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  Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Finland joined the European Union in 1995, where she is an advocate of federalism contrary to the other Nordic countries that are predominantly supportive of confederalism.
the Scandinavian placenames Finnmark, Finnveden and Finnskogen and all are thought to be derived from finn, a Germanic word for nomadic "hunter-gatherers" (as opposed to sedentary farmers).
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Finland freed itself from the last restrictions imposed on it by the Paris peace treaties of 1947.
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 Wales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Thus, Saint David went on a pilgrimage to Rome during the 6th century, and was serving as a bishop in Wales well before Augustine arrived to convert the King of Kent and founded the diocese of Canterbury.
Wales was legally annexed by the Act of Union 1536, in the reign of Henry VIII of England.
The Act of Union 1536 abolished the remaining Marcher Lordships, leaving Wales with thirteen counties: Anglesey, Brecon, Caernarfon, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Denbigh, Flint, Glamorgan, Merioneth, Monmouth, Montgomery, Pembroke, and Radnor, and applied the Law of England to both England and Wales, making English the language to be used for official purposes.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Crusades
By a treaty concluded in March, 1204, between the Venetians and the crusading chiefs, it was pre-arranged to share the spoils of the Greek Empire.
While the emissaries of the King of the Two Sicilies traversed the Balkan peninsula, the new pope was awaiting the union of the Western and Eastern Churches, which event was solemnly proclaimed at the Council of Lyons, 6 July, 1274; Michael Palæologus himself promised to take the cross.
In her letters to Bedford, the regent, and to the Duke of Burgundy, Joan of Arc alluded to the union of Christendom against the Saracens, and the popular belief expressed in the poetry of Christine de Pisan was that, after having delivered France, the Maid of Orleans would lead Charles VII to the Holy Land.
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 HISTORY - Online Information article about HISTORY
UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)
LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf.
The Union Pacific railroad was incorporated; the United States government was to issue to it bonds, on the completion of each 40 m., to the amount of $16,coo per mile, to be a first See also:
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 A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union --N--
The key to NATO's credibility was the USA, with its conventional forces and its nuclear deterrent, whose involvement was a consequence of its growing appreciation of the Soviet military threat, highlighted by the 1948-9 blockade of Berlin.
NATO's defence capability was one of the determining factors in maintaining peace during the Cold War, placing the USA at the heart of European security.
The currency was in effective union with the D-Mark for some years and was one of the first wave participants in the single currency.
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