crescent
red with a white disk in the center bearing a red crescent nearly encircling a red five-pointed star; the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam
www.exxun.com/Tunisia/d_gv.html
crescent
red with a vertical white crescent (the closed portion is toward the hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just outside the crescent opening
www.exxun.com/Turkey/d_gv.html
crescent
... above two crossed olive branches similar to the olive branches on the UN flag; a white crescent moon representing Islam with five white stars representing the regions or welayats of Turkmenistan appear ...
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/d_gv.html
crescent
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and green separated by red fimbriations with a white crescent moon and 12 white stars in the upper hoist-side quadrant
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/d_gv.html
crest
landlocked; straddles crest of the Nile-Congo watershed; the Kagera, which drains into Lake Victoria, is the most remote headstream of the White Nile
www.exxun.com/Burundi/b_mp.html
crested
... horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side
www.exxun.com/Uganda/d_gv.html
crew
... approximately 4,000 in summer to 1,000 in winter; in addition, approximately 1,000 personnel, including ship's crew and scientists doing onboard research, are present in the waters of the treaty region; peak ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/c_pp.html
crew
... white ram (sheep raising was once the major economic activity) above the sailing ship Desire (whose crew discovered the islands) with a scroll at the bottom bearing the motto DESIRE THE RIGHT
www.exxun.com/FalklandIslands_IslasMalvinas/d_gv.html
crew
... 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
crew
... few companions in a small boat and arranged a successful rescue for the rest of his crew, stranded off the Antarctic Peninsula. He died in 1922 on a subsequent expedition and is ...
www.exxun.com/SouthGeorgiaSouthSandwichIs/a_fg.html
crime
... governments have tried to deal with high unemployment, widespread corruption, a dilapidated physical infrastructure, powerful organized crime networks, and combative political opponents. Albania has made progress in its democratic development since first ...
www.exxun.com/Albania/a_fg.html
crime
... transition to a more modern open-market economy. The government has taken measures to curb violent crime, and recently adopted a fiscal reform package aimed at reducing the large gray economy and ...
www.exxun.com/Albania/e_ec.html
crime
... become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include an unsustainable foreign debt, high unemployment, growing involvement in the South American drug trade, growing urban crime, and increasing incidences of HIV/AIDS
www.exxun.com/Belize/a_fg.html
crime
... interior. Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is today South America's leading economic power and a regional leader. Highly unequal income distribution and crime remain pressing problems
www.exxun.com/Brazil/a_fg.html
crime
... and began the contentious process of moving toward political democracy and a market economy while combating inflation, unemployment, corruption, and crime. The country joined NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/a_fg.html
crime
... averaged more than 6% growth since 2004, attracting significant amounts of foreign direct investment, but corruption in the public administration, a weak judiciary, and the presence of organized crime remain significant challenges
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/e_ec.html
crime
... transit point for Latin American cocaine to Western Europe; producer of synthetic drugs for local and regional markets; susceptible to money laundering related to drug trafficking, organized crime; significant consumer of ecstasy
www.exxun.com/CzechRepublic/i_ti.html
crime
... drugs since joining the European Union and the Schengen Accord; potential money laundering related to organized crime and drug trafficking is a concern, as is possible use of the gambling sector to ...
www.exxun.com/Estonia/i_ti.html
crime
... heroin and, to a lesser extent, South American cocaine destined for Europe and the US; widespread crime and money laundering problem, but the lack of a well developed financial infrastructure limits the ...
www.exxun.com/Ghana/i_ti.html
crime
... East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime
www.exxun.com/Greece/i_ti.html
crime
... assistance from international donors, upgrading both government and private financial operations, curtailing drug trafficking and rampant crime, and narrowing the trade deficit. Given Guatemala's large expatriate community in the United States ...
www.exxun.com/Guatemala/e_ec.html
crime
... diversifying the economy. Growth remains dependent on the economy of the US, its largest trading partner, and on reduction of the high crime rate, as a means of attracting and maintaining investment
www.exxun.com/Honduras/e_ec.html
