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607:Mauritania
597:Madagascar
297:References
232:Heiko Maas
218:After the
157:Gran Chaco
153:Mennonites
1605:Australia
1508:Venezuela
1468:Argentina
1285:Australia
1169:Lithuania
993:Sri Lanka
983:Singapore
963:Palestine
863:Indonesia
852:Hong Kong
802:Venezuela
777:Nicaragua
712:Argentina
273:Frankfurt
197:In 1954,
1695:Paraguay
1671:Politics
1626:Treaties
1483:Colombia
1461:Americas
1244:Slovenia
1239:Slovakia
1219:Portugal
1139:Holy See
1089:Bulgaria
1013:Thailand
958:Pakistan
933:Mongolia
928:Maldives
923:Malaysia
843:Cambodia
782:Paraguay
742:Colombia
717:Barbados
705:Americas
687:Zimbabwe
672:Tanzania
562:Ethiopia
547:DR Congo
537:Cameroon
405:Archived
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159:region.
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1683:Germany
1657:Portals
1614:Related
1598:Oceania
1579:Germany
1503:Uruguay
1473:Bolivia
1278:Oceania
1264:Ukraine
1224:Romania
1189:Moldova
1154:Ireland
1149:Iceland
1144:Hungary
1129:Georgia
1119:Finland
1114:Estonia
1109:Denmark
1094:Croatia
1079:Belgium
1074:Belarus
1069:Austria
1059:Armenia
1054:Albania
1033:Vietnam
938:Myanmar
918:Lebanon
823:Bahrain
797:Uruguay
767:Jamaica
752:Ecuador
722:Bolivia
647:Somalia
642:Senegal
632:Nigeria
622:Namibia
612:Morocco
587:Liberia
557:Eritrea
527:Algeria
205:became
118:Prussia
112:, 1912.
100:History
82:Germany
51:Germany
1584:Russia
1572:Europe
1563:Turkey
1558:Taiwan
1543:Israel
1488:Mexico
1478:Brazil
1254:Sweden
1234:Serbia
1229:Russia
1214:Poland
1204:Norway
1164:Kosovo
1134:Greece
1124:France
1099:Cyprus
1047:Europe
1018:Turkey
1003:Taiwan
908:Kuwait
898:Jordan
883:Israel
838:Brunei
833:Bhutan
772:Mexico
757:Guyana
732:Canada
727:Brazil
682:Uganda
637:Rwanda
572:Guinea
532:Angola
520:Africa
269:Berlin
127:Europe
1589:Spain
1548:Japan
1538:India
1375:Other
1295:Tonga
1249:Spain
1184:Malta
1159:Italy
1038:Yemen
998:Syria
973:Qatar
943:Nepal
893:Japan
858:India
848:China
762:Haiti
737:Chile
667:Sudan
627:Niger
592:Libya
582:Kenya
567:Ghana
552:Egypt
238:Trade
180:Nazis
1631:Wars
1526:Asia
1493:Peru
953:Oman
913:Laos
873:Iraq
868:Iran
811:Asia
787:Peru
747:Cuba
677:Togo
602:Mali
186:and
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131:Asia
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