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  Category:Lists of people on stamps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of people on stamps of the Bahamas
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 Colombia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is bound to the north and north-west by the Caribbean Sea, to the east by Venezuela and Brazil, to the south by Ecuador and Peru, and to the west by Panama and the Pacific Ocean.
Colombia's bicameral parliament is the Congress or Congreso, which consists of the 102-seat Senate and the 166-seat Chamber of Representatives.
Colombia has a diverse population that reflects its colourful history and the peoples that have populated her from ancient, to colonial and modern times.
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 List of people on stamps of Colombia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article lists people who have been featured on the postage stamps of Colombia and its states.
List of people on stamps of South America
List of people on stamps of: Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Uruguay · Venezuela
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_people_on_stamps_of_Colombia   (131 words)

  
 Why War? Keywords: Colombia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The country continues to be plagued by guerrilla insurgents such as FARC and the effects of the influential drug trade, which are hampering political and economic reforms and leading to disruptions of public life and international concern.
The western half of Colombia is dominated by the Andes, which split into three great mountain ranges, the Western, Central and Eastern Cordillera.
Ethnic diversity in Colombia is a result of the intermingling of indigenous Amerindians, Spanish colonists, and African slaves, producing a mixture of mestizos (58%), whites (20%), mulattos (14%), fls (4%), and mixed fl-Amerindians (3%).
www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/Colombia   (1255 words)

  
 Colombia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The word "Colombia" comes from the name of Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón in Spanish, Cristoforo Colombo in Italian) and was conceived by the revolutionary Francisco de Miranda as a reference to the New World, especially to all American territories and colonies under Spanish and Portuguese rule.
Colombia has a total area of 1,138,910 square kilometres (439,736 sq. mi) being the fourth biggest country in South America after Brazil, Argentina and Peru and the seventh one in the American Continent.
After experiencing decades of steady growth (average GDP growth exceeded 4% in the 1970-1998 period), Colombia entered into a recession in 1999, and the recovery from that recession was long and painful.
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 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: List of people on stamps of Colombia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (January 23, 1903 - April 9, 1948) was a politician, a leader of a populist movement in Colombia, a former Education Minister (1940) and Labor Minister (1943-1944), mayor of Bogotá (1936) and chief of the Colombian Liberal Party (1947-1948).
Guillermo León Valencia (born October 29, 1873, Popayán, Colombia; died July 8, 1943, Popayán) was a Colombian poet and statesman, whose technical command of verse and skill at translation are notable.
Ethnic diversity in Colombia is a result of the intermingling of indigenous Amerindians, Spanish colonists, and African slaves, producing a mixture of mestizos (58%), whites (20%), mulattos (14%), fls (4%), and mixed fl-Amerindians (3%).
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is bound to the north by Panama and the Caribbean Sea, to the east by Venezuela and Brazil, to the south by Ecuador and Peru, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.
The country continues to be plagued by guerrilla insurgents such as FARC, counter-insurgency paramilitary groups such as AUC and the effects of the influential drug trade, which are hampering political and economic reforms and leading to disruptions of public life and international concern.
Colombia controls the islands of Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia in the Caribbean and the other in the Pacific Ocean.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Colombia   (952 words)

  
 List of people on stamps - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Although many smaller countries will put a hodge-podge of international personalities on their stamps in an effort to make sales to collectors, countries with a more respectable issuing policy will more often feature people who have played an important role in the country's own history and culture.
By 1965 all parts of Aden were using the stamps of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
From 1904 British East Africa used the stamps of the East Africa and Uganda Protectorates.
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 List of people on stamps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The usual practice is for the stamp to feature a portrait of the person, either full-length or head alone.
The list that follows is an index to the lists of people for individual countries.
In some cases, several short lists from related countries are merged into a single list, while entries without links indicate entities that never had any people on their stamps.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/list_of_people_on_stamps   (363 words)

  
 Learn more about Colombia in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
They soon established settlements that eventually grew into the colony of New Granada, which included all of Spanish northwestern South America, and became a viceroyalty in 1717.
Internal political and territorial divisions led to the secession of Venezuela and Ecuador in 1830 and the country was renamed New Granada until 1856 when it became the Granadine Confederation until 1863 when it became the United States of Colombia until 1886 when it became the Republic of Colombia.
The country continues to be plagued by guerilla insurgents such as FARC and the effects of the influential drug trade, which are hampering political and economic reforms and leading to disruptions of public life and international concern.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /c/co/colombia.html   (824 words)

  
 Colombia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Internal political and territorial divisions led to the secession of Venezuela and Quito (today's Ecuador) in 1830 and the remaining Department of Cundinamarca was renamed New Granada until 1856 when it became the Granadine Confederation.
Main article: Politics of Colombia Colombia is a republic where the executive branch dominates government structure.
Main article: Demographics of Colombia Colombia has a diverse population that reflects its colourful History and the peoples that have populated her from ancient, to colonial and modern times.
colombia.iqnaut.net   (920 words)

  
 Colombia -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The highest mountain in Colombia is not in the Andes but in the Caribbean plain: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta with its highest points named Pico Cristobal Colon (5,775 m or 18,947 ft) and Pico Simon Bolivar (same elevation).
Colombia's main exports include manufactures (41.62 of exports), petroleum (26.52%), coal (12.11%), cocaine (9.34%) and coffee (6.10%), New oil exploration is needed to offset declining oil production.
The historic amalgam of three main groups are the basis of Colombia's current demographics: indigenous Amerindians, immigrant Europeans (primarily Spanish colonists), and imported African slaves.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Colombian   (2485 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Colombia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
President Alvaro Uribe, a Harvard and Oxford-educated lawyer, was elected President of Colombia in May 2002 on a line platform to restore security to the country.
Among his promises was to continue to pursue the broad goals of the Pastrana administration's Plan Colombia, but within the framework of a long-term security strategy.
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=Colombia   (875 words)

  
 Colombia - Gurupedia
The Republic of Colombia is a country in north-western
It is bound to the north by Panama and the
African slaves, are the basis of Colombia's current demographics.
www.gurupedia.com /c/co/colombia.htm   (834 words)

  
 The road less traveled: telegraph stamps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Collect stamps were the equivalent of postage due stamps, showing that the telegraph fee had not been paid or paid in full by the sender.
Telegraph stamps of Ceylon, India, Uganda and Uruguay were usually in the form of long vertical or horizontal strips that often repeat the same design element or denomination on both halves of the stamp.
Military telegraph stamps of Sudan are perforated vertically through the center of the stamp design with the intent that, when used, half of the stamp will remain with the message form and half with the receipt when they were separated.
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 List of people on stamps of Germany: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This is a list of people on postage stamp (postage stamp: A token that postal fees have been paid) s of Germany (Germany: A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990).
List of people on stamps of the Nethe...
List of people on stamps of Costa Ric...
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 ZNet | Colombia | The Dark Side of Flowers
More than 35,000 people in Colombia have been killed during the past decade for political reasons, the report notes.
Although DDT is illegal in Colombia, it showed up in 22 out of 25 water samples taken in the Bogotá savanna in 1995 by Colombia’s National University as part of a study assisted by the national health ministry.
Colombia has regulations governing pesticide use, but there are no rules specifically for greenhouses.
www.zmag.org /content/Colombia/cox_flowers.cfm   (4336 words)

  
 Istanbul and Baila Tango Argentine Tango Festival 2003 - A Journal and Photo Documentary
To this day, the mystery has not been solved, due to a long list of logistical obstacles, and one does not know if Christie had an off-scene affair or a short-term memory loss, which caused her to wander.
I found many of the people from Istanbul and from surrounding towns to be warm, generous, and very robust in spirit.
People tend to leave food for the stray animals, and they did not look weak or unhealthy.
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 List of people on stamps : People on stamps
List of people on stamps : People on stamps
Used stamps of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1993.
See List of people on stamps of Norfolk Island[?]
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 What is Colombia? : Abaara fun facts and uncommon knowledge - Colombia
It is bound to the north and north-west by the Caribbean Sea, to the east by Venezuela and
Pacific Ocean.It is the size of Texas and California combined.
The historic amalgam of three main groups;, Spanish colonists, and imported African slaves, are the basis of Colombia's current demographics.
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 Americas Cases 2004
Yolanda Becerra, president of the Women’s Popular Organization, told CPJ that in her weekly television segment, Peña speaks about young people who are affected by the Colombian civil war and constantly denounces human rights violations committed by armed groups.
Colombia's illegal armed groups have a strong presence in the region.
On August 2, Colombia's Defense Ministry issued a statement saying that the detention of the journalists was part of a routine inspection.
www.cpj.org /cases04/americas_cases04/colombia.html   (1793 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Colombia Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is bound to the north by Panama and the Caribbean Sea, to the east by Venezuela and Brazil, to the south by Ecuador and Peru, a...
An independence movement sprang up around 1810 that finally succeeded in 1819 when the territory of the Viceroyalty of New Granada became the Republic of Gran Colombia.
Colombia's largest city is its capital Bogotá, other major cities include Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, Barranquilla, Ibagué, Manizales, Pasto, Cúcuta and Bucaramanga.
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 Santa Cruz Indymedia: The People Confront Racist Minutemen in Sacramento
Native Peoples from the North borrowed many traditions from the South such as ceremonies and agricultural techniques (maize was a introduced by the Maya to the Anasazi).
Native people on both sides of your artificial border are one nation.
But telling people to go to Mexico to try to bring change ignores the fact that U.S. imperialism through unfair trade, military aid, and military intervention is the single biggest problem for the people of the entire world, including Mexico.
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 viviendo la vida colombiana...
People and dogs get killed all the time by bus drivers who are in too much of a hurry and there's no excuse for any of it.
We cruised around the city for a while, dropped off Sandra's dad, and headed to her sister's house, where we picked up HER daugher Camila and another girl (who I later realized is their housekeeper or something because she didn't sit with us later at dinner).
All the people I've met seem very sympathetic to my research topic and more than willing to help; I can only hope that I will encounter similarly nice individuals at the library(ies) I plan to attack next week.
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 Articles - Colombia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Republic of Colombia (Spanish:) is a country in northwestern South America.
In 1000 BC, groups of Amerindians developed the political system of "cacicazgos" (answering to a figure known as the Cacique) with a pyramidal structure of power, especially in the cases of the Muisca or Chibcha people.
Eventually being led by Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Paula Santander, the rebellion finally succeeded in 1819, when the territory of the Viceroyalty of New Granada became the Republic of Gran Colombia, as a Confederation with Ecuador and Venezuela.
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 Ojor.Com - Colombia - Home --(World Cities Communities)
If something should be said about Colombians and Colombia, it is that everything here is done passionately: living, partying and arguing.
"Intense" might be a word that describes not only 35'000.0000 warm hearted people but that also applies to the whole of experiencing Colombia: the lavish green of the amazon, the deep blue of both our oceans and one of the most exhuberant and diverse fauna and flora in the planet.
Colombia is a country for "travellers" more than tourists; if you are willing to spend some days babbling Spanish, dealing with a diferent perception of time and marvelling yourself at a country full of contradictions, this is your place.
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 Coat of Arms of Colombia: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Coat of Arms of Colombia (Colombia: A republic in northwestern South America; the major legal crop is coffee but cocaine is also a major export) contains a shield with numerous symbols.
The national flag (national flag: An emblem flown as a symbol of nationality) is draped on each side of the shield.
The topmost section contains a pomegranate (pomegranate: Shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit), as a symbol of the kindom of New Granada (New Granada: new granada was the name given to a group of colonial provinces in northern south america,...
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When Spruille Braden, U.S. ambassador to Colombia during the early 1940s, complained about the anti-American tone of a pastoral letter issued by Colombian Archbishop Ismael Perdomo, Spellman sent a personal emissary to Bogota to lecture Perdomo on the need for cooperation in the war effort.
Similarly, the Vatican said nothing about the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Serbs belonging to the Serbian Orthodox church during the Nazi Catholic puppet dictatorship of Croatia, apparently because its leader, Ante Pavelic, and his Ustashi thugs had the support of the local Catholic clergy.
W.R. Grace and Co. was on the U.S. government's "Watch list" of companies known or suspected to be trading with the enemy during WWII.
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 Images of Mathematicians on Postage Stamps
One of a series of six stamps, "Old Masters Paintings." The painting "Archimedes" is by Domenico Fetti arch1.jpg; issued by Italy in 1983 arch2.jpg; issued by San Marino in 1982 arch3.jpg; issued by Greece in 1983 arch4.jpg; issued by Spain arch5.jpg
Isued by Colombia in 1962 on the 75th anniversary of the society, showing the emblem of the society, which features the Greek letter π colombia1.jpg; issued by Colombia in 1994 colombia2.jpg
The two mathematics stamps were part of a series of seven stamps, "Personalities of culture life." Physicist Frantisek Zaviska (1879-1945) and mathematician Karel Petr (1868-1950) jcmf1.jpg; two mathematicians: Miloslav Valouch (1878-1952) and Juraj Hronec (1881-1959) jcmf2.jpg
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