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	Sri Lanka - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Sri Lankan climate is tropical, characterized by monsoons: the northeast monsoon lasting from December to March, and the southwest monsoon from June to October.
		Sri Lanka is a centre of bird endemism.
		Sri Lanka is historically famous for its cinnamon and tea (introduced by the British in the 19th century).
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/r/i/Sri_Lanka_9993.html (2567 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
		The four largest Afghan opposition groups met in Bonn, Germany, in late 2001 and agreed on a plan for the formulation of a new government structure that resulted in the inauguration of Hamid KARZAI as Chairman of the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA) on 22 December 2001.
		Parliamentary elections held in August 2001 provided Fiji with a democratically elected government and gave a mandate to the government of Prime Minister Laisenia QARASE.
		Democratic elections in 1974 and a referendum created a parliamentary republic and abolished the monarchy; Greece joined the European Community or EC in 1981 (which became the EU in 1992).
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html (15451 words)

	Top20SriLanka.com - Your Top20 Guide to Sri Lanka! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Life on Sri Lanka has been marred by more than two decades of ethnic conflict, mainly between the national government and the Tamil militant separatist groups led predominately by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, pronounced L-T-T-E) insurgency.
		Most historians believe that the prince Vijaya came to Sri Lanka from Orissa, in north-eastern India, during the 6th century BC (some historians trace the origins back some 25,000 years) and started to rule the native people in Sri Lanka.
		This was seen as discriminatory by the Tamils and lead to tensions between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil politial/military groups which erupted in violence in 1983 following the killing of 13 soldiers of the Sri Lankan Army in Jaffna.
	www.top20srilanka.com (2693 words)

	1997 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		February 5 - The so-called "Big Three" banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
		March 6 - In Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers overrun a military base and kill more than 200.
		May 1 - The UK's Labour Party ends 18 years of Conservative rule in the 1997 UK general election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1997 (4676 words)

	Bangladesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The tensions peaked in 1971, following an open, non-democratic denial by Pakistani president Yahya Khan, a military ruler, of election results that gave the Awami League an overwhelming majority in the parliament (167 out of 169 seats allocated for East Pakistan) http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/G_0075.HTM.
		Major impediments to growth include frequent cyclones and floods, inefficient state-owned enterprises, mismanaged port facilities, a rapidly growing labour force that has not been absorbed by agriculture, inefficient use of energy resources (such as natural gas), insufficient power supplies, and slow implementation of economic reforms, caused by political infighting and corruption.
		In 2001, 2002, and 2003, Transparency International's surveys ranked Bangladesh as the World's most corrupt country.
	bangladesh.ask.dyndns.dk (2664 words)

	IFES Election Guide
		An election to select the members of the national legislative body in a presidential system of government.
		An election to select the members of the national legislative body in a parliamentary system of government.
		An election to select the chief of state/head of government (the president) in a presidential system of government.
	www.electionguide.org /glossary.php (432 words)

	Nepal - Country Profile, Nepal Adhirajya
		The nation's first election was held in 1959, but in 1960, King Mahendra dismissed the cabinet, dissolved parliament, and banned political parties.
		Multiparty legislative elections held in May 1991 were won by the centrist Nepali Congress party; the Communists became the leading opposition party.
		Mid-term elections in November 1994, which were called after the government lost a parliamentary vote, resulted in a hung parliament and the communists, who emerged as the single largest party, formed a minority government.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/nepal.htm (1278 words)

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