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t marine: total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 604,843 GRT/1,050,914 DWT by type: bulk carrier 12, cargo 6, chemical tanker 2, container 3 foreign-owned: 6 (United Kingdom 6) registered in other countries: 291 (2005) Airports: 65 (2004 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 42 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 8 under 914 m: 16 (2004 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 23 under 914 m: 23 (2004 est.) Heliports: 2 (2004 est.) Military Switzerland Military branches: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) Military service age and obligation: the Swiss Confederation states that "every Swiss male is obligated to do military service"; every Swiss male has to serve for at least 260 days in the armed forces; 19 years of age for compulsory military service; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscripts receive 15 weeks of compulsory training, followed by 10 intermittent recalls for training over the next 22 years; women are accepted on a voluntary basis, but are not drafted (2005) Manpower available for military service: males age 19-49: 1,707,694 (2005 est.) Manpower fit for military service: males age 19-49: 1,375,889 (2005 est.) Manpower reaching military service age annually: males: 46,319 (2005 est.) Military expenditures - dollar figure: $2.548 billion (FY01) Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1% (FY01) Transnational Issues Switzerland Disputes - international: none Illicit drugs: a major international financial center vulnerable to the layering and integration stages of money laundering; despite significant legislation and reporting requirements, secrecy rules persist and nonresidents are permitted to conduct business through offshore entities and various intermediaries; transit country for and consumer of South American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005 ====================================================================== @Syria Introduction Syria Background: Following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Syria was administered by the French until independence in 1946. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel. Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in an ostensible peacekeeping ro
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