Yearbook 2008 Ukraine. Ukraine was back in gas conflict with Russia in the midst of a cold winter, when Russian state Gazprom threatened to halt deliveries unless Ukraine paid its large debts. The crisis seemed to be resolved as Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko traveled to Moscow and settled with President Vladimir Putin. But when the…
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Uganda 2008
Yearbook 2008 Uganda. The year began hopefully with an end in view of the long-standing rebel war in the north. In February, the government and the rebel movement signed the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) on a permanent ceasefire. After almost two years of negotiations, there was now only a settlement of disarmament, demobilization and reconciliation…
Tuvalu 2008
Yearbook 2008 Tuvalu. Pacific Island Niue Island wants regional help to receive more Tuvalu emigrants, who are threatened by rising sea levels as a result of climate change. Tuvalu is only an average of two meters above sea level and according to some studies, the islands can disappear into the sea in just 30-40 years….
Turkmenistan 2008
Yearbook 2008 Turkmenistan. From the New Year, the ban on foreign currency trading was lifted, a step in President Gurbanguli Berdimuchammedov’s attempt to open the energy-rich Turkmenistan economically to the outside world. ABBREVIATIONFINDER: Click to see the meanings of 2-letter acronym and abbreviation of TM in general and in geography as Turkmenistan in particular. Land…
Turkey 2008
Yearbook 2008 Turkey. The power struggle further raged between the secularist establishment, with its military base, and the moderate Islamist government and its liberal supporters. In February, the ruling Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) passed a law that gave green light for women to wear headscarves at the country’s university. The opposition said that…
Tunisia 2008
Yearbook 2008 Tunisia. Thirty people were sentenced on December 30, 2007, for involvement in a firefight between militant Islamists and security forces in the city of Soliman in January 2007. Two of them were sentenced to death, the others to prison for between five years and life. The Independent Tunisian Human Rights Association (LTDH) argued…
Trinidad and Tobago 2008
Yearbook 2008 Trinidad and Tobago. The country’s president George Maxwell Richards was re-elected in February for a second five-year term. He was installed on March 17 at a ceremony at the stadium on the outskirts of the capital Port of Spain. In addition to specially invited guests, the public also got to attend the festivities…
Tonga 2008
Yearbook 2008 Tonga. Tonga’s last parliamentary elections under the current constitution were held in April. After pressure – among other things during the demonstrations in November 2006 – the Government has promised that the next election, 2010, will be made in accordance with a new, democratic constitution. The present Parliament consists of the government and…
Togo 2008
Yearbook 2008 Togo. The government that took office at the end of 2007 after the general election resigned in September. The reason for the departure was that the government fulfilled its mission of consolidating the nation, laying the foundations for growth and development, improving access to basic community services and confirming Togo’s place in the…
Thailand 2008
Yearbook 2008 Thailand. Thailand experienced a politically stormy year and its fragile democracy seemed seriously threatened. The newly formed People’s Power (PPP) formed government at the end of January, a month after the parliamentary elections, together with five smaller parties. New Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, a supporter of the overthrown Thaksin Shinawatra. See themakeupexplorer.com for northern…