BLD
... CEKA]; Democratic Party or PD [Sali BERISHA]; G99 Political Movement [Erion VELIAJ]; Liberal Union Party or BLD [Arjan STAROVA]; National Front Party (Balli Kombetar) or PBK [Artur ROSHI]; New Democratic Party or ...
www.exxun.com/Albania/d_gv.html
BLE
Federation of University and High School Students of Cote d'Ivoire or FESCI [Serges KOFFI]; Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace or RHDP [Alphonse DJEDJE MADY]; Young Patriots [Charles BLE GOUDE]
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/d_gv.html
bleaching
depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies; global warming and sea level rise; coral reef bleaching
www.exxun.com/Maldives/b_mp.html
bleak
Heard Island - 80% ice-covered, bleak and mountainous, dominated by a large massif (Big Ben) and an active volcano (Mawson Peak); McDonald Islands - small and rocky
www.exxun.com/HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands/b_mp.html
Bled
... obcina) and 11 urban municipalities* (mestne obcine , singular - mestna obcina ) Ajdovscina, Beltinci, Benedikt, Bistrica ob Sotli, Bled, Bloke, Bohinj, Borovnica, Bovec, Braslovce, Brda, Brezice, Brezovica, Cankova, Celje*, Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Cerknica, Cerkno ...
www.exxun.com/Slovenia/d_gv.html
Blekinge
21 counties (lan, singular and plural); Blekinge, Dalarnas, Gavleborgs, Gotlands, Hallands, Jamtlands, Jonkopings, Kalmar, Kronobergs, Norrbottens, Orebro, Ostergotlands, Skane, Sodermanlands, Stockholm, Uppsala, Varmlands, Vasterbottens, Vasternorrlands, Vastmanlands, Vastra Gotalands
www.exxun.com/Sweden/d_gv.html
blend
Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/c_pp.html
blend
Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of Swahili and Arabic)
www.exxun.com/Comoros/c_pp.html
blend
blend of Soviet and German systems that employ "continental" or "civil" code; case-precedent may be used to inform judges, but all decisions must refer to the law as written; constitution ambiguous ...
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/d_gv.html
blend
Zionist 40% (a blend of Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship), Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 10%, other (includes Anglican, Bahai, Methodist, Mormon, Jewish) 30%
www.exxun.com/Swaziland/c_pp.html
Blida
... 48 provinces (wilayat, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain Temouchent, Alger, Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia ...
www.exxun.com/Algeria/d_gv.html
blizzards
katabatic (gravity-driven) winds blow coastward from the high interior; frequent blizzards form near the foot of the plateau; cyclonic storms form over the ocean and move clockwise along the coast; volcanism ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/b_mp.html
bloated
... from New Zealand. In the 1980s and 1990s, the country lived beyond its means, maintaining a bloated public service and accumulating a large foreign debt. Subsequent reforms, including the sale of state ...
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/e_ec.html
bloated
... of the south, and economic growth tends to be volatile, given the north's relative isolation, bloated public sector, reliance on the Turkish lira, and small market size. Agriculture and services, together ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/e_ec.html
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