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The head of state and head of government is the president, elected by popular vote for a five-year t ...

Joshua Slocum was the first person to circumnavigate the world alone. In 1900 he wrote a book about his voyage, A Lonely Voyage Around the World, which became an international bestseller.

The refugee and asylum seeker population in South Africa in 2007 was approximately 144.700 people.

It also has deposits of iron ore, copper, zinc, lead, phosphorite, chromium, manganese, silver, and gold.

Islands with vegetation called woodlands are green only in spring, using moisture reserves from the ...

Broz-Tito was of Croatian descent.

He was the creator of many spectacular happenings, the most controversial of which was "wrapping" the Reichstag building in Berlin and the Pont Neuf in Paris in foil.

China's neighbors are Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and North Korea.