August
... largest cultivator of coca (after Colombia and Peru) with an estimated 26,500 hectares under cultivation in August 2005, an 8% increase from 2004; transit country for Peruvian and Colombian cocaine destined for ...
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/i_ti.html
August
periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility
www.exxun.com/Botswana/b_mp.html
August
191,908,598 note: Brazil conducted a census in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,799,170; that figure was about 3.3% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to ...
www.exxun.com/Brazil/c_pp.html
August
... David PEAREY (since 18 April 2006) head of government: Premier Ralph T. O'NEAL (since 23 August 2007) cabinet: Executive Council appointed by the governor from members of the House of Assembly ...
www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/d_gv.html
August
... President Angel MARIN (since 22 January 2002) head of government: Prime Minister Sergei STANISHEV (since 16 August 2005); Deputy Prime Ministers Ivaylo KALFIN, Daniel VULCHEV, and Emel ETEM (since 16 August 2005 ...
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/d_gv.html
August
5 August 1960 (from France)
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/d_gv.html
August
... imprisoned in May 2003 and subsequently transferred to house arrest. After Burma's ruling junta in August 2007 unexpectedly increased fuel prices, tens of thousands of Burmese marched in protest, led by ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/a_fg.html
August
... 2003 on AUNG SAN SUU KYI and her convoy, the US imposed new economic sanctions in August 2003 including a ban on imports of Burmese products and a ban on provision of ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/e_ec.html
August
... is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January
www.exxun.com/Burundi/b_mp.html
August
chief of state: President Pierre NKURUNZIZA (since 26 August 2005); First Vice President Yves SAVINGUVU - Tutsi (since 9 November 2007); Second Vice President Gabriel NTISEZERANA - Hutu (since 9 February 2007); note - the ...
www.exxun.com/Burundi/d_gv.html
August
13 August 1960 (from France)
www.exxun.com/CentralAfricanRepublic/d_gv.html
August
... for 2006, were first delayed by National Assembly action and subsequently by an accord, signed in August 2007, between government and opposition parties election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats ...
www.exxun.com/Chad/d_gv.html
August
... of government: President Alvaro URIBE Velez (since 7 August 2002); Vice President Francisco SANTOS (since 7 August 2002) cabinet: Cabinet consists of a coalition of the three largest parties that supported President ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/d_gv.html
August
... by Laurent KABILA. He renamed the country the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but in August 1998 his regime was itself challenged by a second insurrection again backed by Rwanda and ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/a_fg.html
August
... with vast potential wealth - is slowly recovering from two decades of decline. Conflict, which began in August 1998, dramatically reduced national output and government revenue, increased external debt, and resulted in the ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/e_ec.html
August
... 2002 (next to be held in July 2008); National Assembly - last held 24 June and 5 August 2007 (next to be held in 2012) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/d_gv.html
August
... government: Prime Minister Jim MARURAI (since 14 December 2004); Deputy Prime Minister Terepai MAOATE (since 9 August 2005) cabinet: Cabinet chosen by the prime minister; collectively responsible to Parliament elections: the monarch ...
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/d_gv.html
August
Independence Day, 7 August (1960)
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/d_gv.html
August
the east coast is subject to hurricanes from August to November (in general, the country averages about one hurricane every other year); droughts are common
www.exxun.com/Cuba/b_mp.html
August
16 August 1960 note: from December 1963, the Turkish Cypriots no longer participated in the government; negotiations to create the basis for a new or revised constitution to govern the island and ...
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/d_gv.html
August
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960, functions as a basic legal document
www.exxun.com/Dhekelia/d_gv.html
August
... serve five-year terms) elections: last held 5 May 2005 (next to be held by 5 August 2010); note - tradition dictates that the election will be held within five years of the ...
www.exxun.com/Dominica/d_gv.html
August
... President Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna (since 16 August 2004); Vice President Rafael ALBURQUERQUE de Castro (since 16 August 2004) cabinet: Cabinet nominated by the president elections: president and vice president elected on the ...
www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/d_gv.html
August
Independence Day (independence of Quito), 10 August (1809)
www.exxun.com/Ecuador/d_gv.html
