Eritrea & Ethiopia
.... its second year this month began May 6th of ’97, just four years after the thirty-year struggle for independence. It has been estimated that two hundred fifty thousand Eritreans and three hundred thousand Ethiopians have been moved from their home due to fighting and bombings along the six hundred twenty mile border. Etiopean bombs have taken over seventy lives in Eritrea.
It is unknown who is at fault for this ugly dispute. The Eritreans are blaming the Ethiopians for certain troubles and the Ethiop .....
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Chile
.... (1996 est.). Chile’s unemployment rate is 6.5% (1996 est.). Also Chile’s Budget is 17 billion in revenues and 17 billion in expenditures. Chile’s industries are copper, other minerals, food stuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles. Their agriculture products are wheat, corn, grapes, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, fruit, beef, poultry, wool, and timber. Chile’s Debt is 22.3 billion (1995 est.). Their main currency is the Chilean peso, which equals .....
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Vienna Vs. Virginia
.... were made with horses in mind, and now cars. Here the streets are wide and either made of pavement or asphalt. Vienna’s roads are narrow and many are still cobble stone.
Language is very different even though English was made from mostly German. American’s have over 900,000 words to choose from. A great many more that the 500,000 the Germans have. The chief reason form this is because where English made a new word, German speaking peoples have just combined two. Map and Landcarte for example.
The tra .....
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Africa
.... conditions. Such as the geco who licks its own sweat on its body to drink before he can find water so he doesn't die from lack of water not dehydration. From the lack of resources, clean water, good doctors and lack of doctors people have some health problems. Some of the resources Africa does have though are aluminum, asbestos, chromium, coal, cobalt, copper, diamonds, gold, graphite, iron ore, lead, mica, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, natural gas, oil, salt, sulphur, tungsten, unranium, vanadium, and .....
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Brownsville, Tennessee
.... staff physicians.
Brownsville is also home to the future West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center. This Center will feature attractions from all of rural West Tennessee including a cotton, music, and wildlife museum.
From reading to ROTC, from acting to IMPACT, Haywood County Schools offer a wide range of enriching programs and activities.
We believe that Brownsvile has someting for everyone - Brownsville is really the best place to be. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaa a a .....
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The European Union
.... the 9th of May.
Each Community had, and still has, its own legal base, a Treaty. The Treaties provide a set of policy objectives or goals, institutions to execute them, a decision-making process, and definition of the legal forms to bring those decisions to reality. Over the years, the Treaties have been substantially amended, affecting the Union's competence, institutional structure, and decision-making processes.
Some future objectives of the Union are:
- to implement the Treaty of Amsterdam, .....
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Chico And The Growth Issue
.... to locate a business in town. We need to make Chico a place where people want to raise their children, where they want to build their lives.
People have told me, and I agree. Chico is a fun place to live. That is the side we need to put forward. We have a large community that feels like a small town, but that will not stay, much as we may like it. It is also not conducive to growth or industry. We must remind ourselves that Chico is truly a small city, and not a large town. As a city we can .....
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Ecuador
.... of the crops that are grown there. Crops that are grown on the haciendas in the Andes Highlands are grains, vegetables, and pyrethrum- group of small flowers used in making insecticides. Farmers raise cattle for meat and dairy products.
On the coastal waters, fishing is rich. Ecuador is the leader in the tuna fishing. Ecuador also fishes herring, mackerel, and shrimp.
Transportation
The lack of all-weather roads held back economic development in Ecuador for many years. In the 1960's new roa .....
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Thailand: My Perspective
.... transport, cheap accommodation, and a delicious national cuisine. The Thais are renowned for their friendliness and hospitality to strangers. Although they're often depicted as fun-loving, happy-go-lucky folk (which they often are), they are also very strong-minded and have struggled for centuries to preserve their spirit of independence.
Thailand's two coastlines and countless islands attract schools of water babies. Diving and snorkeling are-particularly popular in Phuket. The islands of Chumph .....
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Venezuela
.... countries were exposed to different foods, languages, dress and customs.
Venezuela has a landscape that can be categorized into five major regions. The coastal strip with a continental shelf, and it has over 300 islands and keys. A mountainous region about where Caracas is located, that includes the western coastal chain. The valleys in this region are semi arid and dry. The Andean Mountain region borders Columbia and contains Venezuela's highest mountain peaks. Mount Pico Bolivar is the highest el .....
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Italy
.... within the city of Rome.
Italy boasts several world-famous cities. Rome, the capital and largest city in Italy, was the center of the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago. Florence was the home of many artist of the Renaissance, a period of great achievements in the arts. Venice, with its intricate canal system, attracts tourists from all over the world.
Italians take great pride in the quality of their cooking. They traditionally eat their meals at midday. Large meals usually consist of a pasta cour .....
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Kruger National Park
.... and 33 amphibian species. Among the larger mammals, elephants, hippopotamuses, buffalo, zebras, giraffes, lions, and various kinds of African antelope, such as wildebeests, impalas, kudu, and waterbuck are common. Black and white rhinoceroses were reintroduced successfully after having been wiped out by hunting early in the 20th century. A fence around the perimeter of the park reduces poaching (illegal hunting) of wildlife. It also protects domestic animals outside the park from the spread of wildlife di .....
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Ireland, History And Nature
.... how the brook continues even further down. You decide that you wish to see where it ends.
While you are walking around the lake you notice the deer has come back. It is drinking from the brook, just as you did just a few minutes ago. And as you are staring at this beauty you notice two deer coming from the edge of the forest towards the deer already standing beside the brook. While the two new deer approach the first, you notice they are smaller than the first, and you understand that they are the chil .....
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Saint Joseph Cathedral
.... church a third time in 1869. On April 23, 1875 the church was completely destroyed by fire. This time an architect named Bryan Clinch was given the job to completely redesign a whole new church. Clinch’s design still stands today after a recent 3 year 17 million dollar restoration.
Theodore Lenzen was born in Prussia in 1883. He came to the United States with his family when he was 21 years old. Before he designed St. Joseph’s he was known for a few other local buildings: City Hall; Auzerais House .....
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Mysteries Of The Sphinx
.... which stands about half a mile away (Jordan 25).
Although the head of the sphinx is badly battered in some places, traces of the original paint can still be seen near one ear. Originally it is believed that the Sphinx was painted and quite colorful (Guardian 2). Because of the changing desert terrain, the body of the Sphinx has been buried and cleared several times throughout history. In between the paws of the Sphinx is a stela, now called the "Dream Stela", which is inscribed with a story. .....
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