practice
... party - NA; seats by party - independents 4 note: the Council of Chiefs or Ironij is a 12-member body comprised of tribal chiefs that advises on matters affecting customary law and practice
www.exxun.com/MarshallIslands/d_gv.html
practice
... 9 months; although all males between ages of 18 and 44 are liable for service, in practice they are seldom called to duty after age 30; reserve obligation to age 35-60; 16 ...
www.exxun.com/Norway/h_ml.html
practice
Supreme Court note: the nascent civil court system, administered by region, has judges who practice secular and Sharia law
www.exxun.com/Oman/d_gv.html
practice
... The cultivation of sugar cane introduced slavery to the island in the late 18th century; the practice was not abolished until 1848. The island became a free port in 1939; the tourism ...
www.exxun.com/SaintMartin/a_fg.html
practice
territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: within and beyond territorial sea, as defined in treaties and practice
www.exxun.com/Singapore/b_mp.html
practice
unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/d_gv.html
practiced
... that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system would not be practiced in Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters ...
www.exxun.com/Macau/a_fg.html
practices
soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices; desertification; dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of rivers and coastal waters; Mediterranean ...
www.exxun.com/Algeria/b_mp.html
practices
... western portion of Armenia, Ottoman Turkey instituted a policy of forced resettlement coupled with other harsh practices that resulted in an estimated 1 million Armenian deaths. The eastern area of Armenia was ...
www.exxun.com/Armenia/a_fg.html
practices
soil erosion from overgrazing, industrial development, urbanization, and poor farming practices; soil salinity rising due to the use of poor quality water; desertification; clearing for agricultural purposes threatens the natural habitat of ...
www.exxun.com/Australia/b_mp.html
practices
... mining, dominates economic activity, though tourism is a growing sector due to the country's conservation practices and extensive nature preserves. Botswana has one of the world's highest known rates of ...
www.exxun.com/Botswana/a_fg.html
practices
indigenous beliefs 35%, Protestant 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, Muslim 15% note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority
www.exxun.com/CentralAfricanRepublic/c_pp.html
practices
based on French civil law system, traditional practices, and Islamic law; accepts ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
www.exxun.com/Djibouti/d_gv.html
practices
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
www.exxun.com/EquatorialGuinea/c_pp.html
practices
... exports, and 80% of total employment. The agricultural sector suffers from frequent drought and poor cultivation practices. Coffee is critical to the Ethiopian economy with exports of some $350 million in 2006 ...
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/e_ec.html
practices
deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region; poor mining practices have led to environmental damage
www.exxun.com/Guinea/b_mp.html
practices
Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% note: roughly half of the population practices Voodoo
www.exxun.com/Haiti/c_pp.html
practices
... agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's ...
www.exxun.com/Honduras/b_mp.html
practices
... picked up by the wind and blown into noxious dust storms; pollution in the Caspian Sea; soil pollution from overuse of agricultural chemicals and salination from poor infrastructure and wasteful irrigation practices
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/b_mp.html
practices
heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk
www.exxun.com/Kiribati/b_mp.html
practices
... food shortages because of on-going systemic problems including a lack of arable land, collective farming practices, and persistent shortages of tractors and fuel. During the summer of 2007, severe flooding again ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/e_ec.html
practices
water pollution; many people get their water directly from contaminated streams and wells; as a result, water-borne diseases are prevalent; increasing soil salinity from faulty irrigation practices
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/b_mp.html
practices
based on civil law system with traces of Socialist legal traditions and practices; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Latvia/d_gv.html
practices
dual system of statutory law based on Anglo-American common law for the modern sector and customary law based on unwritten tribal practices for indigenous sector; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/Liberia/d_gv.html
