Zealand

Tromelin Island
defense is the responsibility of France

Turkey
in the early 1990s, the Turkish Land Force was a large but
badly equipped infantry force; there were 14 infantry divisions, but
only one was mechanized, and out of 16 infantry brigades, only six
were mechanized; the overhaul that has taken place since has
produced highly moblie forces with greatly enhanced firepower in
accordance with NATO's new strategic concept (2005)

Turks and Caicos Islands
defense is the responsibility of the UK

Virgin Islands
defense is the responsibility of the US

Wake Island
defense is the responsibility of the US; launch support
facility is part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test
Site (RTS) administered by US Army Space and Missile Defense Command
(SMDC)

Wallis and Futuna
defense is the responsibility of France

Yemen
a Coast Guard was established in 2002

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@2138 Communications - note

Afghanistan
in March 2003 'af' was established as Afghanistan's
domain name; Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as
well as public "telekiosks" in Kabul that are part of a nationwide
network proposed by the Transitional Authority for Internet access
(2002)

Bouvet Island
automatic meteorological station

Coral Sea Islands
there are automatic weather stations on many of
the isles and reefs relaying data to the mainland

Europa Island
1 meteorological station

Glorioso Islands
1 meteorological station

Juan de Nova Island
1 meteorological station

Saint Helena
Gough Island has a meteorological station

Tromelin Island
important meteorological station

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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@2140 Government - note

Malawi
the executive exerts considerable influence over the
legislature

Solomon Islands
June 2003 Prime Minister Sir Allan KEMAKEZA sought
the intervention of Australia to aid in restoring order; parliament
approved the request for intervention in July 2003; troops from
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Tonga arrived 24
July 2003. By the end of 2004 the Regional Assistance Mission to the
Solomon Islands (RAMSI) had been scaled back to 302 polic