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  Foreign relations of Croatia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Foreign relations were severely affected by the government's hesitance and stalling of the extradition of Croatian general Janko Bobetko to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and inability to take general Ante Gotovina into custody for questioning by the Court.
Related to the border in the said bay is Slovenian access to international waters which would require Croatia to cede at least some of its territorial waters to the west of Umag.
Foreign relations of: Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria •
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 Learn more about Nigeria in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Nigeria became a British protectorate in 1901, and a colony in 1914.
Nigeria was granted full independence in 1960, as a federation of three regions, each retaining a substantial measure of self-government.
Nigeria is divided roughly in three by the rivers Niger and Benue, which flow through the country from north-east and north-west to meet roughly in the centre of the country near the new capital city of Abuja.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /n/ni/nigeria.html   (948 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Foreign relations of the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The current Secretary of State is Condoleezza Rice; the Secretary of State is the foreign minister of the United States and is the primary conductor of state-to-state diplomacy.
During the Cold War, U.S. foreign policy sought to limit the influence of the Soviet Union around the world, leading to the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and diplomatic actions like the opening of China and establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
United States foreign policy is influenced by the efforts of the U.S. government to halt imports of illicit drugs, including cocaine, heroin, and marijuana.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Foreign_relations_of_the_United_States   (1850 words)

  
 Nigeria - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Nigeria won full independence in 1960, as a federation of three regions, each retaining a substantial measure of self-government.
Nigeria is a Federal Republic, comprising 36 states plus the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja.
Northern Nigeria was the location of half of all documented polio cases in 2003, but Muslim clerics have repeatedly inveighed against the vaccine as an effort by Westerners to sterilize young Nigerian Muslim girls.
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 Top20Nigeria.com - Your Top20 Guide to Nigeria!
On December 21, 1997, there was allegedly another attempted coup on the Abacha government by Oladipo Diya, and he was imprisoned.
With the majority of Nigerian's believing that the Obansanjo regime is the most corrupt in the history of Nigeria, the majority of Nigeria professionals are leaving the country causing a massive brain drain on the economy.
Although not well known outside of a small group, the Nigerian soccer team won a gold medal in the 1968 Olympics.
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 AllRefer.com - Azerbaijan - Foreign Relations | Azerbaijani Information Resource
In September 1920, newly formed Soviet Azerbaijan signed a treaty with Russia unifying the military forces, the economy, and foreign trade of the two countries, although the fiction of Azerbaijani autonomy in conducting foreign affairs was maintained.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow initially used Azerbaijani diplomats to increase Soviet influence in the Middle East through missions in Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan, but most transborder contacts by Azerbaijanis had been eliminated by the 1930s.
In the post-World War II period, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs could issue limited visas for travel to Iran only.
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