December
... rests on the extraction and processing of these natural resources. The breakup of the USSR in December 1991 and the collapse in demand for Kazakhstan's traditional heavy industry products resulted in ...
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December
... viewed as having generally reflected the will of the Kenyan people. President MOI stepped down in December 2002 following fair and peaceful elections. Mwai KIBAKI, running as the candidate of the multiethnic ...
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December
chief of state: President Mwai KIBAKI (since 30 December 2002); Vice President Stephene Kalonzo MUSYOKA (since 10 January 2008); head of government: Prime Minister Raila Amolo ODINGA (since 17 April 2008) cabinet ...
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December
... low investor confidence, meager donor support, and political infighting up to the elections. In the key December 2002 elections, Daniel Arap MOI's 24-year-old reign ended, and a new opposition ...
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December
... weapons programs and massive conventional armed forces - are of major concern to the international community. In December 2002, following revelations that the DPRK was pursuing a nuclear weapons program based on enriched ...
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December
adopted 1948; completely revised 27 December 1972, revised again in April 1992, and September 1998
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December
... these policies by forbidding private sales of grains and reinstituting a centralized food rationing system. By December 2005, the government terminated most international humanitarian assistance operations in North Korea (calling instead for ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/e_ec.html
December
... employees of the government, were apprehended abroad while trafficking in narcotics, including two in Turkey in December 2004; police investigations in Taiwan and Japan in recent years have linked North Korea to ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/i_ti.html
December
... single five-year term; election last held 19 December 2007 (next to be held on in December 2012); prime minister appointed by president with consent of National Assembly; deputy prime ministers appointed ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_South/d_gv.html
December
$220.1 billion (31 December 2007)
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December
influenced by continental air masses resulting in relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns; Mediterranean and alpine influences create regional variation; maximum rainfall between October and December
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December
$33.62 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
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December
... and gained control of the new parliament through his newly-created political party, Ak Jol, in December 2007 elections. Current concerns include: privatization of state-owned enterprises, negative trends in democracy and ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/a_fg.html
December
... President Kurmanbek BAKIEV (since 14 August 2005) head of government: Prime Minister Igor CHUDINOV (since 24 December 2007) cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers proposed by the prime minister, appointed by the president; ministers ...
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December
... been sold. Drops in production had been severe after the breakup of the Soviet Union in December 1991, but by mid-1995, production began to recover and exports began to increase. The ...
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December
tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April)
www.exxun.com/Laos/b_mp.html
December
Republic Day, 2 December (1975)
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December
$540 million (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Laos/e_ec.html
December
... President Valdis ZATLERS (since 8 July 2007) head of government: Prime Minister Ivars GODMANIS (since 20 December 2007) cabinet: Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister and appointed by Parliament elections ...
www.exxun.com/Latvia/d_gv.html
December
$5.758 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Latvia/e_ec.html
December
... loans pledged to Lebanon at the Paris III conference in January 2007, Beirut as of mid-December 2007 had signed agreements for $3 billion, including $1 billion in project financing, $750 million ...
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/e_ec.html
December
$689 million (31 December 2007 est.)
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December
... 1980, a military coup led by Samuel DOE ushered in a decade of authoritarian rule. In December 1989, Charles TAYLOR launched a rebellion against DOE's regime that led to a prolonged ...
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December
dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to March)
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December
... 1999 and finally lifted in September 2003 after Libya accepted responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing. In December 2003, Libya announced that it had agreed to reveal and end its programs to develop ...
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