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• Directory:Iraq
  ...ime Minister and confirmed by the Council of Representatives. Legislative--Council of Representatives (CoR) consisting of 275 members. ...emerged as the President of Iraq and Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC).
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• Directory:Iran
  ...er Majles (National Assembly, or Islamic Consultative Assembly). Judicial--Supreme Court. ...volution. The urban working class has enjoyed somewhat enhanced status and economic mobility, spurred in part by opportunities provided by revolutionary organi
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• Directory:Cuba
  ...960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The country is now slowly recovering from a severe economic downturn in 1990, following the withdrawal of former Soviet subsidies, wort ...rial sea:'' 12 nm <br />''contiguous zone:'' 24 nm <br />''exclusive economic zone:'' 200 nm
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• Directory:Norway
  ...overy of oil and gas in adjacent waters in the late 1960s boosted Norway's economic fortunes. The current focus is on containing spending on the extensive welf ...rial sea:'' 12 nm <br />''contiguous zone:'' 10 nm <br />''exclusive economic zone:'' 200 nm <br />''continental shelf:'' 200 nm
  29 KB (3,783 words) - 22:33, 30 January 2008
• Directory:Finland
  ...ff" | civil law system based on Swedish law; the president may request the Supreme Court to review laws; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations ...Prime Minister Jyrki KATAINEN (since 19 April 2007) <br />''cabinet:'' Council of State or Valtioneuvosto appointed by the president, responsible to parli
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• Directory:South Korea
  ...ed zone at about the 38th parallel. Thereafter, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth with per capita income rising to roughly 14 times the level of North ...the Korea Strait <br />''contiguous zone:'' 24 nm <br />''exclusive economic zone:'' 200 nm <br />''continental shelf:'' not specified
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• Directory:Sweden
  ...discipline over the past several years has allowed the country to weather economic vagaries. Sweden joined the EU in 1995, but the public rejected the introdu ...nts made to return a portion of straits to high seas) <br />''exclusive economic zone:'' agreed boundaries or midlines <br />''continental shelf:'' 200-m
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• Directory:Libya
  ...the General Assembly to a nonpermanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2008-2009 term. ...969 military overthrow of the Libyan government, the Revolutionary Command Council replaced the existing constitution with the Constitutional Proclamation in
  28 KB (3,736 words) - 15:14, 14 April 2008
• Directory:Israel
  ...r (head of government). ''Legislative''--unicameral Knesset. ''Judicial''--Supreme Court. ...f the Jordan River, and East Jerusalem. On November 22, 1967, the Security Council adopted Resolution 242, the "land for peace" formula, which called for the
  42 KB (6,132 words) - 23:00, 3 January 2008
• Directory:Josip Broz Tito
  *Marshal of Yugoslavia, serving as the supreme commander of the Yugoslav military, the Yugoslav People's Army. ...nd their '''families''' were massacred."</ref> The Yugoslav Army and their supreme commander ''Josip Broz Tito'' executed, without trial, a huge number of POW
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• Directory:Netherlands
  ...y prime ministers appointed by the monarch <br />''note:'' there is also a Council of State composed of the monarch, heir apparent, and councilors that provid | bgcolor="#ffffff" | Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated for life by the monarch)
  28 KB (3,655 words) - 20:50, 3 March 2008
• Directory:Ghana
  ...rial sea:'' 12 nm <br />''contiguous zone:'' 24 nm <br />''exclusive economic zone:'' 200 nm <br />''continental shelf:'' 200 nm ...President Alhaji Aliu MAHAMA (since 7 January 2001) <br />''cabinet:'' Council of Ministers; president nominates members subject to approval by Parliament
  26 KB (3,390 words) - 16:03, 6 March 2008
• Directory:China
  ..., his successor DENG Xiaoping and other leaders focused on market-oriented economic development and by 2000 output had quadrupled. For much of the population, ...rial sea:'' 12 nm <br />''contiguous zone:'' 24 nm <br />''exclusive economic zone:'' 200 nm <br />''continental shelf:'' 200 nm or to the edge of the
  36 KB (4,849 words) - 17:15, 1 February 2008
• Directory:Pakistan
  ...r Majlis-e-Shoora (100-seat Senate, 342-seat National Assembly). Judicial--Supreme Court, provincial high courts, Federal Islamic (or Shari'a) Court. ...o agree on a formula that would ensure the protection of Muslim religious, economic, and political rights.
  55 KB (7,888 words) - 01:07, 21 November 2009
• Directory:Venezuela
  ...rial sea:'' 12 nm <br />''contiguous zone:'' 15 nm <br />''exclusive economic zone:'' 200 nm <br />''continental shelf:'' 200-m depth or to the depth ...Ramon Alonzo CARRIZALEZ Rengifo (since 4 January 2008) <br />''cabinet:'' Council of Ministers appointed by the president <br />''elections:'' president e
  29 KB (3,849 words) - 18:15, 6 November 2008
• Directory:Kentucky
  ...ssippi and out of Spanish-held New Orleans was indispensable to Kentucky's economic development, an alliance with Spain was contemplated, and U.S. General Jame The War of 1812 spurred economic prosperity in Kentucky, but financial difficulties after the war threatened
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• Directory:Josip Broz Tito and Wikipedia
  ...blic Hearing was organised by the [[Slovenia|Slovenian Presidency]] of the Council of the [[European Union]] (January–June 2008) and the European Commission ...by Jernej Letnar Cernic</ref> organised by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the [[European Union]] (January–June 2008) and the '''European Commiss
  52 KB (7,834 words) - 05:47, 10 March 2019
• Directory:Grover Cleveland
  ...ined that he had little imagination and seemed overwhelmed by the nation's economic disasters&mdash;[[Depression (economics)|depressions]] and [[strike action| ...e, and to worse than squander the public money".<ref>Nevins, 85</ref> The Council reversed themselves and awarded the contract to the lowest bidder.<ref>Nevi
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• Directory:United States of America
  ...rial sea:'' 12 nm <br />''contiguous zone:'' 24 nm <br />''exclusive economic zone:'' 200 nm <br />''continental shelf:'' not specified | bgcolor="#ffffff" | Supreme Court (nine justices; nominated by the president and confirmed with the adv
  35 KB (4,618 words) - 16:09, 29 May 2010
• Directory:Herbert Hoover
  ...ssion with volunteer efforts and government action, none of which produced economic recovery during his term. The consensus among historians is that Hoover's d ...elf). After the end of the war, Hoover, a member of the [[Supreme Economic Council]] and head of the [[American Relief Administration]], organized shipments o
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