intermittent
... fishing areas, results from the use of commercial pesticides; ground water contaminated by naturally occurring arsenic; intermittent water shortages because of falling water tables in the northern and central parts of the ...
www.exxun.com/Bangladesh/b_mp.html
intermittent
... amounts of peanuts, palm kernels, and timber. Rice is the major crop and staple food. However, intermittent fighting between Senegalese-backed government troops and a military junta destroyed much of the country ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/e_ec.html
intermittent
... to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hostilities, and UN mediation before the Netherlands agreed to relinquish its colony. Indonesia ...
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/a_fg.html
intermittent
... through 2000. In 2001, during a civil conflict, the economy shrank 4.5% because of decreased trade, intermittent border closures, increased deficit spending on security needs, and investor uncertainty. Growth barely recovered in ...
www.exxun.com/Macedonia/e_ec.html
intermittent
... to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years (2008
www.exxun.com/Switzerland/h_ml.html
intermittent
... then, Turkish political parties have multiplied, but democracy has been fractured by periods of instability and intermittent military coups (1960, 1971, 1980), which in each case eventually resulted in a return of ...
www.exxun.com/Turkey/a_fg.html
intermittently
... to govern the island and for better relations between Greek and Turkish Cypriots have been held intermittently since the mid-1960s; in 1975, following the 1974 Turkish intervention, Turkish Cypriots created their ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/d_gv.html
intermittently
... In 1991 the two nations signed a friendship and cooperation treaty, but tensions have flared up intermittently since then. Yahya A. J. J. JAMMEH led a military coup in 1994 that overthrew ...
www.exxun.com/Gambia/a_fg.html
intermittently
... A UN-led process began in late 2005 to determine Kosovo's future status. Negotiations held intermittently between 2006 and 2007 on issues related to decentralization, religious heritage, and minority rights failed ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/a_fg.html
intermittently
4,600 km note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,900 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2007)
www.exxun.com/Laos/g_tr.html
intermontane
northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains
www.exxun.com/Morocco/b_mp.html
internal
... other forms of child labor; approximately half of all Albanian trafficking victims are under age 18; internal sex trafficking of women and children is on the rise tier rating: Tier 2 Watch ...
www.exxun.com/Albania/i_ti.html
internal
general assessment: NA domestic: modern internal telephone system international: country code - 1-264; landing point for the East Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) submarine cable with links to 13 other islands in the eastern ...
www.exxun.com/Anguilla/f_cm.html
internal
... 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 and military factions. After World War ...
www.exxun.com/Argentina/a_fg.html
internal
member country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles; Dutch Government responsible for defense and foreign affairs
www.exxun.com/Aruba/d_gv.html
internal
... one point for each of the six original states and one representing all of Australia's internal and external territories; on the fly half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation ...
www.exxun.com/Australia/d_gv.html
internal
... three years later, a treaty was signed whereby the British agreed not to interfere in Bhutanese internal affairs and Bhutan allowed Britain to direct its foreign affairs. This role was assumed by ...
www.exxun.com/Bhutan/a_fg.html
internal
overseas territory of the UK; internal self-governing
www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/d_gv.html
internal
... northwest Borneo and the southern Philippines. Brunei subsequently entered a period of decline brought on by internal strife over royal succession, colonial expansion of European powers, and piracy. In 1888, Brunei became ...
www.exxun.com/Brunei/a_fg.html
internal
... housing. Brunei's leaders are concerned that steadily increased integration in the world economy will undermine internal social cohesion. Plans for the future include upgrading the labor force, reducing unemployment, strengthening the ...
www.exxun.com/Brunei/e_ec.html
Internal
... of parties dominated by BSP) [Sergei STANISHEV]; Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria or DSB [Ivan KOSTOV]; Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization or IMRO [Krasimir KARAKACHANOV]; Movement for Rights and Freedoms or MRF [Ahmed ...
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/d_gv.html
internal
... mining sector, the country has seen an upswing in gold exploration and production. While the bitter internal crisis in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire is beginning to be resolved, it is still having ...
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/e_ec.html
