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Italy

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The capital of Italy is Rome. Venice, Florence. There are 58751711 people in Italy. The currency is euro. The language in there is Italian. The neighbouring countries are France, Switerland, Slovina and Austria. The contient is Italy. The major industrie is car making. The biggest mountain is Mt. Vesuvius. The longest river in Italy is the Po which is 652 Km long. Lake garda is the biggest lake in Italy. In 2006 the last world cup before this world cup Italy won it on penalties.


Portugal

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The capital city of Portugal is Lisbon. Other large cities are Porto, Amadora, Gaia, Braga, Queluz, Coimbra, Setubal, Agualva-Cacem, Almada and Funchal. The population is 10,622,413 people. The currency is euro. The language is Portugese. The neighbouring country is Spain. The major industries are textiles, clothing, footwear, wood, cork, paper and food. The two biggest mountain in Portugal are Serra Da Estrala and Ponta do Pico. The longest river in Portugal is Tagus which is 275km long. The Portugal soccer team has a very famous player. His name is called Cristiano Ronaldo. Lisbon the capital of Portugal hosted the Euro 2004.


Earth

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Earth is a small planet but it is not a dwarf planet.

Third planet away from the sun.

It is the only planet in the Solar System which has life in it.

London

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London is the capital of England. It is bigger than Dublin. There is a ferris wheel beside the Thames river called the London Eye. You can see the whole city from it.

The Government meet in Westminister. The person who is in charge of all the ministers is Gordon Browne. He lives in no. 10 Dowing st.

Buzzard

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The buzzard is a large resident birds from Britian during the winter.

Its a medium sized raptor ( bird of prey) with broad wings, short neck, a compact body and  medium length. Has a short hooked bill suitable for eating meat often seen sitting on fences and telegraph posts or soaring high in the sky, where it shows a fin shaped tail and spread outer wing feathers.

Breeding birds are found mainly in the north and east of the country.

You can see them in Co. Donegal  the main stronghold of the species in the republic.

Click here to see my presentation.

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The White House

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The White House construction began in Octomber 1792. The White House has a unique history. It survived a fire at the hands of the British in  1814.

There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms and 6 levels. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces 8 staircases and 3 elevators. President Theodore Roosevelt offcially gave the White House its current name in 1901. The White House has  570 gallons of paint to cover its outside. It has a variety of facilities avabile to its residents inclouding a tennis court a jogging track, swimming pool, movie theater, and bowling lane.

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elephants

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Elephants are from India and Africa.  Elephants stay in herds. It is hard being an elepant. It has to walk for miles everyday. When they get leaves from a tree they use their trunks. Then the leaves go into their mouth.elephant

Waterford

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waterford jerseyWaterford is a county in Munster. Waterford’s name in irish is Port Láirge. It’s nickname is the Decies county. Waterford has a harbour it is called Dungarvan Harbour. It has two mountain ranges one is called Monavullagh Mts and the other one is Comeragh Mts. Waterford is a maratime county. It is bordered by Wexford, Cork, Tipperary and Kilkenny.map waterford

They are a breath stopping,

post cracking,

net whacking,

opponent killing,

table topping

team.

Ares

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Ares was the god of war in greek mytholgy.

Ares was the son of  Zeus who was the king of the gods. Ares was the father of many children, most of whom were warlike or were assoicated with war. The Romans had a god of war and named him Mars. There is a planet in our solar system called Mars after him. Ares had a very big family and most of his sons were gods. A god called Aphrodite loved Ares. And his son was the god of love called Eros.

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