Behind him lay the Low Countries, where men were still completing the cathedrals that a later Florentine would describe as `` a malediction of little tabernacles, one on top of the other, with so many pyramids and spires and leaves that it is a wonder they stand up at all, for they look as though they were made of paper instead of stone or marble '' ; ;

At the same time, Angola has promoted the revival of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries ( CPLP ) as a forum for cultural exchange and expanding ties with Portugal ( its former ruler ) and Brazil ( which shares many cultural affinities with Angola ) in particular.

Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

Montgomery's training paid off when the Germans began their invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May 1940 and the 3rd Division advanced to the River Dijle and then withdrew to Dunkirk with great professionalism, entering the Dunkirk perimeter in a famous night-time march which placed his forces on the left flank which had been left exposed by the Belgian surrender.

To isolate the Danube from any Allied intervention, Marshal Villeroi's 46, 000 troops were expected to pin the 70, 000 Dutch and English troops around Maastricht in the Low Countries, while General de Coigny protected Alsace against surprise with a further corps.

Countries which often operate with coalition cabinets include: the Nordic countries, the Benelux countries, Australia, Austria, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Turkey, Israel, New Zealand, Kosovo, Pakistan, Kenya, India, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand and Ukraine.

Countries with high forest cover can be expected to be at early stages of the FT. GDP per capita captures the stage in a country ’ s economic development, which is linked to the pattern of natural resource use, including forests.

Through marriage, the County of Flanders was joined with most of the rest of the Low Countries around 1400 AD, and it lost its independence.

In the Early modern period, the term Flanders was associated with the southern part of the Low Countries: the Southern Netherlands.

In 2004 the Right to Food Guidelines are adopted, offering guidance to states on how to implement their obligations on the right to food .< ref > Olivier de Schutter ( 2010 ) " Countries tackling hunger with a right to food approach.

Countries with an aging population, or with a baby boom, experience increasing pre-tax Gini coefficient even if real income distribution for working adults remain constant.

In the Low Countries, an ottavino was commonly paired with an 8 ' virginals, encased in a small cubby under the soundboard of the larger instrument.

IJscolf, a game resembling Colf with the added element of an ice-covered surface, was popular in the Low Countries between the Middle Ages and the Dutch Golden Age.

Countries contribute money to a pool through a quota system from which countries with payment imbalances can borrow funds temporarily.

Countries in which Interstitial Cystitis / Painful Bladder Syndrome IC / PBS is now recognized with an official disability code:

* Financing Instrument for Cooperation with Industrialised and Other High Income Countries and Territories, an instrument of the European Union

Countries pictured ( clockwise from upper left ) are Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt ( across the Gulf of Aqabah ), Israel, and the disputed West Bank, with Jordan in the center.

Soon dispute plunged the surviving brothers into a civil war that was only settled in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun, which split the Frankish realm into three parts, to become the kernels of France and Germany, with Burgundy and the Low Countries between them.

Countries with high numbers of land mine victims

Countries are forced to follow suit, on this view, because should they not foreign investment will dry up, move places with lower " burdens " and leave more people jobless and poor.

In the same year, Mozambique became a founding member and the first President of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries ( CPLP ), and maintains close ties with other Lusophone states.

Countries seen as not being sufficiently compliant with such recommendations are subjected to financial sanctions.

Spreading westward along the coastline it is found in the Ertebølle culture of Denmark and Ellerbek of Northern Germany, and the related Swifterbant culture of the Low Countries.

Countries like Russia and China had already delivered a small quantity of military equipment some years earlier, but gained on importance during the past few years.

It was announced on 24 January 2006 that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao would visit Fiji that April to open the China-Pacific Islands Countries Economic Development & Cooperation Forum Ministerial Conference 2006 at Sofitel Fiji Resort in Nadi, a conference of economic and trade ministers from Pacific island countries.

* Nordgren, I .: The Well Spring of the Goths: About the Gothic peoples in the Nordic Countries and on the Continent ( 2004 ).

However, this power can be lost under certain circumstances: some Countries have been forced to disarm by other Countries, upon losing a war, or by having arms embargos or sanctions placed on them.

The Bourbons of France held a strong claim to Luxembourg, the Emperor of Austria on the other hand had controlled the duchy until the revolutionary forces had joined it to the French republic ( he reportedly was not enthusiastic about regaining Luxembourg and the Low Countries, being more interested in the Balkans ).

Some micro-nationalists call their countries Nomadic Countries, especially ones that have no land and are based on the Internet.

Under the IMF's Highly Indebted Poor Countries debt relief program, Senegal will benefit from eradication of two-thirds of its bilateral, multilateral, and private sector debt, contingent on the completion of privatization program proposed by the government and approved by the IMF.

With an external debt of U. S .$ 2, 495 million, and with its economic reform program on track, Senegal qualified for the multilateral debt relief initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries ( HIPC ).

According to Jan Michiel Otto, Professor of Law and Governance in Developing Countries at Leiden University, " Anthropological research shows that people in local communities often do not distinguish clearly whether and to what extent their norms and practices are based on local tradition, tribal custom, or religion.

On 14 December, 1960, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 ( XV ) under titled Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples provided for the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples in providing an inevitable legal linkage between self-determination and its goal of decolonisation, and a postulated new international law-based right of freedom also in economic self-determination.

" Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples "

Countries that use variations on the theme of the Westminster system include the following:

Maximilian's wife had inherited the vast Burgundian domains in France and the Low Countries upon her father's death in the Battle of Nancy on 5 January 1477.

From early on, the Low Countries began to develop as a commercial and manufacturing center.

In Dutch, a distinction still exists between on the one hand ' de Nederlanden ' ( plural, the Low Countries ) and ' Nederland ' ( singular, the present-day state of the Netherlands ) that is a consequence of this separation in the 17th century.

* " The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf " by Samuel Barrett Miles-1966. p. 148

Fraser's earliest writings are: Journal of a Tour through Part of the Himala Mountains and to the Sources of the Jumna and the Ganges ( 1820 ); A Narrative of a Journey into Khorasan in the Years 1823 and 1822, including some Account of the Countries to the North-East of Persia ( 1825 ); and Travels and Adventures in the Persian Provinces on the Southern Banks of the Caspian Sea ( 1826 ).

It has played a moderate role in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ), the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OAPEC ), the United Nations, and the Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ).

Countries such as Russia and the People's Republic of China, central banks, and economic analysts and groups, such as the Gulf Cooperation Council, have expressed a desire to see an independent new currency replace the dollar as the reserve currency.

Sub-regional standards organizations also exist such as the MERCOSUR Standardization Association ( AMN ), the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality ( CROSQ ), and the ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality ( ACCSQ ), EAC East Africa Standards Committee www. eac-quality. net, and the Gulf Standardasation Organasation for GCC Arab Countries.

* West Asia: West Asian Football Federation Championship ( Although not all West Asian Countries enter ), Gulf Cup of Nations.

He now has 31 offices in Canada and has acquired the Master Franchise rights for 13 other countries including France, Mexico, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Poland, and the Gulf Coast Countries.

In the Gulf Countries, 90 PS gross at 6, 000 rpm is claimed.

Output is 105 PS net at 6, 000 rpm ( Middle East specifications ), 122 PS gross at 6, 000 rpm ( Gulf Countries specification ), 96 PS net with 151 Nm ( European specifications ).