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... Aceh after the devastating December 2004 tsunami, and the province now shows more economic activity than before the disaster. Unfortunately, Indonesia suffered new disasters in 2006 and early 2007 including: a major ...
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/e_ec.html
before
... up in areas recently secured by the US military surge. Oil exports are around levels seen before Operation Iraqi Freedom, and total government revenues have benefited from high oil prices. Despite political ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/e_ec.html
Before
... significantly. These measures have helped improve productivity and have made Jordan more attractive for foreign investment. Before the US-led war in Iraq, Jordan imported most of its oil from Iraq. Since ...
www.exxun.com/Jordan/e_ec.html
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... in controlling its substantial fiscal deficit, nearly closing the gap between revenues and expenditures in 2006, before boosting expenditures more than 20% in 2007. The government and international financial institutions have been ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/e_ec.html
before
... Corporation (MCC) initiative. Malawi will now begin a consultative process to develop a five-year program before funding can begin. In 2006, Malawi was approved for relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor ...
www.exxun.com/Malawi/e_ec.html
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euro (EUR) as of 1 January 2008; Maltese lira (MTL) before then
www.exxun.com/Malta/e_ec.html
before
The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico ...
www.exxun.com/Mexico/a_fg.html
before
... eligible for immediate reelection; president and vice presidents must sit out two additional terms (10 years) before becoming eligible for reelection); election last held 2 May 2004 (next to be held on ...
www.exxun.com/Panama/d_gv.html
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... assistance to victims of trafficking; comprehensive trafficking victim assistance legislation, which would address key deficiencies, has been pending before the Duma since 2003 and was neither passed nor enacted in 2007 (2008
www.exxun.com/Russia/i_ti.html
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In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 ...
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/a_fg.html
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... him to be tried in The Hague for crimes against humanity. (MILOSEVIC died in March 2006 before the completion of his trial.) In 2001, the country's suspension from the UN was ...
www.exxun.com/Serbia/a_fg.html
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Turkish lira (TRY); old Turkish lira (TRL) before 1 January 2005
www.exxun.com/Turkey/e_ec.html
before
... discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that Trinidad and Tobago ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/i_ti.html
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... trafficked to South Africa for farm work, often laboring for months in South Africa without pay before "employers" have them arrested and deported as illegal immigrants; young women and girls are lured ...
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/i_ti.html
began
... are estimates; there are no available current statistics on religious affiliation; all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice
www.exxun.com/Albania/c_pp.html
began
... what the secular elite feared would be an extremist-led government from assuming power. The army began a crackdown on the FIS that spurred FIS supporters to begin attacking government targets. The ...
www.exxun.com/Algeria/a_fg.html
began
... services and contribute to meeting the large unfulfilled demand for basic residential telephony; internet broadband services began in 2003 with approximately 200,000 subscribers in 2006 international: country code - 213; landing point for ...
www.exxun.com/Algeria/f_cm.html
began
... and the network has been extended to larger towns; a privately-owned, mobile-cellular service provider began operations in 2001 international: country code - 244; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber ...
www.exxun.com/Angola/f_cm.html
began
... until the early 1820s when British and American commercial operators and British and Russian national expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas south of the Antarctic Circle. Not until ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/a_fg.html
began
... primarily Armenian-populated region, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow. Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the area in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from ...
www.exxun.com/Armenia/a_fg.html
began
... undergoing modernization and expansion; mobile-cellular services monopoly terminated in late 2004 and a second provider began operations in mid-2005 domestic: reliable modern landline and mobile-cellular services are available across ...
www.exxun.com/Armenia/f_cm.html
began
These uninhabited islands came under Australian authority in 1931; formal administration began two years later. Ashmore Reef supports a rich and diverse avian and marine habitat; in 1983, it became a National ...
www.exxun.com/AshmoreandCartierIslands/a_fg.html
