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| | United Kingdom Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to United Kingdom or UK) is a country situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe, and is surrounded by the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean. |
 | | Each year, the monarch officially opens Parliament, and makes a speech announcing what the government plans to do during the next year, however that speech is usually written by the Prime Minister. |
 | | The main rivers and estuaries are the Thames, Severn and the Trent and Ouse feeding the Humber Estuary; major cities include London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Bristol, Nottingham, Leicester, and Newcastle upon Tyne. |
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