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Ukraine Category: Communications - Telephones - mobile cellular: 55.24 million (2007)

Johnston Atoll Category: Introduction - Background: Both the US and the Kingdom of Hawaii annexed Johnston Atoll in 1858, but it was the US that mined the guano deposits until the late 1880s. Johnston Island and Sand Island were designated wildlife refuges in 1926. The US Navy took over the atoll in 1934, and subsequently the US Air Force assumed control in 1948. The site was used for high-altitude nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s, and until late in 2000 the atoll was maintained as a storage and disposal site for chemical weapons. Munitions destruction is now complete. Cleanup and closure of the facility ended in May 2005.

Saint Kitts and Nevis Category: Economy - Natural gas - consumption (cu m): 0 cu m (2007 estimate)

Serbia Category: Government - Judicial branch: Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (to become court of cassation under new constitution), appellate courts, district courts, municipal courts

Mayotte Category: Military - Military - note: defense is the responsibility of France; a small contingent of French forces is stationed on the island

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Korea, North Category: Economy - GDP - composition by sector (%): agriculture: 23.3%; industry: 43.1%; services: 33.6% (2002 estimate)

Sri Lanka Category: Government - Constitution: adopted 16 August 1978, certified 31 August 1978

Bouvet Island Category: Geography - Location: island in the South Atlantic Ocean, southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

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Seychelles Latitude Facts: -4.61 and Seychelles Longitude Facts: 55.45

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Marshall Islands Category: Transnational Issues - Disputes - international: claims US territory of Wake Island

Latvia Category: Transnational Issues - Illicit drugs: transshipment and destination point for cocaine, synthetic drugs, opiates, and cannabis from Southwest Asia, Western Europe, Latin America, and neighboring Balkan countries; despite improved legislation, vulnerable to money laundering due to nascent enforcement capabilities and comparatively weak regulation of offshore companies and the gaming industry; CIS organized crime (including counterfeiting, corruption, extortion, stolen cars, and prostitution) accounts for most laundered proceeds

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Category: Government - Diplomatic representation from the US: the US does not have an embassy in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saudi Arabia Category: Government - Country name: conventional long form: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; conventional short form: Saudi Arabia; local long form: Al Mamlakah al Arabiyah as Suudiyah; local short form: Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah

Seychelles Regions are: Beau Vallon

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Paracel Islands Category: Geography - Elevation extremes (m): lowest point: South China Sea 0 m; highest point: unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m

Spratly Islands Category: Transnational Issues - Disputes - international: all of the Spratly Islands are claimed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam; parts of them are claimed by Malaysia and the Philippines; in 1984, Brunei established an exclusive fishing zone that encompasses Louisa Reef in the southern Spratly Islands but has not publicly claimed the reef; claimants in November 2002 signed the "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea," which has eased tensions but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct"; in March 2005, the national oil companies of China, the Philippines, and Vietnam signed a joint accord to conduct marine seismic activities in the Spratly Islands

Denmark Category: Economy - Market value of publicly traded shares: 7.7 billion (31 December 2007 estimate)

Monaco Category: People - Birth rate (births/1,000 population): 9.09 births/1,000 population (2008 estimate)

Tokelau Category: People - Total fertility rate (children born/woman): NA (2008 estimate)