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Old Names for Countries
Belorussia old name of Belarus
Zaïre country renamed in 1997 to Democratic Republic of Congo
Yugoslavia country separated into: Slovakia; Croatia; Serbia and Montenegro; Bosnia and Herzegovina; and former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia.
Upper Volta now Burkina Faso
Timor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor)
Macedonia (Former Yug. Rep.)
Czechoslovakia split into Czech Republic and Slovak Republic on January 1, 1993
Congo, Dem. Rep. (former Zaire)
Burma now Myanmar
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