Afghanistan is the only country where women wear the burqa in any great numbers.

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Even if you must trudge through flowerbeds for lockboxes or meet people on a country road, you can wear good quality shoes, outerwear and accessories.

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But overseas visitors are welcome to wear the national dress of their country.

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In England, aristocrats began to wear simplified clothes that were linked to their work managing country estates.

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Ms. THAMER: (Through Translator) How do you expect me to wear decent things when there is no security in the country?

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Wedding fever gripped the UK as royal-watchers and the general public speculated for months about what Catherine would wear, her hair and the scale of the event in a country entrenched in austerity measures.

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The popular topic of conversation is often one of the following: (a) methods of cooling off without breaking the bank, (b) vacation plans, (c) what to wear to keep cool, and (d) weather patterns across the country.

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There have been suggestions that Ponting may have represented his country for the last time, but team coach Tim Nielsen has insisted the injured star would wear the baggy green cap again as soon as he was fit.

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When you don't know where you'll be in a country with unfamiliar customs and language, the novelty of seat-of-the-pants travel can wear thin.

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