pointing
... three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the knee; in order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both sides of the flag, a two-sided emblem is used
www.exxun.com/IsleofMan/d_gv.html
points
red, the traditional color for flags of Persian Gulf states, with a white serrated band (five white points) on the hoist side; the five points represent the five pillars of Islam
www.exxun.com/Bahrain/d_gv.html
points
one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for Europe and the US; offshore financial center
www.exxun.com/Barbados/i_ti.html
points
... facing the hoist and four white, five-pointed stars placed vertically in a line between the points of the crescent; the horizontal bands and the four stars represent the four main islands ...
www.exxun.com/Comoros/d_gv.html
points
... and red with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; Ethiopia is the oldest independent ...
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/d_gv.html
points
... domestic: government-operated radiotelephone and private VHF/CB radiotelephone networks provide effective service to almost all points on both islands international: country code - 500; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) with ...
www.exxun.com/FalklandIslands_IslasMalvinas/f_cm.html
points
... rate of more than 7% in the decade since 1997, reducing poverty by about 10 percentage points. India achieved 8.5% GDP growth in 2006, and again in 2007, significantly expanding production of ...
www.exxun.com/India/e_ec.html
points
... unilaterally disengaged from the Gaza Strip, evacuating settlers and its military while retaining control over most points of entry into the Gaza Strip. The election of HAMAS in January 2006 to head ...
www.exxun.com/Israel/a_fg.html
points
... symbolizing the seven verses of the opening Sura (Al-Fatiha) of the Holy Koran; the seven points on the star represent faith in One God, humanity, national spirit, humility, social justice, virtue ...
www.exxun.com/Jordan/d_gv.html
points
... the stripe on the hoist side; the star indicates the country's location in relation to the Equator (the yellow stripe) and the 12 points symbolize the 12 original tribes of Nauru
www.exxun.com/Nauru/d_gv.html
points
maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side
www.exxun.com/Qatar/d_gv.html
points
... god but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God") above a white horizontal saber (the tip points to the hoist side); design dates to the early twentieth century and is closely associated ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/d_gv.html
points
... latitude in the Atlantic sector, lowering surface temperatures well below 0 degrees Celsius; at some coastal points intense persistent drainage winds from the interior keep the shoreline ice-free throughout the winter
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
points
... US naval victory over a Japanese fleet off Midway in 1942 was one of the turning points of World War II. The islands continued to serve as a naval station until closed ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/a_fg.html
points
... separated by a black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a horizontal Y (the two points of the Y face the hoist side and enclose the triangle); centered in the triangle ...
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poised
... Investment in the banking sector alone has reached over $1 billion. Mauritius, with its strong textile sector, has been well poised to take advantage of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/e_ec.html
poisoned
... led to overuse of agrochemicals and the depletion of water supplies, which have left the land poisoned and the Aral Sea and certain rivers half dry. Independent since 1991, the country seeks ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/a_fg.html
poisonous
volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes
www.exxun.com/Cameroon/b_mp.html
Poitou
... Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Martinique, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Reunion, Rhone-Alpes note: France is divided into 22 ...
www.exxun.com/France/d_gv.html
Pokoleniye
... Rights [Yevgeniy ZHOVTIS, executive director]; Pan-National Social Democratic Party of Kazakhstan [Zharmakhan TUYAKBAI]; Pensioners Movement or Pokoleniye [Irina SAVOSTINA, chairwoman]; Republican Network of International Monitors [Dos KUSHIM]; Transparency International [Sergei ZLOTNIKOV
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/d_gv.html
Pol
... Bamian, Daykondi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghowr, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabol, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khowst, Konar, Kondoz, Laghman, Lowgar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Nurestan, Oruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Panjshir, Parvan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Vardak, Zabol
www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/d_gv.html
POL
... 1.5 million Cambodians died from execution, forced hardships, or starvation during the Khmer Rouge regime under POL POT. A December 1978 Vietnamese invasion drove the Khmer Rouge into the countryside, began a ...
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/a_fg.html
Polana
... Slovenskih Goricah, Sveti Jurij, Tabor, Tisina, Tolmin, Trbovlje, Trebnje, Trnovska Vas, Trzic, Trzin, Turnisce, Velenje*, Velika Polana, Velike Lasce, Verzej, Videm, Vipava, Vitanje, Vodice, Vojnik, Vransko, Vrhnika, Vuzenica, Zagorje ob Savi, Zalec ...
www.exxun.com/Slovenia/d_gv.html
