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Guide to New Nations: Asia/Pacific
by David Johnson East Timor A Portuguese colony for 400 years, East Timor was invaded by neighboring Indonesia in 1975, nine days after it declared itself an independent nation.…World Cup '98 Qualifying Asia
At least three but no more than four teams from the Asian Football Confederation will qualify for France '98. Group winners automatically qualify then the two second place teams will play on…Asia Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, covering approximately 44.58 million square kilometers, and is home to over 4.6 billion people. Asia and Eurasia has a rich history and is…Asia Minor
(Encyclopedia) Asia Minor, great peninsula, c.250,000 sq mi (647,500 sq km), extreme W Asia, generally coterminous with Asian Turkey, also called Anatolia. It is washed by the Black Sea in the north…Southeast Asia
(Encyclopedia) Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the…1999 Women's Soccer World Cup Qualifying Asia
Three teams qualify. Note that (†) indicates team advanced to semifinals. Group A W L T GF GA Pts †Japan 3 0 0 31 0 9 India 2 1 0 13 1 6…Georgia, country, Asia
(Encyclopedia) CE5 GeorgiaGeorgiajôrˈjə [key], Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2015 est. pop. 3,952,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W…Israel, country, Asia
(Encyclopedia) CE5 IsraelIsraelĭzˈrēəl [key], officially State of Israel, republic (2015 est. pop. 8,065,000, including Israelis in occupied Arab territories), 7,992 sq mi (20,700 sq km), SW Asia…Jordan, country, Asia
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Jordan, officially Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, kingdom (2015 est. pop. 8,117,000), 35,637 sq mi (92,300 sq km), SW Asia. It borders on Israel and the West Bank in the west, on…Jordan, river, Asia
(Encyclopedia) Jordan, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, formed in the Hula basin, N Israel, by the confluence of three headwater streams and meandering S through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea; the…Trending
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