CIA Library | World Factbook Updates

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May 7, 2010 - Major updates made to fields in the People, Government, and Military categories. New photos appear under China, Romania, and Ukraine.

World Factbook Updates - May 7, 2010

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May 13, 2010 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Afghanistan, Cuba--NDE, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Timor-Leste, Tonga. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 30 Apr - 7 May 2010.

World Leaders - Updates for 30 Apr - 7 May 2010

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May 21, 2010 - The World Factbook has added dozens of new photos for Central and Eastern European countries, most notably from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Latvia, Poland, and Russia.

World Factbook Updates - May 21, 2010

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May 28, 2010 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominica, El Salvador, Honduras, Indonesia, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 8 - 27 May 2010.

World Leaders - Updates for 8 - 27 May 2010

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June 4, 2010 - In The World Factbook significant updates have been entered under the Government, Economy, and Military categories. The Country Comparisons function now also appears in the "World" entry to allow users to quickly view how countries rank in 58 different Factbook fields.

World Factbook Updates - June 4, 2010

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June 22, 2010 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Afghanistan, Algeria, Belize, Brunei, Comoros, Cuba--NDE, Fiji, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, North--NDE, Latvia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, Netherlands,  Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Taiwan--NDE, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 27 May - 21 Jun 2010.

World Leaders - Updates for 27 May - 21 Jun 2010

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June 30, 2010 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Australia, Benin, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Finland, Georgia, Honduras, Hungary, Mauritius, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 21 - 28 Jun 2010.

World Leaders - Updates for 21 - 28 Jun 2010

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July 1, 2010 - Many fields in the Economy category have been updated with the latest available annual data, including "Labor Force," "Unemployment rate," "Budget - revenues and expenditures," "Public debt," "Inflation rate," "Current account balance," "Exports," "Imports," "Reserves of foreign exchange," and "Direct foreign investment."

World Factbook Updates - July 1, 2010

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July 8, 2010 - Posted updated Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments with updated entries for Afghanistan, Armenia, Benin, Chile, Cuba--NDE,  El Salvador, Georgia, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Panama, Somalia, South Africa, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe. Changes reflect updates in leadership, positions, or the spelling of officials' names in the country listings during the period 29 Jun - 7 Jul 2010.

World Leaders - Updates for 29 Jun - 7 Jul 2010

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July 2, 2010 - The newest issue of "Studies in Intelligence" from CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence.

Volume 54, Number 2