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- 10281: Italy
- ... jointly until Theodoric murdered Odoacer. Theodoric continued to rule Italy with a government comprised mostly of Italians and an army composed of Ostrogoths. During his rule, he brought peace to the country but after his death in 526, the kingdom began to grow weak. In 553, Justinian, the Byzantine emperor who ruled the eastern part of the Roman Empire, defeated the Ostrogoths and expelled them. For a time, the Old Roman ...
- 10282: Mexico
- ... recent slowing in natural increase. From 1960 to 1980 Mexico averaged about 3.0 percent annually. This reflects the greatly improved health- care standards introduced since 1940. These changes allowed a significant lowering of the death rate, especially infant mortality. The more recent decline in the growth rate results from increasing urbanization, higher educational levels, and a lessened dependence on child labor. In 1910 Mexico had a population of about 15 ...
- 10283: Korea
- ... in South Korea, Rae Tae Woo and Chun Doo Hwan were tried for treason in August 1996. Both were convicted. Chun was sentenced to serve more than 22 years in prison, and Rae received the death sentence. As South Korea maintains that its laws would prevail were the country to be reunified, any North Korean officials would be punishable for their offenses as well. Unless these individuals receive special treatment under ...
- 10284: Ireland
- ... purposes, is given by the government on the basis of economic need by the patient. There are enough hospitals, but strangely enough, the doctor-patient ratio is 1 to 1,000. The chief cause of death is heart disease. Ninety-four percent of the religion in Ireland is of the Roman Catholic type. The rest of them are mainly Angelican with a few Methodists mixed in with the rest. In the ...
- 10285: Iraq: A Country on the Rise
- ... about the same number of nurses, and only 1,465 dentists (about 1 per every 10,000 people). In a survey only 10% of married women reported to use any form of birth control. Infant death is extremely high at 79 deaths per 1,000 with a total of 68,121 per year. 83% of the country is immunized for measles and DPT. Education is also very poor. The literacy rate ...
- 10286: Ukraine: Facts
- ... 334,299) 65 years and over: 14% (female 4,976,893; male 2,367,412) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 0.04% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 12.31 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 12.67 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 20.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy ...
- 10287: Zambezi Valley
- ... is a unique place with outstanding beauty. A great inland sea, nestled amongst the mountains, guarded by enormous reserves of game, and made beautiful and savage by sun and storm, earth and water, life and death. It is unforgettable on a dust-tasting, hazy-blue September day to watch the game treading its daily course to the edge of the lake's vast waters, or in the rainy season when the ...
- 10288: Liberia
- ... April 12, 1980. At that time there was military fighting that caused the government to change so the constitution was no longer be used. William V. S. Tubman served as president from 1944 until his death in 1971. Following him was William R. Tolbert, Jr. He was also the vice-president for Tubman. Tolbert was assassinated on April 12, 1980 in the first Liberians military coup, led by an army sergeant ...
- 10289: History of the Marshall Islands
- ... first went to small Engebi supported by gunfire and by shore based artillery placed the day before on small islets. It took them two days to secure the island in the Allies favor with a death count of 349 and 555 wounded. The results of the capturing of the Marshall Islands were a big success. Having the Marshall's helped in moving the U.S. a lot closer to Japanese and ...
- 10290: Galicia
- ... different in the things that they do for entertainment. They don't have any of the high-tech theatures, or the night life of Madrid. They are more interested in music, poetry, land, family, witchcraft, death, and superstition. They spend a lot of time thinking about things and why they are the way that they are. They usually are not prejudice to any outsiders, and willing listen to their ideas. People ...
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