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... from commodity-driven current account surpluses, and sound macroeconomic policies that have bolstered international reserves to historically high levels, reduced public debt, and allowed a significant decline in real interest rates. A ...
www.exxun.com/Brazil/e_ec.html
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... Coffee is critical to the Ethiopian economy with exports of some $350 million in 2006, but historically low prices have seen many farmers switching to qat to supplement income. The war with ...
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/e_ec.html
historically
... Cadres or CGC, independent white-collar union with 196,000 members; Confederation Generale du Travail or CGT, historically communist labor union with approximately 700,000 members; Confederation Generale du Travail - Force Ouvriere or FO ...
www.exxun.com/France/d_gv.html
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... el Litani is the only major river in Near East not crossing an international boundary; rugged terrain historically helped isolate, protect, and develop numerous factional groups based on religion, clan, and ethnicity
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/b_mp.html
historically
... higher world prices for minerals and metals. Risk premiums on Peruvian bonds on secondary markets reached historically low levels in late 2004, reflecting investor optimism regarding the government's prudent fiscal policies ...
www.exxun.com/Peru/e_ec.html
historically
historically, an area of conflict because of flat terrain and the lack of natural barriers on the North European Plain
www.exxun.com/Poland/b_mp.html
historically
... maintained; many towns are not linked to the national network domestic: the domestic telecommunications network has historically been under funded and poorly maintained; main line availability has not changed significantly since 1998 ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/f_cm.html
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... newcomers from 1860 to 1930. Up until about the mid-20th century, much of Argentina's history was dominated by periods of internal political conflict between Federalists and Unitarians and between civilian ...
www.exxun.com/Argentina/a_fg.html
history
... in 2001 in the most serious economic, social, and political crisis in the country's turbulent history. Interim President Adolfo RODRIGUEZ SAA declared a default - the largest in history - on the government ...
www.exxun.com/Argentina/e_ec.html
history
... after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups. Democratic civilian rule was ...
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/a_fg.html
history
... Chad's economy has long been handicapped by its landlocked position, high energy costs, and a history of instability. Chad relies on foreign assistance and foreign capital for most public and private ...
www.exxun.com/Chad/e_ec.html
history
... by policy makers and the private sector as one of the best economic years in recent history, after 2005. The economy continues to improve in part because of austere government budgets, focused ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/e_ec.html
history
... political turmoil. In December 1999, a military coup - the first ever in Cote d'Ivoire's history - overthrew the government. Junta leader Robert GUEI blatantly rigged elections held in late 2000 and ...
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/a_fg.html
history
strategic strip of land along Mideast-North African trade routes has experienced an incredibly turbulent history; the town of Gaza itself has been besieged countless times in its history
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/b_mp.html
history
... country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti has been plagued by political violence for most of its history. After an armed rebellion led to the forced resignation and exile of President Jean-Bertrand ...
www.exxun.com/Haiti/a_fg.html
history
... Central Asian states combined, largely due to the country's vast natural resources and a recent history of political stability. Current issues include: developing a cohesive national identity; expanding the development of ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/a_fg.html
history
... while continuing to expend resources to maintain an army of approximately 1 million. North Korea's history of regional military provocations, proliferation of military-related items, and long-range missile development - as ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/a_fg.html
history
... the northern coast of Borneo joined the Federation. The first several years of the country's history were marred by a Communist insurgency, Indonesian confrontation with Malaysia, Philippine claims to Sabah, and ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/a_fg.html
history
... Nigeria is currently experiencing its longest period of civilian rule since independence. The general elections of April 2007 marked the first civilian-to-civilian transfer of power in the country's history
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/a_fg.html
history
... Memorial (human rights group; Movement Against Illegal Migration; Pamjat (preservation of historical monuments and recording of history); Russian Orthrodox Church; Russian-Chechen Friendship Society other: ecology groups; human rights groups; nationalist pragmatists ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/d_gv.html
history
... elected in 2000. He was reelected in February 2007, but complaints of fraud led opposition parties to boycott June 2007 legislative polls. Senegal has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping
www.exxun.com/Senegal/a_fg.html
history
18 years of age for voluntary military service; women have a long history of military service in noncombat roles dating back to World War I (2004)
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