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conventional long form: United Arab Emirates conventional short form: none local long form: Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah local short form: none former: Trucial Oman, Trucial States abbreviation: UAE
www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; note - Great Britain includes England, Scotland, and Wales conventional short form: United Kingdom abbreviation: UK
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: United States of America conventional short form: United States abbreviation: US or USA
www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/d_gv.html
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... 1857. Both US and British companies mined for guano deposits until about 1890. In 1935, a short-lived attempt at colonization began on this island, similar to the effort on nearby Baker ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/a_fg.html
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conventional long form: none conventional short form: Baker Island; Howland Island; Jarvis Island; Johnston Atoll; Kingman Reef; Midway Islands; Palmyra Atoll
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: Oriental Republic of Uruguay conventional short form: Uruguay local long form: Republica Oriental del Uruguay local short form: Uruguay former: Banda Oriental, Cisplatine Province
www.exxun.com/Uruguay/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: Republic of Uzbekistan conventional short form: Uzbekistan local long form: Ozbekiston Respublikasi local short form: Ozbekiston former: Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: Republic of Vanuatu conventional short form: Vanuatu local long form: Ripablik blong Vanuatu local short form: Vanuatu former: New Hebrides
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela conventional short form: Venezuela local long form: Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela local short form: Venezuela
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: Socialist Republic of Vietnam conventional short form: Vietnam local long form: Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam local short form: Viet Nam abbreviation: SRV
www.exxun.com/Vietnam/d_gv.html
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... Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased tensions but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants; Vietnam continues ...
www.exxun.com/Vietnam/i_ti.html
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conventional long form: United States Virgin Islands conventional short form: Virgin Islands former: Danish West Indies abbreviation: USVI
www.exxun.com/VirginIslands/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: none conventional short form: Wake Island
www.exxun.com/WakeIsland/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands conventional short form: Wallis and Futuna local long form: Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna local short form: Wallis et Futuna
www.exxun.com/WallisandFutuna/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: none conventional short form: West Bank
www.exxun.com/WestBank/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: none conventional short form: Western Sahara former: Spanish Sahara
www.exxun.com/WesternSahara/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: Republic of Yemen conventional short form: Yemen local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah local short form: Al Yaman former: Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and ...
www.exxun.com/Yemen/d_gv.html
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conventional long form: Republic of Zambia conventional short form: Zambia former: Northern Rhodesia
www.exxun.com/Zambia/d_gv.html
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... Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river; 42,250 Congolese refugees in Zambia ...
www.exxun.com/Zambia/i_ti.html
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conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabwe conventional short form: Zimbabwe former: Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/d_gv.html
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... dropped objections to, plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/i_ti.html
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... fixed line and mobile telephone density is approximately 60 telephones per 100 persons domestic: offsetting the shortage of fixed line capacity, mobile phone service has been available since 1996; by 2003 two ...
www.exxun.com/Albania/f_cm.html
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... in his second term, including the ethnic minority Berbers' ongoing autonomy campaign, large-scale unemployment, a shortage of housing, unreliable electrical and water supplies, government inefficiencies and corruption, and the continuing activities ...
www.exxun.com/Algeria/a_fg.html
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... is focused on the domestic market and constrained by a limited water supply and a labor shortage stemming from the lure of higher wages in tourism and construction. Manufacturing comprises enclave-type ...
www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/e_ec.html