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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Constituent countries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO.
		The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are not part of the United Kingdom, although their sovereignty is owned by the British Crown.
		The British monarch or Sovereign is the monarch and head of state of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, and is the source of all executive, judicial and (as the Queen_in_Parliament) legislative power.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Constituent-countries (1888 words)

	United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Kingdom, often referred to as "Britain", is a constitutional monarchy and unitary state composed through a political union of four constituent entities: the three constituent countries of England, Scotland and Wales (known as the Home Nations) on Great Britain, and the province of Northern Ireland on the island of Ireland.
		The United Kingdom, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, is often credited with being the nation that "created the modern world", by playing a leading role in developing Western ideas of property, capitalism and parliamentary democracy—to say nothing of its part in advancing world literature, science and technology.
		At the April 2001 UK Census, the United Kingdom's population was 58,789,194, the third-largest in the European Union (behind Germany and France) and the twenty-first largest in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom (6161 words)

	Languages in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		English is the main language and the de facto official language, and is spoken monolingually by an estimated 95% of the UK population.
		In Wales, English and Welsh are required by the Welsh Language Act 1993 to be on an equal footing in the public sector, and Irish and Ulster Scots enjoy limited use alongside English in Northern Ireland, mainly in publicly commissioned translations.
		Their languages are recognised as regional languages by the British and Irish governments within the framework of the British-Irish Council.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Languages_in_the_United_Kingdom (1342 words)

	United Kingdom Encyclopedia Article @ VariedTastes.com (Varied Tastes) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland forms the United Kingdom's principal international land border, although there is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the Channel Tunnel.
		The United Kingdom was formed by Acts of Union which united the Kingdom of England (which included Wales as a principality) with the Kingdom of Scotland and later the Kingdom of Ireland as a single state under the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		The modern "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" was the result of the partition of Ireland in 1922 between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland, which remained part of the United Kingdom.
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/United_Kingdom (5184 words)

	Languages of India [OCLC - About languages and distribution in North America]
		Gujarati is the state language of Gujarat, an western state of India, and is spoken by 70 percent of the state's population.
		It is the state language of Tamil Nadu and is spoken by at least 66 million people as their first language and additional 8 million people use Tamil as a second language.
		Urdu is the language adopted by the majority of the Muslims in India.
	www.oclc.org /americalatina/en/languagesets/educational/languages/india.htm (773 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: English monarch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It ceased to exist as a separate kingdom following the Act of Union of 1707, when it was merged with the Kingdom of Scotland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain (sometimes given as just the Kingdom of Great Britain - contemporary usage was not standardised).
		Union Flag (1606-1800 The united Kingdom of Great Britain, also sometimes known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was created by the merger of the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England under the 1707 Act of Union to create a single kingdom encompassing the whole of...
		His personal rule over the other English kingdoms allowed him to treat on equal terms with Charlemagne in Europe, and to impose a unified currency on the whole of England that survived until 1971.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/English-monarch (1336 words)

	United Kingdom
		In the early years of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain", formed by the Act of Union of 1707, it was customary to refer officially to Scotland and to England and Wales as, respectively, "North Britain" and "South Britain", though the usage never really caught on.
		The United Kingdom is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations (successor organisation to the former British Empire) and NATO.
		It is the ultimate legislative authority in the United Kingdom, according to the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty.
	creekin.net /n193-united-kingdom.html (3615 words)

	United Kingdom -
		The United Kingdom, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing Western ideas of property, capitalism and parliamentary democracy—to say nothing of its part in advancing world literature and science.
		The United Kingdom's other languages are also spoken by small groups across the world, including Gaelic in Canada and limited Welsh in [[Argentina], though vitually extinct in spoken form, some music is still sung in Welsh [3].
		Also sometimes associated with the United Kingdom, though not constitutionally part of the United Kingdom itself, are the Crown dependencies (the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, and the Isle of Man) as self-governing possessions of the Crown, and a number of overseas territories under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/United_Kingdom (4995 words)

	United Kingdom (02/07)
		The United Kingdom's high literacy rate (99%) is attributable to universal public education introduced for the primary level in 1870 and secondary level in 1900.
		The United Kingdom is a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is one of NATO's major European maritime, air, and land powers; it ranks third among NATO countries in total defense expenditure.
		The United Kingdom is one of the United States' closest allies, and British foreign policy emphasizes close coordination with the United States.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3846.htm (4106 words)

	Romance Languages of the Mediaeval Iberian Peninsula
		Its medieval ancestor was spoken in the principality of the Asturias, the oldest Christian principality in the Iberian Peninsula, established as a holdout against the Moorish conquest of the eighth century.
		Aragon united with Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands in the Middle Ages and stood as a strong counterweight to Castilian power on the peninsula, but the two great Christian kingdoms were united in the fifteeneth century by the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella.
		[1] Romance languages are derived from Latin, the common tongue of the Roman Empire which ruled most of the Iberian Peninsula from the Punic Wars in the 3rd century BCE to the Germanic invasions of the 5th century CE.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/laurel/names/iberianlang.htm (1364 words)

	tBlog - United Kingdom
		The United Kingdom, often confusingly referred to as "Britain", is a constitutional monarchy and a "unitary state", composed by the political union of four constituent entities: the three constituent countries of England, Scotland, and Wales on Great Britain, and the province of Northern Ireland on the island of Ireland.
		At the April 2001 census, the United Kingdom's population was 58,789,194, the third-largest in the European Union (behind Germany and France) and the twenty-first largest in the world.
		The United Kingdom's high literacy rate (99%) is attributable to universal public education introduced for the primary level in 1870 and secondary level in 1900 (except in Scotland where it was introduced in 1696).
	adfunk.tblog.com /post/1969869440 (4276 words)

	United Kingdom - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is separated from the continent by the Strait of Dover and the English Channel, and from the Irish Republic by the Irish Sea and the St. Georges Channel.
		The United Kingdom is comprised of four constituents, England, Wales and Scotland which alone form Great Britain and combined with Northern Ireland and several island groups, form the United Kingdom.
		LANGUAGES: The official language is English, although Welsh and Gaelic are spoken by minorities in Wales and the Scottish Highlands respectively.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/unitedki.htm (2673 words)

	Ethnologue: United Kingdom
		Of those, 12 are living languages, 1 is a second language without mother tongue speakers, and 2 are extinct.
		ENGLISH [ENG] 55,000,000 first language speakers in United Kingdom (1984 estimate); 322,000,000 in all countries, first language speakers (1995 WA); 470,000,000 including second language speakers (1995 WA).
		The United Kingdom represents the Isle of Man at the United Nations.
	www.christusrex.org /www3/ethno/Unit.html (834 words)

	Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - Ratifications
		The Statute was adopted on 17 July 1998 by the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court.
		With reference to article 87, paragraph 2, the Kingdom of Belgium declares that requests by the Court for cooperation and any documents supporting the request shall be in an official language of the Kingdom.
		In relation to article 87, paragraph 1, of the Statute, the Kingdom of Spain declares that, without prejudice to the fields of competence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice shall be the competent authority to transmit requests for cooperation made by the Court or addressed to the Court.
	www.un.org /law/icc/statute/status.htm (3144 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		At one time the United Kingdom of Great Britain was a small powerless country.Then in 1700's there was a great industrial revolution making the United Kingdom come into high power.The British adopted there flag in 1801.
		The United Kingdom's agriculture is intensive and highly mechanized.
		There are 3 main languages in the United Kingdom, English, Welsh (26% of Wales), and a Scottish form of Gaelic.
	www.dde.liverpool.k12.ny.us /dde/weurope/unitedkingdom.html (844 words)

	The Ultimate United Kingdom Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union.
		Queen Elizabeth II The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, with executive power exercised by a government headed by the Prime Minister and the other Ministers of State who form the Cabinet.
		The United Kingdom is described as being traditionally a centralised, or unitary, state, with Parliament at Westminster holding responsibility for most of the UK's political power.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/U.K (3597 words)

	14th Governing Council Session - Periodicity and duration of sessions of the Governing Council (decision 14/4) - United ...
		However, his delegation agree with the principle implicit in the representative of France that all United Nations official languages should be used in all official United Nations forums.
		That matter was not strictly about the use of the French language, but rather about the use of all official languages in the United Nations.
		Given the financial crisis of the United Nations, it was questionable whether the General Assembly would approve an additional $500,000 for the biennium for the provision of language services to the meetings of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to UNEP.
	www.unep.org /Documents.multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=100&ArticleID=1592&l=en (575 words)

	United Nations [encyclopedia]
		United States president Franklin Delano Roosevelt suggested the name "United Nations" and the first offical use of the term occurred on January 1, 1942 with the Declaration by the United Nations.
		The United Nations is also a forum in which to support the right of women to participate fully in the political, economic, and social life of their countries.
		The United States and the United Nations after much dispute, negotiated an agreement whereby the United States would pay a large part of the money it owes, and in exchange the United Nations would reduce the assessment rate ceiling from 25% to 22%.
	www.artzia.com /History/Ideas/UN (2377 words)

	Urban Dictionary: united kingdom
		Time to remind him that the definition is United Kingdom and Not England.And whilst on the subject of Blundering Errors England Was Conquered in 1066 by lots of Normans From France Remember William the Conqueror?
		The United Kingdom is a paradox, it has been a role model, and a human rights abuser, where do it's dominions get some of their bad habits from?
		United Kingdom is the shortened version of what is the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' which can be further abbreviated to simply the U.K. The United Kingdom is comprised of four states, in order of size, England the largest, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=united+kingdom (641 words)

	United Kingdom - Wikitravel
		The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the United Kingdom or the UK) [1] occupies all of the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern portion of the island of Ireland and most of the remaining British Isles.
		The capital city of the United Kingdom (and of England) is London.
		Most basic mapping in the United Kingdom is undertaken by the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (in England, Scotland and Wales) and the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.
	wikitravel.org /en/United_Kingdom (8728 words)

	U.S.ENGLISH Foundation Official Language Research - United Kingdom: International treaties
		The Charter commits the government to protect and preserve indigenous minority languages on the territory of the United Kingdom.
		Language activists representing Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish language communities criticized the UK Government for not using the Charter as an active language development tool.
		The language will thereby join Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Scots and Ulster Scots, which are protected and promoted languages within the United Kingdom.
	www.us-english.org /foundation/research/olp/viewResearch.asp?CID=22&TID=7 (709 words)

	Mr. Dowling's European Languages Page
		Latin was the language of the Roman Empire.
		Germanic languages are spoken primarily in northern Europe, including the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom.
		Slavic languages are spoken in Eastern Europe, primarily in Poland, Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Bosnia, and Serbia.
	www.mrdowling.com /702-latin.html (380 words)

	Community Languages - University of Strathclyde
		A degree validated by a higher education institution in the United Kingdom or a degree of an equivalent standard from an institution outside the United Kingdom.
		You must have a degree that is of an equivalent standard to a degree from the United Kingdom and you must have studied your native language up to A level, or equivalent standard.
		You will have to prove to the teacher education institution you apply to that you are fluent in writing and speaking your native language and English.
	www.strath.ac.uk /curricularstudies/courses/pgdesecondary/applications/qualifications/communitylanguages (177 words)

	United Kingdom Travel - United Kingdom Travel Hotel Tourist Attractions
		The United Kingdom (U.K.) is a modern and prosperous European nation as well as one of the world's favorite leisure travel and business travel destinations because of its rich history and attractions, museums, luxury hotels, as well as its trading power and financial role in the world.
		The United Kingdom is located in Western Europe, between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, and northwest of France.
		English is the official language in the United Kingdom.
	www.wanderplanet.com /travel/eu/unitedkingdom/uk.htm (608 words)

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