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      <title>3 Countries by Stella Dinov</title>
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      <pubDate>2018-04-09 18:27:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Geography</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Location:</strong> New Zealand&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Continent:</strong>Oceania<br><strong>Hemisphere:</strong> Southern <br><strong>Latitude:</strong> 40.9006° S <br><strong>Longitude:</strong> 74.8860° E</div><div><strong>Physical Features:</strong> There is island, mountains and it is tropical.</div><div><strong>Climate:</strong> while the far north has subtropical weather during summer, and inland alpine areas of the South Island can be as cold as 14*F in winter, most of the country lies close to the coast, which means mild temperatures, moderate rainfall, and abundant sunshine.</div><div><strong>Vegetation:</strong> native flora</div><div><strong>Animal Life: </strong>kiwi birds, lesser short tailed bats, hector’s dolphins, kea (bird)&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-12 20:51:02 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>History</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>First inhabitants:</strong> Polynesians<br><strong>Famous leaders: </strong>Ernest Rutherford, was a New Zealand-born British physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics.</div><div><strong>Major wars or revolutions: </strong>The New Zealand Wars were a series of armed conflicts that took place in New Zealand from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand government and the Māori.	</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-12 20:53:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Government</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Country’s official name:</strong> In 1645, Dutch cartographers renamed the land Nova Zeelandia after the Dutch province of Zeeland. British explorer James Cook subsequently anglicised the name to New Zealand.</div><div><strong>Type of government and a brief description of that government: </strong>A constitutional monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the sovereign exercise authority in accordance with a written or unwritten constitution. A parliamentary system is a system of democratic governance of a state where the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the confidence of the legislative branch.A unitary state is a state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate.</div><div><strong>Include how leaders are/have been chosen:</strong> New Zealand is a democratic country in which the Members of Parliament are chosen in free and fair elections.</div><div><strong>Current government leader:</strong> Jacinda Ardern</div><div><strong>Name, title, residence:</strong> Beehive Molesworth St, Pipitea</div><div><strong>Building where government “happens”:</strong>&nbsp; Beehive</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-12 20:58:34 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Economy</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>Major industries:</strong> agriculture</div><div><strong>Major agriculture:</strong> animal farming, crop growing, forestry and farm practices</div><div><strong>Trade food:</strong> or footwear<br><strong>Exports: </strong>Dairy products, meat, wool and wood products, fish, machinery</div><div>Imports: wool, meat and dairy</div><div><strong>Currency:</strong> New Zealand dollar</div><div><strong>Natural Resources:</strong> natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone.</div><div><strong>Occupations: </strong>agriculture, forestry, fishing, logs and wood articles, manufacturing, mining, construction, financial services, real estate services, tourism.</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-12 21:01:47 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>People</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Population: <strong>4.693 million</strong></div><div>&nbsp;Ethnic groups: <strong>Māori people Pacific Islander New Zealanders European New Zealanders</strong></div><div>Major religions: <strong>Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian</strong></div><div>Life expectancy: <strong>81 years<br></strong>Language Official language and others spoken: <strong>English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language</strong></div><div>Education: <strong>Primary and secondary schooling is compulsory for children aged 6 to 16, with the majority attending from the age of 5.</strong></div><div>Literacy rate: <strong>99%</strong></div><div>Length of schooling: <strong>8 years</strong></div><div>When do children start? Finish?: <strong>ages 10–18</strong></div><div>Funding: <strong>free</strong><br>Public? Private?: <strong>Public</strong></div><div>&nbsp;Type and example of a typical meal: <strong>pork, potatoes, kūmara, dumplings, pork, and puha</strong></div><div>&nbsp;Types, traditions, any restrictions?: <strong>The females are usually seen wearing tops woven from wool, in the traditional black, red and white patterns, and flax skirts. All this wouldn't be possible without the greenstone necklace too – a piece of the Earth. The Casual New Zealander dress style incorporates black into almost every outfit.</strong></div><div>Celebrations: <strong>Anzac Day occurs on 25 April. It commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and also honours returned servicemen and women.<br></strong>Sports and recreations: <strong>Netball is the most popular women’s sport, enjoying strong support from grassroots level right up to our world-leading national team, the Silver Ferns.</strong></div><div><strong>Men’s basketball is increasingly popular and both men and women enjoy field hockey. In the warmer months, cricket takes the spotlight - men’s, women’s and the beach variety, a distinctive part of the typical Kiwi summer. If you’re a golfer you’ll be pleased to know New Zealand has more golf courses per capita than anywhere else in the world<br></strong>Sports typically played: <strong>Soccer and basket<br></strong>Other activities enjoyed by the “locals”: <strong>netballs.<br></strong>Arts and Sciences Famous artists, scientists, architects, etc. from your country and their work: <strong>Russell Ira Crowe is an actor, film producer and musician. Rachel Hunter is a New Zealand model, actress and the host of Imagination Television's Rachel Hunter's Tour of Beauty.</strong></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-12 21:44:32 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Geography </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Location: <strong>Fiji</strong></div><div>Continent: <strong>Oceania</strong> <br>Hemisphere: <strong>southern and eastern<br></strong>Latitude: <strong>17.7134° S <br></strong>Longitude: <strong>178.0650° E</strong></div><div>Physical Features: <strong>Mountains, Island, and forests.</strong></div><div>Climate: <strong>tropical marine and warm year round with minimal extremes. The warm season is from November to April and the cooler season lasts from May to October. Temperatures in the cool season still average 72 °F.</strong></div><div>Vegetation: <strong>epiphytes</strong></div><div>Animal Life: <strong>fruit bat, snakes, iguana, geckos, and land animals. </strong>&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-13 00:11:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>History</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>First inhabitants:&nbsp;<strong>Melanesians</strong>&nbsp;</div><div>Famous leaders: <strong>Meli Bolobolo<br></strong>Major wars or revolutions: <strong>Seru Epenisa Cakobau</strong></div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-13 00:12:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Government</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Country’s official name: <strong>Viti Levu and Vanua Levu</strong></div><div>Include how leaders are/have been chosen: <strong>Republic and parliamentary system, leaders have to be elected by House of Representatives and appointed Senate.</strong></div><div>Current government leader: <strong>Jioji Konrote</strong></div><div>Name, title, residence: <strong>Suva</strong></div><div>Building where government “happens”: <strong>Suva Government Building</strong></div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-13 00:13:03 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Economy </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Major industries: <strong>Sugar&nbsp;</strong></div><div>Major agriculture: <strong>sugarcane, copra, ginger, tropical fruits, vegetable, beef, pork, chicken, eggs, and fish.</strong></div><div>Trade: <strong>USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and other Pacific island countries</strong></div><div>Exports: <strong>sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, mineral water and coconut oil.&nbsp;</strong></div><div>Imports: <strong>Foodstuffs, machinery, mineral fuels, beverages, tobacco, and manufactured goods</strong></div><div>Currency: <strong>Fijian dollar<br></strong>Natural Resources: <strong>timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil, and hydropower</strong></div><div>Occupations: <strong>Fiji Labor force&nbsp;</strong></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-13 00:13:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>People</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Population: <strong>898,760</strong></div><div>Ethnic groups: <strong>Fijian</strong>, <strong>Indians in Fiji</strong>, and <strong>Rotumans</strong></div><div>Major religions: <strong>Christian, Sikh, and Hindu</strong> </div><div>Life expectancy: <strong>70 years<br></strong>Language: <strong>Fijian, English, and Fiji Hindi.</strong><br>Official language and others spoken: <strong>English, Fijian and Hindi</strong></div><div>Literacy rate: <strong>15 and older can read and write.</strong></div><div> Length of schooling: <strong>8 years</strong></div><div>When do children start? Finish?: <strong>6 years old to 14 years</strong></div><div>Funding: <strong>free</strong><br>Public? Private?:<strong> public</strong> </div><div>Type and example of a typical meal: <strong>Mahi Mahi fish marinated in freshly squeezed lemon juice and left to cook for several hours, Lovo, Duruka, Nama,Taro, Indian Food, Kava.</strong></div><div>Clothing: <strong>The wrap-around sulu is Fiji's most distinctive and versatile form of dress. In the villages, women must cover up and wear long skirts or sulus. No skimpy attire is to be worn in villages or at formal traditional occasions.</strong></div><div> Types, traditions, any restrictions: <strong>Sevusevu is a traditional Fijian protocol performed when visitors arrive at a village. it is an exchange of the gift of kava, a dried root pounded into a powder and mixed as a mildly intoxicating drink.</strong></div><div>Holidays and Customs: <strong>Celebrations Hibiscus Festival. There is perhaps no better way to sample multiple elements of Fijian culture and experience the islanders' famous joviality than at the annual Hibiscus Festival.</strong></div><div> Sports and recreations: <strong>judo, weightlifting, swimming and board sailing.</strong></div><div>Sports typically played: <strong>netball, volleyball, golf, basketball, and bowling</strong></div><div>Other activities enjoyed by the “locals”: <strong>netball</strong>, <strong>rugby league, and wrestling </strong></div><div> Famous artists, scientists, architects, etc. from your country and their work:<strong> James Reiher Snuka, better known by the ring name Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, was a Fijian professional wrestler and actor. Snuka wrestled for several promotions from the 1970s to 2010s. He represented Australia in both rugby league and rugby union, and Fiji in rugby league.</strong></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-13 00:14:30 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Location <strong>Australia</strong> &nbsp;</div><div>Continent <strong>Oceania<br></strong>Hemisphere <strong>Eastern<br></strong>Latitude <strong>25.2744° S <br></strong>Longitude <strong>133.7751° E</strong></div><div>Physical Features&nbsp;<strong>Oceans, rivers, mountains, deserts, islands.</strong></div><div>Climate <strong>tropical climate, varied between tropical rainforests, grasslands and desert.<br></strong>Vegetation <strong>hummock grasslands&nbsp;</strong></div><div>Animal Life <strong>&nbsp;kangaroo, koala, echidna, dingo, platypus, wallaby and wombat.</strong></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-25 15:04:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>First inhabitants <strong>Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders. The aboriginal people came by boat from the islands of Indonesia. They lived in all parts of Australia.</strong></div><div>Famous leaders <strong>first Prime Minister, Edmund Barton to its longest and one of the most successful premiers Robert Menzies, John Curtin who led Australia through World War II, or Ben Chifley, who established Australian citizenship, each of them and many others have gained worldwide prominence for their country.</strong></div><div>Major wars or revolutions <strong>South African War (Boer War), 1899–1902, China (Boxer Rebellion), 1900–01, First World War, 1914–18, Second World War, 1939–45, Occupation of Japan, 1946–51.</strong></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-25 15:06:06 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Government</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Country’s official name <strong>Commonwealth.</strong></div><div>Type of government and a brief description of that government<strong> Representative democracy, Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary system, Federal monarchy.</strong></div><div>Include how leaders are/have been chosen <strong>The Constitution states that the political party with the majority in the House of Representatives will be invited by the Governor-General (representing Australia's head of State, the Queen) to form the government. The Prime Minister is chosen as leader, through a vote by members of his or her parliamentary party.</strong></div><div>Current government leader <strong>Malcolm Turnbull.</strong></div><div>Name, title, residence <strong>Canberra is the capital of Australia. &nbsp;</strong></div><div>Building where government “happens” <strong>Parliament House, Canberra.</strong></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-25 15:06:50 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Major industries <strong>processing and refining of minerals and manufacturing equipment for the mining industry.</strong></div><div>Major agriculture <strong>Crops, animal products, Beef industry, Lamb meat industry, Pork industry, Dairy, Fisheries, Wool, Cotton</strong></div><div>Trade&nbsp;<strong>Iron Ore, Coal, Briquettes, Gold, Wheat, and Crude Petroleum.</strong></div><div>Exports <strong>wheat and wool, minerals such as iron ore and gold, and energy in the forms of liquified natural gas and coal.</strong></div><div>&nbsp;Imports&nbsp; <strong>commodities: machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products</strong></div><div>Currency <strong>Australian Dollars</strong></div><div>Natural Resources <strong>coal</strong>, <strong>iron ore, lead, diamonds, rutile, zinc and zirconium, second largest of gold and uranium, and third largest of aluminium</strong></div><div>Occupations <strong>Medical laboratory scientist, Veterinarian, Metallurgist.</strong></div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-04-25 15:07:34 UTC</pubDate>
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