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Cambodia
Cambodia is a Southeast Asian kingdom on the Mekong, world-famous for the temple complex of Angkor Wat — the largest religious monument ever built — and a 20th-century tragedy under the Khmer Rouge.
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Egypt
Egypt is a transcontinental country linking north-east Africa with the Middle East via the Sinai Peninsula, with a 5,000-year recorded history along the Nile and the Pyramids of Giza as its enduring symbol.
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Italy
Italy is the boot-shaped Mediterranean republic that gave the world the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, opera and pasta, with cultural treasures from Venice and Florence to Pompeii and the Sicilian coast.
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Jordan
Jordan is a Middle Eastern monarchy on the East Bank of the Jordan River, hosting the rose-stone city of Petra, the Dead Sea — Earth's lowest land surface — and the desert wadis of Wadi Rum.
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Nepal
Nepal is a Himalayan republic between India and China, home to eight of the world's ten highest peaks including Mount Everest, with a culture deeply intertwined with Hindu and Buddhist tradition.
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Peru
Peru is a Pacific-coast South American country with the most enduring Andean cultures, the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu, the desert Nazca Lines, and the source of the Amazon River.
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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates is a Persian Gulf federation of seven emirates including Abu Dhabi and Dubai, transformed from a 1970s pearling-and-fishing coast into a global hub for finance, aviation and luxury tourism.
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Tanzania
Tanzania is a large East African country home to Mount Kilimanjaro — Africa's highest peak — the Serengeti's great migration, and the Zanzibar archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
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Venezuela
Venezuela is a northern South American country on the Caribbean, holder of the world's largest proven oil reserves, with Angel Falls — the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall — and a recent severe economic crisis.