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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Niger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture |
 | | It is a landlocked, Sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the world's largest uranium deposits. |
 | | Drought cycles, desertification, a 2.9% population growth rate, and the drop in world demand for uranium have undercut the economy. |
| www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ng.html (1235 words) |
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