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 Liberia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republic of Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire.
The history of Liberia as a political entity begins with the arrival of the fl American settlers — the Americo-Liberians, as they were to be known — who established a colony of “free men of color” on its shore in 1822 under the auspices of the American Colonization Society.
Liberia retained its independence during the Scramble for Africa, but lost its claim to extensive territories that were annexed by Britain and France.
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 Liberia - Wikipedia
Liberia is een republiek op de westkust van Afrika (ca.
Liberia is al vele jaren het toneel van een bloedige burgeroorlog, die gericht is tegen het bewind van president Charles Taylor.
Dit wil zeggen dat vele buitenlandse vrachtschepen, waaronder olietankers, in Liberia worden geregistreerd om kosten te besparen en/of om de regelgeving in het eigen land te ontlopen.
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberia   (937 words)

  
 Liberia - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Republic of Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered bySierra Leone, Guinea, andCôte d'Ivoire.
The history of Liberia as a political entity begins with the arrival of the fl American settlers — the Americo-Liberians, as they were to be known — who established a colony of “free men ofcolor” on its shore in 1822 under the auspices of the American Colonization Society.
The Kpelle in central and western Liberia is the largestethnic group.
www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Lr   (1099 words)

  
 Liberia - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Liberia retained its independence but lost its claim to extensive territories that were annexed by Britain and France.
Liberia was relatively well-developed economically, at least compared to other African nations, but wide disparities in the distribution of income and public service were continuing sources of unrest.
Despite the strides made during Tubman’s administration, his successor, William Tolbert, was unable to satisfy rising economic expectations and demands for greater participation in political decision-making by the indigenous majority.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /liberia.htm   (1392 words)

  
 Liberia - Wikipedia
Liberia es un país en la costa oeste de África, junto a Sierra Leona y Costa de Marfil.
Liberia fue fundada por esclavos libres norteamericanos a comienzos del siglo XIX, de ahí su nombre.
Liberia se halla en África occidental, en la costa del Océano Atlántico.
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 Liberia - Wikipedia, den fria encyklopedin
Liberia är en stat i Västafrika vid Atlanten, gränsande till Guinea, Sierra Leone och Elfenbenskusten.
Liberia grundades i början av 1800-talet av befriade amerikanska slavar (något som också gav landet dess namn) och blev 1847 en republik.
Några av Liberias miljöproblem är avverkning av den tropiska regnskogen med åtföljande jorderosion och minskad biodiversitet samt förorening av vattnet genom oljeutsläpp och utsläpp av orenat avlopp.
sv.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberia   (513 words)

  
 Liberia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire.
The country has recently been afflicted by two civil wars (1989 - 1996 and 1999 - 2003) that have displaced hundreds of thousands of its citizens and destroyed the Liberian economy.
Liberia declared its independence and became a republic on July 25, 1847, a day now celebrated as independence day.
www.encyclopedia-1.com /l/li/liberia.html   (524 words)

  
 LIBERIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
De kustlijn met de Atlantische Oceaan bedraagt ongeveer 579 km en het land eist een zone van 200 zeemijl op als territoriale wateren.
Daardoor werd Liberia een belangrijke basis voor de bevoorrading van de geällieerde troepen.
In 1989 volgde opnieuw een gewelddadige staatsgreep, die de huidige president Charles Taylor aan het bewind bracht.
www.thumpershollow.com /encyclopedia/L/Liberia   (610 words)

  
 Global Connections . Liberia . History | PBS
Yet as Liberia expanded its borders, a government of repatriates located largely on the coast attempted to establish control over a growing native population located largely in the interior.
Liberia was also struggling under the burden of heavy loans, primarily from Britain.
Under Tubman, Liberia was a founding member of the United Nations as well as of the Organization of African Unity, and he strongly championed the independence of other African states.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/globalconnections/liberia/essays/history   (2130 words)

  
 Liberia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Liberia stat i Västafrika vid Atlanten gränsande till Guinea Sierra Leone och Elfenbenskusten.
Liberia grundades i början av 1800-talet av befriade amerikanska slavar (något som gav landet dess namn) och blev 1847 en republik.
Några av Liberias miljöproblem är avverkning av tropiska regnskogen med åtföljande jorderosion och minskad biodiversitet samt förorening av vattnet genom oljeutsläpp utsläpp av orenat avlopp.
sv.freeglossary.com /Liberia   (448 words)

  
 LiberianForum.Com ~ Liberian Information Online
Liberia is endowed with abundant natural resources, paramount among which are iron ore, gold, diamond, fisheries, rubber and timber from its vast tropical rain forests and a variety of animal species.
Liberia has about 45% of the tropical rain forest in the Upper Guinea region comprising some five West African countries and is labeled one of the "hot spots" in the world in terms of its untapped forest resources.
In Liberia, sidetracked by the Roye debacle, the True Whig Party reemerged in 1877 as the dominant political party, sweeping the elections that year that put its candidate, Anthony William Gardiner, in the presidency.
www.liberianforum.com /liberianfacts.htm   (4577 words)

  
 Liberia - Wikipedia
Republik Liberia adalah sebuah negara di pesisir barat Afrika yang berbatasan dengan Sierra Leone, Guinea, dan Pantai Gading.
Baru-baru ini Liberia dilanda dua perang saudara (1989–1996 dan 1999–2003) yang mengakibatkan ratusan ribu penduduknya mengungsi sekaligus menghancurkan ekonomi Liberia.
Ekonomi Liberia sangat bergantung kepada ekspor bijih besi.
id.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberia   (125 words)

  
 TLC-Africa - Internet Magazine
One year later, Liberia began to experience political turmoil, which began on April 14, 1979 with the Rice Riots, and escalated into full scale war that continued to disrupt their lives, until August 11th, 2003, with the exit of Charles Taylor from Liberia, and the arrival of the US Marines, UN and ECOWAS Peacekeeping forces.
Although Chalres Taylor is no longer in control of Liberia and it's resources, the sanctions imposed by the UN continues, making it harder for Liberia to earn income from the sale of diamonds, timber and other valuable resources restricted under the sanctions.
Liberia's straight, sandy coast, 560 km (350 mi) long, is broken by lagoons and mangrove swamps and gives way to a low, rolling plain about 30 km (20 mi) wide.
www.tlcafrica.com /research.htm   (1317 words)

  
 Liberia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The West African country of Liberia will go to the polls this month to vote in a run-off presidential election that pits supporters of a high school dropout...
Liberia election - Weah cries foul, urges polls re-run - As Taylor...
The Weah camp is supported by most of the 100,000 ex-combatants from Liberia’s 14-year civil war.
www.wikiverse.org /liberia   (666 words)

  
 Liberia - Wikipedia
Il 26 luglio 1847 gli Americo-Liberiani dichiararono l'indipendenza della Repubblica di Liberia.
Chiamarono il Paese "Liberia", per darle il carattere di "terra degli uomini liberi".
La fondazione della Liberia fu privatamente finanziata da gruppi filantropici e religiosi americani, ma la colonia godette del supporto e della cooperazione non ufficiale del governo statunitense.
it.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberia   (824 words)

  
 Brumskine Speaks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Liberia must therefore build the institutions that will ensure that physical developments will never again be destroyed in war.
LiberiaŽs power can be mighty only if it comes from the people, and the people can generate that power only if our hearts are united in our countryŽs cause.
LiberiaŽs name is certainly not new, we are one hundred and fifty two years old, and in the minds of little men that is a sufficient reason to celebrate.
www.charlesbrumskine.org /html/speaks.html/10   (1914 words)

  
 Countries: Liberia
Under their rule the country National anthem All Hail, Liberia made much economic progress.
Hail Internet TLD.LR Politics Calling Code 231 The Americo-Liberians, though, had little in common with the tribal communities living inland.
Economy The Liberian economy depended heavily on the export of iron ore. The long civil war has destroyed much of the country's infrastructure and Liberia is dependent on foreign aid.
www.morelawinfo.com /Countries/Liberia.shtml   (488 words)

  
 Liberia - Wikipédia
1821 : Fondation du Liberia par une société américaine de colonisation pour y installer des noirs libérés.
1960 : Le Liberia entre dans une période de 20 années de prospérité, grâce à des concessions offertes à des multinationales étrangères (principalement américaines et allemandes) pour l'exploitation des gisements de minerai de fer du pays.
Le Liberia est bordé par l'Atlantique au sud et au sud-ouest, et limitrophe de la Sierra Leone au nord-ouest, de la Guinée au nord et de la Côte d'Ivoire à l'est.
fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberia   (652 words)

  
 Liberia - Freepedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Die Republik Liberia (manchmal auch Liberien) ist ein Staat in Westafrika.
Es liegt hauptsächlich in der tropischen Regenwaldzone,der zum größten Teil gerodet wurde.Im Inneren Liberias ist grössenteils Bergland.
Jahrhunderts erreichten Portugiesen die Küste des heutigen Liberias, ohne dass es zu einer Erkundung des Landes kam.
de.freepedia.org /Liberia.html   (775 words)

  
 Liberia -- Republic of Liberia (om flaggan) Nationellt motto: The l...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Liberia -- Republic of Liberia (om flaggan) Nationellt motto: The l...
Sierra Leone - politisk och etnisk Liberia - politisk och etnisk Tchad - politisk och etnisk Kongo - politisk och etnisk Uganda - politisk och...
i Somalia, folkmord i Rwanda, inbördeskrig i Mosambique, oroligheter i Zimbabwe, inbördeskrig i Zaire (Kongo Kinshasa), strider i Liberia...
liberia.exsudo.se   (364 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of national anthems
Ave Maris Stella (Hail Star of the Sea) is a plainsong hymn to the Virgin Mary.
The flag of Groningen Groningen is the northeast province of the Netherlands with a typical dialect (Gronings) with regional nuances.
Salve a tí, Nicaragua (Hail to thee, Nicaragua) is the Nicaraguan national anthem.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-national-anthems   (6343 words)

  
 liberia.ca - All Hail Liberia Hail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Republic of Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered...
President Bush is awaiting reports from the U.S. military assessment team on the ground in Liberia before deciding...
African women on Friday acclaimed Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as a beacon of greater influence for their sex and a source of new hope for peace in a continent wracked by male-dominated conflict.
www.liberia.ca /All-Hail-Liberia-Hail/reference/fullview/wikipedia/287311   (234 words)

  
 Liberia - Freepedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Er grenzt an Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea und Sierra Leone sowie an den Atlantik.
Liberia liegt im Südwesten Westafrikas und hat eine Atlantikküste.
Die seit 1847 bestehende Republik Liberia ist der zweitälteste unabhängige Staat Afrikas.
de.freepedia.org /index.php?title=Liberia&printable=yes   (775 words)

  
 Liberia
As the power of the government shrank and with increasing international and American pressure for him to resign, President Charles Taylor accepted an asylum offer by Nigeria, but vowed: "God willing, I will be back."
Summers are wet and cloudy with frequent heavy showers.
The Liberian economy depended heavily on the export of iron ore. Before 1990 Liberia also exported rubber.
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 The Liberian National Anthem and the Education of Children
It is symptomatic of a national tragedy in the form of a consequence, which I will call the education squeeze: a situation in which the ages of children relate inversely to their grade levels.
The United Nations reported at the February 2004 donor’s conference on Liberia that, "48% percent of all school-going children are concentrated at the primary level.
For example, according to Liberia’s Demographic and Health Survey report of 1999/2000, 54% of males and 48% of females in the age group 5-24 never attended school because "there was no money available for school." Here lies Liberia’s dilemma for competitiveness in the 21st century characterized by globalization.
www.theperspective.org /2004/apri/nationalanthem.html   (984 words)

  
 TLP: Page-2/Economy & Climate
Liberia is officially a Christian state, but Islam (especially in the north) and traditional African beliefs are also practiced.
Liberia's free-enterprise system and open-door policy encourage trade and investment opportunities.
Existing industries and/or sources of economic activity that generate significant earnings in the labor and export sectors of the economy include iron ore, diamonds, gold, rubber and forestry products, coffee, cacao and palm/bamboo products.
liberian.tripod.com /Post2.html   (400 words)

  
 Panapress Official Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - A row has erupted between Liberia's National Elections Commission (NEC) and the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) after CDC's standard bearer, George Weah, claimed that he was cheated in the first round of elections on 11 October.
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - "I'm voting for change...I'm voting for the rightful leader and the future of my children," a mother of five told reporters after casting her vote early Tuesday at polling station in Monrovia.
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Teams of delegates from the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and The Carter Center international observer mission are being deployed in 10 counties across Liberia ahead of the 8 November presidential run-off election in the West African nation.
www.panapress.com /paysindexlat.asp?code=eng027   (828 words)

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