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The world is changing and some have taken notice. Has it changed or is it just repeating? Many are coming forward and talking about personal responsibility, corruption, conditioning, and a new age of global control. Some believe we have been like pawns on a chess board being controlled by the few. Others feel it is a spiritual warfare and others see it as a corruption based on greed. Regardless of which philosophy is the one of choice, there is a need to become aware and to understand what direction we as humans are taking.

We still go to war. This primitive behavior has been seen by some as a source for population control (reducing population), gaining resources, a chance to condition an armed group, or a way to boost the economy or personal wealth. Frankly, those of us that choose to evolve spiritually are disgusted that is still even an option. War in a civilized world should only be for defense. In fact, when you see the horrific pictures of our beautiful men and women slaughtered in photos and the pain and anguish of the parents, brothers, and mothers of the innocent, it is disturbing. Einstein said, " may the conscience and the common sense of the peoples be awakened, so that we may reach a new stage in the life of nations, where people will look back on war as an incomprehensible aberration of their forefathers!".

Even worse, some are predicting the end of the world. We have the right to personal responsibility and to think for ourselves. Do not be caught up in hopelessness. These things are here to make you aware and then to make you think. When we stop thinking, then we will become slaves to ignorance. We have been given this beautiful earth and the diverse creatures that inhabit it. Let us take care of what we have and remember that we belong to each other.

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**Some of the videos on this page include material that is about harsh human behavior. They are posted here to make us aware, but not to generalize any group of individuals. All cultures have had dark moments and we should all remember that these serve to remind us of where we never want to go again. Our desire is for humanity to move beyond these behaviors and to recognize that we all have value.

 

Our World
Area	total: 510.072 million sq km land: 148.94 million sq km water: 361.132 million sq km note: 70.9% of the world's surface is water, 29.1% is land
Area - comparative	land area about 16 times the size of the US
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m note: in the oceanic realm, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the lowest point, lying -10,924 m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m
Natural resources	the rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address
Land use	arable land: 13.31% permanent crops: 4.71% other: 81.98% (2005)
Environment - current issues	large areas subject to overpopulation, industrial disasters, pollution (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances), loss of vegetation (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification), loss of wildlife, soil degradation, soil depletion, erosion; global warming becoming a greater concern
Suggested Age	the world is now thought to be about 4.55 billion years old, just about one-third of the 13.7-billion-year age estimated for the universe
Population	6,706,993,152 (July 2008 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 27.3% (male 944,665,142/female 887,471,328) 15-64 years: 65.1% 65 years and over: 7.6% (male 222,808,372/female 284,647,297) (2008 est.)
Median age	total: male: 27.4 years female: 28.7 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate	1.188% (2008 est.)
Birth rate	20.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate	8.23 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 42.09 deaths/1,000 live births male: 44.91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 39.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Life expectancy	total population: 66.26 years male: 64.3 years female: 68.35 years (2008 est.)
Total fertility rate	2.61 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Religions	Christians 33.32% (of which Roman Catholics 16.99%, Protestants 5.78%, Orthodox 3.53%, Anglicans 1.25%), Muslims 21.01%, Hindus 13.26%, Buddhists 5.84%, Sikhs 0.35%, Jews 0.23%, Baha'is 0.12%, other religions 11.78%, non-religious 11.77%, atheists 2.32% (2007 est.)
Languages	Mandarin Chinese 13.22%, Spanish 4.88%, English 4.68%, Arabic 3.12%, Hindi 2.74%, Portuguese 2.69%, Bengali 2.59%, Russian 2.2%, Japanese 1.85%, Standard German 1.44%, French 1.2% (2005 est.) note: percents are for "first language" speakers only
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 82% male: 87% female: 77% note: over two-thirds of the world's 785 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries (India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Egypt); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, South and West Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arab states, where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005 est.)
Administrative divisions	266 nations, dependent areas, and other entities
Legal system	all members of the UN are parties to the statute that established the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or World Court
Economy - overview	Global output rose by 5.2% in 2007, led by China (11.4%), India (9.2%), and Russia (8.1%). The 14 other successor nations of the USSR and the other old Warsaw Pact nations again experienced widely divergent growth rates; the three Baltic nations continued as strong performers, in the 8%-10% range of growth. From 2006 to 2007 growth rates slowed in all the major industrial countries except for the United Kingdom (3.1%). Analysts attribute the slowdown to uncertainties in the financial markets and lowered consumer confidence. Worldwide, nations varied widely in their growth results. Externally, the nation-state, as a bedrock economic-political institution, is steadily losing control over international flows of people, goods, funds, and technology. Internally, the central government often finds its control over resources slipping as separatist regional movements - typically based on ethnicity - gain momentum, e.g., in many of the successor states of the former Soviet Union, in the former Yugoslavia, in India, in Iraq, in Indonesia, and in Canada. Externally, the central government is losing decisionmaking powers to international bodies, notably the EU.
GDP (purchasing power parity)	GWP (gross world product): $65.61 trillion (2007 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate)	GWP (gross world product): $54.62 trillion (2007 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 4% industry: 32% services: 64% (2007 est.)
Labor force	3.131 billion (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate	30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2007 est.)
Industries	dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly adjusting to these technological forces; the accelerated development of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already grim environmental problems
Electricity - production	18.58 trillion kWh (2005 est.)
Electricity - consumption	16.83 trillion kWh (2005 est.)
Electricity - exports	634.8 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - imports	620.5 billion kWh (2005)
Oil - production	78.9 million bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - consumption	80.29 million bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - proved reserves	1.336 trillion bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas - production	2.854 trillion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - consumption	3 trillion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves	172 trillion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Exports - commodities	the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services top ten - share of world trade: electrical machinery, including computers 14.8%; mineral fuels, including oil, coal, gas, and refined products 14.4%; nuclear reactors, boilers, and parts 14.2%; cars, trucks, and buses 8.9%; scientific and precision instruments 3.5%; plastics 3.4%; iron and steel 2.7%; organic chemicals 2.6%; pharmaceutical products 2.6%; diamonds, pearls, and precious stones 1.9% (2006 est.)
Exports - partners	US 13.5%, Germany 7.4%, China 6.6%, France 4.6%, UK 4.5%, Japan 4.1% (2007)
Debt - external	$51.78 trillion note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt, both public and private (2004 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular	2,168,433,600 (2005)
Internet users	1,018,057,389 (2005)
Airports	total airports - 49,024 top ten by passengers: Atlanta - 84,846,639; Chicago - 77,028,134; London - 67,530,197; Tokyo - 65,810,672; Los Angeles - 61,041,066; Dallas/Fort Worth - 60,226,138; Paris - 56,849,567; Frankfurt - 52,810,683; Beijing - 48,654,770; Denver - 47,325,016 top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis - 3,692,081; Hong Kong - 3,609,780; Anchorage - 2,691,395; Seoul - 2,336,572; Tokyo - 2,280,830; Shanghai - 2,168,122; Paris - 2,130,724; Frankfurt - 2,127,646; Louisville (US) - 1,983,032; Singapore - 1,931,881 (2006)
Roadways	total: 32,345,165 km (2002)
Ports and terminals	top ten container ports (TEUs): Singapore - 24,792,400; Hong Kong - 23,539,000; Shanghai - 21,710,000; Shenzhen (China) - 18,468,890; Busan (South Korea) - 12,030,000; Kaohsiung (Taiwan) - 9,774,670; - Rotterdam - 9,603,000; Dubai (UAE) - 8,923,465; Hamburg - 8,861,545; Los Angeles - 8,469,853 (2006)
Greatest Ocean Depth	the Mariana Trench at 10,924 m in the Pacific Ocean
	source:cia.gov

Poverty
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Iraq

Environmental Issues
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UNITED STATES
	Read the US Constitution Here
Population	303,824,640 (July 2008 est.)
Area	total: 9,826,630 sq km land: 9,161,923 sq km water: 664,707 sq km note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
Climate	mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Terrain	vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii
Natural resources	coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Environment - current issues	air pollution resulting in acid rain in both the US and Canada; the US is the largest single emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels; water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers; limited natural fresh water resources in much of the western part of the country require careful management; desertification
Life expectancy	total population: 78.14 years male: 75.29 years female: 81.13 years (2008 est.)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Government	Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
Constitution	17 September 1787, effective 4 March 1789
Legal system	federal court system based on English common law; each state has its own unique legal system, of which all but one (Louisiana, which is still influenced by the Napoleonic Code) is based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Political parties	Democratic Party, Green Party; Libertarian Party,Republican Party
GDP	$13.78 trillion (2007 est.)
Population below poverty line	12% (2004 est.)
Public debt	60.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source	fossil fuel: 71.4% hydro: 5.6% nuclear: 20.7% other: 2.3% (2001)
Oil - consumption	20.8 million bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - exports	1.048 million bbl/day (2004)
Oil - imports	13.15 million bbl/day (2004)
Oil - reserves	21.76 billion bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas - consumption	604 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - exports	19.8 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - imports	117.9 billion cu m (2005)
Exports	$1.148 trillion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities	agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0% (2003)
Imports	$1.968 trillion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities	agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) (2003)
Imports - partners	China 16.9%, Canada 15.7%, Mexico 10.6%, Japan 7.4%, Germany 4.8% (2007)
Debt - external	$12.25 trillion (30 June 2007)
Exchange rates	British pounds per US dollar: 0.4993 (2007), 0.5418 (2006), 0.5493 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003) Canadian dollars per US dollar: 1.0724 (2007), 1.1334 (2006), 1.2118 (2005), 1.3010 (2004), 1.4011 (2003) Japanese yen per US dollar: 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006) 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004), 115.93 (2003) euros per US dollar: 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.8860 (2003) Chinese yuan per US dollar: 7.61 (2007), 7.97 (2006), 8.1943 (2005), 8.2768 (2004), 8.2770 (2003)
	Source: cia.gov

 

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Canada
Population	33,212,696 (July 2008 est.)
Life Expectancy	total population: 81.16 years male: 78.65 years female: 83.81 years (2008 est.)
Natural hazards	continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains
Environment - current issues	air pollution and resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests; metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions impacting on agricultural and forest productivity; ocean waters becoming contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry activities
Area	total: 9,984,670 sq km land: 9,093,507 sq km water: 891,163 sq km
Government type	constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
Constitution	made up of unwritten and written acts, customs, judicial decisions, and traditions; the written part of the constitution consists of the Constitution Act of 29 March 1867, which created a federation of four provinces, and the Constitution Act of 17 April 1982, which transferred formal control over the constitution from Britain to Canada, and added a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as procedures for constitutional amendments
GDP (purchasing power parity)	$1.271 trillion (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate	6% (2007 est.)
Agriculture	wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; fish
Industries	transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas
Electricity - production	609.6 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - production by source	fossil fuel: 28% hydro: 57.9% nuclear: 12.9% other: 1.3% (2001)
Electricity - consumption	540.2 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - exports	42.93 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - imports	19.33 billion kWh (2005)
Oil - production	3.31 million bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption	2.29 million bbl/day (2005)
Oil - exports	2.274 million bbl/day (2004)
Oil - imports	1.185 million bbl/day (2004)
Natural gas - production	178.2 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - consumption	92.76 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - exports	101.9 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - imports	9.403 billion cu m (2005)
Natural gas - proved reserves	1.537 trillion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Exports	$431.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities	motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum
Imports - partners	US 54.4%, China 9.4%, Mexico 4.2% (2007)
Debt - external	$758.6 billion (30 June 2007)
Market value of publicly traded shares	$1.481 trillion (2005)
Exchange rates	Canadian dollars per US dollar - 1.0724 (2007), 1.1334 (2006), 1.2118 (2005), 1.301 (2004), 1.4011 (2003)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
	Source: cia.gov

 

Canada
Nuclear - not clean, not green	Toronto

Europe
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Austria
Population	8,205,533 (July 2008 est.)
Area	total: 83,870 sq km land: 82,444 sq km water: 1,426 sq km
Land boundaries	total: 2,562 km border countries: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m
Climate	temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers
Natural resources	oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower
Natural hazards	landslides; avalanches; earthquakes
Environment - current issues	some forest degradation caused by air and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the use of agricultural chemicals; air pollution results from emissions by coal- and oil-fired power stations and industrial plants and from trucks transiting Austria between northern and southern Europe
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 79.36 years male: 76.46 years female: 82.41 years (2008 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.38 children born/woman (2008 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	10,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	fewer than 100 (2003 est.)
Ethnic groups	Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census)
Religions	Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census)
Languages	German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: NA female: NA
Constitution	1920; revised 1929; reinstated 1 May 1945; note - during the period 1 May 1934-1 May 1945 there was a fascist (corporative) constitution in place
Legal system	civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Political parties and leaders	Alliance for the Future of Austria or BZOe [Peter WESTENTHALER]; Austrian People's Party or OeVP [Wilhelm MOLTERER]; Freedom Party of Austria or FPOe [Heinz Christian STRACHE]; Social Democratic Party of Austria or SPOe [Werner FAYMANN]; The Greens [Alexander VAN DER BELLEN]
Land use	arable land: 16.59% permanent crops: 0.85% other: 82.56% (2005)
	source cia.gov

Czech Republic
	Czech Republic Constitution
Population	10,220,911 (July 2008 est.)
Area	total: 78,866 sq km land: 77,276 sq km water: 1,590 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly smaller than South Carolina
Land boundaries	total: 1,989 km border countries: Austria 362 km, Germany 815 km, Poland 615 km, Slovakia 197 km
Terrain	Bohemia in the west consists of rolling plains, hills, and plateaus surrounded by low mountains; Moravia in the east consists of very hilly country
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Elbe River 115 m highest point: Snezka 1,602 m
Natural resources	hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber
Land use	arable land: 38.82% permanent crops: 3% other: 58.18% (2005)
Total renewable water resources	16 cu km (2005)
Natural hazards	flooding
Environment - current issues	air and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain damaging forests; efforts to bring industry up to EU code should improve domestic pollution
Climate	temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
Age structure	0-14 years: 13.8% (male 723,521/female 684,786) 15-64 years: 71.2% (male 3,653,679/female 3,619,872) 65 years and over: 15.1% (male 604,419/female 934,634) (2008 est.)
Median age	total: 39.8 years male: 38.2 years female: 41.6 years (2008 est.)
Birth rate	8.89 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate	10.69 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Life expectancy	total population: 76.62 years male: 73.34 years female: 80.08 years (2008 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.23 children born/woman (2008 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	2,500 (2001 est.)
Ethnic groups	Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001 census)
Religions	Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
Languages	Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
Literacy	definition: NA total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Government type	parliamentary democracy
Independence	1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Constitution	ratified 16 December 1992, effective 1 January 1993
Executive branch	chief of state: President Vaclav KLAUS (since 7 March 2003) head of government: Prime Minister Mirek TOPOLANEK (since 9 January 2007)
Judicial branch	10-year term
GDP (purchasing power parity)	$251 billion (2007 est.)
Labor force	5.36 million (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate	6.6% (2007 est.)
Public debt	26% of GDP (2007 est.)
Agriculture - products	wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs, poultry
Industries	metallurgy, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, glass, armaments
Industrial production growth rate	9.8% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production	77.38 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - consumption	59.72 billion kWh (2005)
Oil - production	18,030 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - consumption	213,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - exports	20,930 bbl/day (2004)
Oil - proved reserves	15 million bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas - production	165 million cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - consumption	9.076 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - exports	81.52 million cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - imports	8.976 billion cu m (2005)
Natural gas - proved reserves	3.802 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Exports	$122.3 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities	machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003)
Exports - partners	Germany 30.9%, Slovakia 8.9%, Poland 6%, France 5.4%, UK 5%, Italy 4.9%, Austria 4.6% (2007)
Imports	$116.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities	machinery and transport equipment 46%, raw materials and fuels 15%, chemicals 10% (2003)
Imports - partners	Germany 31.9%, Netherlands 6.8%, Slovakia 6.4%, Poland 6.3%, China 5.1%, Austria 5%, Russia 4.4%, Italy 4.4%, France 4.1% (2007)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$34.59 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external	$74.7 billion (31 December 2007
Exchange rates	koruny per US dollar - 20.53 (2007), 22.596 (2006), 23.957 (2005), 25.7 (2004), 28.209 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular	13.075 million (2007)
Radio broadcast stations	AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)
Internet hosts	1.668 million (2007)
Internet code	.cz
Airports - with paved runways	122 (2007)
Railways	total: 9,597 km standard gauge: 9,597 km 1.435-m gauge (3,041 km electrified) (2006)
Manpower available for military service	males age 16-49: 2,522,383 females age 16-49: 2,425,095 (2008 est.)
	source: cia.gov

Europe
UK/England Video on Chemtrails	Chemtrials- In German.
Chemtrails en Santiago de Compostela.14-6-2008. 10,15.am.	Chemtrails rainbow in Portugal sky / Santarém
IPPNW France against nuclear weapons

Thailand
Volunteers help with the tsunami
Tsunami survivor rides out storm in boat.

Phillipines
They love our Hollywood so much even their prisoners put on performances!
Building collapses	Another building
The beauty of the Phillipines	Boracay- much still untouched by industry.

 

AFRICA
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Japan
	Read the Japanese Consitution here.
Population	127,433,494 (July 2007 est. (cia.gov)
Land Area	377,835 sq km
Terrain	mostly rugged and mountainous
Environmental Issues	air pollution from power plant emissions results in acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan is one of the largest consumers of fish and tropical timber, contributing to the depletion of these resources in Asia and elsewhere
Life Expectancy	total population: 82.07 years male: 78.73 years female: 85.59 years (2008 est.)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2002)
Government	constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
Unemployment	3.8% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production	1.025 trillion kWh (2005)
Natural gas - production	4.85 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - imports	77.6 billion cu m (2005)
Exports - commodities	transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
Exports - partners	US 20.4%, China 15.3%, South Korea 7.6%, Taiwan 6.3%, Hong Kong 5.4% (2007)
Debt - external	$1.492 trillion (30 June 2007)
Exchange rates	yen per US dollar - 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006), 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004), 115.93 (2003)
	Source cia.gov

 

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