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  Poland
Poland is bordered to the north by the Baltic Sea, to the northeast by Russia and Lithuania, and to the east by Belarus and Ukraine.
Poland's relief was formed by the actions of Ice Age glaciers, which advanced and receded over the northern part of the country several times during the Pleistocene Epoch (1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago).
Poland's balance of payments improved (partly as the result of debt forgiveness), and the country became one of the leading economies of the former Eastern bloc.
www.nd.edu /~kielbasa/poland.htm   (9198 words)

  
  List of islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of islands of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
List of islands of Indonesia, Islands of Indonesia
List of islands of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_islands   (141 words)

  
 Faroe Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Faroe Islands (Faroese: Føroyar, meaning "Sheep Islands") are a group of islands in the north Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland.
Denmark retained possession of the Faroe Islands at the Treaty of Kiel in 1815.
The Faroe Islands are an island group consisting of 18 islands, off the coast of Northern Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the north Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Iceland to Norway.
www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/f/fa/faroe_islands.html   (531 words)

  
 Faroe Islands Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Early in the 11th century Sigmund, whose family had flourished in the southern islands but had been almost exterminated by invaders from the northern islands, was sent from Norway, where he had escaped, to take possession of the islands for Olaf Tryggvason, king of Norway.
Denmark retained possession of the Faroe Islands at the Treaty of Kiel in 1814.
The Faroes and the EU The Faroe Islands are not part of the EU, as explicitly asserted by both Rome treaties.
www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Faroe_Islands   (1656 words)

  
 Poland travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Poland was first united as a country and baptised in the middle of the X century.
Poland regained its independence on November 11th, 1918 with the end of the World War I. Soon, in 1920-21, the newly-reborn country was urged to fight for its borders again, this time defending itself from the invasion of Soviet communists marching westwards to conquer Europe.
As Poland is a member of the European Union, citizens of the EU and of the countries belonging to the European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein), as well as Swiss nationals, can enter Poland with a valid passport or identity card.
wikitravel.org /en/Poland   (7133 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Poland
Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century.
Poland's agricultural sector remains handicapped by surplus labor, inefficient small farms, and lack of investment.
Poland joined the EU in May 2004, and surging exports to the EU contributed to Poland's strong growth in 2004, though its competitiveness could be threatened by the zloty's appreciation.
www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/wofact2005/geos/pl.html   (1338 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century.
Poland's agricultural sector remains handicapped by surplus labor, inefficient small farms, and lack of investment.
Poland joined the EU in May 2004, and surging exports to the EU contributed to Poland's strong growth in 2004, though its competitiveness could be threatened by the zloty's appreciation.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/pl.html   (1347 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Poland
Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around the middle of the 10th century.
Poland's agricultural sector remains handicapped by structural problems, surplus labor, inefficient small farms, and lack of investment.
Further progress in public finance depends mainly on privatization of Poland's remaining state sector, the reduction of state employment, and an overhaul of the tax code to incorporate the growing gray economy and farmers, most of whom pay no tax.
www.brainyatlas.com /geos/pl.html   (1281 words)

  
 PASSENGER LISTS & IMMIGRATION INFORMATION - Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
List of names and information on 418 individuals, most of them children, who died in quarantine at two hospitals located on Hoffman and Swinburne Islands.
Passenger List of the Antoinette Marie - Rotterdam to NY to Michigan, 1847
Passenger List of the Bark Geestemunde - Bremen to New York, 1866
maxpages.com /poland/Passenger_Lists - !http://maxpages.com/poland/Passenger_Lists   (1031 words)

  
 Poland - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Domestic violence was not effectively investigated or prosecuted and victims were inadequately protected from further violence and other forms of pressure by the perpetrators.
Noting the genuine willingness of the authorities to combat many of the problems raised in his report, the Commissioner expressed concern that cases of ill-treatment and deaths in police custody had been reported.
The Committee urged Poland to intensify its efforts to combat and punish all such cases, especially through the strict application of relevant legislation and regulations providing for sanctions.
web.amnesty.org /report2004/pol-summary-eng   (658 words)

  
 XE.com - ISO 4217 Currency Code List
This is a list of global currencies and the three-character currency codes that we have found are generally used to represent them.
We have endeavored to list the codes that, in our experience, are actually in general industry use to represent the currencies.
This page is not a list of symbols used in everyday life to denote that a number is a monetary value, such as the dollar sign "$", the Pound sign "£", and the Euro sign "€".
www.xe.com /iso4217.htm   (432 words)

  
 birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
Northern Poland is dotted with lakes and forests and is very important for waterfowl and migrating birds especially the Bay of Gdañsk and large fishponds (like Milicz) and reservoirs (S³oñsk, Turawski, Mietkowski).
The northeastern boundary of the park is near the Belarus border, and the Narew River and its confluence with the Biebrza River form the southern boundary.
List language is of course, Polish, but English messages are understood too.
www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/europe/poland.html   (3036 words)

  
 Preamble
The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the Philippines.
The Ombudsman and his Deputies shall be appointed by the President from a list of at least six nominees prepared by the Judicial and Bar Council, and from a list of three nominees for every vacancy thereafter.
Until a law is passed, the President may fill by appointment from a list of nominees by the respective sectors, the seats reserved for sectoral representation in paragraph (2), Section 5 of Article V1 of this Constitution.
www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/poland.html   (17572 words)

  
 List of the Birds of Poland
the first table explains the abundance and presence codes; the second table is the check list of the birds.
For the list of mammals or national parks of this country or for the links, press the link above.
Pour la liste des mammifčres ou des parcs nationaux ou pour les pages des liens, pressez le lien ci-dessus.
www.birdlist.org /poland.htm   (965 words)

  
 List of islands of Poland - Definition, explanation
List of islands of Poland - Definition, explanation
This is a list of islands of Poland.
Sobieszewo Island Area: 34.3 km² population: 3,570 people.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/l/li/list_of_islands_of_poland.php   (73 words)

  
 Moving To Poland ~ Living In Poland ~ Real Estate In Poland
Hidden Europe - Bieszczady, Poland - Hidden Europe - Bieszczady, Poland - Bieszczady, the name outside Poland means nothing, but in the land of Chopin, Pope John Paul and Lech Walesa the term is like a boiling cauldron.
Poland might be a place to look for a piece of land; the above article gives you an idea of what traveling around Poland might be like.
Bieszczady Mountains ~ Poland’s Hidden Corner ~ by Bart Nabrdalik - For most western tourists anything in Poland outside of Krakow and Warsaw, with perhaps Danzig and Breslau thrown in for good measure, is still pretty much a terra incognita.
www.escapeartist.com /embassy35/poland.htm   (1730 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This list states the country names (official short names in English) in alphabetical order as given in ISO 3166-1 and the corresponding ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code elements.
The list is updated whenever a change to the official code list in ISO 3166-1 is effected by the ISO 3166/MA.
It lists 240 official short names and code elements.
www.iso.ch /iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1-semic.txt   (69 words)

  
 Pitcairn Island Web Site: The home of the descendants of the Bounty Mutineers
The Miscellany, Pitcairn Island's newspaper, is full of island news, stories of trips to Oeno and Henderson Island, monthly fish catch, ship arrivals, local gossip, birthdays, articles written by vistors, events and activities that have happened during each particular month.
Island of Discovery, by Brad Crouch, Escape.com.au, 28 Nov 2004.
Pitcairn Island has a population of approximately 50 persons, give or take a few, of which 6 are the families of the pastor and schoolteacher from abroad.
www.lareau.org /pitc.html   (2535 words)

  
 Poland Travel Tips - Poland Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
Poland is going to enter European Community (EU) in 2004 and in a few years will admit Euro as a currency, I suppose.
These lakes are situated in widely varied countryside, and their banks are full of inlets and peninsulas, islands, and sometimes surrounded by forests.
Poland is going to join European Community (EU) in 2004 and enter EU currency in 2006.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Poland/General_Tips-Poland-BR-9.html   (707 words)

  
 POLAND
Look the award in: http://www.sp3pnr.hg.pl GCR list must be certified by the awards manager of your society, or by a radio club, or by two licensed amateurs.
General Requirements: GCR list of all contacts made is required with appropriate names if available and fee of $US7 ($US8 for airmail) or equivalent payment in IRCs.
List of Bialystok stations for SASE to K1BV.
www.dxawards.com /DXAwardDir/poland.htm   (5616 words)

  
 PWHCE - Coalition of the Willing List, Map and Troop Numbers
This includes Croatia and Slovenia (signatories to the Vilnius Statement, but not listed as part of the Coalition) and Norway and Sweden, which advocated a war to unseat Saddam Hussein until it became clear the UN would not support such a war, at which point they espoused offical positions of opposition to the war.
For example, Australia is listed as having 800 troops in Iraq, although November figures listed 850, and during March 2003 there were 2000 Australian troops in theatre, including warships, jet fighters and the Special Air Service, one of the world's finest special forces regiments.
This article by Solidarnosc democracy campaigner Adam Michnik (Poland) is a rebuttal of an attack made by a German journalist against Michnik, Vaclav Havel and George Conrad, in which the three were accused of abandoning their principles by 'uncritically' supporting America.
www.pwhce.org /willing.html   (3132 words)

  
 STCW White List expanded
The so-called “White List” of countries assessed to be properly implementing the revised STCW Convention (STCW 95) has been updated by IMO.
The new White List is contained in an MSC Circular, which notes that, as the process of communicating and evaluating information is continuing, further Parties may be added to the list at annex at its subsequent meetings.
A flag State Party that is on the White List may, as a matter of policy, elect not to accept seafarers with certificates issued by non White List countries for service on its ships.
www.imo.org /InfoResource/mainframe.asp?topic_id=67&doc_id=1026   (296 words)

  
 The DJ List - Poland: Warszawa
The DJ List is not responsible for inaccurate event information appearing on this web site.
The DJ List is not be liable for inaccuracies, omissions, or other types of errors that may exist.
The posting of events on the Events Calendar does not constitute an endorsement of the event by The DJ List, the Artists or the Venue.
www.thedjlist.com /world/Poland/Warszawa   (152 words)

  
 The Annotated Ramsar List: Poland
The Annotated Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance
Poland presently has 13 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance, with a surface area of 125,760 hectares.
It is also one of Poland’s richest Stone Age archaeological sites.
www.ramsar.org /profile/profiles_poland.htm   (1572 words)

  
 Mathematics Departments
Note that in some countries what are known as institutes or centers may correspond to US mathematics departments, so if you do not find what you want it may be useful to look at the lists of Institutes and Centers or
Click on a country name to go to the national list of universities, departments and organizations.
The earliest lists of this type were developed by David Sibley at Penn State University.
www.ams.org /mathweb/mi-depts.html   (127 words)

  
 Poland dating, Poland singles, Poland chat at Matchmaker.com
Poland dating has never been easier with our show interest feature that will allow you to break the ice with attractive local singles.
The Poland dating scene can be hard to find the right person at times; however, we are here to help and our Poland online dating service is free to register.
Matchmaker.com is one of the oldest Poland online dating services on the Internet and has brought thousands of couples together from the area.
www.matchmaker.com /mm/dating/maine-poland.htm   (543 words)

  
 Biosphere reserves and World heritage sites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sites on the World Heritage List are cultural and/or natural properties recognized by the World Heritage Committee has being of outstanding universal value.
The Tubbabaha Reef is one of the reefs around the Island of Palawan BR.
The Hawaiian Islands BR is a cluster made up of the Haleakala National Park and the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
www.unesco.org /mab/BR-WH.htm   (928 words)

  
 U.S. Adoption Agencies That Place Children From Abroad
Select a country from which you are interested in adopting a child to find a list of U.S. licensed private adoption agencies that provide adoption services for children in that country.
Check with any agency listed to be sure if they are currently placing children from that country.
Inclusion on these lists is for information-sharing purposes and does not constitute an endorsement by Information Gateway or the Children's Bureau.
www.childwelfare.gov /pubs/country_resource_lists.cfm   (210 words)

  
 UNESCO World Heritage List
The list currently contains 812 different properties as of July, 2005.
The World Heritage List was established under terms of the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Culture and Natural Heritage adopted in November, 1972 at the 17th General Conference of UNESCO.
List of the 177 parties which have signed the convention
www.thesalmons.org /lynn/world.heritage.html   (1964 words)

  
 Poland Volunteer Program - Teach English and Care for Children
During free time, volunteers may visit the attractions of both the Krakow and Warsaw regions.
Near Krakow, volunteers may tour many of the sites depicted in the film Schindler's List, as well as Wawel Castle, Auschwitz, and the salt mines.
Continue on to explore and read much more on Global Volunteers in Poland!
www.globalvolunteers.org /1main/poland/volunteer_in_poland.htm   (299 words)

  
 Jacey Ford's Contest
Lauren had already checked out the location for todayís shootóa beautiful stretch of white sand beach here on the tourist side of the island, with swaying palm trees and water such a clear blue that it almost hurt to look at.
Sadly, the tourist areas on this island had to be protected by machine gun-wielding security guards, and travelers were advised not to leave these secure locales without proper protection.
Most U.S. tourists who visited the island remained cloistered within the concrete walls of their all-inclusive resorts, but even they were sometimes accosted by drug runners on jet skis who peddled their pharmaceuticals to anyone who swam far enough from the beach.
www.jaceyford.com /contest.htm   (312 words)

  
 LeadFactory: "pay per subscriber" / "pay per email lead" program.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Not every type of email list is well suited for LeadFactory (nor do we accept all types), but a wide variety have done well with it.
Daily lists include each subscriber's email address, and optionally just their first name, or both first and last name.
Visitors to those sites who want to join (subscribe) to any of the advertised email lists, must click a checkbox for each list of interest to them, enter their name and email address in the fields provided, and click a button to submit the form.
leadfactory.com /leads   (3004 words)

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