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... Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through lia... ... channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence Agency RTS-2C Was... ...ent of State may obtain copies from: Department of State INR/IC/CD Room 8646 New State Washington, D.C. 20520 Tel: (202) 647-9673. Requesters outside ... ...Namibia 1 7 1 Nauru 172 Nepal 17:5 Netherlands 1 71 Netherlands Antilles 176 New Caledonia 177 New Zealand 178 Nicaragua 180 Niger 182 Nigeria 183 Niu... ...pital: Kabul Administrative divisions: 29 provinces with centrally appointed governors Legal system: not established; has not accepted compulsory ICJ ... ...nces divided into departments, arrondissements, districts, led by provincial governors ap- pointed by President Legal system: based on French civil la... ...7,870 km 2 ; land area: 125,460 km 2 Comparative area: about the size of New York State Land boundaries: 3,540 km total Climate: temperate; cool summe... ...nd local stat- ute; justice is administered by the Royal Court Branches: the Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief is the personal representative... ...and popular government Government leaders: Lt. Gen. Sir Alexan- der BOSWELL, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief (since 1985); Sir Charles FROS...

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...Introduction: Dead Souls, first published in 1842, is the great prose classic of Russia. That amazing institution, ?the Russian novel,? not only began its career with this unfinished masterpiece by Nikolai Vasil?evich Gogol, but practically all the Russian masterpieces that have come since have grown o...

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...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION O...

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