1. Bangladesh Category: Government - Legislative branch: unicameral National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad; 300 seats elected by popular vote from single territorial constituencies; members serve five-year terms; note - parliament not in session during the extended caretaker regime; elections: last held 1 October 2001 (the scheduled January 2007 election has been postponed till late 2008); election results: percent of vote by party - BNP and alliance partners 41%, AL 40%, other 19%; seats by party - BNP 193, AL 58, JI 17, JP (Ershad faction) 14, IOJ 2, JP (Manzur) 4, other 12; note - the election of October 2001 brought to power a majority BNP government aligned with three other smaller parties - JI, IOJ, and Jatiya Party (Manzur)


2. Dhekelia Category: Introduction - Background: By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers - Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The larger of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.


3. France Category: Economy - Imports - commodities (%): machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals


4. Uganda Category: Government - Judicial branch: Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president)


5. Mozambique Category: Transportation - Railways (km): total: 3,123 km; narrow gauge: 2,983 km 1.067-m gauge; 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)

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1. Cameroon Category: Geography - Elevation extremes (m): lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m; highest point: Fako 4,095 m (on Mt. Cameroon)


2. Austria Category: Military - Military branches: Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)


3. Netherlands Category: People - Nationality: noun: Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women); adjective: Dutch


4. Cuba Category: Geography - Land use (%): arable land: 27.63%; permanent crops: 6.54%; other: 65.83% (2005)


5. Ethiopia Category: Introduction - Background: Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974, a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled in 1991 by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). A constitution was adopted in 1994, and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995. A border war with Eritrea late in the 1990s ended with a peace treaty in December 2000. The Eritrea-Ethiopia Border Commission in November 2007 remotely demarcated the border by geographical coordinates, but final demarcation of the boundary on the ground is currently on hold because of Ethiopian objections to an international commission's finding requiring it to surrender territory considered sensitive to Ethiopia.

1. Barbados Category: Economy - Budget: revenues: 7 million (including grants); expenditures: 6 million (2000 estimate)


2. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Category: Economy - Imports - partners (%): Singapore 15.9%, Trinidad and Tobago 14.9%, Italy 13.3%, US 13%, China 5% (2007)


3. Korea, South Category: Economy - GDP (official exchange rate): 7.5 billion (2008 estimate)


4. Congo, Democratic Republic of the Category: Transportation - Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 211; 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17; 914 to 1,523 m: 95; under 914 m: 99 (2007)


5. French Guiana Category: Economy - Electricity - consumption (kWh): 432.6 million kWh (2003)