Another reason: The country's political landscape has barely changed in the last two decades, with Prime Minister Milo Dukanovic recently reelected to his fifth term in office after first coming to power in 1991.

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Her support for emerging designers of diverse backgrounds and influences has bolstered the fashion industry's bottom line while reflecting the country's diverse cultural landscape, Spinelli said.

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The city-state's condensed landscape -- the entire country is squeezed into a land area smaller than most big cities -- means visitors can quickly tour some of Singapore's most famous attractions and be back at the airport in a matter of hours.

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Alcaraz is the author of La Cucaracha, a nationally syndicated comic that focuses on the country's changing cultural and political landscape.

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Britain, already in the midst of an economic storm, was hit by the real thing on Monday as one of the worst snow storms in two decades threatened to shake the country's already-fragile business landscape.

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The Queen had been set to tour the museum's Australia Landscape exhibition ahead of her visit to the country next week.

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Because the U.S. census does not ask questions about religion, Pew's survey, called "America's Changing Religious Landscape, " provides one of the most reliable sources of data about the country's religious demographics.

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After becoming prime minister again in 1997 with a comfortable majority, Mr Sharif appeared to dominate the political landscape and exerted a powerful hold over all the country's major institutions - apart from the army.

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