Russia is a prosperous, nuclear-armed, resource-rich behemoth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lincoln Chafee: Beware of Growling Bears] Reference

Aceh is a resource-rich province at the western tip of Indonesia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama's Bad Prescription for Indonesia] Reference

Papuans are demanding independence for their resource-rich province.    From Wordnik.com.  [Today's Photos: Oct. 17] Reference

This add-on highlights important locations, like resource-rich mining nodes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Your Desktop Is Cluttered? Try World of Warcraft] Reference

You recently returned from Bunia, the main city in the resource-rich Ituri province.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&Amp;A: Springboard For Terror?] Reference

Burma is a resource-rich country that suffers from government controls and abject rural poverty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

We're not a resource-rich country, and I really think that that is what's calling the shots now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2010] Reference

Australia is a natural resource-rich country with significant petroleum, natural gas and coal reserves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy profile of Australia] Reference

The report made no recommendations regarding the distribution of oil revenue from the resource-rich region.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gates Presses Kurds to Settle Iraq Disputes] Reference

The loss of territory in resource-rich southern Sudan would have grave economic consequences for the north, analysts say.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Sudan independence vote at risk] Reference

It describes the proposal as robbing the "golden goose" that helped the resource-rich economy avoid a recession last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Opposition Bloc Leads in Australia] Reference

Just like I know you will when looking at these other potentially resource-rich populations just waiting to be tapped into!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jilly Gagnon: A Modest Proposal, or How to Use Wasted Resources...Like the Elderly!] Reference

Declining world commodity prices, for example, are forcing governments in the resource-rich region to reduce spending plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexico and Brazil Step In to Fight Currency Declines] Reference

That is happening in other resource-rich countries, too, offering a potentially attractive opening for populist politicians.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peru Struggles to Spread Resources Wealth,] Reference

Burma, a resource-rich country, suffers from pervasive government controls, inefficient economic policies, and rural poverty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Many resource-rich countries in Africa face special governance challenges related to weak and poorly enforced law and policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Governance of land in Africa] Reference

The commodity-price explosion led by oil since late 2007 separated the fate of resource-rich Brazil, and resource-poor Turkey.    From Wordnik.com.  [It’s All About Commodities] Reference

That's what happened for years in Sudan, Angola, the Republic of the Congo, and in almost every resource-rich African country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Africa's New Deal] Reference

The Gulf between the haves and the have notes in what, from afar, looks to be such a beautiful country, resource-rich country.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2007] Reference

Chinese envoys are now showing up in a number of resource-rich countries, such as Sudan and Angola, where others fear to tread.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hungry For Power] Reference

Burma is a resource-rich country that suffers from government controls, inefficient economic policies, and abject rural poverty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2005 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Meanwhile, resource-rich states like Texas, Wyoming and North Dakota that have had tamer budget problems got more than they needed.    From Wordnik.com.  [State, Local Budget Woes To Continue] Reference

This small bust-up has spiraled into a bitter diplomatic confrontation, centering on claims to uninhabited but resource-rich islands.    From Wordnik.com.  [China's Premier Threatens Japan Over Boat Dispute] Reference

It also highlights Chinese interest in its northern neighbor as resource-rich Mongolia tries to capitalize on resilient Chinese demand.    From Wordnik.com.  [CIC in Talks on Mining Investment] Reference

To what extent might a wet, underpopulated, resource-rich, less bitterly cold North promise refuge from these broader global pressures?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unfreezing Arctic Assets] Reference

The resource-rich Melanesian countries generally request SOPAC's assistance to promote or develop their mineral or petroleum potential.    From Wordnik.com.  [Australia Signs Memorandum With South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission] Reference

The elites in poor but resource-rich countries such as the DRC often have no interest in the actual operation of infrastructure or mining projects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dams, Rivers and Stolen Millions in the Congo] Reference

Supported by an oil - and resource-rich foundation, the Canadian dollar is a petro currency, appreciating when oil and other commodity prices rise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Dollar This Year] Reference

South Korea's reluctance to move more dramatically could also indicate how tough it can be for countries to put sanctions in place on resource-rich Iran.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Korea to Close Iranian Bank Branch] Reference

Pakistan also accuses RAW of fueling an armed separatist movement in the country's huge and resource-rich Baluchistan province that borders on Afghanistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mutual Mistrust] Reference

Although some cross-strait cooperation has taken place between Taiwan and China, numerous territorial disputes in the resource-rich South China Sea persist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy profile of Taiwan] Reference

Even in a resource-rich country like Brazil it is becoming more difficult to modernize area-wise according to the example of former industrialized countries.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Overview] Reference

That "is not the way to encourage the cooperation or accountability necessary to improve governance in resource-rich countries," he wrote in the blog posting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oil Industry Gets Disclosure Jolt] Reference

But now the commodities downturn is walloping big swaths of the continent, ending an unprecedented period of optimism in resource-rich countries across Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zambia's Economy Falls With Price of Copper] Reference

One of the big debates now is whether Russia will become "a civilized resource-driven economy" like Canada, or go the way of resource-rich dictatorships, says Ruehl.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Two Russias] Reference

And when it comes to resource-rich Zimbabwe, which has been with international sanctions for widespread human rights abuses, China has spent billions in loans and investments.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2007] Reference

Countries where the deaths occurred were not disclosed by all companies, but estimates suggest they were most common in those resource-rich regions where labour costs are lowest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vedanta stripped of safety awards in light of Indian site disaster] Reference