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61Francophonie — Drapeau de La Francophonie …
62United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
63rite of passage — 1. Anthropol. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person s change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan. 2. any important act or event that serves… …
64democracy — /di mok reuh see/, n., pl. democracies. 1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2. a state… …
65Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
66literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
67JERUSALEM, LEGAL ASPECTS — Introduction At least in three respects Jerusalem differs from most other places: the city is holy to adherents of three religions, it is the subject of conflicting national claims by two peoples, and its population is heterogeneous to a… …
68Luis Alfonso de Alba — is a Mexican diplomat since 1983. He was appointed Ambassador on December 2001, and since 2004, he has been the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva.Throughout his career, he has …
69Istituto Superiore Internazionale di Scienze Criminali — Infobox Settlement official name = Istituto Superiore Internazionale di Scienze Criminali established title = Founded established date = 1972 nickname = ISISC website = http://www.isisc.org | map caption = Location of the city of Syracuse (red… …
70Archdiocese of Paris — Paris † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Paris ARCHDIOCESE OF PARIS (PARIBIENSIS) Paris comprises the Department of the Seine. It was re established by the Concordat of 1802 with much narrower limits than it had prior to the Revolution,… …
