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	Date	Title
COUNTRY BACKGROUND NOTES
	11/21/2008	Background Notes: Afghanistan (November, 2008)
	07/09/2009	Background Notes: Albania (June, 2009)
	03/10/2010	Background Notes: Algeria (March, 2010)
	01/14/2010	Background Notes: Andorra (January, 2010)
	09/15/2009	Background Notes: Angola (September, 2009)
	11/12/2009	Background Notes: Antigua and Barbuda (November, 2009)
	10/16/2009	Background Notes: Argentina (October, 2009)
	10/09/2009	Background Notes: Armenia (October, 2009)
	11/17/2009	Background Notes: Aruba (Neth) (November, 2009)
	11/24/2009	Background Notes: Australia (November, 2009)
	10/09/2009	Background Notes: Austria (October, 2009)
	10/08/2009	Background Notes: Azerbaijan (October, 2009)
	01/07/2010	Background Notes: Bahamas (December, 2009)
	02/02/2010	Background Notes: Bahrain (January, 2010)
	05/08/2009	Background Notes: Bangladesh (May, 2009)
	11/10/2009	Background Notes: Barbados (November, 2009)
	07/02/2009	Background Notes: Belarus (July, 2009)
	08/11/2009	Background Notes: Belgium (August, 2009)
	09/16/2009	Background Notes: Belize (September, 2009)
	02/04/2010	Background Notes: Benin (February, 2010)
	08/11/2009	Background Notes: Bermuda (July, 2009)
	02/02/2010	Background Notes: Bhutan (February, 2010)
	09/21/2009	Background Notes: Bolivia (September, 2009)
	01/15/2009	Background Notes: Bosnia-Herzegovina (January, 2009)
	12/03/2009	Background Notes: Botswana (December, 2009)
	11/10/2009	Background Notes: Brazil (November, 2009)
	01/08/2010	Background Notes: Brunei (December, 2009)
	11/27/2009	Background Notes: Bulgaria (November, 2009)
	11/25/2009	Background Notes: Burkina (Upper Volta) (November, 2009)
	07/20/2009	Background Notes: Burma (July, 2009)
	01/07/2010	Background Notes: Burundi (December, 2009)
	01/14/2010	Background Notes: Cambodia (Kampuchea) (January, 2010)
	09/03/2009	Background Notes: Cameroon (September, 2009)
	02/19/2010	Background Notes: Canada (February, 2010)
	11/25/2009	Background Notes: Cape Verde (November, 2009)
	06/11/2009	Background Notes: Cayman Islands (UK) (June, 2009)
	01/08/2010	Background Notes: Central African Republic (January, 2010)
	01/08/2010	Background Notes: Chad (January, 2010)
	09/18/2009	Background Notes: Chile (September, 2009)
	11/06/2009	Background Notes: China (October, 2009)
	06/02/2009	Background Notes: Colombia (May, 2009)
	11/09/2009	Background Notes: Comoros (November, 2009)
	01/27/2010	Background Notes: Congo (Brazzaville) (January, 2010)
	07/07/2009	Background Notes: Costa Rica (July, 2009)
	09/22/2009	Background Notes: Croatia (September, 2009)
	08/20/2008	Background Notes: Cuba (August, 2008)
	06/26/2009	Background Notes: Cyprus (June, 2009)
	07/10/2009	Background Notes: Czech Republic (July, 2009)
	11/05/2004	Background Notes: Democratic Republic of the Congo (November, 2004)
	11/18/2009	Background Notes: Denmark (November, 2009)
	11/10/2009	Background Notes: Djibouti (November, 2009)
	01/19/2010	Background Notes: Dominica (January, 2010)
	06/17/2009	Background Notes: Dominican Republic (June, 2009)
	06/26/2007	Background Notes: E Timor/Port Timor (Indonesia) (June, 2007)
	03/20/2009	Background Notes: Ecuador (February, 2009)
	03/08/2010	Background Notes: Egypt (March, 2010)
	02/03/2010	Background Notes: El Salvador (January, 2010)
	11/09/2009	Background Notes: Equatorial Guinea (November, 2009)
	11/25/2009	Background Notes: Eritrea (November, 2009)
	02/13/2009	Background Notes: Estonia (February, 2009)
	12/01/2009	Background Notes: Ethiopia (December, 2009)
	01/20/2010	Background Notes: Fed States Of Micronesia (January, 2010)
	12/29/2009	Background Notes: Fiji (December, 2009)
	09/18/2009	Background Notes: Finland (September, 2009)
	09/09/2008	Background Notes: France (August, 2008)
	03/11/2010	Background Notes: Gabon (March, 2010)
	12/30/2009	Background Notes: Gambia (December, 2009)
	03/24/2009	Background Notes: Georgia (February, 2009)
	03/16/2010	Background Notes: Germany (March, 2010)
	03/08/2010	Background Notes: Ghana (March, 2010)
	08/10/2009	Background Notes: Greece (August, 2009)
	05/18/2009	Background Notes: Grenada (May, 2009)
	03/18/2009	Background Notes: Guatemala (February, 2009)
	03/15/2010	Background Notes: Guinea (March, 2010)
	12/30/2009	Background Notes: Guinea-Bissau (December, 2009)
	09/30/2009	Background Notes: Guyana (September, 2009)
	09/15/2009	Background Notes: Haiti (September, 2009)
	11/24/2009	Background Notes: Honduras (November, 2009)
	12/28/2009	Background Notes: Hong Kong (China) (December, 2009)
	06/23/2009	Background Notes: Hungary (June, 2009)
	05/29/2009	Background Notes: Iceland (May, 2009)
	11/12/2009	Background Notes: India (November, 2009)
	01/21/2010	Background Notes: Indonesia (January, 2010)
	04/02/2008	Background Notes: Iran (March, 2008)
	02/08/2008	Background Notes: Iraq (February, 2008)
	01/13/2010	Background Notes: Ireland (January, 2010)
	10/10/2007	Background Notes: Israel (October, 2007)
	04/02/2009	Background Notes: Italy (March, 2009)
	11/30/2009	Background Notes: Ivory Coast (November, 2009)
	01/07/2010	Background Notes: Jamaica (December, 2009)
	09/30/2009	Background Notes: Japan (September, 2009)
	01/21/2010	Background Notes: Jordan (January, 2010)
	04/20/2009	Background Notes: Kazakhstan (April, 2009)
	01/20/2010	Background Notes: Kenya (January, 2010)
	01/20/2010	Background Notes: Kiribati (Gilbert Isl) (January, 2010)
	01/06/2009	Background Notes: Kosovo (December, 2008)
	02/24/2009	Background Notes: Kuwait (February, 2009)
	11/04/2009	Background Notes: Kyrgyzstan (October, 2009)
	11/05/2009	Background Notes: Laos (October, 2009)
	11/30/2009	Background Notes: Latvia (November, 2009)
	02/09/2009	Background Notes: Lebanon (January, 2009)
	03/08/2010	Background Notes: Lesotho (March, 2010)
	03/08/2010	Background Notes: Liberia (March, 2010)
	02/03/2010	Background Notes: Libya (February, 2010)
	09/21/2009	Background Notes: Liechtenstein (September, 2009)
	01/06/2010	Background Notes: Lithuania (December, 2009)
	01/15/2010	Background Notes: Luxembourg (January, 2010)
	12/29/2009	Background Notes: Macau (China) (December, 2009)
	07/02/2009	Background Notes: Macedonia (June, 2009)
	11/09/2009	Background Notes: Madagascar (November, 2009)
	12/03/2009	Background Notes: Malawi (December, 2009)
	02/01/2010	Background Notes: Malaysia (January, 2010)
	11/13/2009	Background Notes: Maldive Islands (November, 2009)
	04/15/2009	Background Notes: Mali (April, 2009)
	03/31/2009	Background Notes: Malta And Gozo (March, 2009)
	01/19/2010	Background Notes: Marshall Islands (January, 2010)
	09/16/2009	Background Notes: Mauritania (September, 2009)
	03/16/2010	Background Notes: Mauritius (March, 2010)
	02/22/2010	Background Notes: Mexico (February, 2010)
	03/25/2009	Background Notes: Moldova (February, 2009)
	03/11/2010	Background Notes: Monaco (March, 2010)
	03/10/2010	Background Notes: Mongolia (February, 2010)
	01/27/2010	Background Notes: Morocco (January, 2010)
	03/01/2010	Background Notes: Mozambique (February, 2010)
	01/26/2010	Background Notes: Namibia (January, 2010)
	01/20/2010	Background Notes: Nauru (January, 2010)
	11/04/2009	Background Notes: Nepal (October, 2009)
	01/13/2010	Background Notes: Netherlands (January, 2010)
	09/02/2009	Background Notes: Netherlands Antilles (Neth) (September, 2009)
	02/22/2010	Background Notes: New Zealand (February, 2010)
	08/27/2009	Background Notes: Nicaragua (August, 2009)
	02/04/2010	Background Notes: Niger (February, 2010)
	12/31/2009	Background Notes: Nigeria (December, 2009)
	03/10/2010	Background Notes: North Korea (March, 2010)
	08/12/2009	Background Notes: Norway (August, 2009)
	06/26/2007	Background Notes: Oman (June, 2007)
	04/01/2009	Background Notes: Pakistan (March, 2009)
	08/26/2009	Background Notes: Palau (August, 2009)
	01/08/2010	Background Notes: Panama (December, 2009)
	09/29/2009	Background Notes: Papua New Guinea (September, 2009)
	01/13/2009	Background Notes: Paraguay (January, 2009)
	01/26/2010	Background Notes: Peru (January, 2010)
	11/04/2009	Background Notes: Philippines (October, 2009)
	10/08/2009	Background Notes: Poland (October, 2009)
	05/18/2009	Background Notes: Portugal (May, 2009)
	02/04/2010	Background Notes: Qatar (January, 2010)
	03/19/2009	Background Notes: Romania (March, 2009)
	05/11/2009	Background Notes: Russia (April, 2009)
	01/07/2010	Background Notes: Rwanda (December, 2009)
	09/28/2009	Background Notes: Samoa (September, 2009)
	02/22/2010	Background Notes: San Marino (February, 2010)
	03/11/2010	Background Notes: Sao Tome And Principe (March, 2010)
	01/09/2009	Background Notes: Saudi Arabia (January, 2009)
	12/31/2009	Background Notes: Senegal (December, 2009)
	01/12/2010	Background Notes: Serbia and Montenegro (December, 2009)
	09/28/2009	Background Notes: Seychelles (September, 2009)
	03/01/2010	Background Notes: Sierra Leone (February, 2010)
	09/29/2009	Background Notes: Singapore (September, 2009)
	10/01/2009	Background Notes: Slovakia (October, 2009)
	04/21/2009	Background Notes: Slovenia (April, 2009)
	09/29/2009	Background Notes: Solomon Islands (September, 2009)
	01/19/2010	Background Notes: Somalia (January, 2010)
	02/22/2010	Background Notes: South Africa (February, 2010)
	11/06/2009	Background Notes: South Korea (October, 2009)
	01/05/2010	Background Notes: Spain (December, 2009)
	08/07/2009	Background Notes: Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (July, 2009)
	11/12/2009	Background Notes: St Kitts and Nevis (November, 2009)
	01/19/2010	Background Notes: St Lucia (January, 2010)
	10/08/2009	Background Notes: St Vincent and Grenadines (October, 2009)
	03/01/2010	Background Notes: Sudan (February, 2010)
	11/18/2009	Background Notes: Suriname (November, 2009)
	01/28/2010	Background Notes: Swaziland (January, 2010)
	03/26/2009	Background Notes: Sweden (March, 2009)
	08/10/2009	Background Notes: Switzerland (August, 2009)
	02/19/2010	Background Notes: Syria (February, 2010)
	11/05/2009	Background Notes: Taiwan (October, 2009)
	10/14/2009	Background Notes: Tajikistan (October, 2009)
	12/30/2009	Background Notes: Tanganyika (Tanzania) (December, 2009)
	07/31/2009	Background Notes: Thailand (July, 2009)
	02/22/2010	Background Notes: Timor-Leste (February, 2010)
	11/04/2009	Background Notes: Togo (October, 2009)
	12/02/2009	Background Notes: Tonga (December, 2009)
	11/13/2009	Background Notes: Trinidad And Tobago (November, 2009)
	03/23/2009	Background Notes: Tunisia (March, 2009)
	03/12/2010	Background Notes: Turkey (March, 2010)
	11/03/2009	Background Notes: Turkmenistan (September, 2009)
	08/06/2009	Background Notes: Tuvalu (August, 2009)
	02/04/2010	Background Notes: Uganda (February, 2010)
	05/22/2009	Background Notes: Ukraine (May, 2009)
	06/26/2007	Background Notes: United Arab Emirates (June, 2007)
	03/31/2009	Background Notes: United Kingdom (March, 2009)
	10/07/2009	Background Notes: Uruguay (October, 2009)
	10/16/2009	Background Notes: Uzbekistan (October, 2009)
	09/29/2009	Background Notes: Vanuatu (New Hebrides) (September, 2009)
	03/12/2010	Background Notes: Vatican City (March, 2010)
	03/01/2010	Background Notes: Venezuela (February, 2010)
	11/06/2009	Background Notes: Viet Nam (October, 2009)
	01/27/2010	Background Notes: Yemen (Aden) (S Yemen) (January, 2010)
	08/14/2002	Background Notes: Yugoslavia (August, 2002)
	02/04/2010	Background Notes: Zambia (February, 2010)
	01/20/2010	Background Notes: Zimbabwe (January, 2010)