Lexicon - origin

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refugees (country of origin): 77,200 (Tibet/China); 69,609 (Sri Lanka); 9,472 (Afghanistan) IDPs: at least 600,000 (about half are Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir) (2007)
www.exxun.com/India/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 914,268 (Afghanistan); 54,024 (Iraq) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Iran/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 10,000-15,000 (Palestinian Territories); 11,773 (Iran); 16,832 (Turkey) IDPs: 2.4 million (ongoing US-led war and ethno-sectarian violence) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Iraq/i_ti.html

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Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6% note: up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil (2004)
www.exxun.com/Japan/c_pp.html

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refugees (country of origin): 1,835,704 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)); 500,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 160,000 (1967 Arab-Israeli War) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Jordan/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 3,700 (Russia); 508 (Afghanistan) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 173,702 (Somalia); 73,004 (Sudan); 16,428 (Ethiopia) IDPs: 250,000-400,000 (2007 post-election violence; KANU attacks on opposition tribal groups in 1990s) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Kenya/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 405,425 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)); 50,000-60,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 17,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli invasions); 200,000 (July-August 2006 war) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 12,600 (Cote d'Ivoire) IDPs: 13,000 (civil war from 1990-2004; IDP resettlement began in November 2004) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Liberia/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 8,000 (Palestinian Territories) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Libya/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 15,174 (Indonesia); 21,544 (Burma) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 6,300 (Mauritania) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Mali/i_ti.html

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the main island, from which the country derives its name, is of volcanic origin and is almost entirely surrounded by coral reefs; home of the dodo, a large flightless bird related to ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/b_mp.html

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refugees (country of origin): 7,000 (Kosovo); note - mostly ethnic Serbs and Roma who fled Kosovo in 1999 IDPs: 16,192 (ethnic conflict in 1999 and riots in 2004) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Montenegro/i_ti.html

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the island is entirely volcanic in origin and comprised of three major volcanic centers of differing ages
www.exxun.com/Montserrat/b_mp.html

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refugees (country of origin): 4,700 (Angola) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Namibia/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 107,803 (Bhutan); 20,153 (Tibet/China) IDPs: 50,000-70,000 (remaining from ten-year Maoist insurgency that officially ended in 2006; displacement spread across the country) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Nepal/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 5,778 (Liberia) IDPs: undetermined (communal violence between Christians and Muslims since President OBASANJO's election in 1999; displacement is mostly short-term) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 1,043,984 (Afghanistan) IDPs: undetermined (government strikes on Islamic militants in South Waziristan); 34,000 (October 2005 earthquake; most of those displaced returned to their home villages in the spring ...
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 10,177 (Indonesia) (2007)
www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/i_ti.html

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white (mostly Spanish origin) 80.5%, black 8%, Amerindian 0.4%, Asian 0.2%, mixed 4.2%, other 6.7% (2000 census)
www.exxun.com/PuertoRico/c_pp.html

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refugees (country of origin): 46,272 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); 4,400 (Burundi) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 240,015 (Palestinian Territories) (2007)
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 19,630 (Mauritania) IDPs: 22,400 (approximately 65% of the IDP population returned in 2005, but new displacement is occurring due to clashes between government troops and separatists in Casamance ...
www.exxun.com/Senegal/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 71,111 (Croatia); 27,414 (Bosnia and Herzegovina); 206,000 (Kosovo), note - mostly ethnic Serbs and Roma who fled Kosovo in 1999 (2007)
www.exxun.com/Serbia/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 27,311 (Liberia) (2007)
www.exxun.com/SierraLeone/i_ti.html

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refugees (country of origin): 10,772 (Democratic Republic of Congo); 7,818 (Somalia); 5,759 (Angola) (2007)
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/i_ti.html