closest
... addition, there are up to nine nominated members; up to three losing opposition candidates who came closest to winning seats may be appointed as "nonconstituency" members elections: last held on 6 May ...
www.exxun.com/Singapore/d_gv.html
closing
... a British dependency. The subsequent granting of autonomy in 1969 by the UK led to Spain closing the border and severing all communication links. A series of talks were held by the ...
www.exxun.com/Gibraltar/a_fg.html
closing
... 0.6% decline in 2005. The government made steady strides in controlling its substantial fiscal deficit, nearly closing the gap between revenues and expenditures in 2006, before boosting expenditures more than 20% in ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/e_ec.html
closing
territorial sea: 12 nm note: Gulf of Sidra closing line - 32 degrees, 30 minutes north exclusive fishing zone: 62 nm
www.exxun.com/Libya/b_mp.html
closing
... the US. Long-term challenges include improving education and job prospects for Morocco's youth, and closing the income gap between the rich and the poor, which the government hopes to achieve ...
www.exxun.com/Morocco/e_ec.html
closing
... the arrival of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI), severe ethnic violence, the closing of key businesses, and an empty government treasury culminated in economic collapse. RAMSI's efforts ...
www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/e_ec.html
closing
... efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties. A peaceful mass protest "Orange Revolution" in the closing months of 2004 forced the authorities to overturn a rigged presidential election and to allow ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/a_fg.html
closure
... of the second intifada in September 2000 sparked an economic downturn, largely the result of Israeli closure policies; these policies, which were imposed to address security concerns in Israel, disrupted labor and ...
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/e_ec.html
closure
... frozen wages and reduced overstaffed public service departments. Nauru lost further revenue in 2008 with the closure of Australia's refugee processing center, making it almost totally dependent on food imports and ...
www.exxun.com/Nauru/e_ec.html
closure
... the selection of former Foreign Minister Abdullah GUL as Turkey's 11th president and the possible closure of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). Economic fundamentals are sound, marked by moderate economic ...
www.exxun.com/Turkey/e_ec.html
closure
... atoll was maintained as a storage and disposal site for chemical weapons. Munitions destruction, cleanup, and closure of the facility was completed by May 2005. The Fish and Wildlife Service and the ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/a_fg.html
closure
... the second intifada began in September 2000. The downturn has been largely a result of Israeli closure policies - the imposition of closures and access restrictions in response to security concerns in Israel ...
www.exxun.com/WestBank/e_ec.html
closures
... PA areas resulted in the destruction of capital, the disruption of administrative structures, and widespread business closures. The Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in September 2005 offered some medium-term opportunities ...
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/e_ec.html
