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	Suriname
		The police force (Korps Politie Suriname) is comprised of 1,200 police officers and 400 to 500 civilians and is divided into 4 departments: judicial (intelligence, forensics, fraud, narcotics, investigative), general, Paramaribo, and interior (outside of Paramaribo).
		Political dissidents who emigrated during the years of military rule were welcome to return, although few chose to do so, generally for economic reasons.
		The country's political life, educational opportunities, and jobs were concentrated in the capital and its environs, while the majority of Amerindians (as well as Maroons) lived in the interior.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27920.htm (5674 words)

	Suriname \| Governments of the World
		Suriname is located on the northern coast of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean on the north, French Guiana on the east, Guyana on the west, and Brazil on the south.
		Suriname was a Dutch colony from 1667 until the country gained its independence in 1975.
		Suriname nominally is a constitutional democracy with a unicameral National Assembly of fifty-one members elected for five-year terms.
	www.bookrags.com /research/suriname-gwcr (503 words)

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		In the autumn of 2006, Suriname's army was dispatched to Nickerie in anticipation of the possible illegal immigration of Guyanese who would be trying to escape potential violence during Guyana's election on August 28, 2006.
		Politics of Suriname takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Suriname is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		Despite the diversity, the makeup of Suriname's population is very similar to that of neighboring Guyana, with the exception of the Indonesian population (which Guyana lacks).
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Suriname (2275 words)

	Surinam.net Network
		Nickerie is a district of Suriname, on the north-west coast.
		Saramacca is a district of Suriname, in the north.
		Wanica is a district of Suriname, in the northeast.
	www.surinam.net (5875 words)

	Suriname
		The Republic of Suriname, more commonly known as Suriname or Surinam, (formerly known as Netherlands Guiana and Dutch Guiana) is a country in northern South America, in between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west.
		Suriname is the smallest independent country in South America.
		The economy of Suriname is dominated by the bauxite industry, which accounts for more than 15 percent of GDP and 70 percent of export earnings.
	en.mcfly.org /Suriname (833 words)

	Suriname
		The Jewish community of Suriname is one of the oldest in the Americas.
		Suriname was attacked by the French under the command of Du Casse in 1689 and under the command of Cassard in 1712, who looted the colony and also inflicted much harm to the Jewish planters.
		As the Jewish population declined during the first quarter of the 20th century, the economic situation of the colony forced what was left of a thriving Jewish community to relocate itself mainly in Paramaribo, the capital.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Suriname.html (1475 words)

	Suriname (10/06)
		Suriname became an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on December 15, 1954, and gained independence, with Dutch consent, on November 25, 1975.
		Suriname is a member of the Caribbean Community and Common Market and the Association of Caribbean States; it is associated with the European Union through the Lome Convention.
		Suriname is densely forested, and increased interest in large-scale commercial logging and mining in Suriname's interior have raised environmental concerns.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1893.htm (4589 words)

	Wednesday’s Suriname Election: No Small Matter - Council on Hemispheric Affairs
		Surinameâs May 25 general elections could prove disappointing to many as the likely winner could be former dictator DÃ©sirÃ© Bouterse, a convicted drug smuggler who was also responsible for dozens of deaths in the 1980s.
		Among the multiple allegations against Bouterse was that he authorized the murders of 15 political opponents who were transported to a forest zone in a bus and shot in the head at point blank range.
		Surinameâs main political parties agreed to two new constitutional articles which gave the armed forces, described as the “vanguard of the people,” a virtual carte blanche to intervene in domestic political matters.
	www.coha.org /2005/05/24/wednesdays-suriname-election-no-small-matter (1969 words)

	Suriname - Gurupedia
		Suriname is a democracy based on the 1987
		While Dutch is the official language of Suriname, Sranang Tongo, originally a Creole language, is the lingua franca.
		Carib and Arowak Amerindians of Suriname speak their own languages, as do the descendants of escaped slaves in the interior; Aucan (n'Djuga) and Saramaccan.
	www.gurupedia.com /s/su/suriname.htm (740 words)

	Suriname Information Center - suriname map
		Suriname is a democracy based employment suriname and weather in suriname recipes suriname on the 1987 constitution.
		By the end independence pictures in suriname of 1997, the allocation of new Dutch development funds was frozen as Surinamese maps of suriname Government relations with the Netherlands deteriorated.
		Suriname's population of 438,144 (July 2005 est.) is made up of several distinct ethnic suriname lesson plans groups.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_P_-_S/Suriname.html (1556 words)

	Suriname: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Suriname lies on the northeast coast of South America, with Guyana to the west, French Guiana to the east, and Brazil to the south.
		The principal rivers are the Corantijn on the Guyana border, the Marowijne in the east, and the Suriname, on which the capital city of Paramaribo is situated.
		Suriname's earliest inhabitants were the Surinen Indians, after whom the country is named.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108000.html (839 words)

	Suriname
		Suriname, the smallest country in South America, is situated on the Guiana Shield[?], the highest point being the Julianatop[?] (1,286 m above sea level).
		The year has two rain seasons, from December to early February and from late April to mid-August.
		Main export products are bauxite and sugar, and Suriname has some oil and gold reserves.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/su/Surinam.html (489 words)

	Bankintroductions.com - SURINAME
		During the 1980's, Suriname struggled under the rule of of a military dictatorship with a socialist economy as the nation has a history of political violence.
		The overall Suriname economy for the most part is highly dependent upon the bauxite mining that accounts for 15 percent of GDP and 70 percent of export earnings.
		Suriname is a relatively small economy as this reflects in its wild currency swings and depreciations.
	www.bankintroductions.com /suriname.html (988 words)

	RLA/92/G 32 Suriname
		Suriname is situated in South America, between 2° and 6° northern latitude and 54° and 58° western longitude.
		Suriname is still an independent Nation but anno 1994 most of the laws are a reflection of the pre-independence period.
		In article 8 of the present Surinam law on Trademarks, a situation of Trademark commodities is presented which still has a starting point of a commitment of Suriname to the Pact of Madrid of 1891, while Suriname has cancelled her membership since 1959.
	www.prodiversitas.bioetica.org /nota16-6.htm (11759 words)

	Suriname Exploration
		Suriname's principal export and source of foreign investment is bauxite, accounting for 70 percent of Suriname's exports an 10 percent of GDP.
		Suriname is a member of the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Caribbean Community, the Association of Caribbean States and a member of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Nations.
		The major parties in Suriname politics were top-down, elite controlled organizations whose leaders provided for their constituencies through patronage, nepotism and the dispensation of favors through the party hierarchy.
	www.explorationsinc.com /suriname-tours-travel.html (2610 words)

	Logging and Tribal Rights in Suriname
		Their freedom from slavery and rights to lands and territory and the autonomous administration thereof were recognized in treaties concluded with the Dutch colonial government in the 1760s and reaffirmed in further treaties in the 1830s.
		Despite this, Suriname presently maintains that the Saramaka, and other Indigenous and Maroon peoples, have no rights to their lands and resources, all of which are owned by the state and can be exploited at any time.
		It cost her 80,000 Suriname guilders to pay someone to clear the forest plot prior to planting and all told she lost enough produce to feed her family for almost year as well as cash crops that provide much needed income.
	www.wrm.org.uy /countries/Surinam/logging.html (2512 words)

	PROCEEDINGS OF SUB-REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON
		The Republic of Suriname, situated at the north coast of South America between Guyana and French Guyana, a part of the well-known Guyana shield.
		There is no clear description of forest policy in Suriname although there are statements of policy in Governments Acts, the Constitution and the Development Plan The Forest Management Act designated the basic rule of the forest policy chapter II article 2 and 3.
		The Suriname Forest Service with high-qualified managers was, after the deteriorating of the countries economy and the interior civil war during the second half of the eighties, no longer able to fulfil its task.
	www.fao.org /docrep/003/x6689e/X6689E22.htm (2020 words)

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		Supposedly one of the billionairs in Suriname and one of the two Vice Chairman of the BVD (Gobhardan group).
		The political combination New Front appointed him as its candidate for a second term as President, due to massive manipulation by opponents he was not chosen as such.
		Studied political sciences and is momentarily President of the Republic of Suriname.
	www.parbo.com /information/who.html (1647 words)

	ipedia.com: Politics of Suriname Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		The Republic of Suriname is a constitutional democracy based on the 1987 constitution.
		Eleven of the 15 council seats are allotted by proportional representation of all political parties represented in the National Assembly.
		The president chairs the council, and two seats are allotted to representatives of labor, and two are to employers' organizations.
	www.ipedia.com /politics_of_suriname.html (652 words)

	Suriname: Logging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-02)
		The government of Suriname has been sold logging and mining rights to the interior of the country without the consent of the people who have occupied these lands for centuries.
		The GAIA Forest Conservation Archives collection of the Guyana & Suriname Rainforest Conservation Documents include recent acticles on forest issues in the region.
		A good book on the political ecology of Suriname is Marcus Colchester's recent book Forest Politics in Suriname.
	nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu /~arm/surinameLog.html (225 words)

	Gateway to Suriname, The Complete Guide providing information and useful links regarding Surinam. Historical
		Suriname became an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on December 15, 1954, and gained independence on November 25, 1975.
		Suriname was a working parliamentary democracy in the years immediately following independence.
		The Venetiaan government was able to effect a settlement to Suriname's domestic insurgency through the August 1992 Peace Accord with Bush Negro and Amerindian insurgents.
	www.surinam.net /historical.html (1024 words)

	Suriname Web Page - Sharon Grau
		Politically speaking, the laws and regulations governing trade must be considered as well as the political factors that determine which company or companies may have the concessions to certain tracts of land.
		Even though deforestation is the major environmental problem facing Suriname, were it to trade its timber, it is not the final resting place of the issue.
		Different animals live in different parts of the world, and although Suriname may not lay claim to nearly 420 gorillas (as many as live in Odzala), the numbers are comparable and noteworthy.
	www.american.edu /TED/surinamewood.htm (4171 words)

	Suriname - Country Profile - Destination Dutch Guiana, Netherlands Guiana, South America
		Embassy of the Republic of Suriname in the U.S. Washington, DC.
		The University of Suriname started in 1968 and it offers studies in the fields of social, technological and medical sciences.
		WWF-Guianas, part of the global WWF family, is working to protect the forests, freshwaters and coasts of the Guianas (French Guiana, Suriname, and Guyana).
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/suriname.htm (561 words)

	VoS Search: Politics
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	vos.ucsb.edu /search-results.asp?search=Politics (3125 words)

	SURINAME DEVELOPMENT PROFILE
		Caribbean nations, most of which have achieved levels of political, social,and economic development that puts them in the medium-developed or developed categories, are confronting challenges that threaten their future development and their ability to keep pace with other countries in the hemisphere.
		Suriname contains more rainforest than all of Central America and its rainforests are high in biological diversity and endemic species and home to thousands of indigenous peoples.
		The Republic of Suriname, the former Dutch Guyana in the middle of the three Guyanas, is situated at the north-eastern coast of South-America, north of Brazil, between 2 and 6 degrees northern latitude, and 54 and 58 degrees western longitude.
	www.eclacpos.org /profile/profileByCountry.asp?country_id=19&country_name=SURINAME (3273 words)

	Government, Politics, Law : Suriname : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
		The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Suriname is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
		One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to Suriname is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/sa/suriname/).
		The Political Database of the Americas offers political information for Suriname. Categories include constitutional studies, electoral systems, political parties, executive institutions, and legislative institutions. The Political Database is a service of the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
	www.loc.gov /rr/international/hispanic/suriname/resources/suriname-government.html (308 words)

	Law of Suriname – Web Listings
		Suriname law resource page with links to the Suriname constitution, Suriname government, Suriname law firms, Suriname law, Suriname legal research,...
		In the law of Suriname, a distinction is made between a marriage according to civil law and one contracted under the Asian Marriage Act.
		When you are in Suriname, be aware that local laws and penalties, including ones that appear harsh by Australian standards, do apply to you.
	www.business.com /directory/law/international_law/countries/suriname/weblistings.asp (411 words)

	Global Voices Online » Suriname
		A passage in a book about Suriname received as a Christmas present resonates strongly with ArubaGirl: “While things in Aruba aren’t nearly as bad as they were during that time in Suriname, I could particularly identify myself with that passage.
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	www.globalvoicesonline.org /-/world/americas/suriname (3233 words)

	Suriname as an Independent Republic quiz -- free game
		"Suriname became an independent republic in 1975 after having been a Dutch colony for three centuries.
		Politics in Suriname are dominated by the struggle between two ethnic groups.
		Bouterse had to accept democratic elections in Suriname.
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