part of the Swedish Army, in view of future complications with | , were in favour of electing a soldier, and partly because Bernadotte was ... |
Duchy of Athens | Subsequently the Almogavars marched against the | , under the rule of the French House of Brienne. In March 1310, Duke Walte ... |
Egypt | ... contemporary name for the territories in which Sirius was venerated (i.e., | ). He stated that there was no way for any pillars of Seth to survive the ... |
Thailand | When used as an adjective, Thai refers to anything that originates from | . As a noun it may refer to |
Israel | ... traded under the brand names of Veolia Transportation in North America and | , Veolia Transport, Veolia Verkehr in Germany and with the former name Con ... |
People's Republic of China | ... n the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture (or, Yeonbyeon in Korean) of the | , as well as Russia. In 2000 the name of the area was shortened to Rason a ... |
Mexico | ... ium, 91 from Central America, 85 from Switzerland, 73 from Uruguay, 72 from | , 66 from Oceania, 63 from Hungary, 61 from Chile, 50 from Romania and 50 ... |
Normandy | ... ive his bride. Isabella was granted, in compensation for her dower lands in | , the stannaries in Devon and the revenue of Aylesbury for a period of fou ... |
Afghanistan | ... nother is the publication of various newspapers and magazines in Kosovo and | , where German soldiers serve with NATO |
India | ... breaches), hosted an America's Polo Cup match between the United States and | on the Mall. The advertised ticket price for this event was $95 per person ... |
Mongolia | Amitābha is also known in Tibet, | , and other regions where Tibetan Buddhism is practiced. In the Highest Yo ... |
Pakistan | ... t Punjab fled to Delhi, while many Muslim residents of the city migrated to | . Migration to Delhi from the rest of India continues, contributing more t ... |
Haiti | ... od Neighbor policy. He began withdrawing American troops from Nicaragua and | ; he also proposed an arms embargo on Latin America and a one-third reduct ... |
Sweden | ... electing a soldier, and partly because Bernadotte was also very popular in | , owing to the kindness he had shown to the Swedish prisoners during the r ... |
Hungary | ... from Switzerland, 73 from Uruguay, 72 from Mexico, 66 from Oceania, 63 from | , 61 from Chile, 50 from Romania and 50 from the Netherlands |
Syria | ... , the task of holding together the empire was a formidable one. A revolt in | broke out almost immediately. Antiochus was soon compelled to make peace w ... |
Castile | ... s de Tolosa in the Sierra Morena by an alliance of the Christian princes of | , Aragon, Navarre, and Portugal. Nearly all of the Moorish dominions in Ib ... |
Confederacy | ... the United States negotiated new treaties with tribes that allied with the | . It required them to emancipate their slaves and give them membership in ... |
Cuba | ... ided by Morocco in the form of regular troops who routed the MPLA and their | n advisors out of Katanga. The humiliation of this episode led to civil un ... |
India | Jordan will most likely surpass ICT giants like | and Israel if these reforms continue. The Jordanian Government has overwhe ... |
Serbia | ... on. Traveling from Thessaloniki, they met scenes of profound devastation in | (including a bombed-out Belgrade), also going through Bulgaria and Romania ... |
Germany | ... our, and returned to Paris in 1807. He served in Spain in 1808, and then in | |
Uruguay | ... any, 91 from Belgium, 91 from Central America, 85 from Switzerland, 73 from | , 72 from Mexico, 66 from Oceania, 63 from Hungary, 61 from Chile, 50 from ... |
Duke of Athens and Neopatria | ... ca (for a time), Count of Barcelona, Lord of Montpellier, and (temporarily) | . Each of these titles gave him sovereignty over a certain region, and the ... |
British | ... ist of former Royal institutions with ties to Ireland, but they were mostly | institutions created in Ireland during British rule |
Goguryeo | ... on of unarmed combat styles developed by the three rival Korean Kingdoms of | , Silla, and Baekje, where young men were trained in unarmed combat techni ... |
Panama | ... Islands occurred when Spaniard Fray Tomás de Berlanga, the fourth Bishop of | , sailed to Peru to settle a dispute between Francisco Pizarro and his lie ... |
Republic of Poland | ... existed until November 1918, when it was replaced by the newly established | . The independence of Poland had been campaigned for in the West by Dmowsk ... |
Carthage | ... ice to supernatural figures or forces, such as the one practiced in ancient | , may be only the most notorious example in the ancient world. Anthropolog ... |
Sweden | ... en he was unexpectedly elected the heir-presumptive to King Charles XIII of | , who was childless and old |
Gabon | ... had he wanted. Fearful of his power, the French sentenced Bamba to exile in | (1895–1902) and later Mauritania (1903–1907). However, Bamba's exile fuele ... |
Union of India | ... also known as Lutyens' Delhi, was officially declared as the capital of the | after the country gained independence on 15 August 1947 |
France | ... aleidoscope, for which there was a great demand in both the United Kingdom, | , and the United States. As a reflection of this fame, Brewster portrait w ... |
Silla | ... med combat styles developed by the three rival Korean Kingdoms of Goguryeo, | , and Baekje, where young men were trained in unarmed combat techniques to ... |
Nicaragua | ... Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy. He began withdrawing American troops from | and Haiti; he also proposed an arms embargo on Latin America and a one-thi ... |
Finnish | was a | painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finni ... |
Israel | Jordan will most likely surpass ICT giants like India and | if these reforms continue. The Jordanian Government has overwhelming suppo ... |
Russia | Judges from | , the People's Republic of China, Poland, Ukraine, and France placed the R ... |
Pakistan | ... of the event stated that the players who represented India were actually of | i origin and were from Florida. (1) (2) A spokesman for the Embassy of Ind ... |
Austria | ... d a general council at the military city of Carnuntum (Petronell-Carnuntum, | ) to resolve the instability in the western provinces. In attendance were ... |
Saudi Arabia | In the early 2000s the largest backer of Hamas was | , with over 50% of its funds coming from that country, mainly through Isla ... |
Mozambique | ... n the Peacekeeping operations by the UN, and sent their troops to Cambodia, | , Golan Heights and the East Timor in the 1990s and 2000s. After the Septe ... |
Italy | ... y Center Honor, the Legion of Honor from France, the Campione d'Italia from | and the Film Society of Lincoln Center Lifetime Achievement Award. She col ... |
Egypt | ... -esque land called Dalaam, a place called Scaraba (which is based on modern | and includes mulukhiyah and pyramids), and a dream world called Magicant. ... |
Soviet Union | ... on, relations with the United States grew distant, while relations with the | grew closer |
People's Republic of China | Judges from Russia, the | , Poland, Ukraine, and France placed the Russians first; judges from the U ... |
Iran | ... ectly by Gulf states, primarily Saudi Arabia, and a further $3 million from | . In 2002, a Saudi Arabian charity, the Saudi Council to Support the Pales ... |
France | ... ore powerful neighbours the counts of Flanders, of Hainaut and the kings of | , especially during the Hundred Years' War |
Kiribati | ... 1500 people left the island during a repatriation of immigrant workers from | and Tuvalu. The repatriation was motivated by wide-scale reductions-in-for ... |
Uruguay | ... erica have been sponsored by the tyre company. The Brazilan team Palmeiras, | an team Peñarol and Argentinian side Vélez Sársfield both had Pirelli as a ... |
Spanish | Diego de Nicuesa was a | conquistador and explorer. In 1506, he was given the job of governing Cost ... |
Egypt | ... “Our Father,” as the Senior and Elder Bishop among all bishops, within the | ian Province, who are under his jurisdiction. This is because Alexandria w ... |
Netherlands | ... was born on 27 April 1967 in the University Medical Center in Utrecht, the | . He is the first child of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Prince Cla ... |
Khiva | ... the 19th century is mostly known by the relations with the states of Iran, | , and Bukhara. However, wars of the period took place mostly in the lands ... |
Syria | Following his visit to the city, the 12th century | n historian Yaqut al-Hamawi wrote that it was inhabited by dark-skinned Be ... |
Lebanon | ... ort, Veolia Verkehr in Germany and with the former name Connex preserved in | and Jersey |
Israel | ... ael and America. The two watershed events of the Holocaust and the birth of | , affect the religious and philosophical interpretations of Jews today. Th ... |
Cambodia | ... ticipate in the Peacekeeping operations by the UN, and sent their troops to | , Mozambique, Golan Heights and the East Timor in the 1990s and 2000s. Aft ... |
Neustria | ... s of early bishops are purely legendary) and later a capital of Merovingian | |
Orange Free State | ... tempt to extend British influence in 1875 approached the Boer states of the | and the Transvaal Republic and tried to organize a federation of the Briti ... |
Mauritania | In the religion of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and | , Sirius is called Yoonir from the Serer language (and some of the Cangin ... |
Egypt | ... rifice. Child skeletons with the marks of sacrifice have been found also in | dating 950-720 BCE. In Carthage "[child] sacrifice in the ancient world re ... |
Irish Free State | In the 1920s, five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the Union as the | , and the Balfour Declaration recognised the evolution of the dominions of ... |
Belgium | The royal decree is the equivalent in | of a Royal Charter. In the period before 1958, 32 higher education institu ... |
Switzerland | ... Rabbi Zweigenhaft to remain, even offering to fund his weekly journey from | . Rabbi Zweigenhaft declined the proposal and as a result the leaderless O ... |
Russia | ... edal on a tiebreaker for having won the free program in a close result. The | n skating federation filed a protest over the results for a second ladies ... |
South Africa | ... manding the release of Nelson Mandela when he was incarcerated in apartheid | , and one calling for a consultation on the fingerprinting of children in ... |
Canadian | ... ard Island (PEI or P.E.I.; , , , Scottish Gaelic: Eilean a' Phrionnsa) is a | province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other island ... |
Guam | ... azpi was carried by the navy from New Spain (Mexico) to the Philippines via | in order to establish the Spanish East Indies, a base for trade with the O ... |
Carthage | ... the marks of sacrifice have been found also in Egypt dating 950-720 BCE. In | "[child] sacrifice in the ancient world reached its infamous zenith." Besi ... |
Russian Provisional Government | ... olution of the same year. The October Revolution in Petrograd overthrew the | and gave the power to the local soviets dominated by Bolsheviks. As the re ... |
Netherlands | ... arty located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the | and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the soc ... |
Pakistan | ... l. As of 2008 there were 9.6 million natural gas vehicles worldwide, led by | (2.0 million), Argentina (1.7 million), Brazil (1.6 million), Iran (1.0 mi ... |
Brazil | ... successful clubs South America have been sponsored by the tyre company. The | an team Palmeiras, Uruguayan team Peñarol and Argentinian side Vélez Sársf ... |
Philippines | ... in the charge of Ferdinand Magellan. Following the death of Magellan in the | , the expedition was completed under the command of Juan Sebastian Elcano ... |
Scotland | ... sher was born in Crosshouse, a mining village near Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, | . He was the second of eight children of Robert Fisher and Jane Garvin. Fi ... |
Bhutan | ... dala with goddess Prajnaparamita in center, 19th century, Rubin.jpg|Painted | ese Medicine Buddha mandala with the goddess Prajnaparamita in center, 19t ... |
Hong Kong | ... ic disciplines. The centers are located Beijing, Istanbul, Florence, Italy, | , London, UK, Madrid, Spain, Strasbourg, France, and Santiago, Chile |
French Indochina | ... d: Russia and Central Asia (1888-9), a long tour of Persia (1889–90), Siam, | and Korea (1892), and a daring foray into Afghanistan and the Pamirs (1894 ... |
Ukraine | Judges from Russia, the People's Republic of China, Poland, | , and France placed the Russians first; judges from the United States, Can ... |
Hong Kong | ... ow-power solution for handheld computer use. It was designed by Motorola in | and released in 1995 |
Belgium | ... attack was to split the British and American line in half, capture Antwerp, | , and encircle and destroy four Allied armies, forcing the Western Allies ... |
Netherlands | ... nd Democracy (VVD) is a conservative-liberal political party located in the | . The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perc ... |
France | Judges from Russia, the People's Republic of China, Poland, Ukraine, and | placed the Russians first; judges from the United States, Canada, Germany, ... |
Czechoslovakia | ... ing juvenile performance of 1948, as 'Karel Malik' in "The Search". Born in | , and beginning his relatively brief film career in 1948 at the age of ele ... |
Senegal | The puppeteer's assistant is a "primitive" | ese man named Golo, rather than the movie's amiable Frenchman, Jacquot. He ... |
Uruguay | ... Argentine dictator Don Juan Manuel de Rosas had supported rebellions within | and Brazil. It was only in 1850 that Brazil was able to address the threat ... |
Philippines | ... h the third fight between Ali and Joe Frazier in Manila, the capital of the | , which King deemed the "Thrilla in Manila". Aside from promoting the prem ... |
Scotland | ... standard across Great Britain, further progressing in the modern period as | became united with England as a result of the Acts of Union of 1707 |
Iran | ... ab-el-Mandeb. Eighteen million tons of oil had been transported yearly from | to Israel through the straits of Bab-el-Mandeb. The blockade was enforced ... |
Iran | ... d by Pakistan (2.0 million), Argentina (1.7 million), Brazil (1.6 million), | (1.0 million), and India (650,000). The energy efficiency is generally equ ... |
Senegal | In the religion of the Serer people of | , the Gambia and Mauritania, Sirius is called Yoonir from the Serer langua ... |
United Kingdom | ... in 1936 for the Netherlands, and later applied to the United States and the | |
Kingdom of Naples | See also Hundred Days and the Neapolitan War between the | and the Austrian Empire |
Papua New Guinea | ... trait (between Bramble Cay, its northernmost island, and the south coast of | ) in the north to the unnamed passage between Lady Elliot Island (its sout ... |
Soviet Union | ... the struggles of the Russian Civil War (1917–1923) and the creation of the | in 1922 |
Iraq | ... the Church to talk with George W. Bush to express opposition to the war on | . The Catholic Church said that it was up to the United Nations to solve t ... |
Soviet-era | ... also 'apple' in other Turkic languages, as well as in Hungarian. The older | Russian version in Russia of its name, Alma-Ata, combines two Kazakh words ... |
Monaco | ... artments do still start with 20, though. The two-digit code "98" is used by | . Together with the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code FR, the numbers form t ... |
Prussia | ... ereign Prince of Ponte Corvo (5 June 1806), but during the campaign against | , in the same year, was severely reproached by Napoleon for not participat ... |
Tuvalu | ... eft the island during a repatriation of immigrant workers from Kiribati and | . The repatriation was motivated by wide-scale reductions-in-force in the ... |
Italy | In 1966 in Messina, | , a conference was held concerning systems of gnosis. Among its several ai ... |
Egypt | ... merchants, which was famous for its high quality fabric that it exported to | , among other places. He added that the city was ruled by a Somali Sultan ... |
Chile | Hoover mediated between | and Peru to solve a conflict on the sovereignty of Arica and Tacna, that i ... |
Soviet | ... arities between Nazi Germany and other fascist regimes on the one hand, and | communism on the other |
Brazil | ... vehicles worldwide, led by Pakistan (2.0 million), Argentina (1.7 million), | (1.6 million), Iran (1.0 million), and India (650,000). The energy efficie ... |
France | ... gustin Fresnel – were pursuing the same investigations contemporaneously in | does not invalidate Brewster's claim to independent discovery, even though ... |
Prussia | ... unded by Karl von Dalberg. After the Congress of Vienna, the area passed to | in 1815, and in 1822 it became the seat of the newly formed district of We ... |
Austrian Empire | ... o Hundred Days and the Neapolitan War between the Kingdom of Naples and the | |
Netherlands | ... comprehensive macroeconomic model, which he first developed in 1936 for the | , and later applied to the United States and the United Kingdom |
Poland | Judges from Russia, the People's Republic of China, | , Ukraine, and France placed the Russians first; judges from the United St ... |
Roman Empire | ... 2nd century AD – c. 202) was Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then a part of the | (now Lyon, France). He was an early church father and apologist, and his w ... |
Kenya | In 1909, Gallen-Kallela moved to Nairobi in | with his family, and there he painted over 150 expressionist oil-paintings ... |
Russia | ... tates to support its claim to the Oregon Country, which was also claimed by | , Great Britain, Spain and other nations |
Ethiopia | ... f 19,269 immigrants in 2006: 7,472 from the Former Soviet Union, 3,595 from | , 2,411 from France, 2,159 from the United States, 594 from the United Kin ... |
Philippines | ... as aware of the shrunken heads, which Gein had described as relics from the | sent by a cousin who had served in World War II. Upon investigation by the ... |
Monaco | ... ourth smallest country in the world, larger only than the Vatican City at , | at and Nauru at |
United Kingdom | ... series was co-funded by the UK's Sky Television, and premiered first in the | on the Sky1 satellite channel in October 2004. The series was then broadca ... |
Swedish | ... ption by biologists of a system of strictly binomial nomenclature is due to | botanist and physician Carl von Linné, more commonly known by his Latinize ... |
Soviet Union | ... son, in The God of the Machine (1943), used the term in connection with the | and Nazi Germany |
Vatican City | ... st Tuvalu is the fourth smallest country in the world, larger only than the | at , Monaco at and Nauru at |
Japan | ... e has also become a cult classic and possesses substantial fanbases in both | and North America. As a result, the game regularly appears on readers' cho ... |
Uttar Pradesh | ... Pondicherry - 1; Punjab - 8; Rajasthan - 8; Tamil Nadu - 70; Uttarkhand - 3 | ;- 33; West Bengal - 22 |
Senegal | and | . The island can perhaps most easily be seen on the ma |
Sweden | File:Naverkarr_skugga.JPG|Näverkärr in Bohuslän, | , is a Natura 2000 area |
Canadian | Regina ( "rej-eye-na") is the capital city of the | province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province ( ... |
Russia | ... he seat of the Provisional government located in Petrograd, then capital of | ), was captured |
Soviet Union | ... f massive immigration to Israel, primarily from the republics of the former | . There is also a high population growth rate among certain Jewish groups, ... |
People's Republic of China | ... a town whose main industry was agriculture. Soon after the founding of the | , the capital of Anhui was moved from Anqing to Hefei. To assist the devel ... |
India | ... left-wing economic policies and promoted agricultural productivity. She led | as Prime Minister during the decisive victory of East Pakistan over Pakist ... |
India | ... on), Argentina (1.7 million), Brazil (1.6 million), Iran (1.0 million), and | (650,000). The energy efficiency is generally equal to that of gasoline en ... |
Kingdom of Tonga | Japan and the | have maintained official diplomatic relations since July 1970. Japan is To ... |
Castile | The dynastic union of | and Aragon in 1479, when Ferdinand II of Aragon wed Isabella I of Castile, ... |
German | ... rced with minefields, artillery, and concrete barriers starting in 1914. No | U-boats were able to enter the harbour during the war, and only two attemp ... |
United Kingdom | ... by the governments of the Soviet Union (represented by Andrei Gromyko), the | (represented by Lord Home) and the United States (represented by Dean Rusk ... |
United Kingdom | Following years of negotiation, three Great Powers, Russia, the | and France, decided to intervene in the conflict and each nation sent a na ... |
Mauritania | Currently, the river marks this section of the border between | and Senegal. The island can perhaps most easily be seen on the ma |
Slovakia | File:Morava small lake.jpg|Natura 2000 locality in | |
Germany | ... d the German privacy group FoeBuD were invited to the METRO Future Store in | , where an RFID pilot project was implemented. It was uncovered by acciden ... |
Austrian Empire | ... ing the period of 1815-1848, Prince Metternich, the foreign minister of the | , stepped in to organize containment of revolutionary forces through inter ... |
Nauru | ... ird-least populous sovereign state in the world, with only Vatican City and | having fewer inhabitants. In terms of physical land size, at just Tuvalu i ... |
Sweden | ... ipality (Östra Göinge kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern | . Its seat is located in Broby |
Tanzania | ... ibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, | and the highest mountain in Africa at above sea level (the Uhuru Peak/Kibo ... |
Uttar Pradesh | ... is located at , and lies in northern India. It borders the Indian states of | to the east and Haryana on the north, west and south. During British Raj i ... |
Normandy | ... here were a large number of Jews scattered about another 100 communities in | . The well-preserved remains of the yeshiva were discovered in the 1970s u ... |
Portugal | File:Castro Verde Countryside2.JPG|Castro Verde Natura 2000, | |
Cyprus | After several campaigns against Ptolemy on the coasts of Cilicia and | , Demetrius sailed with a fleet of 250 ships to Athens. He freed the city ... |
Castile | ... advance north, was defeated by an alliance of the four Christian princes of | , Aragón, Navarre, and Portugal, at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in t ... |
Afghanistan | ... Buddhism seems to have first become popular in northwest India/Pakistan and | , from where it spread to Central Asia and China |
Finland | ... s of Denmark (who also ruled Norway and Iceland) and Sweden (who also ruled | ) converted to that faith |
Denmark | ... mmune) in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern | . The municipality covers an area of 12 km², and has a total population of ... |
Roman Empire | ... tre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the | . It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Rom ... |
Spain | King Charles John was the 909th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in | and the 28th Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword |
Normandy | ... The d'Albini (or d'Aubigny) family originated from St. Martin d'Aubigny in | . Later, the founder's son, William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, in 117 ... |
Senegal | Biffeche or Bifeche is an area of | centred on the town of Savoigne, some 20 miles north-east of the major coa ... |
Argentine Confederation | The third crisis entailed a conflict with the | regarding ascendancy over territories adjacent to the Río de la Plata and ... |
Turkmenistan | While the ancient history of | is largely shrouded in mystery, its past since the arrival of Indo-Europea ... |
Philippines | ... about the life of Imelda Marcos, the controversial former First Lady of the | . Some music from this piece was debuted at Adelaide Festival of Arts in A ... |
Panama | ... was given the job of governing Costa Rica, but ran aground off the coast of | . He made his way north overland, against resistance from the native popul ... |
Iceland | ... of the 16th century, as the monarchs of Denmark (who also ruled Norway and | ) and Sweden (who also ruled Finland) converted to that faith |
Vatican City | ... 4 makes it the third-least populous sovereign state in the world, with only | and Nauru having fewer inhabitants. In terms of physical land size, at jus ... |
Soviet Union | ... Communist Parties to recruit volunteers for Spain was first proposed in the | in September 1936—apparently at the suggestion of Maurice Thorez—by Willi ... |
Sweden | ... cipality (Staffanstorps kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County, southern | . Its seat is located in the town Staffanstorp |
Belgian | ===Belgium===In June 2010, | police raided the Belgian Catholic Church headquarters in Brussels, seizin ... |
Pakistan | ... . Pure Land Buddhism seems to have first become popular in northwest India/ | and Afghanistan, from where it spread to Central Asia and China |
Italy | ... Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, | , the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the ... |
France | Aragon's northern province of Huesca borders | and is positioned in the middle of the Pyrenees. Within Spain, the communi ... |
Lithuania | ... Klaipėda Territory, a League of Nations mandate since 1920, was occupied by | n troops in 1923 and was annexed without giving the inhabitants a choice b ... |
Somalia | ... y "The Seat of the Shah"), popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in | and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Ind ... |
Soviet Union | It was signed by the governments of the | (represented by Andrei Gromyko), the United Kingdom (represented by Lord H ... |
Sweden | ... century, as the monarchs of Denmark (who also ruled Norway and Iceland) and | (who also ruled Finland) converted to that faith |
Greece | File:Foloi oak forest.JPG| The Foloi oak forest in | is a Natura 2000 protected area |
Spain | ... aim to the Oregon Country, which was also claimed by Russia, Great Britain, | and other nations |
West Florida | ... came a part of the United States of America in 1810, with the annexation of | under President James Madison. It then left that union in 1861 when Alabam ... |
France | ... n uncomfortable position on the border with France, until it was annexed by | eight centuries later after being captured by Louis XIV in 1677 |
Kazakhstan | ... al economic zone is dedicated to the development of the textile industry in | |
Switzerland | ... ucated at the exclusive private boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Rolle, | , and earlier at New York's private Ethical Culture Fieldston School and D ... |
Fiji | ... from 6° to 10° south. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and | . Its population of 10,544 makes it the third-least populous sovereign sta ... |
Kingdom of Jerusalem | ... in black with a white or silver outline that originated after 1219 when the | granted the Teutonic Order the right to combine the Teutonic Black Cross p ... |
Russia | | n aircraft manufacturer Tupolev is currently running a development program ... |
Egypt | The Bishop of Alexandria, being the successor of the first Bishop in | consecrated by Saint Mark, was honored by the other Bishops, as first amon ... |
Norway | ... the course of the 16th century, as the monarchs of Denmark (who also ruled | and Iceland) and Sweden (who also ruled Finland) converted to that faith |
Costa Rica | ... anish conquistador and explorer. In 1506, he was given the job of governing | , but ran aground off the coast of Panama. He made his way north overland, ... |
Zhou Dynasty | During the preceding | (700 BC–221 BC), later rulers of the independent states of China by conven ... |
Etruria | ... e Latins as the Tiber. This ancient river formed the boundary of Latium and | , and the city of Rome was later founded on a group of seven hills overloo ... |
Spain | Aragon (, ; Spanish and ; or ) is a modern autonomous community in | , coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern ... |
Japan | The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the , was a feudal regime of | established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa fa ... |
France | ... p to the martyrdom of Thomas Becket following his absence of seven years in | . Becket's internal struggle is the main focus of the play |
Ecuador | ... f the west coast of South America. The closest land mass is the mainland of | to the east (the country to which they belong), to the north is Cocos Isla ... |
Ostrogothic Kingdom | ... Italian Kingdom of the German warrior Odoacer. Theodoric became King of the | in 493 and died in 526. A period of instability then ensued, tempting the ... |
Denmark | ... adopted Lutheranism over the course of the 16th century, as the monarchs of | (who also ruled Norway and Iceland) and Sweden (who also ruled Finland) co ... |
Sweden | ... toilets and has been doing it for over a hundred years. Toilets all around | feature the IFÖ insignia |
Second Polish Republic | ... was held under Allied supervision to determine if the areas should join the | or remain in Weimar Germany Province of East Prussia. 96.7% of the people ... |
Egypt | There are several and institutions outside of | , including churches and institutions in |
Kingdom of Aragon | ... ) is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval | . Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community compri ... |
Spanish East Indies | ... om New Spain (Mexico) to the Philippines via Guam in order to establish the | , a base for trade with the Orient. For two and a half centuries, the Mani ... |
England | ... first thought that Catherine Parr was born at Kendal Castle in Westmorland, | . However, at the time of her birth, Kendal Castle was already in bad cond ... |
Bangladesh | ... y of East Pakistan over Pakistan in 1971 war and creation of an independent | . She imposed a state of emergency in 1975. Congress Party and Indira Gand ... |
Swedish | ... (October 31, 1857, Oskarshamn, Sweden – February 11, 1949, Stockholm) was a | psychiatrist, best known as the author of The Story of San Michele, an aut ... |
Switzerland | ... Africa, 112 from Germany, 91 from Belgium, 91 from Central America, 85 from | , 73 from Uruguay, 72 from Mexico, 66 from Oceania, 63 from Hungary, 61 fr ... |
England | ... a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, | , about north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream ... |
Samoa | ... pread out from 6° to 10° south. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Nauru, | and Fiji. Its population of 10,544 makes it the third-least populous sover ... |
Hungary | ... m MPlayer v0.3 in November 2000. In the beginning most developers were from | , but currently the developers are located worldwide. Alex Beregszászi has ... |
Belgium | ... ombia, 134 from Venezuela, 114 from South Africa, 112 from Germany, 91 from | , 91 from Central America, 85 from Switzerland, 73 from Uruguay, 72 from M ... |
South Africa | Krokodilpoort is a town in Mpumalanga, | |
Romania | ... n Serbia (including a bombed-out Belgrade), also going through Bulgaria and | . They passed through the Jewish Pale of Settlement in Bessarabia, and in ... |
Germany | ... ld become Griffith were Mathias and Anna Miller. They had left their native | for the uncertain future of life in the wilds of new and hostile land. Alo ... |
French West Africa | ... frica. Though it had shared in the horrors of the pre-colonial slave trade, | was managed relatively better than other African regions during the coloni ... |
Scotland | ... Bass, , is an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of | . It is approximately offshore, and north-east of North Berwick. It is a s ... |
Poland | ... ver. In October 1938, 484 Hanoverian Jews of Polish origin were expelled to | , including the Grynszpan family . However, Poland refused to admit them. ... |
Normandy | ... a central tower and twin west towers. When it was built, stone from Caen in | was shipped specially across the English channel to face the walls. The ce ... |
United Kingdom | ... tion from an elected officer. There have also been comparisons drawn in the | with appointment to the European Commission, which has the effect of remov ... |
Mozambican | ... of Orange announced that they had invested in a development project on the | peninsula of Machangulo. The development project was aimed at building an ... |
Japan | Since the surrender after World War II and the Treaty of San Francisco, | ese diplomatic policy has been based on close partnership with the United ... |
dominion | ... n the east and west of India where there was a Muslim majority. Initially a | , Pakistan adopted a new constitution in 1956, becoming an Islamic republi ... |
Sweden | ... s kommun) is a municipality in the central part of Skåne County in southern | . Its seat is located in the town of Höör |
French | ... with siding from Zaragoza to Huesca, which is going to be continued to the | border. There is an International Airport at Zaragoza, as well as several ... |
Tamil Nadu | ... decorated symbolizing the Govardhan hill lifted by Krishna. In Maharashtra, | and Karnataka, it is celebrated as Bali-Pratipada or Bali Padyami. The day ... |
Sweden | ... unicipality (Bromölla kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern | . Its seat is located in the town Bromölla |
Sicily | While it was not directly connected with the Italian peninsula, Syracuse on | was important for securing the searoutes for supply, since Lilybaeum remai ... |
South Africa | ... "trillion dollar club of nations." All of the G8 and G8+5 countries (minus | ) are in the top twenty nations that are ranked by the amount of voting po ... |
Nauru | ... tolls spread out from 6° to 10° south. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, | , Samoa and Fiji. Its population of 10,544 makes it the third-least populo ... |
Dutch | ... outman (2 April 1565 – August 1599), brother of Frederick de Houtman, was a | explorer who discovered a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia and manag ... |
Venezuela | ... om Argentina, 232 from Brazil, 228 from Canada, 142 from Colombia, 134 from | , 114 from South Africa, 112 from Germany, 91 from Belgium, 91 from Centra ... |
Joseon Dynasty | ... aditional martial arts, Korean martial arts faded into obscurity during the | . Korean society became highly centralized under Korean Confucianism and m ... |
Poland | File:1109 Wielki Karw Odra.jpg|Natura 2000 (Oder - north) locality in | |
Pakistan | ... d India as Prime Minister during the decisive victory of East Pakistan over | in 1971 war and creation of an independent Bangladesh. She imposed a state ... |
Roman Empire | ... ict of Caracalla), granting Roman citizenship to all freemen throughout the | for the purpose of increasing tax revenue, according to historian Cassius ... |
Belarus | President Alexander Lukashenko said | unanimously denounced US aggression in Iraq |
Roman Empire | ... trogoths in 535 in an effort to restore the former western provinces of the | . Initially, the Byzantines were successful, but under the leadership of T ... |
Kiribati | ... ive true atolls spread out from 6° to 10° south. Its nearest neighbours are | , Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. Its population of 10,544 makes it the third-least ... |
Bulgaria | ... devastation in Serbia (including a bombed-out Belgrade), also going through | and Romania. They passed through the Jewish Pale of Settlement in Bessarab ... |
Egypt | ... dental facilities are known to be the primary cause of the spread of HCV in | , the country with highest rate of infection in the world |
Confederate States of America | ... dent James Madison. It then left that union in 1861 when Alabama joined the | , which collapsed in 1865 |
Second Polish Republic | ... exed by Prussia in the 18th century Partitions of Poland, were ceded to the | according to the Treaty of Versailles. East Prussia became an exclave, bei ... |
Indonesia | In April 2012, Pirelli & C. SpA signed joint venture agreement with | n counterpart PT Astra Autoparts a subsiadiary of PT Astra International f ... |
Senegal | ... nd reproduced in paintings on walls, buses, taxis, etc. all over modern-day | |
Japan | ... ced the Russians first; judges from the United States, Canada, Germany, and | gave the nod to the Canadians. The International Skating Union announced a ... |
Ukraine | | attracts more than 20 million foreign citizens every year (23.1 million in ... |
Finland | In | , Anneli Jäätteenmäki of the Centre Party won the elections after she had ... |
Tunisia | ... k and Roman sources, the founder and first Queen of Carthage (in modern-day | ). She is best known from the account given by the Roman poet Virgil in hi ... |
United Kingdom | ... ention Committee, probably to avoid diplomatic conflict with France and the | |
Finland | ... , nisse or '"tomtenisse"' (Sweden) , nisse (Norway and Denmark) or tonttu ( | ) is a humanoid mythical creature of Scandinavian folklore. The tomte or n ... |
Republic of China | On 1 January 1912, the | was established, heralding the end of the Qing Dynasty. Sun Yat-sen of the ... |
Confederate | ... amphibious campaign that closed over 80% of the North Carolina sea coast to | shipping for the remainder of the war. For his successes at the battles of ... |
Denmark | ... legraph operator with the Great Northern Telegraph Company working first in | and then in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and was soon made a chief operator. It is ... |
Sicily | Major cults to Demeter were located at Eleusis (in | ), Hermion (in Crete, Megara, Celeae, Lerna, Aegila, Munychia, Corinth, De ... |
Colombia | ... from India, 293 from Argentina, 232 from Brazil, 228 from Canada, 142 from | , 134 from Venezuela, 114 from South Africa, 112 from Germany, 91 from Bel ... |
Brazil | ... , 594 from the United Kingdom, 304 from India, 293 from Argentina, 232 from | , 228 from Canada, 142 from Colombia, 134 from Venezuela, 114 from South A ... |
Carinthia | ... d the Jesuit-educated Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, who ruled over Styria, | , and Carniola before becoming Holy Roman Emperor, was energetic in suppre ... |
Portuguese | ... y finally managed to obtain a few pots of peppercorns on February 26, 1597. | ships prevented them from taking in water and supplies at St. Helena. Out ... |
France | ... John Locke in late 17th century England and to Montesquieu in 18th century | , the latter especially via Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès pamphlet What Is the Th ... |
Scotland | ... tial in establishing a loose consensus among various groups in Switzerland, | , Hungary, Germany and elsewhere. Geneva became the unofficial capital of ... |
France | ... the Non-Intervention Committee, probably to avoid diplomatic conflict with | and the United Kingdom |
United Kingdom | ... sen because quitting smoking ties in with giving up luxury for Lent. In the | , No Smoking Day was held for the first time on Ash Wednesday 1984, but is ... |
Philippines | ... greed to Japanese control of Korea, in return for American dominance in the | . The Japanese also agreed with the United Kingdo |
Nepal | ... fare in World War II, especially against the Japanese. The Gurkhas, who are | ese soldiers in British service, have always been feared by the enemy due ... |
Dominican Republic | ... river, the Riviere l'Artibonite, which begins in the western region of the | and continues most of its length through central Haiti and onward where it ... |
British | ... -Communist allies established the independent state of Transcaspia. A small | force from Meshed occupied Ashgabat and parts of southern Turkmenistan unt ... |
Pakistan | ... tivity. She led India as Prime Minister during the decisive victory of East | over Pakistan in 1971 war and creation of an independent Bangladesh. She i ... |
Prussia | However, for Hanoverian industry, the new connection with | meant an improvement in business. The introduction of free trade promoted ... |
Sweden | ... un or Mölndals stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western | , just south of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in Mölndal, which lies wit ... |
England | ... liberal political theory. It traces back to John Locke in late 17th century | and to Montesquieu in 18th century France, the latter especially via Emman ... |
Brazil | ... rticular, China has surpassed every economy except the United States, while | has surpassed Canada, Italy and UK (according to the IMF). India is alread ... |
France | ... ise and held honorary degrees from many other learned institutions, both in | and abroad |
Scotland | ... in "The Little Kidnappers". Perhaps best known to audiences in their native | , in 1953, Whiteley, age 8, and Winter, age 6, played Harry and Davy respe ... |
Poland | File:1109 Długi Ostrów Odra.jpg|Natura 2000 (Oder - north) locality in | |
Solomon Islands | ... aval expeditions also discovered the Tuvalu archipelago, the Marquesas, the | and New Guinea in the South Pacific. In the quest for Terra Australis, Spa ... |
Republic of Ireland | In the | , Ash Wednesday is National No Smoking Day. The date was chosen because qu ... |
Eritrea | Following the independence of | from Ethiopia in 1993, the newly independent Eritrean government appealed ... |
Italy | ... roughout Europe, visiting their various relations. They stayed in Florence, | , for a time, where May enjoyed visiting the art galleries, churches and m ... |
Syria | At the age of twenty-two he was left by his father to defend | against Ptolemy the son of Lagus; he was defeated at the Battle of Gaza, b ... |
Denmark | A tomte, nisse or '"tomtenisse"' (Sweden) , nisse (Norway and | ) or tonttu (Finland) is a humanoid mythical creature of Scandinavian folk ... |
France | ... was Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then a part of the Roman Empire (now Lyon, | ). He was an early church father and apologist, and his writings were form ... |
France | ... er Paul Loubeyre and René LeToullec from Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, | in 2002, have shown that at pressures close to those at the center of the ... |
Saint Helena | ... at Rochefort. The Allies exiled him to the remote South Atlantic island of | , where he died on 5 May 1821 |
Prussia | ... Ernest Augustus, and remained a kingdom until 1866, when it was annexed by | during the Austro-Prussian war. Despite having defeated Prussia at the Bat ... |
India | ... France, 2,159 from the United States, 594 from the United Kingdom, 304 from | , 293 from Argentina, 232 from Brazil, 228 from Canada, 142 from Colombia, ... |
Emperor of the Romans | ... haire, Italian: Lotario, Dutch: Lotharius) (795 – 29 September 855) was the | (817–55), co-ruling with his father until 840, and the King of Bavaria (81 ... |
Japan | | ese slot machines, known as or pachislo (portmanteaus of the words "pachin ... |
Silla | ... rmed combat using subak. Although subak was a leg-oriented art in Goguryeo, | 's influence added hand techniques to the practice of subak |
Puerto Rico | ... ffering of many Puerto Rican blacks during the 19th century at the hands of | 's vast white majority. Its 20 chapters, while presumably made up of ficti ... |
Russia | ... e planned or under construction in Eastern Europe and between gas fields in | , Near East and Northern Africa and Western Europe. See also |