| Algeria Talk:Algeria
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| Algeria Algeria
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| Austria Austria
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| Andorra Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra (), also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, is a small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is currently a prosperous country mainly because of tourism and its status as a tax haven. The people of Andorra are currently listed as having the highest human life expectancy in the world, at an average of 85 years at birth. Andorra is the sixth smallest nation in Europe. Andorra
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| Agriculture Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants (i.e. crops) creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and stratified societies. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science (the related practice of gardening is studied in horticulture). Agriculture
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| Aruba Aruba () is a -long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela. Together with Bonaire and Curaçao it forms a group referred to as the ABC islands of the Leeward Antilles, the southern island chain of the Lesser Antilles.An autonomous region within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Aruba has no administrative subdivisions. Aruba
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| Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres (41.1 million square miles). It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface. The first part of its name refers to the Atlas of Greek mythology, making the Atlantic the "Sea of Atlas". Atlantic_Ocean
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| Angola Angola
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| Demographics of Angola demographic features of the population of Angola, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. demographics of Angola consist of three main ethnic groups, each speaking a Bantu language:Ovimbundu 37%, Mbundu 25%, and Bakongo 13%. Demographics_of_Angola
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| Economy of Angola Economy_of_Angola
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| Transport in Angola Transport in Angola comprises Transport_in_Angola
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| Angolan Armed Forces The Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) is headed by a Chief of Staff who reports to the Minister of Defense. There are three divisions, the Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), and Air and Air Defense Forces (FAPA). Total manpower is about 110,000. The army is by far the largest of the services with about 100,000 men and women. Angolan_Armed_Forces
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| Foreign relations of Angola The foreign relations of Angola are based on Angola's strong support of U.S. foreign policy as the Angolan economy is dependent on U.S. foreign aid.From 1975 to 1989, Angola was aligned with the Eastern bloc, in particular the Soviet Union, Libya, and Cuba. Foreign_relations_of_Angola
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| Afghanistan Afghanistan
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| Albania This article is about the country in southern Europe. For a topic outline on this subject, see List of basic Albania topics. For other uses, see Albania (disambiguation). Albania
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| Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
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| Agnosticism Agnosticism (; after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claimsmetaphysical claims regarding theology, afterlife or the existence of deities, spiritual-beings, or even ultimate reality unknown or, depending on the form of agnosticism, inherently impossible to prove or disprove. Agnosticism
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| Archipelago For other uses, see Archipelago (disambiguation)An archipelago () is a chain or cluster of islands that are formed tectonically. The word archipelago literally means "chief sea", from Italian arcipelago (), derived ultimately from Greek arkhon (arkhi-) ("leader") and pelagos ("sea"). Archipelago
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| Antigua and Barbuda Antigua_and_Barbuda
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| Economy of American Samoa This is a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the United States, with which American Samoa conducts the great bulk of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna being the primary export. Economy_of_American_Samoa
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| Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles. It consists of the main island of Anguilla itself, approximately long by wide at its widest point, together with a number of much smaller islands and cays with no permanent population. The island's capital is The Valley. The total land area of the territory is , with a population of approximately 13,500 (2006 estimate). Anguilla
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| Ashmore and Cartier Islands The Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands are two groups of small low-lying uninhabited tropical islands in the Indian Ocean situated on the edge of the continental shelf north-west of Australia and south of the Indonesian island of Roti at Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands
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| America/Archive 1 Talk:America/Archive_1
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| Auschwitz concentration camp "Auschwitz" redirects here. For the town, see Oświęcim. Distinguish from Austerlitz.Auschwitz-Birkenau ('Nazi Germany's concentration camps and extermination camps, established in Nazi German occupied Poland. The camp took its German name from the nearby Polish town of Oświęcim. Birkenau, the German translation of pol. Brzezinka (birch tree), refers to a small village nearby, mostly destroyed by the Germans. Auschwitz_concentration_camp
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| African American Black Americans or African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa. In the United States, the terms are generally used for Americans with at least partial Sub-Saharan African ancestry. African_American
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| Arab An Arab (, ʿarabi) is a person who identifies as such on ethnic, linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs (العرب al-ʿarab), refers to the ethnocultural group at large.Though the Arabic language is older, Arabic culture was first spread in the Middle East beginning in the 2nd century as culturally Arab Christians such as the Ghassanids, Lakhmids and Banu Judham began migrating into the Syrian Desert and the Levant. Arab
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| Albanians Albanians
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| Durrani Empire The Durrani Empire (also referred to as the Afghan Empire) was a large state based in modern Afghanistan and Pakistan and later included northeastern Iran and even parts of eastern Punjab. It was founded at Kandahar in 1747 by a Pashtun (Afghan) military commander, Ahmad Shah Durrani. Durrani_Empire
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| Belgium Belgium
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| Brazil Brazil
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| Bulgaria Bulgaria
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| The Bahamas The_Bahamas
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| Baker Island Baker Island () is an uninhabited atoll located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean about ) southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia, and is a possession of the United States. Its nearest neighbor is Howland Island, to the north. Baker_Island
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| Bangladesh Bangladesh
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| Barbados Barbados
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| Bassas da India Bassas da India (also called Basse de Judie) is an uninhabited, roughly circular atoll about 10lagoon) of 80Mozambique Channel, about half-way between Madagascar (which is 385Mozambique, and 110Europa Island. It rises steeply from the seabed 3000 m below. The reef rim averages around 100 m across and completely encloses a shallow lagoon that has a maximum depth of 15 m. Its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 123,700Europa Island. Bassas_da_India
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| Belarus Belarus
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| Belize Belize
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| Benin Benin
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| Bermuda Bermuda
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| Bolivia Bolivia
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
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| Botswana Botswana
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| Brunei Brunei
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| British Virgin Islands The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is a British overseas territory, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S. Virgin Islands. Technically the name of the Territory is simply the "Virgin Islands", but in practice since 1917 they have been almost universally referred to as the "British Virgin Islands" to distinguish the islands from the American Territory. British_Virgin_Islands
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| Burkina Faso Burkina_Faso
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| Economy of the Bahamas The Bahamas is a stable, developing nation with an economy heavily dependent on tourism and offshore banking. Steady growth in tourism receipts and a boom in construction of new hotels, resorts, and residences had led to solid GDP growth in recent years, but the slowdown in the US economy and the attacks of 11 September 2001 held back growth in these sectors in 2001-03. Economy_of_the_Bahamas
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| Telecommunications in Belarus Communications in Belarus are dominated by the state which owns most of the corporations and infrastructure. Telecommunications_in_Belarus
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| Economy of Benin The economy of Benin remains underdeveloped and dependent on subsistence agriculture and cotton. Cotton accounts for 40% of GDP and roughly 80% of official export receipts. There is also production of textiles, palm products, and cocoa. Maize (corn), beans, rice, peanuts, cashews, pineapples, cassava, yams, and other various tubers are grown for local subsistence. Economy_of_Benin
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| Economy of Bhutan The economy of Bhutan, one of the world's smallest and least developed, is based on agriculture and forestry, which provide the main livelihood for more than 60% of the population. Agriculture consists largely of subsistence farming and animal husbandry. Rugged mountains dominate the terrain and make the building of roads and other infrastructure difficult and expensive. Economy_of_Bhutan
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