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... African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare as well as invasions by Libya before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic ...
www.exxun.com/Chad/a_fg.html
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in September 2005, Costa Rica took its case before the ICJ to advocate the navigation, security, and commercial rights of Costa Rican vessels using the RÌo San Juan over which Nicaragua retains ...
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/i_ti.html
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... its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision, the last Serb ...
www.exxun.com/Croatia/a_fg.html
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... goods, and services. The average Cuban's standard of living remains at a lower level than before the downturn of the 1990s, which was caused by the loss of Soviet aid and ...
www.exxun.com/Cuba/e_ec.html
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... in Rome, gave member states two years for ratification either by parliamentary vote or national referendum before it was scheduled to take effect on 1 November 2006; defeat in French and Dutch ...
www.exxun.com/EuropeanUnion/d_gv.html
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... Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. Ghana endured a long series of coups before Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS took power in 1981 and banned political parties. After approving a new ...
www.exxun.com/Ghana/a_fg.html
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... roaming agreements. Britain agreed to pay increased pensions to Spaniards who had been employed in Gibraltar before the border closed. Spain will be allowed to open a cultural institute from which the ...
www.exxun.com/Gibraltar/a_fg.html
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... vote for four-year term (can serve two consecutive terms, then must wait a full term before running again); election last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held in November 2010 ...
www.exxun.com/Guam/d_gv.html
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... civil war led to a 28% drop in GDP that year, with partial recovery in 1999-2002. Before the war, trade reform and price liberalization were the most successful part of the country ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/e_ec.html
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... discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before UNCLOS that Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into their waters; Suriname ...
www.exxun.com/Guyana/i_ti.html
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... Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hostilities, and UN mediation before the Netherlands agreed to relinquish its colony. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state ...
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/a_fg.html
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... Aceh after the devastating December 2004 tsunami, and the province now shows more economic activity than before the disaster. Unfortunately, Indonesia suffered new disasters in 2006 and early 2007 including: a major ...
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/e_ec.html
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... up in areas recently secured by the US military surge. Oil exports are around levels seen before Operation Iraqi Freedom, and total government revenues have benefited from high oil prices. Despite political ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/e_ec.html
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... significantly. These measures have helped improve productivity and have made Jordan more attractive for foreign investment. Before the US-led war in Iraq, Jordan imported most of its oil from Iraq. Since ...
www.exxun.com/Jordan/e_ec.html
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... in controlling its substantial fiscal deficit, nearly closing the gap between revenues and expenditures in 2006, before boosting expenditures more than 20% in 2007. The government and international financial institutions have been ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/e_ec.html
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... Corporation (MCC) initiative. Malawi will now begin a consultative process to develop a five-year program before funding can begin. In 2006, Malawi was approved for relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor ...
www.exxun.com/Malawi/e_ec.html
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euro (EUR) as of 1 January 2008; Maltese lira (MTL) before then
www.exxun.com/Malta/e_ec.html
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... explored by the Portuguese in 1505; it was subsequently held by the Dutch, French, and British before independence was attained in 1968. A stable democracy with regular free elections and a positive ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/a_fg.html
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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico ...
www.exxun.com/Mexico/a_fg.html
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... eligible for immediate reelection; president and vice presidents must sit out two additional terms (10 years) before becoming eligible for reelection); election last held 2 May 2004 (next to be held on ...
www.exxun.com/Panama/d_gv.html
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In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 ...
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/a_fg.html
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... him to be tried in The Hague for crimes against humanity. (MILOSEVIC died in March 2006 before the completion of his trial.) In 2001, the country's suspension from the UN was ...
www.exxun.com/Serbia/a_fg.html
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Turkish lira (TRY); old Turkish lira (TRL) before 1 January 2005
www.exxun.com/Turkey/e_ec.html
