1. Gaza Strip Category: People - HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%): NA


2. Sao Tome and Principe Category: Transportation - Airports: 2 (2007)


3. Ukraine Category: Economy - GDP - composition by sector (%): agriculture: 9.3%; industry: 31.7%; services: 58.9% (2008 estimate)


4. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Category: Introduction - Background: The islands, which have large bird and seal populations, lie approximately 1,000 km east of the Falkland Islands and have been under British administration since 1908 - except for a brief period in 1982 when Argentina occupied them. Grytviken, on South Georgia, was a 19th and early 20th century whaling station. Famed explorer Ernest SHACKLETON stopped there in 1914 en route to his ill-fated attempt to cross Antarctica on foot. He returned some 20 months later with a few companions in a small boat and arranged a successful rescue for the rest of his crew, stranded off the Antarctic Peninsula. He died in 1922 on a subsequent expedition and is buried in Grytviken. Today, the station houses scientists from the British Antarctic Survey. Recognizing the importance of preserving the marine stocks in adjacent waters, the UK, in 1993, extended the exclusive fishing zone from 12 nm to 200 nm around each island.


5. Germany Category: Communications - Internet users: 42.5 million (2007)

Cape Verde Facts Info Stuff (CV):

1. Kiribati Category: Economy - Exports - partners (%): US 22.8%, Belgium 21.5%, Japan 14.3%, Samoa 7.8%, Australia 7.5%, Malaysia 6.7%, Taiwan 5.6%, Denmark 4.6% (2006)


2. Jarvis Island Category: Government - Country name: conventional long form: none; conventional short form: Jarvis Island


3. Guernsey Category: Government - Legal system: the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply; justice is administered by the Royal Court


4. Trinidad and Tobago Category: Government - Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission); High Court of Justice; Caribbean Court of Appeals member; Court of Appeals; the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London


5. Niue Category: Economy - Oil - exports (bbl/day): 0 bbl/day (2005)

1. Antarctica Category: Geography - Geographic coordinates: 90 00 S, 0 00 E


2. India Category: Transportation - Pipelines (km): condensate/gas 2 km; gas 6,061 km; liquid petroleum gas 2,156 km; oil 7,678 km; refined products 6,876 km (2008)


3. Fiji Category: Government - Legal system: based on British system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction


4. Burma Category: Economy - Oil - proved reserves (bbl): 50 million bbl (1 January 2008 estimate)


5. Paraguay Category: Government - Flag description: three equal, horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue with an emblem centered in the white band; unusual flag in that the emblem is different on each side; the obverse (hoist side at the left) bears the national coat of arms (a yellow five-pointed star within a green wreath capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY, all within two circles); the reverse (hoist side at the right) bears the seal of the treasury (a yellow lion below a red Cap of Liberty and the words Paz y Justicia (Peace and Justice) capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY, all within two circles)