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Population January 2014
U.S. State Dept. Trafficking in Human Beings Report - US Department of State Report. U.S. State Dept. Human Rights Report - US Department of State Country Briefs on Human Rights. Age of Consent. - Legal Age of Sexual Consent. Source International Migration Profile - United Nations Data on Migration. Source National Intelligence Quotient - The Average Intelligence Quotient is 100. Source Armed Forces - Includes various data on Land, Sea and Air Forces and Budgets.
United States US AID Payments
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Constitutional MonarchyTravel Guide Pictures OCEANIA MAP BBC British Broadcasting Corporation Country Profile _____________________________________________ Country Profiles 
United States Central Intelligence Agency____________________________________________________ Population January 2014 - 2,072 The Australian The Islander Chambers of Commerce Wikipedia Overview 
Currency
exchange rates for Local Currency
Local
weather conditions today
Local Time
Island
Vulnerability Member of the British Commonwealth of Nations TODAY'S NEWS IN CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Australian
Territory or PossessionCocos Islands (Keeling Islands) Capital City ~ West Island
Constitutional MonarchyTravel Guide Pictures OCEANIA MAP _____________________________________________ Country Profiles
United States Central Intelligence Agency____________________________________________________ Population January 2014 - 596 The Australian Chambers of Commerce Wikipedia Overview
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exchange rates for Local Currency Local
weather conditions today
Local Time
Island
VulnerabilityMember of the British Commonwealth of Nations TODAY'S NEWS IN COCOS ISLANDS
Australian
Territory or Possession
Capital City ~ Kingston
Constitutional MonarchyLanguages Travel Guide Pictures OCEANIA MAP _____________________________________________ Country Profiles
United States Central Intelligence Agency____________________________________________________ Population January 2014 - 2,000 United Nations International Migration Profile The Australian Chambers of Commerce Wikipedia Overview
Currency exchange rates for Local Currency Local
weather conditions today
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Island VulnerabilityMember of the British Commonwealth of Nations TODAY'S NEWS IN NORFOLK ISLAND
Australian
Territory or Possession
Willis Island (Coral Sea)
Constitutional MonarchyWillis Island Station ____________________________________________________ Wikipedia Overview
Local
weather conditions today
Local Time
Island Vulnerability
Australian Overseas Territories & Possessions
51%
Australia Capital City ~ Canberra 
British Foreign Office Travel AdviceUnited Nations Mission
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United States Department of State
British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Peoples Republic of China
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian FederationEUEA European Union External Action Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs 
United Nations Children's Fund
World Health Organization
World Trade OrganizationInternational Monetary Fund 
Freedom
House Report
Prison Population Statistics
Amnesty International
Report
Data on Human Trafficking
& Slavery Transparency International Corruption Report
Overview with political and topographic maps.
Australian Intelligence Services____________________________________________________ Population January 2014 - 23,105,000 Population 2050 (projected) 29,500,000 
+ 48%
from 2000
U.S. State Dept. Trafficking in Human Beings Report Australia complies fully with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking of human beings. U.S. State Dept. Human Rights Report Age of Consent - 16 United Nations International Migration Profile National Intelligence Quotient - 98 Armed Forces United States US AID Payments News Sources Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology The Age The Australian The Australian Financial Review The Canberra Times The Melbourne Sun Herald The Sydney Morning Herald West Australian Business News Australian Stock Exchange Chambers of Commerce Wikipedia Overview
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exchange rates for Local Currency
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weather conditions today
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