In 1945, Nicaragua became the first nation to formally accept the United Nations Charter.
America was the first nation on Earth to comprehensively declare equality for its citizens with disabilities.
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Another protest was planned along a highway in Fredericton, New Brunswick by the Kingsclear First Nation.
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The three passengers were members of the Ahousaht First Nation and the reservation they lived on doesn't permit alcohol.
We were the first nation in the world to have compulsory public education.
In the 1500s, Germany became the first nation to associate evergreens, trees that stay green year-round, with the Christian celebration.
This irony is that Britain, where this brouhaha started, was the first nation to encourage industrialisation in the 19th century.
British Colombia's Lax Kw'alaams First Nation are in trouble with greens for exporting their ancestral woods to China in log form.
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Kelley said that the Plan Nord infrastructure and mining projects have and will continue to create employment for first nation groups.
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Indeed, it was the first nation to formally recognize the American republic.
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Canada was the first nation to pass legislation requiring a graphic health warning in 2001 -- 41 nations have since followed suit.
The Historical Park is a meeting place for members of the Siksika First Nation, a self-governing indigenous community, and visitors are welcome.
Other highlights are hiking day trips to Flores Island, a volcanic First Nation island nearby, and Zodiac boat trips to hot springs.
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Many of the group were from the nearby Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation.
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Japan wants to be the first nation in the G-7 to issue a sovereign sukuk bond--that is, if Britain doesn't get there first.
Brasil reports that the country will receive 50 test laptops from OLPC, making it the first nation to have actual, live, working models.
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Why did we listen to environmental activists and become the first nation in human history to burn up its food supply to power automobiles?
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Once JFK announced to the world that America would be the first nation to put a man on the moon, there was no turning back.
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Iceland is getting closer to becoming the first nation to go bankrupt as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis and resulting squeeze on lending.
In Manitoba, protesters shut down a rail line, while the St Mary's First Nation in New Brunswick demonstrated outside the residence of the province's lieutenant governor.
Tonight, the crowd has witnessed a spectacle of wild energy, but not yet the dance that the Siksika First Nation is most famous for: the Chicken Dance.
The Maldives, a string of islands off the coast of India whose highest point above sea level is eight feet, may be the first nation to drown.
Many protesters are from the nearby Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation.
Under Sebes, also of Jewish descent, Hungary became the first nation to defeat England on its home soil, winning 6-3 in 1953 before reaching the World Cup final the following year.
And Wilkinson stunned the crowd with a trademark left-foot drop-goal in the 77th minute as England repeated their 2003 semifinal victory against the French and earned the chance to become the first nation to retain the title.
"By September next year, we will become the first nation using 100%-renewable energy, and number one in percentage greenhouse gas reduction in the Pacific and elsewhere, " Foua Toloa told a meeting on the fringes of the UN climate conference.
Indeed, the United States could have been the first nation to successfully launch a man into space, except that while it chose to conduct those last extra safety tests, the Soviet Union sent Yuri Gagarin into orbit and the history books.
Cyprus may be the fourth eurozone country to request a bailout from international creditors -- after Ireland, Portugal and Greece -- but it is the first nation where politicians have attempted to force taxpayers into handing over their personal savings to rescue the banks.
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However, the Pumas' limited match plan of swamping the opposition with deep kicks and relentless forward play finally came unstuck against a South Africa side who go into next weekend's final as favorites to stop England's bid to become the first nation to retain the title.
In a stunning upset Sunday, Spain was sent home from the Olympics with a 1-0 loss to Honduras, eliminating one of the gold-medal favorites at the group stage and ending Spain's bid to become the first nation to hold the World Cup, European and Olympic soccer titles at the same time.
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