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... Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name ...
www.exxun.com/Australia/a_fg.html
formal
... Tensions between the Dutch-speaking Flemings of the north and the French-speaking Walloons of the south have led in recent years to constitutional amendments granting these regions formal recognition and autonomy
www.exxun.com/Belgium/a_fg.html
formal
... its foreign affairs. This role was assumed by independent India after 1947. Two years later, a formal Indo-Bhutanese accord returned the areas of Bhutan annexed by the British, formalized the annual ...
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/a_fg.html
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the US and Bhutan have no formal diplomatic relations, although informal contact is maintained between the Bhutanese and US Embassy in New Delhi (India)
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/d_gv.html
formal
288,400 formal sector employees (2004)
www.exxun.com/Botswana/e_ec.html
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... 2007, the largest private banks operated under tight restrictions limiting the private sector's access to formal credit. Moreover, the September 2007 crackdown on prodemocracy demonstrators, including thousands of monks, further strained ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/e_ec.html
formal
... created a federation of four provinces, and the Constitution Act of 17 April 1982, which transferred formal control over the constitution from Britain to Canada, and added a Canadian Charter of Rights ...
www.exxun.com/Canada/d_gv.html
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... by the end of 2006 and the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) as a formal organization had ceased to function. Still, some renegades continued to engage in criminal activities. The ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/a_fg.html
formal
... IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS (excluded from formal participation since 1962), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCL ...
www.exxun.com/Cuba/d_gv.html
formal
... during local elections in 2002-03 and the presidential elections in 2005 have exposed the weaknesses of formal political structures in Gabon. Gabon's political opposition remains weak, divided, and financially dependent on ...
www.exxun.com/Gabon/a_fg.html
formal
... to the World Bank, paving the way for reengagement with the Bank. The government relies on formal international economic assistance for fiscal sustainability. Remittances are the primary source of foreign exchange, equaling ...
www.exxun.com/Haiti/e_ec.html
formal
formal political parties are a relatively new phenomenon in Iran and most conservatives still prefer to work through political pressure groups rather than parties, and often political parties or coalitions are formed ...
www.exxun.com/Iran/d_gv.html
formal
no formal constitution; some of the functions of a constitution are filled by the Declaration of Establishment (1948), the Basic Laws of the parliament (Knesset), and the Israeli citizenship law; note - since ...
www.exxun.com/Israel/d_gv.html
formal
... TONG] note: there is no tradition of formally organized political parties in Kiribati; they more closely resemble factions or interest groups because they have no party headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures
www.exxun.com/Kiribati/d_gv.html
formal
... has existed more closely resembles factions or interest groups because they do not have party headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures; the following two "groupings" have competed in legislative balloting in recent ...
www.exxun.com/MarshallIslands/d_gv.html
formal
no formal parties
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/d_gv.html
formal
The US took formal possession of the islands in 1867. The laying of the trans-Pacific cable, which passed through the islands, brought the first residents in 1903. Between 1935 and 1947 ...
www.exxun.com/MidwayIslands/a_fg.html
formal
... documents, including certain acts of the UK and New Zealand Parliaments, as well as The Constitution Act 1986, which is the principal formal charter; adopted 1 January 1987, effective 1 January 1987
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/d_gv.html
formal
Samoa has no formal defense structure or regular armed forces; informal defense ties exist with NZ, which is required to consider any Samoan request for assistance under the 1962 Treaty of Friendship
www.exxun.com/Samoa/h_ml.html
formal
... September 1999) note: uses S R NATHAN but his full name and the one used in formal communications is Sellapan RAMANATHAN head of government: Prime Minister LEE Hsien Loong (since 12 August ...
www.exxun.com/Singapore/d_gv.html
formal
... cities and offer the lowest international call rates on the continent. In the absence of a formal banking sector, money exchange services have sprouted throughout the country, handling between $500 million and ...
www.exxun.com/Somalia/e_ec.html
formal
... African Communist Party or SACP [Blade NZIMANDE, general secretary]; South African National Civics Organization or SANCO [Mlungisi HLONGWANE, national president]; note - COSATU and SACP are in a formal alliance with the ANC
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/d_gv.html
formal
... made no claims themselves (the US and Russia have reserved the right to do so); no formal claims exist in the waters in the sector between 90 degrees west and 150 degrees ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/i_ti.html
