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Old 03-03-2006, 18:58
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Originally Posted by steve@thaib
Scotland and Wales and Ireland are countries in their own right, ask a Welsh bloke...

I agree with you steve , but officially they are not countries.

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and even the components of the United Kingdom (such as Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England - sorry folks, they're not countries, states, or nation-states).

Here is a list of all 192 "official" countries .

http://geography.about.com/od/countr...a/capitals.htm
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