leaders ... a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups. Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. In ... www.exxun.com/Bolivia/a_fg.html
leaders ... medical services and free education through the university level and subsidizes rice and housing. Brunei's leaders are concerned that steadily increased integration in the world economy will undermine internal social cohesion ... www.exxun.com/Brunei/e_ec.html
leaders ... remaining elements of the Khmer Rouge surrendered in early 1999. Some of the remaining Khmer Rouge leaders are awaiting trial by a UN-sponsored tribunal for crimes against humanity. Elections in July ... www.exxun.com/Cambodia/a_fg.html
leaders ... the lives of tens of millions of people. After 1978, his successor DENG Xiaoping and other leaders focused on market-oriented economic development and by 2000 output had quadrupled. For much of ... www.exxun.com/China/a_fg.html
leaders ... his father, Laurent Desire KABILA, following the latter's assassination in January 2001; negotiations with rebel leaders led to the establishment of a transitional government in July 2003 with free elections held ... www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/d_gv.html
leaders ... serve four-year terms) and a House of Ariki (or upper house) made up of traditional leaders note: the House of Ariki advises on traditional matters and maintains considerable influence but has ... www.exxun.com/CookIslands/d_gv.html
leaders ... is recognized only by Turkey. The latest two-year round of UN-brokered talks - between the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities to reach an agreement to reunite the ... www.exxun.com/Cyprus/a_fg.html
leaders ... former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most ... www.exxun.com/CzechRepublic/a_fg.html
leaders ... or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the National Judicial Council comprised of the president, the leaders of both chambers of congress, the president of the Supreme Court, and an additional non ... www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/d_gv.html
leaders ... for men between 19 and 28; conscription lasts 11 months for junior NCOs and reserve platoon leaders; reserve officers and designated specialists have a different conscript service obligation; Estonia has committed to ... www.exxun.com/Estonia/h_ml.html
leaders ... two devastating World Wars of the first half of the 20th century, a number of European leaders in the late 1940s became convinced that the only way to establish a lasting peace ... www.exxun.com/EuropeanUnion/a_fg.html
leaders ... public transport, and defense industries. The telecommunications sector is gradually being opened to competition. France's leaders remain committed to a capitalism in which they maintain social equity by means of laws ... www.exxun.com/France/e_ec.html
leaders ... next to be held in 2010); prime minister appointed by the president after consultation with party leaders in the legislature election results: Joao Bernardo VIEIRA elected president; percent of vote, second ballot ... www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/d_gv.html
leaders ... and the Council of Guardians disagree and since 1989 has been used to advise national religious leaders on matters of national policy; in 2005 the Council's powers were expanded to act ... www.exxun.com/Iran/d_gv.html
Leaders ... popular vote, 1 ex officio member - the attorney general, 1 nominated by the Rabi Council of Leaders (representing Banaba Island); to serve four-year terms) elections: legislative elections were held in two ... www.exxun.com/Kiribati/d_gv.html
leaders ... leadership, Serbia instituted a new constitution in 1989 that drastically curtailed Kosovo's autonomy. Kosovo Albanian leaders responded in 1991 by organizing a referendum that declared Kosovo independent from Serbia. The MILOSEVIC ... www.exxun.com/Kosovo/a_fg.html
leaders ... significant strides in normalizing relations with Western nations since then. He has received various Western European leaders as well as many working-level and commercial delegations, and made his first trip to ... www.exxun.com/Libya/a_fg.html
leaders ... legislature consists of the Senate or Majlis al-Shuyukh (56 seats; 53 members elected by municipal leaders and 3 members elected by Mauritanians abroad to serve six-year terms; a portion of ... www.exxun.com/Mauritania/d_gv.html
leaders ... corruption, the king in February 2005 dissolved the government, declared a state of emergency, imprisoned party leaders, and assumed power. The king's government subsequently released party leaders and officially ended the ... www.exxun.com/Nepal/a_fg.html
leaders ... it failed to elect a single deputy to the lower house of Parliament, and the new leaders of the Solidarity Trade Union subsequently pledged to reduce the Trade Union's political role ... www.exxun.com/Poland/a_fg.html
leaders ... and work towards national elections in 2009. In June 2006, a loose coalition of clerics, business leaders, and Islamic court militias known as the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) defeated powerful Mogadishu ... www.exxun.com/Somalia/a_fg.html
leaders ... village leaders) cabinet: the Council for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau, consisting of three Faipule (village leaders) and three Pulenuku (village mayors), functions as a cabinet elections: the monarch is hereditary; administrator ... www.exxun.com/Tokelau/d_gv.html
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