What is a good website or source that gives a synoposis of every country in the world?
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Sounds like you need the CIA World Factbook. Talks about every country's economy, population, government, import/exports, gdp, etc. 2005 being their latest edition...
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A comprehensive list of countries with presidents, and the past and current presidents is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President#Presidential_chronologies
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/\nclick the countries tab on top and read about a country\n-----\ntry not to compare developed and developing nations: its bound to be different\ntry the cliche INDIA vs CHINA\nor better yet, Japan vs China or China vs Taiwan
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go to wikipedia and search there... you can find all kinda stuffs over there...
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You can go to the CIA world factbook they will give you the list of countries.  Scroll down and bingo get the number of countries.  Hope this helps.
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The CIA maintains a site where you can find information about almost any country. Look here: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower \n\nI hope this helps. The site I've given you has detailed information on every country in the world - I found it invaluable a few years ago when I was doing a report on Burkina Faso
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Yes, All countrys have a history.  Use an encyclopedia.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antartica
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42 other countries from all around the world.
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Hi Mehak, all the information that you need is here.\n\n\nCountries, Facts & Figures.\n\nhttp://countrystudies.us/\n\nhttps://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html\n\nhttp://education.yahoo.com/reference/factbook/;_ylt=AjgPIHeVuFG24KzyHBaLfaBeCc0F\n\nhttp://www.mistupid.com/geography/flags.htm\n\nhttp://www.sitesatlas.com/Maps/Info/countries.htm\n\nhttp://www.sitesatlas.com/\n\nhttp://www.scalloway.org.uk/\n\nhttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html\n\nHistory of Nations\n\nThis site has a history of every nation in the world as well as many  non-sovereign territories.  Each country is covered by a brief essay which gives the highlights of each nation's history.\n\nhttp://www.historyofnations.net/\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Here is where you can get official information about any country in the world:\n\nhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/my.html\n\nI'd take note of that website.  I find it invaluable!
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try the CIA Website, you have to know what the countries of Africa are though !
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Look at www.worldfactbook.com
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Go to the The Economist website (www.economist.com) and pick the Philippines under country briefings. (It's on the sidebar). It should have everything you need. The CIA World Factbook and U.S. State Department websites also have good information and are easy to find on google.
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check the cia web site under world facts there you will find a break down of all countries
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Here you go.\nhttp://www.planetpals.com/worldwonders.html