return ... the US. There are no industrial or agricultural activities on the islands. When the native Ilois return, they plan to reestablish sugarcane production and fishing. The territory earns foreign exchange by selling ... www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/e_ec.html
return ... 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 (2008 est www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/c_pp.html
return ... new constitution and presidential elections in 1996, followed by parliamentary balloting in 1997, completed a nominal return to civilian rule. JAMMEH has been elected president in all subsequent elections, including most recently ... www.exxun.com/Gambia/a_fg.html
return ... for resuming talks with Fatah, but ABBAS has ruled out negotiations until HAMAS agrees to a return of PA control over the Gaza Strip and recognizes the FAYYAD-led government. FAYYAD and ... www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/a_fg.html
return ... peacekeeping force in Georgia since 1993; Meshkheti Turks scattered throughout the former Soviet Union seek to return to Georgia; boundary with Armenia remains undemarcated; ethnic Armenian groups in Javakheti region of Georgia ... www.exxun.com/Georgia/i_ti.html
return ... closely with technical advisors from the U.S. Treasury Department, the World Bank and IMF, seeking to return to a fully funded program. Growth rose slightly in 2006-07, primarily due to increases in ... www.exxun.com/Guinea/e_ec.html
return refugees (country of origin): 15,000 (Palestinian Territories), 11,960 (Iran), 16,110 (Turkey) IDPs: 1.9 million (ongoing US-led war and Kurds' subsequent return) (2007) www.exxun.com/Iraq/i_ti.html
return ... again halted lending in 2001 when the government failed to institute several anticorruption measures. Despite the return of strong rains in 2001, weak commodity prices, endemic corruption, and low investment limited Kenya ... www.exxun.com/Kenya/e_ec.html
return 3.591% note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2008 est.) www.exxun.com/Kuwait/c_pp.html
return ... six-century-old monarchy and instituting a strict socialist regime closely aligned to Vietnam. A gradual return to private enterprise and the liberalization of foreign investment laws began in 1986. Laos became ... www.exxun.com/Laos/a_fg.html
return ... economic and social dislocation. Two-thirds of the 12,000 inhabitants fled the island. Some began to return in 1998, but lack of housing limited the number. The agriculture sector continued to be ... www.exxun.com/Montserrat/e_ec.html
return ... elections in 1990, 1996, and 2001, saw the Sandinistas defeated, but voting in 2006 announced the return of former Sandinista President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra. Nicaragua's infrastructure and economy - hard hit by ... www.exxun.com/Nicaragua/a_fg.html
return ... a new constitution. Sweden then invaded Norway but agreed to let Norway keep its constitution in return for accepting the union under a Swedish king. Rising nationalism throughout the 19th century led ... www.exxun.com/Norway/a_fg.html
return ... provided Palau with 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 ... www.exxun.com/Palau/e_ec.html
return ... s first democratically elected president of Native American ethnicity. The presidential election of 2006 saw the return of Alan GARCIA who, after a disappointing presidential term from 1985 to 1990, returned to ... www.exxun.com/Peru/a_fg.html
return ... installed Corazon AQUINO as president. Her presidency was hampered by several coup attempts, which prevented a return to full political stability and economic development. Fidel RAMOS was elected president in 1992 and ... www.exxun.com/Philippines/a_fg.html
return ... Chad), 14,633 (Ethiopia), 7,895 (Uganda), 5,023 (Central African Republic) IDPs: 5,300,000 - 6,200,000 (internal conflict since 1980s; ongoing genocide in Darfur region, IDP registration for return to South Sudan started in 2005) (2006 www.exxun.com/Sudan/i_ti.html
return territorial sea: 12 nm (adjustments made to return a portion of straits to high seas) exclusive economic zone: agreed boundaries or midlines continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of ... www.exxun.com/Sweden/b_mp.html
return ... Golan Heights to Israel. During the 1990s, Syria and Israel held occasional peace talks over its return. Following the death of President al-ASAD, his son, Bashar al-ASAD, was approved as ... www.exxun.com/Syria/a_fg.html
return ... instability and intermittent military coups (1960, 1971, 1980), which in each case eventually resulted in a return of political power to civilians. In 1997, the military again helped engineer the ouster - popularly ... www.exxun.com/Turkey/a_fg.html
return ... of infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, reduced inflation, gradually improved domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs. Growth continues to be solid, despite variability in the price ... www.exxun.com/Uganda/e_ec.html
return ... years later, North Vietnamese forces overran the South reuniting the country under Communist rule. Despite the return of peace, for over a decade the country experienced little economic growth because of conservative ... www.exxun.com/Vietnam/a_fg.html
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