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LIST OF CURRENT WORLD LEADERS
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GOOGLE EARTH
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NORTHERN IRELAND (1921-) part of the United Kingdom (UK)
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UN for students - Click on a country to learn about it.
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World Atlas (Infoplease)
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NORTHERN IRELAND (ULSTER) - THE CONFLICT KNOWN AS "THE TROUBLES"
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• Tour of the UNITED NATIONS BUILDINGS
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• World Atlas (HRW)
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HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND CONFLICT
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• Secretary-General of the UN - Ban-Ki Moon
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• List of World Maps (from University of Texas)
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• UNDERSTANDING NORTHERN IRELAND CONFLICT
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• List of all the Secretaries-General of the UN (1946-2006)
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FLAGS OF EUROPE
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1998: THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT BRINGS PEACE BUT NOT HARMONY
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• Photos of the famous UN Secretariat Building, where the UN meets in Manhattan.
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• Flags of Europe (Wikipedia)
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CARTOONS ABOUT THE TROUBLES
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AFRICA - 54 COUNTRIES, 797 MILLION PEOPLE
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• Flags of Europe GAME
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LOYALISTS (Protestants) want to remain part of the United Kingdom. REPUBLICANS (Catholics) want to join Ireland. Lists of all the major groups.
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• AFRICA FOR KIDS
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• Flags of Europe quiz
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FLAGS OF NORTHERN IRELAND
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MAP OF AFRICA
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UNITED KINGDOM - England, Scotland, Wales are on the island of GREAT BRITAIN. Northern Ireland is on the island of IRELAND. Great Britain + Northern Ireland = United Kingdom.
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Gerry Adams (1948-) leader of Sinn Fein, Catholic Party in Northern Ireland
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• AFRICA MAPS
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• MAP OF UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
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• Ian Paisley (1926-), leader of Protestants (Loyalists who want to stay part of UK)
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AFRICA NEWS (BBC)
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• FLAGS OF UNITED KINGDOM (GREAT BRITAIN)
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MAP OF IRELAND (Northern Ireland is area in pink)
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LIST OF COUNTRIES IN AFRICA, WITH LINKS FOR EACH
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ACT OF UNION (1707): ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND BECOME THE UNITED KINGDOM
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• Northern Ireland Map with United Kingdom from PBS
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FLAGS OF AFRICA
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OFFICIAL SITE OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY - QUEEN ELIZABETH II (ruler since 1952)
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VIDEO: 1987 Remembrance Day Bombing in Enniskillen
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HISTORICAL FLAGS OF AFRICA
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• Prince Philip, the husband of Elizabeth
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UK News for kids from BBC
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FLAGS OF AFRICA
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• The Royal Homes - BUCKINGHAM PALACE
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Bloody Sunday: January 30, 1972, British Soldiers shoot 13 Irish protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland
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EGYPT
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• History of Kings and Queens of United Kingdom
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BURMA/MYANMAR
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• FLAG OF EGYPT - THE HISTORY
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PRIME MINISTER (PM) OF UK - Gordon Brown
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• Burma - BBC Profile
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• President of Egypt - Hosni Mubarak (1928) President (1981-)
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UK PARLIAMENT
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• Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-) opposition leader in Burma
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• ANCIENT EGYPT
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NATIONS OF EUROPE: FRANCE
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• BURMA/MYANMAR NEWS
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• The Pyramids of Egypt
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• PRESIDENT OF FRANCE: Nicolas Sarkozy (2007- )
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• BURMA from Channel One
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• EGYPT-ISRAEL PEACE TREATY (1979)
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• Eiffel Tower: the most famous landmark in Paris, France, built in 1889.
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• BURMA on FRONTLINE
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ETHIOPIA (Wikipedia)
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• HISTORY OF FRANCE
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PAKISTAN from Washington Post
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• ETHIOPIA (BBC)
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• FRANCE: WORLD WAR I (1914-1918)
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• 134 killed in bombing in Pakistan - 10/19/2007
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• Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Menes Zelawi (1955-), PM since 1995
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• FRANCE: WORLD WAR II - GERMANY CONQUERS FRANCE, RULES FROM 1940 - 1944, WHEN THE U.S. AND U.K. FREE FRANCE.
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• Pakistan info from Infoplease
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ERITREA - INDEPENDENT SINCE 1993
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• THE FLAGS OF FRANCE THROUGH HISTORY
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• Pakistan: Frontline (PBS)
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• ERITREA (Wikipedia)
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NATIONS OF EUROPE: ICELAND
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• Pakistan: A Nation Divided (PBS)
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• FLAG OF ERITREA
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NATIONS OF EUROPE: NORWAY
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• BENAZIR BHUTTO (1953-2007) Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988-1990; 1993-1996) - returned to Pakistan, 2007.
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LIBYA (Independence - 1951)
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NATIONS OF EUROPE: SWEDEN
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• Pakistan People's Party (PPP) - Party of Bhutto
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• Flag of Libya - History
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FLAGS of the Scandinavia (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland)
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• Benazir Bhutto (BBC Profile)
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• Colonel Moammar Qadaffi (also spelled Muammar Gadaffi - the NY Times lists 100 different versions of his name) - Leader of Libya since 1969 (38 years).
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IRAN - Map from Frontline
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• General Pervez Musharraf (1943-), President of Pakistan (1999-2008)
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• The 21 spellings of Qadaffi
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• IRAN - Map
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• Asif Ali Zardari, PRESIDENT of Pakistan, 2008-
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ALGERIA (Independence - 1962)
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• IRAN - News
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• Pakistan (NYTIMES Profile)
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• FLAGS of the Algerian War of Independence vs France (1954-1962)
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• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran (2005-)
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BENAZIR BHUTTO (1953-2007) ASSASSINATED (with video)
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• Algerian War of Independence
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• IRAN - from Infoplease
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Pakistan News from Yahoo! With articles, audio and video.
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SUDAN
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• Ahmadinejad's attempt to visit Ground Zero draws ire of New York
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• Pakistan info from CBC
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• President al-Bashir of Sudan (leader since 1989) voted the world's worst dictator, 2 years in a row by Parade Magazine.
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• Ahmadinejad - Wikipedia page
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• Pakistan news videos from Yahoo!
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• Genocide in Darfur - Thousands of black Africans have been killed in the Darfur region of the Sudan by Arab Militiamen during the Darfur Conflict, which is a mini-Civil War in Sudan.
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MAP GAMES
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Georgia, formerly part of USSR
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• The Darfur Conflict (2003-present)
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MIDDLE EAST MAP GAMES
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• 2008: Russia invades Georgia
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IRAQ TIME-LINE 1920-2007
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WORLD MAP QUIZ - Not Easy!
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ISRAEL: The Jewish State
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• BBC IRAQ PROFILE
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MAP QUIZ (Natl. Geographic)
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• The Knesset - the Israeli Parliament
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• FRONTLINE: IRAQ (2007)
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NORTH KOREA - Communist nation in Asia
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• List of Knesset Members (2009- )
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• NEWSHOUR: IRAQ for students
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• Kim Jong-Il (1941-), leader of North Korea (1994-present)
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• PRIME MINISTER of ISRAEL
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• SCHOLASTIC NEWS: IRAQ
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• INSIDE NORTH KOREA (NYT slideshow)
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• Virtual tour of Israel
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• TIME FOR KIDS: IRAQ
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• North Korea Pictures (from Boston Globe)
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• Maps of Israel
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• SCHOLASTIC NEWS: IRAQ'S ROAD TO DEMOCRACY
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• North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program (FRONTLINE VIDEO)
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• IRAQ INSIDER FROM CHANNEL ONE
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PERSIAN GULF WAR (1991)
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FLAGS OF THE WORLD
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