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1146:Hong Kong
1096:Venezuela
1071:Nicaragua
1006:Argentina
510:Palestine
499:Kurdistan
490:Indonesia
263:in 1990.
1738:Bulgaria
1726:Politics
1538:Slovenia
1533:Slovakia
1513:Portugal
1433:Holy See
1383:Bulgaria
1307:Thailand
1252:Pakistan
1227:Mongolia
1222:Maldives
1217:Malaysia
1137:Cambodia
1076:Paraguay
1036:Colombia
1011:Barbados
999:Americas
981:Zimbabwe
966:Tanzania
856:Ethiopia
841:DR Congo
831:Cameroon
686:Slovenia
681:Slovakia
661:Portugal
616:Holy See
505:Mongolia
442:Americas
267:See also
251:and the
245:Cold War
239:and the
95:Bulgaria
93:between
89:are the
51:Bulgaria
1750:Germany
1712:Portals
1572:Oceania
1558:Ukraine
1518:Romania
1483:Moldova
1448:Ireland
1443:Iceland
1438:Hungary
1423:Georgia
1413:Finland
1408:Estonia
1403:Denmark
1388:Croatia
1373:Belgium
1368:Belarus
1363:Austria
1353:Armenia
1348:Albania
1327:Vietnam
1232:Myanmar
1212:Lebanon
1117:Bahrain
1091:Uruguay
1061:Jamaica
1046:Ecuador
1016:Bolivia
941:Somalia
936:Senegal
926:Nigeria
916:Namibia
906:Morocco
881:Liberia
851:Eritrea
821:Algeria
696:Ukraine
666:Romania
621:Hungary
611:Georgia
601:Germany
591:Estonia
586:Denmark
571:Croatia
561:Austria
556:Armenia
551:Albania
535:Vietnam
229:In 1941
99:Germany
62:Germany
1548:Sweden
1528:Serbia
1523:Russia
1508:Poland
1498:Norway
1458:Kosovo
1428:Greece
1418:France
1393:Cyprus
1341:Europe
1312:Turkey
1297:Taiwan
1202:Kuwait
1192:Jordan
1177:Israel
1132:Brunei
1127:Bhutan
1066:Mexico
1051:Guyana
1026:Canada
1021:Brazil
976:Uganda
931:Rwanda
866:Guinea
826:Angola
814:Africa
710:Former
676:Serbia
671:Russia
656:Poland
636:Latvia
631:Kosovo
606:Greece
596:France
576:Cyprus
544:Europe
525:Turkey
454:Mexico
449:Canada
407:Africa
247:, the
204:, the
130:, the
107:Munich
103:Berlin
1669:Other
1589:Tonga
1543:Spain
1478:Malta
1453:Italy
1332:Yemen
1292:Syria
1267:Qatar
1237:Nepal
1187:Japan
1152:India
1142:China
1056:Haiti
1031:Chile
961:Sudan
921:Niger
886:Libya
876:Kenya
861:Ghana
846:Egypt
691:Spain
626:Italy
520:Syria
485:India
480:China
424:Sudan
414:Egypt
117:. As
115:Sofia
1247:Oman
1207:Laos
1167:Iraq
1162:Iran
1105:Asia
1081:Peru
1041:Cuba
971:Togo
896:Mali
495:Iraq
468:Asia
136:NATO
134:and
111:Bonn
97:and
200:In
1762::
1692:/
1688:/
751:/
138:.
119:EU
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785:t
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