This resource offers news and political, economic, cultural, business and environmental information about 191 countries. For free, researchers will find key demographic data, currency including a converter, religions, ethnicity, city populations, current news, encyclopedia-like coverage of a country's people, history, economy, agriculture, energy, metals, and environment, the current time, and a map. Full reviews provide detailed information about all of the above as well as environmental trends, business information, a biography on the country's leader, historical news, and source material. Online Concise Encyclopedia Microsoft offers this abridged version Encarta Deluxe Encyclopedia. The abridged version includes 16,000 articles as well as photos, maps, charts and tables.
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