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Black site, authored by the former deputy director of the cias counterterrorism center, philip mudd, is an examination of the development and implementation of the program, the cias system of secret detention facilities and the enhanced interrogation techniques applied there to extract information from detainees following the 911. The factbook provides a two to threepage summary of the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military of 272 countries, dependencies, and. If you wish to link to this page, you can do so by referring to the url address below this line. Religions, literacy rates, population, major diseases, countrybycountry it is all here. The world factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military.
The information regarding world on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency and other sources. The cia world factbook 20192020 central intelligence agency on amazon. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about the 2009 cia world fact book should be addressed to the cia. If you just want the latest data, get it using the latest link above. Black site, authored by the former deputy director of the cias counterterrorism center, philip mudd, is an examination of the development and implementation of the program, the cias system of secret detention facilities and the enhanced interrogation techniques applied there to extract information from detainees. North of the rift valley, in central ethiopia, are the simien mountains and lake tana. How reliable and accurate is the cias the world factbook.
In just over two hundred pages, he tackles and deconstructs fallacies infecting our cities, our relationships, the academy, business, race relations, and the third world. Jan 23, 2018 the cia has a better understanding of north koreas efforts to develop nuclear missiles that can reliably hit targets in the united states, the agencys director said tuesday, but is still working. Since world war ii, the impressive growth of the manufacturing, mining, and service sectors has transformed the nation from a largely rural economy into one primarily industrial and urban. Two centuries of viking raids into europe tapered off following the adoption of christianity by king olav tryggvason in 994. Nepal cia world factbook the best country factbook. The directorate of plans now the directorate of operations had a bit of a head start, owi. The cia world factbook 20182019 central intelligence agency on amazon. World factbook online the cias world factbook available at most university libraries is now available online with. This comprehensive guide is packed with data on the. The cias complicity in recent global atrocities revealed. From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 2016 offers complete and uptodate information on the worlds nations. These are the categories, fields, and subfields of information generally recorded for each country. Cameroon s marketbased, diversified economy features oil and gas, timber, aluminum, agriculture, mining and the service sector.
For each country, the cia world factbook 2017 includes. Oil remains cameroon s main export commodity, and despite falling global oil prices, still accounts for nearly 40% of exports. Afghanistan from the book the cias greatest hits by mark zepezauer during the reagan years, the cia ran nearly two dozen covert operations against various governments. Freedom of information act electronic reading room. The world factbook simple english wikipedia, the free. News and analysis on population size and growth, migration, refugees and more.
Publication of risens book shut it down completely and made all of our efforts for naught was the court testimony on jan. Cia world fact book, 2004atlantic ocean wikisource, the. Afghanistan from the book the cias greatest hits by mark. The 1990 cia world factbook library of congress classification. Nov 22, 2016 a countrybycountry guide to the world. The world factbook, also known as the cia world factbook, is a book that contains the central intelligence agencys information about the world s countries. Although half of gdp is generated through the service sector, nearly twothirds of bangladeshis are employed in the agriculture sector, with rice as the singlemostimportant product. This comprehensive guide is packed with detailed information on the politics, populations, military expenditures, and economics of 2015. In the early years after the cia was established, everything had to be started pretty much from scratch, invented on the fly, and adjusted later as needed. These include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as mistaken ideas about urban problems, income differences, malefemale. This entry includes the number of males for each female in five age groups at birth, under 15 years, 1564 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of world 2020 information contained here.
Issn 155383 for additional information on government leaders in selected foreign countries, go to world leaders. I received this book through a good reads first reads giveaway. The highest court s subfield includes the name s of a countrys highest level court s, the number and titles of the judges, and the types of cases heard by the court, which commonly are based on civil, criminal, administrative, and constitutional law. Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, providing a livelihood for threefourths of the population and accounting for. Governmental, political and legislative information. From the world s most sophisticated intelligence gathering organization, here is the cia s official countrybycountry data on nations around the world. The kremlin, the cia, and the battle over a forbidden book new york. It has information on each countrys people, history, transportation, miltary, communications, geography and flag. From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 20192020 offers complete and uptodate information on the world s nations.
The world factbook countrylocation photo gallery modal world. This indicator shows the potential for population change in the country. Fill in all data points about the four assigned countries. This is a snapshot of the cia world fact book as it existed on 26 march 2005. Dec 30, 2007 thomas sowells remarkable book economic facts and fallacies is even more remarkable for its brevity. The total fertility rate tfr is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. The world factbook also known as the cia world factbook is an annual publication of the central intelligence agency of the united states with almanacstyle information about the countries of the world. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of puerto rico 2020 information contained here. Gaps remain in cias understanding of north korean nukes. Potomac books publishes a commercial version of the world factbook in order to extend the limited audience reached by the cias own.
The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Nepal is among the poorest and least developed countries in the world with almost onethird of its population living below the poverty line. Despite sustained domestic and international efforts to improve economic and demographic prospects, bangladesh remains a poor, overpopulated, and illgoverned nation. Cias top lawyer made criminal referral on whistleblower. Since 1958, it has constructed a presidential democracy resistant to the.
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