formed ... interests; Catholic Church; free labor unions (authorized in April 1977); Nunca Mais (Galician for "Never Again"; formed in response to the oil Tanker Prestige oil spill); Socialist General Union of Workers or ... www.exxun.com/Spain/d_gv.html
formed ... of National Unity (GNU) - the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) formed a power-sharing government under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA); the NCP, which came ... www.exxun.com/Sudan/d_gv.html
formed ... until 1925. Much of present-day Sughd province was transferred from the Uzbekistan SSR to newly formed Tajikistan SSR in 1929. Ethnic Uzbeks form a substantial minority in Sughd province. Tajikistan became ... www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/a_fg.html
formed most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base www.exxun.com/Tonga/b_mp.html
formed Eastern Turkmenistan for centuries formed part of the Persian province of Khurasan; in medieval times Merv (today known as Mary) was one of the great cities of the Islamic world and an ... www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/a_fg.html
formed ... have been expanded by coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina) are manmade islands formed from coral dredging; the egg-shaped reef is 34 km in circumference; closed to the ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/b_mp.html
formed ... institutions in the Gaza Strip. ABBAS dismissed the NUG and through a series of presidential decrees formed a PA government in the West Bank led by independent Salam FAYYAD. HAMAS rejected the ... www.exxun.com/WestBank/a_fg.html
former conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan conventional short form: Afghanistan local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Afghanestan local short form: Afghanestan former: Republic of Afghanistan www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/d_gv.html
former conventional long form: Republic of Albania conventional short form: Albania local long form: Republika e Shqiperise local short form: Shqiperia former: People's Socialist Republic of Albania www.exxun.com/Albania/d_gv.html
former conventional long form: Republic of Angola conventional short form: Angola local long form: Republica de Angola local short form: Angola former: People's Republic of Angola www.exxun.com/Angola/d_gv.html
former ... Ararat ZURABYAN]; Armenian People's Party [Tigran KARAPETYAN]; Armenian Ramkavar Azadagan Party Alliance or HRAK (includes former Dashink Party, National Revival Party, and Ramkavar Liberal Party); Armenian Revolutionary Federation ("Dashnak" Party) or ... www.exxun.com/Armenia/d_gv.html
former ... years later. Ashmore Reef supports a rich and diverse avian and marine habitat; in 1983, it became a National Nature Reserve. Cartier Island, a former bombing range, is now a marine reserve www.exxun.com/AshmoreandCartierIslands/a_fg.html
former Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census) www.exxun.com/Austria/c_pp.html
former conventional long form: Republic of Azerbaijan conventional short form: Azerbaijan local long form: Azarbaycan Respublikasi local short form: Azarbaycan former: Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/d_gv.html
former ... over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, pervasive corruption, and elevated inflation. Trade with Russia and the other former Soviet republics is declining in importance, while trade is building with Turkey and the nations ... www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/e_ec.html
former conventional long form: Kingdom of Bahrain conventional short form: Bahrain local long form: Mamlakat al Bahrayn local short form: Al Bahrayn former: Dilmun www.exxun.com/Bahrain/d_gv.html
former conventional long form: People's Republic of Bangladesh conventional short form: Bangladesh local long form: Gana Prajatantri Banladesh local short form: Banladesh former: East Bengal, East Pakistan www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/d_gv.html
former ... 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 ... www.exxun.com/Belarus/a_fg.html
former conventional long form: Republic of Belarus conventional short form: Belarus local long form: Respublika Byelarus' local short form: Byelarus' former: Belorussian (Byelorussian) Soviet Socialist Republic www.exxun.com/Belarus/d_gv.html
former conventional long form: none conventional short form: Belize former: British Honduras www.exxun.com/Belize/d_gv.html
former ... principles. A move to representative government began in 1989. Two years later, free elections ushered in former Prime Minister Nicephore SOGLO as president, marking the first successful transfer of power in Africa ... www.exxun.com/Benin/a_fg.html
former conventional long form: Republic of Benin conventional short form: Benin local long form: Republique du Benin local short form: Benin former: Dahomey www.exxun.com/Benin/d_gv.html
former conventional long form: none conventional short form: Bermuda former: Somers Islands www.exxun.com/Bermuda/d_gv.html
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