disciplines
... on constitutionality of laws, amendments to the constitution, and international treaties); Superior Judicial Council (administers and disciplines the civilian judiciary; resolves jurisdictional conflicts arising between other courts; members are elected by three ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/d_gv.html
disco
... terrorist acts that predate its renunciation of violence. Claims for compensation in the Lockerbie bombing, LaBelle disco bombing, and UTA 772 bombing cases are ongoing. The US rescinded Libya's designation as ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/a_fg.html
discontent
... political society, won the largest number of seats in the elected chamber of the legislature. However, Shi'a discontent has resurfaced in recent years with street demonstrations and occasional low-level violence
www.exxun.com/Bahrain/a_fg.html
discontiguous
... border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km
www.exxun.com/Angola/b_mp.html
discontiguous
... km border countries: Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/b_mp.html
discontinued
phosphate (production discontinued in 1979)
www.exxun.com/Kiribati/b_mp.html
discontinuous
mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
www.exxun.com/Algeria/b_mp.html
discontinuous
... president elected by universal ballot for a five-year term (eligible for a second consecutive or discontinuous term) under the 1992 constitution; President DOS SANTOS originally elected (in 1979) without opposition under ...
www.exxun.com/Angola/d_gv.html
discontinuous
rugged, mountainous rim; high, central basin with deserts, mountains; small, discontinuous plains along both coasts
www.exxun.com/Iran/b_mp.html
discontinuous
mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
www.exxun.com/Jamaica/b_mp.html
discontinuous
mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; coastal plains wide in west, discontinuous in east
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/b_mp.html
discontinuous
small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/b_mp.html
discounted
... a tough, centrally directed economy with a high, but decreasing, rate of inflation. Belarus receives heavily discounted oil and natural gas from Russia and much of Belarus' growth can be attributed to ...
www.exxun.com/Belarus/e_ec.html
discourage
... states; Article 9 - frequent consultative meetings take place among member nations; Article 10 - treaty states will discourage activities by any country in Antarctica that are contrary to the treaty; Article 11 - disputes ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/d_gv.html
discouraged
... widely seen as flawed. The president exerts almost total control over the political system and has discouraged political opposition. Equatorial Guinea has experienced rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large ...
www.exxun.com/EquatorialGuinea/a_fg.html
discouraging
... largely because of higher international oil and gas prices. Overall prospects in the near future are discouraging because of widespread internal poverty, a poor educational system, government misuse of oil and gas ...
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/e_ec.html
discovered
Settled as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty ...
www.exxun.com/AmericanSamoa/a_fg.html
discovered
... the lowest known land point in Antarctica is hidden in the Bentley Subglacial Trench; at its surface is the deepest ice yet discovered and the world's lowest elevation not under seawater
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/b_mp.html
Discovered
Discovered and claimed for Spain in 1499, Aruba was acquired by the Dutch in 1636. The island's economy has been dominated by three main industries. A 19th century gold rush was ...
www.exxun.com/Aruba/a_fg.html
discovered
... political instability, racial tensions, and violent protests against plans - subsequently abandoned - to export Bolivia's newly discovered natural gas reserves to large northern hemisphere markets. In 2005, the government passed a controversial ...
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/e_ec.html
discovered
... uninhabited volcanic island is almost entirely covered by glaciers and is difficult to approach. It was discovered in 1739 by a French naval officer after whom the island was named. No claim ...
www.exxun.com/BouvetIsland/a_fg.html
discovered
The uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century; Cape Verde subsequently became a trading center for African slaves and later an important coaling and resupply stop ...
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/a_fg.html
discovered
There are 27 coral islands in the group. Captain William KEELING discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. From the 1820s to 1978, members of the ...
www.exxun.com/Cocos_Keeling_Islands/a_fg.html
