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Country Index

Afghanistan,
53
,
113–16
,
121
,
123–28
,
132
,
134
,
142
,
143
,
147
,
148
,
156–59
,
199
,
202
,
203
,
221
,
222
,
224
,
227
,
235
,
237
,
238
,
246

Algeria,
xiii
,
xviii
,
1
,
10
,
22–24
,
43
,
63
,
125
,
149
,
157
,
171–75
,
182
,
235
,
236
,
247

Argentina,
50
,
75
,
82–85
,
90–92
,
94
,
107

Asia,
8
,
39
,
94
,
105
,
133
,
136
,
244
,
249
,
252
.
See also specific countries

Australia,
70
,
97
,
105
,
129
,
133
,
138
,
156
,
161
,
177
,
190
,
249

Austria,
xvii
,
21–24
,
31
,
60
,
107
,
108
,
138
,
140
,
185
,
214

Azerbaijan,
138
,
140

Bahrain,
32
,
70
,
220

Bali,
xviii
,
132–36
,
138

Bangladesh,
41
,
190
,
220

Belarus,
138
,
140

Belgium,
60
,
148
,
194

Benin,
79

Bosnia,
126
,
142
,
147

Brazil,
ix
,
83–85
,
91
,
92
,
107
,
108
,
112
,
177
,
181–83

Bulgaria,
18
,
107
,
111
,
138
,
234

Burma,
37
,
39

Burundi,
170

Cambodia,
7

Canada,
57–59
,
84
,
104
,
173
,
177
,
178
,
235
,
236

Chad,
10
,
76–78
,
80

Chechnya,
104
,
123
,
137–39
,
142
,
149
,
151
,
152
,
159

Chile,
10
,
182
,
188
,
213

China,
47
,
156

Colombia,
29
,
30
,
84
,
94
,
106
,
111
,
190

Comoros,
105

Congo,
77–80
,
105
,
170

Cuba,
vii
,
1
,
2
,
29
,
30
,
47
,
107–9
,
122
,
177
,
183
,
184
,
188
,
189
,
248
,
253

Cyprus,
12
,
20
,
32
,
34
,
69
,
70

Czechoslovakia,
132
,
159
,
221

Denmark,
12
,
20
,
32
,
34
,
69
,
70

Djibouti,
105

Dubai,
32
,
240

East Germany,
194
.
See also
Germany

Ecuador,
22
,
28
,
84
,
146

Egypt,
viii
,
xx
,
11
,
12
,
17
,
19
,
23
,
42
,
45
,
47
,
50–54
,
60
,
61
,
86–89
,
107
,
108
,
110–16
,
123–25
,
127
,
132
,
143
,
148
,
159
,
160
,
173
,
185
,
186
,
188
,
190
,
218
,
219
,
229

Ethiopia,
viii
,
105
,
106
,
167
,
169
,
170
,
187

Europe,
xviii
,
xix
,
1
,
3
,
8
,
12
,
21
,
28
,
31
,
34
,
42
,
47
,
48
,
59
,
64
,
70
,
107
,
109
,
111
,
112
,
123
,
131
,
146
,
147
,
155
,
162
,
164
,
172
,
182
,
192
,
231
,
234
,
244
,
247
,
251
.
See also specific countries

France,
10
,
12
,
19
,
24–27
,
29
,
56
,
65
,
75
,
77
,
78
,
80
,
84
,
113
,
138
,
171
,
173
,
190
,
194
,
208
,
236
,
246
,
247

Gaza,
99
,
219

Georgia,
138
,
141

Germany,
vii
,
xix
,
9
,
12
,
16–19
,
33
,
34
,
43
,
66
,
67
,
73
,
80
,
83
,
94
,
95
,
131
,
138
,
184
,
208
,
247–49
,
252
.
See also
East Germany
;
West Germany

Ghana,
156
,
177

Greece,
67

Hong Kong,
16
,
70
.
See also
China

India,
viii
,
ix
,
xix
,
xx
,
10
,
33
,
39
,
48
,
57–59
,
68
,
70
,
105
,
106
,
146
,
157
,
160–64
,
169
,
202
,
216
,
219
,
220
,
248

Indonesia,
viii
,
xviii
,
22
,
132–37
,
249

Iran,
vii
,
22
,
24
,
39–44
,
54–57
,
69
,
72
,
73
,
77
,
78
,
84
,
85
,
90–94
,
143
,
181
,
198
,
202
,
203
,
246
,
248
,
251
,
252

Iraq,
ix
,
xi
,
13
,
18
,
22–24
,
29
,
32
,
33
,
45
,
54
,
63
,
75
,
84
,
91
,
96
,
114
,
121–23
,
128
,
132
,
145
,
146
,
148
,
157–59
,
204
,
210
,
217
,
229
,
230
,
240

Ireland,
37
,
117
,
118
,
246

Israel,
viii
,
xix
,
1
,
9
,
10–21
,
23
,
25–28
,
31
,
39
,
50
,
59
,
60
,
61
,
68
,
69
,
71
,
75
,
77
,
82
,
84
,
85
,
87
,
89–93
,
98
,
111
,
113
,
123
,
138
,
158
,
159
,
162
,
170
,
178
,
185–87
,
190
,
204
,
206
,
218
,
247
,
252

Italy,
34
,
36
,
37
,
48
,
49
,
60–64
,
69
,
92
,
148
,
234
,
245
,
246

Ivory Coast,
73
,
105

Jamaica,
29
,
155
,
233
,
237

Japan,
vii
,
viii
,
xix
,
4–8
,
12–16
,
25
,
29
,
33
,
48
,
89
,
95–97
,
106–9
,
111
,
123
,
161
,
173
,
174
,
185
,
205
,
234
,
247–49
,
252

Jordan,
8–11
,
16–18
,
21
,
25
,
65
,
69
,
87
,
89
,
100
,
114
,
141
,
148
,
152
,
185
,
187
,
217
,
221–23
,
246

Kazakhstan,
140
,
151

Kenya,
viii
,
ix
,
xi
,
xviii
,
26
,
27
,
105
,
106
,
112–16
,
123
,
124
,
126
,
167
,
170
,
171
,
175–79
,
208
,
213
,
221
,
251
,
252

Kosovo,
113

Kuwait,
22
,
23
,
29
,
32
,
45
,
63
,
71
,
87
,
88
,
89
,
127

Lebanon,
viii
,
ix
,
xix
,
14–16
,
19
,
21
,
23
,
54–56
,
66
,
67
,
69
,
73
,
77
,
78
,
90
,
123
,
141
,
186
,
197
,
198
,
248
,
249

Libya,
17–19
,
22–25
,
28
,
47
,
52
,
64–68
,
70–76
,
78–80
,
172
,
174
,
175
,
187
,
246

Lithuania,
150
,
154
,
212

Malaysia,
15
,
107
,
108
,
112
,
130
,
134–36
,
207

Mali,
171–73
,
175

Mauritania,
172–75

Mexico,
182
,
183
,
188
,
190

Middle East,
4
,
9
,
12
,
47
,
50
,
54
,
55
,
59
,
64
,
82
,
84
,
87
,
90
,
92
,
99
,
100
,
112
,
202
,
218
,
244
.
See also specific countries

Morocco,
45
,
123
,
146
,
147

Nepal,
15
,
123
,
220

Netherlands,
2
,
9–11
,
13
,
60
,
138
,
208

Niger,
77
,
173

Nigeria,
22
,
105
,
239

North Korea,
vii
,
xix
,
4–8
,
29
,
47
,
51
,
245

Northern Ireland,
viii
,
xix
,
37
,
117
,
118
,
174

Norway,
34
,
174

Pakistan,
xi
,
41
,
45
,
53
,
57
,
68–72
,
83
,
88
,
89
,
104
,
111
,
114–16
,
127
,
128
,
132
,
136
,
143
,
148
,
155–64
,
167
,
171
,
198
,
200–205
,
208
,
210
,
212
,
219–22
,
226
,
235
,
238
,
239
,
240

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