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Timeline: Marshall Islands

A chronology of key events




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Timeline: Malaysia

A chronology of key events





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Kyrgyzstan timeline

A chronology of key events




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Timeline: South Korea

A chronology of key events




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Timeline: Kazakhstan

A chronology of key events




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Indonesia timeline

A chronology of key events




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Timeline: Cook Islands

A chronology of key events




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Timeline: Australia

A chronology of key events




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Regions and territories: Xinjiang

An overview of Xinjiang, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Country profile: Uzbekistan

Key facts, figures and dates




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Country profile: Turkmenistan

Key facts, figures and dates




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Regions and territories: Tokelau

A profile of the three-island territory in the South Pacific




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Regions and territories: Tibet

An overview of Tibet, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Country profile: Tajikistan

Key facts, figures and dates




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Country profile: Solomon Islands

Key facts, figures and dates




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Country profile: Singapore

Key facts, figures and dates




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Country profile: Samoa

Key facts, figures and dates




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Philippines country profile

Key facts, figures and dates




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Regions, territories: Northern Mariana Islands

A profile of the US commonwealth territory in the north-west Pacific




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Regions and territories: Niue

A profile of the South Pacific island - the world's smallest self-governing territory




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Regions and territories: New Caledonia

An overview of the Pacific territory, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Country profile: Micronesia

Key facts, figures and dates




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Country profile: Marshall Islands

Key facts, figures and dates




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Country profile: Malaysia

Key facts, figures and dates




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Regions and territories: Macau

An overview of Macau, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Country profile: Laos

Key facts, figures and dates




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Country profile: Kyrgyzstan

Key facts, figures and dates




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Country profile: South Korea

Key facts, figures and dates




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Country profile: Kazakhstan

Key facts, figures and dates




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Indonesia country profile

Key facts, figures and dates




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Regions and territories: Hong Kong

An overview of Hong Kong, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Guam

An overview of Guam, including key facts, political leaders and the media




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Regions and territories: French Polynesia

An overview of French Polynesia, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Cook Islands

Key facts, political leaders and notes on the media.




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Timeline: East Timor

A chronology of key events




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Country profile: Australia

Key facts, figures and dates




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Country profile: East Timor

Key facts, figures and dates




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2001: Crime rates lowest for 20 years

British Crime Survey reveals the chances of being a victim of crime are lowest for 20 years.




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1976: Queen opens National Theatre in London

The Queen has officially opened the National Theatre on the South Bank in London after years of delays.




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1984: Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia

The EEC is donating £1.8 million to help combat the famine in Ethiopia.




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1964: President Kaunda takes power in Zambia

Zambia is the ninth African state to gain independence from the British crown.




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1983: US troops invade Grenada

American forces seize control of the Caribbean island of Grenada less than a week after a left-wing coup in which the prime minister, Maurice Bishop, was killed.




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Erica Ogwumike has been drafted into the WNBA - but is also a medical student in the US.

Erica Ogwumike has been drafted into the WNBA - but is also a medical student in the US. She talks about combining the two - and why she would like to represent Nigeria.




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The Ethiopia-Eritrea border dividing families

How the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea is dividing families and communities who live along it.




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Locusts destroying food supplies in the Horn of Africa

Billions of locusts are destroying food supplies in the Horn of Africa during the coronavirus outbreak.




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Mozambique: The Islamic State insurgency you may not have heard of

The Islamic State has been behind the growing wave of violence in northern Mozambique.




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Coronavirus in Africa: Kenya's students making PPE kits

A Kenyan university is voluntarily making critical medical kits in the fight against Covid-19.




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Malawi's cash handouts and the row about a coronavirus lockdown

Malawi announces cash handouts for the poorest, after the courts blocked the proposed lockdown.




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The long shot that changed a homeless caddie's life

Llewellyn Barnes made his debut in a professional golf debut last month, after decades living homeless in South Africa.