August 2004
see also PACIFIC RIM links
Country Information, Regional and World Rankings
BBC : The British perspective
Country Briefings: News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics and more
Country Watch- Website to the World
GeographyIQ: This site offers geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information. In addition, it brings together a number of other resources including maps, flags, currency conversion as well as climate and time zone information.
GEOSOURCE: Resources by country/region (248 links)
Library of Congress Country Files
Middle East Information Network
Newspapers From Around The World
Oddens Bookmarks: Maps , cartography and country information
Portals to the World; The Library of Congress provides these links to countries for country reports, travel, and genealogy. Larger countries have bigger, more diverse hotlists (more links to information)
Printable Maps from the United Nations
Top 100 Countries by Population
World Atlas: Stats galore
World Bank: Regions and Countries
Business Culture, Customs and Etiquette Around the World:
Earth Calendar : Browse or search for celebrations here, by date, country, or religion.
Japan: A day in the life of a school student