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Question
List three things that you know about some other part of the world from watching television.
Solution
- The headquarters of the United Nations is situated in New York, USA.
- Hiding Park in England.
- Capital punishment, i.e., hangs to death of Saddam Husain in Baghdad (Iraq).
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