| Date | Title | |
COUNTRY BACKGROUND NOTES | |
| 11/21/2008 | Background Notes: Afghanistan (November, 2008) | |
| 11/21/2008 | Background Notes: Albania (November, 2008) | |
| 10/10/2007 | Background Notes: Algeria (October, 2007) | |
| 07/18/2008 | Background Notes: Andorra (May, 2008) | |
| 10/28/2008 | Background Notes: Angola (October, 2008) | |
| 07/14/2008 | Background Notes: Antigua and Barbuda (July, 2008) | |
| 12/03/2008 | Background Notes: Argentina (December, 2008) | |
| 02/15/2008 | Background Notes: Armenia (February, 2008) | |
| 07/03/2008 | Background Notes: Aruba (Neth) (July, 2008) | |
| 12/21/2007 | Background Notes: Australia (December, 2007) | |
| 08/07/2008 | Background Notes: Austria (July, 2008) | |
| 05/19/2008 | Background Notes: Azerbaijan (May, 2008) | |
| 09/18/2008 | Background Notes: Bahamas (September, 2008) | |
| 10/30/2007 | Background Notes: Bahrain (October, 2007) | |
| 09/08/2008 | Background Notes: Bangladesh (August, 2008) | |
| 11/05/2008 | Background Notes: Barbados (October, 2008) | |
| 10/31/2008 | Background Notes: Belarus (October, 2008) | |
| 11/09/2007 | Background Notes: Belgium (October, 2007) | |
| 10/03/2008 | Background Notes: Belize (October, 2008) | |
| 06/04/2008 | Background Notes: Benin (June, 2008) | |
| 05/14/2008 | Background Notes: Bermuda (May, 2008) | |
| 10/10/2008 | Background Notes: Bhutan (October, 2008) | |
| 05/07/2008 | Background Notes: Bolivia (May, 2008) | |
| 05/30/2008 | Background Notes: Bosnia-Herzegovina (May, 2008) | |
| 11/24/2008 | Background Notes: Botswana (November, 2008) | |
| 01/12/2009 | Background Notes: Brazil (January, 2009) | |
| 12/01/2008 | Background Notes: Brunei (November, 2008) | |
| 08/07/2008 | Background Notes: Bulgaria (July, 2008) | |
| 06/02/2008 | Background Notes: Burkina (Upper Volta) (June, 2008) | |
| 06/27/2008 | Background Notes: Burma (June, 2008) | |
| 01/07/2009 | Background Notes: Burundi (January, 2009) | |
| 11/21/2008 | Background Notes: Cambodia (Kampuchea) (November, 2008) | |
| 11/21/2008 | Background Notes: Cameroon (November, 2008) | |
| 11/24/2008 | Background Notes: Canada (November, 2008) | |
| 12/03/2008 | Background Notes: Cape Verde (December, 2008) | |
| 12/16/2008 | Background Notes: Cayman Islands (UK) (December, 2008) | |
| 06/26/2008 | Background Notes: Central African Republic (June, 2008) | |
| 11/21/2008 | Background Notes: Chad (November, 2008) | |
| 08/04/2008 | Background Notes: Chile (July, 2008) | |
| 05/21/2008 | Background Notes: China (April, 2008) | |
| 11/05/2008 | Background Notes: Colombia (November, 2008) | |
| 01/07/2009 | Background Notes: Comoros (January, 2009) | |
| 01/09/2009 | Background Notes: Congo (Brazzaville) (January, 2009) | |
| 08/12/2008 | Background Notes: Costa Rica (August, 2008) | |
| 12/16/2008 | Background Notes: Croatia (December, 2008) | |
| 08/20/2008 | Background Notes: Cuba (August, 2008) | |
| 10/29/2008 | Background Notes: Cyprus (October, 2008) | |
| 08/05/2008 | Background Notes: Czech Republic (July, 2008) | |
| 11/05/2004 | Background Notes: Democratic Republic of the Congo (November, 2004) | |
| 05/09/2008 | Background Notes: Denmark (May, 2008) | |
| 01/07/2009 | Background Notes: Djibouti (January, 2009) | |
| 07/14/2008 | Background Notes: Dominica (July, 2008) | |
| 06/04/2008 | Background Notes: Dominican Republic (June, 2008) | |
| 06/26/2007 | Background Notes: E Timor/Port Timor (Indonesia) (June, 2007) | |
| 09/04/2008 | Background Notes: Ecuador (August, 2008) | |
| 03/17/2008 | Background Notes: Egypt (March, 2008) | |
| 07/25/2008 | Background Notes: El Salvador (July, 2008) | |
| 06/20/2008 | Background Notes: Equatorial Guinea (June, 2008) | |
| 01/07/2009 | Background Notes: Eritrea (January, 2009) | |
| 05/09/2008 | Background Notes: Estonia (May, 2008) | |
| 10/06/2008 | Background Notes: Ethiopia (October, 2008) | |
| 01/06/2009 | Background Notes: Fed States Of Micronesia (January, 2009) | |
| 04/04/2008 | Background Notes: Fiji (April, 2008) | |
| 09/09/2008 | Background Notes: Finland (September, 2008) | |
| 09/09/2008 | Background Notes: France (August, 2008) | |
| 01/09/2009 | Background Notes: Gabon (January, 2009) | |
| 10/15/2008 | Background Notes: Gambia (October, 2008) | |
| 02/15/2008 | Background Notes: Georgia (February, 2008) | |
| 01/08/2009 | Background Notes: Germany (December, 2008) | |
| 01/08/2009 | Background Notes: Ghana (December, 2008) | |
| 05/29/2008 | Background Notes: Greece (May, 2008) | |
| 07/14/2008 | Background Notes: Grenada (July, 2008) | |
| 08/26/2008 | Background Notes: Guatemala (August, 2008) | |
| 10/01/2008 | Background Notes: Guinea (October, 2008) | |
| 01/06/2009 | Background Notes: Guinea-Bissau (January, 2009) | |
| 07/11/2008 | Background Notes: Guyana (July, 2008) | |
| 10/14/2008 | Background Notes: Haiti (October, 2008) | |
| 12/16/2008 | Background Notes: Honduras (December, 2008) | |
| 02/07/2008 | Background Notes: Hong Kong (China) (February, 2008) | |
| 11/19/2008 | Background Notes: Hungary (November, 2008) | |
| 01/28/2008 | Background Notes: Iceland (January, 2008) | |
| 10/05/2007 | Background Notes: India (October, 2007) | |
| 10/06/2008 | Background Notes: Indonesia (September, 2008) | |
| 04/02/2008 | Background Notes: Iran (March, 2008) | |
| 02/08/2008 | Background Notes: Iraq (February, 2008) | |
| 08/07/2008 | Background Notes: Ireland (July, 2008) | |
| 10/10/2007 | Background Notes: Israel (October, 2007) | |
| 06/05/2008 | Background Notes: Italy (June, 2008) | |
| 07/09/2008 | Background Notes: Ivory Coast (July, 2008) | |
| 12/11/2008 | Background Notes: Jamaica (December, 2008) | |
| 10/02/2008 | Background Notes: Japan (September, 2008) | |
| 03/14/2008 | Background Notes: Jordan (March, 2008) | |
| 07/16/2008 | Background Notes: Kazakhstan (July, 2008) | |
| 06/23/2008 | Background Notes: Kenya (June, 2008) | |
| 04/04/2008 | Background Notes: Kiribati (Gilbert Isl) (April, 2008) | |
| 01/06/2009 | Background Notes: Kosovo (December, 2008) | |
| 06/27/2007 | Background Notes: Kuwait (June, 2007) | |
| 10/10/2008 | Background Notes: Kyrgyzstan (October, 2008) | |
| 03/27/2008 | Background Notes: Laos (March, 2008) | |
| 10/29/2008 | Background Notes: Latvia (October, 2008) | |
| 10/08/2008 | Background Notes: Lebanon (October, 2008) | |
| 01/08/2009 | Background Notes: Lesotho (January, 2009) | |
| 09/05/2008 | Background Notes: Liberia (September, 2008) | |
| 10/10/2007 | Background Notes: Libya (October, 2007) | |
| 11/02/2007 | Background Notes: Liechtenstein (October, 2007) | |
| 12/11/2008 | Background Notes: Lithuania (December, 2008) | |
| 09/12/2008 | Background Notes: Luxembourg (September, 2008) | |
| 02/07/2008 | Background Notes: Macau (China) (February, 2008) | |
| 09/16/2008 | Background Notes: Macedonia (September, 2008) | |
| 01/07/2009 | Background Notes: Madagascar (January, 2009) | |
| 12/18/2008 | Background Notes: Malawi (December, 2008) | |
| 01/06/2009 | Background Notes: Malaysia (December, 2008) | |
| 12/01/2008 | Background Notes: Maldive Islands (December, 2008) | |
| 10/06/2008 | Background Notes: Mali (October, 2008) | |
| 11/14/2007 | Background Notes: Malta And Gozo (November, 2007) | |
| 07/18/2008 | Background Notes: Marshall Islands (July, 2008) | |
| 12/16/2008 | Background Notes: Mauritania (December, 2008) | |
| 01/08/2009 | Background Notes: Mauritius (January, 2009) | |
| 11/24/2008 | Background Notes: Mexico (November, 2008) | |
| 06/20/2008 | Background Notes: Moldova (June, 2008) | |
| 01/08/2009 | Background Notes: Monaco (December, 2008) | |
| 08/20/2008 | Background Notes: Mongolia (August, 2008) | |
| 10/10/2007 | Background Notes: Morocco (October, 2007) | |
| 01/08/2009 | Background Notes: Mozambique (January, 2009) | |
| 11/19/2008 | Background Notes: Namibia (November, 2008) | |
| 10/23/2008 | Background Notes: Nauru (October, 2008) | |
| 01/02/2009 | Background Notes: Nepal (January, 2009) | |
| 10/07/2008 | Background Notes: Netherlands (October, 2008) | |
| 11/19/2008 | Background Notes: Netherlands Antilles (Neth) (November, 2008) | |
| 12/04/2008 | Background Notes: New Zealand (December, 2008) | |
| 10/02/2008 | Background Notes: Nicaragua (September, 2008) | |
| 01/07/2009 | Background Notes: Niger (January, 2009) | |
| 12/01/2008 | Background Notes: Nigeria (December, 2008) | |
| 08/25/2008 | Background Notes: North Korea (August, 2008) | |
| 10/28/2008 | Background Notes: Norway (October, 2008) | |
| 06/26/2007 | Background Notes: Oman (June, 2007) | |
| 07/25/2008 | Background Notes: Pakistan (July, 2008) | |
| 12/10/2008 | Background Notes: Palau (December, 2008) | |
| 09/17/2008 | Background Notes: Panama (September, 2008) | |
| 10/01/2008 | Background Notes: Papua New Guinea (September, 2008) | |
| 01/13/2009 | Background Notes: Paraguay (January, 2009) | |
| 03/06/2008 | Background Notes: Peru (March, 2008) | |
| 04/22/2008 | Background Notes: Philippines (April, 2008) | |
| 01/08/2009 | Background Notes: Poland (January, 2009) | |
| 11/06/2008 | Background Notes: Portugal (October, 2008) | |
| 01/06/2009 | Background Notes: Qatar (January, 2009) | |
| 11/02/2007 | Background Notes: Romania (October, 2007) | |
| 05/16/2008 | Background Notes: Russia (May, 2008) | |
| 06/18/2008 | Background Notes: Rwanda (June, 2008) | |
| 10/03/2008 | Background Notes: Samoa (September, 2008) | |
| 04/07/2008 | Background Notes: San Marino (April, 2008) | |
| 01/09/2009 | Background Notes: Sao Tome And Principe (January, 2009) | |
| 01/09/2009 | Background Notes: Saudi Arabia (January, 2009) | |
| 09/10/2008 | Background Notes: Senegal (September, 2008) | |
| 12/23/2008 | Background Notes: Serbia and Montenegro (December, 2008) | |
| 12/15/2008 | Background Notes: Seychelles (December, 2008) | |
| 10/01/2008 | Background Notes: Sierra Leone (October, 2008) | |
| 09/30/2008 | Background Notes: Singapore (September, 2008) | |
| 10/29/2008 | Background Notes: Slovakia (October, 2008) | |
| 08/07/2008 | Background Notes: Slovenia (August, 2008) | |
| 10/01/2008 | Background Notes: Solomon Islands (September, 2008) | |
| 11/21/2008 | Background Notes: Somalia (November, 2008) | |
| 01/07/2009 | Background Notes: South Africa (January, 2009) | |
| 10/07/2008 | Background Notes: South Korea (October, 2008) | |
| 01/07/2009 | Background Notes: Spain (December, 2008) | |
| 09/30/2008 | Background Notes: Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (September, 2008) | |
| 07/14/2008 | Background Notes: St Kitts and Nevis (July, 2008) | |
| 07/14/2008 | Background Notes: St Lucia (July, 2008) | |
| 07/14/2008 | Background Notes: St Vincent and Grenadines (July, 2008) | |
| 01/07/2009 | Background Notes: Sudan (January, 2009) | |
| 09/15/2008 | Background Notes: Suriname (September, 2008) | |
| 10/28/2008 | Background Notes: Swaziland (October, 2008) | |
| 08/14/2008 | Background Notes: Sweden (August, 2008) | |
| 06/09/2008 | Background Notes: Switzerland (June, 2008) | |
| 10/03/2006 | Background Notes: Syria (September, 2006) | |
| 09/30/2008 | Background Notes: Taiwan (September, 2008) | |
| 10/10/2008 | Background Notes: Tajikistan (October, 2008) | |
| 12/05/2008 | Background Notes: Tanganyika (Tanzania) (December, 2008) | |
| 07/21/2008 | Background Notes: Thailand (July, 2008) | |
| 04/25/2008 | Background Notes: Timor-Leste (April, 2008) | |
| 09/19/2008 | Background Notes: Togo (September, 2008) | |
| 10/23/2008 | Background Notes: Tonga (October, 2008) | |
| 08/07/2008 | Background Notes: Trinidad And Tobago (August, 2008) | |
| 03/03/2008 | Background Notes: Tunisia (February, 2008) | |
| 12/04/2008 | Background Notes: Turkey (December, 2008) | |
| 11/21/2008 | Background Notes: Turkmenistan (November, 2008) | |
| 04/04/2008 | Background Notes: Tuvalu (April, 2008) | |
| 11/05/2008 | Background Notes: Uganda (November, 2008) | |
| 03/14/2008 | Background Notes: Ukraine (March, 2008) | |
| 06/26/2007 | Background Notes: United Arab Emirates (June, 2007) | |
| 01/18/2008 | Background Notes: United Kingdom (January, 2008) | |
| 08/04/2008 | Background Notes: Uruguay (July, 2008) | |
| 12/16/2008 | Background Notes: Uzbekistan (December, 2008) | |
| 10/16/2008 | Background Notes: Vanuatu (New Hebrides) (October, 2008) | |
| 12/03/2008 | Background Notes: Vatican City (December, 2008) | |
| 06/06/2008 | Background Notes: Venezuela (June, 2008) | |
| 09/09/2008 | Background Notes: Viet Nam (August, 2008) | |
| 02/16/2007 | Background Notes: Yemen (Aden) (S Yemen) (February, 2007) | |
| 08/14/2002 | Background Notes: Yugoslavia (August, 2002) | |
| 01/08/2009 | Background Notes: Zambia (January, 2009) | |
| 01/07/2009 | Background Notes: Zimbabwe (January, 2009) | |