Europe.Tony Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair has said that he will step down as Prime Minister of the UNITED KINGDOM The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. He or she acts as the head of Her Majesty's Government and like other Prime Ministers in Westminster Systems is (along with his or her within the next year. Blair Blair , Anthony Charles Lynton Known as "Tony" Born 1953. British lawyer, politician, and Labour Party leader who was elected prime minister in 1997. has been a close ally of President Bush, sending British troops to Afghanistan Afghanistan (ăfgăn`ĭstăn', ăfgän'ĭstän`), officially Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, republic (2005 est. pop. 29,929,000), 249,999 sq mi (647,497 sq km), S central Asia. and Iraq--and earning him a good deal of criticism at home. It remains to be seen whether Blair's Blair's is a United States snack company founded in 1989, most famous for their varieties of hot sauce which receives extremely high ratings on the Scoville scale. Hot Sauces successor 1. SuccessoR - A language for distributed computing derived from SR. ["SuccessoR: Refinements to SR", R.A. Olsson et al, TR 84-3, U Arizona 1984]. 2. successor - daughter will be as supportive supportive adjective Pertaining to a Pt management philosophy in which only the Sx of a particular condition are treated; supportive measures are often taken when no specific and/or effective therapy is available or accessible–eg, viral meningitis, or of American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of policy. Much of Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). , including FRANCE France (frăns, Fr. fräNs), officially French Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 60,656,000), 211,207 sq mi (547,026 sq km), W Europe. , is struggling with how to
integrate growing Muslim Muslim (mŭz`lĭm) [Arab.,=one who surrenders (himself to God), an agent form of the verb of which Islam is a verbal noun], one who has embraced Islam, a follower of Muhammad. populations into largely homogeneous The same. Contrast with heterogeneous. homogeneous - (Or "homogenous") Of uniform nature, similar in kind. 1. In the context of distributed systems, middleware makes heterogeneous systems appear as a homogeneous entity. For example see: interoperable network. societies. (Last year, France endured weeks of riots This is a chronological list of riots: 17th century and earlier
n. 1. A monotheistic religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to God and to Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of God. 2. a. terrorism terrorism, the threat or use of violence, often against the civilian population, to achieve political or social ends, to intimidate opponents, or to publicize grievances. , much of it apparently "homegrown home·grown adj. 1. Raised or grown at home. 2. Originating in or characteristic of a locality: "Rock is homegrown music in the United States, evolved from blues and country and Tin Pan Alley" ," including deadly attacks on SPAIN'S railways in 2004 and LONDON'S subways and buses in 2005. Expanding the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community and migration within the EU are also key issues: ROMANIA Romania (rōmān`ēə, –yə) or Rumania (r  –), republic (v), 91,699 sq mi (237,500 sq km), SE Europe. and BULGARIA Bulgaria (bŭlgâr`ēə), Bulgarian Balgarija, officially Republic of Bulgaria, republic (2005 est. pop. 7,450,000), 42,823 sq mi (110,912 sq km), SE Europe, on the E Balkan Peninsula. , both former Soviet bloc nations, will
likely join next. Meanwhile, debate continues over admitting TURKEY, a
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EUROPE
URBAN
AREA (SQ MI) POP. %
POP. RISE
COUNTRY POPULATION %/YEAR CAPITAL
ALBANIA 11,100 45 TIRANA
3,200,000 0.8
ANDORRA 174 92 ANDRODA
100,000 0.7 LA VELLA
AUSTRIA 32,378 54 VIENNA
8,300,000 0
BELARUS 80,154 72 MINSK
9,700,000 -0.6
BELGUIM 11,787 97 BRUSSELL
10,500,000 0.1
BOSNIA & 19,741 43 SARAJEVO
HERZEGOVINA (1) 3,900,000 0.1
BULGARIA 42,822 70 SOFIA
7,700,000 -0.5
CROATIA 21,830 56 ZAGREB
4,400,000 -0.2
CZECH REPUBLIC 30,448 77 PRAGUE
10,300,000 -0.1
DENMARK 16,637 72 COPENHAGEN
5,400,000 0.2
ESTONIA 17,413 69 THALLINN
1,300,000 -0.2
FINLAND 130,560 62 HELSINKI
5,300,000 0.2
FRANCE 212,934 76 PARIS
61,200,000 0.4
GERMANY 137,830 88 BERLIN
82,400,000 -0.2
GREECE 50,950 60 ATHENS
11,100,000 0
HUNGARY 35,919 65 BUDAPEST
10,100,000 -0.3
ICELAND 39,768 93 REYKJAVIK
300,000 0.8
IRELAND 27,135 60 DUBLIN
4,200,000 1
ITALY 116,320 90 ROME
59,000,000 0
LATVIA 24,942 68 RIGA
2,300,000 -0.5
LIECHTENSTEIN 62 21 VADUZ
40,000 1
LITHUANIA 25,174 67 VILNIUS
3,400,000 -0.4
LUXEMBOURG 999 9.1 LUXEMBOUG
500,000 0.4
MACEDONIA 9,927 59 SKOPKE
200,000 0.2
MALTA 124 91 VALLETTA
400,000 0.2
MOLDOVA 13,012 45 CHISINAU
4,000,000 -0.2
MONACO 1 100 MONACO
30,000 0.6
MONTENEGRO 5,333 NA PODGORICA
600,000 0.3
NETHERLANDS 15,768 65 AMSTERDAM
16,400,000 0.3
NORWAL 125,050 78 OSLO
4,700,000 0.3
POLAND 124,807 62 WARSAW
38,100,000 0
PORTUGAL 35,514 53 LISBON
10,600,000 0.1
ROMANIA 92,042 55 BUCHAREST
21,600,000 -0.2
RUSSI 6,592,819 73 MOSCOW
142,300,000 -0.6
SAN MARINO 23 84 SAN
30,000 0.3 MARINO
SERBIA 34,115 52 BELGRADE
9,500,000 0.1
SLOVAKIA 18,923 56 BRATISLAVA
5,400,000 0
SLOVENIA 7,819 49 LJUBLJANA
2,000,000 0
SPAIN 195,363 76 MADRID
45,500,000 0.2
SWEDEN 173,730 84 STOCKHOLM
9,100,000 0.1
SWITZERLAND 15,942 62 BERN
7,500,000 0
UKRAINE 233,089 68 KIEV
46,800,000 0.8
UNITED KINGDOM 94,548 89 LONDON
(England, Scotland, 60,500,000 0.2
Wales & N. Ireland)
VATICAL CITY 109 acres NA VATICAN
932 0.01 CITY
COUNTRY MAJOR LANGUAGES
ALBANIA Albanian
Greek
ANDORRA Catalan
French
Castilian
AUSTRIA German
BELARUS Byelorussian
Russian
others
BELGUIM Flemish
French
German
BOSNIA & Serbo-Croatian
HERZEGOVINA (1)
BULGARIA Bulgarian
others
CROATIA Serbo-Croatian
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech
Slovak
DENMARK Danish
Greenlandic
Faroese & German
ESTONIA Estonian
Ukrainian
Russian & others
FINLAND Finnish
Swedish
Lapp & Russian
FRANCE French
regional dialects
GERMANY German
GREECE Greek
English
French
HUNGARY Hungarian
others
ICELAND Icelandic
English
IRELAND English
Gaelic
ITALY Italian
German
French & Slovene
LATVIA Lettish
Lithuanian
Russian & others
LIECHTENSTEIN German
Alemannic dialect
LITHUANIA Lithuanian
Polish
Russian
LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURGAN
German
French & English
MACEDONIA Macedonia
Albanian
others
MALTA Maltese
English
MOLDOVA Moldovan
Russian
Gagauz
MONACO French
English
Italian & Monegasque
MONTENEGRO Montenegrin
Serbian
Bosniak & Alvanian
NETHERLANDS Dutch
NORWAL Norwegian
Lapp
Finish
POLAND Polish
PORTUGAL Portuguese
ROMANIA Romania
Hungarian
German
RUSSI Russian
others
SAN MARINO Italian
SERBIA Serbo-Croatian
Albanian
SLOVAKIA Slovak
Hungarian
SLOVENIA Slovenia
Serbo-Croatian
others
SPAIN Spanish
Catalan
Galician & Basque
SWEDEN Swedish
Lapp
Finnish
SWITZERLAND German
French, Italian
Romansch & others
UKRAINE Ukranian, Russian,
Romania, Polish,
Hungarian
UNITED KINGDOM English
(England, Scotland, Welsch
Wales & N. Ireland) Gaelic
VATICAL CITY Italian
Latin
others
POLITICAL SYSTEM &
COUNTRY HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
ALBANIA Presidential-parliamentary democracy
President ALFRED MOISIU
ANDORRA Presidential-parliamentary democracy
Executive Council President
Albert PINTAT SANTOLARIA
AUSTRIA Parliamentary democracy
Chancellor WOLFGANG SCHUSSEL
BELARUS Presidential dictatorship
President ALEKSANDR LUKASHENKO
BELGUIM Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister GUY VERHOFSTADT
BOSNIA & Presidential-parliamentary (transitional)
HERZEGOVINA (1) Rotating Chairman of the Presidency (2)
BULGARIA Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister SERGEI STANISHEV
CROATIA Presidential-parliamentary democracy
President STJEPAN MESIC
CZECH REPUBLIC Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister JIRI PAROUBEK
DENMARK Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN
ESTONIA Parliamentary democracy
prime Minister ANDRUS ANSIP
FINLAND Presidential-parliamentary democracy
President TARJA HALONEN
FRANCE Presidential-parliamentary democracy
President JACQUES CHIRAC
GERMANY Parliamentary democracy
Chancellor ANGELA MERKEL
GREECE Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister KOSTAS KARAMANLIS
HUNGARY Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister FERENC GYURCSANY
ICELAND Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister GEIR H. HAARDE
IRELAND Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister BERTIE AHERN
ITALY Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister ROMANO PRODI
LATVIA Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister AIGARS KALVITIS
LIECHTENSTEIN Constitutional monarchy
Prince HANS ADAM II
LITHUANIA Parliamentary democracy
President VALDAS ADAMKUS
LUXEMBOURG Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER
MACEDONIA Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister NIKOLA GRUEVSKI
MALTA Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister LAWRENCE GONZI
MOLDOVA Parliamentary democracy
President VLADIMIR VORONIN
MONACO Constitutional monarchy
PRINCE ALBERT II
MONTENEGRO Presidential-parliamentary democracy
President FILIP VUJANOVIC
NETHERLANDS Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister JAN PETER BALKENENDE
NORWAL Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister JENS STOLTENBERG
POLAND Presidential-parliamentary democracy
President LECH KACZYNSKI
PORTUGAL Presidential-parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister JOSE SOCRATES
ROMANIA Presidential-parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister CALIN POPESCU-TARICEANU
RUSSI Presidential-parliamentary democracy
President VLADIMIR PUTIN
SAN MARINO Parliamentary democracy
Co-Captains Regent elected every six
months from the Great and General Council
SERBIA Presidential-parliamentary (transitional)
President BORIS TADIC
SLOVAKIA Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister ROBERT FICO
SLOVENIA Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister JANEZ JANSA
SPAIN Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO
SWEDEN Parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister FREDRIK REINFELDT
SWITZERLAND Parliamentary democracy
Rotating President from seven-member
Federal Council
UKRAINE Presidential-parliamentary democracy
President VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO
UNITED KINGDOM Parliamentary democracy
(England, Scotland, Gaelic Prime Minister TONY BLAIR
Wales & N. Ireland)
VATICAL CITY Papal state
POPE BENEDICT XVI
DATE LITERACY PER CAPITA
OF ORIGIN RATE (%) GDP
% POP. LIFE
COUNTRY UNDER 15 EXPECTANCY HDI
ALBANIA 1912 93/80 $4,900
27 72/79 0.780
ANDORRA 1278 99/99 $24,000
15 NA NA
AUSTRIA 1156 NA $32,700
16 76/82 0.936
BELARUS 1991 99/99 $6,900
16 63/75 0.786
BELGUIM 1830 99/99 $31,400
17 76/82 0.945
BOSNIA & 1992 98/91 $6,800
HERZEGOVINA (1) 16 71/77 0.786
BULGARIA 1908 99/98 $9,600
14 69/76 0.808
CROATIA 1991 99/98 $11,600
16 71/78 0.841
CZECH REPUBLIC 1993 99/99 $19,500
15 73/79 0.874
DENMARK 900s 99/99 $34,600
19 76/80 0.941
ESTONIA 1991 99/99 $16,700
15 66/78 0.853
FINLAND 1917 99/99 $30,900
17 75/82 0.941
FRANCE 486 99/99 $29,900
18 77/84 0.938
GERMANY 1871 99/99 $30,400
14 76/82 0.930
GREECE 1829 99/97 $22,200
15 77/81 0.912
HUNGARY 1001 99/99 $16,300
16 69/77 0.862
ICELAND 1944 99/99 $35,600
22 79/83 0.956
IRELAND 1921 99/99 $41,000
21 75/80 0.946
ITALY 1861 99/98 $29,200
14 78/83 0.934
LATVIA 1991 99/99 $13,200
15 67/77 0.836
LIECHTENSTEIN 1719 99/99 $25,000
18 79/82 NA
LITHUANIA 1991 99/99 $13,700
17 66/78 0.852
LUXEMBOURG 1839 99/99 $55,600
19 75/81 0.949
MACEDONIA 1991 98/94 $7,800
21 71/76 0.797
MALTA 1964 92/94 $19,900
18 77/81 0.867
MOLDOVA 1991 99/99 $1,800
20 65/72 0.671
MONACO 1419 99/99 $27,000
13 NA NA
MONTENEGRO 2006 NA $3,800
21 NA NA
NETHERLANDS 1579 99/99 $30,500
18 77/81 0.943
NORWAL 1905 99/99 $42,300
20 78/83 0.963
POLAND 1918 99/99 $13,300
17 71/79 0.858
PORTUGAL 1140 96/91 $19,300
16 75/81 0.904
ROMANIA 1878 99/98 $8,200
16 68/75 0.792
RUSSI 1991 99/99 $11,100
15 59/72 0.795
SAN MARINO 301 97/95 $34,600
15 78/84 NA
SERBIA 1992 99/94 $4,400
19 69/75 NA
SLOVAKIA 1993 99/99 $16,100
17 70/78 0.849
SLOVENIA 1991 99/99 $21,600
14 74/81 0.904
SPAIN 1492 99/97 $25,500
14 77/84 0.928
SWEDEN 1523 99/99 $29,800
17 78/83 0.949
SWITZERLAND 1291 99/99 $32,300
16 79/84 0.947
UKRAINE 1991 99/99 $7,200
14 63/74 0.766
UNITED KINGDOM CIRCA 900 99/99 $30,300
(England, Scotland, 18 76/81 0.939
Wales & N. Ireland)
VATICAL CITY 1929 100 NA
NA NA NA
(1) Bosnia has a collective presidency that rotates among three
members (one Croat, one Muslim, and one Serb).
ALMANAC SOURCES: Area, population, urban population, annual
population rise, percent of population under 15 years, and life
expectancy: 2006 World Population Data Sheet (Population Reference
Bureau). Capital, major languages, date of origin, literacy rate,
and per capita GDP: The World Factbook 2006 (C.I.A.). Per capita
GDP for Equatorial Guinea if from The World Factbook 2005 (C.I.A.);
the current figure is in dispute. Political systems: Freedom in the
World (Freedom House, a nonprofit human-rights organization), World
Book Encyclopedia, and the U.S. State Department and its Web site
(www.state.gov). Heads of government: based on information from
GeoCities "Rulers" Web site (www.rulers.org), the U.S. State
Department, and The World Factbook 2006 (C.I.A.). HDI: Human
Development Report 2005 (United Nations Development Program),
Figures are the latest available from each source for each country.
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