military
... LPA also has upgraded skills to respond to avian influenza outbreaks; there is no perceived external threat to the state and the LPA maintains strong ties with the neighboring Vietnamese military (2008
www.exxun.com/Laos/h_ml.html
military
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished January 2007; under current law, every citizen is entitled to serve in the armed forces for life (2006)
www.exxun.com/Latvia/h_ml.html
military
... in Beirut against the Syrian presence ("the Cedar Revolution"), and Syria withdrew the remainder of its military forces in April 2005. In May-June 2005, Lebanon held its first legislative elections since ...
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/a_fg.html
military
Hizballah military wing other: Palestinian militias; Maronite Christians; Sunnis and their militias; Shi'as and their militias
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/d_gv.html
military
18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2007)
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/h_ml.html
military
... mutiny following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody intervention by South African and Botswanan military forces under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community. Subsequent constitutional reforms restored relative ...
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/a_fg.html
military
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/h_ml.html
military
... between the descendents of the original settlers and the inhabitants of the interior. In 1980, a military coup led by Samuel DOE ushered in a decade of authoritarian rule. In December 1989 ...
www.exxun.com/Liberia/a_fg.html
military
other: demobilized former military officers
www.exxun.com/Liberia/d_gv.html
military
16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
www.exxun.com/Liberia/h_ml.html
military
... War II. Libya then passed to UN administration and achieved independence in 1951. Following a 1969 military coup, Col. Muammar Abu Minyar al-QADHAFI began to espouse his own political system, the ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/a_fg.html
military
none; note - following the September 1969 military overthrow of the Libyan government, the Revolutionary Command Council replaced the existing constitution with the Constitutional Proclamation in December 1969; in March 1977, Libya adopted ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/d_gv.html
military
Liechtenstein has no military forces, but is interested in European security policy and is an active member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
www.exxun.com/Liechtenstein/h_ml.html
military
contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products and chemicals at military bases
www.exxun.com/Lithuania/b_mp.html
military
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; 18 years of age for volunteers; 12-month conscript service obligation (2006)
www.exxun.com/Lithuania/h_ml.html
military
17-25 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; soldiers under 18 are not deployed into combat or with peacekeeping missions; no conscription; Luxembourg citizen or EU citizen with 3 ...
www.exxun.com/Luxembourg/h_ml.html
military
no regular military forces; defense is the responsibility of China (2008)
www.exxun.com/Macau/h_ml.html
military
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2007)
www.exxun.com/Macedonia/h_ml.html
military
... compulsory military service; 18-month conscript service obligation (either military or equivalent civil service); 20-30 years of age for National Gendarmerie recruits (35 years of age for those with military experience) (2008
www.exxun.com/Madagascar/h_ml.html
military
18 years of age for voluntary military service; standard obligation is 2 years of active duty and 5 years of reserve service (2007)
www.exxun.com/Malawi/h_ml.html
military
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2005)
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/h_ml.html
military
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
www.exxun.com/Maldives/h_ml.html
military
... Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 by a military coup - led by the current president Amadou TOURE - enabling Mali's emergence as one of ...
www.exxun.com/Mali/a_fg.html
military
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2008)
www.exxun.com/Mali/h_ml.html
military
17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
www.exxun.com/Malta/h_ml.html
military
2 (both are US military stations; Marshalls Broadcasting Service, a cable company, operates on Majuro) (2005)
www.exxun.com/MarshallIslands/f_cm.html
