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	Portugal - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The climate of Portugal is equable and temperate.
		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.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Portugal (15862 words)

	Portugal HISTORY
		In 1094, Henry of Burgundy was given the county of Portugal by the king of Castile and León for his success against the Moors; his son, Alfonso I (Alfonso Henriques), became king and achieved independence for Portugal in 1143, beginning the Burgundy dynasty.
		In 1580–81, Philip II of Spain, claiming the throne, conquered Portugal and acquired its empire, but national sovereignty was restored by the revolution of 1640 and the accession of John IV, founder of the Bragança dynasty, to the Portuguese throne.
		Portugal's economy was forecast to grow by 0.4% in 2003, the worst performance in the euro currency zone.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/Portugal-HISTORY.html (1442 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Portugal
		Portugal is situated on the west of the Iberian Peninsula, being bounded on the north and east by Spain and on the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean.
		The people would not submit to a foreign king, and shortly after Ferdinand's death the citizens of Lisbon rose against Leonor; Andeiro and the archbishop were slain, and John, Grand Master of Aviz, illegitimate son of Pedro I, became defender of the realm.
		The people, deprived of the monks and friars, who were their teachers, preachers, and confessors, gradually lost their knowledge of religious truths, because the secular clergy were unprepared to take the place of the orders; besides which, the bishops and clergy were bound hand and foot to the State.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12297a.htm (9947 words)

	Portugal
		Parties to its right never saw the PCP as a suitable coalition partner, however, and after the constitution of 1976 became effective, it was never part of any cabinet.
		In Lisbon the people proclaimed João to be the governor and defender of the realm.
		Portugal was annexed by Spain, and Philip II was declared Filipe I of Portugal.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/portugal/all.html (18969 words)

	Portugal - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Portugal’s economy benefited from increased trade ties to Europe and from EU financial aid aimed at improving the country’s infrastructure, including recent EU grants funding a significant portion of the costs of the massive Alqueva dam project on the Guadiana River.
		Portugal has commercially important deposits of tin and copper and one of the world’s major reserves of wolframite, from which tungsten is derived.
		Portugal’s entry in the EC spurred unprecedented economic growth, in part because the EC (and later its successor, the European Union) began to funnel large financial transfers to Portugal for economic modernization and infrastructure development.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761558260__1/Portugal.html (12672 words)

	Moreno: Revolution and Counter Revolution in Portugal (Part 5)
		People are beginning to talk of bypassing the workers parties, accepting the accomplished fact that the committees have already bypassed them and their politics.
		Signed on April 13, it consists of a commitment by the parties to leave the government in the hands of the MFA and the Council of the Revolution for five years, pledging not to challenge the military’s rule during that period.
		We propose to the reformist parties that they recognize and join the commissions, where all their democratic rights will be recognized but where they will be called on to abide by the resolutions that are passed.
	www.marxists.org /history/etol/document/portugal/port06.htm (11482 words)

	Kongo People
		The Kongo peoples migrated into their current location during the 13th century from the northeast under the leadership of Wene.
		In 1526 the Portuguese were expelled, but the Kongo peoples were then invaded by the Jagas in 1568, and the Kongo were forced to look to the Portuguese for help.
		Although the Portuguese attempted to Christianize the Kongo peoples as early as 1485, for the most part people either resisted entirely or incorporated Christian iconography into their own religions.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/people/Kongo.html (445 words)

	Caribbean Carnival
		In the calendar of all peoples certain days have been set aside for special religious or secular observance, or as possessing a special character.
		It is a mixture of fun, party and theater, which involves art and folklore.
		It basically comes up as a street party but is also celebrated in closed spaces such as clubs.
	www.gmu.edu /org/caribbean/Carib_flair/carnival.htm (457 words)

	THE EUROPEAN UNION AND AUSTRIA
		This party was close to obtaining the second place at the expense of the Peoples' Party.
		In Austria itself there was also a lot of opposition to a government including the Freedom Party, although analysts had long shown that those who voted newly for that party were mostly former Socialist and Peoples' Party supporters disaffected with the lack of attention paid to their worries by the outgoing coalition.
		The party also was against Austria joining the EU and opposed the temporary admission of fugitives from the conflicts in former Yugoslavia.
	www.diplomacy.edu /edu/kappeler/letter_no_5_en.htm (1758 words)

	Another hit- from Guyana: Land of Six Peoples
		However, Mr Manning has announced that his party will be challenging the candidacies of two successful UNC candidates on the grounds that they filed false nomination papers in which they declared that they did not owe allegiance to any foreign state.
		If candidacies were challenged here, however, the effect would be different as if parliamentarians were disqualified the party leaders could presumably pick other names from the list.
		President Vaclav Havel signed a law in l999 that will enable former Czechoslovak citizens who had become citizens of other countries but lost their original citizenship to become citizens of the Czech Republic.
	www.landofsixpeoples.com /news/ns01214.htm (607 words)

	European People's Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The European People's Party (EPP) is the largest European political party.
		Founded in 1976, the EPP includes Christian Democratic and conservative parties in Europe.
		According to its website the EPP is "a family of the political centre whose roots are deep in the history of European civilization.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Peoples_Party (477 words)

	Zhadnost: The People's Party for 3DO - MobyGames
		Board / Party Game, Game Show, Video Backdrop
		Bizzarnia, a small communist nation has kidnapped contestants for this its favourite game show and is playing them against each other to compete for their freedom.
		In this party game for two to four people you will be in near constant action.
	www.mobygames.com /game/3do/zhadnost-the-peoples-party (214 words)

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