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 | | As of 2005, the CDU is predicted to win the German federal election, 2005 with candidate Angela Merkel and it has been speculated she will cancel the phase-out (compare [1]). | | | Some German cities have seen a revival of Jewish culture, particularly in Berlin, where there are also 3,000 Israelis. | | | German literature can be traced back to the Middle Ages, in particular to such authors as Walther von der Vogelweide and Wolfram von Eschenbach, considered some of the most important poets of medieval Europe. |
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http://www.centralairconditioners.net/articles/Germany
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| | German Attrocities in Occupied Soviet Territory, Molotov Note |
| | In all occupied regions the German Government established as local Nazi rulers all kinds of crooks from the Hitlerite party, who disregard all civil rights and all national customs of the population and attempt to Germanize everything and exterminate malcontents. | | | This did not prevent the German fascist pogromists from blowing up their ammunition dump in Novy Ierussalim when they retreated from Istra, turning the irreplaceable memorial of the history of the Russian church into a heap of ruins. | | | The German invaders know no bounds in their hatred of the freedom-loving Russian people and the freedom-loving peoples of the Ukraine, Byelorussia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Moldavia. |
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| | German-Russian Settlement Map |
| | The failure of Wiedergeburt and other ethnic German organizations in advancing the goal of political and cultural autonomy for the German-Russians has prompted most ethnically conscious Germans in the USSR to emigrate to Germany. | | | German culture in the Nordic Baltic flourished under Swedish rule, but in 1720, at the conclusion of the Northern Wars, these lands were ceded to Russia. | | | A briefly lived movement to reestablish German autonomy in the Volga led by Wiedergeburt (Rebirth) from 1989 to 1993 was unsuccessful and largely collapsed due to internal strife. |
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http://www.rollintl.com/roll/grsettle.htm
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| | GERMAN LANGUAGE - LoveToKnow Article on GERMAN LANGUAGE |
| | As thu middle ages did not produce a German Schriftsprache or literary language in the modern sense of the word, which as is undoubtedly the case in Modern Germanmight have influenced the spoken langunge (Umgangssprache), the history of the language in its earlier stages is a history of different dialects. | | | German poetry, the German language made great advances as i vehicle of literary expression; its power of expression was increased and it acquired a beauty of style hitherto unknown. | | | It was also natural that the Catholic Lower Rhine (Cologne) and Catholic South Germany held out against it, for to adopt the language of the reformer would have seemed tantamount to offering a helping hand to Protestant ideas. |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/G/GE/GERMAN_LANGUAGE.htm
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| | Maps |
| | This map shows the German settlements in the area of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. | | | This map locates many ancestral homes in Germany of Black Sea Germans. | | | The map extends from the northernmost German colonies of Yagodnaya Polyana and Schaffhausen, north of Saratov, to Kamyshin and Pallasovka in the south; from Balanda, Neu-Frank and Krasnyy Yar in the west to Alexanderfeld and Novouzensk in the east. |
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| | Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2004, 76.2% of Israelis were Jews by religion, 16.1% were Muslims, 2.1% Christian, 1.6% Druze and the remaining 3.9% (including Russian immigrants and some Jews) were not classified by religion. | | | According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2004, of Israel's 6.9 million people, 77.2% were Jews, 18.5% Arabs, and 4.3% "others". | | | The initial wide public support for the Oslo Accords began to wane as Israel was struck by an unprecedented theretofore wave of terror, orchestrated by the militant Hamas group, which opposed the accords. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Vienna |
| | Vienna also tolerated in some degree the reforms that Joseph II wished to introduce in ecclesiastical and secular affairs, odious though they were in themselves because by his friendliness towards the citizens he had done much for the beautifying and improvement of the city. | | | On 31 December, the city of Vienna numbered, including the garrison, 2,004,493 inhabitants; of these 1,767,223 were Catholics (including 3723 adherents of the Greek Rite and 125 adherents of the Armenian Rite), about 60,000 Protestants, and about 150,000 Jews. | | | Vienna -- the capital of Austria-Hungary, the residence of the emperor, and the seat of a Latin archbishopric -- is situated at the north-east end of the Alps, mainly on the right bank of the Danube. |
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| | Serbia: Definition and Much More From Answers.com |
| | In the second half of 19th century, Serbia was integrated into the constellation of European states and the first political parties were founded thus giving new momentum to political life. | | | Beginning in 1989, Serbia ended Kosovo's autonomy, which had been granted in the 1974 constitution, and sent in troops to suppress the protests of Kosovo's Albanian majority. | | | In the postwar years, Serbia had one of the more conservative Yugoslav Communist governments. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/serbia
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| | Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Lebanon also has bilateral trade agreements with several Arab states and is in the process of accession to the World Trade Organization. | | | Israeli plans for Lebanon suffered a severe setback on 14 September 1982, with the assassination of the Phalangist leader and President-elect Bachir Gemayel, who was regarded as secretly sympathetic to Israel. | | | Lebanon claims that the Shebaa farms are occupied Lebanese territory, while Israel claims they are occupied Syrian territory (and thus should be dealt with in an Israel-Syrian treaty). |
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| | The Avalon Project : Nazi Conspriracy and Aggression Volume 3 |
| | The district Chiefs will at this decisive stage of the war assure with the help of all the institutions and organizations of the party the best political and ideological care ever known in the history of labor and humanity in wartime, for the German producing people in their <b>districtsb>. | | | All prisoners of war, from the territories of the West as well of the East, actually in Germany, must be completely incorporated into the German armament and nutrition industries. | | | The best will of all the German people. |
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http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/imt/document/016-ps.htm
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| | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Information From Answers.com |
| | From 1952, when Mecklenburg's status as a state was abolished, until shortly before German reunification in 1990, the region was divided into the East German <b>districtsb> of Schwerin, Rostock, and Neubrandenburg. | | | They were briefly combined with Vorpommern in 1947–1952 and have been part of the present state since German reunification in 1990. | | | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/mecklenburg-western-pomerania
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| | Israel (09/04) |
| | The creation of the State of Israel in 1948 was preceded by more than 50 years of efforts to establish a sovereign nation as a homeland for Jews. | | | Commitment to Israel's security and well being has been a cornerstone of U.S. policy in the Middle East since Israel's creation in 1948, in which the United States played a key supporting role. | | | Within this framework, Israel and the PLO signed a Declaration of Principles on September 13, 1993, which established an ambitious set of objectives relating to a transfer of authority from Israel to an interim Palestinian authority. |
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| | Talk:Prague - Wikitravel |
| | I'm in Prague and have the next month free (and can speak Czech) so its just a question of figuring out what information I should gather around the city and what needs to be cleaned up. | | | Sorry for jumping to conclusions, I had no idea that the original author had herself contributed parts of her book to the article. | | | See - Most of this stuff will be moved under the District articles, anybody have any ideas as to what attractions should be put here and not under the Distric pages? |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Portugal |
| | The energy he displayed at the time of the great earthquaque of 1755 confirmed his hold over the king, and with royal support he was able to use the alleged "Tavora Conspiracy" to humble the nobility and to continue the campaign he was directing against the Jesuits, whom he was determined to master. | | | How the Jesuits were expelled by Pombal, and how, in 1834, the religious orders of men were suppressed and their property seized by the State, has been told above. | | | Portugal is situated on the west of the Iberian Peninsula, being bounded on the north and east by Spain and on the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean. |
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| | Articles - Germany |
| | As of 2005, the CDU is predicted to win the German federal election, 2005 with candidate Angela Merkel and it has been speculated she will cancel the phase-out (compare [1]). | | | Some German cities have seen a revival of Jewish culture, particularly in Berlin, where there are also 3,000 Israelis. | | | German literature can be traced back to the Middle Ages, in particular to such authors as Walther von der Vogelweide and Wolfram von Eschenbach, considered some of the most important poets of medieval Europe. |
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| | Palestine Center - Palestinian Refugees and the Permanent Status Negotiations |
| | If the 362,000 registered refugees in Lebanon returned to their homes mostly in Israel’s Galilee region, which is still largely Arab, the percentage of the Jewish population in the “center” (that is the Central, Tel Aviv, and Haifa <b>districtsb>—where 80 percent of Israeli Jews live) would decline by only one percent. | | | Simply put, the extent of Jewish-owned land in historic Palestine (1,682 square kilometers or eight percent of Israel) is well-defined in Jewish and British records. | | | Palestinian public opinion on the subject is clear: A poll taken by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in September 1999 indicates that 90.8 percent of Palestinian refugees oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state as a price for sacrificing the right of return. |
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| | Serbia-Montenegro |
| | He had been harassed numerous times by Serbian authorities during the preceding months; his newspaper had been fined in March, and he had been sentenced to 5 months in jail for refusing to pay the fine, although he was still waiting for the results of his appeal at the time of his murder. | | | Dozens of foreign journalists who were reporting on the beginning of NATO airstrikes in March were detained by authorities, had their operations shut down, and were deported (see Section 2.a.). | | | As concern grew over the status of prisoners still being held in Serbia, on September 21 UNMIK created an autonomous commission on prisoners and detainees, under the auspices of the UNHCR, to investigate and advocate for prisoners and missing persons. |
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| | History of Lebanon |
| | Lebanon became a member of the League of Arab States (Arab League) on March 22, 1945. | | | Third, Lebanon, as a member of the family of Arab states, should cooperate with the other Arab states, and in case of conflict among them, it should not side with one state against another. | | | It was during this period that Lebanon as a result of its resistance to occupation became a refuge for various ethnic and religious groups. |
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| | Raise that Flag, Limor! (Michael Freund) April, 2001 |
| | Tom Segev, considered to be one of Israel's top journalists, labeled Livnat the "Batwoman of Zionism" and asserted, "Her fury transforms her into a sister of the Buddha-smashing Taliban in Afghanistan" (Ha'aretz, March 16). | | | To infuse Israeli students with a greater sense of attachment to the country, we can start by insisting that every schoolroom be adorned with a large Israeli flag next to the blackboard. | | | Israel is famous for many things, but civil discourse isn't one of them. |
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| | Kiribati: Accounting |
| | This is despite the government signalling its intention to comply with these policies (see Government of Kiribati, 1997; Teburoro Tito, 1997) and a spate of projects being underway with more in the pipeline. | | | However, economic growth and political and administrative integration are impeded by poor land, no land-based natural resources, and remoteness, not only from the rest of the world but also among islands. | | | Kiribatis land mass is a meagre 350 square miles distributed among 33 atolls, dotted across an expanse of the central Pacific Ocean, 2,000 miles from east to west and 300+ miles from north to south, straddling the equator and lying westward of the International Date Line. |
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| | International Notes Poliomyelitis -- Israel |
| | In 1982, the use of an enhanced potency IPV (eIPV) was instituted in Hadera and one other of the 15 <b>districtsb> in Israel. | | | Between 1971 and 1981, an average of 14 paralytic poliomyelitis cases was reported annually in Israel. | | | From July 31 to September 28, 1988, 16 persons in Israel (population 4.6 million) were reported with confirmed or suspected paralytic poliomyelitis. |
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| | Serbia: Elections Unlikely to be Free or Fair (A Human Rights Watch Press Backgrounder, September 2000) |
| | Three sets of electoral commissions run the elections: at the top of the hierarchy is the Federal Electoral Commission (FEC); district electoral commissions (UECs)(2) are responsible for the conduct of federal elections in Serbia's twenty-six electoral <b>districtsb>; and municipal electoral commissions (MECs) conduct analogous activities for municipal elections. | | | Milosovic's party, the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), is supported by the Yugoslav Left (JUL), the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), and Montenegro's Socialist People's Party (SNP). | | | Government officials are inflating the number of eligible voters from Kosovo, in an attempt to prepare the public for post-election day claims that "hundreds of thousands" of Kosovo non-Albanians voted for Slobodan Milosevic. |
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| | Lebanon Profile, Info, History, Population, Politics |
| | However, Lebanon officially recognizes 17 religious sects of Christianity, Islam and Judaism. | | | Lebanon, the country that used to be called the “ Switzerland of the East”, now experiences a damaged Economy while trying to reform its Syrian-modeled totalitarian regime, and to restore its records in human rights that were violated under Syrian control | | | Lebanon is a small country at the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. |
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| | <b>Districtsb> of Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | There are six main <b>districtsb> of Israel, known in Hebrew as mehozot (מחוזות; singular: mehoz) and fifteen sub-<b>districtsb> known as nafot (נפות; singular: nafa). | | | Mapsofworld.com - Political Map of Israel, includes district boundaries and capitals | | | See related article: List of cities in Israel. |
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| | East Timor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Indonesia alleged that the popular East Timorese FRETILIN party, which received some vocal support from the People's Republic of China, was communist. | | | In late 1999, about 70% of the economic infrastructure of East Timor was laid waste by Indonesian troops and anti-independence militias, and 260,000 people fled westward. | | | It consists of the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave of East Timor situated on the northwestern side of the island, surrounded by Indonesian West Timor. |
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| | Free Serbia - Other voices from Serbia - News - Archive (07-2000) |
| | The statement at the end of the G-8 summit expresses the concern of the most developed countries for the motivation behind the revision of the FRY Constitution, as well as the consequences of these revisions", said Hill. | | | The president of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Vojislav Kostunica stated that the Serbian opposition must unite, and that the "greatest problem at the moment in this direction is the Serbian Renewal Movement and its leader Vuk Draskovic, which are dividing the opposition". | | | He appealed to the government in Belgrade to refrain from further attacks that would result in the escalation of violence and requested that the opposition in Serbia support the peaceful and democratic development of the situation in Yugoslavia. |
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| | Peace Corps Learn About Peace Corps Where Does Peace Corps Work? Pacific Islands Kiribati Country and Culture |
| | The Kiribati people are Micronesians, but recent archeological evidence indicates that Austronesians originally settled the islands thousands of years ago. | | | Christianity has become a thoroughly integral part of Kiribati culture since Christian missionaries first arrived in Kiribati over 100 years ago. | | | Kiribati is composed of 33 beautiful coral atolls, most of which have a lagoon. |
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| | Global Exchange : Israel Bonds |
| | Many of these immigrants are encouraged to move to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza through economic incentives. | | | One of the largest sources of institutional investment capital in Israel is from U.S. pension funds through the purchase of Israeli government bonds. | | | Financially supporting Israel's immigration policy therefore perpetuates the displacement of the Palestinian people. |
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http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/palestine/bonds.html
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| | Albania - Encyclopedia of Political Information |
| | Until 1990, five years after the death of Hoxha, Albania was an extremely isolationist communist state, with little contact even with the other communist states. | | | Also unofficially Greece government makes money by selling visas unofficially to Albanian citizens, who are not allowed to travel freely abroad. | | | Albania is one of Europe's poorest countries, with half of the economically-active population still engaged in agriculture and a fifth said to be working abroad. |
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