November 2003 - Republic of China has freed three people detained on charges of posting information critical of the government on the Internet. [1] The Observer newspaper reports that a deal is imminent to repatriate British men being held in Guantanamo Bay. [1] Israeli army chief Moshe Yaalon and former heads of Shin Bet criticise Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for his unwillingness to consider the Geneva plan. [1] [1] [1] The Japanese government announces its intention to temporarily nationalize regional bank Ashikaga Bank after inspections show that it is insolvent; the cost may exceed $9 billion. [1] Iribnews.com reports that Georgia's parliament has elected Tedo Dzhaparidze as the new foreign minister. [1] Occupation of Iraq: Two South Korean civilians working for a US firm are killed on a highway near Tikrit. There is evidence.
Japan - Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Independence 660 BC Prime minister Koizumi Junichiro Area - Total - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population - Total (2003) - Density Ranked 10th 127,214,499 335/km² GDP (base PPP) - Total (2002) - GDP/head Ranked 3rd 3,55 trillions $ 28,000 $ Currency Yen Time zone UTC +9 National anthem Kimi Ga Yo Internet TLD .JP Calling Code 81 Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Introduction 2 History 3 Politics 4 Prefectures 5 Geography 6 Economy 7 Demographics 8 Culture 9 Miscellaneous topics 10 External Links 10.1 Official 10.2 Other Introduction Japan (Nippon/Nihon 日本, literally "the origin of thesun") is a country in Far East Asia located between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, and east of the Korean peninsula. Japan is.
1953 - from Harry S Truman (1945-1953) to Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961). January 22 - The Crucible, a drama by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway. January 31, February 1 - North Sea flood kills 1,835 people in the southwestern Netherlands and 307 in the United Kingdom. February 5 - The movie Peter Pan premieres (Roxy Theatre, New York City). February 11 - President Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. February 11 - The Soviet Union breaks diplomatic relations with Israel. February 18 - The first 3D film, Bwana Devil opens. February 19 - Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States. February 28 - James Watson and Francis Crick announce that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA. March 5 - After 29 years of.
Talking to Americans - fact, some of the Americans interviewed seemed just to be playing along, although professors at distinguished American universities seemed always to be taken in by absurdities like the Saskatchewan seal hunt. The most famous segment featured Mr. Mercer in 2000 asking then-presidential candidate George W. Bush – who had previously stated that "you can't stump me on world leaders" – for his reaction to an endorsement by Canadian Prime Minister "Jean Poutine". Bush responded diplomatically and said he looked forward to working together with his future counterpart to the north. However, the prime minister's name (back then) was Jean Chrétien; poutine is a French-Canadian fast food dish of french fries and cheese curd, and also was potentially inspired by recent jokes about Russian president Vladimir Putin who has a similar name..
Fuck - Secondary meanings 3 Linguistics 3.1 Verb 3.2 Noun 3.3 Interjection 3.4 Participle 4 History of usage and censorship 5 Etymology 6 Related Topics 7 Further Reference 8 External Links Writing In situations where using or mentioning the word directly may be considered inappropriate, people often Bowdlerize it, replacing it with the f-word, frig, freak, f*ck, f-u!, or f***. In software contexts, fsck, fuk, fark and f2k are also used. In the formerly British Caribbean nations it is sometimes spelled fock. In the TV series Farscape, characters use the word frell. In the Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, it is sometimes replaced with zark (and in one case, Belgium). In the Judge Dredd universe, it is replaced with drokk. Characters on the BBC television series Red Dwarf were known to utter.
Prince Johan-Friso of the Netherlands - Prince Johan-Friso of the Netherlands Prince Johan-Friso (born Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David on September 25, 1968) is the second son of Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg. The Prince, who was second in line for the throne, worked at the Amsterdam branch of the international management consultancy McKinsey and holds a degree in aeronautical economics and management. To prepare himself for the possibility of succession to the throne, he took courses in Dutch law and parliamentary history. On 30 June 2003 it was announced that Johan-Friso is to marry Mabel Wisse Smit. The Dutch cabinet however has refused to introduce to parliament a law authorising the marriage, which is necessary if he is to retain succession to the throne. The Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende explained.
Juliana of the Netherlands - Juliana of the Netherlands Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, (born April 30, 1909) is the former Queen of the Netherlands. Queen Juliana She was born in The Hague, the daughter of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik. Juliana spent her childhood at Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, and at Noordeinde Palace and Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague. A small class was formed at Huis ten Bosch Palace on the advice of the educator Jan Ligthart so that, from the age of six, the princess could receive her primary education with children of her own age. As the Dutch constitution specified that she should be ready to succeed to the throne by the age of eighteen, Princess Juliana's education proceeded at a faster pace than that of.
Afghanistan timeline April 16-30, 2003 - suspects were Pakistanis. The six suspects were allegedly planning to carry out a series of terrorist attacks in Karachi and other parts of Pakistan. Afghan Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali inaugurated an Afghan Human Rights Department aimed at curbing abuses by Afghan police forces. As a branch of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, the department opened offices across the country. Dr. Abdullah Shirzai, the policy director of the Afghan Health Ministry, said that the Afghan government would take steps to reduce maternal and child mortality in the country. To date, 16 women in every 1,000 pregnancies died, and one child in four died before the age of five. Such rates were said to be among the worst in human history. The ministry planned to employ more than 20,000 health workers,.
Frederick William II of Prussia - scandal of king and nobility, married the general?s daughter, and with his mother-in-law?s assistance settled down on a small estate. By his practical experiments and by his writings he gained a considerable reputation as an economist; but his ambition was not content with this, and he sought to extend his influence by joining first the Freemasons and afterwards the Rosicrucians. Wöllner, with his impressive personality and easy if superficial eloquence, was just the man to lead a movement of this kind. Under his influence the order spread rapidly, and he soon found himself the supreme director (Oberhauptdirektor) of several circles, which included in their membership princes, officers and high officials. As a Rosicrucian Wöllner dabbled in alchemy and other mystic arts, but he also affected to be zealous for Christian orthodoxy,.
Advanced Info Service - Advanced Info Service Advanced Info Service (AIS) is Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 12.7 million customers as of September 2003. The highly profitable company is controlled by the Shin Corporation, headed by Thailand's prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra..
April 29 - War: Joan of Arc relieves Orleans from English siege. 1661 - China's Ming Dynasty occupies Taiwan. 1672 - Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands. 1770 - James Cook discovers Botany Bay, Australia 1861 - American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union 1862 - American Civil War: New Orleans falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut. 1903 - 30,000,000 cubic meter landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta 1916 - Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin. 1945 - World War II: The German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies. 1945 - Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker.
April 5 - States. 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Yorktown (1862) - The battle begins when Union forces under General George McClellan close in on the Confederate capital Richmond, Virginia. 1930 - In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt. 1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union. 1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing heath. 1957 - In India, Communists won the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad sworn in as the first chief minister. 1973 - Pierre Messmer becomes Prime Minister of France 1991 - ASA Embraer EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia killing all 23 aboard..
Politics of the Netherlands - Politics of the Netherlands The Netherlands are a constitutional monarchy. The most important part of parliament, the Tweede Kamer (second chamber, or lower house), has 150 members, and is chosen once every four years by proportional representation. Like a number of other European countries with proportional representation, the Dutch have always had coalition governments. The executive branch of government is headed by the Monarch, who appoints the Ministers and State Secretaries of the cabinet. The prime minister of the Netherlands (Dutch Minister-president or premier) is the head of the cabinet, and as such, coordinates the policy of the government. Although formally no special powers are assigned, the prime minister functions as the "face" of the government to the public. Usually, the prime minister is also minister of.
Politics of the Netherlands Antilles - Politics of the Netherlands Antilles Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Netherlands Antilles local long form: none local short form: Nederlandse Antillen Data code: NT Dependency status: part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954 Government type: parliamentary Capital: Willemstad Administrative divisions: none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) note: each island has its own government Independence: none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) National holiday: Queen's Day, 30 April (1938) Constitution: 29 December 1954, Statute of the Realm of the Netherlands, as amended Legal system: based on Dutch civil law system, with some English common law influence Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: Queen BEATRIX Wilhelmina Armgard of the.
Hippolyte Taine - to read Hegel in the original. His brief leisure was devoted to music. The teachers of his second and third years, Deschanel, Géruzez, Berger, Havet, Filon, Saisset and Simon, were unanimous in praising his character and intellect; they found fault with his unmeasured taste for classification, abstraction. and formula. The director of studies, M. Vacherot, gauged his capacity at the end of his second year with prophetic insight. He prophesied that Taine would be a great savant, adding that he was not of this world, and that Spinoza's motto, "Vivre pour penser," would also be his. In the month of August 1851 he came forward as a candidate for the fellowship in philosophy (agrégation de philosophie) in company with his friends Suckau and Cambier. Taine was declared to be admissible, together.
Gulf War - Hussein any approval for defying the Arab League's Jeddah crisis squad which conducted the negotiations. However, Saddam's expectations may have been preoccupied by the perception that the US just at this time was approving the reunification of Germany, another act that he considered to be nothing more than the nullification of an artificial, internal border. Some people, like William Blum, allege that the United States gave secret encouragement to Kuwait to be provocative in their territorial claims and promised to defend Kuwait from the expected Iraqi reaction. This, his argument goes, was in response to increasing Iraqi warnings about American hegemony in the Gulf region and also helped stanch expected cuts in defense spending and boost President George H. W. Bush's domestic popularity. (Blum, Ch. 52) Subsequent to the invasion the.
February 2003 - White House, Ari Fleischer declared that the Iraq commitment to destroy these missiles is a fraud that President George W. Bush had predicted, and indicated that the United States wanted a total and complete disarmament of Iraq. He also repeated that if the United Nations did not act to disarm Baghdad, the United States would lead a coalition of voluntary countries to disarm Saddam Hussein. Canada's prime minister Jean Chrétien indicates that he believes that regime change is a dangerous goal for an invasion of Iraq, and that disarmament only should be the goal of international pressure. [1] It is reported that, citing "national interest" as a reason, the British government under Margaret Thatcher contributed approximately £1bn of taxpayer money to Iraq under Saddam Hussein in the 1980s. Most of this.
Afghanistan timeline March 16-31, 2003 - fierce fighting during an joint operation with U.S-led coalition forces in central Afghanistan's Oruzgan province, Afghan government troops captured Mulla Ahdul Razaq, minister of commerce of the former Taliban regime. About 80 suspected Taliban members were arrested in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The participation by Norwegian F-16 fighters in the U.S-led military operations in Afghanistan came to its scheduled end. At 9:30 a.m., five men armed with AK-47s attacked a car of Afghan border commander Najibullah who was on his way from Kang district to the center of Nimroz. The commander and two of his men were killed. The car was stolen and later found in the neighboring Farah province, but the attackers had fled. March 30, 2003 U.S forces called in air support that smashed a cluster of suspected rebel vehicles.
January 2003 - on the first ballot, beating veteran MP Bill Blaikie. January 24, 2003 War on Terrorism: The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation and former governor Tom Ridge takes command. Reorganization of other departments effected by its creation in the United States Government will continue for some time. This represents the largest reorganization of the United States Government since the creation of the United States Department of Defense during World War II. January 22, 2003 The RIAA, a music industry lobbying group, announces that Hilary Rosen will step down as head of the organization at the end of 2003. Rosen achieved notoriety on the Internet for her prolific efforts to halt the spread of copyrighted mp3 recordings on peer to peer file sharing networks such as Napster and Kazaa..
Volkert van der Graaf - In the months following the murder, many conspiracy theories were put forth by supporters of Fortuyn and others. Mat Herben of the Lijst Pim Fortuyn (LPF) said that the perpetrator was part of a group of five dangerous people. Fred Teeven of Leefbaar Nederland said that it was practically excluded that Van der Graaf had acted alone. Janssen van Raay of the LPF said that Van der Graaf was hired for the murder, suggesting a link to al-Qaida. He said he expected al-Qaida to free him from prison within a year. However officials investigating the murder dismissed these suggestions, saying no evidence had been found for the involvement of others. Suggestions that Van der Graaf had committed an earlier murder of an environmental official, Van der Werken from Nunspeet (1996), or.
