<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;"><font color="#3366FF">The newest edition of the best guide to country-by-country political information.</font></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;"><font color="#000000">There is no other resource that provides as thorough and accurate political information as CQ</font></span><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">Press''s best selling</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">Political Handbook of the World</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">. With more than 200 entries on countries and territories throughout the world,</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">Political Handbook of the World 2009</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">is the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country''s governmental and political makeup. This volume is renowned for its extensive coverage of all major and minor political parties and groups in each political system around the world. It also provides names of key ambassadors and international memberships of each country, plus profiles of over 75 intergovernmental organizations.</span></font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;"><font color="#000000">This comprehensive, one-volume source for political information has been updated to</font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;"><font color="#000000">include coverage of:</font></span></p> <ul> <li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">Current issues, crises, and controversies dominating national political agendas, including the</span></font> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;"><font color="#000000">United State''s 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama, Kosovo''s controversial declaration</font></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;"><font color="#000000">of independence, Thailand''s opposition leader elected prime minister after months of</font></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;"><font color="#000000">protests, Russian-Georgian war over South Ossetia, Pakistan''s ascent of Bhutto supporters,</font></span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;"><font color="#000000">and South Africa''s resignation of President Mbeki.</font></span></div> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">Newly formed parties, governing coalitions, and new party leaders in: Kenya, Taiwan, Italy,</span></font> <font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">Cyprus</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">, Belgium, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Ireland, Bhutan, Lebanon, Japan, Mauritania,</span></font> <font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">Nepal</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">, Zambia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Maldives, New Zealand, and Guinea.</span></font></div> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">New, vivid maps for Kosovo and Antarctica, and maps of disputed territories for Azerbaijen,</span></font> <font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">Bolivia</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">, Georgia, Iraq, Morocco, and Pakistan</span></font></div> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">Brand-new entry on Kosovo</span></font></div> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;">Updated political boundary maps and population figures with economic growth statistics for</span></font> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: #39;Trebuchet MS#39;"><font color="#000000">every country</font></span></div> </li> </ul>
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