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active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November)
www.exxun.com/NorthernMarianaIslands/b_mp.html
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... labor force by replacing foreign expatriate workers with local workers. Oman actively seeks private foreign investors, especially in the industrial, information technology, tourism, and higher education fields. Industrial development plans focus on ...
www.exxun.com/Oman/e_ec.html
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frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August)
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/b_mp.html
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forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals
www.exxun.com/Palau/b_mp.html
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... major cocaine transshipment point and primary money-laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshore financial center; negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoring ...
www.exxun.com/Panama/i_ti.html
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... the informal sector, accurate economic measures are difficult to obtain. A large percentage of the population, especially in rural areas, derives its living from agricultural activity, often on a subsistence basis. On ...
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/e_ec.html
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... cocaine headed for Brazil, other Southern Cone markets, and Europe; weak border controls, extensive corruption and money-laundering activity, especially in the Tri-Border Area; weak anti-money-laundering laws and enforcement
www.exxun.com/Paraguay/i_ti.html
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uncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds
www.exxun.com/Philippines/b_mp.html
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typhoons (especially November to March)
www.exxun.com/PitcairnIslands/b_mp.html
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soil erosion; air pollution caused by industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution, especially in coastal areas
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general assessment: rapidly improving domestic and international service, especially in wireless telephony domestic: more than 90 percent of telephone network is automatic; liberalization in 2003 is transforming telecommunications; fixed-line teledensity is ...
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with no natural rivers or streams, fresh water is in short supply, especially in summer, and provided by desalinization of sea water, collection of rain water, or imported via water tanker
www.exxun.com/SaintBarthelemy/b_mp.html
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The island nation has been able to attract foreign business and investment, especially in its offshore banking and tourism industries, with a surge in foreign direct investment in 2006, attributed to the ...
www.exxun.com/SaintLucia/e_ec.html
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extensive coastlines on Persian Gulf and Red Sea provide great leverage on shipping (especially crude oil) through Persian Gulf and Suez Canal
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/b_mp.html
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... assets, while enabling Riyadh to pay down domestic debt. The government is encouraging private sector growth - especially in power generation, telecommunications, natural gas exploration, and petrochemicals - to lessen the kingdom's dependence ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/e_ec.html
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... domestic: analog system is now receiving digital equipment and is being enlarged with fiber-optic cable, especially in the larger cities; 3 companies provide nationwide cellular services international: country code - 421; 3 ...
www.exxun.com/Slovakia/f_cm.html
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... WNW of the capital Honiara, the resulting tsunami devastated coastal areas of Western and Choiseul provinces with dozens of deaths and thousands dislocated; the provincial capital of Gizo was especially hard hit
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... to residents and businesses in the major cities. Daunting economic problems remain from the apartheid era - especially poverty, lack of economic empowerment among the disadvantaged groups, and a shortage of public transportation ...
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/e_ec.html
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... 15% and damaging the DNA of some fish; illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in recent years, especially the landing of an estimated five to six times more Patagonian toothfish than the regulated ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
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ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic
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... 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking, especially efforts to investigate, prosecute, convict, and sentence traffickers; despite evidence of low- and mid-level ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/i_ti.html
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soil degradation; deforestation; desertification; destruction of coral reefs threatens marine habitats; recent droughts affected marginal agriculture; wildlife threatened by illegal hunting and trade, especially for ivory
www.exxun.com/Tanzania/b_mp.html
