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... Majlis al-Shura that traditionally functions only in a consultative role but 2007 constitutional amendments could grant the Council new powers (264 seats; 176 elected by popular vote, 88 appointed by the ...
www.exxun.com/Egypt/d_gv.html
grant
... to reject any "shared sovereignty" arrangement; the government of Gibraltar insists on equal participation in talks between the UK and Spain; Spain disapproves of UK plans to grant Gibraltar even greater autonomy
www.exxun.com/Gibraltar/i_ti.html
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... billion) and the Asian Development Bank ($8.4 billion) as the largest creditors; about $6 billion in grant assistance was pledged to rebuild Aceh after the December 2004 tsunami; President YUDHOYONO disbanded the ...
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/e_ec.html
grant
... decentralization, religious heritage, and minority rights failed to yield a resolution between Serbia's willingness to grant a high degree of autonomy and the Albanians' call for full independence for Kosovo. On ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/a_fg.html
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... Under the original terms of the Compact of Free Association, the US provided $1.3 billion in grant aid during the period 1986-2001; the level of aid has been subsequently reduced. The Amended ...
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/e_ec.html
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based on French civil law; the 1988 Matignon Accords grant substantial autonomy to the islands
www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/d_gv.html
grant
revenues: $13.09 million expenditures: $32.16 million note: revenue data reflect locally raised revenues only; the budget deficit is resolved by grant aid from the United Kingdom (FY06/07 est.)
www.exxun.com/SaintHelena/e_ec.html
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... Citizens Movement or CCM [Vance AMORY]; Nevis Reformation Party or NRP [Joseph PARRY]; People's Action Movement or PAM [Lindsay GRANT]; Saint Kitts and Nevis Labor Party or SKNLP [Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS
www.exxun.com/SaintKittsandNevis/d_gv.html
grant
... pledged $1 billion in export guarantees and soft loans to Iraq; pledged $133 million in direct grant aid, $187 million in concessional loans, and $153 million in export credits for Pakistan earthquake ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/e_ec.html
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... while demanding participation in talks between the UK and Spain; Spain disapproves of UK plans to grant Gibraltar greater autonomy; Morocco protests Spain's control over the coastal enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla ...
www.exxun.com/Spain/i_ti.html
grant
... insists on equal participation in talks between the two countries; Spain disapproves of UK plans to grant Gibraltar greater autonomy; Mauritius and Seychelles claim the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory), and ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/i_ti.html
granted
... relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles in the 1960s and 1970s; in November 2000 they were granted the right of return by a British High Court ruling, though no timetable has been ...
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/c_pp.html
granted
... of the Chagos Archipelago, evicted in 1967 and 1973 and now residing chiefly in Mauritius, were granted UK citizenship and the right to repatriation; in May 2007, the UK Court of Appeals ...
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/i_ti.html
granted
... The islands were part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1872-1960; they were granted autonomy in 1967. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US ...
www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/a_fg.html
granted
... September 2002. Rebel forces claimed the northern half of the country, and in January 2003 were granted ministerial positions in a unity government under the auspices of the Linas-Marcoussis Peace Accord ...
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/a_fg.html
granted
... 1898 that finally overthrew Spanish rule. The subsequent Treaty of Paris established Cuban independence, which was granted in 1902 after a three-year transition period. Fidel CASTRO led a rebel army to ...
www.exxun.com/Cuba/a_fg.html
granted
... in 1973, but withdrew in 1985 over a dispute centered on stringent fishing quotas. Greenland was granted self-government in 1979 by the Danish parliament; the law went into effect the following ...
www.exxun.com/Greenland/a_fg.html
granted
... resolved in 1929 by three Lateran Treaties, which established the independent state of Vatican City and granted Roman Catholicism special status in Italy. In 1984, a concordat between the Holy See and ...
www.exxun.com/HolySee_VaticanCity/a_fg.html
granted
... island's population emigrated, mostly to Canada and the US. Limited home rule from Denmark was granted in 1874 and complete independence attained in 1944. Literacy, longevity, income, and social cohesion are ...
www.exxun.com/Iceland/a_fg.html
granted
The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited ...
www.exxun.com/Kiribati/a_fg.html
granted
... of Serbia. Over the next four decades, Kosovo Albanians lobbied for greater autonomy, and Kosovo was granted the status almost equal to that of a republic in the 1974 Yugoslav Constitution. Despite ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/a_fg.html
granted
... received a mandate over this territory and separated out the region of Lebanon in 1920. France granted this area independence in 1943. A lengthy civil war (1975-1990) devastated the country, but Lebanon ...
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/a_fg.html
