drafted
... December 2006 (next to be held in December 2012) note: in 1999, a National Constituent Assembly drafted a new constitution that increased the presidential term to six years; an election was subsequently ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/d_gv.html
drafting
... 2005. Following these elections, the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) assumed office. The TNA was charged with drafting Iraq's permanent constitution, which was approved in a 15 October 2005 constitutional referendum. An ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/a_fg.html
drafting
... were legalized in 2005. A constituent assembly - termed the "special majlis" - has pledged to complete the drafting of a new constitution by the end of 2007 and first-ever presidential elections under ...
www.exxun.com/Maldives/a_fg.html
drafts
... there is also a Presidential Administration (PA) that provides staff and policy support to the president, drafts presidential decrees, and coordinates policy among government agencies; a Security Council also reports directly to ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/d_gv.html
drafts
huge icebergs with drafts up to several hundred meters; smaller bergs and iceberg fragments; sea ice (generally 0.5 to 1 m thick) with sometimes dynamic short-term variations and with large annual ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
drafts
1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m) (2005)
www.exxun.com/Suriname/g_tr.html
drafts
4,000 km note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2005)
www.exxun.com/Thailand/g_tr.html
drag
... a legacy of misdirected macroeconomic policies. Factional fighting between the government and its opponents remains a drag on economic revitalization. Distribution of income is extraordinarily unequal. Grants from France and the international ...
www.exxun.com/CentralAfricanRepublic/e_ec.html
drag
... prices, poor agricultural weather, and the skepticism of foreign investors. Also, the presence of an illegal separatist regime in Moldova's Transnistria region continues to be a drag on the Moldovan economy
www.exxun.com/Moldova/e_ec.html
Dragan
... Peasants Party or HSS [Marko TADIC]; Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or HDZ-BH [Dragan COVIC]; Croatian Democratic Union 1990 or HDZ1990 [Bozo LJUBIC]; Croatian Democratic Union 100 or HDZ100 ...
www.exxun.com/BosniaandHerzegovina/d_gv.html
Dragas
30 municipalities (komunat, singular - komuna in Albanian; opstine, singular - opstina in Serbian); Decan (Decani), Dragash (Dragas), Ferizaj (Urosevac), Fushe Kosove (Kosovo Polje), Gjakove (Dakovica), Gllogoc/Drenas (Glogovac), Gjilan (Gnjilane), Istog (Istok), Kacanik ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/d_gv.html
Dragash
30 municipalities (komunat, singular - komuna in Albanian; opstine, singular - opstina in Serbian); Decan (Decani), Dragash (Dragas), Ferizaj (Urosevac), Fushe Kosove (Kosovo Polje), Gjakove (Dakovica), Gllogoc/Drenas (Glogovac), Gjilan (Gnjilane), Istog (Istok), Kacanik ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/d_gv.html
Dragisa
... Party Ora; Serb National Party or SNS [Mihailo SCEPANOVIC]; Serbian Kosovo and Metohija Party or SKMS [Dragisa MIRIC]; United Roma Party of Kosovo or PREBK [Haxhi Zylfi MERXHA]; Democratic Action Party or ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/d_gv.html
Dragodan
chief of mission: Ambassador Tina KAIDANOW embassy: Arberia/Dragodan, Nazim Hikmet 30, Pristina, Kosovo mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: 381 38 59 59 3000 FAX: 381 38 549 890
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/d_gv.html
Dragon
violent storms from the Himalayas are the source of the country's name, which translates as Land of the Thunder Dragon; frequent landslides during the rainy season
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/b_mp.html
dragon
... hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is orange; centered along the dividing line is a large black and white dragon facing away from the hoist side
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/d_gv.html
drain
... contributed to a sizeable budget deficit - roughly 7.5% of GDP in 2007 - and represent a significant drain on the economy. Foreign direct investment has increased significantly in the past two years, but ...
www.exxun.com/Egypt/e_ec.html
drain
... only moderate growth. Iran's educated population, economic inefficiency and insufficient investment - both foreign and domestic - have prompted an increasing number of Iranians to seek employment overseas, resulting in significant "brain drain
www.exxun.com/Iran/e_ec.html
drainage
... sq km note: land in Latvia is often too wet, and in need of drainage, not irrigation; approximately 16,000 sq km or 85% of agricultural land has been improved by drainage (2003
www.exxun.com/Latvia/b_mp.html
drainage
... latitude in the Atlantic sector, lowering surface temperatures well below 0 degrees Celsius; at some coastal points intense persistent drainage winds from the interior keep the shoreline ice-free throughout the winter
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
drained
government water control projects have drained most of the inhabited marsh areas east of An Nasiriyah by drying up or diverting the feeder streams and rivers; a once sizable population of Marsh ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/b_mp.html
drained
local flooding in southeast (early September to June); poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June)
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/b_mp.html
