hearing
... the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council and serve until 70 years of age); Court of Appeals; Sandigan-bayan (special court for hearing corruption cases of government officials
www.exxun.com/Philippines/d_gv.html
hearings
... Nicaragua's 1999 and 2001 proceedings against Honduras and Colombia at the ICJ over the maritime boundary and territorial claims in the western Caribbean Sea - final public hearings are scheduled for 2007
www.exxun.com/Honduras/i_ti.html
hearings
... maritime boundaries in the Johor and Singapore Straits; in November 2007, the ICJ will hold public hearings in response to the Memorials and Countermemorials filed by the parties in 2003 and 2005 ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/i_ti.html
hearings
... the ICJ over the maritime boundary and territorial claims in the western Caribbean Sea, final public hearings are scheduled for 2007; the 1992 ICJ ruling for El Salvador and Honduras advised a ...
www.exxun.com/Nicaragua/i_ti.html
hearings
... maritime boundaries in the Johor and Singapore Straits; in November 2007, the ICJ will hold public hearings as a consequence of the Memorials and Countermemorials filed by the parties in 2003 and ...
www.exxun.com/Singapore/i_ti.html
hears
... cases and one court for criminal cases); Constitutional Council (called for in Ta'if Accord - rules on constitutionality of laws); Supreme Council (hears charges against the president and prime minister as needed
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/d_gv.html
heartland
... those charges to win support among Serbian voters many of whom viewed Kosovo as their cultural heartland. Under MILOSEVIC's leadership, Serbia instituted a new constitution in 1989 that drastically curtailed Kosovo ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/a_fg.html
heat
tropical with a wet season (December to April) and dry season; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds
www.exxun.com/ChristmasIsland/b_mp.html
heat
... Rica proved unsuccessful due to a combination of factors, including: disease from mosquito-infested swamps, brutal heat, resistance by natives, and pirate raids. It was not until 1563 that a permanent settlement ...
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/a_fg.html
heath
... Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) - 100% grass, ferns, and moss; Iles Crozet - 100% tossock grass, heath, and fern; Iles Kerguelen - 100% tossock grass and Kerguelen cabbage; Bassas da India (Iles Eparses ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/b_mp.html
heathland
arable land: 9% permanent crops: 0% other: 91% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland) (2002)
www.exxun.com/IsleofMan/b_mp.html
Heavenly
traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/c_pp.html
heavier
temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter
www.exxun.com/Korea_South/b_mp.html
heaviest
hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually, heaviest June to September); semiarid in western hills and lowlands
www.exxun.com/Eritrea/b_mp.html
heavily
Anguilla has few natural resources, and the economy depends heavily on luxury tourism, offshore banking, lobster fishing, and remittances from emigrants. Increased activity in the tourism industry has spurred the growth of ...
www.exxun.com/Anguilla/e_ec.html
heavily
... their separate ways, the area that remained became Argentina. The country's population and culture were heavily shaped by immigrants from throughout Europe, but most particularly Italy and Spain, which provided the ...
www.exxun.com/Argentina/a_fg.html
heavily
The Atlantic Ocean provides some of the world's most heavily trafficked sea routes, between and within the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Other economic activity includes the exploitation of natural resources, e.g ...
www.exxun.com/AtlanticOcean/e_ec.html
heavily
The Bahamas is one of the wealthiest Caribbean countries with an economy heavily dependent on tourism and offshore banking. Tourism together with tourism-driven construction and manufacturing accounts for approximately 60% of ...
www.exxun.com/Bahamas/e_ec.html
heavily
... the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual ...
www.exxun.com/Barbados/a_fg.html
heavily
... of 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 ...
www.exxun.com/Belarus/e_ec.html
heavily
... legal system, and low administrative capacity - risk undermining planned economic reforms. Burundi will continue to remain heavily dependent on aid from bilateral and multilateral donors; the delay of funds after a corruption ...
www.exxun.com/Burundi/e_ec.html
heavily
... at developing the private sector and attracting foreign investment to diversify the economy. Future prospects depend heavily on the maintenance of aid flows, the encouragement of tourism, remittances, and the momentum of ...
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/e_ec.html
