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Trace
IP address,
email or IM to owner or user |
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Whenever you get online your computer is assigned an IP address.
IP address is the Internet Protocol (IP) address given to every
computer connected to the Internet. An IP address is needed to
route information much like a street address or PO box is needed
to receive regular mail. email addresses are not IP addresses.
An Example of an IP address is: 68.34.182.112
The Trace IP address service helps you search
location of
any IP address.
It searches the City, State, Country, longitude & latitude of
where the computer with that particular IP address is located
and also Includes name and address of the owner of IP
address. The Address for email, IP or email name searches for
the physical street address of the user. You can trace IP addresses of computers located in USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New
Zealand, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea,
Thailand, Taiwan, India, Turkey, Bahrain, Dubai, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan,
Egypt, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru,
Argentina and
more... |
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Each computer on the Internet has a
unique numeric address similar to a phone number. This address
is usually assigned to the user's Internet service provider, a
university or a company. A database matches such assignments to
the location the network has registered. But IP addresses can
all be registered to one office of the internet service provider
or company even though they may have branch offices worldwide.
An ISP like America Online may route its customers' traffic
through a single gateway, making AOL users in Kansas appear to
come from Virginia. Therefore the IP database needs to be
refined, tracing data packets as they pass through traffic nodes
known as routers and narrowing the actual location of each IP
address. It requires detailed analysis of how do various
carriers work, how they set up their network, how carriers
differ from each other. This data is mapped to specific blocks
of geographic areas and physical addresses. Zip codes and census
data are mapped to these geographic blocks to create demographic
profiles. In addition to utilizing various search techniques,
searching of any available databases enables researchers to
search the geographic location of a computer through its IP
Address. In addition the location of IP addresses is also
verified through an extensive database of the geographic mapping
of IP addresses. This mapping of IP addresses to their
geographic locations is updated frequently by IP information
submitted from various strategic geographic locations, using
many different Internet Service providers. This allows the
database to create current mapping of IP addresses to their
geographic locations. This database can also map location names
(street, city, state, country) or US zip codes to
latitude/longitude values. This information is verified through
other IP address information sources. Every time anyone connects
to the internet they are leaving their IP fingerprint and ISP
domain name and other bits of information behind. The hops data
packets make between IP's and the time required for the hops
also helps in creating a map of locations. Often times this
could reveal what city and state that person lives in. Many
search engines archive a whole copy of the internet at regular
intervals. Often times other people, pages or sites mention or
list bits and pieces of information. Every activity on the
internet leaves bits and pieces of information lingering around.
Deducing and analyzing the bits and pieces create leads.
Computer related searches estimate results by analyzing
patterns, statistical probability, demographics and any other
observations available. In some instances IP address mapping
could provide time intelligence pertaining to when the computer
was connected to the internet. In other words it can help find
out the location of the IP address at a particular date in the
past. Depending on the sampling search can also go back to a
building address and not the individual units in the building.
Search returns all addresses if multiple addresses are found.
Email addresses and IM names can be traced through the IP, back
to the location from where the account login takes place. The
search path is a continuous interaction and overlapping of
induction and deduction, of theoretical hypotheses and empirical
evidence. |
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What is the difference between a
Domain Name, an IP Address and a Computer host Name? |
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Domain names are similar to vanity phone numbers where words are
assigned to represent the phone number.
Domain name is a text name that a computer network registers for
the numerical ID of the computers in the network. The domain name is used to give
computers text names rather than using the numeric IP addresses.
Domain name examples are Abika.com,
cnn.com, usatoday.com. Computer (host) name are names given to
individual computers. Each host name corresponds to an IP
address. Host names and domain names are optional and everything
can work fine with using just IP Addresses. Examples of host
names: www.cnn.com,
mail.people.com, Cust149.tnt3.sfo3.da.UU.net and so on. |
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Can you locate a computer by pinging
it? |
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By pinging another computer on the internet you can tell if it
is currently active and how long it takes to get information
from the originating computer to the destination and back.
Ping sends signals (packets) to another computer on the Internet
or a network to see if they send a return or an 'echo.' If all
the signals 'timeout' the computer may be disconnected from the
Internet or is unreachable. This feature only checks if a
computer is connected. It cannot verify the validity of an
e-mail address. It also cannot check a specific web page. |
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What is tracert or trace input? |
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Tracert traces the route data packets take through the Internet from one computer
to another. The signal generally goes from a computer to
the Internet Service Provider (ISP) and then to their provider
until it reaches a 'backbone' provider. This could take one or
many steps. It then eventually transfers to the destination
'backbone' provider and reverses the process to the destination
computer. This feature only checks a computer that is connected
to the Internet, it cannot verify the validity of an e-mail
address. It also cannot check a specific web page. Note that a traceroute may follow a completely different path as compared to
downloading web pages or sending e-mail. A Trace route gives you
information about each computer between the originating computer
and the destination, including ping times, IP addresses and the
names of all of the computers. |
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What is a Reverse DNS Lookup? |
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A Reverse DNS lookup will give you the name of a computer as
listed in the Domain Name Server databases maintained by the
ISP's from the IP address. |
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What are fake IP Addresses and what
can affect the accuracy of IP traces? |
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A fake IP Address is one that does not appear in any ISP's BGP
(Border Gateway protocol) tables and accordingly can not carry
traffic. IP Maps that are built from real traffic do not contain
the locations for fake IP Addresses. Research shows that a
majority of the theoretical total of 256*256*256 = 16,777,216
subnets are either fake subnets, or don't carry any traffic at
all. In addition to fake addresses, the IP map may
not contain addresses of low traffic subnets or infrequently used subnets. Where the map does show very low traffic subnets, it's
resolutions may not be as dependable due to the proportionately
low number of points that are available on these subnets. The
impact of this on real world performance is limited because it
is confined to the larger number of subnets which carry
practically no traffic. On the other hand, because the IP map's
accuracy is largely based on the available points, and because
the number of points available for a given subnet is
proportional to the traffic that it carries, the IP map's accuracy
will be very high where its resolutions affect the most traffic. |
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What are the different factors that can
affect the accuracy of traces?
The individual is using an internet Proxy, this is a setting of
the ISP which can sometimes show a wrong location. Often proxy
server IP's have predictable patterns and in many situations, it
can be possible to detect proxies and still return a close
location. The individual is using a dial-up internet connection
over a long-distance telephone call. For example if they are in
Paris and they make a phone call to New York to access the
internet you will see an American location for them. For those
situations the phone call may need to be traced to find
out where the dial up call originated. Luckily, this is
expensive for the individual, so it is rare that this happens.
The ISP of the individual has a country-wide dialup number. Some
ISPs can allow users access from anywhere in the country by
routing the connection over the telephone network first - so the
location will give you the correct country still, but cannot be
accurate about the individuals town or city. Firewalls are
sometimes used by individuals or by their ISP or company, and
these can cause the location to be less accurate. You still
usually get the right country and state, but sometimes the town
location could be off. The ISP of the individual is using a
brand-new set of IP addresses. When successful ISPs expand and
get new numbers assigned to them, it takes a few days to few
weeks for the location of these new numbers to get properly
recorded, so you can get completely wrong locations when this
happens - this is generally rare. Here are some reasons why it
might be correct, even though you were not expecting it: Someone
is spying on your email - At times complaints about email
location inaccuracy turn out to be caused by the email of the
sender or recipient being intercepted by someone else. The
individual might not be where you think they are - This is why
send as much details as you can to see if this is the case. You
can generally know the name of their ISP as well as the language
their PC is using, or the operating system of their pc and many
other details and if these appear to match the location you got,
it is probably correct. Searching is a cooperative process and
including any information such as the reason for doing the search, any
suspects you may have in mind, their possible age, their description such as height
weight eye color ethnicity, pictures, any names they may have
mentioned, any locations they may have mentioned, any websites
they may have mentioned, any mention of likes, dislikes, relatives, friends,
associates and
what are the circumstances of the search will help enhance
relevancy of the results.
Email, IP, IM or username searches do not access any private
service provider records. Searching is a cooperative process and
the more information you provide the higher the chances of
relevant results. Any additional information can be
included in the Additional Information or Comments field. |
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Trace IP address of computers from the following countries. |
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Afghanistan
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Islamic State of Afghanistan |
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Albania |
Republic of Albania |
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Algeria |
Democratic and Popular
Republic of Algeria |
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Andorra |
Principality of Andorra |
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Angola |
Republic of Angola |
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Antigua and
Barbuda |
(no long-form name) |
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Argentina
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Argentine Republic |
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Armenia |
Republic of Armenia |
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Australia
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Commonwealth of Australia |
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Austria |
Republic of Austria |
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Azerbaijan
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Republic of Azerbaijan |
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Bahamas |
Commonwealth
of The Bahamas |
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Bahrain |
State of Bahrain |
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Bangladesh
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People's Republic
of Bangladesh |
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Barbados |
(no long-form name) |
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Belarus |
Republic of Belarus |
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Belgium |
Kingdom of Belgium |
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Belize |
(no long-form name) |
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Benin |
Republic of Benin |
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Bhutan |
Kingdom of Bhutan |
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Bolivia |
Republic of Bolivia |
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Bosnia and
Herzegovina
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(no long-form name) |
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Botswana |
Republic of Botswana |
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Brazil |
Federative Republic of
Brazil |
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Brunei |
Negara Brunei Darussalam |
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Bulgaria |
Republic of Bulgaria |
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Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso |
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Burma |
Union of Burma |
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Burundi |
Republic of Burundi |
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Cambodia |
Kingdom of Cambodia |
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Cameroon |
Republic of Cameroon |
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Canada
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(no long-form name) |
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Cape Verde
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Republic of Cape Verde |
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Central
African Republic
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Central African Republic |
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Chad |
Republic of Chad |
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Chile |
Republic of Chile |
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China |
People's Republic of China |
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Colombia |
Republic of Colombia |
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Comoros |
Federal Islamic Republic
of the Comoros |
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Congo (Brazzaville)
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Republic of the Congo |
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Congo (Kinshasa)
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Democratic Republic
of the Congo |
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Costa Rica
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Republic of Costa Rica |
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Côte d'Ivoire
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Republic of Côte d'Ivoire |
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Croatia |
Republic of Croatia |
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Cuba |
Republic of Cuba |
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Cyprus |
Republic of Cyprus |
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Czech Republic
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Czech Republic |
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Denmark |
Kingdom of Denmark |
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Djibouti |
Republic of Djibouti |
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Dominica |
Commonwealth of Dominica |
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Dominican Republic
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Dominican Republic |
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Ecuador |
Republic of Ecuador |
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Egypt |
Arab Republic of Egypt |
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El Salvador
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Republic of El Salvador |
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Equatorial Guinea
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Republic of Equatorial
Guinea |
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Eritrea |
State of Eritrea |
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Estonia |
Republic of Estonia |
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Ethiopia |
Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia |
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Fiji |
Republic of the
Fiji Islands |
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Finland |
Republic of Finland |
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France |
French Republic |
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Gabon |
Gabonese Republic |
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Gambia |
Republic of The Gambia |
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Georgia |
Republic of Georgia |
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Germany |
Federal Republic of Germany |
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Ghana |
Republic of Ghana |
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Greece |
Hellenic Republic |
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Grenada |
(no long-form name) |
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Guatemala
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Republic of Guatemala |
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Guinea |
Republic of Guinea |
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Guinea-Bissau
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Republic of Guinea-Bissau |
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Guyana |
Co-operative
Republic of Guyana |
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Haiti |
Republic of Haiti |
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Holy See |
Holy See |
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Honduras |
Republic of Honduras |
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Hungary |
Republic of Hungary |
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Iceland |
Republic of Iceland |
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India |
Republic of India |
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Indonesia
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Republic of Indonesia |
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Iran |
Islamic Republic of Iran |
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Iraq |
Republic of Iraq |
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Ireland |
(no long-form name) |
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Israel |
State of Israel |
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Italy |
Italian Republic |
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Jamaica |
(no long-form name) |
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Japan |
(no long-form name) |
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Jordan |
Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan |
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Kazakhstan
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Republic of Kazakhstan |
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Kenya |
Republic of Kenya |
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Kiribati |
Republic of Kiribati |
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Korea, North
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Democratic People's Republic
of Korea |
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Korea, South
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Republic of Korea |
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Kuwait |
State of Kuwait |
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Kyrgyzstan
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Kyrgyz Republic |
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Laos |
Lao People's
Democratic Republic |
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Latvia |
Republic of Latvia |
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Lebanon |
Lebanese Republic |
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Lesotho |
Kingdom of Lesotho |
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Liberia |
Republic of Liberia |
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Libya |
Great Socialist People's
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
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Liechtenstein
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Principality of
Liechtenstein |
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Lithuania
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Republic of Lithuania |
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Luxembourg
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Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
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Macedonia, The Former
Yugoslav Republic of
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The Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia |
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Madagascar
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Republic of Madagascar |
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Malawi |
Republic of Malawi |
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Malaysia |
(no long-form name) |
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Maldives |
Republic of Maldives |
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Mali |
Republic of Mali |
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Malta |
Republic of Malta |
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Marshall Islands
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Republic of the
Marshall Islands |
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Mauritania
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Islamic Republic
of Mauritania |
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Mauritius
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Republic of Mauritius |
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Mexico |
United Mexican States |
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Micronesia,
Federated States of
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Federated States
of Micronesia |
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Moldova |
Republic of Moldova |
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Monaco |
Principality of Monaco |
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Mongolia |
(no long-form name) |
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Morocco |
Kingdom of Morocco |
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Mozambique
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Republic of Mozambique |
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Namibia |
Republic of Namibia |
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Nauru |
Republic of Nauru |
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Nepal |
Kingdom of Nepal |
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Netherlands
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Kingdom of the Netherlands |
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New Zealand
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(no long-form name) |
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Nicaragua
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Republic of Nicaragua |
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Niger |
Republic of Niger |
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Nigeria |
Federal Republic of Nigeria |
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Norway |
Kingdom of Norway |
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Oman |
Sultanate of Oman |
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Pakistan |
Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
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Palau |
Republic of Palau |
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Panama |
Republic of Panama |
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Papua New Guinea
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Independent State
of Papua New Guinea |
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Paraguay |
Republic of Paraguay |
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Peru |
Republic of Peru |
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Philippines
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Republic of the Philippines |
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Poland |
Republic of Poland |
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Portugal |
Portuguese Republic |
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Qatar |
State of Qatar |
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Romania |
(no long-form name) |
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Russia |
Russian Federation |
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Rwanda |
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