 Venus Williams Venus Williams was born on June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California. She is an American former World No. 1 tennis champion.
Biography and Career :
She is the daughter of Richard and Oracene Williams and the older sister of another tennis champion, Serena Williams.
Venus Williams turned professional on October 31st, 1994, then won many important championships, including two Gold medals at th ... Date added: 22 November '07 |
 Voltaire Voltaire (real name François-Marie Arouet) was born on November 21, 1694 in Paris, France. He was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher.
Biography and Career :
His family was wealthy, so Voltaire followed the course of "Louis- le- Grand”. His uncle convinced him to become an atheist, fact that was contradictory to the early period of Illuminism. In 1711, Voltaire ent ... Date added: 04 March '08 |
 Andorra General Facts :
Surface: 453 km²
Population: 58.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 128 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Andorra la Vella (16.000 inhabitants)
Official language: Catalonian
Official currency: French Franc
Imported products:
Exported products:
Brut Intern Product: 9.834 $/inhabitant
State type: Principality
Geographical Characteristics :
The country is situated in t ... Date added: 20 November '06 |
 Burkina Faso General Facts :
Surface: 274.200 km²
Population: 9.242.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 34 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Ouagadougou (442.000 inhabitants)
Exported products: sorghum, millet, cotton
Official language: French
Official currency: franc
Brut Intern Product: 247 million $
State type: Republic
Geographical Characteristics :
The country is situated in the west of Africa. ... Date added: 22 November '06 |
 Burundi General Facts :
Surface: 27.834 km²
Population: 5.620.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 202 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Bujumbura (273.000 inhabitants)
Exported products: coffee, tea, bananas, cotton
Imported products: sugar, oil, textiles, drinks
Official language: French and Kirundi
Official currency: Burundi franc
Brut Intern Product: 210 million $
State type: Republic
Geograph ... Date added: 22 November '06 |
 Central African Republic General Facts :
Surface: 622.984 km²
Population: 3.127.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 5 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Bangui (474.000 inhabitants)
Official language: French
Official currency: CFA franc
Imported products: car pieces, cars, textiles, chemical products, food
Exported products: gold, diamonds coffee, cotton, natural rubber, wood
Brut Intern Product: 369 million $
State ... Date added: 22 November '06 |
 Belgium General Facts :
Surface: 30.519 km²
Population: 9.979.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 327 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Brussels (960.000 inhabitants)
Official language: Dutch and French
Official currency: Belgium Franc
Brut Intern Product: 15.540 $/inhabitant
State type: Kingdom
Geographical Characteristics :
Belgium is situated in the west of Europe. The altitude of the countr ... Date added: 25 November '06 |
 Benin General Facts :
Surface: 112.622 km²
Population: 4.889.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 43 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Porto-Novo (164.000 inhabitants)
Official language: French
Official currency: Franc
Brut Intern Product: 360 $/inhabitant
State type: Republic
Geographical Characteristics :
It is situated on the west coast of Africa in the north of Guinea Golf. The relief is g ... Date added: 25 November '06 |
 Cameroon General Facts :
Surface: 475.442 km²
Population: 12.239.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 27 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Yaoundé (654.000 inhabitants)
Exported products: petroleum, coffee, cocoa, wood
Imported products: sugar, oil, textiles, drinks, alumina
Official language: French and English
Official currency: franc
Brut Intern Product: 960 million $
State type: Republic
Geogra ... Date added: 27 November '06 |
 Comoros General Facts :
Surface: 1.862 km²
Population: 570.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 306 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Moroni (20.000 inhabitants)
Imported Products: food, drinks, cereals, sugar
Official language: French and Comore
Official currency: CFA Franc
Exported products: cotton
Brut Intern Product: 480 $/inhabitant
State type: Republic
Geographical Characteristics :
The ... Date added: 27 November '06 |
 Ivory Coast Surface: 322.463 km²
Population: 13.720.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 42.8 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Yamoussoukro (120.000 inhabitants)
Official language: French
Official currency: franc
Imported products: car pieces, fuels, cars
Exported products: coffee, cocoa, wood, palm oil
Brut Intern Product: 6.997 million $
State type: Republic
Geographical Characteristics
Ivory Coast ... Date added: 12 December '06 |
 Daniel Auteuil Daniel Auteuil was born on January 24, 1950 in Algiers, Algeria. He is a French actor.
Biography and Career :
His career begun with musical comedies. He made his debut in film in 1972. One of the greatest successes of Daniel Auteuil was "Jean de Florette" (1986).
He is known as one of the most respected actors in France. He is able to play all kinds of parts in comedies, dramas, romances ... Date added: 13 February '07 |
 Claude Monet Claude Monet (full name Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet) was born on November 14, 1840. He is a famous French impressionist painter.
Biography and Career :
Claude Monet was born in Paris but spent his childhood on the Channel Coast at Le Havre. In his youth he painted caricature portraits and exhibited them in the art supplies shop in which Eugene Boudin worked at the time. Eventual ... Date added: 01 August '07 |
 What languages can you speak? by Cristina Nuta -
Being able to speak at least a foreign language nowadays offers great advantages. English has become the first international language, which helps millions of people around the world to communicate. Even if it is a little bit harder for some of us to gain the English accent, learning its grammar and vocabulary is enough in order to be able to make yourself understood.
Eve ... Date added: 13 August '07 |
 Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal was born on June 3, 1986 in Manacor, Mallorca. He is a professional tennis player, situated on the second position of the Top 100 and Roger Federer's NO.1 enemy.
Biography and Career :
Her parents' names are Sebastian and Ana Maria. He was trained by his uncle, Toni Nadal. Besides him, his parents also have one daughter. Even if he plays with his left hand he is not a left-hande ... Date added: 18 August '07 |
 Tommy Haas Tommy Haas (real name Thomas Mario Haas) was born on April 3, 1978 in Hamburg, Germany. He is a professional tennis player.
Biography and Career :
He started playing tennis accidentally at the age of two. His father was the one who noticed that the boy played with a wooden plank and hit balls against the wall. After three years, at only five years old, he won the first tournament of his life ... Date added: 11 December '07 |
 The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars by Monique Barb -
The Napoleonic Wars, a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonaparte's rule over France (1799 - 1815), took place mainly in Europe but also involved some other parts of the world. They continued to some extent the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789.
In 1789 the French Revolution beganonly a few years after the end of the American War of Independence. The origin ... Date added: 17 October '07 |
