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  Read about Municipality at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Municipality and learn about Municipality here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Municipalities are not necessarily the same as townships.
In Canada, a municipality is a city, town, township, county, or regional municipality which has been incorporated by statute by the legislatures of the Provinces and territories of Canada.
Taiwan, a municipality (直轄市 in Wade-Giles: chi-hsia-shih) is a city with equal status to a province: Taipei and Kaohsiung.
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 Libya. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Libya was a very poor agricultural country with bleak economic prospects until 1958, when petroleum was discovered 200–300 mi (320–480 km) S and SE of the Gulf of Sidra; crude petroleum was exported on an increasingly significant scale between 1961 and 1981.
Libya was made an integral part of Italy in 1939, and the Muslim population was granted a limited form of citizenship.
Libya’s foreign policy was generally reoriented away from N Africa and toward the heart of the Middle East.
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 Why War? Keywords: Libya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In practice, however, Libya is essentially a dictatorship, with Qadhafi ruling by decree, assisted by a small clique of military and political officials.
On December 19, 2003, Libya admitted having had a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programme and simultaneously announced its intention to end it and dismantle all existing WMD to be verified by unconditional inspections.
In Greek mythology, Libya was a daughter of Memphis and Epaphus.
www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/libya   (979 words)

  
 MUNICIPALITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A municipality or general-purpose district is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government.
In the Philippines, a municipality is part of a province and is composed of barangays.
In the Republic of China on Taiwan, a municipality is a city with equal status to a province: Taipei and Kaohsiung.
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 Encyclopedia: Municipalities of Libya
A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government.
Al Aziziyah is one of the municipalities of Libya, located in the north of the country.
Ash Shati is one of the municipalities of Libya.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Municipalities-of-Libya   (432 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Libya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Qaddafi claims that Libya is a "pure socialist state", and as such the formal institutions of government are purposely quite vague.
In practice, however, Libya is essentially a military dictatorship, with Qaddafi ruling by decree, assisted by a small clique of military and political officials.
Libya has given strong political and financial aid to various radical Palestinian groups and other enemies of Israel, sponsoring terrorist activities throughout Europe and the Middle East in support of the Palestinian cause.
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 Municipality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A municipality or general-purpose district (see also: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government.
In the Philippines, a municipality (bayan) is part of a province (lalawigan) and is composed of barangays.
In the Republic of China on Taiwan, a municipality (直轄市 in Wade-Giles: chi-hsia-shih) is a city with equal status to a province: Taipei and Kaohsiung.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/municipality   (589 words)

  
 Libya - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The sanctions were lifted on September 12, 2003, after Libya agreed to accept responsibility and make payment of US $2.7 billion to the families of those who died in the bombing.
On December 19, 2003, Libya admitted having had a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program and simultaneously announced its intention to end it and dismantle all existing WMD to be verified by unconditional inspections.
Natural hazards: hot, dry, dust-laden sirocco (known in Libya as the ghibli) is a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall; dust storms, sandstorms.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /libya.htm   (1226 words)

  
 Libya - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya or Libya (Arabic: ليبيا;, transliterated Lībiyyā) is a country in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, located between Egypt on the east, Sudan on the southeast, Chad and Niger on the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.
The name "Libya" derives from the ancient Egyptian term "Lebu", referring to Berber peoples living east of the Nile, and adopted into Greek as "Libya".
In the same vein, on February 26, 2004, the United States lifted its 23-year travel ban to Libya, and on September 21, 2004, eliminated remaining economic sanctions against the former pariah, lifting the prohibitions of the Libyan Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 550, and unblocking property and property interests previously blocked under those regulations.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Libya   (1369 words)

  
 Municipality - Gurupedia
A municipality or general-purpose district (see also: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village
In the United States, a municipality is a city, town, township, county, borough, parish, or any other similar division which is part of a U.S. state.
Although it is a part of a district (distrito) for certain national administrative purposes, the municipality is not subordinate to the district and decentralization is doing away with the districts.
www.gurupedia.com /m/mu/municipality.htm   (360 words)

  
 Why War? Keywords: Libya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Israel and North Korea are classified as Red Flag countries, apart from I...
Under the program, all male visitors ages 16 to 45 from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria were ordered to register with the INS by Dec 16.
Monday was the deadline for nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria.
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 Libya (11/05)
Libya's use--and heavy loss--of Soviet-supplied weaponry in its war with Chad was a notable breach of an apparent Soviet-Libyan understanding not to use the weapons for activities inconsistent with Soviet objectives.
Libya paid compensation in 1999 for the death of British policewoman Yvonne Fletcher, a move that preceded the reopening of the British Embassy in Tripoli, and paid damages to the families of the victims in the bombing of UTA Flight 772.
Libya re-established its diplomatic presence in Washington with the opening of an Interest Section on July 8, 2004, which was subsequently upgraded to a Liaison Office in December 2004.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5425.htm   (4549 words)

  
 Libya - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
The Reagan administration saw Libya as an unacceptable player on the international stage because of its uncompromising stance on Palestinian independence, its support for revolutionary Iran in its 1980-1988 war against Saddam_Hussein's Iraq (''see Iran-Iraq_War''), and its backing for "liberation movements" in the developing world.
The government is called a "jamahiriya," a modification of the Arabic word "jumhuriya" (republic) that translates loosely as "people's state." In practice, however, Libya is essentially a dictatorship, with Qadhafi ruling by decree, assisted by a small clique of military and political officials.
Libya's wars against other Arab states are discussed in the entry Middle_East_conflict ---- In Greek_mythology, Libya was a daughter of Memphis and Epaphus.
www.indexsuche.com /Libya.html   (759 words)

  
 Libya Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The '''Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya''' or '''Libya''' (Arabic languageArabic: ليبيا) is a country in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, located between Egypt on the east, Sudan on the southeast, Chad and Niger on the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.
Libya has no constitution, and the laws of the land come from Islamic law, and Qadhafi's ''The Green BookGreen Book'' of political philosophy.
In practice, however, Libya is essentially a dictatorship, with Qadhafi rule by decreeruling by decree, assisted by a small clique of military and political officials.
www.echostatic.com /index.php?title=Libya   (1241 words)

  
 Sebha
It is unclear whether the US intelligence community had associated this facility with Libya's nuclear ambitions prior to the year 2003, when Libya decided to abandon the weapons program.
It represents the development Libya has attained in a short time after the overthrow of the old regime by the Revolution inf 1969.
Sebha was the sources of the First September Revolution of 1969, and it was the pace where the Jamahiriya was announced in the "Declaration on the Authority of the People" on 2 March 1977.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/libya/sebha.htm   (660 words)

  
 mistype.info: municipal bonds variant information page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In Austria, a municipality (Gemeinde) is part of a district (Bezirk), which is in turn part of a state (Bundesland).
In Poland, a municipality (commune) (gmina) is a part of a county (powiat).
This municipal bonds variant index site has been developed to help wayward users find the information they are looking for, no matter how they are mistakenly spelled or mistyped.
www.mistype.info /municipal%20bonds.htm   (735 words)

  
 Libya - Gurupedia
In March 1982 the U.S. declared a ban on the import of Libyan oil and the export to Libya of U.S. industrial technology items, most of which where used for oil; Europe did not follow suit.
Gulf of Sidra, which Libya claimed as territorial waters but was not recognized internationally.
Libya was a daughter of Memphis and Epaphus.
www.gurupedia.com /l/li/libya.htm   (869 words)

  
 WENR, July/August 2004: Education in Libya
In 1980, to redress the balance, Libya enacted what was known as the “New Educational Structure.” School curriculums were restructured in favor of technical subjects and, in the humanities, Arabic language and Koranic education were particularly emphasized.
As a result, the United States is slowly re-establishing formal contact with Libya, and in recent months a delegation of academics and officials from both countries have toured universities in both Libya and the United States.
Higher education in Libya is provided by universities (both general and specialized) and higher technical and vocational institutions, which include polytechnics; higher teacher training institutes; higher institutes for trainers (training future higher technical institute instructors); higher institutes for technical, industrial and agricultural sciences.
www.wes.org /eWENR/04july/Practical.htm   (2962 words)

  
 Encyclopedia topic: Municipalities of Belgium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The municipalities are the smallest administrative subdivisions of Belgium.
The number of municipalities changed however until the major reform of 1977 (e.g.
After municipalities were merged in 1977 (major merging) and 1983 (merging of the municipalities of Antwerp (A port in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river)), the number came down to 589.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mu/municipalities_of_belgium.htm   (229 words)

  
 Libya
Libya changed hands several times until it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the 1500s.
Libya became involved in Arab affairs and was the recipient of financial and development assistance from Europe.
The climate of Libya is Mediterranean along the coast and extreme desert in the interior.
www.gayarab.com /regional/libya.htm   (878 words)

  
 Libya Municipalities
It was conquered by Italy, and became an Italian colony by the Treaty of Ouchy on 1912-10-18.
According to Jose Gavinha, the changes from the 25 municipalities of ~1987 to the 34 municipalities of ~2001 were as follows.
Al `Aziziyah municipality renamed to Al Jifarah; Al Khums municipality renamed to Al Marqab; Sawfajjin renamed to Bani Walid; Tarhunah renamed to Tarhunah-Masallatah; Tobruk renamed to Al Butnan; Yafran renamed to Yafran-Jadu.
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 Libya
However, most decisions are taken by the leaders of Libya, then implemented on a local scale.
There are no rivers and the only lakes are small, and normally found in the Sahara together with oases.
Even if Libya has had the highest GNP/capita in North Africa, many years of international sanctions have had a strong and negative impact on the economy.
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 All words on Libya
Main article: History of Libya Tripoli and Cyrenaica were Roman colonies; and were conquered by Arab Muslims in the 7th century.
Main article: Politics of Libya The Libyan system of government is quite unusual.
Main article: Economy of Libya Libya's economy under the current Prime Minister (Ghanem) is undergoing an incredible business boom.
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 The Country and People of Libya
Most of Libya is part of the Sahara desert; the population is restricted to a coastal strip along the Mediterranean and a few widely scattered oases in the Libyan desert, in the east, and the Fazzan region, in the south.
In 1979 Libya intervened in Uganda to help keep Idi Amin in power, and in 1981 it dispatched troops into neighboring Chad (Libya had occupied the disputed Aozou Strip, in N Chad, in 1973), withdrawing most of them later that year.
In 1992 the UN Security Council accused Libya of supporting state terrorism and called for a ban on air flights and arms sales to it unless suspects in the Lockerbie and another airplane bombing were turned over to the U.S., Britain, and France.
www.hejleh.com /countries/libya.html   (2196 words)

  
 Top20Libya.com - Your Top20 Guide to Libya!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Since 1969 Libya has been ruled by Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi, who came to power in a coup and deposed the Libyan monarchy of King Idris.
In 1980, the Libyan government paid Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy Carter, paid $220,000 to lobby for better diplomatic relations between the United States and Libya.
In practice, however, Libya is essentially a militarydictatorship, with Qadhafi ruling by decree, assisted by a small clique of military and political officials.
www.top20libya.com   (1540 words)

  
 Municipalities of Libya - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Municipalities of Libya - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Arabic term for the Libyan administrative unit translated into English as "municipality" is baladiyah (plural baladiyat).
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Municipalities of Libya contains research on
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Municipalities_of_Libya   (78 words)

  
 Holidays in Libya - Travelling to Libya - Holidays in Libya - www.reiswijs.co.uk
Libya's main entry points are Tripoli and Benghazi or by Libyan Tunisian or Libyan Egyptian Border.
Explore Libya's desert in Wadi Ash Shati, the plain of Awaynat, Brak, Murzuq, and the oases of Al Kufrah, Zallah and Bazimah.
Libya has played host to many civilizations, and has enriched civilization in its turn, with writings, drawings and engravings in the caves of Tadrart mountains, and archaeological treasures from Ataft.
www.reiswijs.co.uk /destinations/africa/libya/libya.html   (1676 words)

  
 [02 Apr 1997] BIO/3067 : NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LIBYA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dorda was the Secretary of the People's Committee for the Municipality of Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi from 1986 to 1990.
Dorda served as Libya's Minister of Municipalities, after serving as an Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1974 to 1976.
Born in Rhebat, Libya, on 4 April 1944, Mr.
www.un.org /News/Press/docs/1997/19970402.bio3067.html   (180 words)

  
 Tarhunah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tarhunah is one of the municipalities of Libya.
Tarhunah was brought to international attention in the 1990s, when it was believed that an underground chemical weapons facility was being built there, following the discovery of a previous smaller above-ground facility at Rabta.
Reassessing Libya: an analysis from Jane's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tarhunah   (124 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Libya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In December 2003, Libya announced that it had agreed to reveal and end its programs to develop weapons of mass destruction, and QADHAFI has made significant strides in normalizing relations with western nations since then.
This effort picked up steam after UN sanctions were lifted in September 2003 and as Libya announced in December 2003 that it would abandon programs to build weapons of mass destruction.
Libya faces a long road ahead in liberalizing the socialist-oriented economy, but initial steps - including applying for WTO membership, reducing some subsidies, and announcing plans for privatization - are laying the groundwork for a transition to a more market-based economy.
www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ly.html   (1369 words)

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