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*[[Afghanistan]]
 
*[[Afghanistan]]
 
*[[Albania]]
 
*[[Albania]]
*Algeria
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*[[Algeria]]
 
*Andorra
 
*Andorra
 
*Angola
 
*Angola
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*[[Bolivia]]
 
*[[Bolivia]]
 
*Bosnia and Herzegovina
 
*Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Botswana
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*[[Botswana]]
 
*[[Brazil]]
 
*[[Brazil]]
 
*[[Brunei]]
 
*[[Brunei]]
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*Cape Verde
 
*Cape Verde
 
*[[République Centrafricaine|Central African Republic]]
 
*[[République Centrafricaine|Central African Republic]]
*Chad
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*[[Chad]]
 
*[[Chile]]
 
*[[Chile]]
 
*[[China]]
 
*[[China]]
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**[[Taiwan]]
 
**[[Taiwan]]
 
*[[Colombia]]
 
*[[Colombia]]
*Comoros
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*[[Comoros]]
 
*[[Congo, Democratic Republic of the]]
 
*[[Congo, Democratic Republic of the]]
 
*[[ République du Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)|Congo, Republic of the]]
 
*[[ République du Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)|Congo, Republic of the]]
*Costa Rica
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*[[Costa Rica]]
 
*Croatia
 
*Croatia
 
*[[Cuba]]
 
*[[Cuba]]
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*[[Ecuador]]
 
*[[Ecuador]]
 
*[[Egypt]]
 
*[[Egypt]]
*El Salvador
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*[[El Salvador]]
*Equatorial Guinea
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*[[Equatorial Guinea]]
*Eritrea
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*[[Eritrea]]
 
*Estonia
 
*Estonia
 
*[[Ethiopia]]
 
*[[Ethiopia]]
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**French Guiana
 
**French Guiana
 
**[[French Polynesia]]
 
**[[French Polynesia]]
*Gabon
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*[[Gabon]]
 
*[[Gambia, The]]
 
*[[Gambia, The]]
 
*[[Georgia]]
 
*[[Georgia]]
  
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*[[Germany]]
 
*[[Germany]]
 
*[[Ghana]]
 
*[[Ghana]]
 
*Greece
 
*Greece
*Guatemala
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*Grenada
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*[[Guatemala]]
 
*[[Guinea]]
 
*[[Guinea]]
*Guinea-Bissau
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*[[Guinea-Bissau]]
 
*Guyana
 
*Guyana
 
*Haiti
 
*Haiti
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*[[Indonesia]]
 
*[[Indonesia]]
 
*Iran
 
*Iran
*Iraq
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*[[Iraq]]
 
*[[Ireland]]
 
*[[Ireland]]
 
*Israel
 
*Israel
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*[[Laos]]
 
*[[Laos]]
 
*Latvia
 
*Latvia
*Lebanon
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*[[Lebanon]]
*Lesotho
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*[[Lesotho]]
 
*[[Liberia]]
 
*[[Liberia]]
 
*Libya
 
*Libya
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*[[Malaysia]]
 
*[[Malaysia]]
 
*Maldives
 
*Maldives
*Mali
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*[[Mali]]
 
*Malta
 
*Malta
 
*Marshall Islands
 
*Marshall Islands
*Mauritania
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*[[Mauritania]]
*Mauritius
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*[[Mauritius]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
 
*Micronesia
 
*Micronesia
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*Panama
 
*Panama
 
*Papua New Guinea
 
*Papua New Guinea
*Paraguay
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*[[Paraguay]]
 
*[[Peru]]
 
*[[Peru]]
 
*[[Philippines]]
 
*[[Philippines]]
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*[[Senegal]]
 
*[[Senegal]]
 
*Serbia
 
*Serbia
*Seychelles
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*[[Seychelles]]
 
*Sierra Leone
 
*Sierra Leone
 
*[[Singapore]]
 
*[[Singapore]]
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*Somalia
 
*Somalia
 
*[[South Africa]]
 
*[[South Africa]]
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*South Sudan
 
*[[Spain]]
 
*[[Spain]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
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**Scotland
 
**Scotland
 
*[[United States]]
 
*[[United States]]
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**Puerto Rico
 
*Uruguay   
 
*Uruguay   
 
*Uzbekistan
 
*Uzbekistan

Revision as of 15:45, 16 July 2019

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