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| Country | Capital Language | Country | Capital Language |
| the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | London (English) | Botswana | Gaborone (English, Setswana) |
| The Republic of Ireland | Dublin (English) | Cameroon | Yaonde (English, French,African language groups) |
| The United States of America | Washington (English) | Kenya | Nairobi (English, Kiswahili) |
| New Zeland | Wellington (English, Maori) | Liberia | Monrovia (English, some 20 ethnic group languages) |
| Malta | Valletta (English, Maltese) | Namibia | Windhoek (English, Afrikaans, German, Oshivambo) |
| Maldives | Male (Dhivehi (Maldivian), (also English in Government)) | Rwanda | Kigali (Kinyarwanda, French, English) |
| Australia | Canberra (English) | Nigeria | Abuja (English, Hausa, Yoruba, Fulani) |
| India | New Delhi (English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Telugu and Urdu, and others) | Bangladesh | Dhaka (Bengali, English) |
| Philippines | Manila (Pilipino, English, Pampangan, Pangasinan, Igorot, Maranao) | Lebanon | Beirut (Arabic, French, Armenian, Assyrian, (also English)) |
| Kuwait | Kuwait (Arabic (also English)) | Jamaica | Kingston (English, Creole) |
| Singapore | Singapore (Chinese, Malay, Tamil and English) | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur (Malay, Chinese, Tamil, (also English)) |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo(Sinhala, Tamil, (also English in Government)) | Barbados | Bridgetown (English) |
| Jordan | Amman (Arabic, (also English among upper-class)) | Grenada | St. Georges (English and French) |
| Falkland Islands | Stanley (English) | Puerto Rico | San Juan (Spanish, English) |
Task 1. Fill in the crossword using the information from Appendix 1.
2. Mr Clinton's country. 3. See 6 down. 4. Where both English and French are spoken. 6. (with 3 down) Mr Mandela's country | Across 1. European country whose capital is London. 5. African country whose capital is Nairobi. 7. Nation which is also a continent. |
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| Flag | Royal coat of arms | Government | Parliamentary system and Constitutional monarchy | |
| Motto | "Dieu et mon droit" (French) "God and my right" | Legislature | Parliament | |
| Anthem | "God Save the Queen" | Upper House | House of Lords | |
| Capital | London | Lower House | House of Commons | |
| Official languages | English | Area | 244,820 km² (79th) 94,526 sq mi | |
| Recognised regional languages | Welsh, Irish, Ulster Scots, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish | Population (2007) | 60,975,000 | |
| Ethnic groups (2001) | 92.1% White, 4.0% South Asian, 2.0% Black, 1.2% Mixed Race, 0.80% East Asian | Currency | Pound sterling |
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