family
The economy of Samoa has traditionally been dependent on development aid, family remittances from overseas, agriculture, and fishing. The country is vulnerable to devastating storms. Agriculture employs two-thirds of the labor ...
www.exxun.com/Samoa/e_ec.html
family
... Basic Law. Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Saudi Arabia accepted the Kuwaiti royal family and 400,000 refugees while allowing Western and Arab troops to deploy on its soil for ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/a_fg.html
family
... cabinet: Council of Ministers is appointed by the monarch every four years and includes many royal family members elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; note - a new Allegiance Commission created by royal ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/d_gv.html
family
based on a combination of French and Ottoman civil law; Islamic law is used in the family court system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Syria/d_gv.html
family
... medical and pension costs of an aging population, sizable trade and budget deficits, and stagnation of family income in the lower economic groups. The merchandise trade deficit reached a record $847 billion ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/e_ec.html
Family
... Sato KILMAN]; Shepherds Alliance Party [leader NA]; Union of Moderate Parties or UMP [Serge VOHOR]; Vanuatu Family First Party or VFFP [Eta RORI]; Vanuatu Labor Party or VLP [Joshua KALSAKAU]; Vanuatu National ...
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/d_gv.html
famine
... increased external debt, and resulted in the deaths of more than 5 million people from violence, famine, and disease. Foreign businesses curtailed operations due to uncertainty about the outcome of the conflict ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/e_ec.html
famine
... to continue for several years; some Sudanese, Somali, and Eritrean refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2009 est
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/c_pp.html
famine
... and Denmark. Fallout from the Askja volcano of 1875 devastated the Icelandic economy and caused widespread famine. Over the next quarter century, 20% of the island's population emigrated, mostly to Canada ...
www.exxun.com/Iceland/a_fg.html
famine
... international food aid deliveries have allowed the people of North Korea to escape widespread starvation since famine threatened in 1995, but the population continues to suffer from prolonged malnutrition and poor living ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/e_ec.html
famine
... risking arrest, imprisonment, and deportation, tens of thousands of North Koreans cross into China to escape famine, economic privation, and political oppression; North Korea and China dispute the sovereignty of certain islands ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/i_ti.html
famine
severe thunderstorms; flooding; landslides; drought and famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons
www.exxun.com/Nepal/b_mp.html
famine
... in 1993, a two-year UN humanitarian effort (primarily in the south) was able to alleviate famine conditions, but when the UN withdrew in 1995, having suffered significant casualties, order still had ...
www.exxun.com/Somalia/a_fg.html
famine
famine; use of contaminated water contributes to human health problems; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
www.exxun.com/Somalia/b_mp.html
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