Micronesia 1996
Micronesia Federation, Federal Republic of Oceania; consists of the central and eastern parts of the archipelago of the Karolines in the Pacific Ocean approx. 1000 kilometers northeast of New Guinea.…
Micronesia Federation, Federal Republic of Oceania; consists of the central and eastern parts of the archipelago of the Karolines in the Pacific Ocean approx. 1000 kilometers northeast of New Guinea.…
Yearbook 1996 Mexico. While the government’s peace talks with the Zapatist guerrillas in Chiapas continued during the year, on June 28, in the southern state of Guerrero, a new guerrilla,…
Mauritius’ independence in 1968 was the result of a long period of decolonization. Britain wanted this to culminate with the grant of a very limited autonomy regarding the internal conditions…
Yearbook 1996 Mauritania. President Maaouya Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya’s party, the Social Democratic Republican Party (PRDS), won the country’s first multi-party in October and captured 70 of the parliament’s 79…
The residents of Bikini and Rongelap who had been exposed to the radioactive cloud from the hydrogen bomb blast on Bikini demanded DKK 450 million. $ in damages from the…
Yearbook 1996 Malta. President Ugu Mifsud Bonnici disbanded the parliament in September, announcing new elections until October 26 due to a request from the ruling Nationalist Party. Prime Minister Edward…
The Mali Empire was one of the major cultural and trade centers in Africa. It was occupied by France in 1850 and, together with the present Burkina Faso (Upper Volta),…
Yearbook 1996 Maldives. The Maldives is one of the LDC countries – the least developed countries in the world – which has noted high growth in recent times. During the…
Yearbook 1996 Malaysia. In the last decade, Malaysia has built up an extensive industry, largely with the help of investments from other East Asian countries. Economic growth in 1991-95 was…
Yearbook 1996 Malawi. Former President and dictator Hastings Banda, who was acquitted in a murder trial in December 1995, publicly apologized in January for the suffering inflicted on his regime,…