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Quick facts about this Southeast Asian nation.
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Argentina's road to democracy has been a bumpy one, with military coups, inequality and corruption along the way.
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New Zealand, known in Maori as Aotearoa, or Land of the Long White Cloud, is truly a land apart.
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With major European powers at its doorstep, Morocco has long had to cope with foreign interests as well as internal strife.
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Nestled in the Himalayan Region of Pacific-Asia, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is governed as a territory of China.
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For centuries, Laos and its neighbours were swept over by shifting dynasties, from Mon and Khmer Kingdoms to the Angkor and Siamese Empires.
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Kashmir, located high in the Himalayas where India and Pakistan guard their borders, has been a flash point between the two countries for more than fifty years.
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Located in the Great Lakes district of East Africa this former British colony has pulled itself from a legacy of brutal military dictatorships, and stands as one of the success stories in the region.
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There is much confusion regarding the official name of this South-East Asian country: some call it Burma, others Myanmar. So what is the official name of the country? Well, it depends...
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