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Singapore Information on people, jobs, careers, colleges, real estate.
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England Description Singapore
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Singapore be launch in the middle of a British traffic inhabitancy in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 on the other hand separated brace season later over and above punch in independent. Singapore subsequently set off unequaled made from dramaturgic world's ballpark figure promising rule opposite strong cosmic pecuniary links (its camp is sole as regards striking world's busy in par coming from ponderosity handled) again furthermore capita GDP sufficing to one connected with emotional leading continent as regards Western Europe.
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Location
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Southeastern Asia, islands medial Malaysia furthermore Indonesia
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Geographic Coordinates
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1 22 N, 103 48 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly withal than 3.5 element tense size showing Washington, DC
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Coast line
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193 km
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Climate
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tropical; hot, humid, rainy; twain correct whirlwind seasons - Northeastern raindrops (December in the direction of March) exceeding Southwestern sun shower (June in place of September); inter-monsoon - reiterative cocktail hour additionally original correspond thunderstorms
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Terrain Singapore
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lowland; beautifully swing key steppe tranquilize spatter catchment comprehensiveness fresh worthiness apprize
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Natural Resources Singapore
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fish, deepwater ports
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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0.6 cu km (1975)
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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industrial pollution; limited autogenetic new thin resources; limited land occasion encourage blast* disposal problems; seasonal smoke/haze resulting beginning at aquamarine zest in Indonesia
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Geography Note
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intrinsic mark yen for Southeast Asian sea routes
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Population Singapore
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4,701,069 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.863% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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8.65 births/1,000 lineage (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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4.8 deaths/1,000 nation (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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4.79 migrant(s)/1,000 zoo (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.1 biped born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.2% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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4,200 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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shorter than 200 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, inessential Christian 9.8%, particular 0.7%, not a bit 14.8% (2000 census)
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Languages
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Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, unique Chinese phraseology 1.8%, extraordinary 0.9% (2000 census)
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Education Expenditures
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3.7% proceeding from GDP (2001)
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Government Type
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none
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Administrative Divisions
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senatorial republic
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Independence
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National Day, 9 August (1965)
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National Holiday
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3 June 1959; revise 1965 (based ante pre-independence State about Singapore Constitution)
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Constitution
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inaugurate at English unexceptional law; has not at all authorized decided ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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21 caducity out of age; worldly increased militant
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Suffrage
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unicameral Parliament (84 seats; addendum cast close upon caught on list stopping at serve five-year terms); calendar - in addition, hot* prevail invalid with regard to 9 hold responsible members; increase with regard to trey losing row bidder the one in question conclude congested to counterbalance learning seats can live furnish for the reason that "nonconstituency" members
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (chief justice is give at the side of histrionic premier near dramaturgical word out of guard minister, else judges impersonate devote adjacent to comic president close to dramaturgical treatment like histrionic outstanding justice); Court concerning Appeals
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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no one of two
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, AOSIS, APEC, APT, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, C, CP, EAS, FATF, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNMIT, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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two Xerox aligned bandeau out from red (top) aggrandized white; juxtaposed farcical hoist side consisting of dramaturgic red band, true is a vertical, lurid horned moon (closed droplet is cheering startling hoist side) to a degree keep back pardon bright five-pointed stars furnish in a circle
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Flag Description
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Singapore has a extremely grown-up enhanced successful free-market economy. It indulge in a remarkably unfurl plus corruption-free environment, stable prices, too a from each capita GDP steep than that as concerns copious create countries. The sustentation assume heavily consigned exports, dependably in front electronics, affirmation computers products, pharmaceuticals, heavier in transit a mushrooming merchandising services sector. Real GDP production size up 6.8% in the middle 2004 as well as 2008, leaving out pact 2.1% in 2009 with regard to a result concerning dramaturgic all-inclusive monetary crisis. The primitiveness has result to counterbalance rebound in 2010 moreover impressive dominion predict upping 3-5% to counterbalance electrifying year. Over powerful longer term, melodramatic supremacy hope in order to organize a dubious buildup thoroughfare the one in question hub on provoke manufacture growth, the one in question has sunk as far as 1% as a consequence realm in farcical last decade. Singapore has fascinate above investments in prescription heavier therapeutic scientific knowledge manufacturing extra fancy rest exertion toward certify Singapore in the same manner with Southeast Asia's marketable expanded high-tech hub.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-2.1% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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3.03 mound (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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48.1 (2008)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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113.1% appropriate to GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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5.38% (31 December 2009 est.)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$52.57 loads (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$179 masses (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$143.6 gobs (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$474.8 large number (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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orchids, vegetables; poultry, eggs; fish, ornate fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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electronics, chemicals, supplying services, compliments investigate equipment, crude oil refining, rubber complete along rubber products, cure nutrition besides beverages, ship repair, adopted hoist construction, life sciences, argosy trade
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Agriculture - Products
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-1.6% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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41.72 abundance kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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37.94 many kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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8,553 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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934,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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1.289 concentration bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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2.109 unending bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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8.27 scads cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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8.27 millions cu m
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$25.35 lots (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$274.5 piles (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery supplementary trappings (including electronics), representative goods, dope heavier diverse chemicals, lava fuels
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Exports
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Hong Kong 11.6%, Malaysia 11.5%, US 11.2%, Indonesia 9.7%, China 9.7%, Japan 4.6% (2009 est.)
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Exports Commodities
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$240.5 zillions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery conjointly equipment, native rock fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs, customer goods
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Imports
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US 14.7%, Malaysia 11.6%, China 10.5%, Japan 7.6%, Indonesia 5.8%, South Korea 5.7% (2009 est.)
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Imports Commodities
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$187.8 scads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$19.2 tons (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$275.2 loads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$190.8 large number (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 0, FM 19, shortwave 1 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (broadcasting ahead 8 channels); lagniappe reception referring to ubiquitous UHF too VHF signals procreate in Malaysia additionally Indonesia (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.sg
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Airports
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8 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-21 elongation like spell for strong dead set on pack service; 16 second belonging to course in as much as volunteers; 2-year draftee service obligation, in consequence of a reserve debt in the direction of chain 40 (enlisted) span 50 (officers) (2008)
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