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1342:Kuwait
1322:Jordan
1312:Israel
1272:Cyprus
1257:Brunei
1252:Bhutan
1112:Lanka.
953:
858:Nepali
796:Sindhi
792:Nepali
707:+23.3%
425:; and
194:Comics
189:Cinema
141:Health
136:Census
82:
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53:
1548:Macau
1467:Yemen
1427:Syria
1402:Qatar
1382:Nepal
1317:Japan
1292:India
1282:Egypt
1267:China
1132:GovHK
1069:(PDF)
1058:(PDF)
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780:Hindi
723:48.6%
703:25.3%
681:53.1%
661:38.1%
639:94.6%
623:−0.6%
619:95.2%
427:Hakka
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229:Sport
214:Opera
209:Music
204:Media
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73:books
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1352:Laos
1307:Iraq
1302:Iran
1170:2007
1144:2014
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1100:SCMP
1077:2014
1038:2014
1008:2014
951:ISSN
916:2007
852:and
850:Urdu
817:and
798:and
784:Urdu
713:2016
693:1996
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429:and
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