Alonzo ... government head of government: President Hugo CHAVEZ Frias (since 3 February 1999); Executive Vice President Ramon Alonzo CARRIZALEZ Rengifo (since 4 January 2008) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections ... www.exxun.com/Venezuela/d_gv.html
Alouma ... Social Progress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDP-Zaman Lahiya [Moumouni DJERMAKOYE]; Nigerien Party for Autonomy or PNA-Alouma'a [Sanousi JACKOU]; Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism or PNDS-Tarrayya [Issifou MAHAMADOU]; Nigerien ... www.exxun.com/Niger/d_gv.html
Aloys ... for the Defense of Democracy or CNDD-FDD [Jeremie NGENDAKUMANA]; Unity for National Progress or UPRONA [Aloys RUBUKA] note: a multiparty system was introduced after 1998, included are: National Council for the ... www.exxun.com/Burundi/d_gv.html
ALP Antigua Labor Party or ALP [Lester Bryant BIRD]; Barbudans for a Better Barbuda [Ordrick SAMUEL]; Barbuda People's Movement or BPM [Thomas H. FRANK]; Barbuda People's Movement for Change [Arthur NIBBS ... www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/d_gv.html
Alpes ... Lorraine, Martinique, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Reunion, Rhone-Alpes note: France is divided into 22 metropolitan regions (including ... www.exxun.com/France/d_gv.html
Alpha ... landmasses; the ocean floor is about 50% continental shelf (highest percentage of any ocean) with the remainder a central basin interrupted by three submarine ridges (Alpha Cordillera, Nansen Cordillera, and Lomonosov Ridge www.exxun.com/ArcticOcean/b_mp.html
Alpha ... s Party of Guinea or PPG [Charles Pascal TOLNO]; Rally for the Guinean People or RPG [Alpha CONDE]; Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea or UFDG [Cellou Dalein DIALLO]; Union of Republican ... www.exxun.com/Guinea/d_gv.html
Alpha ... Amadou TOURE - enabling Mali's emergence as one of the strongest democracies on the continent. President Alpha KONARE won Mali's first democratic presidential election in 1992 and was reelected in 1997 ... www.exxun.com/Mali/a_fg.html
Alphonse 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
Alpine landlocked; strategic location at the crossroads of central Europe with many easily traversable Alpine passes and valleys; major river is the Danube; population is concentrated on eastern lowlands because of steep slopes ... www.exxun.com/Austria/b_mp.html
Alpine predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south www.exxun.com/Italy/b_mp.html
alpine 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 www.exxun.com/Kosovo/b_mp.html
alpine a short coastal strip on the Adriatic, an alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy and Austria, mixed mountains and valleys with numerous rivers to the east www.exxun.com/Slovenia/b_mp.html
Alps in the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping www.exxun.com/Austria/b_mp.html
Alps ... plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east French Guiana: low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains Guadeloupe ... www.exxun.com/France/b_mp.html
Alps lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south www.exxun.com/Germany/b_mp.html
Alps mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third www.exxun.com/Liechtenstein/b_mp.html
Alps central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the Plain of Moldavia on the east by the Carpathian Mountains and separated from the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps www.exxun.com/Romania/b_mp.html
Alps Central Europe, eastern Alps bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Austria and Croatia www.exxun.com/Slovenia/b_mp.html
Alps landlocked; crossroads of northern and southern Europe; along with southeastern France, northern Italy, and southwestern Austria, has the highest elevations in the Alps www.exxun.com/Switzerland/b_mp.html
already refugees (country of origin): 12,615 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2007) www.exxun.com/Angola/i_ti.html
already ... 2001 attacks and again after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, contributing to the expansion of an already robust international business sector. Bermuda's tourism industry - which derives over 80% of its visitors ... www.exxun.com/Bermuda/e_ec.html
already ... Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which El Salvador was the first to ratify, has strengthened an already positive export trend. With the adoption of the US dollar as its currency in 2001 ... www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/e_ec.html
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