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May 11, 2005

New Edition of the CIA World Factbook

The CIA announced last month (press release here) that the 2005 CIA World Factbook is now available. The Factbook can be reached at http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html . In addition to the usual updates to the actual information, the Factbook has added features....

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January 26, 2005

Official Documents of the UN Now Free

Preesh to Web4Lib to the pointer that the Official Documents of the United Nations are now available for free. The documents are available at http://documents.un.org/welcome.asp?language=E . ......

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July 29, 2004

A One Pager of Country and Regional Search Engines

Phil Bradley's got a very nice one-pager of what looks like hundreds of country and regional search engines. It's available at http://www.philb.com/countryse.htm . The countries/regions are listed at the top of the page and range from Africa to Zimbabwe. Below...

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January 28, 2004

A Directory of Place-Based Web Sites

There are zillions of place-based directories out there, but Places Online caught my eye for two reasons. First because it's administered by the Association of American Geographers. The second reason is because it has a published list of site criteria....

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January 07, 2004

St. Thomas University School of Law Diplomacy Monitor

Sometimes you just gotta let the title speak for itself. And the announcement. "The St. Thomas University School of Law Diplomacy Monitor utilizes specially developed proprietary software to monitor the global output of communiqués, official statements, press briefings, position papers,...

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January 31, 2002

International Affairs Resources

If you're looking for information on international affairs, http://www.etown.edu/vl/ will do the trick. This site, which is part of the WWW Virtual Library, contains over 2000 links pertaining to international affairs. Check out the front page for a bevy of...

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February 21, 2000

WorldSkip covers the world

WorldSkip ( http://www.worldskip.com/ ) is a nicely designed clearinghouse of information on every country in the world. On the front page you'll find pulldown menus for six different areas of the world. Use the pulldown menu to choose a country...

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November 01, 1999

Information Site for Global Sites

Looking for locations of official city information? Check out http://www.officialcitysites.org/country.htm -- Official City Sites. This is nowhere approaching complete and at the moment it only covers Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, UK, US, and New Zealand. That having been...

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