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Eritrea Category: Government - Legal system: primary basis is the Ethiopian legal code of 1957, with revisions; new civil, commercial, and penal codes have not yet been promulgated; government also issues unilateral proclamations setting laws and policies; also relies on customary and post-independence-enacted laws and, for civil cases involving Muslims, Islamic law; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Category: Government - National holiday: Australia Day, 26 January (1788)

Bermuda Category: Government - International organization participation: Caricom (associate), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, ITUC, UPU, WCO

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Maldives Category: Government - Legislative branch: unicameral People's Council or Majlis (50 seats; 42 members elected by popular vote, 8 appointed by the president; to serve five-year terms); elections: last held 22 January 2005 (next to be held in 2010); election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 50

Slovakia Category: Transportation - Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 15; 914 to 1,523 m: 8; under 914 m: 7 (2007)

Macau Category: Military - Military branches: no regular military forces; defense is the responsibility of China (2008)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Category: Economy - Household income or consumption by percentage share (%): lowest 10%: NA%; highest 10%: NA%

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Greece Latitude Facts: 38.7676040494938 and Greece Longitude Facts: 23.0805399325084

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Cambodia Category: Communications - Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 50, shortwave NA (2008)

Romania Category: Communications - Telephone system: general assessment: the telecommunications sector is being expanded and modernized; domestic and international service improving rapidly, especially in wireless telephony; domestic: more than 90 percent of telephone network is automatic; fixed-line teledensity is roughly 20 telephones per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity, expanding rapidly, now slightly exceeds 100 telephones per 100 persons; international: country code - 40; the Black Sea Fiber Optic System provides connectivity to Bulgaria and Turkey; satellite earth stations - 10; digital, international, direct-dial exchanges operate in Bucharest (2007)

Central African Republic Category: Transnational Issues - Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 7,900 (Sudan); 3,700 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); note - UNHCR resumed repatriation of Southern Sudanese refugees in 2006; IDPs: 197,000 (ongoing unrest following coup in 2003) (2007)

Rwanda Category: Geography - Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea

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Portugal Category: Economy - Investment (gross fixed) (% of GDP): 21.9% of GDP (2008 estimate)

Paracel Islands Category: Transportation - Ports and terminals: small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island being expanded

Papua New Guinea Category: Government - Administrative divisions: 20 provinces; Bougainville, Central, Chimbu, Eastern Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Gulf, Madang, Manus, Milne Bay, Morobe, National Capital, New Ireland, Northern, Sandaun, Southern Highlands, Western, Western Highlands, West New Britain