light
... of the economy. Mineral deposits are negligible; the country has no known petroleum deposits. A small light industry sector caters to the local market. Tax revenues come mainly from import duties. Economic ...
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/e_ec.html
lightening
... agriculture, construction, and service sectors. Italy has moved slowly on implementing needed structural reforms, such as lightening the high tax burden and overhauling Italy's rigid labor market and over-generous pension ...
www.exxun.com/Italy/e_ec.html
lighter
... country's prolonged economic hardship; the country has recently experienced a strong recovery, and the military is implementing a modernization plan aimed at making the ground forces lighter and more responsive (2008
www.exxun.com/Argentina/h_ml.html
lighter
... bands of red (top), white, and blue; similar to the flag of Luxembourg, which uses a lighter blue and is longer; one of the oldest flags in constant use, originating with William ...
www.exxun.com/Netherlands/d_gv.html
lighter
... more than one-quarter of Pitcairn's small labor force was arrested, putting the economy in a bind, since their services were required as lighter crew to load or unload passing ships
www.exxun.com/PitcairnIslands/e_ec.html
lighterage
note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others
www.exxun.com/Cocos_Keeling_Islands/e_ec.html
lighters
1,293 km note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta (2008)
www.exxun.com/Ghana/g_tr.html
lighthouse
... a territory of Australia in 1969. They are uninhabited except for a small meteorological staff on the Willis Islets. Automated weather stations, beacons, and a lighthouse occupy many other islands and reefs
www.exxun.com/CoralSeaIslands/a_fg.html
lighthouse
... by the US in 1857 for its guano. Mining took place between 1865 and 1898. The lighthouse, built in 1917, was shut down in 1996 and administration of Navassa Island transferred from ...
www.exxun.com/NavassaIsland/a_fg.html
lighthouse
... 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse on the southern side of the island; there has also been a private claim advanced ...
www.exxun.com/NavassaIsland/d_gv.html
lighthouses
aids to navigation - lighthouses: Europa Island 18m; Juan de Nova Island (W side) 37m; Tromelin Island (NW point) 11m (all in the Iles Eparses district)
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/g_tr.html
lightly
... illicit drugs to and via Russia, and to the Baltics and Western Europe; a small and lightly regulated financial center; anti-money-laundering legislation does not meet international standards and was weakened ...
www.exxun.com/Belarus/i_ti.html
Ligitan
... some parts of their maritime boundary but outstanding issues remain; ICJ's award of Sipadan and Ligitan islands to Malaysia in 2002 left the sovereignty of Unarang rock and the maritime boundary ...
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/i_ti.html
Ligitan
... over sovereignty of Pedra Branca Island/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge; ICJ awarded Ligitan and Sipadan islands, also claimed by Indonesia and Philippines, to Malaysia but left maritime boundary ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/i_ti.html
