rule
... were marred by significant irregularities and violence, Nigeria is currently experiencing its longest period of civilian rule since independence. The general elections of April 2007 marked the first civilian-to-civilian transfer ...
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/a_fg.html
rule
... it never became a British colony. In 1970, QABOOS bin Said al-Said overthrew the restrictive rule of his father; he has ruled as sultan ever since. His extensive modernization program has ...
www.exxun.com/Oman/a_fg.html
rule
... Supreme Court was reviewing a challenge to his eligibility to serve another term; MUSHARRAF declared emergency rule from 3 November to 15 December, during which time he replaced several Supreme Court Justices ...
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/d_gv.html
rule
... to more than 11% during the first few months of 2008, primarily because of rising world commodity prices. The Pakistani rupee has depreciated since the proclamation of emergency rule in November 2007
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/e_ec.html
rule
... declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of ...
www.exxun.com/Peru/a_fg.html
rule
... control. On 4 July 1946 the Republic of the Philippines attained its independence. The 20-year rule of Ferdinand MARCOS ended in 1986, when a "people power" movement in Manila ("EDSA 1 ...
www.exxun.com/Philippines/a_fg.html
rule
... in 1493 following Columbus' second voyage to the Americas. In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous population nearly exterminated and African slave labor introduced, Puerto Rico was ...
www.exxun.com/PuertoRico/a_fg.html
rule
... a Communist "people's republic" in 1947 and the abdication of the king. The decades-long rule of dictator Nicolae CEAUSESCU, who took power in 1965, and his Securitate police state became ...
www.exxun.com/Romania/a_fg.html
rule
... household. The Communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Iosif STALIN (1928-53) strengthened Communist rule and Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/a_fg.html
rule
... 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.) note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
www.exxun.com/Russia/c_pp.html
rule
... desire to reassert state control over the economy. Russia has made little progress in building the rule of law, the bedrock of a modern market economy. The government has promised additional legislative ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/e_ec.html
rule
... islands ended in 1814, when they were ceded to the latter. Independence came in 1976. Socialist rule was brought to a close with a new constitution and free elections in 1993. President ...
www.exxun.com/Seychelles/a_fg.html
rule
... Slovenia became a republic of the renewed Yugoslavia, which though Communist, distanced itself from Moscow's rule. Dissatisfied with the exercise of power by the majority Serbs, the Slovenes succeeded in establishing ...
www.exxun.com/Slovenia/a_fg.html
rule
... of Somalia. In 1969, a coup headed by Mohamed SIAD Barre ushered in an authoritarian socialist rule that managed to impose a degree of stability in the country for a couple of ...
www.exxun.com/Somalia/a_fg.html
rule
... into power and instituted a policy of apartheid - the separate development of the races. The first multi-racial elections in 1994 brought an end to apartheid and ushered in black majority rule
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/a_fg.html
rule
31 May 1910 (Union of South Africa formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State); 31 May 1961 (republic declared) 27 April 1994 (majority rule)
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/d_gv.html
rule
with the end of apartheid and the establishment of majority rule, former military, black homelands forces, and ex-opposition forces were integrated into the South African National Defense Force (SANDF); as of ...
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/h_ml.html
rule
... to the British in 1796, became a crown colony in 1802, and was united under British rule by 1815. As Ceylon, it became independent in 1948; its name was changed to Sri ...
www.exxun.com/SriLanka/a_fg.html
rule
The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/a_fg.html
rule
... early 1960s, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country ...
www.exxun.com/Tanzania/a_fg.html
rule
republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
www.exxun.com/Togo/d_gv.html
rule
... the country adopted wide-ranging social, legal, and political reforms. After a period of one-party rule, an experiment with multi-party politics led to the 1950 election victory of the opposition ...
www.exxun.com/Turkey/a_fg.html
rule
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/d_gv.html
