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... watching. The 2006 closure of the US military base at Keflavik had very little impact on the national economy; Iceland's low unemployment rate aided former base employees in finding alternate employment
www.exxun.com/Iceland/e_ec.html
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no indigenous inhabitants note: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base and the weather and coastal services radio station
www.exxun.com/JanMayen/c_pp.html
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Mineral mining, construction materials, base metals, leather, machinery, appliances
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/e_ec.html
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... began decentralizing control and encouraging private enterprise in 1986. The results, starting from an extremely low base, were striking - growth averaged 6% per year in 1988-2007 except during the short-lived drop ...
www.exxun.com/Laos/e_ec.html
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... As the number of mineworkers has declined steadily over the past several years, a small manufacturing base has developed based on farm products that support the milling, canning, leather, and jute industries ...
www.exxun.com/Lesotho/e_ec.html
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... in northern Chad's Aozou Strip - to gain access to minerals and to use as a base of influence in Chadian politics - but was forced to retreat in 1987. UN sanctions in ...
www.exxun.com/Libya/a_fg.html
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Celtic base (with French and German blend), Portuguese, Italian, Slavs (from Montenegro, Albania, and Kosovo) and European (guest and resident workers)
www.exxun.com/Luxembourg/c_pp.html
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... Moldova remains one of the poorest countries in Europe despite recent progress from its small economic base. It enjoys a favorable climate and good farmland but has no major mineral deposits. As ...
www.exxun.com/Moldova/e_ec.html
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strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; mostly exposed rock with numerous solution holes but with enough grassland to support goat herds; dense stands of ...
www.exxun.com/NavassaIsland/b_mp.html
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... poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base. The largely agrarian and subsistence-based economy is frequently disrupted by extended droughts common to ...
www.exxun.com/Niger/a_fg.html
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... finished cocaine is shipped out from Pacific ports to the international drug market; increasing amounts of base and finished cocaine, however, are being moved to Brazil and Bolivia for use in the ...
www.exxun.com/Peru/i_ti.html
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textiles, clothing, footwear, wood and cork, paper, chemicals, auto-parts manufacturing, base metals, diary products, wine and other foods, porcelain and ceramics, glassware, technology, telecommunications; ship construction and refurbishment; tourism
www.exxun.com/Portugal/e_ec.html
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... on 1 January 2007, began the transition from Communism in 1989 with a largely obsolete industrial base and a pattern of output unsuited to the country's needs. The country emerged in ...
www.exxun.com/Romania/e_ec.html
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wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber note: formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources
www.exxun.com/Russia/b_mp.html
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... of government revenues, leaving the country vulnerable to swings in world commodity prices. Russia's manufacturing base is dilapidated and must be replaced or modernized if the country is to achieve broad ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/e_ec.html
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... Primary foreign exchange earners are coffee and tea. The 1994 genocide decimated Rwanda's fragile economic base, severely impoverished the population, particularly women, and eroded the country's ability to attract private ...
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/e_ec.html
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fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets; tourism
www.exxun.com/SaintPierreandMiquelon/e_ec.html
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vehicles 25.9%, machinery and electrical equipment 21.3%, base metals 14.6%, chemicals and minerals 10.1%, plastics 5.4% (2004)
www.exxun.com/Slovakia/e_ec.html
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... First discovered by the Norwegians in the 12th century, the islands served as an international whaling base during the 17th and 18th centuries. Norway's sovereignty was recognized in 1920; five years ...
www.exxun.com/Svalbard/a_fg.html
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... and external communications, and a skilled labor force. Timber, hydropower, and iron ore constitute the resource base of an economy heavily oriented toward foreign trade. Privately owned firms account for about 90 ...
www.exxun.com/Sweden/e_ec.html
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splinter parties recognized by the government but not by the base of the party: Socialist Party or SPT [Abdualim GHAFFOROV; splintered from Narziyev's SPT]; Democratic Party or DPT [Masud SOBIROV; splintered ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/d_gv.html
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most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base
www.exxun.com/Tonga/b_mp.html
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Tonga has a small, open, South Pacific island economy. It has a narrow export base in agricultural goods. Squash, vanilla beans, and yams are the main crops, and agricultural exports, including fish ...
www.exxun.com/Tonga/e_ec.html
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... major Turkish and other international trafficking organizations operate out of Istanbul; laboratories to convert imported morphine base into heroin exist in remote regions of Turkey and near Istanbul; government maintains strict controls ...
www.exxun.com/Turkey/i_ti.html
