hold
... of fighting. SAVIMBI's death in 2002 ended UNITA's insurgency and strengthened the MPLA's hold on power. President DOS SANTOS has announced legislative elections will be held in September 2008 ...
www.exxun.com/Angola/a_fg.html
hold
... attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By May 1994, when a cease-fire took hold, Armenian forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also a significant portion of Azerbaijan proper ...
www.exxun.com/Armenia/a_fg.html
hold
... WANGCHUCK unveiled the government's draft constitution - which would introduce major democratic reforms - and pledged to hold a national referendum for its approval. In December 2006, the King abdicated the throne to ...
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/a_fg.html
hold
... 27 May 1990, but Assembly never allowed by junta to convene (junta has anounced plans to hold elections in 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NLD ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/d_gv.html
hold
... and growing domestic consumption. President BACHELET in 2006 established an Economic and Social Stabilization Fund to hold excess copper revenues so that social spending can be maintained during periods of copper shortfalls ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/e_ec.html
hold
... zone of confidence separating North from South, integrate rebel forces into the national armed forces, and hold elections. Several thousand French and UN troops remain in Cote d'Ivoire to help the ...
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/a_fg.html
hold
... only election held 8 June 1993 (next election date uncertain as the National Assembly did not hold a presidential election in December 2001 as anticipated) election results: ISAIAS Afworki elected president; percent ...
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/d_gv.html
hold
... border by geographical coordinates, but final demarcation of the boundary on the ground is currently on hold because of Ethiopian objections to an international commission's finding requiring it to surrender territory ...
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/a_fg.html
hold
... military seized the government after the death of the first president, Sekou TOURE. Guinea did not hold democratic elections until 1993 when Gen. CONTE (head of the military government) was elected president ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea/a_fg.html
hold
... supplanted the Ottoman Turks in the area around Tripoli in 1911 and did not relinquish their hold until 1943 when defeated in World War II. Libya then passed to UN administration and ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/a_fg.html
hold
... the currency appreciated 6% per year against the dollar in 2006-07. Although this has helped to hold down the price of imports, inflationary pressures began to build in 2007. Healthy foreign exchange ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/e_ec.html
hold
... construction, and maritime boundaries in the Johor and Singapore Straits; in November 2007, the ICJ will hold public hearings in response to the Memorials and Countermemorials filed by the parties in 2003 ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/i_ti.html
hold
... In May 2006, Montenegro invoked its right under the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro to hold a referendum on independence from the state union. The vote for severing ties with Serbia ...
www.exxun.com/Montenegro/a_fg.html
hold
... remains unresolved - UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties thus far have rejected all brokered proposals; Morocco protests ...
www.exxun.com/Morocco/i_ti.html
hold
... education, and the state pension system present a challenge to the Polish government's effort to hold the consolidated public sector budget deficit under 3.0% of GDP, a target which was achieved ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/e_ec.html
hold
... to follow over several years; some aid pledged by EU and US has been placed on hold because of lack of cooperation by Serbia in handing over General Ratko MLADIC to the ...
www.exxun.com/Serbia/e_ec.html
hold
... construction, and maritime boundaries in the Johor and Singapore Straits; in November 2007, the ICJ will hold public hearings as a consequence of the Memorials and Countermemorials filed by the parties in ...
www.exxun.com/Singapore/i_ti.html
hold
The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/a_fg.html
hold
... and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political ...
www.exxun.com/Togo/a_fg.html
hold
... in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand its hold over the government. Civilian rule was not restored until 1985. In 2004, the left-of ...
www.exxun.com/Uruguay/a_fg.html
hold
... 1991, administered by the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties thus far have rejected all brokered proposals; several states ...
www.exxun.com/WesternSahara/i_ti.html
