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  New Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Britain, formerly Neu Pommern (New Pomerania), is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea, separated from New Guinea by Dampier Strait, and has Rabaul/Kokopo and Kimbe as its two main towns.
The population of New Britain was 404,873 in the 2000 census.
The vicariate Apostolic of New Pomerania was erected on 1 Janunary, 1889, and entrusted to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Issoudun.
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 New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New York's borders touch (clockwise from the northwest) two Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario, which are connected by the Niagara River); one former Great Lake (Lake Champlain); the provinces of Ontario and Quebec in Canada; three New England states (Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut); the Atlantic Ocean, and two Mid-Atlantic states (New Jersey and Pennsylvania).
The southern tip of New York State—New York City, its suburbs including Long Island, and the southern portion of the Hudson Valley—can be considered to form the central core of a "megalopolis," a super-city stretching from the northern suburbs of Boston to the southern suburbs of Washington D.C. and therefore occasionally called "BosWash".
New York is one of seven states that mandates that Holocaust and genocide studies be taught at some point in elementary or secondary schools' curriculum.
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 New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The population of New Zealand is mostly of European descent, with the indigenous Māori as the largest minority.
Elizabeth II is the Queen of New Zealand and is represented in the country by a non-political Governor-General.
New Zealand was involved in a Constitutional Convention in March 1891 in Sydney, New South Wales, along with the then-colonies of Australia.
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 New Haven, Connecticut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
New Haven was incorporated as a city in 1784, and Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Constitution and author of the "Connecticut Compromise", became the new city's first mayor.
New Haven was home to one of the important early events in the burgeoning anti-slavery movement when, in 1839, the trial of mutineering Mendi tribesmen being transported as slaves on the Spanish slaveship Amistad was held in New Haven's United States District Court.
New Haven's best-known geographic features are its large deep harbor, and two reddish basalt "trap rocks" which rise to the northeast and northwest of the city core.
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 Kingdom of Great Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kingdom of Great Britain was superseded by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801 when the Kingdom of Ireland was absorbed with the enactment of the Act of Union 1800 following the suppression of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
The Kingdom of Great Britain was ruled by a single monarch, as it had been between 1603 and 1707 (excepting the Interregnum).
England and Scotland were given seats in both the House of Lords and the House of Commons of the new parliament.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain   (678 words)

  
 Informat.io on New York
The southern tip of New York State—New York City, its suburbs, and the southern portion of the Hudson Valley—can be considered to form the central core of a "megalopolis," a super-city stretching from the northern suburbs of Boston to the southern suburbs of Washington and therefore occasionally called "BosWash".
New York City is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, allowing it to facilitate one of the most extensive subway and bus systems in the world.
The court system in New York is notable for its "backwards" naming: the state's trial court is called the New York Supreme Court, while the highest court in the state is the New York Court of Appeals.
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 New England
New England is also home to many of the United States' most prominent independent schools (also known as private schools), such as Roxbury Latin and Phillips Academy in Massachusetts, St. Paul's School and Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, and Hotchkiss School in Connecticut.
New Hampshire, which has the smallest coastline of all of the coastal New England states, is home to Hampton Beach, also frequented by visitors to the region.
New England cuisine is known for its emphasis on seafood and dairy; clam chowder, lobster, and other products of the sea are among some of the region's most popular foods.
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 New Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
new - lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"; "he was still wet behind the ears when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel" wet behind the ears, raw inexperienced - lacking practical experience or training 6.
New - in use after Medieval times; "New Eqyptian was the language of the 18th to 21st dynasties" linguistics - the scientific study of language late - of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek" 11.
New - used of a living language; being the current stage in its development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew" Modern linguistics - the scientific study of language late - of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek" Adv.
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 New Britain -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
East New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea, on the island of New Britain.
NEW BRITAIN -- Sen. Joseph Lieberman told Peter Pan Electronic employees the work they are doing 'is probably larger than you realize,' and that their company is a model for competing in the global ma...
The New Britain Youth Museum and the New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park are non-profit educational institutions dedicated to enhancing the learning experience for children, young adults, and adults in Connecticut.
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 Battle of Rabaul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name Battle of Rabaul may refer to several military actions which occurred in or near Rabaul, on New Britain in the Bismarck Islands during World War I and the Pacific campaign of World War II.
The New Britain campaign (land battles) of 1943-45
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
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 Norwich, Connecticut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The main area of the city south of the Wensum was destroyed by the construction of the Norman castle during the 1070s creation of a "New" or "French" borough.
The prison reformer Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) and leading Quaker was born in Gurney Court in Magdalen Street, and was one of several philanthropists associated with the city (her portrait is currently upon the new Bank of England £5 note).
Recent developments include the first of the controversial PFI hospitals, the new Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on the city's periphery at Colney, the 'Forum' which replaced the old Norwich Central Library building which burned down in 1994, and is now the home of the Millennium Library and the regional BBC broadcasting office.
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 Bola - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A bola is a hunting weapon, mostly used in South America and consists of two or three heavy balls or stones tied to the ends of one or more lengths of cord or string.
Bola is also a volcano on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Bola   (223 words)

  
 Kingdom of Great Britain - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Kingdom of Great Britain was a state in Western Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800.
It was created by the merging of the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England under the Acts of Union 1707 to create a single kingdom encompassing the whole of the island of Great Britain.
From 1707 a joint British throne replaced the English and Scottish thrones and a joint Parliament of Great Britain replaced the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England.
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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was created on 1 January 1801 by the merger of the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself a merger of the former Kingdoms of Scotland and England in 1707) and the Kingdom of Ireland.
Whilst the Irish Free State became independent in 1922, after the Anglo-Irish War, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland continued in name until 1927 when it was renamed as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in accordance with the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927.
Then, under the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, new titles were introduced for the British monarch so that he would reign as 'King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland', in Britain, and 'King of Ireland', in Ireland.
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Image:NMSZBig.gifthumbSeismic map New Madrid Seismic Zone - USGS The '''New Madrid Seismic Zone''', also known as the '''Reelfoot Rift''' or the '''New Madrid Fault Line''', is a major seismic zone, located in the mideastern United States.
'''New Rice for Africa''' is an interspecific cultivar of rice developed by the West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) to improve the yield of African rice varieties.
The '''New York Renaissance''', also known as the '''Rens''', were an all-African Americanfl professional basketball team founded in 1922, a few years before the Harlem Globetrotters.
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 Pitta - LoveToKnow 1911
They are now placed as a separate family Pittidae of the Clamatores division of the Anisomyodine Passeres.
There are about fifty species, divided into a number of genera, confined to the Old World, and ranging from India and North China to Australia, New Guinea and New Britain, with one species in West Africa, the greatest number being found in Borneo and Sumatra.
Few birds can vie with the pittas in brightly-contrasted coloration.
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 Britain (disambiguation) - LoveToKnow 1911
Read LoveToKnow 1911:Explanation to get more explanation and see how you can help!
There is more than one meaning of Britain discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia.
We are planning to let all links go to the correct meaning directly, but for now you will have to search it out from the list below by yourself.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Britain_(disambiguation)   (93 words)

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