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  • 111Bangladesh — /bahng gleuh desh , bang /, n. republic in S Asia, N of the Bay of Bengal: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations; a former province of Pakistan. 125,340,261; 54,501 sq. mi. (141,158 sq. km). Cap.: Dhaka. Formerly, East Pakistan. * * *… …

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  • 112Fushun — /fyuu shyuun /, n. Pinyin, Wade Giles. a city in E Liaoning province, in NE China. 1,700,000. * * * ▪ China Wade Giles romanization  Fu shun        city, central Liaoning sheng (province), northeastern China. It is situated some 25 miles (40 km)… …

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  • 113Serbia — /serr bee euh/, n. a former kingdom in S Europe: now, with revised boundaries, a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the N part; includes the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. 9,660,000; 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Cap.:… …

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  • 114Calendar of 2002 — ▪ 2003 January I will not wait on events while dangers gather. I will not stand by as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world s most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world s most destructive… …

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  • 115Glasgow —    GLASGOW, a city, the seat of a university, and a sea port, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the Lower ward of the county of Lanark, and situated in longitude 4° 15 51 (W.), and latitude 55° 52 10 (N.), 23 miles (E. by S.) from Greenock …

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  • 116Matanuska Formation — Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous Type Geological formation Location Region North America The Matanuska Formation consists of more than 3 km (1.9 mi) of sedimentary strata e …

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  • 117Arachnid — Taxobox name = Arachnida image width = 250px image caption = Arachnida from Ernst Haeckel s Kunstformen der Natur , 1904 regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Chelicerata classis = Arachnida classis authority = Cuvier, 1812… …

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  • 118Red Mountain (Birmingham, Alabama) — Red Mountain is a long ridge running southwest northeast and dividing Jones Valley from Shades Valley south of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Ridge and Valley province of the Appalachian mountains. The Red Mountain… …

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  • 119Glaspaleis — Infobox Modern building caption=The present Glaspaleis as seen from the market square ( Bongerd ). name=Glaspaleis location town=Heerlen location country=The Netherlands architect=Frits Peutz client=Peter Schunck Schunck construction start… …

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  • 120Beijing — /bay jing /, n. Pinyin. a city in and the capital of the People s Republic of China, in the NE part, in central Hebei province: traditional capital of China. 7,570,000. Also, Peking, Peiching. Formerly (1928 49), Peiping. * * * I or Pei ching… …

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