August
... 1997 allowed for elections that brought TAYLOR to power, but major fighting resumed in 2000. An August 2003 peace agreement ended the war and prompted the resignation of former president Charles TAYLOR ...
www.exxun.com/Liberia/a_fg.html
August
... 1984); Heir Apparent Prince ALOIS, son of the monarch (born 11 June 1968); note - on 15 August 2004, HANS ADAM transferred the official duties of the ruling prince to ALOIS, but HANS ...
www.exxun.com/Liechtenstein/d_gv.html
August
... Election Committee for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 29 August 2004 (next to be held in 2009) election results: Edmund HO Hau-wah reelected received ...
www.exxun.com/Macau/d_gv.html
August
... President Branko CRVENKOVSKI (since 12 May 2004) head of government: Prime Minister Nikola GRUEVSKI (since 26 August 2006) cabinet: Council of Ministers elected by the majority vote of all the deputies in ...
www.exxun.com/Macedonia/d_gv.html
August
19 August 1992 by national referendum
www.exxun.com/Madagascar/d_gv.html
August
31 August 1957 (amended many times, latest in 2007)
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/d_gv.html
August
... term in office - has dominated the islands' political scene. Following riots in the capital Male in August 2004, the president and his government pledged to embark upon democratic reforms including a more ...
www.exxun.com/Maldives/a_fg.html
August
tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
www.exxun.com/Maldives/b_mp.html
August
... series of presidential elections that he held were widely seen as flawed. A bloodless coup in August 2005 deposed President TAYA and ushered in a military council that oversaw a transition to ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/a_fg.html
August
... ABDELLAHI on 6 August 2008 head of government: Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed LAGHDAF (since 14 August 2008) cabinet: Council of Ministers elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/d_gv.html
August
new constitution adopted 29 July 1994, effective 27 August 1994; replaced old Soviet constitution of 1979
www.exxun.com/Moldova/d_gv.html
August
compulsory national military service abolished August 2006
www.exxun.com/Montenegro/h_ml.html
August
... DASSONVILLE (since 9 November 2007) head of government: President of the Government Harold MARTIN (since 7 August 2007) cabinet: Cabinet consisting of 11 members elected from and by the Territorial Congress elections ...
www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/d_gv.html
August
... state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Anand SATYANAND (since 23 August 2006) head of government: Prime Minister Helen CLARK (since 10 December 1999); Deputy Prime Minister ...
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/d_gv.html
August
3 August 1960 (from France)
www.exxun.com/Niger/d_gv.html
August
... of food, now must import food. Following the signing of an IMF stand-by agreement in August 2000, Nigeria received a debt-restructuring deal from the Paris Club and a $1 billion ...
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/e_ec.html
August
... II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General of New Zealand Anand SATYANAND (since 23 August 2006); the UK and New Zealand are represented by New Zealand High Commissioner John BRYAN ...
www.exxun.com/Niue/d_gv.html
August
0; note - proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum (2002)
www.exxun.com/NorfolkIsland/f_cm.html
August
active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November)
www.exxun.com/NorthernMarianaIslands/b_mp.html
August
... south of Mexico and strike Central America and Mexico from June to October (most common in August and September); cyclical El Nino/La Nina phenomenon occurs in the equatorial Pacific, influencing weather ...
www.exxun.com/PacificOcean/b_mp.html
August
frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August)
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/b_mp.html
August
chief of state: Acting President Mohammedmian SOOMRO (since 18 August 2008) note: following an October 1999 military coup, General Pervez MUSHARRAF suspended Pakistan's constitution and assumed the additional title of Chief ...
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/d_gv.html
August
... Prime Minister Sir Michael SOMARE (since 2 August 2002); Deputy Prime Minister Puka TEMU (since 29 August 2007) cabinet: National Executive Council appointed by governor general on recommendation of prime minister elections ...
www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/d_gv.html
August
... of government: President Fernando LUGO Mendez (since 15 August 2008); Vice President Federico FRANCO (since 15 August 2008) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections: president and vice president elected ...
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/d_gv.html
