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964:Poland
934:Norway
899:Monaco
889:Mexico
839:Latvia
814:Jordan
804:Israel
784:Guyana
774:Greece
733:Cyprus
667:Brunei
657:Brazil
394:
372:
261:, no 8
243:Geneva
191:Annecy
187:Thonon
1501:Ă…land
1443:Wales
1403:Spain
1328:Malta
1298:Italy
914:Nauru
874:Malta
854:Macau
824:Kenya
799:India
769:Ghana
702:China
697:Chile
179:Basel
95:Clubs
90:~5000
1117:USSR
1049:Togo
954:Peru
929:Niue
869:Mali
834:Laos
779:Guam
392:ISBN
370:ISBN
149:The
80:1869
32:The
570:in
136:in
1548::
454:^
442:^
416:^
386:,
166:.
98:32
1161:e
1154:t
1147:v
560:e
553:t
546:v
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