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Class is a key idea related to inequality, prejudice and discrimination in Australian society. It has been considered out of fashion, because some Australian people think that there is no class difference between people in Australia, everyo...
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Republic of Austria Republik Österreich CAPITAL: Vienna (Wien) FLAG: The flag consists of a white horizontal stripe between two red stripes. ANTHEM: Land der Berge, Land am Ströme (Land of Mountains, Land on the River). MONET...
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(2002 pop. of Republic 8.1 million), (2002 pop. of East Azerbaijan, Iran, 3.4 million), (2002 pop. of West Azerbaijan, Iran, 2.8 million). Azerbaijan is a mountainous region in West Asia, bounded by the eastern Caucasus, northwestern Zagro...
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For years Bahrain has faced the effects of drug narcotics trafficking. Though Bahrain has never itself had an issue with drug trafficking to the point of instating strict laws or creating narcotics investigators funded by there ...
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(2001 est. pop. 131.3 million). Bangladesh (officially Gana Prajatantri Bangladesh, or People's Republic of Bangladesh) is a relatively new nation, having become independent in 1971 following a war of independence against Pakistan (...
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Christianity: Baptist Tradition FOUNDED: 1609 C.E. RELIGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 1.8 percent Overview Baptists, who effectively were founded in 1609 by John Smyth, an English dissenting pastor, have become one of the world&...
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One of the best places I visited was Barbados. Last Thanksgiving, our family took a seven day Southern Caribbean Cruise on Royal Caribbean's Serenade of the Seas. During those seven days, we stopped at six different Islands, Puerto Rico, St...
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The Republic of Belarus is a newly independent country which, prior to August 25, 1991, was known as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Since 1922 it had formed part of the Soviet Union. Geographically it is located in what is vi...
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Belgium, whose official name is the Kingdom of Belgium, is a densely populated country not much larger than the state of Maryland. It covers an area of 11,781 square miles (30,519 square kilometers), bounded on the north by The Netherland...
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Our world has several countries, however, each of them has a lot of similarities and differences among them. In this essay I would like to show the similarities and differences between Belize and Mexico.
On the one hand, Belize and Mexico...
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Republic of Benin République du Bénin CAPITAL: Porto-Novo FLAG: Two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and red with a vertical green band on the hoist side. ANTHEM: L'Aube Nouvelle (The New Dawn). MONETARY UNIT: Th...
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(2001 est. pop. 2 million). Bhutan is a small, landlocked eastern Himalayan kingdom of 47,000 square kilometers. A natural barrier of mountain ranges separates Bhutan from Tibet in the north, Arunachal Pradesh (India) in the east, and Sikk...
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Bolivia, the only landlocked country in the Western Hemisphere, is home to almost eight million people. Twice as large as Texas, Bolivia is a multiethnic society. Of all the South American countries, Bolivia has the largest percentage (60...
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Republic of Botswana CAPITAL: Gaborone FLAG: The flag of Botswana consists of five horizontal stripes. The top and bottom stripes are light blue and wider than the middle stripe, which is black. The blue stripes are separated from the blac...
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The country of Brazil, officially called the Federative Republic of Brazil (or República Federativa do Brasil), is located in central eastern South America. A vast country, it covers 3,290,000 square miles—nearly 45 percent of...
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(2001 pop. 344,000). Negara Brunei Darussalam, the official title assumed by the former British protectorate upon full statehood in 1984, closely resembles a Southeast Asian equivalent of a Middle-Eastern petroleum state. Independent Brune...
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'Buddhism in a Nutshell' explains Buddhism to be a religion of wisdom, where knowledge and intelligence predominate. Devoted to the conditioning of the mind; within a milieu of social developments teetering between beneficial and harmful, B...
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Republic of Bulgaria Republika Bulgariya CAPITAL: Sofia (Sofiya) FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of white, green, and red horizontal stripes. ANTHEM: Bulgariya mila, zemya na geroi (Dear Bulgaria, Land of Heroes). MONETARY UNIT: The lev (LV) ...
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Republic of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Jamahiriya CAPITAL: Ouagadougou FLAG: The flag consists of two equal horizontal stripes of red and green divided by a narrow gold band. A five-point gold star is at the center. ANTHEM: The national ant...
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Republic of Burundi République du Burundi; Republika yu Burundi CAPITAL: Bujumbura FLAG: The national flag consists of a white circle in the center with arms extending to the four corners. The circle contains three red stars. Upper ...
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(2001 est. 11.4 million). Cambodia occupies 181,040 square kilometers of peninsular Southeast Asia. Modern Cambodia is bordered by Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and the Gulf of Thailand, which is a part of the South China Sea. It is all that re...
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Republic of Cameroon République du Cameroun CAPITAL: Yaoundé FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of green, red, and yellow vertical stripes with one gold star imprinted in the center of the red stripe. ANTHEM: The national anthem be...
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We are quite lucky to live in a country like Canada and to have the government that we do. They do a good job of providing our rights and not interfering with our freedoms. I believe that Canada has the right amount of rights and freedoms. ...
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Republic of Cape Verde República de Cabo Verde CAPITAL: Praia FLAG: The flag consists of two white horizontal stripes above and below a red horizontal stripe in the lower half of a blue field. A circle of ten gold stars (representin...
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Republic of Chad République du Tchad CAPITAL: N'Djamena (formerly Fort-Lamy) FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of blue, yellow, and red vertical stripes. ANTHEM: La Tchadienne begins "Peuple Tchadien, debout et à l...
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Chile is a Spanish speaking country located on the western border of South America. It occupies a very narrow strip of land along the Pacific Ocean. The capital of Chile is Santiago, which is located in central Chile near the border of Ar...
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Introduction.
`Deep within his conscience man discovers a law which he has not laid upon himself but which he must obey. Its voice ever calling him to love and to do what is good and to avoid evil...'Gaudium et Spes (64). This opening...
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Republic of ColombiaRepública de Colombia CAPITAL: Bogotá FLAG: The national flag consists of three horizontal stripes; the yellow upper stripe is twice as wide as each of the other two, which are blue and red. ANTHEM: Himno ...
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Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros République Fédérale Islamique des Comores; Jumhuriyat al-Qumur al-Ittihadiyah al-Islamiyah CAPITAL: Moroni FLAG: Four equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), white, red, and blue...
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Confucianism
Confucianism is an East Asian philosophy built up by a Chinese philosopher, Confucius (K'ung Fu-tzu), in the 6th - 5th century BCE. It's a philosophy based on human morals and relationships.
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CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM evolved out of the desire of Eastern European Jewish immigrants to find their way in the United States; it was one of a myriad of syntheses of Jewish identity and modernity invented by acculturating Jews. While its int...
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COPTIC CHURCH. The Coptic church is the ancient church of Egypt; the name Copt derives from the Greek Aiguptioi ("Egyptians"). According to tradition within the church, its founder and first patriarch was Mark the Evangelist,...
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Republic of Croatia Republika Hrvatska CAPITAL: Zagreb FLAG: Red, white, and blue horizontal bands with the Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered). ANTHEM: Lijepa Nasa Domovina. MONETARY UNIT: The Croatian kuna (HRK was introduced...
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Cuba is an island country in the West Indies, about 90 miles south of Florida. Cuba consists of one major island and more than 1600 smaller islands. Cuba is almost as large as the state Pennsylvania. Havana is the capitol of Cuba and is als...
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UN Crisis Report-Cyprus
Between Who: In this certain UN crisis, Britain and the Turkish Cypriots, had a conflict between the EOKA (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters) and Greek Cypriots. The UN sent peacekeeping forces.
When: This...
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Czech Republic Ceskaá Republika CAPITAL: Prague (Praha) FLAG: The national flag consists of a white stripe over a red stripe, with a blue triangle extending from hoist to midpoint. ANTHEM: Kde domov muj (Where Is My Native Land). MO...
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Kingdom of Denmark Kongeriget Danmark CAPITAL: Copenhagen (København) FLAG: The Danish national flag, known as the Dannebrog, is one of the oldest national flags in the world, although the concept of a national flag did not develop ...
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Republic of Djibouti République de Djibouti Jumhouriyya Djibouti CAPITAL: Djibouti FLAG: A white triangle, with a five-pointed red star within, extends from the hoist; the remaining area has a broad light blue band over a broad ligh...
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Commonwealth of DominicaDominica CAPITAL: Roseau FLAG: On a green background appears a cross composed of yellow, black, and white stripes; in the center is a red disk with 10 yellow-bordered green stars surrounding a parrot. ANTHEM: Isle o...
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1.0 Introduction
The following report examines the extent of development within the Dominican Republic in relation to economic, social and political development. It shall also examine some of the problems that are preventing further develo...
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Ecuador is a small country on the northwestern coast of South America. It measures 280,000 square kilometers—roughly the size of Colorado. It is bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the south and east, and the Pacific Ocean o...
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Comments Although great effort has gone into this work, we would appreciate any suggestions for future editions of the Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices. Please send comments to the following address: EditorWorldmark Encyclopedi...
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Arab Republic of Egypt Jumhuriat Misr al-'Arabiyah CAPITAL: Cairo (Al-Qahira) FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of three horizontal stripes—red, white, and black—with the national emblem in the center white stripe. ANTHEM: ...
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Republic of El SalvadorRepública de El Salvador CAPITAL: San Salvador FLAG: The national flag consists of a white stripe between two horizontal blue stripes. The national coat of arms is centered in the white band. ANTHEM: Saludemos...
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Republic of Equatorial Guinea República de Guinea Ecuatorial CAPITAL: Malabo (formerly Santa Isabel) FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of green, white, and red horizontal stripes; a blue triangle joins them at the hoist. The arms in the ...
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A land of dramatically changing terrain, Eritrea spans 670 miles of coastline along the Red Sea on the northeast Horn of Africa. It has six provinces covering mountainous highlands and arid lowlands over a total of 48,000 square miles. To...
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Republic of Estonia Eesti Vabariik CAPITAL: Tallinn FLAG: Three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white. ANTHEM: Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm (My Native Land, My Pride and Joy). MONETARY UNIT: The Estonian ...
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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Yeltyop'iya Federalawi CAPITAL: Addis Ababa FLAG: The national flag is a tricolor of green, yellow, and red horizontal stripes with a blue disk and a yellow outlined star and rays in the cente...
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Christianity: Evangelicalism FOUNDED: Seventeenth century C.E. RELIGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 12 percent Overview Evangelicalism is a movement within Christianity that emphasizes reliance on Scripture over tradition and that...
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Republic of Fiji CAPITAL: Suva FLAG: The national flag of Fiji consists of the red, white, and blue Union Jack in the upper left corner of a light blue field, with the Fiji shield in the lower right corner. ANTHEM: God Bless Fiji. MONETARY...
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