bloodless
... 1987, BOURGUIBA was removed from office and replaced by Zine el Abidine BEN ALI in a bloodless coup. BEN ALI is currently serving his fourth consecutive five-year term as president; the ...
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bloody
... deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled in ...
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bloody
... on 4 November 1979 and held it until 20 January 1981. During 1980-88, Iran fought a bloody, indecisive war with Iraq that eventually expanded into the Persian Gulf and led to clashes ...
www.exxun.com/Iran/a_fg.html
bloody
... In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody intervention by South African and Botswanan military forces under the aegis of the Southern African ...
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/a_fg.html
bloody
... the nagging Hutu extremist insurgency across the border, and Rwandan involvement in two wars in recent years in the neighboring DRC continue to hinder Rwanda's efforts to escape its bloody legacy
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/a_fg.html
BLOT
... Movement or MODEREH [Dany TOUSSAINT and Pierre Soncon PRINCE]; Heads Together or Tet-Ansanm [Dr. Gerard BLOT]; Independent Movement for National Reconciliation or MIRN [Luc FLEURINORD]; Justice for Peace and National Development ...
www.exxun.com/Haiti/d_gv.html
blow
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 ...
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blow
periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility
www.exxun.com/Botswana/b_mp.html
blow
dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to March)
www.exxun.com/Liberia/b_mp.html
blow
... western Pacific is monsoonal - a rainy season occurs during the summer months, when moisture-laden winds blow from the ocean over the land, and a dry season during the winter months, when ...
www.exxun.com/PacificOcean/b_mp.html
blow
dry, sand-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to February); sandstorms, dust storms
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Blowing
Blowing Point, Road Bay
www.exxun.com/Anguilla/g_tr.html
blown
... of chemical pesticides and natural salts; these substances are then picked up by the wind and blown into noxious dust storms; pollution in the Caspian Sea; soil pollution from overuse of agricultural ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/b_mp.html
blown
... Sea is resulting in growing concentrations of chemical pesticides and natural salts; these substances are then blown from the increasingly exposed lake bed and contribute to desertification; water pollution from industrial wastes ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/b_mp.html
blows
hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March and April; periodic droughts
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/b_mp.html
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