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	GAO - LoveToKnow Article on GAO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		It is known, however, that the city of which the French settlement is the successor was founded by the Songhoi probably in the 7th or 8th century, and became the capital of their empire.
		The first European to reach Gao was Mungo Park (1805); he was followed in 1851 by Heinrich Barth, and in 1896 by the French naval lieutenant Hourst.
		Gao is now the headquarters of a military district.
	78.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GA/GAO.htm (596 words)

	Overseas Presence: More Data and Analysis Needed to Determine Whether Cost-Effective Alternatives
		GAO's grouping of forces and activities in a single list of presence approaches is valid because it reflects the broader nature of presence beyond just forces, as depicted in the 1996 national security strategy and other DOD documents.
		GAO presented these views in a factual manner in the report and did not state conclusions about whether the approaches were equivalent and interchangeable.
		GAO presented cost information on the various presence approaches to show the extent of DOD's investment in the forces and activities used to achieve presence, and did not contrast the costs with the benefits.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/gao/nsiad97133.htm (10989 words)

	GAO - National Security: Impact of China's Military Modernization in the Pacific
		GAO undertook a study of China's military modernization due to numerous, and often conflicting, reports of a military buildup in China.
		GAO's objectives during this study were to (1) assess the nature and purpose of China's military modernization, and (2) compare China's military modernization efforts with those of other Asian nations.
		GAO's work is intended to assist the Congress in decisions it faces concerning China and the region.
	www.globalsecurity.org /intell/library/reports/gao/nsi95084.htm (10406 words)

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		The GAO is recommending the Grant County PUD be charged up to $28 million this year for using federal lands behind Priest Rapids and Wanapum dams.
		The GAO is an audit and investigative arm of Congress.
		Carrington said the GAO is basing its calculations on the percentage of federal land in the dams or their reservoirs and the mistaken theory that the PUD is making profits from selling power on the open market.
	www.fwee.org /news/getStory?story=1112 (501 words)

	GAO - Honduras: Continuing U.S. Military Presence at Soto Cano Base Is Not Critical
		With the end of the Cold War and political changes in the region, GAO examined the need for a continuing U.S. military presence in Honduras.
		U.S. military and embassy officials in the region agree that the military's contribution to the new objectives is incidental and not reason enough to maintain the presence.
		With the end of the Cold War and political changes that have occurred in the region, the major missions of U.S. personnel at Soto Cano are to support military training exercises, humanitarian and civic assistance exercises, and U.S. counterdrug activities.
	www.fas.org /irp/gao/nsi95039.htm (4937 words)

	GAO - Online Information article about GAO
		power and Gao attained its greatest prosperity in the reign of Askia.
		Gao is now the headquarters of a military See also:
		From Gao upwards the Niger is navigable for over r000 m.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GAG_GEO/GAO.html (532 words)

	Oxfam International > West Africa food crisis - situation update
		In Mali, the situation in the pastoral zones of the Northern Gao region of the country is generally improving.
		However, the situation in the Bourem area to the North of Gao is still a concern.
		However, there are still 3 months to go before the end of the hunger gap and WFP have announced a break in their supply chain until the end of September.
	www.oxfam.org /eng/programs_emer_wafrica_sitrep_050907.htm (1115 words)

	Find in a Library: Urbanism, archaeology and trade : further observations on the Gao Region (Mali), the 1996 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Urbanism, archaeology and trade : further observations on the Gao Region (Mali), the 1996 fieldseason results
		Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mali -- Gao Region.
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/0e9616382631b355a19afeb4da09e526.html (82 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Sahelian West Africa – Humanitarian Emergency Fact Sheet #4 (FY) 2005
		Regional government representatives stated that the region had not suffered a large number of animal losses since many animals moved to better pasture in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Benin.
		The governor of Tillaberi Region reported that the 2005 rainy season has been satisfactory to date, and that 26 out of 30 meteorological posts throughout the region have recorded rain surpluses compared to 2004.
		Local leaders in Timbuktu Region agreed that while the present situation does not amount to famine and is not as bad as the 1984/1985 drought, real needs are present.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6FQ3M9?OpenDocument (1341 words)

	yale appendix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		As explained in note 92, supra, the GAO's Area A does not correspond precisely to the geographical units for which census data is publicly available; the closest census unit for area A is the Gainseville Division of Sumter County.
		As explained in note 92, supra, the GAO's Area A does not correlate exactly with the geographical units for which census data is publicly available; the closest census unit is the Landsford Subdivision of Chester County.
		As explained in note 92, supra, the GAO's Area A does not correlate exactly with the geographical units for which census data is publicly available; the closest census unit is the Shocco Township of Warren County.
	www.nyu.edu /pages/elc/ej/BEEN/YaleTable1.html (567 words)

	Civilizations in Africa: Mali
		The Sahel is the savannah region south of the Sahara which, after 750 AD, became the center of culturally and politically dynamic cities and kingdoms because of the strategic importance of the Sahel for trade across north Africa.
		The territory controlled by Mali comprised three distinct regions: the Senegal region with people speaking Niger-Kongo languages, the central Mande states occupied by Soninke and Mandinke, and the region of Gao occupied by people who spoke Songhay.
		Finally, the kingdom of Gao, which had been subjugated to Mali under Mansa Musa, gave rise to a Songhay kingdom that finally eclipsed the magnificent power of Mali.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/CIVAFRCA/MALI.HTM (565 words)

	JINSA Online -- National Security: Impact of China's Military Modernization in the Pacific Region, GAO/NSIAD-95-84
		China's role in regional and international security matters is increasingly important and critical to the furtherance of arms control and other security matters.
		Force modernization is underway in many countries in the region, along with economic and political progress.
		Most regional defense spending and force modernization is not focused on or in direct response to China's current force modernization.
	www.jinsa.org /articles/view.html?documentid=500 (10864 words)

	The Structure and Expression of the Wheat Starch Synthase III Gene. Motifs in the Expressed Gene Define the Lineage of ...
		region (residues 1-648) of the maize DU1 polypeptide.
		corresponding to the region from 3,614-3,940 of the wSSIII.B3 sequence) was amplified and cloned.
		Gao M, Wanat J, Stinard PS, James MG, Myers AM (1998) Characterization of dull1, a maize gene coding for a novel starch synthase.
	www.plantphysiol.org /cgi/content/full/123/2/613 (6571 words)

	www.GovExec.com - Report: Commissary reorganization plan needs work (4/30/01)
		GAO also found that DeCA did not compare its consolidation plan to alternative plans, making it unclear whether consolidating the Eastern Region's operations at Virginia Beach was the best way to increase efficiency.
		GAO pointed out that the consolidation could result in the loss of personnel with operational expertise.
		There was also no documented analysis supporting the proposal to shift management for the 25 Eastern Region commissaries to the Midwest Region, GAO found.
	www.govexec.com /dailyfed/0401/043001t1.htm (461 words)

	Mali
		In the 15th century the Songhai empire in the Timbuktu-Gao region spread its rule over much of Mali, extending eastward to the Hausa kingdoms.
		In 1591 the Moroccan army of Ahmad al-Mansur, the 6th ruler of the Sa'di dynasty, invaded the area, and Timbuktu remained under the Moors for two centuries.
		Thereafter, the Niger River valley was divided between the Tuareg in the region of Gao, the Fulani in Macina, and the Bambara in the kingdom of Ségou.
	www.geocities.com /dili42/CountriesListing/Mali.html (352 words)

	MSF-USA: Mali Information Page
		In the rural commune of Koumantou, in the Bougouni district of the Sikasso region, MSF had found high levels of resistance (90.5%) to the drug chloroquine, which was being used to treat those with malaria.
		From 1996 to 2004, MSF supported the management of health structures in the Gao region's desert district of Ansongo.
		Having supported efforts to extend the cataract program to the Ségou region, also in the central part of the country, MSF handed these activities to local authorities at the end of July 2005.
	www.doctorswithoutborders.org /news/mali.cfm (441 words)

	Civilizations in Africa: Songhay
		A Songhay kingdom in the region of Gao had existed since the eleventh century AD, but it had come under the control of Mali in 1325.
		In the late fourteenth century, Gao reasserted itself with the Sunni dynasty.
		The first major region to go was Hausaland; then Maghreb (Morocco) rebelled and gained control over crucial gold mines.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/CIVAFRCA/SONGHAY.HTM (422 words)

	Mali Regions
		It assigns a FIPS code to the new region of Kidal, and changes the FIPS code of the old region (Gao) from which the new one was formed.
		Region: except for Bamako, which is a district.
		The regions are subdivided into cercles (circles), which are further subdivided into arrondissements.
	www.statoids.com /uml.html (390 words)

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		With the decline of Mali, the kingdom of Gao reasserted itself as the major kingdom in the Sahel.
		The first major region to declare independence was Hausaland; then much of the Maghreb (Morocco) rebelled and gained control over crucial gold mines.
		The Songhai rulers were forced to retreat southward to the Dendi region near the Niger River.
	www.playahata.com /pages/bhfigures/bhfigures12.html (848 words)

	MSU Ag Econ - Theses and Dissertations
		Chapter 2 reviews the regional setting of Northeastern Mali, the structural volatility of grain market supply and demand, and the government's food emergency programs and marketing policies.
		Part II examines rural household food security in the Gao Region with the objective of providing an empirically based understanding of factors determining seasonal effective demand for cereals and seasonal exchange entitlements in 1988/89, a good production year.
		Chapter 7 examines the structure, conduct and performance of the seven rural markets in the Gao Region.
	www.aec.msu.edu /AGECON/theses/abstract.cfm?RecordID=1123 (368 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » West Africa food crisis: situation update and Oxfam's work
		In Mali, monthly household surveys carried out by Oxfam’s food security monitors in the Northern Gao region reveal that families have started to reduce the number of daily meals, in an attempt to ration food supplies.
		In Menaka Circle and parts of Ansongo Circle to the East of Gao, grain eating birds are devastating a large part of the harvest.
		Oxfam are continuing to monitor the food security situation across the region, adjusting our response strategy to ensure that we are targeting the most vulnerable people with the most appropriate assistance.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/DPAS-6JGD6L?OpenDocument (1151 words)

	More than a million people in need of food aid — government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Mopti district, northeast of Bamako, straddles the delta of the Niger River and is the rice growing centre of the country.
		“In villages in the north of Bourem (450 km northwest of Bamako, in Gao region), we found hundreds of carcasses in outlying nomadic areas, and people were thinner, and distressed, and wanting to leave”, said Helene Berton, Oxfam’s coordinator for West Africa.
		She added that Oxfam’s three local partners in that region estimated that close to 100,000 people would be in need of food aid within two months.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=45931 (581 words)

	School: the Tuaregs' new weapon.
		The school at Djebok, 40 kms east of Gao, counts 254 children enrolled in four primary classes, but only 25 in its five secondary grades.
		Emmanuel Sagara, director of basic education for the Gao region, held a seminar in the Chadian capital, Ndjamena, in January 2000, that brought together education experts and officials from Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger, Chad and Mali.
		Sagara says school attendance by 6-12-year-olds is 36 per cent in the Gao region,with girls accounting for 18 per cent of the total.
	www.unesco.org /courier/2000_10/uk/apprend2.htm (731 words)

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		Oxfam, the UK-based NGO, said food security early February in western Gao had deteriorated since October, when swarms of locusts and erratic rains harmed millet and sorghum crops as well as pastures.
		The dry season starting in March would further weaken people there as both food stocks and fodder for animals had run out and could not be replenished until September, she said.
		Oxfam plans to hand out rations to 2,100 families in the Gao region for two months.
	irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=45931&SelectRegion=West_Africa&... (661 words)

	INTERACT!
		Following, the Niger River valley was divided between the Tuaregs in the region of Gao, the Fulani in Macini and the Bambara in the kingdom of Segou.
		Gao is situated along the Niger River which, according to Day, explains the find.
		In the north, sahel region, where Douentza is located, farming is at the subsistence level and cash crops provide a valuable income supplement.
	www.kensingtontv.com /go/riverofsand/interactright.html (8407 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4 municipalities (shi, singular and plural)
		9 regions (mkharebi, singular - mkhare), 9 cities (k'alak'ebi, singular - k'alak'i), and 2 autonomous republics (avtomnoy respubliki, singular - avtom respublika)
		16 regions (regioni, singular - regione) and 4 autonomous regions* (regioni autonome, singular - regione autonoma); Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte, Puglia, Sardegna, Sicilia, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto
	phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2051.html (5912 words)

	KAM Ancient Songhay
		The people of Songhay were farmers and fisherman who who lived along the Niger River of West Africa.
		After centuries of resistance, they came were converted to Islam around the 1200s.
		Roughly around the same year Christopher Columbus had reached the western hemisphere, Askia Muhammad Touré (1493-1528), established the Askia dynasty of Songhay.
	www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Classroom/9912/ancientsonghay.html (634 words)

	yale appendix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Historical Analysis of GAO Region IV Hazardous Waste Landfills Median Housing Values
		The GAO studied the demographics of the area in which the landfill was located (denominated "Area A" in the GAO's report), as well as those of areas within four miles of the landfill (denominated "Areas B, C and D" in the GAO's report).
		The data presented here are only for the areas in which the landfill was located.
	www.nyu.edu /pages/elc/ej/BEEN/YaleTable4.html (244 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions
		8 regions (regions, singular - region); Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou
		10 regions (regions, singular - region); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack, Kolda, Louga, Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor
		8 regions (kraje, singular - kraj); Banskobystricky, Bratislavsky, Kosicky, Nitriansky, Presovsky, Trenciansky, Trnavsky, Zilinsky
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2051.html (4978 words)

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