December
... one half of the FNC (the other half remains appointed) held in the UAE on 18-20 December 2006; the new electoral college - a body of 6,689 Emiratis (including 1,189 women) appointed by ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/d_gv.html
December
$57.52 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/e_ec.html
December
$57.3 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/e_ec.html
December
$70.57 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/e_ec.html
December
... consistent northeast trade winds with little seasonal temperature variation Midway Islands: subtropical with cool, moist winters (December to February) and warm, dry summers (May to October); moderated by prevailing easterly winds; most ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/b_mp.html
December
$4.112 billion (December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Uruguay/e_ec.html
December
... Protection of Human Rights [Marat ZAHIDOV]; Erk (Freedom) Democratic Party [Muhammad SOLIH, chairman] was banned 9 December 1992; Ezgulik Human Rights Society [Vasila INOYATOVA]; Free Farmers' Party or Ozod Dehqonlar [Nigora KHIDOYATOVA ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/d_gv.html
December
$3.927 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/e_ec.html
December
tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds from May to October; moderate rainfall from November to April; may be affected by cyclones from December to April
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/b_mp.html
December
... government: Prime Minister Ham LINI (since 11 December 2004); Deputy Prime Minister Sato KILMAN (since 11 December 2004) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister, responsible to Parliament elections: president ...
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/d_gv.html
December
... eligible for a second term); election last held 3 December 2006 (next to be held in December 2012) note: in 1999, a National Constituent Assembly drafted a new constitution that increased the ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/d_gv.html
December
... the petroleum, communications, and electricity sectors, which reduced foreign influence in the economy. Although voters in December 2007 rejected CHAVEZ's proposed constitutional changes, CHAVEZ still has significant control of the economy ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/e_ec.html
December
... Free Trade Area (AFTA) and entry into force of the US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement in December 2001 have led to even more rapid changes in Vietnam's trade and economic regime ...
www.exxun.com/Vietnam/e_ec.html
December
... 1899 for a cable station. An important air and naval base was constructed in 1940-41. In December 1941, the island was captured by the Japanese and held until the end of World ...
www.exxun.com/WakeIsland/a_fg.html
December
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated that in December 2006 there was a global population of 8.8 million registered refugees and as many as 24.5 million IDPs in more ...
www.exxun.com/World/i_ti.html
December
$6.044 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Yemen/e_ec.html
December
$2.598 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Zambia/e_ec.html
December
... December 1987); Vice President Joseph MSIKA (since December 1999) and Vice President Joyce MUJURU (since 6 December 2004) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; responsible to the House of Assembly elections: presidential ...
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/d_gv.html
December
$5.155 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/e_ec.html
decentralization
... the phasing out of collectivized agriculture, and expanded to include the gradual liberalization of prices, fiscal decentralization, increased autonomy for state enterprises, the foundation of a diversified banking system, the development of ...
www.exxun.com/China/e_ec.html
decentralization
... Sulawesi Tenggara, Sulawesi Utara, Sumatera Barat, Sumatera Selatan, Sumatera Utara, Yogyakarta* note: following the implementation of decentralization beginning on 1 January 2001, the 440 districts or regencies have become the key administrative ...
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/d_gv.html
decentralization
... determine Kosovo's future status. Negotiations held intermittently between 2006 and 2007 on issues related to decentralization, religious heritage, and minority rights failed to yield a resolution between Serbia's willingness to ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/a_fg.html
decentralizing
The government of Laos, one of the few remaining one-party Communist states, began decentralizing control and encouraging private enterprise in 1986. The results, starting from an extremely low base, were striking ...
www.exxun.com/Laos/e_ec.html
Deception
... the plateau; cyclonic storms form over the ocean and move clockwise along the coast; volcanism on Deception Island and isolated areas of West Antarctica; other seismic activity rare and weak; large icebergs ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/b_mp.html