Founder State of the Commonwealth, the United Kingdom comprises England,Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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Founder State of the Commonwealth, the United Kingdom comprises England,
Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
It is a member of the European
Union despite major reservations.
The slump in traditional industries has caused massive unemployment in
the great industrial regions of Northern England but the discovery of
major deposits of oil and natural gas in the North Sea has provided the
country with considerable revenue.
The number of British people living
below the poverty line has increased considerably in the last fifteen
years.
The opening of negotiations in 1994 may perhaps mark the nearing of the
end of the conflict in Northern Ireland between the Nationalist
Republicans, Catholics to the British, and the Protestant Unionists.
But
negotiations continue to break down over the disarmament of the Irish
Republican Army..
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- At the end of 1994, the opening of negotiations between Ireland and theUnited Kingdom about the autonomy of Northern Ireland marked adevelopment in a situation deadlocked since 1920, the date of partitionby the British into Catholic majority Ireland and Protestant majorityNorthern Ireland.
- George Washington I INTRODUCTION George Washington (1732-1799), first president of the United States (1789-1797) and one of the most important leaders in United States history.
- The United Kingdom
- Education in Great Britain? Education is compulsory from the age of 5 (4 in Northern Ireland) to theage of 16.
- Principal Provisions of the Magna CartaThe Magna Carta was signed by King John of England in response to the complaints of his barons, and thus its emphasis is on the limits of royal authority and the properrelationship between king and subject.