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In 2011, Honduras passed a law banning smoking in many places in the country.  In the law, there is also a clause in which   “families or individuals may complain to law enforcement authorities when smokers expose them to secondhand smoke in private places and family homes.” Note: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/smoking-at-home-could-bring-honduran-police-1.1026863

On the 12th January 2010, an earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude hit this Caribbean island, killing about 217.000 people. As the Haitian people grappled with this tragedy, the country had a Cholera outbreak in October of this same year. This outbreak killed nearly 9000 people.  Then, in July of the following year, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the United Nations’ (UN) peacekeepers from Nepal were the most likely cause of Haiti’s cholera outbreak.  However, in 2015 a US Federal court ruled that the United Nations has legal immunity, and therefore it cannot be sued for the Cholera outbreak. Then, in 2016, the UN admits its part in the 2010 outbreak. Note https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/17/world/americas/haiti-fast-facts/index.html

Guyana is made up of six groups of people and they are Africans, Amerindians, Chinese, East Indians, Europeans and Portuguese.

Eneida Marta was born in Guinea – Bissau, and she is a singer.   Her first album was released in 2001, and the second one was released the following year.

Katoucha Niane was born in Guinea on the 23rd of October 1960.  She was a model, actress and activist.  She was last seen alive on the 1st of February 2008.  Then on the 28th of February, her body was found in the Seine River where she lived, in a houseboat, in Paris, France.  Some people believed foul play took place, but the police did not think so.  She died at 47 years old.

The Guatemalan Quetzal is this country’s legal currency.   The word quetzal is from the country’s national bird, the Resplendent Quetzal.   Many years ago, the tail feathers of these beautiful birds were used as currency.  

Grenada, like many countries around the world, is made up of more than just one island.   It is made up of Caille Island, Carriacou, Diamond Island, Frigate Island, Grenada, Large Island, Petit Martinique, Ronde Island and Saline Island.

The Hellenic Republic is the official name of the country, Greece.  

In Ghana, English is its official language, nevertheless, languages such as Gonja, Asante Twi and Kasem is also spoken there.

Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenusbertragungsgesetz was the “law regulating beef label monitoring.”   This sixty-three (63) letter word was the longest word in German, and the abbreviation was RkReUAUG. Note https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22762040

While you will find the name Georgia on the world map, you will not find Sakartvelo.   Nevertheless, Sakartvelo is what the locals of the country call it.  

In The Gambia, the Gambians have a unique way of casting their vote for a political candidate.   Instead of the usual X on a paper, they use tokens, that is small marbles, to cast their vote. Note http://aceproject.org/electoral-advice/archive/questions/replies/837672881