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guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.</b> <br> <p> <b>They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives.</b> <p> <b>Select a country, territory or international organisation from the menus below.</b> </font> </td>  <td align="CENTER" width="314" colspan="0" valign="TOP"> <font color="#000000">  <div> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39878000/jpg/_39878231_map1.jpg" width="416" height="250" alt="World map" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> </div>  </font> </td>  </tr>  </table>  <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="629"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="203"> <div><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/38812000/gif/_38812991_cp_africa.gif" width="203" height="16" alt="" border="0"></div> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" 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value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1023151.stm"> Equator'l Guinea </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1070813.stm"> Eritrea </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1072164.stm"> Ethiopia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1023203.stm"> Gabon </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1032156.stm"> Gambia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1023355.stm"> Ghana </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1032311.stm"> Guinea </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1043287.stm"> Guinea-Bissau </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1043014.stm"> Ivory Coast </option> <option 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value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791867.stm"> Morocco </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1063120.stm"> Mozambique </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1063245.stm"> Namibia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1054396.stm"> Niger </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1064557.stm"> Nigeria </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1070265.stm"> Rwanda </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1064541.stm"> Sao Tome/Princip </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1064496.stm"> Senegal </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1070461.stm"> Seychelles </option> <option 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</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/4276288.stm"> Puntland </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/4469169.stm"> Reunion </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/3794847.stm"> Somaliland </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14123532"> St Helena, Ascen </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/3466917.stm"> Western Sahara </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/3850393.stm"> Zanzibar </option> </select> <input value="GO" type="image" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif"> </td></tr></form></table> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> <div><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/38813000/gif/_38813013_cp_europe.gif" width="203" height="16" alt="" border="0"></div> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="#"> Choose a country </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17679574"> Albania </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17028050"> Andorra </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17398605"> Armenia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17405422"> Austria </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17043424"> Azerbaijan </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17941131"> Belarus </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17205436"> Belgium </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17211415"> Bosnia-Herceg </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17202996"> Bulgaria </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17212572"> Croatia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17217956"> Cyprus </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17220018"> Czech Republic </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17929661"> Denmark </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17220810"> Estonia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17288360"> Finland </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17298730"> France </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17301647"> Georgia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17299607"> Germany </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17372520"> Greece </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17380792"> Hungary </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17383525"> Iceland </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17473476"> Ireland </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17433142"> Italy </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17522134"> Latvia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17535108"> Liechtenstein </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17536867"> Lithuania </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17548470"> Luxembourg </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17550407"> Macedonia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17597837"> Malta </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17601580"> Moldova </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17615784"> Monaco </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17667132"> Montenegro </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17740800"> Netherlands </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17743896"> Norway </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17753718"> Poland </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17758217"> Portugal </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17776265"> Romania </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17839672"> Russia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17842338"> San Marino </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17907947"> Serbia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17847682"> Slovakia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17846376"> Slovenia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17941641"> Spain </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17955808"> Sweden </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17980650"> Switzerland </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17988453"> Turkey </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18018002"> Ukraine </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18023389"> United Kingdom </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17994868"> Vatican </option> </select> <input value="GO" type="image" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif"> </td></tr></form></table> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="#"> Find a territory </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18175030"> Abkhazia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/3520322.stm"> Ajaria </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20345071"> Catalonia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14114627"> Ceuta, Melilla </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18175986"> Channel Islands </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18188085"> Chechnya </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/3028038.stm"> Corsica </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18287223"> Crimea </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20593383"> Dagestan </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20424993"> Faroe Islands </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18219307"> Gibraltar </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18249474"> Greenland </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20615790"> Ingushetia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18251379"> Isle of Man </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20594299"> Kabardino-Balkar </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18284828"> Kaliningrad </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/4580467.stm"> Kalmykia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20594308"> Karachay-Cherkes </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18328859"> Kosovo </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18270325"> Nagorno-Karabakh </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/3621698.stm"> North Ossetia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18269210"> South Ossetia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18284837"> Trans-Dniester </option> </select> <input value="GO" type="image" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif"> </td></tr></form></table> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="10"><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="203"> <div><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/38812000/gif/_38812997_cp_americas.gif" width="203" height="16" alt="" border="0"></div> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="#"> Choose a country </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18706079"> Antigua/Barbuda </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18707514"> Argentina </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18722984"> Bahamas </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18723928"> Barbados </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18724590"> Belize </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18727507"> Bolivia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18909529"> Brazil </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19357497"> Chile </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19390026"> Colombia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19414068"> Costa Rica </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16841111"> Canada </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19583447"> Cuba </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19246342"> Dominica </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19246340"> Dominican Republ </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19331501"> Ecuador </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19401932"> El Salvador </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19598301"> Grenada </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19635877"> Guatemala </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19546909"> Guyana </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19548810"> Haiti </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18954311"> Honduras </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18784061"> Jamaica </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18095241"> Mexico </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19735631"> Nicaragua </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19888936"> Panama </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19978115"> Paraguay </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19928905"> Peru </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19997673"> Suriname </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20032548"> St Kitts and Nev </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19833213"> St Lucia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20006734"> St Vincent/Grena </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20072231"> Trinidad/Tobago </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16761057"> USA </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20041847"> Uruguay </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19649648"> Venezuela </option> </select> <input value="GO" type="image" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif"> </td></tr></form></table> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="#"> Find a territory </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20142904"> Anguilla </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20145233"> Aruba </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20158216"> Bermuda </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20211990"> Brit Virgin Isla </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20219637"> Cayman Islands </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20413910"> Curacao </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18425572"> Falkland Islands </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18249474"> Greenland </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20376142"> French Guiana </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20313500"> Guadeloupe </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20259685"> Martinique </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20256517"> Montserrat </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17139243"> Puerto Rico </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17142538"> St Pierre and Mi </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20252929"> Turks and Caicos </option> </select> <input value="GO" type="image" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif"> </td></tr></form></table> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> <div><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/38813000/gif/_38813015_cp_middle_east.gif" width="203" height="16" alt="" border="0"></div> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="#"> Choose a country </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/790556.stm"> Algeria </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/790690.stm"> Bahrain </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/737642.stm"> Egypt </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/790877.stm"> Iran </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791014.stm"> Iraq </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/803257.stm"> Israel </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/828763.stm"> Jordan </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791053.stm"> Kuwait </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791071.stm"> Lebanon </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/819291.stm"> Libya </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791083.stm"> Mauritania </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791867.stm"> Morocco </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791892.stm"> Oman </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791921.stm"> Qatar </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791936.stm"> Saudi Arabia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/820864.stm"> Sudan </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/801669.stm"> Syria </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791969.stm"> Tunisia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/737620.stm"> UAE </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/784383.stm"> Yemen </option> </select> <input value="GO" type="image" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif"> </td></tr></form></table> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="#"> Find a territory </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/3393813.stm"> Golan Heights </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14630174"> Palestinian area </option> </select> <input value="GO" type="image" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif"> </td></tr></form></table> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="10"><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="203"> <div><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/38813000/gif/_38813009_cp_asia_pac.gif" width="203" height="16" alt="" border="0"></div> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="#"> Choose a country </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1250188.stm"> Australia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1298607.stm"> Brunei </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300003.stm"> Burma </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1243892.stm"> Cambodia </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13017877"> China </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1508119.stm"> East Timor </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300477.stm"> Fiji </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1260544.stm"> Indonesia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1258586.stm"> Japan </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15263826"> Kazakhstan </option> <option value="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-16431122"> Kiribati </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1131421.stm"> North Korea </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1123668.stm"> South Korea </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1296485.stm"> Kyrgyzstan </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1154621.stm"> Laos </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1304569.stm"> Malaysia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1167854.stm"> Marshall Islands </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300849.stm"> Micronesia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1235560.stm"> Mongolia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1134221.stm"> Nauru </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1136253.stm"> New Zealand </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/2693697.stm"> Palau </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1246074.stm"> Papua New Guinea </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1262783.stm"> The Philippines </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300802.stm"> Samoa </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1143240.stm"> Singapore </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1249307.stm"> Solomon Islands </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1285915.stm"> Taiwan </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1296639.stm"> Tajikistan </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1237845.stm"> Thailand </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300742.stm"> Tonga </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1298497.stm"> Turkmenistan </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1249549.stm"> Tuvalu </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1238242.stm"> Uzbekistan </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1249790.stm"> Vanuatu </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1243338.stm"> Vietnam </option> </select> <input value="GO" type="image" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif"> </td></tr></form></table> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="#"> Find a territory </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/3697804.stm"> Cook Islands </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/3826525.stm"> French Polynesia </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/4102043.stm"> Guam </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/3650337.stm"> Hong Kong </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/4080105.stm"> Macau </option> <option 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width="203" height="16" alt="" border="0"></div> <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br /> <div class="ddt"></div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="#">Choose a country</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1162668.stm">Afghanistan</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1160598.stm">Bangladesh</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1166513.stm">Bhutan</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1154019.stm">India</option> <option 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