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(Encyclopedia) CEE Portuguese language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). It is the mother tongue of about 170…Fujian
(Encyclopedia) Fujian Fujian f&oomacr;ˈjēĕnˈ [key] or Fukien Fujian…Windward Islands
(Encyclopedia) Windward Islands, southern group of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, curving generally southward for c.300 mi (480 km) from the Leeward Islands toward NE Venezuela. Excluding…Comoros Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Comoros Sunset at Moya beach on Anjouan island, Comoros, December 29, 2001. [© AP Images] PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME:Union of the Comoros Geography…Guinea-Bissau Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Guinea-Bissau Index: People Government and Political Conditions Economy U.S.-Guinea-Bissau Relations PEOPLEThe rivers of Guinea and the islands of Cape…Jose Padilla Biography
prisonerBorn: October 18, 1970Birthplace: Brooklyn, New YorkBest Known as: supporter to al-Qaeda and terrorism Jose Padilla, who was arrested in Chicago in 2002…Elizabeth I
The daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I became one of the most effective monarchs in British history. She succeeded her half-sister, Mary I, in 1558 and reigned for the next 44…Adolphus Greely
Adolphus Washington Greely was the first volunteer private in the United States Army to rise to the rank of Major General, and the leader of an Arctic expedition (1881-84) that was tragic but…Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford was the brilliant New Zealand physicist who explained natural radioactivity, determined the structure of the atom, and changed one element into another (nitrogen to oxygen) by…Walt Whitman: Bravo, Paris Exposition!
Bravo, Paris Exposition!Add to your show, before you close it, France, With all the rest, visible, concrete, temples, towers, goods, machines and ores, Our sentiment wafted from many…Trending
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