Armenian Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (self-proclaimed); Karabakh Liberation Organization; Sadval, Lezgin movement; Talysh independence movement; Union of Pro-Azerbaijani Forces or UPAF www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/d_gv.html
Armenian Armenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists in Nagorno-Karabakh and since the early 1990s has militarily occupied 16% of Azerbaijan; over 800,000 mostly ethnic Azerbaijanis were driven from the occupied lands and Armenia ... www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/i_ti.html
Armenian Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001 census) www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/c_pp.html
Armenian Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, other (includes Maronite and Armenian Apostolic) 4% www.exxun.com/Cyprus/c_pp.html
Armenian Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7% note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia www.exxun.com/Georgia/c_pp.html
Armenian ... throughout the former Soviet Union seek to return to Georgia; boundary with Armenia remains undemarcated; ethnic Armenian groups in Javakheti region of Georgia seek greater autonomy from the Georgian government; Azerbaijan and ... www.exxun.com/Georgia/i_ti.html
Armenian Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Turkoman (a Turkish dialect), Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic), Armenian www.exxun.com/Iraq/c_pp.html
Armenian ... 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 ... www.exxun.com/Jordan/c_pp.html
Armenian ... ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant), other 1.3% note: 17 religious sects ... www.exxun.com/Lebanon/c_pp.html
Armenian Arabic (official); Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian widely understood; French, English somewhat understood www.exxun.com/Syria/c_pp.html
Armenians ... valued exports. Armenia's severe trade imbalance has been offset somewhat by international aid, remittances from Armenians working abroad, and foreign direct investment. Armenia joined the WTO in January 2003. The government ... www.exxun.com/Armenia/e_ec.html
Armenians ... to Naxcivan exclave; border with Turkey remains closed over Nagorno-Karabakh dispute; ethnic Armenian groups in Javakheti region of Georgia seek greater autonomy; Armenians continue to emigrate, primarily to Russia, seeking employment www.exxun.com/Armenia/i_ti.html
Armenians Azeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9% (1999 census) note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/c_pp.html
Armenians ... over 800,000 mostly ethnic Azerbaijanis were driven from the occupied lands and Armenia; about 230,000 ethnic Armenians were driven from their homes in Azerbaijan into Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh; Azerbaijan seeks transit ... www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/i_ti.html
Armenians Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7% www.exxun.com/Syria/c_pp.html
armies ... Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in ... www.exxun.com/Croatia/a_fg.html
armies ... 1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died. In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for some 7 to 8 million more deaths. Although final independence for Ukraine ... www.exxun.com/Ukraine/a_fg.html
armistice ... 1948, about 350 peacekeepers from the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) headquartered in Jerusalem monitor ceasefires, supervise armistice agreements, prevent isolated incidents from escalating, and assist other UN personnel in the region www.exxun.com/Israel/i_ti.html
armistice ... ROK to defend South Korea from DPRK attacks supported by China and the Soviet Union. An armistice was signed in 1953, splitting the peninsula along a demilitarized zone at about the 38th ... www.exxun.com/Korea_South/a_fg.html
armistice ... 1941 German invasion of the USSR. Three years later, overrun by the Soviets, Romania signed an armistice. The post-war Soviet occupation led to the formation of a Communist "people's republic ... www.exxun.com/Romania/a_fg.html
armistice ... 1948, about 350 peacekeepers from the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), headquartered in Jerusalem, monitor ceasefires, supervise armistice agreements, prevent isolated incidents from escalating, and assist other UN personnel in the region www.exxun.com/WestBank/i_ti.html
armor ... women, in service since 1950, admitted to 7 service branches, including infantry, but excluded from artillery, armor, anti-air, and chaplaincy corps; some 4,000 women serve as commissioned and noncommissioned officers, approx ... www.exxun.com/Korea_South/h_ml.html
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