allowed
... adult); note - males in the military or police are not allowed to vote; adult females were allowed to vote as of 16 May 2005; all voters must have been citizens for 20 ...
www.exxun.com/Kuwait/d_gv.html
allowed
... prolonged civil war in which DOE himself was killed. A period of relative peace in 1997 allowed for elections that brought TAYLOR to power, but major fighting resumed in 2000. An August ...
www.exxun.com/Liberia/a_fg.html
allowed
... People's Party) or DRP [Maumoon Abdul GAYOOM]; Islamic Democratic Party or IDP [Omar NASEER]; Maldivian Democratic Party or MDP [Mohamed NASHEED]; note - political parties were allowed to register in June 2005
www.exxun.com/Maldives/d_gv.html
allowed
21 years of age; universal; note - members of the military and security forces are not allowed to vote
www.exxun.com/Oman/d_gv.html
allowed
... volunteers; only soldiers who have completed their conscript service are allowed to volunteer for professional service; as of April 2004, women are only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers (2006
www.exxun.com/Poland/h_ml.html
allowed
... trimmed the powers of the president, and laid the groundwork for a stable, pluralistic liberal democracy; as well, they allowed for the privatization of nationalized firms and the government-owned communications media
www.exxun.com/Portugal/d_gv.html
allowed
... foreign debt has declined, but commercial debt to foreigners has risen strongly. Oil export earnings have allowed Russia to increase its foreign reserves from $12 billion in 1999 to some $470 billion ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/e_ec.html
allowed
... an associated state with full internal autonomy in 1967. The island of Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971. Saint Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 1983. In 1998, a ...
www.exxun.com/SaintKittsandNevis/a_fg.html
allowed
... status for an unspecified date in the future. In 2001, UNMIK promulgated a constitutional framework that allowed Kosovo to establish institutions of self-government and led to Kosovo's first parliamentary election ...
www.exxun.com/Serbia/a_fg.html
allowed
... in 2007, driven by tourism and a boom in tourism-related construction. The Seychelles rupee was allowed to depreciate in 2006 after being overvalued for years and fell by 10% in the ...
www.exxun.com/Seychelles/e_ec.html
allowed
The dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the close of World War I allowed the Slovaks to join the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War ...
www.exxun.com/Slovakia/a_fg.html
allowed
... highest levels of state control in the EU. Structural reforms to improve the business environment have allowed for somewhat greater foreign participation in Slovenia's economy and have helped to lower unemployment ...
www.exxun.com/Slovenia/e_ec.html
allowed
... in 2000-02 by the global economic downturn, but fiscal discipline over the past several years has allowed the country to weather economic vagaries. Sweden joined the EU in 1995, but the public ...
www.exxun.com/Sweden/a_fg.html
allowed
... son, Faure GNASSINGBE, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After ...
www.exxun.com/Togo/a_fg.html
allowed
... swept into power a reformist slate under Viktor YUSHCHENKO. Subsequent internal squabbles in the YUSHCHENKO camp allowed his rival Viktor YANUKOVYCH to stage a comeback in parliamentary elections and become prime minister ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/a_fg.html
allowed
... those of leading West European nations. Its generosity with oil revenues and its moderate foreign policy stance have allowed the UAE to play a vital role in the affairs of the region
www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/a_fg.html
allowed
... 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who promoted the oil industry and allowed for some social reforms. Democratically elected governments have held sway since 1959. Hugo CHAVEZ, president ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/a_fg.html
allowed
... reducing poverty. The 1997 Asian financial crisis highlighted the problems in the Vietnamese economy and temporarily allowed opponents of reform to slow progress toward a market-oriented economy. GDP growth averaged 6.8 ...
www.exxun.com/Vietnam/e_ec.html
allowed
... the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 2004 prevented the complete collapse of the economy and allowed some reforms in the government's financial operations. In 2005, high unemployment and limited trade ...
www.exxun.com/WestBank/e_ec.html
allowing
... are estimates; there are no available current statistics on religious affiliation; all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice
www.exxun.com/Albania/c_pp.html
allowing
... opposition candidates have won the presidency. Former President (1996-2000) Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna won election to a second term in 2004 following a constitutional amendment allowing presidents to serve more than one term
www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/a_fg.html
allowing
... may help spur growth. In late 2004, Laos gained Normal Trade Relations status with the US, allowing Laos-based producers to benefit from lower tariffs on exports. Laos is taking steps to ...
www.exxun.com/Laos/e_ec.html
