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Countries that have had Marxist-Leninist style governments. Orange is former, red is present. Marxism–Leninism is the political ideology adopted by
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Norway had the highest per capita funding of public television in 2015: €136. Denmark was at €91, while Finland, which
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Last week, The Diplomat featured an interesting piece about the border between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, noting that the Amu Darya,
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The debt-to-GDP ratio is the ratio between a country’s government debt and its gross domestic product measured in years. A
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This `weighted` map of the world shows each country`s relative size based on its Muslim population. Figures are rounded to
Read MoreUN vote results on scrapping staff benefits for same-sex couples (2015)
Americas and Europe voted against scrapping staff benefits for same-sex couples.
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Pictorial wildlife and game map of the United States.
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During the past ten thousand years, there are about 1.5 thousand volcanoes on land that are known to have have
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