Mejlis ... elected by popular vote and some appointed; meets at least yearly) and a National Assembly or Mejlis (50 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: People ... www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/d_gv.html
MEK ... repressed by the government include Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), Komala, Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO), People's Fedayeen, Jundallah, and the People's Free Life Party of Kurdistan ... www.exxun.com/Iran/d_gv.html
Meken ... co-chairs]; Ar-Namys (Dignity) Party [Emil ALIYEV]; Asaba (Banner National Revival Party) [Azimbek BEKNAZAROV]; Ata-Meken (Fatherland) [Omurbek TEKEBAYEV]; Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan or DDK [Viktor TCHETRNOMORETS]; Erkindik (Freedom) Party [Topchubek ... www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/d_gv.html
Mekere ... and Niugini Union Party or PANGU PATI [Andrew KUMBAKOR]; Papua New Guinea Party or PNGP [Sir Mekere MORAUTA]; People's Democratic Movement or PDM [Michael OGIO]; People's Action Party or PAP ... www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/d_gv.html
Meknes ... Gharb-Chrarda-Beni Hssen, Guelmim-Es Smara, Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, Meknes-Tafilalet, Oriental, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Souss-Massa-Draa, Tadla-Azilal, Tanger-Tetouan, Taza-Al ... www.exxun.com/Morocco/d_gv.html
Mekong a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap www.exxun.com/Cambodia/b_mp.html
Mekong 2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2005) www.exxun.com/Cambodia/g_tr.html
Mekong landlocked; most of the country is mountainous and thickly forested; the Mekong River forms a large part of the western boundary with Thailand www.exxun.com/Laos/b_mp.html
Mekong 4,600 km note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,900 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2007) www.exxun.com/Laos/g_tr.html
Mekong ... completion of demarcation with Thailand but disputes remain over islands in the Mekong River; concern among Mekong Commission members that China's construction of dams on the Mekong River will affect water ... www.exxun.com/Laos/i_ti.html
Mekong ... talks continue on completion of demarcation with Laos but disputes remain over several islands in the Mekong River; despite continuing border committee talks, Thailand must deal with Karen and other ethnic rebels ... www.exxun.com/Thailand/i_ti.html
Mekong occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong River delta www.exxun.com/Vietnam/b_mp.html
MEKOUAR chief of mission: Ambassador Aziz MEKOUAR chancery: 1601 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 462-7979 FAX: [1] (202) 265-0161 consulate(s) general: New York www.exxun.com/Morocco/d_gv.html
MEL Citizen's Democratic Union or UDCY [Theodore MEL EG]; Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire-African Democratic Rally or PDCI-RDA [Henri Konan BEDIE]; Ivorian Popular Front or FPI [Pascale Affi N ... www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/d_gv.html
Melaka 13 states (negeri-negeri, singular - negeri) Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Pulau Pinang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, and Terengganu; and one federal territory (wilayah persekutuan) with three components, city ... www.exxun.com/Malaysia/d_gv.html
Melanesia Church of Melanesia 32.8%, Roman Catholic 19%, South Seas Evangelical 17%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%, United Church 10.3%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%, other Christian 4.4%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.2% (1999 ... www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/c_pp.html
Melanesian ... by the British in the 19th century). The coups and a 1990 constitution that cemented native Melanesian control of Fiji, led to heavy Indian emigration; the population loss resulted in economic difficulties ... www.exxun.com/Fiji/a_fg.html
Melanesian Fijian 54.8% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 37.4%, other 7.9% (European, other Pacific Islanders, Chinese) (2005 estimate) www.exxun.com/Fiji/c_pp.html
Melanesian Melanesian 42.5%, European 37.1%, Wallisian 8.4%, Polynesian 3.8%, Indonesian 3.6%, Vietnamese 1.6%, other 3% www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/c_pp.html
Melanesian Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other or unspecified 3.2% (2000 census) www.exxun.com/Palau/c_pp.html
Melanesian Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region note: 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total) www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/c_pp.html
Melanesian Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/c_pp.html
Melanesian Jon Frum Movement [Song KEASPAI]; Melanesian Progressive Party or MPP [Barak SOPE]; National United Party or NUP [Hem LINI]; Union of Moderate Parties or UMP [Serge VOHOR]; Vanua'aku Pati (Our Land ... www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/d_gv.html
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