abandon
... sanctions were lifted in September 2003 and as Libya announced in December 2003 that it would abandon programs to build weapons of mass destruction. UN Sanctions against Libya were lifted in September ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/e_ec.html
abandoned
... The period 2003-05 was characterized by political instability, racial tensions, and violent protests against plans - subsequently abandoned - to export Bolivia's newly discovered natural gas reserves to large northern hemisphere markets. In ...
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/e_ec.html
abandoned
... Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. A quarter century of experimentation with Marxism was abandoned in 1990 and a democratically elected government took office in 1992. A brief civil war ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/a_fg.html
abandoned
... spiny lobster cannery was established, but when the company went bankrupt in 1931, seven workers were abandoned. Only two survived until 1934 when rescue finally arrived. Iles Crozet: A large archipelago formed ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/a_fg.html
abandoned
... time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Plymouth was abandoned in 1997 because of volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades Estate ...
www.exxun.com/Montserrat/d_gv.html
abandoned
... until the mid 1990's. The ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) party formally abandoned Marxism in 1989, and a new constitution the following year provided for multiparty elections and ...
www.exxun.com/Mozambique/a_fg.html
abandoned
... Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned. In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and ...
www.exxun.com/NorfolkIsland/a_fg.html
abandoned
... II, but was nonetheless occupied for five years by Nazi Germany (1940-45). In 1949, neutrality was abandoned and Norway became a member of NATO. Discovery of oil and gas in adjacent waters ...
www.exxun.com/Norway/a_fg.html
abandoned
... deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from improper application of agricultural chemicals; scattered areas of sometimes intense radioactive contamination; groundwater contamination from toxic waste; urban solid waste management; abandoned stocks of obsolete pesticides
www.exxun.com/Russia/b_mp.html
abandoned
In 1977, Colombo abandoned statist economic policies and its import substitution trade policy for more market-oriented policies, export-oriented trade, and encouragement of foreign investment. Recent changes in government, however, have ...
www.exxun.com/SriLanka/e_ec.html
abandoned
... attempt at colonization began on this island but was disrupted by World War II and thereafter abandoned. The island was established as a National Wildlife Refuge in 1974. Howland Island: Discovered by ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/a_fg.html
abandoned
Baker Island: one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable Howland Island: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/g_tr.html
abandoned
... 1976 when Spain withdrew, with Morocco acquiring northern two-thirds; Mauritania, under pressure from Polisario guerrillas, abandoned all claims to its portion in August 1979; Morocco moved to occupy that sector shortly ...
www.exxun.com/WesternSahara/d_gv.html
