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Name: CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — United Kingdom
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CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — United Kingdom (2004)

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“CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — United Kingdom”, published in 2004, is a work by United States. Central Intelligence Agency. It explores elements such as Great Britain, Northern Ireland and economy.

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — United Kingdom (2004)

“ England has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century; the union between England and Wales, begun in 1284 with the Statute of Rhuddlan, was not formalized until 1536 with an Act of Union; in another Act of Union in 1707, England and Scotland agreed to permanently join as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of Ireland ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — United Kingdom (2004)

“ Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. ”

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“ As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy; it currently is weighing the degree of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain outside the European Monetary Union for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999, but the latter is suspended due to bickering over the peace process. ”

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“ Economy United Kingdom Economy - overview: The UK, a leading trading power and financial center, is one of the quartet of trillion dollar economies of Western Europe. Over the past two decades the government has greatly reduced public ownership and contained the growth of social welfare programs. Agriculture is intensive, highly mechanized, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with only 1% of the labor force. ”

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“ The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil reserves; primary energy production accounts for 10% of GDP, one of the highest shares of any industrial nation. Services, particularly banking, insurance, and business services, account by far for the largest proportion of GDP while industry continues to decline in importance. GDP growth slipped in 2001-03 as the global downturn, the high value of the pound, and the bursting of the "new economy" bubble hurt manufacturing and exports. Still, the economy is one of the strongest in Europe ”

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“ Critics point out, however, that the economy is doing well outside of EMU, and they point to public opinion polls that continue to show a majority of Britons opposed to the euro. Meantime, the government has been speeding up the improvement of education, transport, and health services, at a cost in higher taxes. The war in March-April 2003 between a US-led coalition and Iraq, together with the subsequent problems of restoring the economy and the polity, involve a heavy commitment of British military forces. ”

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“ House of Lords - no elections (note - in 1999, as provided by the House of Lords Act, elections were held in the House of Lords to determine the 92 hereditary peers who would remain there; pending further reforms, elections are held only as vacancies in the hereditary peerage arise) ”

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Fact Book, 2004 — United Kingdom (2004)

“ Televisions: 30.5 million (1997) Internet country code: .uk Internet hosts: 3,398,708 (2004) Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : more than 400 (2000) Internet users: 25 million (2002)
Transportation United Kingdom Railways: total: 17,186 km
standard gauge: 16,726 km 1.435-m gauge (5,243 km electrified)
broad gauge: 460 km 1.600-m gauge (in Northern Ireland) (2003) Highways: total: 371,913 km
paved: 371,913 km (including 3,358 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1999) Waterways: 3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2004) Pipelines: condensate 370 km; gas 21,446 km; liquid petroleum gas 59 km ”

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