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	Heads of state of Cape Verde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		List of Heads of State of Cape Verde
		Republic of Cape Verde (Republica de Cabo Verde)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Cape_Verde (67 words)

	Cape Verde
		Cape Verde is a multiparty parliamentary democracy in which constitutional powers are shared among the elected Head of State, President Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires, former president of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV); the head of government, Prime Minister Jose Maria Neves; and Neves' party, the PAICV.
		The President may dismiss the Government with the approval of the political parties represented in the National Assembly and the Council of the Republic.
		This council consists of the President of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, the President of the Constitutional Court, the Attorney General, the Ombudsman, the President of the Economic and Social Council, the former presidents, and five private citizens appointed by the President.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8291.htm (4479 words)

	Liberia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		While Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo confirmed receipt of the request and notified the Chairmen of the African Union, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mamadou Tandja on March 17, 2006, Nigeria’s plans to comply with the request were not immediately clear.
		The longest serving president in Liberian history was William Tubman, serving from 1944 until his death in 1971.
		Benin · Burkina Faso · Cape Verde · Côte d'Ivoire · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Liberia · Mali · Mauritania · Niger · Nigeria · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Togo
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Liberia (3084 words)

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		In the case of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, which won their independence through armed struggle in the forest of "Portuguese" Guinea from 1963 to 1974, the post independence period has been orderly with the sole exception of a relatively bloodless coup in Bissau in 1980.
		The full names of the parties are found in the list of abbreviations, with the exception of UM which is a coalition of six parties led by Bubacar Djaló, who is the President of Liga Guineense de Protecção Ecológia, LIPE (q.v.).
		Cape Verde has also carried out an ambitious foreign policy of good neighbors in fishing and maritime agreements, new friends around the world, as well as a positive role on the UN Security Council in matters from Rwandan refugees to Angolan elections.
	www.umassd.edu /specialprograms/caboverde/dem1.html (2246 words)

	Politics of Burundi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The current President of Burundi is Pierre Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader of the Hutu National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy who was elected unopposed as the new President of Burundi by the parliament on 19 August 2005.
		Nkurunziza was the first president chosen through democratic means since the start of the civil war in 1993 and was sworn in on 26 August, replacing transitional president Domitien Ndayizeye.
		In November 1995, the presidents of Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zaire (currently Democratic Republic of Congo) announced a regional initiative for a negotiated peace in Burundi facilitated by former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Burundi (760 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999 - Cape Verde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cape Verde is a multiparty parliamentary democracy in which constitutional powers are shared between the elected Head of State, President Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro, an independent; the Head of Government, Prime Minister Carlos Wahnon Veiga; and his party, the Movement for Democracy (MPD).
		This council, created by the last revision of the Constitution in July, consists of the President of the Supreme Court, the Attorney General, eight private citizens, two judges, two prosecutors, the senior legal inspector of the Attorney General's office, and a representative of the Ministry of Justice.
		The Government prepared studies of social policy priorities and legal rights for children and adolescents, and the Cape Verdean Institute for Children was restructured in accordance with norms established in the Convention on the Rights of the Child to implement its obligations under the Convention.
	www.usemb.se /human/human1999/capeverd.html (3429 words)

	Sudan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The situation was exacerbated after President Gaafar Nimeiry went on to implement Sharia Law in September of the same year [2].
		The incident prompting the declaration of war was an attack on the Chadian town of Adré near the Sudanese border that led to the deaths of either one hundred rebels (as most news sources reported) or three hundred rebels.
		In December 1999, a power struggle climaxed between President al-Bashir and then-speaker of parliament Hassan al-Turabi, who was the NIF founder and an Islamist ideologue.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sudan (3845 words)

	africast.com - News List
		PRAIA, September 07 -- President Pedro Pires of Cape Verde and his Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo Sunday met on Sal Island to discuss the ongoing post-election crisis in Guinea Bissau, official sources said here yesterday.
		During their second talks on the crisis within one month, the two presidents stressed the need for Guinea Bissau`s president-elect, Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, to be officially installed as head of state after his election on 24 July.
		Challenger Malam Bacai Sanha of the ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) is disputing the victory of independent candidate Vieira.
	news.africast.com /article.php?newsID=56366 (211 words)

	USA-Presidents.Info - William McKinley Second State of the Union Address
		The President, officers, and troops of the Republic thereupon took the oath of allegiance to the United States, thus providing for the uninterrupted continuance of all the administrative and municipal functions of the annexed territory until Congress shall otherwise enact.
		Under the act of Congress approved April 26, 1898, authorizing the President in his discretion, "upon a declaration of war by Congress, or a declaration by Congress that war exists," I directed the increase of the Regular Army to the maximum of 62,000, authorized in said act.
		It might also be advisable to authorize the President to appoint a committee from the country at large, which, acting with the Congressional and District of Columbia committees, can complete the plans for an appropriate national celebration.
	www.usa-presidents.info /union/mckinley-2.html (13898 words)

	Female Presidents
		Acting President of the Congress and acting Deputy Head of State 1978-79.She was President of Partido Revolucionario de los Izquierda Nazional Gueiler 1979-94, Exile in France 1980-82, Ambassador in Embassy to West Germany 1982-83, and to Venezuela 1983-86 and since 1993 She was deposed by the 129
		In 1973-84 Deputy President of Assembléia Nacional Popular, 1975-80 President of the Parliament of Cap Verde (which was in union with Guinea Bissau at the time) 1981-83 Minister of Health and Social Affairs 1984-89 President of Assembléia Nacional Popular, 1989-94 Member the Council of State and 1990-91 Minister of State (Deputy Premier) for Social Affairs.
		She was Vice-President 1984-86 and President of Sri Lanka Maha Jana Party 1984-86, Leader of United Socialist Alliance 1988 and since 1993 Leader of People’s Alliance and Deputy Leader of Sri Lanka Freedom Party, 1993-94 Chief Minister of the Colombo Province and in a few months in 1994 Prime Minister.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Presidents.htm (2572 words)

	Cape Verde
		Cape Verde is a multiparty parliamentary democracy in which constitutional powers are shared between the elected Head of State, President Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro, an independent; the Head of Government, Prime Minister Carlos Wahnon Veiga; and Veiga's party, the Movement for Democracy (MPD).
		This council, created by the 1999 revision of the Constitution, consists of the President of the Supreme Court, the Attorney General, eight private citizens, two judges, two prosecutors, the senior legal inspector of the Attorney General's office, and a representative of the Ministry of Justice.
		In November 1999, a disagreement within the top levels of the MPD ended cooperation between the party's factions, and the group that controlled the party bureaucracy dismissed a number of dissident ministers and senior officials from the Government.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/725.htm (4264 words)

	By the Sea \| Away.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		That Victorian finery sported by Cape May's inns and bed-and-breakfasts looks positively modern when you consider the early days of European settlement here in the latter half of the 1600s, when water was something you navigated, and farming, whaling and shipbuilding were the trades of the day.
		In 1801, innkeeper Ellis Hughes wooed them with his advertisement of "Seashore Entertainment at Cape May" in the Philadelphia Aurora and General Advertiser: "The situation is beautiful, just on the confluence of Delaware Bay with the Ocean in sight of the Light-house, and affords a view of shipping which enters and leaves the Delaware.
		Once pleasure seekers got to the cape, local innkeepers were prepared to accommodate them, to an extent.
	away.com /primedia/pol_soc/cape_may_1.html (971 words)

	Sierra Leone News Archives - October 2001 - Sierra Leone Web
		As the oral vaccines were given to children in the Lungi Peninsula town of Mahera, the three presidents signed a declaration renewing their commitment to eradicating the disease by the year 2005, in line with the goals of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative which is underwritten by U.N. agencies and Rotary International.
		President Kabbah was among ten African heads of state who met in Dakar on Wednesday to discuss ways to combat terrorism.
		President Kabbah is expected to join other African leaders Wednesday in Dakar on Wednesday for discussions on how to tackle the problem of international terrorism, the Reuters news agency reported.
	www.sierra-leone.org /slnews1001.html (9152 words)

	Why War? Keywords: Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		such as Botswana, Benin, Cape Verde, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mauritius — then there is a foundation on which to...
		...p a list which I think went up to 65 and took it to a conference in Accra, Ghana.
		People there were absolutely fascinated by this list.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/Ghana (509 words)

	Top20Nigeria.com - Your Top20 Guide to Nigeria!
		However, in 1964, a great controversy broke out, over the 1963 population census, with the NCNC claiming that there was an overestimatation of the number of people in the Northern Region, thus giving the north a greater representation in the federal parliament.
		Elections were finally held in 1979, bringing Shehu Shagari into office as the new President of Nigeria.
		Listed links may put this banner on their website.
	www.top20nigeria.com (3717 words)

	Top20CentralAfricanRepublic.com - Your Top20 Guide to Central African Republic!
		The founding father and president of the "Conseil de Gouvernement," BarthÃ©lÃ©my Boganda, died in a mysterious plane accident in 1959, just eight days before the last elections of the colonial era.
		President Bokassa declared himself President for life in 1972 and had himself named Emperor Bokassa I on 4 December 1977.
		Mali's former president, Amadou TourÃ©, served as chief mediator and brokered the entry of ex-mutineers into the government on 7 April 1997.
	www.top20centralafricanrepublic.com (3457 words)

	Dean, Yankee of Vermont by Michael Lind - The Globalist > > Global Politics
		Michael Lind examines the surprisingly long list of political burdens of Yankees in U.S. political history — which Democrats have to overcome to get elected.
		The New England-based Federalist Party lost control early in the presidency when Thomas Jefferson was elected in 1800.
		That success came about only because the winner of the popular vote, Andrew Jackson, was passed over by the House of Representatives in an election without an electoral-vote majority winner.
	www.theglobalist.com /DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=3556 (1565 words)

	ENB @ CCD COP-5
		President Charles Basset (Canada) welcomed dignitaries and delegates to the special high-level Plenary session and urged them to find ways to relieve the suffering of people by positively tackling the nexus of poverty, desertification and land degradation
		Hugo Chavez Frias, President of VENEZUELA, expressed concern at the current military response to the terrorist attacks in the US, and said lasting peace will only be achieved by addressing poverty, inequality and injustice, which he said were the causes of violence.
		President Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires, Cape Verde, said the success of the CCD depends on political will and a predictable financial mechanism such as the GEF.
	www.iisd.ca /desert/cop5/mon0810.html (1039 words)

	News: Sierra Leone, IRIN Update 657 of events in West Africa, News: West Africa, IRIN Update 657 of events in West ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Kumba Yala was sworn in as president of Guinea Bissau on Thursday in a ceremony held at the September 24 stadium in Bissau, a humanitarian source who attended the inauguration told IRIN.
		The ceremony was attended by local and foreign dignitaries, including the presidents of Cape Verde and The Gambia and the Portuguese foreign minister.
		Cohen was scheduled to have talks with President Obasanjo on a number of issues, particularly budgetary matters, during his 16-17 February trip, USIA said.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/bf9ff730a1b3c7f68525688800834de5 (1446 words)

	CaboVerdeOnline.com - Antiquities Act 1906; New Guinea
		Presidents have used the Antiquities Act's proclamation authority not just to create new national monuments but also to enlarge existing ones.
		Even when large areas have been proclaimed national monuments, there has been little argument that more land was included than necessary to protect the features involved.
		The following is a list of all National Monuments proclaimed by Presidents under authority of the "Antiquities Act of 1906".
	www.caboverdeonline.com /contents/my_community/2001/11/19/antiquities_act02111901.asp (421 words)

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		Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Bush: It has come to my attention that some of your White House staff has indicated that you support continuation of the so-called assault weapons ban of 1994.
		Jack Ryan, someone who did not want to be President, but who was a damn fine President and did not take things sitting down would be the first example role model for you.
		The second would be the President as depicted by Harrison Ford in the movie "Air Force One." When you are sure of who was behind this, Mr.
	www.xmission.com /pub/lists/roc/archive/roc.200109 (15681 words)

	Non-Military Terrorism Prevention: Another Wise But Improbable Idea
		In May, the president announced the first round of poor countries eligible for major funding through the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), his flagship program for international development.
		The eligible countries are: Armenia, Benin, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Georgia, Ghana, Honduras, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Senegal, Sri Lanka, and Vanuatu.
		By contrast, the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), the president's program for development in the Middle East, was given $129 million in 2002 and 2003.
	www.tcf.org /list.asp?type=NC&pubid=648 (734 words)

	Radicus Internet - Gulf of Guinea states, Congo, Zaire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		LOME, Togo (AP) -- Ivory Coast's rebels on Wednesday rejected the president's offer to hold a referendum on the constitution, saying it was a diversion and had no effect on peace talks aimed at ending a bloody two-month rebellion in one of West Africa's economic hubs.
		KINSHASA, Nov 11 (AFP) - President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Monday suspended three ministers named in a UN report that accused senior military and political officials of African countries of plundering natural wealth.
		ABIDJAN, Sept 28 (AFP) - South African President Thabo Mbeki is to attend a summit of west African leaders meeting in the Ghanaian capital of Accra on Sunday to discuss the military rebellion in Ivory Coast, a west African economic community spokesman said.
	www.radicus.net /news/listall/world.africa.western.asp (13589 words)

	Media Watch - U.S. drops 20 places in Press Freedom rankings
		But a growing number of African and Latin American countries have earned very respectable rankings: Benin 25, Namibia 25, El Salvador 28, Cape Verde 29, Mauritius 34, Mali 37, Costa Rica 41 (They were all ahead of The United States in 44th place)...
		President Bush ordered his Cabinet secretaries yesterday not to hire columnists to promote their agendas after disclosure that a second writer was paid to research an administration initiative.
		This is comparable to Cape Wind, for example, being forced to distribute the truth about a project that has all along deserved fair, unbiased media recognition.
	www.capecodtoday.com /blogs/index.php/media/2005/10/20/title_23 (2163 words)

	Top20Gabon.com - Your Top20 Guide to Gabon!
		The first president of Gabon, elected in 1961, was LÃ©on M’ba, with Omar Bongo as his vice president.
		President El Hadj Omar Bongo was re-elected in December 1998, obtaining 66% of the votes cast.
		Gabon is also noted for efforts to preserve the natural environment with what may be the largest area of nature parks in the world.
	www.top20gabon.com (892 words)

	The Definitive Guide to Liberia XXXX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The conflict intensified in mid-2003, and the fighting moved into Monrovia.
		While Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo confirmed receipt of the request and notified the Chairman of the African Union, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mamadou Tandja on March 17, 2006, Nigeriaâs plans to comply with the request were not immediately clear.
		Main articles on politics and government of Liberia can be found at the Politics and government of Liberia series.
	www.xxxx.com /s/Liberia (3192 words)

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