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- Official government/UN
- The United Nations Member States site provides country data: http://www.un.org/en/members/index.shtml
- The Europa World Year Book - Ref Counter JN1 .E85. The most concise, comprehensive way to get quick information on countries.
- UNData - Searches across multiple databases. Also provides detailed country data. Updated data available.
- The CIA's World Factbook provides a lot of information about countries and international organizations.
- The UNPAN's (United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance) Public Administration Country Profile page provides links to the government, constitution and public laws for most countries.
- Country information from deleGATE.
- Nations of the World from the Law Library of Congress, provides many useful links to official government sites, legal guides and general resources for countries worldwide.
- Foreign Information About Countries, from the University of Colorado Libraries.
- Countries of the World - All sorts of unexpected information about countries, dating from 1989. The Country Ranks list is very interesting.
- Comparative International Statistics, from the US Census.
- NationMaster - pulls data about countries from a variety of economic and political resources.
- Background Notes/Country
U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets - From the US Department of State.
- Newspapers:
- News and Periodical Resources on the Web. From the Library of Congress, a list of online free news services from around the world.
- The database Proquest LexisNexis (Drew community only access) provides access to over 40 international newspapers.
- From the default search page, click on "Search by Content Type". Opt for All News, Broadcast Transcripts or Foreign Language News.
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