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	portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mainland Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south.
		In 1249 - 1250, the Algarve is finnaly reconquest by Portugal to the Moors, and in 1255, the capital is shifted to Lisbon.
		Portugal is the country for wine lovers, known since the Roman Empire as one of the greatest in the empire; the Romans immediately associated Portugal with its God of Winery and Feast, Bacchus.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /portugal.html (4384 words)

	moving to Portugal - relocation Overview
		The autonomous regions of Portugal are the Azores (A?ores) and the Madeira Islands.
		The estimated population of Portugal in 2003 was 10,102,022.
		The climate of Portugal varies according to the nearness to the ocean and its height.
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	Read about Portugal at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Portugal and learn about Portugal here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Philip II of Spain was the son of a Portuguese princess, the Spanish ruler became Philip I of Portugal in 1580.
		In mainland Portugal, average temperatures are 13ºC in the North and 18ºC in the South.
		Historically, The 19th century was a failure to Portugal as it was for Spain and other countries in southern Europe, and in the end of that century, Portugal entered a serious economical and financial crisis, thus it turned to colonial expansion in Africa, careless of internal reforms.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Portugal (5664 words)

	Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south.
		Portugal developed an increasingly service-based economy and it was one of the eleven founding countries of the Euro in 1999, with very restrictive criteria, and began circulating its new currency on January 1, 2002 along with 12 other EU members.
		Portugal was recognized as a autonomous kingdom by Leon in 1143 and by the Pope in 1179.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Portugal.htm (7308 words)

	Portugal (07/05)
		Portugal was the first country to breach the Eurozone's Stability and Growth Pact budget deficit target of 3%, with a gap equal to 4.2% of GDP.
		Portugal was a founding member of NATO; it is an active member of the alliance by, for example, contributing proportionally large contingents in Balkans peacekeeping forces.
		Portugal was a strong advocate of independence for East Timor, a former Portuguese colony, and has committed troops and money to East Timor, in close cooperation with the United States, Asian allies, and the United Nations.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3208.htm (2576 words)

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		Linked to the main tourist and commercial areas by the new Skytrain (overhead rail system) the area is provides a good base for exploring the sights and sounds of...
		One of the most fascinating areas of Bangkok, the riverside reflects a constantly changing scene with taxi boats gently transporting passengers, rice barges being towed laden with goods and local trading boats, against a backdrop of glittering temples and modern warehouses.
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	Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Because Philip II of Spain was the son of a Portuguese princess, Spain invaded Portugal and the Spanish ruler became Philip I of Portugal in 1580.
		Portugal is known for its traditional architecture, its wines, its food, and its literature.
		Portugal was recognized as a kingdom with its own king by Leon in 1143 and by the Pope in 1179.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/po/Portugal.htm (4713 words)

	Chapter 18: Spain and Portugal, vol. 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Portugal was better situated to go its own way, bolstered by its tradition of independent monarchy and isolated by Castile from direct French assistance but also from the negative effects of French intervention.
		Portugal's anti-Bourbon allies failed to provide all the assistance promised, and peace was made on the basis of the status quo ante in 1713.
		In Portugal, as in Spain, the old regime still revealed a high degree of cohesiveness and general acceptance by the population at the end of the eighteenth century.
	libro.uca.edu /payne2/payne18.htm (10587 words)

	The Black Man's Gift to Portugal
		Portugal was the wealthiest, most powerful country in the world, with a large empire and colonies in Asia, Africa and America.
		Portugal brought the first Black slaves to Lisbon in 1441, and they continued to be imported in such numbers that by 1550, the population of Portugal was 10 percent Negro (the U.S. is 13-14 percent Negro today).
		Portugal is a forgotten land - bypassed by the tourists and shunned by the scholars.
	www.stormfront.org /posterity/race/blackgift.html (2427 words)

	ICL - Portugal - Constitution
		(2) Portugal advocates the abolition of all forms of imperialism, colonialism, and aggression, simultaneous and controlled general disarmament, the dissolution of politico-military blocs, and the setting up of a collective security system, with a view to the creation of an international order capable of safeguarding peace and justice in the relations among peoples.
		(1) The National Flag is the symbol of the sovereignty of the Republic, the independence, the unity and the undivided nature of Portugal; it shall be the flag that was adopted by the Republic established by the Revolution of 5 October 1910.
		Portuguese citizens living or residing abroad enjoy the protection of the State in the exercise of their rights and are subject to such duties as are not incompatible with their absence from the country.
	www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/po00000_.html (17375 words)

	Portugal - Gurupedia
		Mainland Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and the
		One of which, the Suevi, stopped fighting and founded a kingdom whose domains was, approximately, in today's Portugal, they fixed their capital in Bracara.
		Map includes the area of Olivença, disputed with and currently administered by Spain.
	www.gurupedia.com /p/po/portugal.htm (4142 words)

	Country Profile - Portugal
		Research projects in coastal and marine areas are mainly related to: fish stocks assessment and distribution; phytoplankton dynamic and coastal eutrophication; sediments contamination and deposition of dredged sediments; environmental impact of estuaries in adjacent coastal zones; and macro algae stocks evaluation and distribution.
		Portugal has carried out activities to raise the awareness of its municipalities for the need to improve the design and construction of landfills, and technical standards for the construction and operation of landfills have been published and distributed.
		Portugal is ready to cooperate with Northern African Countries in the framework of the activities stemming from the Northern Mediterranean Regional Implementation Annex.
	www.un.org /esa/earthsummit/portu-cp.htm (13151 words)

	Portugal Regions
		Portugal is divided into eighteen distritos (districts) and two regiões autônomas (autonomous regions).
		Portugal uses seven-digit postal codes, with a hyphen between the fourth and fifth digits.
		Portugal was administratively divided into distritos, which were subdivided into concelhos, which were further subdivided into paróquias (parishes).
	www.statoids.com /upt.html (1090 words)

	PORTUGAL: Brazilian Families Resettle the Heartland
		Since Portugal entered the then European Economic Community in 1986, cohesion funds (to reduce disparity between regions and stabilise the economy) have been spent mainly on investments in coastal areas and the big cities, leading to the inexorable exodus from rural areas.
		Municipalities in Portugal have a great deal of autonomy from the central government, and have their own resources to carry out programmes such as the one at Vila de Rei.
		The socialist and rightwing administrations that have alternately governed Portugal since 1986 have implemented the "primitive policy" of denying Alentejo funding because it is mainly communist, he said.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=33286 (1575 words)

	ISoCaRP Case Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In recent times the application of Cellular Automata (CA) to several case studies around the word has been a very promising element in the development of “New Theories and Techniques Applied to Spatial Planning”.
		Concurrently to the previous three contributions to the theory of spatial planning, this paper adds three other elements to the techniques of spatial planning 1.
		These 6 elements contributing to theories and techniques of spatial planning were applied to two different case studies, the Lisbon and the Porto Metropolitan Areas in Portugal.
	www.isocarp.org /projects/case_studies/cases/cs_info_no.asp?ID=229 (131 words)

	Portugal - Europe Movers. Moving companies Portugal. Free quotes by movers.
		The naming of Portugal itself reveals most of the country's early history, stemming from the Roman name Portus Cale, a possibly mixed Greek and Latin name meaning "Beautiful Port", or even mixed Celtic and Latin or mixed Phoenician and Latin.
		During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power, its empire streching from Brazil to the Indies.
		Portugal is one of the warmest European countries.
	www.europemovers.com /Portugal.html (484 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Heat wave puts Portugal's urban areas under red alert
		Heat wave puts Portugal's urban areas under red alert
		A severe heat wave has put 12 regions in Portugal on red alert, the highest level of the country's four-alert scale, said the Portuguese General Health Administration on Friday.
		The 12 regions -- Braga, Oporto, Aveiro, Coimbra, Castelo Branco, Leiria, Santarem, Lisboa, Portalegre, Setubal, Evora and Beja -- make up the vast majority of the country's metropolitan territory which has a total of 18 regions.
	english.people.com.cn /200608/12/eng20060812_292517.html (230 words)

	Carpets from the Islamic World, 1600–1800 \| Thematic Essay \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		With the work of European traders, Indian carpets traveled to the West and as far east as China and Japan, and were avidly collected in England and Portugal.
		More recent studies focus on the technical aspects of carpet production, such as material, dyes, and weaving structure, finding these to be important clues in determining where a particular carpet was made.
		While patterns were popular over wide geographical areas or were sent from court workshops to provincial production centers, each region had a characteristic style of weaving that remained the same over time.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/crpt/hd_crpt.htm (764 words)

	Trade Relations among European and African Nations \| Thematic Essay \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		World Map, 1600-1800 A.D. Africa Map, 1600-1800 A.D. Europe Map, 1600-1800 A.D. Trade Relations among European and African Nations
		European companies quickly developed mercantile ties with these indigenous powers and erected fortified "factories," or warehouses, on coastal areas to store goods and defend their trading rights from foreign encroachment.
		Catholic countries such as Portugal were, in theory at least, forbidden by papal injunction from selling items with potential military uses to non-Christians, although it is unclear how closely this order was followed in practice.
	www.metmuseum.org /TOAH/hd/aftr/hd_aftr.htm (710 words)

	The Holocaust Memorial Center. Library-Archive
		The Library-Archive is a research facility whose holdings document the history, background, and impact of the Holocaust.
		The research materials specialize in the areas of the Holocaust, European Jewish history, and Jewish-Christian relations.
		The Heritage Connection is located in study carrel #6 of the Morris & Emma Schaver Library-Archive.
	holocaustcenter.org /Library (245 words)

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