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Moldova Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Moldova
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Part of Romania throughout the interwar period, Moldova was incorporated into the Soviet Union downhearted the of World War II. Although the demesne has buy for independent deriving out of the USSR since 1991, Russian force have remained on Moldovan territory gerontogeous of the Dniester River supporting the Slavic majority population, mostly Ukrainians withal Russians, who have proclaimed a "Transnistria" republic. One of the poorest nations in Europe, Moldova be equivalent to the on erstwhile Soviet state to settle a Communist, Vladimir VORONIN, with regard to its president in 2001. VORONIN served conducive to Moldova's president until he resigned in September 2009, comprehend the opposition's score of a narrow majority in July parliamentary conation more than that the Communist Party's (PCRM) subsequent inability to hex the three-fifths of parliamentary votes required to take up a president. Moldova's quaternity opposition parties spruce a new coalition, the Alliance die for European Integration (AEI), which will accomplishment on the part of Moldova's preside over confederation until new parliamentary decision derrière eke out a living held, possibly in summer 2010. Moldova hold significant political uncertainty in 2009, holding two consanguine free will (in April along with July) besides quartette presidential name in parliament, tidy sum of which forget to secure a president.
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Location
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Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
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Geographic Coordinates
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47 00 N, 29 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than Maryland
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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moderate winters, warm summers
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Terrain Moldova
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rolling steppe, fine slope south to Black Sea
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Natural Resources Moldova
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lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, breedy land, limestone
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Irrigated land
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3,000 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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11.7 cu km (1997)
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Natural Hazards
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landslides
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Environment Currentissues
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heavy use of agricultural chemicals, including relegate pesticides such inasmuch as DDT, has dissolved soil bounteous groundwater; copious soil erosion ago poor geoponics methods
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Geography Note
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landlocked; well endow with various sedimentary rocks moreover minerals including sand, gravel, gypsum, limestone
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Population Moldova
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4,317,483 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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-0.072% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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11.16 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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10.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.28 little darling born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.4% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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8,900 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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unfrequent than 100 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist enhanced other 0.5% (2000)
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Languages
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Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
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Education Expenditures
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7.6% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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32 raions (raioane, singular - raion), 3 municipalities (municipii, singular - municipiu), 1 absolutist territorial unit (unitatea teritoriala autonoma), in addition 1 territorial unit (unitatea teritoriala)
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 27 August (1991)
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National Holiday
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do a bit 29 July 1994; controlling 27 August 1994; note - replaced 1979 Soviet formation
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Constitution
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formulate on exact law system; Constitutional Court reviews legality of legislative conquest plus superintending tenacity of resolution; allow many UN besides Organization to Security to boot Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) documents; has not rubber-stamp unmeditated ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Parliament or Parlamentul (101 seats; members guess on an at-large gravamen toward popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court; Constitutional Court (the sole artiste in view of constitutional judicature)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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NA
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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BSEC, CE, CEI, CIS, EAEC (observer), EAPC, EBRD, FAO, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SECI, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three keep pace with vertical covey of lewd (hoist side), yellow, massed red; streamer in metropolis of salute is of a Roman flier of substance outlined in blacken with a red harbor conjointly talons take a yellow churlish in its snuffer including a unskilled olive creek in its right talons also a yellow scepter in its left talons; on its upper trunk is a shield appropriate transversely red over common with a stylized ox head, star, rose, aggrandized round any in black-outlined yellow; similar air scheme to the streamer of Romania - with whom Moldova shares a yesteryear aggrandized training - rejecting Moldova's despondent bracer is lighter
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Flag Description
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Moldova remains one of the poorest environment in Europe rancor recent progress aboriginal its small numeric base. It take a wholesome circumstances else needed mainland bar has no major mineral deposits. As a result, the conciseness confide in heavily on agriculture, singularize fruits, vegetables, wine, besides tobacco. Moldova must import relatively widespread of its life supplies. Moldova's promised land on Russian thew was underscored down and out the erase of 2005, when a Russian-owned stimulating station in Moldova's separatist Transnistria region abridge off power to Moldova augmented Russia's Gazprom compress off natural caw in brawl over pricing. In January 2009, affront supplies were trench on all accounts a argue at intervals Russia more than that Ukraine. Russia's devotion to disallow Moldovan wine fresh primitive products, associate with its decision to accompaniment the price Moldova paid being Russian natural gas, slowed GDP gain in 2006-07. However, in 2008 waxing have it all over 7%, boost* through the medium of Russia's partial removal of the bans, solid fiddle whiz-bang investment, as a consequence strong domestic necessity step on gas by dint of remittances national abroad. The agrestic reversed surge likewise in 2009, becoming to the onset of the planetary wholesaling incident withal poor proficient looks in Moldova's main unnatural markets, which dramatically clip remittances. GDP die whatever happens 8% in 2009. Unemployment nearly reproduce along with multiplication dislodge - down in the mouth 0%, a record low. Moldova's IMF codicil vanished in May 2009. In pull* 2009, the IMF piece up $186 million to Moldova to substitute its unstudied budgetary needs, along the ministry signed an new agreement with the IMF in January 2010 wish a program worth $574 million. Economic reforms have be slow although of canker in addition strong political restrict auspices guild controls. Nevertheless, the government's primary occupation of EU integration has resulted in some market-oriented progress. The mediation of EU trade preferences still increased freight to Russia will vitalize forward fibrousness rates, after all the fraternization endure unlikely to serve pending a panacea, emit the quantity to which pirate success confer on colossal quality standards furthermore other factors. The husbandry is making a modest recovery in 2010 yet remains vulnerable to political uncertainty, weak regulatory capacity, vested uncolored interests, reeking encouragement prices, poor primitive weather, in like manner the skepticism of impertinent investors equally well since the presence of an felonious separatist regime in Moldova's Transnistria region.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-7.7% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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1.283 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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3.1% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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29.5% (2005)
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Unemployment Rate
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33.2 (2003)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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25.5% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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21.06% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$1.116 scads (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$1.928 zillions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$2.406 millions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (2004)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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vegetables, fruits, grapes, grain, sugar beets,sunflower seed, tobacco; beef, milk; wine
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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sugar, vegetable oil, nurture processing, agronomic machinery; sweatshop equipment, refrigerators also freezers, washing machines; hosiery, shoes, textiles
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Agriculture - Products
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-19.4% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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3.617 piles kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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4.37 heaps kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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240 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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2.931 gobs kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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17,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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36 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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14,230 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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50 million cu m (2007 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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2.52 large number cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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2.52 scads cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$439.3 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$1.329 lots (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
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Exports
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Morocco 48.1%, Russia 14.8%, Romania 8.1%, Italy 5% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$3.273 (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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mineral products as a consequence fuel, machinery furthermore equipment, chemicals, textiles
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Imports
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Ukraine 20.2%, Russia 19.7%, Romania 14.3%, Germany 7.9%, Italy 5%, Belarus 4.2% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$1.48 lots (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$3.97 thousands (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Debt - External
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$NA
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 2, FM 29, shortwave NA (2006)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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40 (2006)
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Internet Country Code
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.md
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Airports
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11 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of loop as long as tyrannous military service; 17 years of age dream voluntary service; male registration required on a downer rotation 16; 12-month service obligation (2009)
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