military
... World War II granted Nigeria greater autonomy; independence came in 1960. Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful transition to civilian government ...
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military
... poor macroeconomic management, is undertaking some reforms under a new reform-minded administration. Nigeria's former military rulers failed to diversify the economy away from its overdependence on the capital-intensive oil ...
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/e_ec.html
military
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2007)
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military
no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
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military
18-44 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16 years of age in wartime; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age for women; 12-month service obligation ...
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military
... a series of friendship treaties with Britain. Over time, Oman's dependence on British political and military advisors increased, but it never became a British colony. In 1970, QABOOS bin Said al ...
www.exxun.com/Oman/a_fg.html
military
21 years of age; universal; note - members of the military and security forces are not allowed to vote
www.exxun.com/Oman/d_gv.html
military
18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
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military
... chief of state: Acting President Mohammedmian SOOMRO (since 18 August 2008) note: following an October 1999 military coup, General Pervez MUSHARRAF suspended Pakistan's constitution and assumed the additional title of Chief ...
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/d_gv.html
military
16 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed for combat until age of 18; the Pakistani Air Force and Pakistani Navy have inducted their first female pilots and ...
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Military
... of China (Aksai Chin), India (Jammu and Kashmir), and Pakistan (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas); UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) has maintained a small group of peacekeepers since ...
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/i_ti.html
military
... up to $700 million in US aid for the following 15 years in return for furnishing military facilities. Business and tourist arrivals numbered 63,000 in 2003. The population enjoys a per capita ...
www.exxun.com/Palau/e_ec.html
military
... a Compact of Free Association between Palau and the US, the US military is granted access to the islands for 50 years, but it has not stationed any military forces there (2008
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military
... was deposed in 1989. The entire Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military bases were transferred to Panama by the end of 1999. In October 2006, Panamanians approved ...
www.exxun.com/Panama/a_fg.html
military
... October 1994, Panama's Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting the creation of a standing military force but allowing the temporary establishment of special police units to counter acts of "external ...
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military
16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/h_ml.html
military
... since 1974, when its troops seized a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the western islands. China built a military installation on Mischief Reef in 1999. The islands are claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam
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military
... the Chaco War of 1932-35, Paraguay won large, economically important areas from Bolivia. The 35-year military dictatorship of Alfredo STROESSNER ended in 1989, and, despite a marked increase in political infighting ...
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/a_fg.html
military
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy (2006)
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military
... was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth ...
www.exxun.com/Peru/a_fg.html
military
... age; universal and compulsory until the age of 70; note - for the first time in recent elections, members of the military and national police were eligible to vote in the 2006 elections
www.exxun.com/Peru/d_gv.html
military
18-30 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; no conscription (2008)
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military
... marked by greater stability and progress on economic reforms. In 1992, the US closed its last military bases on the islands. Joseph ESTRADA was elected president in 1998, but was succeeded by ...
www.exxun.com/Philippines/a_fg.html
military
18-25 years of age (officers 21-29) for compulsory and voluntary military service; applicants must be single male or female Philippine citizens (2007)
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