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BBC Country Profiles - Provides guide to history, politics and economic background of numerous countries. Also includes audio and video clips from the BBC archives.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm |
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City Population - Statistical tables and maps for the principal cities and agglomerations of the world.
http://www.cities.onlinehome.de/ |
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CitySearch.com - Find in-depth local information for major cities around the world.
http://www.citysearch.com/ |
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Commonwealth Secretariat - Includes profiles for member countries as well as links to their official websites.
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=20724 |
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Economist.com: Country Briefings - Provides country briefings, which include articles, background profiles, forecasts and statistics and information about economy, politics and history on numerous countries.
http://www.economist.com/countries/ |
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Eldis Country Profiles - Search for information on economic, political and environmental issues in countries throughout the world. Eldis makes a qualitative selection of materials and structures it for easy access.
http://www.eldis.org/country/ |
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Global Real Estate Project - Reference information on countries of the world intended for use in international real estate research. Review business, government, and socioeconomic data for specific countries, or compare statistics for several selected countries.
http://burns.dcb.du.edu/ |
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GlobalTower.com - Links to news, business, and travel information, for western hemisphere countries.
http://globaltower.com/ |
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Munisource - A world-wide directory of municipal, town and city web sites, and a resource for elected and municipal officials. The site hosts a chat facility and a bulletin board (web forum). Tenders, policies, bylaws and job postings can be listed here.
http://www.munisource.org/ |
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Nations Online - Comprehensive portal to sites in various countries throughout the world.
http://www.nationsonline.org/ |
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Official City Sites - Directory of official city, county, state and country sites from Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Also includes chamber of commerce and visitor bureau sites.
http://officialcitysites.org/ |
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Wcities.com - Guide to tourist information, shopping, sports, dining and events in selected major cities of the United States, Europe and worldwide, tailored towards delivery on WAP devices such as cellphones.
http://www.wcities.com/ |
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Webteka - Directory of countries with flags, basic information and links to country directories and government sites.
http://www.webteka.com/ |
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World Information - Key facts, indicators, country profiles, news, weather, currencies and comments on every country and territory.
http://www.worldinformation.com |
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Worldstatistics - Provides various statistics and profiles for countries, major world cities, continents and the earth itself.
http://www.worldstats.org/ |
