transferred
... and settlement began by the UK in 1888. Phosphate mining began in the 1890s. The UK transferred sovereignty to Australia in 1958. Almost two-thirds of the island has been declared a ...
www.exxun.com/ChristmasIsland/a_fg.html
transferred
... the copra produced from local coconuts. Annexed by the UK in 1857, the Cocos Islands were transferred to the Australian Government in 1955. The population on the two inhabited islands generally is ...
www.exxun.com/Cocos_Keeling_Islands/a_fg.html
transferred
... them in 1770, the islands became a British protectorate in 1888. By 1900, administrative control was transferred to New Zealand; in 1965, residents chose self-government in free association with New Zealand ...
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/a_fg.html
transferred
... and Gaza Strip. Under a series of agreements signed between May 1994 and September 1999, Israel transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) security and civilian responsibility for Palestinian-populated areas of the ...
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/a_fg.html
transferred
These uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands were transferred from the UK to Australia in 1947. Populated by large numbers of seal and bird species, the islands have been designated a nature preserve.
www.exxun.com/HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands/a_fg.html
transferred
... the dispute over most of their rugged, militarized boundary, regional nuclear proliferation, Indian claims that China transferred missiles to Pakistan, and other matters continue; various talks and confidence-building measures have cautiously ...
www.exxun.com/India/i_ti.html
transferred
... support the freely elected government. The Coalition Provisional Authority, which temporarily administered Iraq after the invasion, transferred full governmental authority on 28 June 2004 to the Iraqi Interim Government, which governed under ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/a_fg.html
transferred
3 October 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration); note - on 28 June 2004 the Coalition Provisional Authority transferred sovereignty to the Iraqi-controlled Government
www.exxun.com/Iraq/d_gv.html
transferred
... line telephone system is small and inefficient; trunks are primarily microwave radio relay; business data commonly transferred by a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system domestic: no recent growth in fixed-line ...
www.exxun.com/Kenya/f_cm.html
transferred
... Bishkek in April, May, and November 2006 resulting in the adoption of a new constitution that transferred some of the president's powers to parliament and the government. In December 2006, the ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/a_fg.html
transferred
... ALOIS, son of the monarch (born 11 June 1968); note - on 15 August 2004, HANS ADAM transferred the official duties of the ruling prince to ALOIS, but HANS ADAM retains status of ...
www.exxun.com/Liechtenstein/d_gv.html
transferred
... Portugal's majority share of the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectricity (HCB) company, a dam that was not transferred to Mozambique at independence because of the ensuing civil war and unpaid debts. More power ...
www.exxun.com/Mozambique/e_ec.html
transferred
... 1898. The lighthouse, built in 1917, was shut down in 1996 and administration of Navassa Island transferred from the Coast Guard to the Department of the Interior. A 1998 scientific expedition to ...
www.exxun.com/NavassaIsland/a_fg.html
transferred
... 1989. The entire Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military bases were transferred to Panama by the end of 1999. In October 2006, Panamanians approved an ambitious plan ...
www.exxun.com/Panama/a_fg.html
transferred
... world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued ...
www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/a_fg.html
transferred
... was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Much of present-day Sughd province was transferred from the Uzbekistan SSR to newly formed Tajikistan SSR in 1929. Ethnic Uzbeks form a ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/a_fg.html
transferred
... UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets ...
www.exxun.com/Tanzania/d_gv.html
transferred
... from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925. Referenda held in 2006 and 2007 to change the ...
www.exxun.com/Tokelau/a_fg.html
transferred
... a wildlife refuge. The lagoons and surrounding waters within the 12 nm US territorial seas were transferred to the US Fish and Wildlife Service and designated as a National Wildlife Refuge in ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/a_fg.html
transferred
... and Gaza Strip. Under a series of agreements signed between May 1994 and September 1999, Israel transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) security and civilian responsibility for Palestinian-populated areas of the ...
www.exxun.com/WestBank/a_fg.html
Transfers
... tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. Transfers from the US Government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well being. Attempts by ...
www.exxun.com/AmericanSamoa/e_ec.html
