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Grenada Category: Geography - Area - comparative: twice the size of Washington, DC

Bangladesh Category: Economy - Imports - commodities (%): machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement

Afghanistan Category: Government - Flag description: three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), red, and green, with the national emblem in white centered on the red band and slightly overlapping the other two bands; the center of the emblem features a mosque with pulpit and flags on either side, below the mosque are numerals for the solar year 1298 (1919 in the Gregorian calendar, the year of Afghan independence from the UK); this central image is circled by a border consisting of sheaves of wheat on the left and right, in the upper-center is an Arabic inscription of the Shahada (Muslim creed) below which are rays of the rising sun over the Takbir (Arabic expression meaning "God is great"), and at bottom center is a scroll bearing the name Afghanistan

Kosovo Category: Government - National holiday: Independence Day, 17 February (2008)

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Finland Category: People - Ethnic groups (%): Finn 93.4%, Swede 5.6%, Russian 0.5%, Estonian 0.3%, Roma (Gypsy) 0.1%, Sami 0.1% (2006)

Botswana Category: Government - International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, AU, C, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Turkmenistan Category: Economy - Industrial production growth rate (%): -0.1% (2008 estimate)

Malawi Category: Geography - Natural resources: limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite

Jersey Category: Economy - Exports - commodities (%): light industrial and electrical goods, dairy cattle, foodstuffs, textiles

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France Latitude Facts: 46.9107939782989 and France Longitude Facts: 2.59494154057781

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Italy Category: Economy - Debt - external: .06 trillion (31 December 2008 estimate)

Samoa Category: Government - Political parties and leaders: Human Rights Protection Party or HRPP [Sailele Malielegaoi TUILA'EPA]; Samoa Christian Party or TCP [Tuala Tiresa MALIETOA]; Samoa Democratic United Party or SDUP [LE MAMEA Ropati]; Samoa Party or SP [Su'a Rimoni Ah CHONG]; Samoa Progressive Political Party or SPPP [Toeolesulusulu SIUEVA]

Niger Category: Economy - Electricity - imports (kWh): 225 million kWh (2007 estimate)

Mali Category: Military - Military service age and obligation (years of age): 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2008)

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Jersey Category: Transportation - Airports - with paved runways: total: 1; 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands Category: Geography - Location: southeast and east of Africa, islands in the southern Indian Ocean, some near Madagascar and others about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia; note - French Southern and Antarctic Lands include Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island in the southern Indian Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, "Adelie Land"; the US does not recognize the French claim to "Adelie Land"

West Bank Category: Economy - Economic aid - recipient: .4 billion; (includes Gaza Strip) (2006 estimate)

Bermuda Category: People - Total fertility rate (children born/woman): 1.88 children born/woman (2008 estimate)