the 3-D Globe

Is Algeria's population mostly Muslim? How old are Egypt's oldest archeological records? When did the IRA last declare a cease-fire?Was Iraq part of the Ottoman empire? Answers to these and other questions are available in our regularly updated country profiles. Just click on the interactive globe for an insight into another part of the world.

Check out this week's updated profiles:

Northern Ireland: The long struggle for peace

Republic of Congo: The land and its people