Special correspondents

Once you have chosen your country, let's find information about it. Think about the location, inhabitants, extension, any peculiar characteristics, a negative and a positive event in recent history. Talk about the capital city, political system, languages, improvements, any important piece of news. Do not copy and paste from the internet because it is not going to work. Choose any part you might find interesting to say about this country and think it is going to be a report. Two minutes once recorded on video. It should be finished and posted here by the 20th of November.
Good luck!

Japan (日本) Nihon in Japanese) is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters which make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin country", which is why Japan is sometimes identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun".

Japan comprises over 3,000 islands making it an archipelago. The largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for 97% of Japan's land area. Most of the islands are mountainous, many volcanic; for example, Japan’s highest peak, Mount Fuji, is a volcano. Japan has the world's tenth largest population, with about 128 million people. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.
Japan’s total land area is about 378,000 square kilometres. The climate changes between the four seasons.

Archaeological research indicates that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan begins with brief appearances in Chinese history texts from the first century A.D.
Influence from the outside world followed by long periods of isolation has characterized Japan's history. Since adopting its constitution in 1947, Japan has maintained a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament, the Diet.

A major economic power, Japan has the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP and the third largest in purchasing power parity. It is a member of the United Nations, G8, OECD and APEC, with the world's fifth largest defense budget. It is also the world's fourth largest exporter and sixth largest importer. It is a developed country with high living standards (8th highest HDI) and a world leader in technology, machinery, and robotics.

The Japanese restaurants specialize in a particular type of food so it means that they work very hard for to get the best quality and the best presentation. The most famous Japanese dish outside it is Sushi (consists in rice rolled with vegetable, fish or pickles).

A positive thing about Japan is that is a very active country because its habitants work very hard and also because exports many products to another countries. For that reason Japanese economy is the second largest market economy in the world.

A negative thing is the lifestyle of Japanese people. They don't like that other people touch them and they don't like to say NO to things because they think that is so rude and maybe the other people gets angry because of that. Instead of say iie (no) they use chotto (a bit) to say no. Another problem are the earthquakes.


Laia Navarro C
Daniel Lozada B

Good night!
I’m in Afghanistan ,officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia. It is variously designated as geographically located within Central Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East. It has religious, ethno-linguistic, and geographic links with most of its neighboring states. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast. The name Afghanistan means the "Land of Afghans."
Afghanistan is a culturally mixed nation, a crossroads between the East and the West, and has been an ancient focal point of trade and migration. It has an important geostrategical location, connecting South, Central and Southwest Asia. During its long history, the land has seen various invaders and conquerors, while on the other hand, local entities invaded the surrounding vast regions to form their own empires. Ahmad Shah Durrani created the Durrani Empire in 1747, with its capital at Kandahar. Subsequently, the capital was shifted to Kabul and most of its territories ceded to former neighboring countries. In the late 19th century, Afghanistan became a buffer state in "The Great Game" played between the British Indian Empire and Russian Empire. On August 19, 1919, following the third Anglo-Afghan war, the country regained full independence from the United Kingdom over its foreign affairs.
Since the late 1970s Afghanistan has suffered continuous and brutal civil war, which included foreign interventions in the form of the 1979 Soviet invasion and the recent 2001 U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Taliban government. In late 2001 the United Nations Security Council authorized the creation of an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). This force is composed of NATO troops that are involved in assisting the government of President Hamid Karzai in establishing the writ of law as well as rebuilding key infrastructures in the nation. In 2005, the United States and Afghanistan signed a strategic partnership agreement committing both nations to a long-term relationship. In the meantime, multi-billion US dollars have also been provided by the international community for the reconstruction of the country.

Alba Fernández 1r batx B


Joined : 29 Oct 2008

This is “…” from N-Djamena, the capital of Chad, which has a territorial extension of, approximately, 1,3 million km2 (square kilometres). The Chad Republic is located in the centre of the African continent, and it's bordered by Libya, to the north; Central African Republic, to the south; Sudan, to the est and Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest.

The Chad is a republic, governed by the president Idriss Déby, and by the Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas. This country is a member of the UN (United Nations), the AU (African Union), and the OIF. The currency of Chad is the Franc CA (Central African Franc), and the flag is compound by three colours: blue yellow and red.

There are some little mountains which are the largest part of the country. Very near to this mountains you can find the big Sahara Desert, and in the north of Chad the Tibesti mountains. The highest mountain, that is 3300 m, is located in the Tibesti Mountains and in the north-west of Chad there is an important lake, and probably the most, called Chad Lake.

In Chad there are two main climates: the desert climate, in the north; and the tropical climate, in the south. There is where most of the population lives, and where are more Christian people. But not only in the south of the country live people, in the north live most of the Nomads and Muslims. Actually, the population of Chad is, more or less, 10 million habitants.

Chad has been colonized many times in the history. In the eighteenth century, European missionaries colonized the country, and the natives that lived there were educated to be Christians. After the Berlin Conference, in 1885, France “bought” Chad, but when it granted the independence to this African country, the leaders took power in the south. Since then, it has been a country with constant internal wars.

One of the most actual and important notice form Chad is that last year, nine French people were sent to Chad from an organization, called “L’Arche de Zoé”, to take to France 103 children form Chad and Sudan, to be adopted. But the Chadian authorities said that this people wanted to kidnap the children, so they arrested them.


Adrià Antón - 1º batx A
Helena Bou - 1º batx B
Paula Porcuna - 1º batx C
Pau Sitjar - 1º batx A

Selam Aleikum
is "..." from Turkey officially known as the republic of turkey. Turkey is a candidate to enjoy the EU. It is located in the Anatolian peninsula, bordering the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea. It borders with Iran, Georgia, Bulgaria and many others countries.
Turkish is the official language of turkey but the people speaks Kurdish, Dimli, Azeri, Kabardian too because there are some people that come from different cultures or regions.
The population of Turkey has grown to 72 million persons. We can find there two ethnical groups, the most of them are Turkish (80%) and the other part, Kurdish (20%).Most of the people of turkey believe in Muslim God, they are Muslims. There are a huge minority (0, 2%) are Christians and Jews.
The total extension of turkey is about 780 km. The 3% is in Europe, a part of Istanbul and Surroundings. In Turkey, there are some important places which are famous because they are strategic zones. The most famous of them is the Dardanelles Strait which is between Europe and Asia. It’s important for the commercial because it links Black and Aegean Seas. The Troy war was caused because Greeks wanted to conquer the Strait, and Troy was in the middle of the plans. Mount Ararat, the legendary landing place of Noah's ark, is in the far eastern portion of the country.
Problems, actuality and history of turkey:
One of the more important problems that actually turkey have is the Kurd problem. the Kurds are people with no country that are trying to get part of turkey. actually, Turkey have send more than 1000 troops there.Ankara is the capital of Turkey although it’s not the most largest city of the country, it’s Istanbul. Both cities are very important places in the country. Ankara is located in Anatolia. It’s is an important commercial and industrial city, it’s the center of the Turkish Government. Istambul is the third largest city in the world. Is the only city in the world which is situated on two continents, Asian and European.Istanbul has a lot of comercial activities. It has numerous historic shopping centers as the Grand Bazaar created in 1461.Recently, there have been some problems with the Turkish constitution which was voted in 1982. the main objective of this Constitution was to separate the Religion and the Government, so nowadays Turkey is a secular and democratic republic. This is good, it would be dangerous to lend the control of the country to religion. And now the problem is that, in 2007 AKP ( the Justice and Development Party ) reached the presidence with Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Primer Minister and Abdullah Gül as President. AKP is very religious, and this will bring bad consequences to the country. They have announced that tehy want to change the constitution, they don't like it and first thing they want to remove is the 301 article, the prohibition of wearing the ban in universities (lots of women don't want to change that, the ban is a symbol of their "weakness". they will only go background, and that Turkey has done to arrive where it is will be nothing.

but after that what will come? will the change the republic into a muslim one? this is going to be a huge problem.



Daniel Sudrià 1A
Marta Solanas 1B
Arnau Martí 1C

SOUTH AFRICA

The South Africa Republic is located at the south of Africa. Its territorial extension is about 1,221,000Km². The population density is about 25 inhabitants/Km². South Africa has 48,576,800 inhabitants of which the 71,2% are black people, the 16,7% are white people, the 9,3% are mixed raced people and the 2,8% are Indians. The 55,9% of the population is concentrated in towns and cities.

The capital of South Africa is Cape Town which has the legislative power, Pretoria which has the executive power and Bloemfontein which has the judicial power. South Africa government is inspired by the Britannic parliamentarian system. The president is the government and state leader. Thabo Mbeki is the current president of South Africa.
The winner of the Peace Nobel Price, Nelson Mandela was the South African president from 1994 to 1999. He fought against the apartheid and he was in hale for 27 years for defending black people rights.

Because of the population diversity there are a lot of differences between the members of the country. There are eleven official languages but the most spoken ones are Afrikaans and English.
The most common religion in South Africa is Christian. The other ones are Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism.

On the one hand, South Africa is characterized by the communal life between the different cultures and for respecting the natural care. But on the other hand, for a lot of time, black population has been oppressed by the white one.

South Africa has been notorious because of their discrimination of black people. The white population, who were less than the black one but they had more power than them, created the Apartheid which separated black people and white people. Black people led by Nelson Mandela have fought for their rights for many years. Now black people’s situation is better than before but there are still differences between these two communities.

Carla Pretel Aizpurua 1R BATX A
Sílvia Temprado Gustems 1R BATX C

Israel officially the State of Israel is a country in Western Asia located on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest.

The modern state of Israel has its roots in the Land of Israel, a concept central to Judaism for over 3,000 years, and the heartland of the ancient Kingdom of Judah to which modern Jews are usually attributed. After World War I, the League of Nations approved the British Mandate of Palestine with the intent of creating a "national home for the Jewish people."

Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel and the flag of the country is blue and white with a blue star in the center.

The area of Israel it’s 22.145km2. And has a population of about 7.28 million, and the majority of them are Jews. Israel is the world's only Jewish state and it is also the home of the other ethnic groups.

The President is Shimón Peres and the First Minister of Israel is Ehud Olmert.

The official language of Israel is Hebrew and the currency is the Sheqel.

Temperatures in Israel vary widely, especially during the winter. The more mountainous regions can be windy, cold, and sometimes snowy. Meanwhile, coastal cities, such as Tel Aviv and Haifa, have a typical Mediterranean climate with cool, rainy winters and long, hot summers.

Scientist like Newton or Albert Einsten were from Israel. This is a good thing from this country. Are very advanced in science.



Raquel Gorbe Àlvarez B
Nora Bahhar El Ouahabi B

Argentina
Officially the Argentine Republic. Is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city. Argentina borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south.

Population
Argentina's current population is more than 36 million inhabitants, almost half of which live in the city and the province of Buenos Aires. Population density calculated on a national basis is 13 inhabitants per square kilometer. 95 % of the population is white and most are descendants of Italians and Spaniards. As a result of the massive European immigration, the white and Indian half-castes were slowly reduced and at the present they amount only to 4.5 % of the population. The pure indigenous population - Mapuches, Collas, Tobas, Matacos and Chiriguanos - amount to 0.5 % of the population.

Constitution and Government
Argentina consists of 23 provinces plus a federal district, the City Buenos Aires. The Argentine Constitution establishes a Republic under a representative and federal system, and three separate branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial.

Two historic dates
May 25, 1810. The first "Gobierno Patrio" or National Government Assembly was constituted.
July 9, 1816. Proclamation of Independence by the Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata.

Some problems in Argentina
-Many poor people go to the capital because in their countries they don't have enough money to survive.
-In Argentina one 57,7 % of the total poblation are poor and from this 57,7 % one 27,5% are under the line of the poverty.
-Another problem is that the boys and the girls can't go to the school because their families don't have enough money to pay the school and sometimes this boys and girls have ti work to help their families.
-In Argentina the electoral sistem is very bad because their electoral sistem is superpass.They have a economical crisis. The latest economical crisis was in 2001.


Sofia Güesnett B
Anna Mercè Giraldo B

The United States of America, of which Washington D.C. is capital, is located in North America. It has a total extension of 9,363,520 Km² comprising fifty states. It has a total population of 305,826,244 inhabitants, it’s a federal constitutional republic, and his current president is George W. Bush, but on the January 20, 2009 Barack Obama will take his place and will become the first African American to be elected President of the United States. There’s no official language in the USA although the 82.10% of the population speaks English as a native language, the second most spoken language is Spanish followed by Chinese, French and German.

Irene Torres
Adrià Olivares has to post the positive and negative events

Hi! We are in Lima, the capital of Peru. Peru is located in the west central part of South America. Peru is the 19th largest country in the world and is bordered north by Ecuador, to the south by Chile and Bolivia, to the east by Columbia and Brazil and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

This capital has got about 7 million of population and Peru has got 23 million.

The history of Peru started with the arrival of the humans 10.000 years ago.
The Inca culture was very important in the 15 Century.
His mythology was extensive and interesting. The stone was a special symbol because, inside it, live the spirit and the power of the people.
In 1532 Francisco Pizarro and his Spanish group arrived to Peru and in 1535 the conquest was finished.

The Peruvian religion is predominantly Roman Catholic and his official language is Spanish. But there are other language like Quechua and Aymara.

We want to stress the nice landscape for instance Machu Picchu. It was elected in 2007 the new wonder of the world.
On the other hand, you can find much poverty in his streets.
Only the government can change this situation and make a better country.

Andrea Cazarian
Mònica Pina
1ºB

Burma (officially the Union of Myanmar)
Burma is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest with the Gulf of Martaban and Andaman Sea defining its southern periphery.

Society
The country has a population of about 55 million.
It is ethnically diverse.
The government recognizes 135 distinct ethnic groups. While it is extremely difficult to verify this statement, there are at least 108 different
ethnolinguistic groups in Burma, consisting mainly of distinct Tibeto-Burman peoples
89% of the country's population are Buddhist.
A diverse range of indigenous cultures exist in Burma, the majority culture is primarily Buddhist and Bama
The most important characteristics of this country is that is one of the principals exporters of teka (one type of wood) and is one of six countries which makes the most rice of the world.

Culture
Bamar culture has been influenced by the cultures of neighbouring countries. This is manifested in its language (Burmese, the mother tongue of the Bamar and official language of Burma, is related to Tibetan and to the Chinese languages.), cuisine, music, dance and theatre.
In a traditional village, the monastery is the centre of cultural life. Monks are venerated and supported by the lay people.

Now we are going to explain the Burma national game, called Chinlon:
Chilon means “cany’s ball”. It’s a game which tries to be a dance. One team of 6 players are passing a ball from one to each other with his shoulders and his knees. One of the players goes to the center and makes a dance, it is composed by diferents movements, and the other players helps him because they lose if the ball falls.

Burma situation:
In 1939 Burma was an english colony, but when the second world war started the Japaneses conquered it. When the second world war ended, England gives the independence to Burma and they became a democratic republic, named the Union of Burma with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu as its first Prime Minister.Democratic rule ended in 1962 when General Ne Win led a military coup d'état.
There were sporadic protests against the military rule, many of which were organized by students, and these were almost always violently suppressed by the government. On July 7, 1962 the government broke up demonstrations at Rangoon University killing 15 students. In 1974, the military violently suppressed anti-government protests at the funeral of U Thant. Student protests in 1975, 1976 and 1977 were quickly suppressed by overwhelming force.
Security forces killed thousands of demonstrators, and General Saw Maung staged a coup d'état and formed the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC).
SLORC changed the country's official English name from the "Union of Burma" to the "Union of Myanmar" in 1989.

In May 1990, the government held free elections for the first time in almost 30 years. The National League for Democracy, the party of Aung San Suu Kyi, won 392 out of a total 489 seats, but the election results were annulled by SLORC, which refused to step down.

Nowadays this situation have a negative effect on the Burma poblation. There's a lot of people who are not agree with the military rule.

Àngel Valiente Alonso B
Clara Pirot Ribot A

Morocco (‎"al-Maghrib"), officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million (33,757,175 people)
It has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. Morocco has international borders with Algeria to the east, Spain to the north (a water border through the Strait and land borders with two small Spanish autonomous cities, Ceuta and Melilla), and Mauritania to the south via its Western Saharan territories.
Morocco is the only country in Africa that is not currently a member of the African Union. However, it is a member of the Arab League, Arab Maghreb Union, Francophonie, Organization of the Islamic Conference, Mediterranean Dialogue group, and Group of 77. It is also a major non-NATO ally of the United States.
The type of government in Morocco is Constitutional monarchy. Her coin is Dirhams, and they're principal lenguage was Morocan Arabic. This lenguage has a lot of diferent types of arabic.
Area: 446,550 km. slightly larger than California. (The disputed territory of Western Sahara comprises another 267,028 km)
Morocco's economy is considered a relatively liberal economy governed by the law of supply and demand. Since 1993, the country has followed a policy of privatization of certain economic sectors which used to be in the hands of the government.
The economic system of the country presents several facets. It is characterized by a large opening towards the outside world. France remains the primary trade partner (supplier and customer) of Morocco. France is also the primary creditor and foreign investor in Morocco. In the Arab world, Morocco has the second-largest non-oil GDP, behind Egypt, as of 2005.
More than 99% of Moroccans are Sunni Muslims. The activity of other sects (chiefly Sufi) has diminished since independence. Islam was officially declared the state religion in 1961, but full religious freedom is accorded Christians and Jews. Most of the country's practicing Christians are part of the foreign community, with a majority of them affiliated with the Roman Catholic church. Rabat and Casablanca have small Protestant communities. There are only about 5,000 Jews in the country, also mostly in the Casablanca and Rabat urban areas. There are small numbers of Baha'is and Hindus.

Adam El Amrani C
Stefan Balagot A

Germany is a country in Central Europe. The capital and largest city is Berlin. The territory of Germany covers 356.733 square kilometers and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With over 82.599.470 million inhabitants, it has the largest population of any member state of the European Union .
German is the official and predominantly spoken language in Germany.
It’s a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Germany comprises 16 states witch are subdivided into 439 districts and cities. The currency is the euro.
Germany is the largest national economy in Europe, the third largest by nominal GDP in the world, and ranked fifth by GDP (PPP). The actual president is horst Köhler and the federal cancellor Angela Merkel.
The german flag is compound for three colours: black, red and yellow
Germany claims some of the world's most renowned classical music composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms and Richard Wagner.

The religions are: 42% protestant (30 millions); 35% catholic (27 millions); 3,7% agnostic; 2,4% muslim , 16,9% other beliefs.


Vicky Capillas Peña C
Sandra fernandez A
Laura orive lago C
Esperanza Bottiglieri C

The Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic, is an Arab country situated in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, and Israel to the south. It is close to Cyprus through the Mediterranean Sea.

Lebanon, heir of Phoenicia, was occupied by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. In the First World War, after the Turkish defeat, the France protectorate extended until 1943, in the year that the country was constituted as a State.

Beirut is the capital of the country, the official language is the Arabic and other common languages are English and French.

The president is Michel Sleiman and the First Minister is Fuad Siniora.

The total area is 10,452 km², the estimate population is 4,196,453 and the currency is the Lebanese Lira and the Dollar

The flag is red, white and red, and in the middle has got a cedar which is the symbol of the country and there are a lot of recognize religions but the most important are Muslim (Shi’a, Sunni and Druze) and Christian (Catholic and Orthodox).

Lebanon has a moderate Mediterranean climate and Lebanese music is known around the world for its soothing rhythms and oriental beats. Traditional and folk music are extremely popular as are western rhythms.

The most important places to visit If you travel to Lebanon are Sidon, Byblos, the capital, Down Town, Baalbek, Raouche, etc.

Salua El-Mehtar García 1er B
Carmen Martínez Fernández 1er A

LOCATION
The Republic of Senegal is a country located in the South of the River Senegal, in the North West Africa. Senegal is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, with Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east and Guinea and Guinea Bissau to the south. Gambia is a virtual enclave into Senegal, following the Gambia River for more than 300km inland. The Cape Verde Islands are 560km sea opposite distant from the coast of Senegal.
INHABITANTS
More or less, there are 10 million habitants and 52hab/km2 in Senegal. More than the 50% of the total population are living below the poverty line and also the middle of the total population is unemployed. The 77% of the population works in agriculture and the 23% works in industry, trade and services.
EXTENSION
The surface of Senegal is about 196.712km2. Senegal is divided in eleven regions. The capital city is Dakar, located in the Cape Verde Peninsula. Dakar has a tropical climate. There live a little bit more of one million of people. Between the XVI and XIX centuries, Dakar was the most important city for slaves trade with America.
PECULIARITIES
Dakar is world famous for being the ending point of the Dakar Rally. Another peculiarity is the Senegalese fight, a type of traditional popular struggle in Senegal, also practiced in other West African countries. It comes from the ancient competitions practiced by the young villagers of different towns.
POLITICAL SYSTEM
Nowadays, Senegal is a republic. A few years ago, Senegal planned to join with Gambia to form Senegambia, but the union never took place. Although, Senegal is a good model to follow by the African countries, because of his pacific politics.
Senegal has elected democrately a president, Abdoulaye Wade. In Senegal, there is still in effect the Constitution of 1976, based in a multi-party system.
LANGUAGES
The official language in the country is French but there are more language spoken like Wolof, Mandika, Sereer, Soninke, Jola and Pulaar.
POSITIVE RECENT EVENT AND IMPROVEMENT
The OMVS organization of the Senegal River basin was formed about three decades ago by three of the four states near the river (Mali, Mauritania and Senegal). They had built the hydroelectric power plant in Manantali, operational since September 2001. The purpose of the Manantali dam is to attenuate extreme floods, generate electric power and store water in the wet season. Also, Manantali dam is improving the villagers’ lives all around the Senegal River. Navigation on the Senegal River is today very limited, and the OMVS is studying a navigation project, which could help Mali to arrive to the Atlantic Ocean, and could facilitate the transport of goods.
NEGATIVE RECENT EVENT
But not all are good news about the Manantali dam. Because the ecologist say that it’s changing the environment of the zone, and there’s less fish than years ago. And fishing is the second most important economical activity in the Senegal River basin.



Martí Genovès A
Vidal Conejo B
Vidal ConejoB

Russia is the largest country in the world.It is located in northern Eurasia. Russia has an extension of 17 million km2. Moscow is the capital of the country.
Russia has a population of more than 142 millions people and it's the ninth country more populated in the world.
In Russia there are lots of coofficials languages (about 27), but the official one is russian.
Orthodox is the most common religion in Russia (71 per cent).
Russia has a subartic climate except for the tundra and the extreme southeast.
Russia has a federal semi-presidential republic. The actual president of the country is Dmitry Medvedev. And the prime minister is Vladimir Putin.
The russian coin is the ruble. The ruble divides in 100 copecs.
The russian flag is compound for theere colours: white, blue and red.

ADRIÀ SOLÉ BOSCH
MARC ARREY CASAS
1er. BATX. C

FRANCE

It’s a European country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Its name comes from the Latin “Francia”, country of the frank on (Germanic people).
Your extension is 675.417 km2 and has about 675.473.140 habitants.
French people speak French.

The country has a Republic political system and is ruled by the president Nicolas Sarcozy and the Prime Minister François Fillon.

France has an advanced industrial economy and an efficient farm sector. Main activities include automobile manufacture, aerospace, information technology, electronics, etc.

In the 18th century France produced some of the most influential writers and thinkers like Rousseau and Voltaire.
In the last two centuries the biggest French world artists were Renoir, Monet and Gauguin…

ACTUALITY

In the last few years France battles the fret of the terrorism and his authors. Because of this frets France established news mechanisms and laws in the mark of international cooperation to protect the democracy, the human writhes and the society.
France defended basic principals like living in society, liberty, democracy, etc, so for all this rights, France condemned all kind of terrorism, his authors and his motivations.



Marina Llompart 1C
Ariadna López 1C
Paola Guitart 1B

Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the north and by India to the south, east and west.
The capital Kathmandu is the largest city in the country. All the languages spoken in Nepal are national languages. Nepali is the official language of Nepal, with almost 60% of the population speaking it and rest of people speaking Nepalese Rupee.


Nepal has 23 millon inhabitants. Many people live in the capital of the country Kathmandú but most people lived in the country.

Nepal is one the poorest countries on earth. Over 60% live under poverty and they depend on international help.

Religion is very important in daily life for the inhabitants of Nepal. 90% of Nepalese are hindus which is the official religion in the country. The rest of people are budist and musulman.

In 2005 there was a war in Nepal, the army of the king attack the people because this people didn’t want a monarchy.
King Birendra promulgated a new constitution and introduced a multiparty parliamentary democracy in Nepal. In December 2007, Parliament voted to abolish the monarchy and become a federal democratic republic. The transition to a republic was completed in May 2008, when the Constituent Assemby voted to dissolve the monarchy.
In the actuality the president is: Ram Baran Yadav.

Nepal has experienced a historic 2008, then in April were carried out momentous election that ended after 239 years, the monarchy that ruled the small and isolated country in the Himalayas, now turned into a republic under the leadership of President Ram Baran Yadav

Maria Lazo.
Melina Viteri.
Mariona Moreno.

Czech Republic is located in Central Europe.
It has an extension of 78866 sq km, and the population is 10.2 million people.
The capital is Prague; it is by the river “Moldau” which makes Prague very beautiful.
The president of the republic is called Václav Klaus, who has been president since 2003.

The official language is Czech is a Slavic language and ranked 67 according to number of native speakers (12 million) and also a lot of people understand Russian because of the soviet invasion in 1945.
More than a half of the population is unaffiliated to one religion, 27% is Roman Catholic and 2% is Protestant.
Czech Republic’s Prague International Airport receives airlines from many world destinations and it is the country’s premier airport.
Before1993 Czech Republic and Slovakia were just one country but nowadays they are two different countries.( Czech Republic and Slovaquia)
Since 1999 Czech Republic is a member of NATO, and since 2004 it takes place of European Union.
Last November Czech Republic participated with an accord with France in The G20 Summit about the economy in the world.
In a short time the USA will put a base to intercept long-range missiles next to Plzen, to protect them.
In the next years Czech Republic will adopt Euro like an official currency. Now the equivalence to 1 Euro is 27.5 Koruna, and the equivalence to 1 US Dollar is 19.5 Koruna.



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IRENE PEÑUELAS
FERRAN SERRANO

Facts

The Full name is People's Republic of China, which has a population of 1.33 billion. The capital city is Beijing, but the largest city is Shanghai. The area of China is 9.6 million sq km, one of the largest country in the world. The major language is Mandarin Chinese, and the major religions are Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Taoism. The life expectancy is 71 years for men and 75 years for women. The Monetary unit is 1 Renminbi (yuan) (Y), which is 10 jiao or 100 fen. The main exports are manufactured goods, including textiles, garments, electronics, and arms.

Politics

The primary organs of state power are the National People's Congress (NPC), the President, and the State Council. Members of the State Council include the Premier, a variable number of vice premiers (now four), five state councillors, and 29 ministers and heads of State Council commissions.

Constitution of People’s Republic of China is the highest law within the People's Republic of China. The current version was adopted by the 5th National People's Congress on December 4, 1982 with further revisions in 1988, 1993, 1999, and 2004. Three previous state constitutions--those of 1954, 1975, and 1978--were superseded in turn. The Constitution has five sections: the preamble, general principles, the fundamental rights and duties of citizens, the structure of the state, and the national flag and emblems of state.

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Hello! It’s talking the special correspondent from United Kingdom!
The official name of the United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but you can call it ‘’Great Britain’’.
The United Kingdom it’s a sovereign island country and it’s located in north-western Europe, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and Irish Sea.
Geographically, the United Kingdom is integrated on the island of Great Britain, a section of the island of Ireland and some other small islands. Northern Ireland is the only region of the United Kingdom with land border, which it shares with the Republic of Ireland.
United Kingdom is formed by 244.820 km² of area with 60.975.000 habitants, the 22th more populated of the world. His capital it’s London, the largest city, and it hasn’t got any official language, but the population consider that it’s the English. Also exists the Welsh, the Irish, the Ulster, the Scottish and the Gaelic between others .
Four countries have a political union in the Great Britain: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The current policy of the United Kingdom is formed by a constitutional monarchy, the highest authority of which is a female figure, the queen Elizabeth II. The United Kingdom is linked to 15 other kingdoms, and all of which together is called Commonwealth, and that union, with all the kingdoms shared the monarch Elizabeth II as head of state, and it’s represented by the prime minister, Gordon Brown.
It’s a developed country, which was the most important international power of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, but the two world wars and the demise of the empire were the diminish his importance, mainly economic, a negative aspect in his history.
In the other hand, this country fight against the Germans and their dictatorship that caused a lot of damage around the world.
And that’s all from United Kingdom! Goodbye!

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Pau Domingo 1B

Wellcome to Ethiopia!

Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa and is one of the oldest countries in the world and Africa's second-most populous nation. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the north-east.
His total area is of 1,104,300 km², of this the 0,7% water, and his populations are estimated by 78,254,090 habitants .
Before 1996, Ethiopia (has eighty-four indigenous languages) was divided into 13 provinces, many derived from historical regions. The nine regions and two chartered cities are: Addis Ababa, Tigray, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, Dire Dawa, Afar, Gambela, Harari, Oromia, Somali, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region.
One historic thing that we will denote is that Haile Selassie was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. The heir to a dynasty that traced its origins to the 13th century, and from there by tradition back to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Haile Selassie is a defining figure in both Ethiopian and African history.

Ethiopia was the original source of the coffee bean, and coffee beans are the country's largest export commodity.Is one of the world’s poorest countries, where half of the population lives under the poverty line, agriculture is the main source of livelihood for more than eight out of ten Ethiopians. Yet agricultural production is extremely vulnerable both to climatic conditions and to the impact of war and civil conflict.
Among the causes of rural poverty in Ethiopia are:

-an inefficient agricultural marketing system
-underdeveloped transport and communication networks
-underdeveloped production technologies
-limited access of rural households to support services
-environmental degradation
-lack of participation by rural poor people in decisions that affect their livelihoods


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Tibet

Tibet lies at the centre of Asia, with an area of 2.5 million square kilometres. It is between India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and China.
Tibet is a vast arid plateau between the earth's highest mountain range, Himalaya. It has an average altitude of 13,000 feet above sea level and has about 13.6 milion of people. The capital of Tibet is Lasha.
The official language in Tibet is the Chinese, but the traditional language, is the Tibetan.

Tibet is a China colony since 1949. Tibet is comprised of the three provinces of Amdo, Kham and U-Tsang. The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) comprises less than half of historic Tibet and was created by China in 1965 for administrative reasons. Tibet is a Chinese colony but also have a parliamentary govern in the exile, the political and religious leader of the Tibetans is the 14th Dalai Lama who is in exile in India.

The population in Tibet has changed very fast since the occupation of China. Only 6 million of the people are original Tibetans, and the rest 7.6 million fo people are Chinese. The most of the Tibetans are farmers, and the Chinese population work in the government and commerce.

Tibet has a very interesting animals and plants, because his altitude is unusual and their animals are unique. The most important animals in Tibet are the yaks, a kind of very haired cow with large horns. The domestic yaks are used by the Tibetans to have milk, fibre and meat. Other special animals in Tibet are the Bharal, or Himalayan blue sheep, a high mountain sheep who looks like a goat, musk deer, Kyang, a kind of wild ass and the most primitive of the cervids, the musk deer, and some more rare animals.

The Tibet has been a Buddhish country for many years. The origin of the Tibetan buddism is the Indian buddism, but now is a different religion. The leader of the Tibetan buddishes is the Dalai Lama; the actual Dalai Lama can’t stay in Tibet because the Chinese government has prohibited it.

The Tibet is an ancient country with a great nature and a unique culture, in Tibet there are a big spiritual tradition and he has a very good and ancient natural medicine. But now the life is difficult in Tibet for the Tibetans, the Chinese government repress the Tibetans and try to implant their culture.

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Alicia Moreno B

•Introduction:
Australia is a country situated in the southern hemisphere, in the Indian Ocean. Australia has a total area of 7,741,220 Km2 and the capital city is Canberra. It has got 21,468,700 people; a 92% of that population is from Europe. Australia has got a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy. It's in a continent called Oceania, which is the smallest one of the world. It's the driest continent, too. The interior is almost all covered by desert. It has got the Blue Mountains at the South-West end. At the North-East part, in the sea, there is the famous Australian Great Barrier Reef. At the South-East, there is an island named Tasmania, which is all a rainforest.

•History:
When the English people arrived to Australia, at the end of the 18th century, there were more than 300.000 natives, but as the story says, the colonizers killed many of them or pushed them of their lands. For mid the 19th century, the native population had reduced near 45.000. Now it has increased again and overcomes the 250.000. But it is not until 1960, when the Australian government starts to recognize the territorial demands of the natives. Before that decade the natives were considered part of the fauna of Australia. This situation changed through a national referendum, which a census of the population allowed and which rights were seen recognized primary like the right to the vote.

• Weather:
Australia has a dry and hot clime. It has got some climatic zones. In the north the ambient is tropical with a lot of rain in summer. In the desert zone the weather is dry and hot by the day and really cold in the night. In the south the weather is regular. Hard raining is only common Tasmania.

•Language:
English is the primary language used in Australia. In 1788, there were about 250 separate Aboriginal languages spoken in Australia, plus dialects. Today, only two thirds of these languages survive and only 20 of them (eight per cent of the original 250) are still strong enough to have chance of surviving well into the next century. In addition to these there are also the languages of immigrants from Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

•Government and politic:
In January of 1901, the six Australian colonies federated made the association of Australia. From his institution it has supported political democracy liberal system and he continued to be a monarchy inside de Association of Britain Nations.Australia participated in the two World Wars, and in the battle of “Gallapolí”.Australia is al constitutional monarchy and it has a parliamentary system. Queen Elisabeth II is the Queen of Australia and she is represented by the general gubernator Australian. The government come from the Parliamentary, that is composed by Senate (76 members) and the House of Representatives (150 members). Each state is composed for 12 senators, but the territories of North Territory and the Australian Capital Territory, have only two senators. There are three sections in the government of Australia: the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. In Australia there are three important: Australian Labor Party, Liberal Party and National Party. The prime minister in Australia is Kevin Rudd; he is the leader of the Partiso Laborista.In 1850 began in Australia a Gold rush, and the Eureka Stockade rebellion in 1854 was an early expression of nationalist sentiment. The gold led to a period of prosperity, but eventually the economic expansion came to an end, and the 1890s were a period of economic depression.

•Other information:
The nation is in the third place on the Index of Human Development.The current of Australia is the Australian dollar.The Australian flag is compound by three colors, blue red and white. At the back of the flag a sky appears with four medium stars, a small star and a big star, and in the left-up part there is the flag of United Kingdom.

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Serbia

The Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country located in the South-East of Europe. It’s a country of the Balkan Peninsula and is one of the six ex-members of Yugoslavia. Serbia is bordered by Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia and Albania to the south; and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the west. The Danube communicates Serbia with the center Europe and the Black Sea.
Serbia has 11 million habitants approximately including Kosovo and a density of 115 hab/km2 and is the 84th country more populated. Has a 5 thousand US$ GDP per capita.
Serbia is populated mostly by Serbs. Significant minorities include Albanians (who are a majority in Kosovo), Hungarians, Bosniaks, Roma, Croats, Slovaks, Bulgarians, Romanians, etc. Serbia consists of three territories: the province of Kosovo, the province of Vojvodina and Central Serbia. The two provinces are ethnically diverse, which is a result of the division of the country between the Muslim Ottoman Empire in the south and Catholic Austro-Hungarian Empire in the north.
Vojvodina is one of the most ethnically diverse territories in Europe, with more than 25 different national communities.
For centuries straddling the religious boundary between Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism, joined up later by the penetration of Islam, Serbia remains one of the most diverse countries on the continent. Centuries on, different regions of Serbia remain heavily cosmopolitan: Kosovo province houses a 90% Muslim community, Vojvodina province is 25% Catholic or Protestant, while Central Serbia and Belgrade regions are over 90% Orthodox Christian.
The capital city is Belgrade that has 1,7 million habitants and it’s located in Central Serbia.


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