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  • 34Cambodia — /kam boh dee euh/, n. a republic in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 11,163,861; 69,866 sq. mi. (180,953 sq. km). Cap.: Phnom Penh. Formerly, People s Republic of Kampuchea, Khmer Republic. * * * Cambodia Introduction Cambodia… …

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  • 35Comprehensive Program for Socialist Economic Integration — Main article: History of the Comecon The Comprehensive Program for Socialist Economic Integration was set up in 1971, and laid the guidelines for Comecon activity until 1990. The distinction between market relations and planned relations made in… …

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  • 36Rio Tinto Group — Rio Tinto Limited plc Type Public company (ASX: RIO, LSE:  …

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  • 38Kiribati — /kear ee bah tee, kear euh bas /, n. a republic in the central Pacific Ocean, on the equator, comprising 33 islands. 56,000; 263 sq. mi. (681 sq. km). Cap.: Tarawa. Formerly, Gilbert Islands. * * * Kiribati Introduction Kiribati Background: The… …

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  • 39Foreign internal defense — (FID) is used by a number of Western militaries, explicitly by the United States but sharing ideas with countries including France and the United Kingdom, to describe an approach to combating actual or threatened insurgency in a foreign state… …

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  • 40Globalization — The European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, is the central bank for the Eurozone. Globalization refers to the increasing unification of the world s economic order through reduction of such barriers to international trade as tariffs, export… …

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