CIA Library | World Factbook Updates

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August 23, 2010 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Bulgaria, Colombia, Comoros, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Tonga. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 12 - 20 Aug 2010.

World Leaders - Updates for 12 - 20 Aug 2010

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August 31, 2010 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Barbados, Comoros, Cyprus, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mauritius, New Zealand, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Zimbabwe. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 20 - 30 Aug 2010.

World Leaders - Updates for 20 - 30 Aug 2010

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September 3, 2010 - In The World Factbook various population, governmental, and military updates have been made; new photos have been added for Burma, Canada, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

World Factbook Updates - September 3, 2010

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September 13, 2010 - In the Government category of The World Factbook, the amplification of flag descriptions – to include explanations of colors and symbols – has been completed for all of the country entries.

World Factbook Updates - September 13, 2010

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September 13, 2010 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Afghanistan, Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, El Salvador, Georgia, Greece, Haiti, Iceland, Korea, South, Lithuania, Paraguay, Peru, San Marino, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Uruguay. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 31 Aug - 10 Sep 2010.

World Leaders - Updates for 31 Aug - 10 Sep 2010

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September 17, 2010 - In the Transportation category of The World Factbook, the "Roadways" field has been updated with the latest available data; significant updates also entered in the fields of the Government and Military categories.

World Factbook Updates - September 17, 2010

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September 23, 2010 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Australia, Burundi, Cuba--NDE, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Korea, South, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Federated States of, Oman, Pakistan, Romania, South Africa, Sudan, Switzerland, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 10 - 21 Sep 2010.

World Leaders - Updates for 10 - 21 Sep 2010

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September 24, 2010 - In the Economy category of The World Factbook, new data have been added for 2009 in the fields for "Central bank discount rate" and "Commercial bank prime lending rate."

World Factbook Updates - September 24, 2010

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October 1, 2010 - In The World Factbook, the "Merchant marine" field in the Transportation category has been updated with the latest available data; substantial updates also entered in fields of the Government and Economy categories.

World Factbook Updates - October 1, 2010

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October 5, 2010 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Albania, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, South, Mauritius, Moldova, Nigeria, Peru, San Marino, Slovakia, Sudan, Switzerland, Ukraine, Zimbabwe. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 21 Sep - 4 Oct 2010.

World Leaders - Updates for 21 Sep - 4 Oct 2010