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	Belgium - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The kingdom of Belgium was founded after the 1830 revolution, but the history of the area – the southern part of the Low Countries (also sometimes referred to in their entirety as the Netherlands) – dates back to pre-Roman times.
		The election of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg (widower of Charlotte, daughter of George IV of England) as King Leopold I was the signal for a fresh Dutch invasion.
		Belgium also gained the district of Eupen-and-Malmédy and the commune of Moresnet from Germany, thus adding 984 sq km/380 sq mi of territory, which in 1925 were made part of the province of Liège.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Belgium (4427 words)

	BELGIUM - LoveToKnow Article on BELGIUM
		The hierarchy of the Church of Rome in Belgium is composed of the archbishop of Malines, and the bishops of Liege, Ghent, Bruges, Tournai and Namur.
		Belgium was regarded too much in the light of an annexed territory, handed over to Holland as compensation for Causes ol the losses sustained by the Dutch in the revolutionary disareeand Napoleonic wars.
		Belgium therefore kept possession of Limburg and Luxemburg, except the fortress of Luxemburg, which as a fortress of the German confederation was, under the terms of the treaty of Vienna, garrisoned by Prussian troops.
	35.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BE/BELGIUM.htm (17360 words)

	Belgium - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Belgium hosts the headquarters of NATO and a major part of the European Union's institutions and administrations, including the European Commission, the Council of the European Union and most of the sessions of the European Parliament.
		Belgium is one of the few countries that has compulsory voting, thus having one of the highest rates of voter turnout in the world.
		Belgium, with an area of 30,528 km², has three main geographical regions: the coastal plain in the north-west, the central plateau, and the Ardennes uplands in the south-east.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Belgium (4053 words)

	Belgium (02/06)
		Belgium is divided ethnically into the Dutch-speaking Flemings and French-speaking Walloons, the 70,000 residents of the eastern German cantons, and the bilingual capital of Brussels.
		The Council of Ministers is chaired by the Prime Minister and consists of the ministerial heads of the executive departments.
		Belgium supported the expansion of NATO and EU membership to the new democracies of central and eastern Europe and is actively engaged in the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2874.htm (5718 words)

	ScienceDaily: List of prime ministers of belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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	Naharnet Newsdesk - Paris-2 Pledges $4.2 Billion to Lebanon
		Eighteen nations, most of them represented by their Prime Ministers or foreign ministers, attended the opening session of Paris-2 as well as the European Commission and eight international financial organizations.
		Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his Malaysian counterpart Mahatir Mohammed were present for the opening session at 10 p.m.
		Also present at the conference were the prime ministers of Belgium and Denmark.
	www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/Story/CC368C5C2C3FF13B42256C7A00325356?OpenDocument&PRINT (511 words)

	ICL - Belgium - Constitution
		Belgium is made up of three Communities: the French Community, the Flemish Community, and the German-speaking Community.
		Belgium is made up of three Regions: the Walloon Region, the Flemish Region, and the Brussels Region.
		The King may not pardon a minister or the member of a Community or Regional Government condemned by the Supreme Court of Appeal, except at the express demand of the House of Representatives or of the Council concerned.
	www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/be00000_.html (11389 words)

	2004 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Belgium
		The Council of Ministers (Cabinet), led by the Prime Minister, holds office as long as it retains the confidence of the lower house of the bicameral Parliament.
		While the list has no official status, the groups continued to state that the prominence of the list, and governmental funding of the Center for Advice on Harmful Sects to monitor some groups from the list, caused negative assumptions and guilt by association.
		The Interior Minister allowed all of the protesters to remain in the country for part of the year, some with families until as late as June, before they had to leave, or they could file for asylum to have their cases individually reviewed.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41672.htm (5787 words)

	Prime Minister
		Prime Ministers can be found in both constitutional monarchies (as is the case in the United Kingdom and Australia), and in republics, where the head of state is an elected or unelected official with varying degrees of real power.
		Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 1860s and 1870s
		Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 1880s and 1890s
	www.fastload.org /pr/Prime_Minister.html (1300 words)

	List of Prime Ministers of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of Prime Ministers of Belgium, known regionally as: Premier Ministre in French, Eerste Minister in Dutch, and Premierminister in German.
		Although Leaders of Government were appointed since the independence of the country, until 1918 the King often presided over the Council of Ministers so the modern era of the "Premiership" started after WWI.
		This page was last modified 15:13, 17 February 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Belgium (104 words)

	Wikinfo \| Prime Minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The German prime minister is known as the Chancellor while the Irish Prime Minister is called the Taoiseach.
		In many cases, though commonly used, 'prime minister' is not the official title of the office-holder.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Prime_minister (1243 words)

	wiki/1953 Definition / wiki/1953 Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He regularly appears on lists of the richest people in the world; as of 2004 he is ranked by Forbes magazine as the fifth richest, worth an estimated $21 billion, $5 billion of which is in Microsoft stock....
		According to custom, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet (which he or she heads) are responsible for their actions to Parliament, of which they are always members.
		The current Prime Minister is the Rt Hon Tony Blair (of the Labour Party), who has been in office since 1997....
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/1953 (13832 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Segway on Blair's list of gifts
		The Segway scooter, of the type George W Bush took a tumble on two years ago, was presented to the prime minister by the King of Jordan, while the bronze fox was presented by the government of Belgium.
		An unnamed minister of state at the culture department bought a boxed set of Beatles CDs for £194, after they were presented to the department by EMI.
		An unnamed minister of state at the Foreign Office was presented with a pearl necklace by Sheika Fatima of Abu Dhabi.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4703537.stm (467 words)

	FRANCIA
		Some of the material might therefore be a little dated now; but there is also the virtue that these histories are going to be largely innocent of the brainless Marxism and the kinds of politically correct "race, class, and gender" analyses that have become popular in "post modern" academia.
		The only drawbacks are that (1) Thompsett's lists are, indeed, genealogical, which means it is sometimes hard to find unrelated rulers in a succession, and (2) the entries are very summary, without any explanation of may be happening as, for instance, domains are divided among multiple heirs.
		However, both Tompsett and WW-Person list Stephen Count of Champagne, Meaux, and Troyes (Tompsett twice, as son of both Herbert the Elder and Herbert, Count of Meaux, identified as "Herbert the Younger").
	www.friesian.com /francia.htm (14283 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Correspondent \| Who Killed Lumumba?
		It was as leader of the MNC that Lumumba emerged as Congo's first prime minister after elections in June 1960.
		On October 6th, the Belgian Minister for African Affairs, Count d'Aspremont Lynden, sent a cable to Katanga's capital, Elizabethville, stating clearly that policy was now directed at the "definitive elimination" of Patrice Lumumba.
		He asked an odd list of questions about my family then as he left he reassuringly advised us to be a little patient as we would have to wait a few minutes more.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/correspondent/974745.stm (2378 words)

	Arutz 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		French President Jacques Chirac, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Spanish Premier Jean-Marie Aznar, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his Malaysian counterpart Mahatir Mohammed were among the leaders on hand for the conference.
		All told, eighteen nations, most of them represented by their prime ministers or foreign ministers, attended as well as the European Commission and eight international financial organizations.
		Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri (accused by many Free Lebanon activists of being a Syrian puppet), told the gathering that he intends to raise $5 billion by privatizing utilities, such as water, telephone, electric, and transportation, and by cutting about 9% off the government budget.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /print.php3?what=article&id=1630 (932 words)

	Hungary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This led to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution/revolt and announced withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact were met with military intervention by the Soviet Union and the deposition and execution of the reform-minded communist prime minister Imre Nagy.
		The prime minister selects cabinet ministers and has the exclusive right to dismiss them.
		The unicameral, 386-member National Assembly (the Országgyűlés) is the highest organ of state authority and initiates and approves legislation sponsored by the prime minister.
	hungary.ask.dyndns.dk (1932 words)

	LLRX -- Research Guide to Belgian Law
		Belgium is a federal state with a civil law system and is member of the European Union.
		For those who are looking for such a list: the website of the law library in Leuven offers a list of weblinks and of all kinds of smaller electronic databases (e.g.
		It lists by subject all relevant legislation, case law and legal literature, referring to journals were they were published.
	www.llrx.com /features/belgian.htm (6502 words)

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	www.gurunet.com /cm-dsid-2222-letter-1L-first-25051 (74 words)

	Wikinfo \| Lists of incumbents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Current incumbents may be found in the countries' articles (main article and "Politics of").
		List of Commissioners of the British Antartic Territory
		List of High Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Lists_of_incumbents (404 words)

	Prime Ministers and Some Others
		It lowered the qualification for the county franchise to £14 and that for the boroughs to £7; and this, together with the enfranchisement of lodgers, was expected to add 400,000 new voters to the list.
		The new Prime Minister was in the House of Lords, seventy-three years old, and not a strong man for his age.
		The Times observed: "The Prime Minister descends upon Greenwich" (where he had taken refuge after being expelled from South Lancashire) "amid a shower of gold, and must needs prove as irresistible as the Father of the Gods." But this was too sanguine a forecast.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/16519/16519-h/16519-h.htm (18184 words)

	Belgique: Country Web Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This year’s OECD Ministerial Council Meeting will be held at OECD Headquarters on 3-4 May 2005 under the chairmanship of Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, with the overarching theme of “Enabling...
		Belgium has actively increased its gas transmission capacity, and has become key player in the overall European gas markets.
		under the chairmanship of Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, ministers from OECD and other countries met to discuss a range of economic policy issues including energy and investment, globalisation and structural adjustment.
	www.oecd.org /topicdocumentlist/0,3024,00_33873108_33873261_1_1_1_1_37459,00.html (362 words)

	United States Embassy Brusssels Belgium
		President Bush welcomed Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt to the White House January 17 where they discussed a number of issues including the situation in the Congo, European defense structures and updating of a U.S.-Belgian tax treaty.
		Bush thanked the prime minister for his leadership in the Congo and pledged U.S. assistance.
		“I told the prime minister my government would work very closely with the Belgium government to help the people of the Congo realize their full potential,” he said.
	www.usembassy.be /belgium/belgovern.htm (364 words)

	Brussels remembers : links
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		In English and French: "After the defeat of France in June 1940 thousands of British prisoners of war were marched north, through France and Belgium, on their way to prison camps in eastern Germany.
		A simple clear chronological list of Belgium's Prime Ministers.
	www.brusselsremembers.irisnet.be /links (351 words)

	IMRA - Tuesday, March 15, 2005 PM SHARON MEETS BELGIUM PM
		Prime Minister Sharon said that Israel is interested in advancing relations
		Prime Minister Sharon expressed his appreciation for on King of the
		Prime Minister Sharon noted the importance of the decision taken by the
	www.imra.org.il /story.php3?id=24538 (582 words)

	France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The president names the prime minister, presides over the cabinet, commands the armed forces, and concludes treaties.
		Palace of Versailles is the number one tourist destination in France followed by the great châteaux of the
		List of fifteen largest French metropolitan areas by population
	www.uncg.edu /gar/courses/lixl/380BLS/380Unit2/Lesson2Restoration_files/France.htm (1420 words)

	Canada
		Pearson remained prime minister until 1968, when he retired and was replaced by a former law professor, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
		In Nov. 2000 elections, however, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of the Liberal Party won a landslide victory for a third five-year term.
		In June 2004, Martin was reelected prime minister, but the Liberal Party lost its majority in Parliament, which it had dominated for 11 years.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107386.html (2150 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II.
		With few natural resources, Belgium must import substantial quantities of raw materials and export a large volume of manufactures, making its economy unusually dependent on the state of world markets.
		Belgium began circulating the euro currency in January 2002.
	www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/be.html (1242 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Executive branch
		Chief of state includes the name and title of the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government.
		In the UK, the monarch is the chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of government.
		elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the monarch
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2077.html (12716 words)

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