civilian
... and Public Service over the past five years has focused on subordinating the defense apparatus to civilian control and restoring the LDF's cohesion; the restructuring has considerably improved capabilities and professionalism ...
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/h_ml.html
civilian
... elections were marred by significant irregularities and violence, Nigeria is currently experiencing its longest period of civilian rule since independence. The general elections of April 2007 marked the first civilian-to-civilian ...
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/a_fg.html
civilian
adopted 2 April 1976; note - subsequent revisions of the Constitution placed the military under strict civilian control, trimmed the powers of the president, and laid the groundwork for a stable, pluralistic liberal ...
www.exxun.com/Portugal/d_gv.html
civilian
petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures
www.exxun.com/Russia/e_ec.html
civilian
... 2007 presidential election, but still look to the UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) - a civilian UN mission - to support efforts to consolidate peace. The new government's priorities include furthering ...
www.exxun.com/SierraLeone/a_fg.html
civilian
... troops from Australia, NZ, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Tonga - had been scaled back to 303 police officers, 197 civilian technical advisers, and 72 military advisers from 15 countries across the region
www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/d_gv.html
civilian
... since 2003, the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI), consisting of police, military, and civilian advisors drawn from 15 countries, has assisted in reestablishing and maintaining civil and political order ...
www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/i_ti.html
civilian
... that soon declared a socialist republic. It continued to exert control through a succession of nominally civilian administrations until 1987, when international pressure finally forced a democratic election. In 1990, the military ...
www.exxun.com/Suriname/a_fg.html
civilian
there are 42 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (August 2005 est.)
www.exxun.com/Syria/b_mp.html
civilian
... military; primary domestic threats are listed as fundamentalism (with the definition in some dispute with the civilian government), separatism (the Kurdish problem), and the extreme left wing; Ankara strongly opposed establishment of ...
www.exxun.com/Turkey/h_ml.html
civilian
... Fish and Wildlife Service Johnston Atoll: in previous years, an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel were present; as of May 2005 all US government personnel had left the ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/c_pp.html
Civilian
... the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand its hold over the government. Civilian rule was not restored until 1985. In 2004, the left-of-center Frente Amplio Coalition ...
www.exxun.com/Uruguay/a_fg.html
civilian
there are no commercial or civilian flights to and from Wake Island, except in direct support of island missions; emergency landing is available
www.exxun.com/WakeIsland/g_tr.html
civilian
... signed between May 1994 and September 1999, Israel transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) security and civilian responsibility for Palestinian-populated areas of the West Bank and Gaza. Negotiations to determine the ...
www.exxun.com/WestBank/a_fg.html
civilian
... landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are about 340 Israeli civilian sites--including 100 small outpost communities in the West Bank and 29 sites in East ...
www.exxun.com/WestBank/b_mp.html
civilians
... overthrow the government, and violence has been decreasing since about 2002, but insurgents continue attacks against civilians and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence. More than 32,000 former paramilitaries ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/a_fg.html
civilians
... seats. In November 2007, King Abdallah instructed his new prime minister to focus on socioeconomic reform, developing a healthcare and housing network for civilians and military personnel, and improving the educational system
www.exxun.com/Jordan/a_fg.html
civilians
... hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West ...
www.exxun.com/SriLanka/c_pp.html
civilians
... 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 dubbed a "post-modern coup ...
www.exxun.com/Turkey/a_fg.html
civilization
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by ...
www.exxun.com/China/a_fg.html
civilization
The Mayan civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half ...
www.exxun.com/Guatemala/a_fg.html
civilization
The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world and dating back at least 5,000 years, spread over much of what is presently Pakistan. During the second millennium B.C., remnants ...
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/a_fg.html
