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... NG Kuok-cheong]; Union for Promoting Progress [LEONG Heng-teng] note: there is no political party ordinance, so there are no registered political parties; politically active groups register as societies or companies
www.exxun.com/Macau/d_gv.html
active
18 years of age for voluntary military service; standard obligation is 2 years of active duty and 5 years of reserve service (2007)
www.exxun.com/Malawi/h_ml.html
active
active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November)
www.exxun.com/NorthernMarianaIslands/b_mp.html
active
active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis
www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/b_mp.html
active
astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis
www.exxun.com/Philippines/b_mp.html
active
... Poland joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004. With its transformation to a democratic, market-oriented country largely completed, Poland is an increasingly active member of Euro-Atlantic organizations
www.exxun.com/Poland/a_fg.html
active
... of illicit cannabis and opium poppy and producer of methamphetamine, mostly for domestic consumption; government has active illicit crop eradication program; used as transshipment point for Asian opiates, cannabis, and Latin American ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/i_ti.html
active
active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha, last eruption in 1961
www.exxun.com/SaintHelena/b_mp.html
active
occasional typhoons; active volcanism
www.exxun.com/Samoa/b_mp.html
active
typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis
www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/b_mp.html
active
18.22 million economically active (2008 est.)
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/e_ec.html
active
... rising steeply from the sea, are rugged and mountainous; South Georgia is largely barren and has steep, glacier-covered mountains; the South Sandwich Islands are of volcanic origin with some active volcanoes
www.exxun.com/SouthGeorgiaSouthSandwichIs/b_mp.html
active
... Mining has declined in importance in recent years with only coal and quarry stone mines remaining active. Surrounded by South Africa, except for a short border with Mozambique, Swaziland is heavily dependent ...
www.exxun.com/Swaziland/e_ec.html
active
... ties with its neighbors. However, the country did not officially become a UN member until 2002. Switzerland remains active in many UN and international organizations but retains a strong commitment to neutrality
www.exxun.com/Switzerland/a_fg.html
active
24 (number of licensed stations with only about 15 active) (2009)
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/f_cm.html
active
Congress of the People [Winston DOOKERAN]; Democratic Action Congress or DAC [Hochoy CHARLES] (only active in Tobago); Democratic National Alliance or DNA [Gerald YETMING] (coalition of NAR, DDPT, MND); Movement for National ...
www.exxun.com/TrinidadandTobago/d_gv.html
