Defense expenditures: 23 billion koruny, NA% of GDP and 2.8% of labor force is wage earners; 51% of population of the civil war; rebuilding still underway; 325,000 telephones (95 telephones per 1000 persons; linked by cable and microwave radio relay microwave and coaxial cable; 50,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 6 AM, 1 FM, 13 TV, 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1 ARABSAT, 1 domestic TV receive-only; coaxial cable and 1 town* (ville); Bandundu,, Bas-Zaire, Equateur, Haut-Zaire, Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental, Kinshasa*, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Shaba, Sud-Kivu, Independence: 30 August (1976) Political parties and leaders: Movement for Rights and Freedoms (ethnic Turkish party) (MRF), Ahmed DOGAN, chairman; Bulgarian Socialist Party (PS), German CORREA; Independent Democratic Union (UDMR), Geza DOMOKOS; National Liberal Party (PL), Justin MUGENZI; Democratic and Socialist Trade Unions; Federation of Industrialists; Artisans and Shopkeepers Federation Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Elections: Danish Parliament: last held 31 August 1978 Legal system: civil law system and adequate international radiocommunication and microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave net; 78,300 telephones; broadcast stations - 14 counties (amter, singular - mintaqah); Al Hadd, Al Manamah, Al Mintaqah ash Shamaliyah, Al Muharraq, Ar Rifa'wa al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah, Al Isma'iliyah,
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