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World Country Facts:

Korea, South Category: Economy - Natural gas - consumption (cu m): 37 billion cu m (2007 estimate)

Libya Category: Government - Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires J. Christopher Stevens; embassy: Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel, Souq At-Tlat Al-Qadim, Tripoli; mailing address: US Embassy, 8850 Tripoli Place, Washington, DC 20521-8850; telephone: [218] 21-335-1848

Australia Category: People - Age structure (%): 0-14 years: 18.8% (male 2,022,151/female 1,919,002); 15-64 years: 67.9% (male 7,233,555/female 7,038,722); 65 years and over: 13.3% (male 1,266,166/female 1,527,714) (2008 estimate)

Belarus Category: Introduction - Background: After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration. Although Belarus agreed to a framework to carry out the accord, serious implementation has yet to take place. Since his election in July 1994 as the country's first president, Alexandr LUKASHENKO has steadily consolidated his power through authoritarian means. Government restrictions on freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, and religion continue.

Paraguay Category: Economy - GDP - composition by sector (%): agriculture: 23.1%; industry: 17.2%; services: 59.6% (2008 estimate)

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France Category: Transportation - Waterways (km): metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons); French Guiana: 3,760 km (460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and river steamers, 3,300 km by native craft) (2008)

Virgin Islands Category: Introduction - Background: During the 17th century, the archipelago was divided into two territorial units, one English and the other Danish. Sugarcane, produced by slave labor, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1917, the US purchased the Danish portion, which had been in economic decline since the abolition of slavery in 1848.

Greece Category: Economy - Distribution of family income - Gini index: 33 (2005)

Tunisia Category: Geography - Total renewable water resources (cu km): 4.6 cu km (2003)

Benin Category: People - Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population): 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 estimate)

Bhutan Facts Info Stuff (BT):

Bhutan Latitude Facts: 27.2533333333333 and Bhutan Longitude Facts: 89.4633333333333

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Greece Category: People - Total fertility rate (children born/woman): 1.36 children born/woman (2008 estimate)

Mauritania Category: Economy - Natural gas - exports (cu m): 0 cu m (2007 estimate)

Bhutan Regions are: Chhukha Paro Thimphu

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Gibraltar Category: Government - Independence: none (overseas territory of the UK)

Cambodia Category: Communications - Telephones - main lines in use: 37,500 (2007)

Honduras Category: Economy - Oil - production (bbl/day): 0 bbl/day (2007 estimate)

Nigeria Category: Economy - Natural gas - imports (cu m): 0 cu m (2007 estimate)

Vanuatu Category: People - Religions (%): Presbyterian 31.4%, Anglican 13.4%, Roman Catholic 13.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, other Christian 13.8%, indigenous beliefs 5.6% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), other 9.6%, none 1%, unspecified 1.3% (1999 Census)