power
... unity" with no executive or legislative powers; under traditional law the college of chiefs has the power to depose the monarch, determine who is next in the line of succession, or who ...
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/d_gv.html
power
... to South Africa and generated royalties for Lesotho. Lesotho produces about 90% of its own electrical power needs. As the number of mineworkers has declined steadily over the past several years, a ...
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/e_ec.html
power
... rule by a transitional government, democratic elections in late 2005 brought President Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF to power. The UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) maintains a strong presence throughout the country, but the ...
www.exxun.com/Liberia/a_fg.html
power
... the raising of incomes in this ravaged economy will largely depend on generous financial and technical assistance from donor countries and foreign investment in key sectors, such as infrastructure and power generation
www.exxun.com/Liberia/e_ec.html
power
... by the Polisario guerrilla front seeking independence for the territory. Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed TAYA seized power in a coup in 1984 and ruled Mauritania with a heavy hand for over two ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/a_fg.html
power
... of 2005, when a Russian-owned electrical station in Moldova's separatist Transnistria region cut off power to Moldova and Russia's Gazprom cut off natural gas in disputes over pricing. Russia ...
www.exxun.com/Moldova/e_ec.html
power
... the Democratic Union Coalition (DUC) in the 1996 parliamentary election. Since then, parliamentary elections returned the MPRP overwhelmingly to power in 2000, but 2004 elections reduced MPRP representation and, therefore, its authority
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/a_fg.html
power
... and industrial growth that had negative effects on the environment; the burning of soft coal in power plants and the lack of enforcement of environmental laws severely polluted the air in Ulaanbaatar ...
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/b_mp.html
power
... neighbors. For example, Mongolia purchases 95% of its petroleum products and a substantial amount of electric power from Russia, leaving it vulnerable to price increases. Trade with China represents more than half ...
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/e_ec.html
power
456 (including provincial and low-power repeaters) (2006)
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/f_cm.html
power
... not transferred to Mozambique at independence because of the ensuing civil war and unpaid debts. More power is needed for additional investment projects in titanium extraction and processing and garment manufacturing that ...
www.exxun.com/Mozambique/e_ec.html
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Earthlife Namibia [Berthchen KOHRS] (environmentalist group); National Society for Human Rights or NSHR; The World Information Services of Energy or WISE (group against nuclear power)
www.exxun.com/Namibia/d_gv.html
power
... insurgents and government forces witnessed the dissolution of the cabinet and parliament and assumption of absolute power by the king. Several weeks of mass protests in April 2006 were followed by several ...
www.exxun.com/Nepal/a_fg.html
power
... independence from Spain in 1579; during the 17th century, they became a leading seafaring and commercial power, with settlements and colonies around the world. After a 20-year French occupation, a Kingdom ...
www.exxun.com/Netherlands/a_fg.html
power
... Per capita income has risen for eight consecutive years and reached $27,300 in 2007 in purchasing power parity terms. Consumer and government spending have driven growth in recent years, and exports picked ...
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/e_ec.html
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... 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor ...
www.exxun.com/Nicaragua/a_fg.html
power
... by military officers who promptly restored democratic rule and held elections that brought Mamadou TANDJA to power in December of that year. TANDJA was reelected in 2004. Niger is one of the ...
www.exxun.com/Niger/a_fg.html
power
... Nigeria is currently experiencing its longest period of civilian rule since independence. The general elections of April 2007 marked the first civilian-to-civilian transfer of power in the country's history
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/a_fg.html
power
English common law; note - Niue is self-governing, with the power to make its own laws
www.exxun.com/Niue/d_gv.html
power
... 84 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms; body has some limited power to propose legislation, but otherwise has only advisory powers) elections: last held 27 October 2007 ...
www.exxun.com/Oman/d_gv.html
power
... export earnings. The government of Prime Minister SOMARE has expended much of its energy remaining in power. He was the first prime minister ever to serve a full five-year term. The ...
www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/e_ec.html
power
sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel, metallurgic, electric power
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/e_ec.html
power
... Prime Minister Jorge DEL CASTILLO Galvez (since 28 August 2006) does not exercise executive power; this power is in the hands of the president cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president ...
www.exxun.com/Peru/d_gv.html
