Virgin Islands
18 years of age; universal; note - indigenous
inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential
elections
Wallis and Futuna
18 years of age; universal
Western Sahara
none; a UN-sponsored voter identification campaign
not yet completed
Yemen
18 years of age; universal
Zambia
18 years of age; universal
Zimbabwe
18 years of age; universal
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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@2124 Telephone system
Afghanistan
general assessment: very limited telephone and telegraph
service
domestic: in 1997, telecommunications links were established between
Mazar-e Sharif, Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad, and Kabul through
satellite and microwave systems
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
linked only to Iran and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region);
commercial satellite telephone center in Ghazni