curtailed
... in the deaths of more than 3.5 million people from violence, famine, and disease. Foreign businesses curtailed operations due to uncertainty about the outcome of the conflict, lack of infrastructure, and the ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/e_ec.html
curtailed
... their cultural heartland. Under MILOSEVIC's leadership, Serbia instituted a new constitution in 1989 that drastically curtailed Kosovo's autonomy. Kosovo Albanian leaders responded in 1991 by organizing a referendum that declared ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/a_fg.html
curtailing
... IMF and World Bank, has made substantial economic gains since 2000, achieving positive GDP growth and curtailing inflation. Georgia's GDP growth neared 10% in 2006 and 2007 despite restrictions on commerce ...
www.exxun.com/Georgia/e_ec.html
curtailing
... 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 trade deficit. Given Guatemala's large expatriate ...
www.exxun.com/Guatemala/e_ec.html
curtailing
... ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump ...
www.exxun.com/Peru/a_fg.html
curtailment
... seeks to gradually lessen its dependence on agriculture while developing its mineral and petroleum reserves. Current concerns include terrorism by Islamic militants, economic stagnation, and the curtailment of human rights and democratization
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/a_fg.html
curtain
landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zambia; in full flood (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls on the river forms the world's largest curtain of falling water
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/b_mp.html
CUS
... Sandinista labor unions including - Autonomous Nicaraguan Workers Central or CTN-A, Confederation of Labor Unification or CUS, Independent General Confederation of Labor or CGT-I, and Labor Action and Unity Central or ...
www.exxun.com/Nicaragua/d_gv.html
Cuscatlan
chief of mission: Ambassador Charles L. GLAZER embassy: Final Boulevard Santa Elena Sur, Antiguo Cuscatlan, La Libertad, San Salvador mailing address: Unit 3116, APO AA 34023 telephone: [503] 2278-4444 FAX: [503] 2278-6011
www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/d_gv.html
Cusco
... 25 regions (regiones, singular - region) and 1 province* (provincia); Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ica, Junin, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Lima*, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Pasco ...
www.exxun.com/Peru/d_gv.html
cushion
... Nauru's phosphate deposits, substantial amounts of phosphate income were invested in trust funds to help cushion the transition and provide for Nauru's economic future. As a result of heavy spending ...
www.exxun.com/Nauru/e_ec.html
cushion
... The TFF contributed nearly $9 million towards the government budget in 2006 and is an important cushion for meeting shortfalls in the government's budget. The US Government is also a major ...
www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/e_ec.html
Cushitic
Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/c_pp.html
Custodian
... Islam's two holiest shrines in Mecca and Medina. The king's official title is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The modern Saudi state was founded in 1932 by ABD ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/a_fg.html
custody
... and Sharia Subordinate Courts at state-level and deal with religious and family matters such as custody, divorce, and inheritance, only for Muslims; decisions of Sharia courts cannot be appealed to civil ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/d_gv.html
custom
partly based on Spanish civil law and tribal custom; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/EquatorialGuinea/d_gv.html
custom
based on South African Roman-Dutch law in statutory courts and Swazi traditional law and custom in traditional courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/Swaziland/d_gv.html
customary
based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of free markets; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Angola/d_gv.html
customary
based on French civil law and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Benin/d_gv.html
customary
based on Roman-Dutch law and local customary law; judicial review limited to matters of interpretation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
www.exxun.com/Botswana/d_gv.html
customary
based on French civil law system and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/d_gv.html
customary
based on German and Belgian civil codes and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Burundi/d_gv.html
