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regional risks include landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding; land subsidence in Venice
www.exxun.com/Italy/b_mp.html
regional
... president elections: president elected by an electoral college consisting of both houses of parliament and 58 regional representatives for a seven-year term (no term limits); election last held 10 May 2006 ...
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regional
... to intensively modernize and industrialize. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power that was able to defeat the forces of both China and Russia. It occupied ...
www.exxun.com/Japan/a_fg.html
regional
... for four-year terms; 300 in single-seat constituencies; 180 members by proportional representation in 11 regional blocs) elections: House of Councillors - last held 29 July 2007 (next to be held in ...
www.exxun.com/Japan/d_gv.html
regional
... related foreign-exchange inflows. Aided by strong growth and foreign exchange earnings, Kazakhstan aspires to become a regional financial center and has created a banking system comparable to those in Central Europe
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/e_ec.html
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The regional hub for trade and finance in East Africa, Kenya has been hampered by corruption and by reliance upon several primary goods whose prices have remained low. In 1997, the IMF ...
www.exxun.com/Kenya/e_ec.html
regional
... transits on way to South Africa; significant potential for money-laundering activity given the country's status as a regional financial center; massive corruption, and relatively high levels of narcotics-associated activities
www.exxun.com/Kenya/i_ti.html
regional
... to expend resources to maintain an army of approximately 1 million. North Korea's history of regional military provocations, proliferation of military-related items, and long-range missile development - as well as ...
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/a_fg.html
regional
influenced by continental air masses resulting in relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns; Mediterranean and alpine influences create regional variation; maximum rainfall between October and December
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/b_mp.html
regional
... accelerate economic growth, lower unemployment, and attract foreign investment. In order to help integrate Kosovo into regional economic structures, UNMIK signed (on behalf of Kosovo) its accession to the Central Europe Free ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/e_ec.html
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8 (2 countrywide and 6 regional stations; state-owned); note - there are about 20 private TV stations, most of which rebroadcast other channels (2007)
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/f_cm.html
regional
total: 0.34 km regional border: China 0.34 km
www.exxun.com/Macau/b_mp.html
regional
... seven years; indirect election limited to organizations registered as "corporate voters" (257 are currently registered) and a 300-member Election Committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies
www.exxun.com/Macau/d_gv.html
regional
... year terms) and a Senate or Senat (100 seats; two-thirds of the seats filled by regional assemblies; the remaining one-third of seats appointed by the president; to serve four-year ...
www.exxun.com/Madagascar/d_gv.html
regional
... carries severe penalties; heroin still primary drug of abuse, but synthetic drug demand remains strong; continued ecstasy and methamphetamine producer for domestic users and, to a lesser extent, the regional drug market
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/i_ti.html
regional
... ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
www.exxun.com/Mali/d_gv.html
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AM 1, FM 230 (27 regional and government stations, and 203 private stations), shortwave 1 (2001)
www.exxun.com/Mali/f_cm.html
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... 100 persons; mostly cable and open-wire lines; a domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with regional capitals international: country code - 222; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean, 2 Arabsat
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/f_cm.html
regional
Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages
www.exxun.com/Mexico/c_pp.html
regional
... Russia at the end of 2003 on favorable terms. Mongolia, which joined the World Trade Organization in 1997, seeks to expand its participation and integration into Asian regional economic and trade regimes
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/e_ec.html
regional
... members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: National Council - elections for regional councils to determine members of the National Council held 29-30 November 2004 (next to be ...
www.exxun.com/Namibia/d_gv.html
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several small armed Madhesi groups along the southern border with India; a variety of groups advocating regional autonomy for individual ethnic groups
www.exxun.com/Nepal/d_gv.html
regional
temperate with sharp regional contrasts
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/b_mp.html
