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772:Japan
745:Civil
730:Macau
720:China
623:Civil
541:Chile
475:Venda
414:Sudan
374:]
332:Kenya
327:Ghana
317:Egypt
101:(OON)
1482:Niue
1472:Fiji
1364:East
1359:Nazi
841:Oman
804:Laos
762:Iran
674:Asia
608:Peru
551:Cuba
112:and
1419:SFR
1586::
1424:FR
372:fr
215:,
172:.
706:)
702:(
246:e
239:t
232:v
182:.
20:)
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