Washington,D.C. is the country's capital but it is a city,not a state, so it does not have its own star.

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Meanwhile,ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya addressed the assembly by mobile telephone from the Brazilian Embassy in his country's capital.

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Security forces fired tear gas to break up the pro-Zelaya marchers, who are also accused of vandalizing buildings in the country's capital overnight.

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In the rest of the country -- even the country's capital, Beijing -- residents boil their water or buy it in bottles.

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When the Estonian government announced that it was relocating a Soviet war monument in Tallinn, the country's capital, the local Russian community took to the streets in protest.

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The depth of America's financial markets and the country's open capital account have made the dollar attractive.

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