pick
... Although looting, insurgent attacks, and sabotage have undermined economy rebuilding efforts, economic activity is beginning to pick up in areas recently secured by the US military surge. Oil exports are around levels ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/e_ec.html
picked
... on fishing, which makes the economy vulnerable to price swings. Since 2003 the Faroese economy has picked up as a result of higher prices for fish and for housing. Unemployment is minimal ...
www.exxun.com/FaroeIslands/e_ec.html
picked
... and leaving behind a harmful layer of chemical pesticides and natural salts; these substances are then picked up by the wind and blown into noxious dust storms; pollution in the Caspian Sea ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/b_mp.html
picked
... as part of a broader campaign to reintegrate the country into the international fold. This effort picked up steam after UN sanctions were lifted in September 2003 and as Libya announced in ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/e_ec.html
picked
... purchasing power parity terms. Consumer and government spending have driven growth in recent years, and exports picked up in 2006 after struggling for several years. Exports were equal to about 22% of ...
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/e_ec.html
picked
... at more than $250 billion. After lackluster growth of less than 1% in 2002-03, GDP growth picked up to 3-5% in 2004-07, partly due to higher oil prices. Norway's economy remains ...
www.exxun.com/Norway/e_ec.html
pickup
... out-of-date economic infrastructure and to alleviate poverty. Long-term growth through 2005 featured a pickup in industrial production and a substantial increase in output of minerals led by gold. Recent ...
www.exxun.com/Tanzania/e_ec.html
Pico
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m
www.exxun.com/Brazil/b_mp.html
Pico
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Pico Cristobal Colon 5,775 m note: nearby Pico Simon Bolivar also has the same elevation
www.exxun.com/Colombia/b_mp.html
Pico
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Pico Turquino 2,005 m
www.exxun.com/Cuba/b_mp.html
Pico
lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m
www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/b_mp.html
Pico
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m
www.exxun.com/EquatorialGuinea/b_mp.html
Pico
lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m
www.exxun.com/Mexico/b_mp.html
Pico
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Ponta do Pico (Pico or Pico Alto) on Ilha do Pico in the Azores 2,351 m
www.exxun.com/Portugal/b_mp.html
Pico
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pico de Sao Tome 2,024 m
www.exxun.com/SaoTomeandPrincipe/b_mp.html
Pico
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m
www.exxun.com/Spain/b_mp.html
Pico
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/b_mp.html
Pics
chief of mission: Ambassador Miriam K. HUGHES embassy: 101 Upper Pics Road, Kolonia mailing address: P. O. Box 1286, Kolonia, Pohnpei, 96941 telephone: [691] 320-2187 FAX: [691] 320-2186
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/d_gv.html
Pidgin
Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region note: 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total)
www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/c_pp.html
pidgin
Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/c_pp.html
pidgin
local languages (more than 100) 72.6%, pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama) 23.1%, English 1.9%, French 1.4%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.7% (1999 Census)
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/c_pp.html
Pidjin
... Antilles or PAR [Emily de JONGH-ELHAGE]; People's National Party or PNP [Ersilia DE LANNOOY]; Pidjin [Jasmin PINEDO]; Pueblo Soberano [Herman WIELS]; Workers' Liberation Front or FOL [Anthony GODETT] Saba: Saba ...
www.exxun.com/NetherlandsAntilles/d_gv.html
Pidurutalagala
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m
www.exxun.com/SriLanka/b_mp.html
piecemeal
... the opening to foreign trade and investment. China has generally implemented reforms in a gradualist or piecemeal fashion, including the sale of minority shares in four of China's largest state banks ...
www.exxun.com/China/e_ec.html
Piedade
... of government head of government: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS (since 21 September 1979); Fernando de Piedade Dias DOS SANTOS was appointed prime minister on 6 December 2002 cabinet: Council of Ministers ...
www.exxun.com/Angola/d_gv.html
Piedmont
... Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia*, Lazio (Latium), Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte (Piedmont), Puglia (Apulia), Sardegna* (Sardinia), Sicilia*, Toscana (Tuscany), Trentino-Alto Adige* (Trentino-South Tyrol), Umbria, Valle ...
www.exxun.com/Italy/d_gv.html
