CIA Library - Global Updates from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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March 30, 2011 - The newest issue of "Studies in Intelligence" from CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence.

Source: Volume 55, Number 1

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March 31, 2011 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Andorra, Bahrain, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Guinea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Panama, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Turkmenistan. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 22 - 30 Mar 2011.

Source: World Leaders - Updates for 22 - 30 Mar 2011

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April 7, 2011 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Burundi, Costa Rica, Cuba--NDE, Gabon, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Sudan, Taiwan--NDE, Tunisia, Venezuela, Yemen. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 31 Mar - 6 Apr 2011.

Source: World Leaders - Updates for 31 Mar - 6 Apr 2011

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April 8, 2011 - The Indian Ocean island entity of Mayotte became an overseas department of France on 31 March. The change in status makes it an integral part of France and so its description is now included in the France country profile of The World Factbook.

Source: World Factbook Updates - April 8, 2011

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April 13, 2011 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Afghanistan, Angola, Belize, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, North--NDE, Maldives, Mali, Niger, Taiwan--NDE, Turkmenistan, Yemen. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 6 - 12 Apr 2011.

Source: World Leaders - Updates for 6 - 12 Apr 2011

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April 18, 2011 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Bahrain, Chile, Israel, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, Oman. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 12 - 15 Apr 2011.

Source: World Leaders - Updates for 12 - 15 Apr 2011

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April 21, 2011 - Did you know that there are more member "countries" of the International Olympic Committee than there are member countries of the UN? (The former includes a number of autonomous or semi-autonomous territories, dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.) To find out just what countries compose each of these organizations, visit Appendix B.

Source: World Factbook Updates - April 21, 2011

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April 26, 2011 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Argentina, Burkina Faso, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Egypt, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Nepal, Niger, Panama, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 15 - 25 Apr 2011.

Source: World Leaders - Updates for 15 - 25 Apr 2011

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April 28, 2011 - Significant updates have been made to the Pipelines field in the Transportation category of The World Factbook.

Source: World Factbook Updates - April 28, 2011

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May 5, 2011 - Which country has the highest number of airports? Check the Country Comparison page in The World Factbook to find out!

Source: World Factbook Updates - May 5, 2011