Ashmore conventional long form: Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands conventional short form: Ashmore and Cartier Islands www.exxun.com/AshmoreandCartierIslands/d_gv.html
Ashmore Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island, Macquarie Island www.exxun.com/Australia/d_gv.html
Ashmore ... the Malacca Strait; maritime delimitation talks continue with Palau; Indonesian groups challenge Australia's claim to Ashmore Reef; Australia has closed parts of the Ashmore and Cartier Reserve to Indonesian traditional fishing ... www.exxun.com/Indonesia/i_ti.html
Ashmore ... are islands that border no other countries, they include: American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Baker Island, Barbados, Bermuda, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean ... www.exxun.com/World/b_mp.html
ASHOKA ... culture. The Maurya Empire of the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. - which reached its zenith under ASHOKA - united much of South Asia. The Golden Age ushered in by the Gupta dynasty (4th ... www.exxun.com/India/a_fg.html
ASHRAFF ... MEP [D. GUNAWARDENE]; National Heritage Party or JHU [Ellawala METHANANDA]; National Unity Alliance or NUA [Ferial ASHRAFF]; People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam or PLOTE [D. SIDHARTHAN]; Sri Lanka Freedom Party ... www.exxun.com/SriLanka/d_gv.html
ASI ... Salvadoran Workers Central or CTS; Workers Union of Electrical Corporation or STCEL; business organizations - National Association of Small Enterprise or ANEP; Salvadoran Assembly Industry Association or ASIC; Salvadoran Industrial Association or ASI www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/d_gv.html
Asia Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/b_mp.html
Asia ... WE-4 fiber- optic submarine cable system that provides links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and ... www.exxun.com/Algeria/f_cm.html
Asia ... provider began operations in 2001 international: country code - 244; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 29 (2007 www.exxun.com/Angola/f_cm.html
Asia ... sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.) note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe www.exxun.com/Antarctica/b_mp.html
Asia body of water between Europe, Asia, and North America, mostly north of the Arctic Circle www.exxun.com/ArcticOcean/b_mp.html
Asia Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey www.exxun.com/Armenia/b_mp.html
Asia ... mobile-cellular coverage in rural areas international: country code - 374; Yerevan is connected to the Trans-Asia-Europe fiber-optic cable through Iran; additional international service is available by microwave radio relay ... www.exxun.com/Armenia/f_cm.html
Asia ... small amount of cannabis for domestic consumption; minor transit point for illicit drugs - mostly opium and hashish - moving from Southwest Asia to Russia and to a lesser extent the rest of Europe www.exxun.com/Armenia/i_ti.html
Asia Southeastern Asia, islands in the Indian Ocean, midway between northwestern Australia and Timor island www.exxun.com/AshmoreandCartierIslands/b_mp.html
Asia Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt ... www.exxun.com/Australia/a_fg.html
Asia ... 61; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable with links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; the Southern Cross fiber optic submarine cable provides links to ... www.exxun.com/Australia/f_cm.html
Asia Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus range www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/b_mp.html
Asia ... for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and US; tropospheric scatter to Qatar and UAE; microwave radio relay to ... www.exxun.com/Bahrain/f_cm.html
Asia ... of involuntary servitude and commercial sexual exploitation; men and women from Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia migrate voluntarily to Bahrain to work as laborers or domestic servants where some face conditions ... www.exxun.com/Bahrain/i_ti.html
Asia Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/b_mp.html
Asia ... employed in the agriculture sector, with rice as the single-most-important product. Garment exports and remittances from Bangladeshis working overseas, mainly in the Middle East and East Asia, fuel economic growth www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/e_ec.html
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