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1List of Presidents of Brazil — See also: List of Brazilian monarchs This is a list of Presidents of Brazil.Old republic (1889 1930)In 1889 the Republic was proclaimed in a coup d etát led by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, who deposed the Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II and formed… …
2Costa Rica — Costa Rican. /kos teuh ree keuh, kaw steuh, koh /; Sp. /kaws tah rddee kah/ a republic in Central America, between Panama and Nicaragua. 3,534,174; 19,238 sq. mi. (49,825 sq. km). Cap.: San José. * * * Costa Rica Introduction Costa Rica… …
3Colombia — This article is about the country. For other uses and spellings, see Colombia (disambiguation) and Colombia (disambiguation). Republic of Colombia República de Colombia (Spanish) …
4History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (1954-present) — The History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (1954 present) encompasses the History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from its suppression under Nasser to its formation into the largest opposition bloc in the Egyptian parliament. The… …
5Raúl Leoni — Infobox President | name=Raúl Leoni order=53rd President of Venezuela term start=March 13, 1964 term end=March 11, 1969 predecessor=Rómulo Betancourt successor=Rafael Caldera office2=Senator for life term start2=March 11, 1969 term end2=July 5,… …
6D’Alema, Massimo — (1949– ) Massimo D’Alema has been a leading national figure in Italian politics since the summer of 1994. D’Alema’s early career was spent in the party organization of the former Partito Comunista Italiano/Italian Communist Party (PCI), first… …
7Uruguayan municipal elections, 2005 — Uruguay s local government elections, held on May 16, 2005, to elect the intendente of the 19 departments that are the administrative divisions of Uruguay, resulted in major gains for the newly elected Frente Amplio government, and heavy losses… …
8Empedocles — M.R.Wright INTRODUCTION Empedocles was a native of Acragas (Agrigento) in Sicily, a Doric colony founded on the south coast of the island in the sixth century BC, which soon grew to rival Syracuse in its prosperity. A line of temples, many of… …
9Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
10Regular expression — In computing, a regular expression provides a concise and flexible means for matching (specifying and recognizing) strings of text, such as particular characters, words, or patterns of characters. Abbreviations for regular expression include… …
