upgraded
... expected to suppress political and civil unrest and similar national emergencies, but the LPA also has upgraded skills to respond to avian influenza outbreaks; there is no perceived external threat to the ...
www.exxun.com/Laos/h_ml.html
upgraded
general assessment: system being upgraded by foreign investment; nearly all installed telecommunications capacity now uses digital technology, owing to investments since privatization of the formerly state-owned telecommunications company domestic: since privatization ...
www.exxun.com/Nicaragua/f_cm.html
upgraded
general assessment: well-equipped system by regional standards and being upgraded; cellular communications started in 1996 and have expanded substantially domestic: consists of microwave radio relay, cable, radiotelephone communications, tropospheric scatter, and ...
www.exxun.com/Sudan/f_cm.html
upgraded
general assessment: above the African average and continuing to be upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis; Internet access available domestic: in an effort jumpstart expansion of the fixed-line ...
www.exxun.com/Tunisia/f_cm.html
upgrades
general assessment: fair system currently undergoing significant improvement and digital upgrades, including fiber-optic technology domestic: the number of fixed-line connections has increased markedly since 2000; mobile-cellular service growing rapidly ...
www.exxun.com/Syria/f_cm.html
upgrading
general assessment: telecommunications investments have made major inroads in modernizing and upgrading the outdated telecommunications network inherited from the Soviet era; now 100% privately owned and undergoing modernization and expansion; mobile-cellular ...
www.exxun.com/Armenia/f_cm.html
upgrading
general assessment: Belarus lags behind its neighbors in upgrading telecommunications infrastructure; state-owned Beltelcom is the sole provider of fixed-line local and long distance service; fixed-line teledensity of roughly 35 ...
www.exxun.com/Belarus/f_cm.html
upgrading
... increased integration in the world economy will undermine internal social cohesion. Plans for the future include upgrading the labor force, reducing unemployment, strengthening the banking and tourist sectors, and, in general, further ...
www.exxun.com/Brunei/e_ec.html
upgrading
general assessment: large system; underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s and is reasonably modern; Telecom Egypt, the landline monopoly, has been increasing service availability and in 2007 fixed-line density stood at 14 ...
www.exxun.com/Egypt/f_cm.html
upgrading
... the poverty line. Other ongoing challenges include increasing government revenues, negotiating further assistance from international donors, upgrading both government and private financial operations, curtailing drug trafficking and rampant crime, and narrowing the ...
www.exxun.com/Guatemala/e_ec.html
upgrading
the upgrading of Hungary's standards in waste management, energy efficiency, and air, soil, and water pollution to meet EU requirements will require large investments
www.exxun.com/Hungary/b_mp.html
upheaval
Since independence from Portugal in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has experienced considerable political and military upheaval. In 1980, a military coup established authoritarian dictator Joao Bernardo 'Nino' VIEIRA as president. Despite setting a ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/a_fg.html
upheavals
... RPF), and began a civil war in 1990. The war, along with several political and economic upheavals, exacerbated ethnic tensions, culminating in April 1994 in the genocide of roughly 800,000 Tutsis and ...
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/a_fg.html
upheld
... between 1967 and 1973. In 2000, a British High Court ruling invalidated the local immigration order that had excluded them from the archipelago, but upheld the special military status of Diego Garcia
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/a_fg.html
upheld
... granted UK citizenship and the right to repatriation; in May 2007, the UK Court of Appeals upheld the May 2006 High Court of London judgment reversing the UK government's 2004 Orders ...
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/i_ti.html
upholding
... peacefully by the parties concerned or, ultimately, by the ICJ; Articles 12, 13, 14 - deal with upholding, interpreting, and amending the treaty among involved nations; other agreements - some 200 recommendations adopted at ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/d_gv.html
UPKO
... ABDULLAH bin Ahmad Badawi]; United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organization (Pertubuhan Pasko Momogun Kadazan Dusun Bersatu) or UPKO [Bernard DOMPOK]; People's Progressive Party (Parti Progresif Penduduk Malaysia) or PPP [M.Kayveas]; Sarawak Progressive ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/d_gv.html
UPL
... for the Republic or RPR (UMP) [Clovis LOGOLOGOFOLAU]; Socialist Party or PS; Taumu'a Lelei [Soane Muni UHILA]; Union Populaire Locale or UPL [Falakiko GATA]; Union Pour la Democratie Francaise or UDF
www.exxun.com/WallisandFutuna/d_gv.html
Upland
... Lowland) (much of it below sea level) with Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Qarabag Yaylasi (Karabakh Upland) in west; Baku lies on Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) that juts into Caspian Sea
www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/b_mp.html
upland
upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north
www.exxun.com/India/b_mp.html
upland
interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills
www.exxun.com/Panama/b_mp.html
upland
coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country, upland plateau, mountains in east
www.exxun.com/SierraLeone/b_mp.html
