nations
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
recognized as sovereign nations by UN Security Council on May 20, 1992
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Tunisia
independence recognized in 1956
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Turkey
as small state, after WW I; with present boundaries, from 1923
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Canada
confederation est. 1867; gained control of its constitution from Britain in 1982
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Cambodia
gained independence in 1954
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Bulgaria
independent state established in 7th cen.; modern nation created in 1877, allied with Soviet bloc 1946-1989
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Brazil
independence declared September 7, 1822
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Belgium
split from the Netherlands in 1831
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Armenia
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Uzbekistan
became independent when the USSR was dissolved on December 36, 1991
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Croatia
declared independence from former Yugoslavia in 1991
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Belize
gained internal self-government 1965, independent from Britain since 1981
