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k Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001) Radios: 52,000 (1997) Television broadcast stations: 1 (2002) Televisions: 28,000 (1997) Internet country code: .dj Internet hosts: 702 (2004) Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000) Internet users: 6,500 (2003) Transportation Djibouti Railways: total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway) narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia (2003) Highways: total: 2,890 km paved: 364 km unpaved: 2,526 km (1999 est.) Ports and harbors: Djibouti Merchant marine: total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,369 GRT/3,030 DWT by type: cargo 1 (2004 est.) Airports: 13 (2003 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 3 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1524 to 2437 m: 1 (2004 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 10 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.) Military Djibouti Military branches: Djibouti National Army (including Navy and Air Force) Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001) Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 108,771 (2004 est.) Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 64,540 (2004 est.) Military expenditures - dollar figure: $26.5 million (2003) Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 4.4% (2003) Transnational Issues Djibouti Disputes - international: Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with "Somaliland" leadership while maintaining some political ties to various factions in Somalia including the Somali Transitional National Government in Mogadishu Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 25,474 (Somalia) (2004) This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005 ====================================================================== @Dominica Introduction Dominica Background: Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans, due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced
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