The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is an independent English-speaking nation in the West Indies. An archipelago of 700 islands and cays (which are small islands), the Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida in the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean, and west of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Bahamas - History. Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the New World in 1492 is believed to have been on the island of San Salvador (also called Watling's Island) ...

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Bahamas - History Bahamas - Geography Bahamas - Politics Bahamas - Districts Bahamas - Economy Bahamas - Demographics Bahamas - Culture Bahamas - Climate

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Bahamas, Bahamas - History, Bahamas - Geography, Bahamas - Politics, Bahamas - Districts, Bahamas - Economy, Bahamas - Demographics, Bahamas - Culture, Bahamas - Climate

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The issue of homosexuality remains a controversy in the Anglican Communion. During the thirteenth Lambeth Conference in 1998 it was decided that ordaining non-celibate gay clergy was "incompatible with Scripture" by a vote of 526-70; however it also contained a statement declaring this policy would not be the final word and research would continue. Other resolutions passed include "Issues in Human Sexuality" which was approved in 1991 stating stable sa ...

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Anglican views of homosexuality - Summary of Issues Anglican views of homosexuality - Gay bishop controversy
Anglican views of homosexuality - 2004 Church Letter Anglican views of homosexuality - Subsequent Division Anglican views of homosexuality - Windsor Report and 2005 Primates Meeting
Anglican views of homosexuality - Stance of Churches
Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of England Anglican views of homosexuality - Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia Anglican views of homosexuality - Anglican Church of Australia Anglican views of homosexuality - Anglican Church of Canada Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of the Province of Central Africa Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of Ireland Anglican views of homosexuality - Anglican Church of Kenya Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of Nigeria Anglican views of homosexuality - Scottish Episcopal Church Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of the Province of Southern Africa Anglican views of homosexuality - Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America Anglican views of homosexuality - Episcopal Church of the Sudan Anglican views of homosexuality - Anglican Church of Tanzania Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of the Province of Uganda Anglican views of homosexuality - Episcopal Church in the United States of America Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of the Province of West Africa Anglican views of homosexuality - Church of the Province of the West Indies

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Microeconomics (literally, very small economics) is the study of the economic behaviour of individual consumers, firms, and industries and the distribution of production and income among them. It considers individuals both as suppliers of labour and capital and as the ultimate consumers of the final product. It analyzes firms both as suppliers of products and as consumers of labour and capital. Microeconomics seeks to analyze the market form or other types of mechanisms that establish relative prices amongst goods and services and/or allocates soc ...

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1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. 1970 is the Unix epoch time. 1970 - Events. January 1 - Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 - Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 5 - The first episode of All My Children was broadcast on the ABC television network. January 12 - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January 15 - After a 32-mo ...

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1970 - February 1970 - March 1970 - April 1970 - May 1970 - June 1970 - July 1970 - August 1970 - September 1970 - October 1970 - November 1970 - December 1970 - Unknown date
1970 - Births
1970 - January 1970 - February 1970 - March 1970 - April 1970 - May 1970 - June 1970 - July 1970 - August 1970 - September 1970 - October 1970 - November 1970 - December 1970 - Unknown date
1970 - Deaths
1970 - January 1970 - February 1970 - March 1970 - April 1970 - May 1970 - June 1970 - July 1970 - August 1970 - September 1970 - October 1970 - November 1970 - December 1970 - Unknown date
1970 - Nobel Prizes 1970 - Fields Medalists

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The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean that is a dependency of the United States. These islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands are made up of the four main islands of St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix and Water Island and many smaller islands. They are the only U.S. territory where traffic drives on the left. In Denmark, they are also referred to as The Former Danish West Indian Islands (De tidligere Dansk Vestindiske Øer). United Stat ...

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United States Virgin Islands - History United States Virgin Islands - Geography United States Virgin Islands - Politics United States Virgin Islands - Economy United States Virgin Islands - Miscellaneous

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country's national radio and television broadcaster. In French, it is called la Société Radio-Canada (Radio-Canada or SRC). The umbrella corporate brand is CBC/Radio-Canada. The CBC is the oldest broadcasting service in the country, first established in its present form on November 2, 1936. Radio services include CBC Radio One, CBC Radio Two, La Première Chaîne, Espace musique, and the in ...

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - History Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Corporate structure and funding Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Programming
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Television Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Internet Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Podcasting
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Other ventures
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Audio services Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Technical services
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - CBC in other countries
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Newsworld International Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - US border audiences Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Carriage of CBC News Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - CBC Radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Caribbean and Bermuda
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - CBC Bureaus
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Overseas
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Public versus private ownership Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Issue of bias Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Nicknames Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Labour problems Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Presidents Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Famous people who got their starts on the CBC

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1990 (MCMXC) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. 1990 - Events. January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 4 - over 300 people were killed in a train accident in Ghotki pakistan. January 7 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 - Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello, the man who led the coup against Dr Apolo Milton Obote's governmen ...

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1990 - Events
1990 - February 1990 - March 1990 - April 1990 - May 1990 - June 1990 - July 1990 - August 1990 - September 1990 - October 1990 - November 1990 - December
1990 - Births 1990 - Deaths 1990 - Nobel Prizes
1990 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
1990 - Fields Medalists 1990 - Templeton Prize 1990 - Right Livelihood Award 1990 - Uncertain dates

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By 1964, a distinctive Jamaican music had sprung up based around the sound systems called ska, which was fast and danceable. Perhaps the best-known of the original ska wave were The Skatalites, whose career spanned decades. At first primarily instrumental, ska's rhythms generally didn't lend well to vocal stylings, though some popular artists such as The Maytals and The Wailers got their start by singing in this style. Some of ska's fans were "rude boys", the local name for gangsters and petty thieves. Rude boys were anything from fas ...

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Music of Jamaica, Music of Jamaica - Early 20th century, Music of Jamaica - Mento, Music of Jamaica - Sound systems, Music of Jamaica - Ska, Music of Jamaica - DJs, Music of Jamaica - Island Records, Music of Jamaica - Rastafari rocksteady and foundations of dub, Music of Jamaica - 1970s: Dub and reggae, Music of Jamaica - 1980s: Dancehall and ragga, Music of Jamaica - 1990s into present, Music of Jamaica - Religious music

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Main article: History of The Beatles John Lennon formed a group, The Blackjacks, who became The Quarrymen, in March 1957. On July 6 that year, John met Paul McCartney through a mutual friend while playing at the Woolton Parish Church Garden Fete, and the two were soon playing music together, with Colin Hanton on drums, and Len Garry on "Tea-Chest" bass. In February 1958 the young guitarist George Harrison joined the group, which played under a variety of names. Recordings of John, Paul and George from that year still exist. During this period, members constantly joined, and left the line up. John, Paul and George were the only ...

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The Beatles, The Beatles - History, The Beatles - Studio style evolution, The Beatles - In film, The Beatles - Influences and music, The Beatles - Band members, The Beatles - Early members, The Beatles - Song catalogue, The Beatles - Trivia, The Beatles - Song samples

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1990 - January. January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 4 - over 300 people were killed in a train accident in Ghotki pakistan. January 7 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 - Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello, the man who led the coup against Dr Apolo Milton Obote's government, dies in Ormduruman Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. January 10 - Time Warner is formed f ...

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1990, 1990 - Events, 1990 - January, 1990 - February, 1990 - March, 1990 - April, 1990 - May, 1990 - June, 1990 - July, 1990 - August, 1990 - September, 1990 - October, 1990 - November, 1990 - December, 1990 - Births, 1990 - Deaths, 1990 - Nobel Prizes, 1990 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1990 - Fields Medalists, 1990 - Templeton Prize, 1990 - Right Livelihood Award, 1990 - Uncertain dates

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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international, multilateral organization which sets the rules for the global trading system and resolves disputes between its member states, all of whom are signatories to its about 30 agreements. WTO headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland. Pascal Lamy is the current Director-General, taking over from the previous Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi on September 1, 2005. As of December 15, 2005, there are 150 members in the organization, with the Kingdom of Tonga becom ...

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World Trade Organization - History World Trade Organization - Mission World Trade Organization - Structure World Trade Organization - Trade negotiations World Trade Organization - Dispute resolution World Trade Organization - Membership World Trade Organization - Agreements
World Trade Organization - Agreement on Agriculture AoA World Trade Organization - General Agreement on Trade in Services GATS World Trade Organization - Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights TRIPs Agreement World Trade Organization - Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary SPS Agreement World Trade Organization - Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade TBT
World Trade Organization - Chronology World Trade Organization - Critique World Trade Organization - Ministerial conferences
World Trade Organization - 1st ministerial conference World Trade Organization - 2nd ministerial conference World Trade Organization - 3rd ministerial conference World Trade Organization - 4th ministerial conference World Trade Organization - 5th ministerial conference World Trade Organization - 6th ministerial conference
World Trade Organization - References and further readings

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The Yellow-throated Warbler, Dendroica dominica, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in southeastern North America from southern Pennsylvania and northern Missouri to the Gulf. The two subspecies found in northwest Florida and the Bahamas are resident, but other populations are migratory, wintering from on the Gulf coast, eastern Central America and the Caribbean. The summer male Yellow-throated Warbler has grey upperparts and wings, with a double white wing bar. The throat is yellow, and the rest o ...

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A Cape Verde-type hurricane is a tropical cyclone that develops near the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa, and becomes a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. The average hurricane season has about two Cape Verde-type hurricanes, which are usually the most intense storms of the season because they have plenty of warm open ocean to develop over before encountering land. Cape Verde-type hurricane - Origin. Cape Verde-type hurricanes typically develop from tropical waves which form in the African sa ...

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Cape Verde-type hurricane - Origin
Cape Verde-type hurricane - List of notable Cape Verde-type hurricanes
Cape Verde-type hurricane - Typical tracks

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Christopher Columbus (1451 – 20 May 1506) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas on October 12, 1492 under the flag of Castile. History places a great significance on his landing in America in 1492, with the entire period of the history of the Americas before this date usually known as Pre-Columbian, and the anniversary of this event, Columbus Day, celebrated in many countries in the Americas. Although there is evidence of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact, and it is questionable whether ...

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Christopher Columbus - Background Christopher Columbus - Early life Christopher Columbus - Columbus' idea Christopher Columbus - Columbus' campaign for funding Christopher Columbus - Voyages
Christopher Columbus - First voyage Christopher Columbus - Second voyage Christopher Columbus - Third voyage and arrest Christopher Columbus - Fourth and final voyage
Christopher Columbus - Later life Christopher Columbus - Columbus' national origin
Christopher Columbus - Columbus' language
Christopher Columbus - Perceptions of Columbus
Christopher Columbus - Columbus as hero Christopher Columbus - Columbus as villain Christopher Columbus - Physical appearance

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List of country calling codes - At a glance List of country calling codes - In depth
List of country calling codes - Zone 1 – North American Numbering Plan Area List of country calling codes - Zone 2 – Mostly Africa List of country calling codes - Zone 3 – Europe List of country calling codes - Zone 4 – Europe List of country calling codes - Zone 5 – Mexico Central and South America West Indies List of country calling codes - Zone 6 – South Pacific and Oceania List of country calling codes - Zone 7 – Russia and its vicinity former Soviet Union List of country calling codes - Zone 8 – East Asia and Special Services List of country calling codes - Zone 9 – West South and Central Asia Middle East

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The original phrase "common wealth" or "the common weal" is a calque translation of the Latin term res publica ('public matters'), from which the word republic comes, which was itself used as a synonym for the greek politeia as well as for the republican (i.e. non-monarchical) Roman constitution (in legal theory still in force during the empire, see Principate). The English noun Commonwealth dates originally from the fifteenth century and in different contexts indicates: a political unit ...

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Commonwealth - Definition and linguistics Commonwealth - International or Multinational
Commonwealth - Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth - Commonwealth of Independent States
Commonwealth - National
Commonwealth - Great Britain Commonwealth - Australia Commonwealth - Dominica Commonwealth - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Commonwealth of Poland Commonwealth - Other states that use the name Commonwealth
Commonwealth - Subnational
Commonwealth - United States
Commonwealth - Fictional

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Columbus Day is a holiday celebrated in many countries in the Americas, commemorating the date of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Similar holidays, celebrated as Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in many countries in Latin America, Discovery Day in the Bahamas, Hispanic Day in Spain, and with the recently new name Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela, commemorate the same event. Columbus Day - Columbus Day in the United StatesIncluding:

Columbus Day - Columbus Day in the United States Columbus Day - Día de la Raza Columbus Day - Opposition

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Castaway Cay is a private island or "out island" in the Bahamas which serves as an exclusive port of call for the Disney Wonder and her sister ship the Disney Magic. The island, formerly known as Gorda Cay, is owned entirely by the Walt Disney Company in contrast to the eight islands leased by other cruise lines for similar purposes. This makes it easy for the company to control all aspects of the "show" put on by the "cast" or employees. The ...

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Castaway Cay - Reference

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A Commonwealth Realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states of the Commonwealth that recognise Queen Elizabeth II as their Queen and head of state. In each Realm, she acts as the monarch of that state, and is titled accordingly. For example, in Barbados, she is known as "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Barbados", or, simply, the Queen of Barbados (See List of Titles and Honours of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom). Outside the United Kingdom, the Queen, on the advice of the prime minister of each Realm, appoints a Gov ...

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Commonwealth Realm - Current Commonwealth Realms
Commonwealth Realm - Flags of the Queen in Commonwealth Realms Commonwealth Realm - Flags of Governors General
Commonwealth Realm - Constitutional implications
Commonwealth Realm - Historical development Commonwealth Realm - Monarch's role in the Realms Commonwealth Realm - Sovereignty of the Realms Commonwealth Realm - One Crown or several?
Commonwealth Realm - Former Commonwealth Realms Commonwealth Realm - Public perceptions
Commonwealth Realm - The evolving crown Commonwealth Realm - Debate on the monarchy Commonwealth Realm - Republicanism

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