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           Freedom House world map 2008, based on  http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/fiw08launch/FIW08Tables.pdf and  http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/fiw08launch/mof2008.pdf | 
          
          
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           29 February 2008 | 
          
          
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           Own work | 
          
          
           | Author | 
            Voland77 | 
          
         
         
        
         
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