family
... Kuwait spent more than $5 billion to repair oil infrastructure damaged during 1990-91. The AL-SABAH family has ruled since returning to power in 1991 and reestablished an elected legislature that in ...
www.exxun.com/Kuwait/a_fg.html
family
... steel. Most banks are foreign owned and have extensive foreign dealings. Agriculture is based on small family-owned farms. The economy depends on foreign and cross-border workers for about 60% of ...
www.exxun.com/Luxembourg/e_ec.html
family
... Court, Sharia High Court, 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 ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/d_gv.html
family
... built a fortress on the site of present-day Monaco in 1215. The current ruling Grimaldi family secured control in the late 13th century, and a principality was established in 1338. Economic ...
www.exxun.com/Monaco/a_fg.html
family
... broke down in August 2003. In 2001, the crown prince massacred ten members of the royal family, including the king and queen, and then took his own life. In October 2002, the ...
www.exxun.com/Nepal/a_fg.html
family
note: most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board
www.exxun.com/Niue/e_ec.html
family
Ruled by the al-Thani family since the mid-1800s, Qatar transformed itself from a poor British protectorate noted mainly for pearling into an independent state with significant oil and natural gas ...
www.exxun.com/Qatar/a_fg.html
family
... Islamic and civil law codes; discretionary system of law controlled by the amir, although civil codes are being implemented; Islamic law dominates family and personal matters; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Qatar/d_gv.html
family
The economy of Samoa has traditionally been dependent on development aid, family remittances from overseas, agriculture, and fishing. The country is vulnerable to devastating storms. Agriculture employs two-thirds of the labor ...
www.exxun.com/Samoa/e_ec.html
family
... Basic Law. Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Saudi Arabia accepted the Kuwaiti royal family and 400,000 refugees while allowing Western and Arab troops to deploy on its soil for ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/a_fg.html
family
... cabinet: Council of Ministers is appointed by the monarch every four years and includes many royal family members elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; note - a new Allegiance Commission created by royal ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/d_gv.html
family
based on a combination of French and Ottoman civil law; Islamic law is used in the family court system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Syria/d_gv.html
family
... medical and pension costs of an aging population, sizable trade and budget deficits, and stagnation of family income in the lower economic groups. The merchandise trade deficit reached a record $847 billion ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/e_ec.html
family
generally small family businesses that produce cement, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale, modern industries in the settlements and industrial centers
www.exxun.com/WestBank/e_ec.html
famine
... increased external debt, and resulted 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 ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/e_ec.html
famine
... to continue for several years; some Sudanese, Somali, and Eritrean refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2008 est
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/c_pp.html
famine
... and Denmark. Fallout from the Askja volcano of 1875 devastated the Icelandic economy and caused widespread famine. Over the next quarter century, 20% of the island's population emigrated, mostly to Canada ...
www.exxun.com/Iceland/a_fg.html
famine
... international food aid deliveries have allowed the people of North Korea to escape widespread starvation since famine threatened in 1995, but the population continues to suffer from prolonged malnutrition and poor living ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/e_ec.html
famine
... risking arrest, imprisonment, and deportation, tens of thousands of North Koreans cross into China to escape famine, economic privation, and political oppression; North Korea and China dispute the sovereignty of certain islands ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/i_ti.html
famine
severe thunderstorms, flooding, landslides, drought, and famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons
www.exxun.com/Nepal/b_mp.html
famine
... in 1993, a two-year UN humanitarian effort (primarily in the south) was able to alleviate famine conditions, but when the UN withdrew in 1995, having suffered significant casualties, order still had ...
www.exxun.com/Somalia/a_fg.html
famine
famine; use of contaminated water contributes to human health problems; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
www.exxun.com/Somalia/b_mp.html
