December
... loans pledged to Lebanon at the Paris III conference in January 2007, Beirut as of mid-December 2007 had signed agreements for $3 billion, including $1 billion in project financing, $750 million ...
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/e_ec.html
December
$689 million (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/e_ec.html
December
... 1980, a military coup led by Samuel DOE ushered in a decade of authoritarian rule. In December 1989, Charles TAYLOR launched a rebellion against DOE's regime that led to a prolonged ...
www.exxun.com/Liberia/a_fg.html
December
dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to March)
www.exxun.com/Liberia/b_mp.html
December
... 1999 and finally lifted in September 2003 after Libya accepted responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing. In December 2003, Libya announced that it had agreed to reveal and end its programs to develop ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/a_fg.html
December
... the Libyan government, the Revolutionary Command Council replaced the existing constitution with the Constitutional Proclamation in December 1969; in March 1977, Libya adopted the Declaration of the Establishment of the People's ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/d_gv.html
December
... picked up steam after UN sanctions were lifted in September 2003 and as Libya announced in December 2003 that it would abandon programs to build weapons of mass destruction. Almost all US ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/e_ec.html
December
29,500 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December 2001)
www.exxun.com/Liechtenstein/e_ec.html
December
$7.721 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Lithuania/e_ec.html
December
... on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 20 December 1999. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China ...
www.exxun.com/Macau/a_fg.html
December
... Jintao (since 15 March 2003) head of government: Chief Executive Edmund HO Hau-wah (since 20 December 1999) cabinet: Executive Council consists of one government secretary, three legislators, four businessmen, one pro ...
www.exxun.com/Macau/d_gv.html
December
$3.967 billion (31 December 2007)
www.exxun.com/Macedonia/e_ec.html
December
... eligible for a second term); election last held 3 December 2006 (next to be held in December 2011); prime minister appointed by the president election results: percent of vote - Marc RAVALOMANANA 54.8 ...
www.exxun.com/Madagascar/d_gv.html
December
$821 million (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Madagascar/e_ec.html
December
... substantial inflows of economic assistance from the IMF, the World Bank, and individual donor nations. In December 2007, the US granted Malawi eligibility status to receive financial support within the Millennium Challenge ...
www.exxun.com/Malawi/e_ec.html
December
chief of state: Paramount Ruler Sultan MIZAN Zainal Abidin (since 13 December 2006) head of government: Prime Minister ABDULLAH bin Ahmad Badawi (since 31 October 2003); Deputy Prime Minister Mohamed NAJIB bin ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/d_gv.html
December
$101.1 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/e_ec.html
December
... investment. Real GDP growth averaged over 7.5% per year for more than a decade. In late December 2004, a major tsunami left more than 100 dead, 12,000 displaced, and property damage exceeding ...
www.exxun.com/Maldives/e_ec.html
December
IDPs: 1,000-10,000 (December 2004 tsunami victims) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Maldives/i_ti.html
December
... Democracy and Progress or ADP (a coalition of political parties including ADEMA and URD formed in December 2006 to support the presidential candidacy of Amadou TOURE); Alliance for Democracy or ADEMA [Diounconda ...
www.exxun.com/Mali/d_gv.html
December
$3.694 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Malta/e_ec.html
December
... 4 February 2007 (next to be held 2009); National Assembly - last held 19 November and 3 December 2006 (next to be held in 2011) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/d_gv.html
December
... donor and lending countries at a triennial Consultative Group review. A new investment code approved in December 2001 improved the opportunities for direct foreign investment. Ongoing negotiations with the IMF involve problems ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/e_ec.html
December
$2.136 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/e_ec.html
December
... state and head of government head of government: President Felipe de Jesus CALDERON Hinojosa (since 1 December 2006) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; note - appointment of attorney general requires consent of ...
www.exxun.com/Mexico/d_gv.html
December
$87.19 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Mexico/e_ec.html
December
... coaxial cable domestic: low telephone density with about 18 fixed lines per 100 persons; privatized in December 1990; despite the opening to competition in January 1997, Telmex remains dominant; legal challenges to ...
www.exxun.com/Mexico/f_cm.html