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  Burundi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The official languages are Kirundi and French, although Swahili is spoken along the western border.
Recent reports indicate the Christian population may be as high as 90% with most of the remainder being Muslim.
Campaign for the prosecution of FNL leader Agathon Rwasa
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burundi   (1744 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Maginot Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
It was named for André Maginot, who was French minister of war (1929-32) and who directed its construction.
Its actual strength was never tested, for the line was flanked by the Germans in their French campaign of 1940.
Like fortified lines since the Great Wall of China, the chief effect it had was to create a false sense of security; it could not eliminate the necessity for mobile warfare, and that particular lesson was thoroughly learned after the French collapse of 1940.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MaginotL.asp   (273 words)

  
 Mauritania on the Internet
Campaign site for Ahmed Ould Daddah "Candidat du RFD [Rassemblement des Forces Démocratiques] aux élections présidentielles du 07 novembre 2003".
Campaign site for Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, 2003 presidential candidate for the “La Forces du Changement” party.
Party manifesto, regulations, statutes, declarations, interviews, press releases, presidential campaign, articles, press conferences, economy and education reports, photographs.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/mauritan.html   (1944 words)

  
 M of A - The Nuclear Option
It was built for the most part by French companies, but interestingly, it used a US technology (pressurised water) under license (developed by Westinghouse) because it was cheaper than the technology (using graphite) which had been developed so far in France.
Environmentalists say (in French, again) that the watchdog cannot be considered to be independent as it is a government department and the State is the owner of EDF and strongly pro-nuclear...
Cour des Comptes report on decommissioning and nuclear waste (in French; the Cour des Comptes is the financial watchdog for all public entities, it is fiercely independent).
www.moonofalabama.org /2005/04/the_nuclear_opt.html   (8109 words)

  
 Nicolas Perrot
Later, as a fur trader around Green Bay, he acquired considerable influence over the Indians of Wisconsin and in 1670 was sent to the West by Frontenac to take formal possession for France.
Perrot was made (1685) commandant of the territory around Green Bay and opened trade with the Sioux as well as with other Indians and in 1689 formally claimed possession of the upper Mississippi region for New France.
Historical reflections on the splendor and decline of Argentina.
www.infoplease.com /id/A0838492   (332 words)

  
 Top 20 Encyclopedia
Motto: Unité, Travail, Progrès (French: Unity, Work, Progress)
Estimate is based on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest International Comparison Programme benchmark estimates.
The culture of Burundi is related to that of neighbouring countries and its prominence has been limited by the civil war.
encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Burundi   (1566 words)

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