risking
risking arrest, imprisonment, and deportation, tens of thousands of North Koreans cross into China to escape famine, economic privation, and political oppression; North Korea and China dispute the sovereignty of certain islands ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/i_ti.html
risks
... diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations water contact disease: leptospirosis animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 ...
www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/c_pp.html
risks
... and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain damaging forests; efforts to bring industry up to EU code should improve domestic ...
www.exxun.com/CzechRepublic/b_mp.html
risks
... foreign investment and robust government spending. However, a widening trade deficit and higher inflation are emerging risks to the economy. Areas of recent improvement include increasing foreign direct investment as well as ...
www.exxun.com/Georgia/e_ec.html
risks
regional risks include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding; land subsidence in Venice
www.exxun.com/Italy/b_mp.html
risks
... chemical sites associated with former defense industries and test ranges scattered throughout the country pose health risks for humans and animals; industrial pollution is severe in some cities; because the two main ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/b_mp.html
risks
high seismic risks
www.exxun.com/Macedonia/b_mp.html
risks
deforestation; water pollution; inadequate means for waste disposal pose health risks for many urban residents; loss of wetlands
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/b_mp.html
risks
air pollution from metallurgical plants presents human health risks; acid rain damaging forests
www.exxun.com/Slovakia/b_mp.html
risks
... deepened to sustain Spain's economic growth. Despite the economy's relative solid footing significant downside risks remain including Spain's continued loss of competitiveness, the potential for a housing market collapse ...
www.exxun.com/Spain/e_ec.html
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toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
www.exxun.com/Tunisia/b_mp.html
risks
... Western Europe in January 1999, while paving the way for an integrated economic powerhouse, poses economic risks because of varying levels of income and cultural and political differences among the participating nations ...
www.exxun.com/World/e_ec.html
risks
... mineral extraction and refining region; chemical runoff into watersheds; poaching seriously threatens rhinoceros, elephant, antelope, and large cat populations; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; lack of adequate water treatment presents human health risks
www.exxun.com/Zambia/b_mp.html
risks
... or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and plague are high risks in some locations water contact disease: schistosomiasis animal contact disease: rabies (2008
www.exxun.com/Zambia/c_pp.html
Riu
lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m highest point: Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m
www.exxun.com/Andorra/b_mp.html
rival
... remains undemarcated; in 2005, Nigeria ceded thirteen villages to Benin, but border relations remain strained by rival gang clashes; Benin and Togo announced plans in 2006 to construct a joint hydroelectric dam ...
www.exxun.com/Benin/i_ti.html
rival
... of 17,000; the undemarcated former British administrative line has little meaning as a political separation to rival clans within Ethiopia's Ogaden and southern Somalia's Oromo region; Ethiopian forces invaded southern ...
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/i_ti.html
rival
... from the Federation in 1962. Deteriorating economic conditions during the 1970s led to recurrent violence as rival gangs affiliated with the major political parties evolved into powerful organized crime networks involved in ...
www.exxun.com/Jamaica/a_fg.html
rival
Isatabu Freedom Movement (IFM); Malaita Eagle Force (MEF); note - these rival armed ethnic factions crippled the Solomon Islands in a wave of violence from 1999 to 2003
www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/d_gv.html
rival
... border claims; the undemarcated former British administrative line has little meaning as a political separation to rival clans within Ethiopia's Ogaden and southern Somalia's Oromo region; Kenya works hard to ...
www.exxun.com/Somalia/i_ti.html
rival
... power a reformist slate under Viktor YUSHCHENKO. Subsequent internal squabbles in the YUSHCHENKO camp allowed his rival Viktor YANUKOVYCH to stage a comeback in parliamentary elections and become prime minister in August ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/a_fg.html
rivalries
... as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in ...
www.exxun.com/AmericanSamoa/a_fg.html
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