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| | Ukraine Info Travel Places |
 | | Kyiv as the capital of Ukraine is a political and administrative center of the country hosting the residence of the President of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, central government offices, diplomatic institutions of foreign countries and offices of international organizations operating in Ukraine. | | | Kyiv City Council (Kyiv Rada) exercises self-governance in the capital of Ukraine. | | | Kyiv is situated at the crossing of railways connecting the capital of Ukraine with all European capitals, as well as with major cities of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. |
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http://www.ukremb.com/travel/kyiv
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| | palestine.shtml |
| | In 1988 the PLO declared Palestine to be independent with Jerusalem as the capital city (Israel has also declared that Jerusalem is the capital city of Israel). | | | Article 1: Palestine is the homeland of the Palestinian Arab people and an integral part of the great Arab homeland, and the people of Palestine are a part of the Arab nation. | | | Palestine Arab landowners sometimes became "distressed" and were forced to either sell their lands or have their lands taken out from under them. |
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http://www.issues-mag.com/palestine.shtml
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| | Encyclopedia article: Vilnius region |
| | Because capital of Lithuania Vilnius (The capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania) was located in the region, Lithuania moved its capital (A seat of government) to Kaunas (A city in central Lithuania), which was declared a temporary capital (additional info and facts about temporary capital). | | | Major cities of Vilnius region are Vilnius (The capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania), Gardinas (additional info and facts about Gardinas) and Lyda (additional info and facts about Lyda). | | | Lithuania therefore didn't recognised these elections or the referendum and continued to claim Vilnius as it's capital, seeking foreign countries support on this. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/v/vi/vilnius_region.htm
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| | AMBASSADE D'UKRAINE |
| | In 1919-34, Kharkiv was the capital of the Ukraine. | | | Kharkiv region, one of the territorial social and economic oblast rank systems of Ukraine- lies in the northeastern part of Ukraine. | | | The capital of Oblast is Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine (over 1.500.000). |
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http://www.ukraine.be/trade/regions/khark.html
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| | Encyclopedia: Chugoku region |
| | The city of Hiroshima, the "capital" of the Chugoku region, was rebuilt after being destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945, and is now an industrial metropolis of more than one million people. | | | Matsue (&; Matsue-shi) is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan. | | | In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital â&; although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Chugoku-region
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| | Stuttgart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Stuttgart, Germany, the capital of Baden-Württemberg state (pop. | | | Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. | | | Stuttgart with its metropolitan area (the political entity "Stuttgart Region" enlarged by the nearby cities of Ludwigsburg, Böblingen, Esslingen, Göppingen and their respective districts [kreise]) is one of the most prominent and well-known German towns, especially due to its cultural, administrative and huge economic importance. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart
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| | Encyclopedia: Paris, France |
| | Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Île-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. | | | Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Ãle-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. | | | Although the French police is fighting against this illegal immigration (and the worker slavery associated with it), and a treaty was signed between France and the People's Republic of China to hinder illegal immigration, recent reports suggest that Chinese immigration in Paris is still on the rise. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Paris,-France
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| | Capital - encyclopedia article about Capital. |
| | As the focal point of power for the country or region, the capital naturally attracts the politically motivated and those whose skills are needed for efficient administration of government such as lawyers, journalists, and public policy researchers. | | | With the rise of modern empires and the nation-state, the capital city has become a symbol for the state and its government, and imbued with political meaning. | | | In geography and politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital) of a country or other political entity is a city or town that contains the government. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/capital
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| | The Polish-Lithuanian Crisis of 1938 |
| | Article Six claimed Vilnius as the capital, and left the designation of a provisional capital to the legislature. | | | Polish demonstrations in the Vilnius region and Poland were closely monitored by the military. | | | Two divisions, one from the Warsaw I Corps, the other from the III Corps, were moved into position in the Vilnius region prior to the presentation of the ultimatum. |
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http://www.lituanus.org/1984_2/84_2_03.htm
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| | Tibet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Lhasa is Tibet's traditional capital and the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. | | | When the PRC refers to Tibet, it means the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR): a province-level entity which, according to the territorial claims of the PRC, includes Arunachal Pradesh (presently under the administration of India); Sikkim, Bhutan, and Ladakh may also considered to be parts of cultural Greater Tibet in addition to Amdo, Kham, and Ü-Tsang. | | | The provisions of this 1904 treaty were confirmed in a 1906 treaty signed between Britain and China, in which the British also agreed "not to annex Tibetan territory or to interfere in the administration of Tibet." (Bell, 1924, p. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet
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| | History of Vilnius - encyclopedia article about History of Vilnius. |
| | Vilnius (Polish Wilno) was declared the capital of an independent state of Central Lithuania, with Żeligowski as its head of state. | | | Only one fifth of Vilnius region was actually given back to Lithuania, despite the fact that Soviets used to recognise the whole region as part of Lithuania while it was under Polish control. | | | These events, coupled with the immigration of Lithuanian rural population and Russians from other Soviet republics the during post-war years and slow but steady repatriation of Jews to Israel, had a critical influence on the change of the demographic situation of the city. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/History+of+Vilnius
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| | DeRLAS Vol. 4 No. 2 Ravuri |
| | For destination of life-time outmigrants from Bolívar, the agglomeration of migrants in the capital region in the 1950, 1961, and 1971 censuses subsided, so that more migrants were found in other states of the country by the 1981 and 1990 censuses. | | | Thirdly, potential outmigrants from Bolívar State may not have been attracted to the states of the capital region due to the economic slump of the 1980s. | | | However, the other states of the capital region, Aragua, Carabobo and Miranda, never sent as many migrants to Bolívar State as the Federal District did. |
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http://www.udel.edu/LASP/Vol4-2Ravuri.html
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| | Düsseldorf - free-definition |
| | In 1380, Düsseldorf was named regional capital of the Duchy of Berg. | | | After the death of the childless Jan Wellem, the flourishing royal capital fell on hard times, especially Elector Karl Theodor inherited Bavaria and moved the electoral court to Munich. | | | Somewhere in Düsseldorf was the location of the subcamp of the concentration camp in Buchenwald, where Polish prisoners were imprisoned. |
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http://www.free-definition.com/Dusseldorf.html
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| | Encyclopedia: Callao |
| | The Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area (Spanish: Área Metropolitana de Lima y Callao) is an area formed by the conurbation of the Peruvian cities of Lima (the nations capital) and Callao. | | | Callao also several islands, San Lorenzo (currently a military base), El Frontón (a former high security prison), the Cavinzas, and the Palominos, where a large number of sea lions and sea birds live in a virtually untouched ecosystem. | | | There is also a large naval base in Callao, in which the leader of the Shining Path rebel movement, Abimael Guzmán, and Vladimiro Montesinos, the ex-director of internal security during the Fujimori regime are currently imprisoned. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Callao
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| | People's Daily Online -- 40th anniversary of the founding of Tibet Autonomous Region |
| | A Tibetan prays at the square in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 16, 2005. | | | The Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 16, 2005. | | | A foreign tourist shows her DV to a Tibetan Buddhist prayer on Barkor Street in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, August 11, 2005. |
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http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/zhuanti/Zhuanti_459.html
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| | Definition of Kiev |
| | After the Ukrainian SSR was formed under Moscow rule, Kharkiv was declared its capital due to it being more dominated by the working class. | | | Soviet Union, Kiev in 1991 became the capital of independent Ukraine. | | | Nationalists find the spelling Kiev offensive, because they believe it reflects the spelling used by the, as they say, "former colonial masters of Ukraine", the Russians. |
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http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Kiev
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| | Section 9 The Kingdom of Tiaozhi 條支 (Characene and Susiana) |
| | This accords with Susas status as a key regional administrative centre but never a capital for the Parthians. | | | See the previous note 9.1 for the identification of this kingdom as Susiana containing the city of Susa, the ancient capital of the Persian monarchy said by Pliny to have been founded by Darius I the Great (reigned 522 to 486 BCE). | | | However, it seems he merely restored the fortifications and extended the town when he made it his administrative capital in 521 BCE. |
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http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/hhshu/notes9.html
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| | Hunza Guides Pakistan(pakistanprofile) |
| | In AD 712 an Arab invader under the young commander Hajag bin-Yousuf sailed from Baghdad on the Makran Coast to the Indus region. | | | Lahore has been the capital of Punjab for nearly more then 1000 years. | | | Lahore the capital of Punjab province inhabited 8 million, Lahore is one of the great cities of the sub continent ranking with Delhi or Agra in the range of superb Muslim Architecture, its Pakistans culture and intellectual center. |
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http://www.hgp.com.pk/pakistanprofile.htm
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| | Tibet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Lhasa is Tibet's traditional capital and the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. | | | Tibetan cultural influences extend to the neighboring states of Bhutan, Nepal, adjacent regions of India such as Sikkim and Ladakh, and adjacent provinces of China where Tibetan Buddhism is the predominant religion. | | | The number of military and civilian Tibetans that have died in the Great Leap Forward, violence, or other unnatural causes since 1950 is often quoted at approximately 1.2 million, which the Chinese Communist Party vehemently denies. |
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| | U.S.ENGLISH Foundation Official Language Research - Belgium: Language issues |
| | Thus the bilingual capital region would be enlarged and it would border Wallonia. | | | The territory of Brussels-Capital Region is bilingual, French/Dutch. | | | However, the French politicians are opposed to this proposal since it would "break" the last link between the French speaking population living in the capital and those settled in the Flemish suburbs nearby. |
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http://www.us-english.org/foundation/research/olp/viewResearch.asp?CID=8&TID=3
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| | Capital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | As the focal point of power for the country or region, the capital naturally attracts the politically motivated and those whose skills are needed for efficient administration of government such as lawyers, journalists, and public policy researchers. | | | With the rise of modern empires and the nation-state, the capital city has become a symbol for the state and its government, and imbued with political meaning. | | | Unlike medieval capitals, which were declared wherever a monarch held his or her court, the selection, relocation, founding, or capture of a modern capital city is an emotional affair. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital
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| | Palestine (region) Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ DirtyArt.com |
| | Initially Ludd (Lydda) was the capital, but in 717 it was moved to the new city of ar-Ramlah (Ramla). | | | This article is about the geographical region known as Palestine; for other uses, see Palestine (disambiguation). | | | Several names for the region are found in the Hebrew Bible: Eretz Yisrael "Land of Israel", Eretz Ha-Ivrim "land of the Hebrews", "land flowing with milk and honey", "land that [God] swore to your fathers to assign to you", "Holy Land", "Promised Land", and "land of the Lord". |
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http://dirtyart.com/encyclopedia/Palestine_(region)
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| | Places Of The World (C-F) |
| | Clermont-Ferrand is the capital city of Puy-de-Dome department in the Auvergne region of France. | | | The crimea is the north peninsular region of the Ukraine. | | | Cisalpine was the southern region of the Roman province of Gallia (north Italy). |
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| | Capital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | As the focal point of power for the country or region, the capital naturally attracts the politically motivated and those whose skills are needed for efficient administration of government such as lawyers, journalists, and public policy researchers. | | | With the rise of modern empires and the nation-state, the capital city has become a symbol for the state and its government, and imbued with political meaning. | | | Unlike medieval capitals, which were declared wherever a monarch held his or her court, the selection, relocation, founding, or capture of a modern capital city is an emotional affair. |
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| | SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Kharkiv |
| | Borys Kolesnikov, the head of the Donetsk region and a key ally of the prime minister, warned that a Yushchenko presidency "would prompt the establishment of a new federal state in the form of a southeastern republic with its capital in Kharkiv," close to the Russian border. | | | The regions of Kharkiv, Lugansk and their neighbors to the south (Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Odesa and Crimea) are home to Ukraine's 11 million ethnic Russians. | | | In addition, some hospital patients were told how to vote if they wanted care, said a Western observer in the eastern Kharkiv region, and students were stripped of their right to a secret ballot or they faced loss of privileges. |
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| | Zaporizhzhia - encyclopedia article about Zaporizhzhia. |
| | Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Zaporizhzhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, Russian: Запорожье, Zaporozh'ye) is a city in south-eastern Ukraine, the capital of Zaporiz'ka oblast'. | | | Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, Zaporizhzhia ; Russian: Запоро́жье, Zaporozhye) is a historical region of Ukraine. | | | , a historical region of Ukraine Ukraine ( Україна, Ukrayina in Ukrainian; Украина in Russian) is a republic in eastern Europe which borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the south-west and the Black Sea to the south. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Zaporizhzhia
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| | Paranormal/Supernatural Events page 2 |
| | Sheriff Gabriel Legstra of the La Capital Police Department, told the press of his department's actions due to claims made by numerous residents of Barrio Centenario and San Lorenzo -- all of them alarmed by the escapades of "The Rooftop Madman", a strange character to which ghostly characteristics have been ascribed. | | | LA SERENA -- In its Wedensday, September 1 edition, Diario La Region de Coquimbo published an interview with Eduardo Vega, one of the witnesses to the mysterious appartion of a creature with non-human characteristics in the El Panul de Coquimbo (4th Region of Chile). | | | According to Diario La Capital, he first appeared in Barrio Centenario, only meters from the Colon Stadium, but they say he was seen closer to town, such as in El Arenal, San Lorenzo, Chalet and Santa Rosa de Lima. |
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http://wintersteel.homestead.com/Eventsp2.html
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| | Kurdish Aims For A Post-Election Iraq - Forbes.com |
| | As such, their key demand is to maintain the high levels of autonomy enjoyed during the 1990s and to augment them by existing in a federal Iraqi state, with the contested city of Kirkuk as the capital of the proposed Kurdistan region. | | | For the Kurds, this is their demand that Kirkuk is recognised as the capital of a Kurdish autonomous region. | | | Objections concerned the levels of autonomy demanded by the Kurds; whether Iraq should be federal or unitary in structure; the concession of the Kurdish veto; and the role of Islam in the state. |
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http://www.forbes.com/home/business/2005/02/10/cz_0210oxan_kurds.html
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| | For the record: eyewitness testimony before Commission on Famine (06/28/87) |
| | Following are excerpts of testimony by eyewitnesses to the man-made famine of 1932-33 in Ukraine who appeared at the Philadelphia regional hearing of the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine on June 5. | | | I was born and lived in the Kirovohrad region of Ukraine. | | | But this was not often, because in Kharkiv, which was Ukraine's so-called capital, trucks drove around at night and picked up those poor people - the dead and the near dead - and took them no one knew where. |
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http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1987/268711.shtml
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| | Jepang - Wikipédia |
| | Japan is a temperate region with four distinct seasons, but because of its great length from north to south, its climate varies from region to region: the far north is very cold in the winter, while the far south is subtropical. | | | Over repeated ice-ages during the last million years, Japan was regularly connected by land bridges to the Asian mainland (by Sakhalin to the North, and probably Kyushu to the South), facilitating migrations of humans, animals and plants to the Japanese archipelago from the area that is now China and Korea. | | | Japan allied with Germany and Italy and formed the Axis Pact. |
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