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State Department Notes on Serbia

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions Defense Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Serbia Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORY The…

truffle

(Encyclopedia) truffletruffletrŭfˈəl [key] [Fr.], subterranean edible fungus that forms a mutually beneficial (symbiotic) relationship with the roots of certain trees and plants. The part of the…

State Department Notes on Montenegro

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions Defense Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Montenegro Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYMontenegro…

International Policies on Same-Sex Marriage

Marriage equality varies greatly throughout the globe. According to the Human Rights Campaign, same-sex marriage is legal in 20 countries, legal in some jurisdictions in 2 countries…

The Year in Sports

Top 10 Sports Moments of the Year 1 McGwire Blasts 62nd Homer It was the crowning moment of the sports year. When Mark McGwire knocked his 62nd homer of the season, poking the ball just over…

Illyria and Illyricum

(Encyclopedia) IllyriaIllyriaĭlĭrˈēə [key] and IllyricumIllyricumĭlĭrˈĭkəm [key], ancient region of the Balkan Peninsula. In prehistoric times a group of tribes speaking dialects of an Indo-European…

Winter Olympics: 2006 Competing Countries

86 countries are participating in the Torino Winter Olympics   Related Links 2006 Winter OlympicsTorino Preview2006 Medal Standings by Country Winter Olympics Through The Years…

State Department Notes on Albania

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Geography People and History Economy Foreign Relations GEOGRAPHYAlbania shares a border with Greece to the south/southeast, Macedonia to the…

Trieste

(Encyclopedia) TriesteTriestetrēĕˈstā [key], Serbo-Croatian Trst, city (1991 pop. 231,100), capital of Friuli–Venezia Giulia and of Trieste prov., extreme NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste (at the…

Rákóczy

(Encyclopedia) RákóczyRákóczyräˈkôtsĭ [key], noble Hungarian family that played an important role in the history of Transylvania and Hungary in the 17th and 18th cent. Sigismund Rákóczy, 1544–1608,…