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World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY)

The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) is the world’s most renowned and comprehensive annual report on the competitiveness of nations, ranking and analyzing how a nation’s environment creates and sustains the competitiveness of enterprises.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html T his series of profiles of foreign nations is part of the Country Studies Program, formerly the Army Area Handbook Program.

Country Profiles : Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress

The World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

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Project Syndicate - A World of Ideas - the highest quality opinion editorial ( op-ed ) commentaries

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http://www.npr.org/ While liberal Christians argue the Bible should be interpreted as society changes, conservatives argue for a more literal reading, leading to differences in belief about God and homosexuality.

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Could we at least be honest about we're doing? The U.S., by giving the rebels this communications equipment, is now officially helping Syrians kill other Syrians. Juxtaposition provides insight into Pentagon delusion. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/

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World business, finance and political news from the Financial Times – FT.com US

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