expanded
... domestic and international communications through fiber optic links are in progress; the mobile cellular market has expanded rapidly with an estimated 10.9 million current users domestic: repairs to switches and lines destroyed ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/f_cm.html
expanded
... 1.6% note: President NAZARBAYEV arranged a referendum in 1995 that extended his term of office and expanded his presidential powers: only he can initiate constitutional amendments, appoint and dismiss the government, dissolve ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/d_gv.html
expanded
... proposed by President Askar AKAYEV and passed in a national referendum on 2 February 2003 significantly expanded the powers of the president at the expense of the legislature; during large-scale demonstrations ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/d_gv.html
expanded
... The non-oil manufacturing and construction sectors, which account for more than 20% of GDP, have expanded from processing mostly agricultural products to include the production of petrochemicals, iron, steel, and aluminum ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/e_ec.html
expanded
... and his government pledged to embark upon democratic reforms including a more representative political system and expanded political freedoms. Progress has been slow, however, and many promised reforms have been slow to ...
www.exxun.com/Maldives/a_fg.html
expanded
... tsunami reconstruction, and development of new resorts helped the economy recover quickly. The trade deficit has expanded sharply as a result of high oil prices and imports of construction material. Diversifying beyond ...
www.exxun.com/Maldives/e_ec.html
expanded
... of modern and outmoded industry and agriculture, increasingly dominated by the private sector. Recent administrations have expanded competition in seaports, railroads, telecommunications, electricity generation, natural gas distribution, and airports. Per capita income ...
www.exxun.com/Mexico/e_ec.html
expanded
unicameral Legislative Council (11 seats, 9 popularly elected; members serve five-year terms) note: expanded in 2001 from 7 to 9 elected members with attorney general and financial secretary sitting as ex ...
www.exxun.com/Montserrat/d_gv.html
expanded
... US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) has been in effect since April 2006 and has expanded export opportunities for many agricultural and manufactured goods. Energy shortages fueled by high oil prices ...
www.exxun.com/Nicaragua/e_ec.html
expanded
small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded
www.exxun.com/ParacelIslands/g_tr.html
expanded
... abolished until 1848. The island became a free port in 1939; the tourism industry was dramatically expanded during the 1970s and 1980s. In 2003, the populace of St. Martin voted to secede ...
www.exxun.com/SaintMartin/a_fg.html
expanded
Since independence in 1976, per capita output in this Indian Ocean archipelago has expanded to roughly seven times the pre-independence, near-subsistence level, moving the island into the upper-middle income ...
www.exxun.com/Seychelles/e_ec.html
expanded
general assessment: Slovakia has a modern telecommunications system that has expanded dramatically in recent years with the growth in cellular services domestic: analog system is now receiving digital equipment and is being ...
www.exxun.com/Slovakia/f_cm.html
expanded
... well-equipped system by regional standards and being upgraded; cellular communications started in 1996 and have expanded substantially domestic: consists of microwave radio relay, cable, radiotelephone communications, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic ...
www.exxun.com/Sudan/f_cm.html
expanded
... overthrew the civilian leadership, but a democratically elected government - a four-party New Front coalition - returned to power in 1991 and has ruled since; the coalition expanded to eight parties in 2005
www.exxun.com/Suriname/a_fg.html
expanded
... 12.6% in 2006 and 5.5% in 2007 as prices for oil, petrochemicals, and LNG remained high, and as foreign direct investment continued to grow to support expanded capacity in the energy sector
www.exxun.com/TrinidadandTobago/e_ec.html
expanded
... could prove a boon to this underdeveloped country if extraction and delivery projects were to be expanded. The Turkmenistan Government is actively seeking to develop alternative petroleum transportation routes to break Russia ...
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/a_fg.html
expanded
... 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/a_fg.html
expanded
... to the public Johnston Atoll: Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands, which have been expanded by coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade islands formed from ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/b_mp.html
Expanding
... billion at three donors' conferences since 2002, Kabul will need to overcome a number of challenges. Expanding poppy cultivation and a growing opium trade generate roughly $4 billion in illicit economic activity ...
www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/e_ec.html
expanding
... destined for Western Europe; limited opium and growing cannabis production; ethnic Albanian narcotrafficking organizations active and expanding in Europe; vulnerable to money laundering associated with regional trafficking in narcotics, arms, contraband, and ...
www.exxun.com/Albania/i_ti.html
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