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August, 2008

Changes affecting status:

1. Philippines: Supreme Court declared the creation of Shariff Kabunsuan unconstitutional.

Other data added:

1. Cook Islands: Provided background on island councils.
2. Ethiopia: Fix two erroneous FIPS subdivision codes.
3. Madagascar: Provinces will be dissolved in 2009.
4. Moldova: Add a FIPS code.
5. Serbia: FIPS country code change.
6. United Kingdom: Fix two erroneous FIPS subdivision codes.

Secondary divisions:

1. Philippines: Changes to HASC codes corresponding to deletion of Shariff Kabunsuan.

Time zones:

1. Brazil: DST start and end dates for this summer have been announced.