The famous CIA Factbook, Maps and Publications, Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, and the Handbook of International Economic Statistics (as of the previous year) are just of few of the fact filled publications released by the US agency.

Resources for libraries online, a reading room and a reference desk with dictionaries, biographies, maps, acronyms, phone books, quotes and much more are provided by this very useful site.

The Global Network for Rebuilding is a nonprofit, interfaith network comprised of concerned professionals formed to help plan the rebuilding of devastated communities through the application of urban design techniques.

This thorough and useful site contains many references to maps, weather and climate information, facts and figures, time zones and much, much more! There is also a community area with a bulletin board, newsletter and geography chat area.

This Internet search engine covers the areas of Russian (.ru or .su) domains, other fSU domains other sites that contains any type of Russian text. Choices of Mac, KOI, Win, DOS, ISO and English are available at the bottom of the page. 

Through its unique program of computer information services, research library, topical briefings, training seminars, and regional branches throughout Russia, the Russian-American Press and Information Center has developed into one of the most comprehensive information resources available for journalists of the former Soviet Union. There is also a site in Russian only .

Instructions on browsing the Internet using e-mail.