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2157:South Korea
2152:North Korea
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1882:recognition
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1764:Montenegro
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1627:Azerbaijan
1524:References
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1373:Carmelites
1328:. In 1328
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2644:Singapore
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1272:with the
1270:communion
1202:Venezuela
1147:Argentina
1062:Australia
1012:Nicaragua
987:Guatemala
785:Lithuania
620:Palestine
508:Sri Lanka
503:Singapore
421:Indonesia
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249:Mauritius
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1957:Svalbard
1942:Guernsey
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1472:Holy See
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1459:. Papal
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1294:Holy See
1192:Suriname
1182:Paraguay
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997:Honduras
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478:Mongolia
473:Maldives
468:Malaysia
396:Cambodia
356:Zimbabwe
331:Tanzania
174:Ethiopia
169:Eswatini
149:Djibouti
114:Cameroon
99:Botswana
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2584:Lebanon
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1754:Moldova
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1707:Iceland
1702:Hungary
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1667:Denmark
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1617:Armenia
1612:Andorra
1607:Albania
1509:de jure
1500:Georgia
1453:Caritas
1449:Sukhumi
1409:Georgia
1393:Sukhumi
1306:Genoese
1300:History
1197:Uruguay
1172:Ecuador
1152:Bolivia
1127:Vanuatu
1055:Oceania
1002:Jamaica
982:Grenada
937:Bahamas
895:England
885:Ukraine
840:Romania
800:Moldova
760:Ireland
755:Iceland
750:Hungary
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615:Lebanon
578:Georgia
568:Bahrain
558:Armenia
538:Vietnam
483:Myanmar
341:Tunisia
304:Somalia
289:Senegal
274:Nigeria
264:Namibia
254:Morocco
219:Liberia
214:Lesotho
164:Eritrea
134:Comoros
109:Burundi
84:Algeria
2734:Taiwan
2669:Turkey
2634:Russia
2569:Kuwait
2549:Jordan
2539:Israel
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2484:Brunei
2479:Bhutan
2327:Taiwan
2262:Turkey
2227:Russia
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2142:Jordan
2132:Israel
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2072:Bhutan
1952:Jersey
1894:Kosovo
1839:Turkey
1829:Sweden
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1799:Russia
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1338:Tiflis
1282:Russia
1177:Guyana
1157:Brazil
1122:Tuvalu
1017:Panama
1007:Mexico
952:Canada
947:Belize
875:Sweden
855:Serbia
845:Russia
830:Poland
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805:Monaco
775:Latvia
770:Kosovo
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668:Europe
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610:Kuwait
605:Jordan
600:Israel
573:Cyprus
513:Taiwan
391:Brunei
386:Bhutan
351:Zambia
346:Uganda
279:Rwanda
234:Malawi
194:Guinea
184:Gambia
89:Angola
77:Africa
53:on the
2775:Macau
2694:Yemen
2654:Syria
2629:Qatar
2609:Nepal
2544:Japan
2519:India
2509:Egypt
2494:China
2368:Macau
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2247:Syria
2222:Qatar
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2137:Japan
2112:India
2102:Egypt
2087:China
1927:Ă…land
1869:Wales
1824:Spain
1749:Malta
1719:Italy
1486:Notes
1447:. In
1445:Poles
1433:Gagra
1427:Today
1417:Sochi
1290:Poles
1162:Chile
1117:Tonga
1107:Samoa
1097:Palau
1087:Nauru
992:Haiti
910:Wales
870:Spain
795:Malta
765:Italy
655:Yemen
640:Syria
630:Qatar
488:Nepal
463:Macau
436:Korea
426:Japan
416:India
401:China
326:Sudan
269:Niger
224:Libya
209:Kenya
189:Ghana
179:Gabon
154:Egypt
94:Benin
2614:Oman
2579:Laos
2534:Iraq
2529:Iran
2207:Oman
2172:Laos
2127:Iraq
2122:Iran
1531:ISBN
1474:and
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1256:The
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1067:Fiji
962:Cuba
625:Oman
595:Iraq
590:Iran
458:Laos
369:Asia
336:Togo
239:Mali
129:Chad
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