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0 (1998) Radios: 37,000 (1997) Television broadcast stations: 1 (plus three low-power repeaters) (1997) Televisions: 10,000 (1997) Internet country code: .gi Internet hosts: 641 (2006) Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2000) Internet users: 6,200 (2002) Transportation Gibraltar Airports: 1 (2006) Airports - with paved runways: total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006) Roadways: total: 29 km paved: 29 km (2002) Merchant marine: total: 180 ships (1000 GRT or over) 1,129,379 GRT/1,437,754 DWT by type: barge carrier 3, bulk carrier 1, cargo 105, chemical tanker 26, container 26, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 11, roll on/roll off 6, specialized tanker 1 foreign-owned: 165 (Belgium 2, Cyprus 1, Denmark 1, Finland 3, France 1, Germany 108, Greece 7, Iceland 1, Ireland 1, Italy 6, Latvia 2, Netherlands 5, Norway 18, Sweden 5, UK 4) (2006) Ports and terminals: Gibraltar Military Gibraltar Military branches: Royal Gibraltar Regiment Manpower available for military service: males age 18-49: 5,959 (2005 est.) Manpower fit for military service: males age 18-49: 4,893 (2005 est.) Manpower reaching military service age annually: males age 18-49: 187 (2005 est.) Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the UK; the last British regular infantry forces left Gibraltar in 1992, replaced by the Royal Gibraltar Regiment Transnational Issues Gibraltar Disputes - international: in 2002, Gibraltar residents voted overwhelmingly by referendum to reject any "shared sovereignty" arrangement; the government of Gibraltar insists on equal participation in talks between the UK and Spain; Spain disapproves of UK plans to grant Gibraltar even greater autonomy This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007 ====================================================================== @Greece Introduction Greece Background: Greece achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In World War II, Greece was first invaded by Italy (1940) and subsequently occupied by Germany (1941-44); fighting endured in a protracted civil war between supporters of the king and Communist rebels. Following the lat
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