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Background Notes
These publications include facts about the land, people, history,
government, political conditions, economy, and foreign
relations
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Nationmaster.com
"...is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA
World Mactbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World
Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEFF, and OECD...."
"...provides a handy way to graphically compare nations"
"user can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics"
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United Nations Multimedia
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BBC News Country Profiles
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Economist.Com: Country Briefings
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Country Studies from the Library of Congress
- this website contains the on-line versions of books previously
published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the
Library of Congress under the Country Studies / Area Handbook Program
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army
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The World Factbook - C I A
- The World Factbook 2004 printed version provides a "snapshot" of
the world as of 1 January, 2004
- The online Factbook is updated regularly - generally weekly -
throughout the year
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