Annette
chief of mission: Ambassador Marina Annette VALERE chancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 332-7100 FAX: [1] (202) 483-9326
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/d_gv.html
annexation
... Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria ...
www.exxun.com/Austria/a_fg.html
annexation
Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a federation. Ethiopia's annexation of Eritrea as a province 10 years later sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that ended ...
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/a_fg.html
annexed
... India after 1947. Two years later, a formal Indo-Bhutanese accord returned the areas of Bhutan annexed by the British, formalized the annual subsidies the country received, and defined India's responsibilities ...
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/a_fg.html
annexed
... later by Carib Indians, the Virgin Islands were settled by the Dutch in 1648 and then annexed by the English in 1672. The islands were part of the British colony of the ...
www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/a_fg.html
annexed
Named in 1643 for the day of its discovery, the island was annexed and settlement began by the UK in 1888. Phosphate mining began in the 1890s. The UK transferred sovereignty to ...
www.exxun.com/ChristmasIsland/a_fg.html
Annexed
... named for John CLIPPERTON, a pirate who made it his hideout early in the 18th century. Annexed by France in 1855, it was seized by Mexico in 1897. Arbitration eventually awarded the ...
www.exxun.com/ClippertonIsland/a_fg.html
Annexed
... members of the CLUNIE-ROSS family controlled the islands and the copra produced from local coconuts. Annexed by the UK in 1857, the Cocos Islands were transferred to the Australian Government in ...
www.exxun.com/Cocos_Keeling_Islands/a_fg.html
annexed
The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th century. In September 1995, France stirred up widespread protests by resuming nuclear testing on the Mururoa atoll after a three-year moratorium ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchPolynesia/a_fg.html
annexed
... Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further circumscribed when Rome itself was annexed. Disputes between a series of "prisoner" popes and Italy were resolved in 1929 by three ...
www.exxun.com/HolySee_VaticanCity/a_fg.html
annexed
... was occupied by Japan in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War. Five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula. Following World War II, Korea was split with the northern half coming ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/a_fg.html
annexed
... the Russo-Japanese War, Korea became a protectorate of imperial Japan, and in 1910 it was annexed as a colony. Korea regained its independence following Japan's surrender to the United States ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_South/a_fg.html
annexed
... Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, most of Kyrgyzstan was formally annexed to Russia in 1876. The Kyrgyz staged a major revolt against the Tsarist Empire in ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/a_fg.html
annexed
... Poles, Swedes, and finally, Russians. A Latvian republic emerged following World War I, but it was annexed by the USSR in 1940 - an action never recognized by the US and many other ...
www.exxun.com/Latvia/a_fg.html
annexed
... remnants were partitioned by surrounding countries. Lithuania regained its independence following World War I but was annexed by the USSR in 1940 - an action never recognized by the US and many other ...
www.exxun.com/Lithuania/a_fg.html
annexed
Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) in 1976, but relinquished it after three years of raids by the Polisario guerrilla ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/a_fg.html
annexed
... and most Spanish possessions were turned over to the new country that same year. Morocco virtually annexed Western Sahara during the late 1970s, but final resolution on the status of the territory ...
www.exxun.com/Morocco/a_fg.html
annexed
... World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group ...
www.exxun.com/Namibia/a_fg.html
annexed
... are unclear, since their language does not resemble any other in the Pacific. The island was annexed by Germany in 1888 and its phosphate deposits began to be mined early in the ...
www.exxun.com/Nauru/a_fg.html
annexed
... surrounded by productive fishing grounds and by potential oil and gas reserves. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Pattle Island; maintenance was continued by ...
www.exxun.com/ParacelIslands/a_fg.html
Annexed
... of the great cities of the Islamic world and an important stop on the Silk Road. Annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, Turkmenistan became a Soviet republic in 1924. It achieved ...
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/a_fg.html
annexed
... remain under the jurisdiction and administrative control of the US Air Force. Kingman Reef: The US annexed the reef in 1922. Its sheltered lagoon served as a way station for flying boats ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/a_fg.html
