... In the Ivory Coast, which is a Republic, they have a semi-democratic system. The position of president, currently being held by Felix Houphocet- Boigny, is elected to serve 5-year terms. Also, the president can run for re-election as many times as he chooses. For example, the current president was re-elected to serve a seventh term in 1990. Plus, there is a National Assembly comprised of about 120 people who help to govern the country. The nation has a tremendously stable economy because of the great amount of products that they produce for exporting. The Ivory Coast is the world's largest cocoa producer and the third largest coffee producer. These produ ...

... out. During the war 700,000 Palestinian refugees fled to the West Bank from Israel. We, the country of , offered these needy refugees immediate citizenship. After the word got out, thousands of Palestinian refugees entered . Thousand of them, though, stayed in camps and that lead to the break up of Israel. Palisenians didn’t just flee to our country; they fled to other countries as well. In 1948, the British left the region. After they left, Israel was made from the country of Palestine. And in 1950 the Arabs took the West Bank, and nominated Amir Abdullah as the ruler of the country. In 1951, people in Jerusalem, who objected to his ideas, assassi ...

... One thing that they do know is that powerful chiefs ruled these large civilizations able to move such large stones to build temples and cities. They must have been somewhat advanced because they were able to build huge walls that were probably there to enclose a city. These walls weighed many tons and were 20 ft. long, and even some walls they have found to be 40 ft. high. Archaeologists are still puzzled of what kind of machinery they had to move such large stones. The real knowledge we know about the Marshall Islands history began in the early sixteenth century. The sea going Europeans were trying to find sources of the Spice Islands that were in very l ...

... experienced in the past. The Azores do not have a wide range in climate. It never goes below 40 F and rarely ever higher than 80 F. You can always find wave-lovers, fisherman all across Santa Maria. Sao Miguel is the largest of the nine islands. There are some stories that have been told about this island. One of the tales is about Set Cidades, which is a lake, caught between two mountainsides. When you walk across the lake you see shades of blue and green. The tale states that there once lived a princess whom fell in love with a shepherd. Her father, the king, would not allow them to be together, so he set the princess, who had green eyes, on one mountai ...

... at age 11. A small number enroll in private schools, which are not part of the government system but are subject to government inspection. Some of these are known as "public" schools, which are generally attended by the children of the well-to-do, though some pupils receive government scholarships. Most public school pupils live in residential houses attached to the school. Considerable emphasis is placed on sports, especially cricket and rugby. Among the most famous public schools for boys are Eton (founded in 1440), Winchester (1380), and Harrow (1611). Many of those in the higher levels of government or public life attended a public school. ...

... to rapids and falls. Natural Resources The lands of Guyana have many valuable natural resources. Within the lands you can find gold, diamonds, kaolin, manganese and bauxite. If you were to travel a little ways off shore, you could also locate some petroleum. These natural resources are very important in helping out the economy of this poor country. The lands have much resource also found in the vegetation and the forests. The plants and trees are documented for their abnormal size and density. Guyana has an excellent lumber industry, they sell some of the finest greenheart as well as mora. Within the forests are a big variety of wildlife ...

... people of have migrated in numbers to seek jobs in the cities, causing urban populations to rise. Land that spans 5,333 sq.miles makes up . Bordered by Bosnia-Herzegovenia, Serbia, Albania to its south, and the Adriatic Sea to the west, is a mainly mountanous country with thick forests growing over much of the land. has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. The coast has a milder climate neighboring the Adriatic. The Montenegrins name is Serbo-Croatian and the republics name is Crna Gora, which means black mountain. Podgorica, formerly Titograd, is the present day capital. The University of Podgorica is located there and is their best known university. During ...

... by an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter Scale. All this did was stretch the bridge two and a half feet. The bridge's construction was started in 1988 and was finished just this year. It cost 3.3 billion dollars and weighs more that 350,000 tons. The cable used on the bridge is composed of 290 strands and is 186,000 miles long. The bridge is equipped with a feature that no other bridge has. That feature is mass dampers that include pendulums that help stabilize the towers. This stabilizer was needed since the two towers are almost as tall as the Eiffel Tower. I love to watch how we accomplish so many great things and hopefully I can be one of t ...

... of Ethiopia is about fifty million people, with a three percent growth rate, and an estimated total urban population of eleven percent. Today these two countries are in a battle over an undefined boundary. A war that has just reached its second year this month began May 6th of ’97, just four years after the thirty-year struggle for independence. It has been estimated that two hundred fifty thousand Eritreans and three hundred thousand Ethiopians have been moved from their home due to fighting and bombings along the six hundred twenty mile border. Etiopean bombs have taken over seventy lives in Eritrea. It is unknown who is at fault for this ugly dispute ...

... three tiers, each with narrow barrel vaults. Those on the first two tiers are of the same size, while the third story vaults-which actually carried the channel containing the water-were smaller. The voussoirs that comprise the arches weigh up to 6 tons each. They were precisely cut to standard measurements, dressed (shaped and smoothed), and then fitted into place with no mortar or clamps. The vault system of construction was well suited to a massive engineering project such as the Pont du Gard bridge and aqueduct. With the tunnel vaults in a continuous series side by side, the lateral thrust of each vault is counteracted by its neighbor, so that only the end v ...