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1234:Finland
1229:Estonia
1224:Denmark
1209:Croatia
1194:Belgium
1189:Belarus
1179:Austria
1174:Armenia
1169:Andorra
1164:Albania
1060:Vanuatu
1050:Ukraine
1035:Tunisia
955:Senegal
905:Nigeria
890:Morocco
875:Moldova
790:Jamaica
775:Hungary
745:Germany
734:Finland
729:Ecuador
724:Denmark
709:Croatia
658:Burundi
623:Bermuda
618:Belgium
608:Bahamas
598:Austria
593:Armenia
583:Andorra
573:Algeria
465:Ukraine
199:Georgia
151:History
135:Ukraine
66:Ukraine
55:Ukraine
52:Country
45:Ireland
1665:Tennis
1655:Skiing
1507:Jersey
1449:Kosovo
1399:Turkey
1389:Sweden
1369:Serbia
1359:Russia
1344:Poland
1339:Norway
1319:Monaco
1289:Latvia
1274:Israel
1254:Greece
1239:France
1214:Cyprus
1070:Zambia
1045:Uganda
1010:Sweden
960:Serbia
950:Rwanda
945:Poland
915:Norway
880:Monaco
870:Mexico
820:Latvia
795:Jordan
785:Israel
765:Guyana
755:Greece
714:Cyprus
648:Brunei
638:Brazil
363:, p250
359:
335:
296:
195:Russia
87:2,820
1585:Chess
1482:Åland
1424:Wales
1384:Spain
1309:Malta
1279:Italy
895:Nauru
855:Malta
835:Macau
805:Kenya
780:India
750:Ghana
683:China
678:Chile
92:Clubs
1610:Golf
1098:USSR
1030:Togo
935:Peru
910:Niue
850:Mali
815:Laos
760:Guam
357:ISBN
333:ISBN
294:ISBN
209:Kyiv
197:and
77:1922
551:in
133:in
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470:7s
278:^
211:.
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534:t
527:v
429:e
422:t
415:v
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