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	PORTUGAL - LoveToKnow Article on PORTUGAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Six-sevenths of the population of continental Portugal inhabit the provinces north of the Tagus.
		In 1095 Portugal was an obscure border fief of the kingdom of Leon.
		The royal authority in Portugal was delegated to Margaret of Savoy, duchess of Mantua, whose train of Spanish and Italian courtiers aroused the jealousy of the Portuguese nobles, while the harsh rule of her secretary of state, Miguel de Vasconcellos de Brito, provoked the resentment of all classes.
	88.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/PORTUGAL.htm (21258 words)

	Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south.
		Portugal traces its emergence as a nation to 24 June 1128, with the Battle of São Mamede by Afonso I.
		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 the new currency on January 1, 2002 along with twelve other EU members.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portugal (8491 words)

	Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the loss of its Brazilian colony in 1822.
		Portugal itself entered the European Union in 1986, whilst another Asian dependency, Macau, reverted to Chinese sovereignty in December 1999.
		Portugal is a fairly homogenous country linguistically, ethnically and religiously; Portuguese is spoken throughout the country, with only the town of Miranda de Douro's Leonese dialect recognised as a locally co-official language as Mirandese, Asturian in Spain is another Leonese dialect but not officially recognized by Spain.
	usapedia.com /p/portugal.html (957 words)

	Portugal History
		A nation with a deep connection to the sea, Portugal attained an empire for itself thanks to the exploits of its explorers.
		The military responded with a takeover and the ensuing dictatorship endured for decades.
		Antonio Salazar, the civilian dictator chosen by the military, ruled Portugal with little leniency but with enough skill to keep his country out of World War II as a neutral country, although he supported Britain.
	www.nationbynation.com /Portugal/History1.html (332 words)

	Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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)

	Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Republic of Portugal (Portuguese: República Portuguesa) is a democratic republic located on the west and southwest parts of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, and is the westernmost country in continental Europe.
		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 - The Elite
		Before the Revolution of 1974, Portugal's elite could be divided into five groups; the nobility, the large landowners, the heads of large businesses, the members of learned professions, and high-ranking military officers.
		Education and the military, in fact, were among the few means open to ambitious middle-class youth to rise in the social scale in highly class-conscious Portugal.
		The military officers did not always mingle well with the upper-class civilians, but the power and importance of the armed forces meant they had to be paid serious attention.
	countrystudies.us /portugal/52.htm (766 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)

	Portugal The Military Takeover of 1974 - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		The mounting antiwar sentiment in Portugal was reflected in a growing rate of desertion and failures of conscripts to report for duty.
		Military careers were sought by wealthy candidates more for prestige than reward because pay was relatively poor compared with that of other professions.
		In 1958 the Military Academy, failing to attract anywhere near the numbers of cadets needed for the army, ended its tuition requirements, and henceforth the student body was dominated by sons of shopkeepers, smallholders, and lower-level provincial bureaucrats who could not have afforded a university education earlier.
	www.photius.com /countries/portugal/national_security/portugal_national_security_the_military_takeove~10610.html (1491 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Europe - Portugal - Relations with U.S.
		Contributing to the strong ties between the United States and Portugal are the sizable Portuguese communities in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, California, and Hawaii.
		The defense relationship between the United States and Portugal is excellent, centered on the 1995 Agreement on Cooperation and Defense (ACD).
		Portugal defines itself as 'Atlanticist,' emphasizing its support for strong European ties with the United States, particularly on defense and security issues.
	www.geographyiq.com /countries/po/Portugal_us_relations_summary.htm (499 words)

	Portugal - Military Dictatorship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The coup d'état was bloodless because no military units came to the aid of the government.
		The military government was now in the hands of monarchists and authoritarian officers, and it seemed as if a restoration of the monarchy would follow.
		Salazar easily overshadowed military prime ministers and gradually gained the allegiance of Portugal's young intellectuals and military officers, who identified with his authoritarian, antiliberal, anticommunist view of the world.
	countrystudies.us /portugal/42.htm (520 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Templars, perhaps because of their early installation in Portugal, had a spatial distribution similar in many frontier points to that of the Hospitallers, notably along the whole stretch of the Tagus valley, and were based in Tomar.
		Underlying this geographical definition was a military program, with a high degree of commitment on the part of the knights, which responded to the interests of the monarchy, ensuring the successful defense of the central region.
		Amongst the best-known aspects of the Military Orders is their economic behavior, since they benefit from direct references in known written sources to the jurisdictional dimension and to their relations with the Crown.
	www.brown.edu /Departments/Portuguese_Brazilian_Studies/ejph/html/issue3/html/ppcosta_main.html (5830 words)

	Military flags of Portugal
		According to TV footage where I've seen on several occasions this kind of flag in military ceremonies, the flags are either square or follow the same dimensions of the portuguese military standard: 10:11.
		I’ve seen pictures of what could be called “heraldic standards” for Portuguese military units, but usually with a geometric background with either the shield or some charge from the arms on the center, rather than an actual banner of the unit arms.
		This seems to be a rule in portuguese military heraldry: the crest in the arms of a given subentity always (or at least usually) includes the shield of the entity that subentity is a part of.
	flagspot.net /flags/pt^.html (717 words)

	afrol News - Angola, Portugal sign military agreements
		Portugal is to assist post-war Angola to reform its military forces.
		The military cooperation accords signed in particular focus on military engineering, de-mining training, training of local Angolan staff in Portugal and construction and reconstruction of military infrastructures, which to a large degree were destroyed during the civil war.
		Angola earlier has accused Portugal of supporting the secessionist movement in Cabinda, which still is conducting a low-scale military uprising in the province.
	www.afrol.com /articles/10264 (433 words)

	Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Portugal is a country in the extreme southwest of Europe, on the Iberian peninsula, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south, and Spain to the north and east.
		Nether the recognization, Portugal was recognized as a kingdom with its own king.
		Portugal emerged from the Reconquista as an independent kingdom in 1143.
	www.enlightenweb.net /p/po/portugal.html (989 words)

	Military of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portugal has military involved in several peacekeeping missions abroad, like INTERFER and UNTAET in East-Timor, MINURSO in Western Sahara, EUFOR in Bosnia and KFOR in Kosovo.
		The last government spent large amounts of money in the modernization of the Armed Forces, in an action that created much controversy, the main one was the acquisition of 3 new submarines.
		Portuguese National Republican Guard (technically military branch, but functionally a police force)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portuguese_Navy (119 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Portugal
		Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil as a colony.
		Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
		Portugal has become a diversified and increasingly service-based economy since joining the European Community in 1986.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/po.html (1347 words)

	Military of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age
		Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 2.6% (FY97)
		Portuguese National Republican Guard (http://www.gnr.pt/) (technically military branch, but functionally a police force)
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Military_of_Portugal (204 words)

	AllRefer.com - Portugal - United States \| Portuguese Information Resource
		These sentiments were reinforced by the large number of Portuguese immigrants to the United States and the growing economic and political importance of this Portuguese community.
		The United States also sought to rally the moderate elements within the military and in Portugal generally.
		The next base negotiations, scheduled for the early 1990s, were certain to be onerous as the two countries each sought to realize their respective aims.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/portugal/portugal158.html (516 words)

	EMIRE: PORTUGAL - MILITARY SERVICE
		Military service, which is compulsory in Portugal, may have effects in the sphere of employment relationships insofar as it makes it impossible for the employee to supply the work performance.
		Article 276(7) of the Constitution establishes the general principle that the performance of compulsory military service or alternative community service shall not prejudice the citizen's position at work or permanence of employment.
		In accordance with this principle, labour legislation (Article 3(1), Suspension of the Employment Contract Act) includes compulsory military service among the reasons for suspension of the contract of employment, thereby ensuring that employees who are conscripted have their jobs preserved for them.
	www.eurofound.eu.int /emire/PORTUGAL/MILITARYSERVICE-PT.html (147 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Foreign Military Sale to Portugal - M109A5 Self-propelled Howitzers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Department of Defense announced today the possible sale to the Government of Portugal of 14 M109A5 self-propelled howitzers, Quality Assurance Team (QAT), spare and repair parts, support equipment, publications and technical data, personnel training and training equipment and other related elements of logistics support.
		This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the military capabilities of Portugal while enhancing weapon system standardization and interoperability.
		Portugal currently operates M109A2 self-propelled howitzers and will use this new procurement of howitzers to re-equip existing units and retire older artillery pieces, modernizing the Army's fire support capability.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Nov1997/m11101997_m200-97.html (227 words)

	Military Of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/portugal_country_military.shtml (191 words)

	Omniseek: Lifestyle: /Lifestyle /Military /History /Portugal
		Portugal has a big historic past that goes back to the time of the naval adventure of the discoveries and colonization.
		Portugal, which is one of the oldest nations of Western Europe and occupies about 15% of the Iberian Peninsula, today claims as an integral part of its nation approximately 805,000 square miles of other territory throughout the world.
		From the cool, white basilicas in the heart of Lisbon to the low-key beach life along the Alentejo Coast, this is a thoroughly...
	lifestyle.omniseek.com /srch/{54923} (614 words)

	Pravda.RU Irina Malenko: American soldiers beat Portuguese military man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		American soldiers assaulted a military man from Portugal, who saluted to Osama bin Laden for fun when he appeared on a TV screen of NATO’s Lajes army base situated on the Portugal Azores island the Portuguese radio station RDP said.
		American soldiers assaulted a military man from Portugal, who saluted to Osama bin Laden for fun when he appeared on a TV screen of NATO’s Lajes army base situated on the Portugal Azores island More details...
		Already before launching the military actions against Afghanistan on October 4, the Dutch newspaper “Volkskrant” published some interesting information: “On Tuesday, during the NATO Council sitting, Netherlanders asked, without any success, for a while to think: to study proofs of bin Laden’s implication in the terrorist acts in the USA.
	english.pravda.ru /main/2001/10/18/18528.html (1905 words)

	Portugal maps from Omni Resources, world leader in map supply (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Portugal Açores and Madeira Topographic and Geologic Maps
		Portugal 1:10,000 Topographic Maps by the sovliet military.
		A detailed map showing the geology of Portugal and the near off-shore area.
	www.omnimap.com /catalog/int/portugal.htm (481 words)

	Operation Vijay - liberation of Goa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		India sends delegation to Portugal to negotiate Portuguese withdrawal from India.
		Diplomatic ties between India and Portugal are cut.
		Portugal under its dictator Salazar declares its Indian territories are not colonies, but a part of metropolitan Portugal and therefore are an internal matter and not subject to U.N. guidelines.
	www.goacom.com /culture/history/vijay/vijay2.html (115 words)

	Portugal - Military
		18 years of age for voluntary military service; compulsory military service was ended in 2004 (January 2005)
		Military expenditures - dollar figure - per capita:
		This page was last updated on 26 October, 2005
	www.exxun.com /Portugal/h_ml.html (300 words)

	Portugal monitoring military unrest in former colony Guinea-Bissau
		Portugal monitoring military unrest in former colony Guinea-Bissau
		Portugal said Wednesday it was closely monitoring the military unrest which broke out earlier in its former colony Guinea-Bissau and was concerned that the African country stood to lose badly needed foreign aid.
		Earlier Wednesday hundreds of mutinous soldiers demanding overdue wages took up key positions in the capital of Guinea Bissau and opened fire on military headquarters, but by mid-morning the soldiers had mostly dispersed.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/041006180926.oikowdqb.html (465 words)

	Portugal UFO Sightings Have Military On UFO Alert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A luminous unidentified flying object, was viewed in Portugal for over 25 minutes straight.
		This was considered a "large scale" sighting A luminous unidentified flying object, was viewed in Portugal for over 25 minutes straight.
		There were no commercial, private, or military planes or crafts in the vicinity of the sighting.
	www.unexplainable.net /artman/publish/article_902.shtml (579 words)

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