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Ares that currenly qualify for IDP:<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"288\"> <colgroup> <col span=\"2\" width=\"53\"><\/col> <col width=\"76\"><\/col> <col span=\"2\" width=\"53\"><\/col> <\/colgroup> <tbody> <tr height=\"12\"> <td class=\"xl63\" colspan=\"2\">Afghanistan*<\/td> <td><\/td> <td><\/td> <td>land and airspace<\/td> <\/tr> <tr height=\"12\"> <td class=\"xl63\">Algeria<\/td> <td><\/td> <td><\/td> <td><\/td> <td>land<\/td> <\/tr> <tr height=\"12\"> <td class=\"xl63\" colspan=\"2\">Azerbaijan<\/td> <td><\/td> <td><\/td> <td>land<\/td> <\/tr> <tr height=\"12\"> <td class=\"xl63\">Burundi<\/td> <td><\/td> <td><\/td> <td><\/td> <td>land<\/td> <\/tr> <tr height=\"12\"> <td class=\"xl63\">Chad<\/td> <td><\/td> <td><\/td> <td><\/td> <td>land<\/td> <\/tr> <tr height=\"12\"> <td class=\"xl63\">Colombia<\/td> <td><\/td> <td><\/td> <td><\/td> <td>land<\/td> <\/tr> <tr height=\"12\"> <td class=\"xl63\" colspan=\"3\">Cuba\/Guantanamo 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