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... years hampered the government's ability to revitalize the economy. During 2007-08, the government implemented several important labor reforms, including a de facto extension of the 35-hour workweek by allowing employees ...
www.exxun.com/France/e_ec.html
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... the French in 1776, the island came under the jurisdiction of Reunion in 1814. At present, it serves as a sea turtle sanctuary and is the site of an important meteorological station
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/a_fg.html
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... Iles Eparses): the islands and rocks are surrounded by an extensive reef system Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): climatologically important location for forecasting cyclones in the western Indian Ocean; wildlife sanctuary (seabirds, tortoises
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/b_mp.html
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one or more meteorological stations on each possession; note - meteorological station on Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) is important for forecasting cyclones
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/f_cm.html
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forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth
www.exxun.com/Georgia/b_mp.html
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Strategically important, Gibraltar was reluctantly ceded to Great Britain by Spain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht; the British garrison was formally declared a colony in 1830. In a referendum held in ...
www.exxun.com/Gibraltar/a_fg.html
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... opposition from the country's powerful labor unions and the general public. The economy remains an important domestic political issue in Greece and, while the ruling New Democracy government has had some ...
www.exxun.com/Greece/e_ec.html
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... by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military installation on the island is one of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific
www.exxun.com/Guam/a_fg.html
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... of civil war, removed a major obstacle to foreign investment, and Guatemala since then has pursued important reforms and macroeconomic stabilization. The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) entered into force in ...
www.exxun.com/Guatemala/e_ec.html
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the Niger and its important tributary the Milo have their sources in the Guinean highlands
www.exxun.com/Guinea/b_mp.html
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increasingly important transit country for South American cocaine enroute to Europe; enabling environment for trafficker operations thanks to pervasive corruption; archipelago-like geography around the capital facilitates drug smuggling
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/i_ti.html
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dominates South Asian subcontinent; near important Indian Ocean trade routes; Kanchenjunga, third tallest mountain in the world, lies on the border with Nepal
www.exxun.com/India/b_mp.html
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... 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9% note: English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken language and ...
www.exxun.com/India/c_pp.html
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... Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, but larger than the Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean). Four critically important access waterways are the Suez Canal (Egypt), Bab el Mandeb (Djibouti-Yemen), Strait of Hormuz ...
www.exxun.com/IndianOcean/a_fg.html
