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71Ken Livingstone — at t …
72Scotland — /skot leuhnd/, n. a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 5,205,000; 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Cap.: Edinburgh. * * * I Northernmost country of the United Kingdom. Area: 30,421 sq mi (78,789 sq km). Population… …
73List of Pokémon (387–440) — Pokémon has 646 (as of Pokémon Black and White) distinctive fictional species classified as the titular Pokémon. These creatures and entities reside throughout various locations of the fictional Pokémon universe and can be caught by humans… …
74Barry Goldwater — Goldwater redirects here. For other uses, see Goldwater (disambiguation). This article is about the late United States Senator and Presidential nominee. For his son, see Barry Goldwater, Jr. Barry Goldwater United States Senator from Arizona …
75Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention, 1968 — The Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention of 1968 elected Pierre Elliott Trudeau as the new leader of the Liberal Party. He was the unexpected winner in what was one of the most important leadership conventions in party history. The Globe …
76Lavern Ahlstrom — Political careerAhlstrom first became involved with Social Credit in the 1970s. He has been a perennial candidate for the party with some moderately successful showings during his career. Ahlstrom first ran for office in electoral district of… …
77Schröder, Gerhard — born April 7, 1944, Mossenberg, near Detmold, Ger. Chancellor of Germany. In his youth he joined the Social Democratic Party and the Young Socialists, and, as a law student at Göttingen, he participated in the student protests of 1968. He served… …
78Haider, Jorg — ▪ 2009 Austrian politician born Jan. 26, 1950, Bad Goisern, Austria died Oct. 11, 2008, near Klagenfurt, Austria as the charismatic but controversial populist leader of the far right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ; 1986–2000) and the… …
79Korea, Republic of — ▪ 2009 Area: 99,678 sq km (38,486 sq mi) Population (2008 est.): 50,187,000 Capital: Seoul Head of state and government: Presidents Roh Moo hyun and, from February 25, Lee Myung bak, assisted by Prime Ministers Han Duck soo and, from February 29 …
80HISTORICAL BACKGROUND — The origin of the Kurds is uncertain, although some scholars believe them to be the descendants of various Indo European tribes, which settled in the area as long as 4,000 years ago. The Kurds themselves claim to be the descendants of the Medes… …
