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  • to Find Out. is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency ... The World Factbook is prepared by the CIA for the use of U.S. government ...
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  • and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after helping lead ... world leaders to see to the realization of such. His diplomatic skills ...
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  • Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques ... Afonso I left his mark on the map of Europe. The impetus created by ...
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  • | order=19th President of Liberia | term_start=January 3, 1944 ... 29, 1895 – July 23, 1971) was President of Liberia for more than 26 years ...
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  • 1973) was the first and third prime minister of Israel. A tough and uncompromising ... His compassion and respect for the rights of the Arab residents of Israel ...
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  • accepted to refer to the northernmost region of the African continent, stretching ... * The inclusion of Western Sahara in the U.N. list is highly controversial ...
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  • Central America is the region of North America located between the ... attempts at political unity since its independence from Spain in the nineteenth ...
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  • Gaborone is the capital and largest city of the landlocked nation ... Gaborone was founded in 1965, as the capital of Botswana. It is notable ...
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  • organization (NGO) with the stated purpose of campaigning for internationally ... Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by a Roman Catholic British ...
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  • June 17, 2021) served as the first president of Zambia, from 1964 to 1991. ... parties except his own United National Independence Party. While president ...
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  • Sucre, which is located in the south-central part of Bolivia, is the ... Sucre is also called “The City of Four Names.” Charcas was the ...
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  • South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in ... South America has a land area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890 ...
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  • ruled empires that dominated large portions of Europe and the Asia-Pacific ... On September 18, 1931, Manchuria was an object of Japanese invasion ...
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  • American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the ... that afforded many contacts for the rest of his life. He graduated from ...
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  • Riga the capital city of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast ... The Historic Centre of Riga has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage ...
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  • Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, Order of the Nation (ON), Member of ... the faceless. She helped to set up a network of child-care centers to encourage ...
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  • as the Prime Minister and de facto dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968 ... Franco, some regard him as champion of traditional values, including ...
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  • The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa, ... installed a multiparty democracy. Most of the people live by subsistence ...
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  • Bangladesh and in other developing countries, and advocated community ... for his leading role in the establishment of a comprehensive project for ...
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  • The relationship between church and state is the institutional form ... " (Mark 12:17) fostered the development of separate rival Church and State ...
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  • San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino Repubblica di San Marino , also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, is a country ...
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  • also known as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria ... unable to cope with the mounting incursions of Ottoman forces, Hungarian invasions ...
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  • or Estado da Índia) refers to the aggregate of Portugal's colonial ... sea and land routes to India with the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, discovered ...
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  • primarily in the newly independent states of Central Asia. Large Korean ... A separate ethnic Korean community lives on the island of Sakhalin ...
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  • Puerto Rico, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado ... During the period of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century ...
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  • The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown ... The early Pandyan dynasty went into obscurity during the invasion ...
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  • |order=5th Prime Minister of Israel |term_start =July 13, 1992 ... |birth_place =Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) ...
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  • The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state located in the Middle ... One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker State; in colonial ...
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  • – May 4, 1980) was the chief architect of the "second" Yugoslavia ... Tito died on May 4, 1980 in Ljubljana hospital of post-surgery complications ...
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  • 1909 – March 20, 2004) was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... evolved as a major participant in the work of global peace-keeping and as ...
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  • Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in northern ... Occupied by both Germany and the Soviet Union, Lithuania lost over ...
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  • The Canary Islands, though politically a part of Spain, are only 67 ... The autonomous community of the Canary Islands was established by ...
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  • The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country in central Africa. Though ... Since declaring its independence in 1960, Chad has suffered instability ...
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  • denotes Russians citizens and/or residents of Korean descent living on Sakhalin ... The Sakhalin Koreans experienced slaughter at the hands of the Russians ...
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  • Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ... tourists. Though it was once the home of the extinct dodo bird, today ...
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  • strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also as Burma or ... this nation is the largest in Southeast Asia, and has a population ...
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  • The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign ... behind Vatican City. It has a population of 32,410 in a total land area ...
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  • The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean ... The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix ...
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  • The Bangladesh War of Independence or the Bangladesh Liberation War ... modern-state founded solely on the basis of religion, since although India ...
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  • Byblos (Βύβλος)is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal ... historian Sanchuniathon, it was built by Cronus as the first city in ...
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  • South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), (Korean: 대한민국, ... ) has existed for nearly 60 years, built on the foundation of a 5 ...
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  • Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...
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  • country in Central Europe with a population of over five million, bordering ... The eight hundred years of Hungarian oppression was openly confronted ...
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  • Located in northern India on the banks of the River Yamuna, Delhi has ... Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world ...
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  • Kingston, the capital, the largest city, and chief port, of Jamaica ... rule, Kingston became the prosperous center of Jamaica's trade, and a ...
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  • The union of Austria and Hungary, also known as the Dual (that of ... The newly created Austro-Hungarian Empire was a good example of a ...
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  • and Irish poet and playwright. He was part of the generation of "thirties ... MacNeice was born in Belfast, the youngest son of John Frederick and ...
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  • Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... Partly, decolonization was overseen by the United Nations, with UN ...
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  • Asia. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million ... in 1986 the government announced a range of reforms designed to create ...
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  • an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South ... he left his mother country at the early age of seven and studied in an aristocratic ...
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  • The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...
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  • A political party is an organized group of people who have the same ... being whether they are an extension of government power, or an organized ...
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  • Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country ... Despite the beauty of the land, poverty is on the increase, closely ...
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  • The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...
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  • Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of ... Dynasty in China. It is home to a number of Turkic ethnic groups, the largest ...
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  • Neocolonialism is a term used by post-colonial critics of developed ... ) and a critique of modern capitalist businesses involvement in nations ...
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  • Österreichs, was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Greater Germany ... The events of March 12, 1938, marked the culmination of historical ...
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  • lies on the River Scheldt, which is linked by the Westerschelde to the North ... Antwerp has long been an important city in the nations of the Benelux ...
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  • Barbados, situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent ... #039;s interior. The organic composition of Barbados is thought to be of ...
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  • The beloved leader of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu ... his culture's traditions in the naming of his daughter. In Burmese historical ...
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  • border connecting the Indian state of Sikkim with the Tibet Autonomous ... Nathu La constitutes one of the three trading border posts between ...
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  • ) refers to a town in the Indian state of West Bengal, the headquarters ... World Heritage Site. The tea plantations date back to the mid nineteenth ...
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  • abbreviated: CH), is a landlocked nation of 7.5 million people in Western ... ) translate as "Swiss Confederation," while the German name of ...
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  • islands are included, it covers six percent of Earth's total surface ... the scientific community to be the origin of humans and the Hominidae tree ...
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  • Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies ... One of Europe's oldest cities, with a history of 7000 years, ...
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  • Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is one of the smallest ... Andorra was created by Charlemagne to serve as a buffer state in order ...
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  • Fiji, officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands, is an island nation ... In the Second World War, the people of Fiji co-operated with the Allies ...
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  • , earlier known as Saloth Sar, was leader of the Communist movement known ... 1970s, Pol Pot became the prime minister of "Democratic Kampuchea ...
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  • quot;), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked, mountainous ... During World War I in the western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey ...
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  • rights activist who served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. After ... His term as President was marred by internal rivalries including issues ...
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  • Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a coastal Alpine ... Slovenia has been part of the Roman Empire, the Duchy of Karantania ...
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  • (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan ... The location of human and pre-human habitation dating back two million ...
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  • The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of ... waged war but favored peace. The making of war and peace was discussed ...
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  • Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation ... Archaeologists place the first arrival of humans on the island to ...
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  • Considered one of the original "Cradle of Civilization" ... Because of its strategic geographic location, Syria has historically ...
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  • The State of Kuwait ( الكويت ) is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf ...
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  • Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei ... world not holding elections. A long period of political stability has been ...
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  • Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ... over a thousand years the island was ruled by independent kingdoms, and at ...
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  • Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous ... After independence from the USSR, Tajikistan suffered from a devastating ...
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  • that name. In reality, the movement consists of several distinct organizations ... itself contributed towards the development of human consciousness of a world ...
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  • The United States of America—also referred to as the United States ... or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ...
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  • singer-songwriter and guitarist and the son of folk musician Tim Buckley. vibrato, Buckley was considered to be one of the most promising artists ...
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  • The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg ... country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. ...
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  • Grodno, Gomel, Mogilev and Vitebsk. A third of the country is forested, and ... The history of Belarus is a story of domination by foreign powers ...
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  • , formerly known as Madras, the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu ... it into a major urban center and naval base. By the twentieth century, it had ...
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  • North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...
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  • The Republic of Finland is a Nordic country situated in Northern Europe ... Finland consistently ranks high on a number of international analysis ...
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  • Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North ... Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world ...
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  • Amsterdam, located in the south of the province North Holland in the ... with Amsterdam at the center. The use of soft drugs was tolerated, making ...
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  • California is a state on the West Coast of the United States, along ... changed California, sparking a large influx of people and a sustained economic ...
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  • in Western universities where he was accused of sexual harassment. Walcott ... Saint Lucia, in the West Indies, the son of Alix (Maarlin) and Warwick Walcott. ...
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  • as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins. ... processing, transportation and marketing of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) ...
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  • Libya is a country in North Africa 90 percent of which is desert. ... , R'bw (Libu), which refers to one of the tribes of Berber peoples ...
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  • established in 1945 for the purpose of securing world peace. It replaced ... As an organization of governments designed to prevent war between ...
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  • after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandie (the French-speaking ... Geneva was a center of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and ...
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  • The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as ... in the Balkans began to fight for their independence, support was less enthusiastic: ...
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  • 11, 1948) was a major political leader of the All India Muslim League ... to quit the Congress. He then took charge of the Muslim League and proposed ...
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  • It occupies a continental surface area of 1,078,000 square miles (2 ... silver, and was based upon the legend of Sierra del Plata—a mountain ...
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  • in Central Asia that until 1991, was part of the Soviet Union as the Turkmen ... With one-half of its irrigated land planted in cotton, Turkmenistan ...
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  • was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan ... Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, full ...
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