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Bhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35% (includes Lhotsampas - one of several Nepalese ethnic groups), indigenous or migrant tribes 15%
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/c_pp.html
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Cocalero groups; indigenous organizations; labor unions; Sole Confederation of Campesino Workers of Bolivia or CSUTCB
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/d_gv.html
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Landless Workers' Movement or MST; labor unions and federations; large farmers' associations; religious groups including evangelical Christian churches and the Catholic Church
www.exxun.com/Brazil/d_gv.html
groups
... when it attained independence in 1976. Subsequently, BIOT has consisted only of the six main island groups comprising the Chagos Archipelago. The largest and most southerly of the islands, Diego Garcia, contains ...
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/a_fg.html
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Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria or CITUB; Podkrepa Labor Confederation; numerous regional, ethnic, and national interest groups with various agendas
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/d_gv.html
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... Benewende STANISLAS]; National Confederation of Burkinabe Workers or CNTB [Laurent OUEDRAOGO]; National Organization of Free Unions or ONSL [Paul KABORE]; watchdog/political action groups throughout the country in both organizations and communities
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/d_gv.html
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Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
www.exxun.com/Burma/c_pp.html
groups
... People's Party or KNPP; National Council-Union of Burma or NCUB (exile coalition of opposition groups); several Shan factions; United Wa State Army or UWSA; Union Solidarity and Development Association or ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/d_gv.html
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... increases in south and east Shan state; lack of government will to take on major narcotrafficking groups and lack of serious commitment against money laundering continues to hinder the overall antidrug effort ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/i_ti.html
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... members elected by indirect vote to serve five-year terms, with remaining seats assigned to ethnic groups and former chiefs of state) elections: National Assembly - last held 4 July 2005 (next to ...
www.exxun.com/Burundi/d_gv.html
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conflicts among Tutsi, Hutu, other ethnic groups, associated political rebels, armed gangs, and various government forces have abated somewhat in the Great Lakes region; UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB) completed its mandate ...
www.exxun.com/Burundi/i_ti.html
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24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
www.exxun.com/Cameroon/c_pp.html
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mixed 40%, white 20%, black 20%, expatriates of various ethnic groups 20%
www.exxun.com/CaymanIslands/c_pp.html
groups
... BOZIZE, who established a transitional government. Though the government has the tacit support of civil society groups and the main parties, a wide field of candidates contested the municipal, legislative, and presidential ...
www.exxun.com/CentralAfricanRepublic/a_fg.html
groups
... flared up despite several peace agreements between the government and the rebels. In 2005, new rebel groups emerged in western Sudan and made probing attacks into eastern Chad, despite signing peace agreements ...
www.exxun.com/Chad/a_fg.html
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Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
www.exxun.com/China/c_pp.html
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no substantial political opposition groups exist, although the government has identified the Falungong spiritual movement and the China Democracy Party as subversive groups
www.exxun.com/China/d_gv.html
groups
... Venezuela). A 40-year conflict between government forces and anti-government insurgent groups and illegal paramilitary groups - both heavily funded by the drug trade - escalated during the 1990s. The insurgents lack the ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/a_fg.html
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two largest insurgent groups active in Colombia - Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC and National Liberation Army or ELN
www.exxun.com/Colombia/d_gv.html
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IDPs: 1.8-3.5 million (conflict between government and illegal armed groups and drug traffickers) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Colombia/i_ti.html
groups
... July 2003. Joseph KABILA as president and four vice presidents represented the former government, former rebel groups, the political opposition, and civil society. The transitional government held a successful constitutional referendum in ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/a_fg.html
groups
over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/c_pp.html
groups
... Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO, and ushered in a period of ethnic and political unrest. Southern-based rebel groups agreed to a final peace accord in March 2003, but the calm is tenuous and ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/a_fg.html
