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CIA Shuts Down World Factbook After More Than 60 Years ...

The Factbook, a version of which dates to 1962, provided facts, figures, maps and more to generations of economists, professors, journalists and others.

The CIA shut down its World Factbook resource Wednesday, after it spent more than six decades in existence. The agency announced on its website that the World Factbook “has sunset” without providing ...

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) announced this week that it is shuttering its venerable publication, The World Factbook ...

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A statement on the CIA's website does not give a reason for the decision, simply stating that the publication has "sunset" while encouraging readers to "stay curious about the world and find ways to ...

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The CIA is ending the publication of its popular World Factbook reference manual. The agency announced the decision Wednesday but gave no reason for it.