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

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August 23, 2011 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Algeria, Bahrain, Brazil, Central African Republic, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 11 - 18 Aug 2011.

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August 25, 2011 - Two new fields have been added in the Economy section of The World Factbook, "Taxes and other revenues" and "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)."

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August 31, 2011 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Afghanistan, Canada, Dominican Republic, Moldova, Nepal, Paraguay, Portugal, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Venezuela. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 19 - 29 Aug 2011.

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September 1, 2011 - Canada recently renamed the three major components of its armed forces. These and other changes for Botswana, Cape Verde, the Gambia, Venezuela, and Yemen may be found under the "Military branches" entry of The World Factbook.

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September 8, 2011 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Cyprus, Egypt, Grenada, Holy See (Vatican City), Iraq, Japan, Nepal, New Zealand, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tonga, United Arab Emirates. Changes reflect the addition of South Sudan and the removal of Netherlands Antilles as well as updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 30 Aug - 6 Sep 2011.

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September 9, 2011 - Check out the latest update to CIA publications:

• 9.11 Marking the Tenth Anniversary

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September 14, 2011 - How many furlongs make up a mile? Check out the Weights and Measurements appendix in The World Factbook for the answer!

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September 16, 2011 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, China, Cuba--NDE, Dominican Republic, Latvia, Macedonia, Nepal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 6 - 15 Sep 2011.

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September 22, 2011 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Angola, Bahrain, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Japan, Libya, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Panama, Qatar, Somalia. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 15 - 21 Sep 2011.

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September 22, 2011 - In the Economy category of The World Factbook, the energy fields have been updated with the most recent data available.