Power
... Grand-Anse Resistance Committee, or KOREGA; National Popular Assembly or APN; Papaye Peasants Movement or MPP [Chavannes JEAN-BAPTISTE]; Popular Organizations Gathering Power or PROP; Roman Catholic Church; Protestant Federation of Haiti
www.exxun.com/Haiti/d_gv.html
power
... two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the ...
www.exxun.com/Honduras/a_fg.html
power
fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite
www.exxun.com/Iceland/b_mp.html
power
... remarkably even distribution of income. In the absence of other natural resources (except for abundant geothermal power), the economy depends heavily on the fishing industry, which provides 70% of export earnings and ...
www.exxun.com/Iceland/e_ec.html
power
the Iraq Constitution calls for the federal judicial power to be comprised of the Higher Juridical Council, Federal Supreme Court, Federal Court of Cassation, Public Prosecution Department, Judiciary Oversight Commission and other ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/d_gv.html
power
... gauge: 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (37 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2006
www.exxun.com/Ireland/g_tr.html
power
... of national unity, elected politicians - with heavy input from bureaucrats and business executives - wield actual decisionmaking power. The economy experienced a major slowdown starting in the 1990s following three decades of unprecedented ...
www.exxun.com/Japan/a_fg.html
power
air pollution from power plant emissions results in acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan is one of the largest consumers of fish and ...
www.exxun.com/Japan/b_mp.html
power
... the third-largest economy in the world after the US and China, measured on a purchasing power parity (PPP) basis. One notable characteristic of the economy has been how manufacturers, suppliers, and ...
www.exxun.com/Japan/e_ec.html
power
... the throne following his father's death in February 1999. Since then, he has consolidated his power and undertaken an aggressive economic reform program. Jordan acceded to the World Trade Organization in ...
www.exxun.com/Jordan/a_fg.html
power
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/d_gv.html
power
... pressure for political liberalization in late 1991. The ethnically fractured opposition failed to dislodge KANU from power in elections in 1992 and 1997, which were marred by violence and fraud, but were ...
www.exxun.com/Kenya/a_fg.html
power
none; note - Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang represents the US as consular protecting power
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/d_gv.html
power
military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, limestone, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/e_ec.html
power
... investment has been insufficient to replace ageing Eastern Bloc equipment. Technical and financial problems in the power sector also impedes industrial development. The US has worked with the World Bank to prepare ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/e_ec.html
power
... 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 recent years has become increasingly assertive
www.exxun.com/Kuwait/a_fg.html
power
... the government has not earnestly pushed through new initiatives. Despite its vast oil reserves, Kuwait experienced power outages during the summer months in 2006 and 2007 because demand exceeded power generating capacity ...
www.exxun.com/Kuwait/e_ec.html
power
... greater powers to the parliament and the government; amendments added on 30 December 2006 redistributed some power back to the president, but both November and December 2006 versions were annulled in September ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/d_gv.html
power
copper, tin, gold, and gypsum mining; timber, electric power, agricultural processing, construction, garments, tourism, cement
www.exxun.com/Laos/e_ec.html
power
authentic jewelry, inorganic chemicals, miscellaneous consumer goods, fruit and vegetables, tobacco, construction minerals, electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers, paper
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/e_ec.html
power
... unity" with no executive or legislative powers; under traditional law the college of chiefs has the power to depose the monarch, determine who is next in the line of succession, or who ...
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/d_gv.html
power
... to South Africa and generated royalties for Lesotho. Lesotho produces about 90% of its own electrical power needs. As the number of mineworkers has declined steadily over the past several years, a ...
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/e_ec.html
power
... rule by a transitional government, democratic elections in late 2005 brought President Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF to power. The UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) maintains a strong presence throughout the country, but the ...
www.exxun.com/Liberia/a_fg.html
