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  The World Factbook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As The World Factbook is prepared by the CIA for the use of U.S. government officials, the style, format, coverage and content are primarily designed to meet their specific requirements.
The official seal of the CIA, however, may not be copied without permission as required by the CIA Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. section 403m).
The Factbook's house style for spelling defers to the United States Board on Geographic Names and the CIA itself; as a consequence the head of Al-Qaeda is referred to as Bin Ladin [16] and the ruler of Libya is referred to as Qadhafi.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CIA_Factbook   (1509 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: CIA World Factbook
As The World Factbook is prepared by the CIA for the use of The government of the United States, established by the Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 states, a few territories and some protectorates.
This "factbook," an archive of data collected by the United States government, serves the empire by working to control discourse, specifically the way other nations are represented and discussed.
The CIA, acting on behalf of the United States government, was heavily involved in the ousting of the above-mentioned "three-year-old Marxist government" which, at the time, was led by democratically elected Salvador Allende [3].
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/CIA-World-Factbook   (3574 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: CIA Factbook
The Factbook was careful to use diplomatic language as not to offend Beijing—the official name of Taiwan under its "Government" section is given as "none" while the title "Republic of China" does appear in the Factbook due to a change on January 27, 2005.
The CIA World Factbook is an annual publication by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with basic almanac -style information about the various countries of the world.
The factbook gives a two- to three-page summary of the demographics, location, telecommunications capacity, government, industry, military capability, etc, of almost all countries in existence.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/CIA-Factbook   (689 words)

  
 CIA World Factbook: Tutte le informazioni su CIA World Factbook su Encyclopedia.it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Il CIA World Factbook è quindi una fonte di pubblico dominio di immagini quali mappe geografiche e bandiere.
Misuse of the official seal of the CIA could result in civil and criminal penalties.
L'uso scorretto del sigillo ufficiale della CIA può comportare conseguenze civili e penali.
www.encyclopedia.it /c/ci/cia_world_factbook.html   (143 words)

  
 CIA World Factbook 1995: Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
One important caution: the proportion of, say, defense expenditures as a percentage of GDP in local currency accounts may differ substantially from the proportion when GDP accounts are expressed in PPP terms, as, for example, when an observer tries to estimate the dollar level of Russian or Japanese military expenditures.
Note: The numbers for GDP and other economic data can not be chained together from successive volumes of the Factbook because of changes in the US dollar measuring rod, revisions of data by statistical agencies, use of new or different sources of information, and changes in national statistical methods and practices.
Starting with the 1993 Factbook, demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have taken into account the effects of the growing incidence of AIDS infections; in 1993 these countries were Burkina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Thailand, Brazil, and Haiti.
www.hri.org /docs/CIA/nda.html   (3492 words)

  
 CIA Factbook on Intelligence 2002
While classified, the budget and size of the CIA are known in detail and scrutinized by the Office of Management and Budget and by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Defense Subcommittees of the Appropriations Committees in both houses of Congress.
The CIA's procedures require senior approval for any such collection that is allowed, and, depending on the collection technique employed, the sanction of the Attorney General and Director of Central Intelligence may be required.
The CIA is not a policymaking organization; it advises policymakers on matters of foreign intelligence, and it conducts covert actions only at the direction of the President.
www.netzdino.de /cia-factbook/faqs.html   (1276 words)

  
 CIA FACTBOOK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
The Factbook is published by the CIA to provide facts about countries to policymakers in the United States.
It is interesting that the CIA Factbook has been the standard on the Internet for basic country facts for several years.
The CIA Factbook's advantages are many, most importantly being just facts with no commentary and thus not biased toward some point of view.
www.edclicks.com /jumpstart/pavilions/sri_lanka/cia_example.html   (225 words)

  
 Wikitravel:CIA World Factbook 2002 import - Wikitravel
The Factbook is public domain content -- created by US Government employees -- so it is compatible with our copyleft.
Data in the factbook import articles was developed by people mostly interested in invading those countries, not in visiting them.
The last article to be converted was for Djibouti, which for whatever reason came up at the bottom of the list when searching for "cia world factbook" in the text of destination articles.
wikitravel.org /en/Wikitravel:CIA_World_Factbook_2002_import   (549 words)

  
 The CIA World Factbook
The CIA is anything but a benign agency and more than a passive intelligence-gathering arm of the United States government.
The CIA creates clandestine allies, operates secretly within the borders of other countries, and is generally involved in espionage.
This raises another problem with the Factbook that it is in the nature of the CIA, an intelligence gathering body, to work in secret.
reconstruction.eserver.org /033/shuler.htm   (5796 words)

  
 CIA World Factbook (hires, color, b&w and text only, 10 versions) eBook
This edition of the CIA's World Factbook (updated 27 January 2005) is intended for monochrome lo-res PDA's with a screen resolution of 160x160 (e.g.
This edition of the CIA's World Factbook (updated 27 January 2005) is intended for hi-res PDA's with a screen resolution of 320x480 (e.g.
This edition of the CIA's World Factbook (updated 27 January 2005) is intended for lo-res color PDA's with a screen resolution of 160x160 (e.g.
www.memoware.com /?screen=doc_detail&doc_id=15510&back=main   (399 words)

  
 Wikipedia:Status of the porting of the CIA World Factbook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Department of State info is at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/ ; I'm going about adding that alphabetically, as well; it's taking some time because not all of the text can be cut and pasted directly, at least not without looking sloppy.
Much of it has to be integrated or left unadded, and some of their information, oddly enough, conflicts with the CIA info, esp. in re: economic figures.
Beginning with the 2006 edition of The World Factbook, the entry for this territory has been merged in the new United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wikipedia:Status_of_the_porting_of_the_CIA_World_Factbook   (692 words)

  
 cia factbook
Aramanıza (cia factbook) dair istatistikler yine bu kutucukta size sunulacaktır.
Sayfanın en alt kısmında içerisinde cia factbook geçen kaç sayfa bulunduğunu görebilir ve cia factbook araması için diğer sonuç sayfalarına erişebilirsiniz.
As The World Factbook is prepared by the CIA for the use of US government officials, the style, format, coverage and content are primarily designed to meet...
www.websiteleri.org /?nedir=cia+factbook   (246 words)

  
 CIA World Fact Books
The Hoover Commission's Clark Committee, set up in 1954 to study the structure and administration of the CIA, reported to Congress in 1955 that: "The National Intelligence Survey is an invaluable publication which provides the essential elements of basic intelligence on all areas of the world.
The first classified Factbook was published in August 1962, and the first unclassified version was published in June 1971.
The 1975 Factbook was the first to be made available to the public with sales through the US Government Printing Office (GPO).
www.emilitarymanuals.com /ciawfb.htm   (937 words)

  
 CIA Factbook on Intelligence 2002
Today, CSI has three core missions: to inform the decisions of key Agency leaders, to write the authoritative history of the CIA, and to enhance the public's understanding of the role of intelligence in national security.
The CIA History Staff, founded in 1951, comprises professionally trained historians with internationally recognized expertise in the history of CIA and American intelligence.
Outside CIA, the Department of State is the most important beneficiary of the Staff's knowledge of CIA history.
www.netzdino.de /cia-factbook/csi.html   (412 words)

  
 CIA Factbook Corrects Spelling of S. Korean President   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
The Web site of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) corrected the name of the South Korean president to Roh Moo-hyun from previously spelled Noh Moo-hyun (as received) and updated the names of newly appointed politicians, including Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan, who took office in late June.
The data of the CIA World Factbook 2004 was changed on Nov. 2, according to the Web site.
The CIA site spells the name of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il as "Kim Chong-il" and still applies the McCune-Reischauer system of romanization to spell South Korean provinces, such as "Cheju" and "Cholla," rather than the government's official spelling, "Jeju" and "Jeolla."
www.fas.org /irp/news/2004/11/yonhap112904.html   (260 words)

  
 Amazon.com: World Factbook 2004: 2004 Edition (CIA's 2003 Edition) (World Factbook): Books: The Central Intelligence ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
In the thirty years since its declassification, The World Factbook, produced annually by the CIA, has become the ultimate, authoritative source of information on all the nations of the world.
The World Factbook provides the indispensable reference for individuals possessing a curiosity or concern about the rapidly changing world in which we live.
These documents indicate that between October 1960 and April 1961, in Cuba alone, the CIA introduced 75 tons of explosives in 30 secret aerial missions, and 45 tons of weapons and explosives in 31 Marine infiltrations.
www.amazon.com /World-Factbook-2004-CIAs-2003/dp/1574888374   (1212 words)

  
 CIA World Factbook
The Factbook is produced by the Central Intelligence Agency to provide comprehensive basic intelligence for the US Government.
The World Factbook data is in the public domain and may be copied freely without permission of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), for further information please see the CIA World Factbook copyright information.
Note: starting with the 1993 Factbook, demographic estimates for some countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
www.esds.ac.uk /international/support/user_guides/ciainfo.asp   (1389 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The World Factbook: 2005: CIA's 2004 Edition (World Factbook): Books: The Central Intelligence Agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
The World Factbook, produced annually by the CIA, has become the ultimate, authoritative source of information on all the nations of the world.
The World Factbook provides the indispensable reference for curious individuals concerned about the rapidly changing world in which they live.
"Factbook" is an appropriate name, as it is just that, a list of facts.
www.amazon.com /World-Factbook-2005-CIAs-2004/dp/1574889427   (735 words)

  
 Shopping Resources - cia factbook of guinea
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We do our best to deliver results at ukuk.com so you get the most relevant information available today in the UK for your search for cia factbook of guinea.
Below are today’s most relevant results for the search: cia factbook of guinea
www.ukuk.com /default.asp?search=cia+factbook+of+guinea   (90 words)

  
 Capitals.com - Atlas of Capitals and Countries Around the World
Recent confirmation that the United Kingdom Government administers the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on Cyprus as dependencies (and not as lease areas like the US Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba) has required a changing of their status and their addition to the Factbook as new entities.
A fuller explanation may be found under the European Union Preliminary statement.
In the People category, a Major infectious diseases field has been added for countries deemed to pose a higher degree of risk for travelers.
www.capitals.com   (270 words)

  
 CIA FOIA - Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
The CIA has established this site to provide the public with an overview of access to CIA information, including electronic access to previously released documents.
Because of CIA's need to comply with the national security laws of the United States, some documents or parts of documents cannot be released to the public.
In particular, the CIA, like other U.S. intelligence agencies, has the responsibility to protect intelligence sources and methods from disclosure.
www.foia.ucia.gov   (201 words)

  
 Top 20 Encyclopedia
For example, the overall map of the United Kingdom lists the town of Grangemouth in Scotland, although it is only a small town and in no way a major city (this is perhaps due to its status as a major center of the oil industry in Scotland).
As an official publication of the United States government, the factbook lists the official policy of the United States government as 'fact' often with little more than a footnote to indicate that the fact is disputed or that a contrary position exists.
The factbook often highlights diplomatic disputes that are recognized by the United States but yet ignores or downplays disputes that are not favored by the government's foreign policies.
encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/CIA_World_Factbook   (1065 words)

  
 Google Earth Blog: CIA World FactBook in Google Earth
A few months ago I wrote a story on a collection of placemarks which provided all sorts of details on countries, their flag, and links to other sources of information on the countries.
The CIA World Factbook is a nice collection of public information on countries of the world made available by the US government on the Internet for many years now.
For someone that uses the CIA World Factbook regularly, this a pretty neat new way to do it: http://der-mo.net/WINDS/ The cool part is that the interface allows for various relations, not just borders.
www.gearthblog.com /blog/archives/2006/01/cia_world_factb.html   (349 words)

  
 e3 Information Overload, E-Resources for Engineering Education: CIA World Factbook
The World Factbook provides all types of information about countries from around the world.
The year 2006 marks the 59th anniversary of the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency and the 63nd year of continuous basic intelligence support to the US Government by The World Factbook and its two predecessor programs.
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blog.case.edu /bcg8/2006/05/15/cia_world_factbook   (256 words)

  
 CIA Factbook report thailand asia pattaya bangkok climate thai
CIA Factbook report thailand asia pattaya bangkok climate thai
The following facts, statistics and information is from the official CIA fact book report on Thailand, Asia.
The following was last updated by the CIA in January 2002.
www.pjscuba.com /CIAFactbook.htm   (1133 words)

  
 [Omnigator] A CIA World Factbook Topic Map
Description: A Topic Map of Geographical Data based on the CIA World Factbook.
This is an example topic map generated through a quick Python hack from data in HTML format that was "harvested" from the CIA World Factbook web site back in 1999.
Note that PSIs have been fabricated based on the codes used by the CIA to identify countries.
www.ontopia.net /omnigator/models/topicmap_complete.jsp?tm=factbook.hytm   (137 words)

  
 CIA Factbook Grep in Python   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
This project is just a quick python script that parses the CIA world factbook, searches for a specific property, like population, and prints this property for all countries in the database.
It works for almost all properties speficied in the CIA datase.
The program makes a good start for any CIA data harvesting hacks.
douweosinga.com /projects/ciagrep   (274 words)

  
 ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » CIA World Factbook for your iPod   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
This is brilliant, with WORLDview, you can access all kinds of info about all kinds of regions on the go with your iPod.
This entry was posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2005 at 4:29 pm and is filed under Other.
Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
www.cominganarchy.com /archives/2005/09/22/cia-world-factbook-for-your-ipod   (289 words)

  
 CIA World Factbook
The list of links provided for each country contains one that connects you to the CIA World Factbook.
If you come across unfamiliar words return to the top of the page and click on the World Factbook Home page.
There you will find an explanation of the term you don't understand.
cuip.uchicago.edu /~rcap/2001/act1ciafactbook.htm   (333 words)

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