Official Entry Form: Fill & Download for Free

Please brace yourselves for a long answer.Index:Countries with “The” in their abbreviated namesEnclaves and exclaves: covering countries, parts of countries and special casesCountries with name having “And” in abbreviated/official namesGuineasCountries named after rivers and Countries named after peopleCaliforniasPlaces with same names as the entities they are inPlaces having “New” in their name and the story behind itThe United KingdomOverseas FranceTerritories of USARealm of New ZealandPlaces with very long namesThe Bahamas and The Gambia:There are two countries in the world that have the word “The” as a formal part of the abbreviated name: The Bahamas[1] and The Gambia[2]. They are officially known as Republic of the Gambia and Commonwealth of the Bahamas respectively.Location of The Bahamas (Source: The Bahamas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas#/media/File:LocationBahamas.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas#/media/File:LocationBahamas.svg) Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas#/media/File:LocationBahamas.svg))Location of The Gambia (Source: The Gambia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia#/media/File:Gambia_(orthographic_projection_with_inset).svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia#/media/File:Gambia_(orthographic_projection_with_inset).svg) Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia#/media/File:Gambia_(orthographic_projection_with_inset).svg))Also, The Gambia is peculiar in that in its entirety, it is located on the two banks of the downstream half of Gambia river and its mouth.Enclaves and Exclaves:[3]There are three landlocked countries in the world entirely surrounded by just one country. They are called true enclaved countries:Vatican City State[4][5] surrounded by Italy, the smallest country in the worldRepublic of San Marino[6] surrounded by ItalyKingdom of Lesotho[7] surrounded by South Africa, which also is the only country lying completely more than 1000m above sea levelExclaves: There are some regions that belong to one country but are completely surrounded by one more foreign countries.Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, surrounded by Armenia, Iran and Turkey entirely, belongs to Azerbaijan[8]Llívia, belonging to Spain is entirely surrounded by France[9]Campione d'Italia belongs to Italy and is surrounded by Switzerland[10]Büsingen am Hochrhein belongs to Germany and is surrounded by Switzerland[11]Likoma and Chizumulu Islands in Lake Malawi are enclaves and exclaves of Malawi, surrounded by Mozambique territorial waters[12] [13]UAE presents a peculiar case regarding enclaves and exclave:Hatta in Dubai emirate borders Oman to the east and the south, the Ajmani exclave of Masfut to the west, and Ras al-Khaimah to the north[14]Masfut surrounded by Ras al-Khaimah, the Dubai exclave of Hatta, and Oman, is part of Ajman emirate[15]Nahwa, part of Sharjah emirate is enclaved by Omani territory of Madha, itself surrounded by Sharjah[16][17]. This is an example of counter-enclave.Map showing the non-contiguous Belgian exclaves of Baarle-Hertog in Netherlands which, in turn, has Dutch enclaves within it.Dutch municipality of Baarle-Nassau has seven exclaves in two exclaves of the Belgian municipality of Baarle-Hertog[18][19]Third Order Enclave: Dahala Khagrabari[20] was an Indian enclave belonging to the District of Cooch Behar in West Bengal. This was a piece of India within a piece of Bangladesh within a piece of India within Bangladesh.The name has and:There are 7 nations in the world that have “and” in their name, signifying that they are composed of 2 (or more) distinct regions:Bosnia and Herzegovina[21]→ Approximate borders between two modern-day regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnia (marked dark brown) and Herzegovina (marked light brown) [Source: File:Bosna regija update.jpg - Wikipedia]Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe[22]: It consists of 2 archipelagos around the two main islands of São Tomé and Príncipe→ Source: File:São Tomé and Príncipe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_STP_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_STP_-_UNOCHA.svg) Location Map (2013) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_STP_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_STP_-_UNOCHA.svg) STP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_STP_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_STP_-_UNOCHA.svg) UNOCHA.svg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_STP_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_STP_-_UNOCHA.svg) Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_STP_-_UNOCHA.svg)Trinidad & Tobago (officially Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)[23]: It consists of two islands Trinidad and Tobago, ceded to Britain in 1802 under Treaty of Amiens as separate states and unified in 1889.→ Source:File:Trinidad and Tobago (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trinidad_and_Tobago_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_TTO_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trinidad_and_Tobago_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_TTO_-_UNOCHA.svg) Location Map (2013) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trinidad_and_Tobago_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_TTO_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trinidad_and_Tobago_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_TTO_-_UNOCHA.svg) TTO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trinidad_and_Tobago_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_TTO_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trinidad_and_Tobago_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_TTO_-_UNOCHA.svg) UNOCHA.svg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trinidad_and_Tobago_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_TTO_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trinidad_and_Tobago_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_TTO_-_UNOCHA.svg) Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trinidad_and_Tobago_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_TTO_-_UNOCHA.svg)Saint Vincent & the Grenadines[24]→ Source: File:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_VCT_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_VCT_-_UNOCHA.svg) Location Map (2013) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_VCT_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_VCT_-_UNOCHA.svg) VCT (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_VCT_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_VCT_-_UNOCHA.svg) UNOCHA.svg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_VCT_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_VCT_-_UNOCHA.svg) Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_VCT_-_UNOCHA.svg)Antigua and Barbuda[25]: It is named after its major islands→ Source: File:Antigua and Barbuda (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antigua_and_Barbuda_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_ATG_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antigua_and_Barbuda_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_ATG_-_UNOCHA.svg) Location Map (2013) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antigua_and_Barbuda_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_ATG_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antigua_and_Barbuda_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_ATG_-_UNOCHA.svg) ATG (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antigua_and_Barbuda_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_ATG_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antigua_and_Barbuda_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_ATG_-_UNOCHA.svg) UNOCHA.svg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antigua_and_Barbuda_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_ATG_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antigua_and_Barbuda_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_ATG_-_UNOCHA.svg) Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antigua_and_Barbuda_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_ATG_-_UNOCHA.svg)Saint Kitts & Nevis (Federation of Saint Christopher & Nevis)[26]→ Source: File:Saint Kitts and Nevis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_KNA_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_KNA_-_UNOCHA.svg) Location Map (2013) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_KNA_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_KNA_-_UNOCHA.svg) KNA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_KNA_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_KNA_-_UNOCHA.svg) UNOCHA.svg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_KNA_-_UNOCHA.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_KNA_-_UNOCHA.svg) Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_KNA_-_UNOCHA.svg)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland→ The 4 countries of UKGBNI with 3 ltying on Great Britain island and the remaining one comprising northern part of Ireland island [Source: United Kingdom - Wikipedia]Guineas:Guinea is the traditional name of coastal western Africa. The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and Portuguese Guinea gained independence in that order and subsequently named themselves after the region.French Guinea became Guinea[27] in 1958.Spanish Guinea became Equatorial Guinea[28] in 1968.Portuguese Guinea became Guinea-Bissau[29] in 1973; Bissau is its capital.New Guinea island was named after this region and subsequently gave the name to the country Papua New Guinea.[30][31]Whats in a name? An entire riverThere are many rivers whose names are source of names of places.Countries:Belize river - Belize[32][33]Paraguay river - Republic of Paraguay[34][35]Jordan river - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan[36][37]Moldova river - Republic of Moldova[38][39]Uruguay river - Oriental Republic of Uruguay[40][41]Zambezi river - Republic of Zambia[42][43]Niger: Niger river[44] lends its name to 2 nations: Niger (Republic of the Niger)[45] and Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria)[46], which are neighbours.The largest state in Nigeria is also called Niger.[47]Congo: Congo river[48] lends name to 2 nations: Democratic Republic of the Congo[49] and Republic of the Congo[50]. (No that is not a typo).The former Belgian colony of Congo, named Belgian Congo became Republic of the Congo[51] after its independence in 1960, renamed to Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1964, renamed to Zaire in 1971 with the Congo river’s named changed to Zaire[52], finally being renamed to Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997.Senegal river - Senegal[53][54]Indus (Sindhu, Hindu): [55] Things get interesting here. In Saṁskr̥ta, the river is called Sindhu, in Avestan it was called Hindu which was adopted as the name of the region to east of it in Iran. The name was passed on to Greeks as Indus, lending its European name to the region as India.The present day country and the historical region India (and Hindustan) are named after the river, as is Indian Ocean, Indian Plate and Indian Subcontinent.The inhabitants of the region were called Hindus, and the name was applied to their collective faiths as well i.e. Hindu/Hinduism, now used in a much narrower sense. The language[56] developed as the intended lingua franca of the region was named Hindustani (later Hindavi, and finally Hindi — It is the official language of Republic of India but doesn’t have nationwide usage in terms of speakers)The Sindh province in Pakistan is also named after the river.When Columbus set sail, he was trying to find India. He mistook the region he landed on as India and subsequently the inhabitants were called Indians; the region was in fact Americas. The islands he landed on were later named West Indies (now Caribbean Basin) when the mistake was identified, and the original region as East Indies.[57][58] West Indies is also the name of the cricket team that represents the countries in that region.[59]Indonesia’s name means Indian islands - it is a country named after a country named after a river.Regions of countries:Bosna river is the source of the name of Bosnia region of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[60]Whats in a name? This time a personThere are many places named after people, usually cities like Gandhinagar, Washington etc. (Some have been discussed in one of the succeeding sections) There are countries named after people too.Americas and USA:The continents North America & South America and the country United States of America are all named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, deriving from his first name’s Latin version - Americus.[61] Vespucci first demonstrated in about 1502 that Brazil and West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to Europeans.Countries named after local ruler/chieftains:Republic of Mozambique - Mussa Bin Bique, the 1st known ruler of the country[62]Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland) - King Mswati II[63]Republic of Uzbekistan - Sultan Mohammed Öz Beg, better known as Uzbeg or Ozbeg Khan[64]Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - The country is technically named after the founder Mohammad ibn Saud’s father Saud ibn Muhammad ibn Muqrin[65][66]Nicaragua - Nicarao, said to be the name of an indigenous chieftain who presided over a territory in southwestern Nicaragua during early 16th century CEBolivia and Venezuela (as in its official name: Bolivarian Republic of) - Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama as sovereign states, independent of Spanish ruleCountries named after European explorers/colonialists/rulers:USA has already been discussedThe Philippines - King Philip II of Spain[67][68]Colombia - Christopher Columbus[69]Mauritius - Maurice, Prince of Orange[70]Kiribati - British mariner Thomas Gilbert (The name is the pronunciation of Gilbert in the native language Gilbertese)[71]Seychelles - Jean Moreau de Séchelles, a French official and politician[72]Marshall Islands - British explorer John Marshall[73]Countries named after Abrahamic saints or legendary figures:El Salvador - The name means The Saviour, and refers to Jesus[74]The capital is named San Salvador, meaning Saint Saviour, also referring to JesusDominican Republic - Saint Dominic[75]Saint Lucia - Saint Lucy[76]San Marino - Saint Marinus[77]Solomon Islands - King Solomon of Israel and Judah[78]Israel - Jacob, also called Israel in Bible[79]Countries named after local legendary figures:The founding myth of Slavic countries involves three brothers - Rus, Czech and Lech who founded, respectively Russia, Czechia (Czech Republic) and Lechia (now called Poland)[80]Norway - Nór[81]Denmark - legendary king DanDemocratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe:São Tomé - Portuguese for Saint Thomas[82]Príncipe - Portuguese for Prince's island in honor of Afonso, Prince of Portugal[83]Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:Saint Vincent - Saint Vincent of Saragossa[84]Edit 16–12–2018Cook Islands[85]: James Cook[86], a British navigatorThis answer of mine: Aditya Garg (आदित्य गर्ग)'s answer to How many islands does India have? discusses the islands of India named after people as a part of it.So many places, same names:Victoria: [87] There are a hell lot of places named Victoria. The list seems endless, so I will llist only a few:Australia has Victoria state[88] and Province of Victoria[89] that happen to be neighborsVictoria, the capital of British Columbia, Canada[90]. [Please also see: List of electoral districts in Greater Victoria - Wikipedia]Hong Kong has Victoria city, Victoria harbour and Victoria peak [91][92][93]Lake Victoria, one of the African Great Lakes[94]The capital of Seychelles is called Victoria[95]There is a Victoria in each of the states Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, West Virginia, Virginia and Missouri in USA.Kansas:[96]There is Kansas city in the state of Kansas, USAThere is also Kansas city in Missouri, and happens to be the state’s largest city.Then, there is Kansas city in OregonBirmingham:[97]Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England.There is Birmingham in each of Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey and Illinois, 2 in Pennsylvania and 3 in Ohio in USA.Virginia:[98]Virginia and West Virginia are states of USA. Then there is a place named Virginia in each of California, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska. And there is Virginia Beach in Virginia state.There is Virginia in Queensland and in South Australia in AustraliaWashington:[99] The places named Washington are almost all named after George Washington, the 1st President of USA.The capital of USA is Washington D.C. There is a state of USA named Washington.Then there is 1 Washington each in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia states and 2 in California. There are multiple Washington named places in Wisconsin state.[100]Image: The Californias (Source: The Californias - Wikipedia)The Californias:[101]The state of California of USA and the 2 states of Baja California and Baja California Sur (again, not a typo) of Mexico form the region called The Californias.Place-ception:Panama the nation has a province named Panama which has Panama City, the country’s and the province’s capital. In 2014, 5 districts of Panama province were separated to create Panama Oeste province.[102]Guatemala the nation has the province Guatemala, housing the capital of both the province and country, Guatemala City.[103]Belize, the nation has a district named Belize whose capital is named Belize City.[104]Puducherry, Yanam, Mahe and Karaikal are municipalities which are the capitals of eponymous districts: Puducherry, Yanam, Mahe and Karaikal. Puducherry district is the capital of the Union Territory of India comprised of these 4 districts, itself called Puducherry.[105]Grand Duchy of Luxembourg[106] has a canton (division) named Luxembourg[107] in the former district Luxembourg, having Luxembourg City[108], the capital of the canton and the nation.In the new:Many places on being founded were simply named after an existing place, with New (or similar word) prefixed:New Delhi, Navi Mumbai and Naya Raipur were named after Delhi, Mumbai and Raipur respectively - all lying in India.USA:New Hampshire is named after Hampshire County, England. It lies in the geographical area named New England.[109][110]New Jersey was named after Jersey island in English Channel [discussed below under UK][111]New Mexico recieved its name long before the country Mexico was established; it was named by Spanish as Nuevo Mexico[112]Papua New Guinea has the provinces called East New Britain[113], West New Britain[114] and New Ireland[115]. The island on which it lies, New Guinea, is named after Guinea region of Africa.New Zealand’s name is the anglicised name of Novo Zeelandia given by Dutch explorers to the region after Zeeland province of Netherlands.[116]United Kingdom: (Topic’s name changed as part of edit - read after the end of images)Source: British Isles - WikipediaImage: Euler Diagram of British Isles (Source: Datei:British Isles Euler diagram 15.svg – Wikipedia (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:British_Isles_Euler_diagram_15.svg))Edit: 05–07–2018United Kingdom’s official name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.UK comprises 4 countries (although UK would be classified as a country by most standards, a better term is sovereign state) -Scotland[117]Wales[118]England[119]Northern Ireland[120] - the only part of UK to have a land boundary (with Republic of Ireland)Crown Dependencies[121]: 3 islands which are part of British Islands but not part of UK - they are non-sovereign and are self governing possesions of UK’s crown (marked in black in first image):Bailiwick of Guernsey - comprising the islands of Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, Brecqhou, Herm, Jethou and LihouBailiwick of Jersey - comprising the island of Jersey, the largest of Channel Islands, and uninhabited islets such as Minquiers and ÉcréhousIsle of Man or Mann, an island located in Irish SeaThe Bailiwicks are located in English Channel, and as such form part of Channel Islands.British Overseas Territories:[122] In addition to the 4 countries and 3 Crown Dependencies, UK also has sovereignity over 14 territories which are parts of British Empire that have not been granted independence or have voted to remain British territories. With exception of Gibraltar, they are not part of European Union.British Overseas Territories (Source: British Overseas Territories (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories#/media/File:United_Kingdom_(%2Boverseas_territories)_in_the_World_(%2BAntarctica_claims).svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories#/media/File:United_Kingdom_(%2Boverseas_territories)_in_the_World_(%2BAntarctica_claims).svg) Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories#/media/File:United_Kingdom_(%2Boverseas_territories)_in_the_World_(%2BAntarctica_claims).svg))Territories with some permanent population:Anguilla - located in CaribbeanBermuda - located in North Atlantic OceanBritish Virgin Islands (BVI), officially simply "Virgin Islands" - located in Caribbbean regionCayman Islands - located in CaribbeanFalkland Islands - located in South Atlantic Ocean on Patagonian ShelfGibraltar - located in Iberian PeninsulaMontserrat - located in CarribbeanPitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands - a group of four islands in the southern Pacific OceanSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - located in South AtlanticTurks and Caicos Islands - located in North AtlanticSovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia - located in Cyprus island in Mediterranean SeaTerritories with with temporary population only:British Antarctic TerritoryBritish Indian Ocean TerritorySouth Georgia and South Sandwich Islands - located in South AtlanticOverseas France:Overseas France (French: France d'outre-mer) consists of all French-administerd territories outside the Europe. Just like UK, France has sovereignity over many territories that lie outside Europe.Source: Overseas France - WikipediaThese territories are themselves divided into collectivities and departments.Overseas Departments - they have powers equal to metropolital France:French Guiana[123] in South AmericaGuadeloupe[124] in Caribbean (North America)Martinique[125] in Caribbean (North America)Mayotte[126] in Indian Ocean (Africa)Réunion[127] in Indian Ocean (Africa)Overseas Collectivities (official names are in parenthesis) - they have a particular status and high degree of autonomy:French Polynesia[128] in South PacificSaint Barthélemy[129] (Territorial collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy) in West IndiesSaint Martin[130] (Collectivity of Saint Martin) in CaribbeanSaint Pierre and Miquelon[131] (Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon) in Northwestern AtlanticWallis and Futuna[132] (Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands) in South PacificNew Caledonia[133] lying in southwest Pacific is a special collectivity - as a result of the 1998 Nouméa Accord, it gained a special status (statut particulier or statut original) in 1999. A New Caledonian citizenship was established, and a gradual transfer of power from France to New Caledonia was begun, to last from 15 to 20 years.France also posseses uninhabited overseas territories:Clipperton Island[134] in eastern PacificFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands[135] - itself consisting of 5 group of islands:Kerguelen Islands (Archipel des Kerguelen), a group of volcanic islands in southern Indian OceanSt. Paul and Amsterdam islands (Îles Saint Paul et Amsterdam), a group north of KerguelenCrozet Islands (Îles Crozet), a group in southern Indian Ocean, south of MadagascarAdélie Land (Terre Adélie), French claim on AntarcticaScattered Islands (Îles Éparses), a scattered group of islands around the coast of Madagascar[Yep, there is a group of scattered islands called Scattered Islands.]Edit 22–07–2018:Well USA can’t be left behind, right?Territories of USA:USA has 16 non-soveriegn territories directly administered by federal government instead of any state government, although 2 of them are actually administered by Republic of Colombia.[136]Territories of USA (Source: Territories of the United States (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States#/media/File:US_insular_areas.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States#/media/File:US_insular_areas.svg) Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States#/media/File:US_insular_areas.svg))Permanently inhabited territories:Puerto Rico in Caribbean and North AtlanticUS Virgin Islands in Caribbean and North AtlanticGuam in Micronesia and North PacificNorthern Mariana Islands in Micronesia and North PacificAmerican Samoa in Polynesia and South PacificUninhabited Territories:Baker Island in North PacificHowland Island in North PacificJarvis Island in South Pacific and PolynesiaJohnston Atoll in North PacificKingman reef in North Pacific and PolynesiaMidway Atoll in North PacificNavassa Island in North Atlantic and CaribbeanPalmyra Atoll in North Pacific and PolynesiaWake Island in Micronesia and North PacificBaja Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank are adminstered by Colombia but claimed by USAThere are many previous territories of USA that later became independent sovereign countries:PhillippinesMarshall IslandsPalauMicronesia (the nation: Federated States of Micronesia)Realm of New Zealand:Realm of New Zealand [Source: File:NZL orthographic NaturalEarth labelled en.svg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NZL_orthographic_NaturalEarth_labelled_en.svg)- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NZL_orthographic_NaturalEarth_labelled_en.svg) Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NZL_orthographic_NaturalEarth_labelled_en.svg)]Realm of New Zealand is the region where Queen of New Zealand (presently the Queen of UKGBNI) is the head of the state.[137]This region comprises:one sovereign nation - New Zealand, along with its Antarctic claim - Ross Dependencydependent territory named Tokelau[138]2 associated states[139] - Cook Islands and Niue.[Note: Associated statehood is a complex statehood, it is better to make a separate reading about the topic]Places with very long names:Certain places have such long names that pronuncing them is really difficult.Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu[140], New Zealand: the names means - “The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one”. This is listed in Guinness World Records as the place with longest official name.The ceremonial name of Bangkok, Thailand is even longer than the previous entry - Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit. It means - “City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of deities incarnate, erected by Viśvakarman at Indra's behest”.Then there are some names that not so long but their names have weird meanings:Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein[141] in North West province, South Africa.Its name means: Two-Buffalos-Shot-Totally-Dead-with-One-Shot FountainMamungkukumpurangkuntjunya[142] in South Australia, Australia.Its name means: Where the devil urinatesSee others answers by me related to geography:Guinea (region and the countries): Aditya Garg (आदित्य गर्ग)'s answer to Why do so many countries have "Guinea" in their name?Indian subcontinent: Aditya Garg (आदित्य गर्ग)'s answer to What is the Indian subcontinent?Footnotes[1] The Bahamas - Wikipedia[2] The Gambia - Wikipedia[3] List of enclaves and exclaves - Wikipedia[4] Vatican City - Wikipedia[5] Holy See - Wikipedia[6] San Marino - Wikipedia[7] Lesotho - Wikipedia[8] Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic - Wikipedia[9] Llívia - Wikipedia[10] Campione d'Italia - Wikipedia[11] Büsingen am Hochrhein - Wikipedia[12] Likoma Island - Wikipedia[13] Chizumulu Island - Wikipedia[14] Hatta, United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia[15] Masfut - Wikipedia[16] Nahwa - Wikipedia[17] Madha - Wikipedia[18] Baarle-Nassau - Wikipedia[19] Baarle-Hertog - Wikipedia[20] Dahala Khagrabari - Wikipedia[21] Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia[22] São Tomé and Príncipe - Wikipedia[23] Trinidad and Tobago - Wikipedia[24] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Wikipedia[25] Antigua and Barbuda - Wikipedia[26] Saint Kitts and Nevis - Wikipedia[27] Guinea - Wikipedia[28] Equatorial Guinea - Wikipedia[29] Guinea-Bissau - Wikipedia[30] New Guinea - Wikipedia[31] Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia[32] Belize - Wikipedia[33] Belize River - Wikipedia[34] Paraguay - Wikipedia[35] Paraguay River - Wikipedia[36] Jordan - Wikipedia[37] Jordan River - Wikipedia[38] Moldova - Wikipedia[39] Moldova River - Wikipedia[40] Uruguay - Wikipedia[41] Uruguay River - Wikipedia[42] Zambia - Wikipedia[43] Zambezi - Wikipedia[44] Niger River - Wikipedia[45] Niger - Wikipedia[46] Nigeria - Wikipedia[47] Niger State - Wikipedia[48] Congo River - Wikipedia[49] Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia[50] Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia[51] Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) - Wikipedia[52] Zaire - Wikipedia[53] Senegal River - Wikipedia[54] Senegal - Wikipedia[55] Indus River - Wikipedia[56] Hindustani language - Wikipedia[57] East Indies - Wikipedia[58] West Indies - Wikipedia[59] West Indies cricket team - Wikipedia[60] Bosna (river) - Wikipedia[61] Amerigo Vespucci - Wikipedia[62] Mussa Bin Bique - Wikipedia[63] Mswati II - Wikipedia[64] Öz Beg Khan - Wikipedia[65] Muhammad bin Saud - Wikipedia[66] Saud ibn Muhammad ibn Muqrin - Wikipedia[67] Philip II of Spain - Wikipedia[68] Philippines - Wikipedia[69] Colombia - Wikipedia[70] Maurice, Prince of Orange - Wikipedia[71] Thomas Gilbert (sea captain) - Wikipedia[72] Jean Moreau de Séchelles - Wikipedia[73] John Marshall (British captain) - Wikipedia[74] El Salvador - Wikipedia[75] Saint Dominic - Wikipedia[76] Saint Lucy - Wikipedia[77] Saint Marinus - Wikipedia[78] Solomon - Wikipedia[79] Jacob - Wikipedia[80] Lech, Czech, and Rus - Wikipedia[81] Nór - Wikipedia[82] São Tomé - Wikipedia[83] Príncipe - Wikipedia[84] Vincent of Saragossa - Wikipedia[85] Cook Islands - Wikipedia[86] James Cook - Wikipedia[87] Victoria - Wikipedia[88] Victoria (Australia) - Wikipedia[89] Province of Victoria - Wikipedia[90] Victoria, British Columbia - Wikipedia[91] Victoria, Hong Kong - Wikipedia[92] Victoria Harbour - Wikipedia[93] Victoria Peak - Wikipedia[94] Lake Victoria - Wikipedia[95] Victoria, Seychelles - Wikipedia[96] Kansas City (disambiguation) - Wikipedia[97] Birmingham (disambiguation) - Wikipedia[98] Virginia (disambiguation) - Wikipedia[99] Washington - Wikipedia[100] Washington, Wisconsin - Wikipedia[101] The Californias - Wikipedia[102] Panama - Wikipedia[103] Guatemala - Wikipedia[104] Belize - Wikipedia[105] Puducherry - Wikipedia[106] Luxembourg - Wikipedia[107] Luxembourg (canton) - Wikipedia[108] Luxembourg City - Wikipedia[109] New Hampshire - Wikipedia[110] New England - Wikipedia[111] New Jersey - Wikipedia[112] New Mexico - Wikipedia[113] East New Britain Province - Wikipedia[114] West New Britain Province - Wikipedia[115] New Ireland Province - Wikipedia[116] New Zealand - Wikipedia[117] Scotland - Wikipedia[118] Wales - Wikipedia[119] England - Wikipedia[120] Northern Ireland - Wikipedia[121] Crown dependencies - Wikipedia[122] British Overseas Territories - Wikipedia[123] French Guiana - Wikipedia[124] Guadeloupe - Wikipedia[125] Martinique - Wikipedia[126] Mayotte - Wikipedia[127] Réunion - Wikipedia[128] French Polynesia - Wikipedia[129] Saint Barthélemy - Wikipedia[130] Collectivity of Saint Martin - Wikipedia[131] Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Wikipedia[132] Wallis and Futuna - Wikipedia[133] New Caledonia - Wikipedia[134] Clipperton Island - Wikipedia[135] French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Wikipedia[136] Territories of the United States - Wikipedia[137] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand[138] Tokelau - Wikipedia[139] Associated state - Wikipedia[140] Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu - Wikipedia[141] Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein - Wikipedia[142] Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill - Wikipedia

There is no evidence. Take the time to go to snopes.com and you can learn about all the Clinton rumors . Here is a exert that puts this in perspective."Body count" lists are not a new phenomenon. Lists documenting all the allegedly "suspicious" deaths of persons connected with the assassination of John F. Kennedy have been circulating for decades, and the same techniques used to create and spread the JFK lists have been employed in the Clinton version:List every dead person with even the most tenuous of connections to your subject. It doesn't matter how these people died, or how tangential they were to your subject's life. The longer the list, the more impressive it looks and the less likely anyone is to challenge it. By the time readers get to the bottom of the list, they'll be too weary to wonder what could possibly be relevant about the death of people such as Bill Clinton's mother's chiropractor.Play word games. Make sure every death is presented as "mysterious." All accidental deaths are to be labelled "suspicious," even though by definition accidents occur when something unexpected goes wrong. Every self-inflicted death discussed must include the phrase "ruled a suicide" to imply just the opposite. When an autopsy contradicts a "mysterious death" theory, dispute it; when none was performed because none was needed, claim that "no autopsy was allowed." Make liberal use of words such as 'allegedly' and 'supposedly' to dismiss facts you can't support or contradict with hard evidence.Make sure every inconsistency or unexplained detail you can dredge up is offered as evidence of a conspiracy, no matter how insignificant or pointless it may be. If an obvious suicide is discovered wearing only one shoe, ignore the physical evidence of self-inflicted death and dwell on the missing shoe. You don't have to establish an alternate theory of the death; just keep harping that the missing shoe "can't be explained."If the data doesn't fit your conclusion, ignore it. You don't have to explain why the people who claimed to have the most damaging goods on Clinton (e.g., Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, Linda Tripp, Monica Lewinsky, Kenneth Starr), are still walking around unscathed while dozens of bit players have been bumped off. It's inconvenient for you, so don't mention it.Most important, don't let facts and details stand in your way! If you can pass off a death by pneumonia as a "suicide," do it! If a cause of death contradicts your conspiracy theory, claim it was "never determined." If your chronology of events is impossible, who cares? It's not like anybody is going to check up on this stuff ...Multiple versions of this "body count" list have been circulating online for two decades now. New victim names are routinely added and old ones taken off, forming an endless variety of permutations. At this point, there is no one "official" list.But where did all this craziness start? In a 1994 letter to congressional leaders, former Rep. William Dannemeyer listed 24 people with some connection to Clinton who had died "under other than natural circumstances" and called for hearings on the matter.Dannemeyer's list of "suspicious deaths" was largely taken from one compiled by Linda Thompson, an Indianapolis lawyer who in 1993 quit her year-old general practice to run her American Justice Federation, a for-profit group that promotes pro-gun causes and various conspiracy theories through a shortwave radio program, a computer bulletin board, and sales of its newsletter and videos.Her list, called "The Clinton Body Count: Coincidence or the Kiss of Death?" then contained the names of 34 people she believed had died suspiciously and who had ties to the Clinton family. Thompson admitted she had "no direct evidence" of Clinton's killing anyone. Indeed, she said the deaths were probably caused by "people trying to control the President" but refused to say who they were. Thompson said her allegations of murder "seem groundless only because the mainstream media haven't done enough digging."Ah, but they had. If not before she put her list together, at least afterwards. Anyone who continues to state the mainstream media has given these claims short shrift is being disingenuous.Since 1994, various respected news outlets have been confronted with versions of the "Clinton Body Count" list, run their own investigations of a few of the claims, and found nothing to substantiate what they looked into. Those investigations would culminate in yet another story about an oddball conspiracy rumor.But conspiracy theories don't die that easily. These "body count" lists and the many specious claims contained therein continue to circulate in cyberspace and beyond: yesterday's newspaper articles are forgotten with the next day's delivery, but e-mail lives forever.A 2007 version of the "Clinton Body Count" list was headed with this entry:James McDougal — Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr's investigation.James McDougal, a key witness for Whitewater prosecutors when the investigation centered on an Arkansas land deal in which the president and McDougal were involved, had a pre-existing heart condition and died of a heart attack on 8 March 1998 while in solitary confinement at the Federal Medical Center prison in Fort Worth. The ailing McDougal had been placed in solitary as punishment for failing to provide a urine sample for a drug test. On the day before his death and while still in his regular cell (where he had access to his heart medications), he had complained of dizziness, and while being processed for isolation he threw up. However, once in isolation, he did not ask for his medicines and appeared to guards "alert, well-oriented and absent any visible signs of distress" right up until his death. An investigation into the circumstances of his demise did not find evidence of foul play.(The McDougal entry was not part of the "Clinton Body Count" list as it circulated in 1998.)1. Mary Mohane — former White House intern gunned down in a coffee shop. Nothing was taken. It was suspected that she was about to testify about sexual harassment at the White House.Former White House intern Mary Caitrin Mahoney, 25, manager of a Georgetown Starbucks, was killed along with two co-workers (Emory Allen Evans, 25, and Aaron David Goodrich, 18) on 6 July 1997 during a robbery of the shop. In March 1999, Carl Derek Havord Cooper (29) of Washington was arrested and charged with these murders.Yes, it is unusual that three employees were killed in the course of a robbery during which nothing was taken. According to Cooper's 26 April 2000 guilty plea (he received life with no hope of parole), he went to the Starbucks to rob the place, figuring the receipts from the July 4 weekend would make for a fat take. He came in after closing, waved a .38, and ordered all three Starbucks employees into the back room. Once there, Mahoney made a run for it after Cooper fired a warning shot into the ceiling. She was ordered back to the room, but then went for the gun. Cooper shot her, then afterwards shot the other two employees. He left empty-handed, afraid the shots had attracted police attention. As regrettable as these three deaths were, this was nothing but a case of a robbery gone wrong.And, right away, we have come to the first big lie of the "Clinton Body Count" list: Any unexplained death can automatically be attributed to President Clinton by inventing a connection between him and the victim. Mary Mahoney did once work as an intern at the White House, but so have hundreds of other people who are all still alive. There is no credible reason why, of all the interns who have served in the Clinton White House, Mahoney alone would be the target of a Clinton-directed killing. (Contrary to public perception, very few interns work in the West Wing of the White House or have any contact with the President. The closest most interns get to the chief executive is a single brief handshake or group photo.)The putative reason offered for Mahoney's slaying, that she was about to testify about sexual harrassment in the White House, was a lie. This absurd justification apparently sprang from a hint dropped by Mike Isikoff of Newsweek just before the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke that a "former White House staffer" with the initial "M" was about to talk about her affair with Clinton. We all know now, of course, that the "staffer" referred to was Monica Lewinsky, not Mary Mahoney. The conspiracy buffs maintained that White House hit men rushed out, willy-nilly, and gunned down the first female ex-intern they could find whose name began with "M."2. Vincent Foster — former White House Counsel, found dead of a gunshot wound to the head and ruled a suicide. He had significant knowledge of the Clintons' financial affairs and was a business partner with Hillary. If the Clintons are guilty of the crimes they are accused of by Larry, Vincent Foster would have detailed knowledge of those crimes.This laundry list of deaths always refers to someone taking his life as "ruled a suicide," thus implying another conclusion of equal likelihood was capriciously dismissed by someone who had the power to do so. From here on, read "ruled a suicide" as "an investigation was carried out and arrived at this ruling as the only reasonable conclusion."White House deputy counsel Vince Foster committed suicide on the night of 20 July 1993 by shooting himself once in the head, a day after he contacted his doctor about his depression. A note in the form of a draft resignation letter was found in the bottom of his briefcase a week after his death. (Note that this letter was not, as is often claimed, a "suicide note"; it was Foster's outline for a letter of resignation.) Foster cited negative Wall Street Journal editorials about him, as well as the much-criticized role of the counsel's office in the controversial firing of seven White House travel office workers.On 10 October 1997, special prosecutor Kenneth Starr released his report on the investigation into Foster's death, the third such investigation (after ones conducted by the coroner and Starr's predecessor, Robert B. Fiske) of the matter. The 114-page summary of a three-year investigation concluded that Foster shot himself with the pistol discovered in his right hand. There was no sign of a struggle, nor any evidence he'd been drugged or intoxicated or that his body had been moved.If Foster had been murdered or if unanswered questions about his death remained, Starr would have been the last person to want to conclude the investigation prematurely. Or are we to believe Kenneth Starr is part of the cover-up, too? And if we buy into this conspiracy theory, what are we expected to believe? That a group of professional killers capable of furtively carrying out dozens of murders all over the world shot Vince Foster, then clumsily dumped him in a park (after he had bled out), planted a gun he didn't own in his hand (without bothering to press his fingerprints onto it), amateurishly forged a suicide note (in several different handwritings), then expected the nation would believe his death was a suicide?3. C. Victor Raiser, II - former National Finance Co-Chairman of Clinton for President, and Montgomery Raiser, his son. Both died in a suspicious private plane crash in Alaska. No cause determined. Raiser was considered to be a major player on the Clinton team.All plane crashes are "suspicious," because airplanes are supposed to stay in the air, and when they don't it's because something went terribly wrong. Pilot error and mechanical failure are by far the most common causes underlying any crash. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates every downed plane in the U.S., and though they might not always pin down the exact cause of a crash, they're generally pretty good about ruling out the use of explosives or mechanical tampering. If the NTSB doesn't find evidence of tampering or explosives, then that's not what downed the plane, and we're left with pilot error and mechanical failure as our choices.Raiser, his son, and three others died in a plane crash in Alaska on 30 July 1992 during a fishing trip. The pilot and another passenger survived and were hospitalized with severe burns. While the "body count" list claims "no cause determined," the NTSB reported otherwise: pilot error in a small plane flying in mountainous terrain during low visibility conditions led to the crash.4. Paul Tully — DNC Political Director, was found dead in a Little Rock hotel room. No cause was ever determined and no autopsy was allowed. Tully was a key member of the damage control squad and came up with some of the Clinton strategies.Paul Tully died on 24 September 1992. Problem is, there wasn't anything the least bit unusual about his death, so whoever cooked up this list had to lie and claim that "no cause was ever determined" and "no autopsy was allowed." However, an autopsy was performed, and Tully's cause of death was determined: a massive heart attack. (Not a surprising demise, given that Tully was extremely overweight, a heavy drinker, and a chain smoker.) According to Steve Nawojczyk, the Pulaski County coroner, "An autopsy by the Arkansas medical examiner's office discovered advanced coronary artery disease." He added that investigators found no evidence of external trauma to the body.Note again that the conspiracy buffs offer no putative reason for Tully's "killing" and would have us believe that Clinton ordered his chief strategist rubbed out while the most important election of his career was a little over a month away.5. Ed Willey — Clinton fund raiser. Found in the woods in Virginia with a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide.Ed Willey was a former Virginia state senator and a lawyer; his wife Kathleen was active in Democratic state politics, worked as a volunteer (including some fund-raising efforts) on behalf of the Clinton campaign in Virginia in 1992, and later served as a volunteer in the White House Social Office. Ed Willey's death was as clear cut a case of suicide as one is likely to find: he was a desperate, unstable man who (along with his wife) spent money lavishly, stole $275,000 of a client's money, and was about half a million dollars in debt to the IRS. He took his own life on 29 November 1993, leaving behind a suicide note found by his wife reading: "Saying I'm sorry doesn't begin to explain. I hope one day you will forgive me."At the same time as Willey was killing himself, his wife was allegedly being groped by Bill Clinton. She said she'd gone to the Chief Executive looking for a job to help her family out of its financial crisis and found herself fending off his advances. Clinton admitted to the meeting but denied her version of what took place. Kathleen Willey testified in Paula Jones' sexual harrassment suit against Clinton, but she never claimed that Clinton had her husband killed.6. Hershell Friday — Clinton fund-raiser. His plane exploded.Herschel Friday, an Arkansas lawyer who had been on the Clinton presidential campaign finance committee, died in a airplane accident on 1 March 1994. His plane did not "explode"; this accident was another case of pilot error that occurred when the 73-year-old Friday, at the plane's controls, crashed it during an attempted landing on a poorly-lighted private airfield at dusk on a dark and drizzly day.7. Jerry Parks — former security team member for Governor Clinton. Prior to his death he had compiled an extensive file on Clinton's activities. His family had reported being followed and his home broken into just before being gunned down at a deserted intersection.On 26 September 1993, Luther (Jerry) Parks was hit with ten bullets from a 9-mm semiautomatic handgun as he left a Mexican restaurant at the edge of Little Rock. His murder remains unsolved.Parks' security company guarded Clinton's campaign headquarters in 1992. Parks' son, Gary, asserted in Circle of Power and The Clinton Chronicles (both video products of Linda Thompson's American Justice Federation) that his father collected a secret file of Clinton's indiscretions, and that his father was using the file to try to blackmail the Clinton campaign. (He also claimed that Vince Foster knew of the file's existence.) Despite these allegations, the younger Parks never produced the mysterious file, and Clyde Steelman, a homicide sergeant with the Little Rock police force, dismissed Gary Parks' theories of his father's death as "unsubstantiated, nothing to grasp." A far more likely suspect in the murder was Jerry Parks' former partner, with whom Parks had quarreled bitterly.8. John Wilson — former Washington D.C. council member. Had ties to Whitewater. Died of a very suspicious hanging suicide.John Wilson was the chairman of the District of Columbia Council, and his suicide was far from "very suspicious": Wilson had a long history of depression, was wrestling with marital problems, and had tried to kill himself on at least four other occasions. He finally succeeded on 19 May 1993. Upon his death, Wilson's wife said, "[His] depression was an inherited problem; that he was able to contribute so much over the years in the face of his disability was a miracle." Police said that he did not leave a note and that there were no signs of foul play.Wilson had absolutely nothing in common with Clinton other than that they worked in the same city (i.e., Washington, D.C.). The claim that Wilson had anything to do with the Whitewater real estate controversy is laughable.9. Kathy Ferguson — former wife of Arkansas State Trooper Danny Ferguson, the co-defendant with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Found dead in her living room of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Interestingly, her packed suitcases seemed to indicate she was about to go somewhere.Kathy Ferguson killed herself with a gunshot to the right temple on 11 May 1994 at the home of her boyfriend, Bill Shelton. Their relationship had fallen on hard times, with each accusing the other of having been unfaithful. Ferguson left behind a suicide note that read: "I can't stay here any longer. Things will never be the same for us. I can't take that." Close by was another note from Shelton questioning her relationship with another man, which Ferguson's daughter said her mother had been upset over.We found no mention of packed suitcases in any of the reports about Ferguson's death, but even if there were, it wouldn't be the least bit surprising. Is it so unusual that a woman might be thinking of moving out of the house of a boyfriend who had quarreled with her and challenged her fidelity?10. Bill Shelton — Arkansas state trooper and fiance of Kathy Ferguson. Allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself at her grave.Shelton killed himself over Kathy Ferguson's grave on 12 June 1994, leaving a suicide note that was found beside his body. Just a month earlier he had quarreled with his girlfriend, accused her of cheating on him, and driven her to suicide. There was nothing mysterious about his death or his reasons for taking his life. And if the idea that the ex-wife of an Arkansas state trooper constitutes a Clinton "connection" weren't absurd enough, we're now offered the boyfriend of an ex-wife of an Arkansas state trooper.11. Gandy Baugh — attorney for Dan Lasater in a financial misconduct case. Supposedly jumped out the window of a tall building to commit suicide.News accounts stated that Gandy Baugh died "at home" on 8 January 1994 without specifying the causes. "Died at home" is a euphemism often employed in news articles and obituaries to avoid a direct mention of suicide, but we haven't found any definitive information about how Baugh died.12. Dr. Donald Rogers — dentist. Killed in a suspicious plane crash on his way to an interview with reporter Ambrose Evans-Pritchard to reveal information about Clinton.On 3 March 1994, the Cessna plane carrying a pilot, dentist, Donald Rogers, and two other passengers crashed. The pilot had earlier radioed in that he was experiencing electrical trouble and then lost radio contact. The NTSB's investigation of the crash found nothing "mysterious" about it: the plane's left generator had severely overheated and shut down, leaving the plane without electrical systems; the plane went down far off its planned route, and the pilot was good and lost at the time of the crash.No amount of digging has disclosed why a dentist would have such revelatory information about the President of the United States that a plane crash had to be arranged to bump him off.13. Stanley Huggins — lawyer investigating Madison Guaranty. Suicide. His extensive report has never been released.How anyone can confuse dying of pneumonia with suicide is beyond us. Huggins died on 23 June 1994, and according Dr. Richard Callery, Delaware's top medical examiner, viral myocarditis and bronchial pneumonia killed Huggins. Lt. Joel Ivory of the University of Delaware police said his exhaustive investigation of Huggins's death turned up "no sign at all of foul play."14. Florence Martin — Accountant for the CIA and had information on the Barry Seal case. Three gunshot wounds to the head.On 23 October 1994, 69-year-old Florence Martin of Mabelle, Texas (40 miles from Wichita Falls), was murdered in her home by three gunshots to the head through a pillow. She wasn't an accountant for the CIA, though: She worked the graveyard shift at a convenience store in nearby Seymour and had lived in that area for decades.In 2012, Jack Wesley Melton was charged with Martin's murder. DNA found at the scene was matched to him, leading to his arrest.15. Suzane Coleman — reportedly had an affair with Clinton. Was seven months pregnant at the time she was found dead of a gun shot wound to the back of the head, ruled suicide.At the time of Susan Coleman's suicide, Bill Clinton was her law professor. In 1992 an overzealous supporter of George Bush hired investigators to probe this girl's 1977 suicide, and they found no evidence that she and Clinton had an affair. It was an old rumor and a baseless one, and even a determined attempt at muckraking turned up nothing to substantiate it.16. Paula Grober — Clinton's interpreter for the deaf. Traveled with Clinton from 1978 until her death in 1992 in a one-car accident. There were no witnesses.The accident that killed Paula Gober took place during the afternoon of 7 December 1992. Her car overturned at a curve in the highway, throwing her 33 feet from the vehicle. No one witnessed the accident. And again, no one has provided any explanation for what secrets about Clinton an interpreter might possess that would merit her murder.17. Paul Wilcher — attorney investigating corruption. He had investigated federal elections, drug and gun smuggling through Mena, the Waco incident, and had just delivered a lengthy report to Janet Reno. He died in his home of unknown causes.Wilcher's partially decomposed body was found seated on the toilet in his Washington, D.C., home on 22 June 1993, and his death was attributed to natural causes. According to the Washington Times, Wilcher "was investigating the theory of an 'October Surprise' conspiracy during the 1980 federal election campaign. He had been interviewing an inmate who claimed to have piloted George Bush to Paris so he could secretly seek to delay the release of 52 American hostages in Iran." President Clinton, just a year into his first term, would hardly be likely to give up a key political advantage by bumping off someone who was supposedly about to dig up some major dirt on the opposition party18. Jon Parnell Walker — RTC investigator who mysteriously fell to his death from an apartment balcony.We have turned up no information about this man, not a report of his death nor of his being an Resolution Trust Corporation investigator. Various versions of this list state that his death took place on 15 August 1993 at the Lincoln Towers in Arlington, Virginia, but we've found no documentation of that.19. Ron Brown — former DNS Chairman, Commerce Secretary. Reported to have died in a plane crash, but new evidence reveals he may have been shot in the head. He was being investigated by a special investigator and was about to be indicted with 54 others. He spoke publicly of his willingness to "make a deal" with the prosecutors to save himself a few days before the fatal trip. He was not supposed to be on the flight but was asked to go at the last minute. (This count does not include the other business leaders and other passengers who died on this government-sponsored trade mission.)What "new evidence"? Ron Brown and 34 others were killed in a plane crash in Croatia on 3 April 1996. The plane slammed into a mountain while on landing approach. There were no survivors.Much has been made of an x-ray of Brown's skull showing what supposedly looks like a round entry wound. Closer examination of Brown's skull by military officials revealed no bullet, no bone fragments, no metal fragments and, even more telling, no exit wound.Simply imagining a scenario under which Ron Brown could have been shot takes one into the realm of the absurd. Was he shot in the head during the flight, in full view of thirty-four other witnesses? (If so, how did the shooters get off the plane?) Did the killers shoot him before the flight, then bundle his body into a seat (just like Weekend at Bernie's) and hope nobody noticed the gaping hole in his head? Or did Croatian commandos fortuitously appear on the scene to scale a mountain and pump a bullet into the head of an already-dead plane crash victim?An exhaustive Air Force investigation of the crash found that pilot error was to blame:The aircrew made errors while planning and executing the mishap flight, which, when combined, were a cause of the mishap. During mission planning, the crew's review of the Dubrovnik approach failed to determine that it required two automatic direction finders, or ADFs, and that it could not be flown with the single ADF onboard their aircraft. Additionally, the crew improperly flight planned their route which added 15 minutes to their flight time. The pilots rushed their approach and did not properly configure the aircraft for landing prior to commencing the final segment of the approach. They crossed the final approach fix flying at 80 knots above final approach speed, and without clearance from the tower.As a result of the rushed approach, the late configuration, and a radio call from a pilot on the ground, the crew was distracted from adequately monitoring the final approach. The pilots flew a course 9 degrees left of the correct course. They also failed to identify the missed approach point and to execute a timely missed approach.20. Barbara Wise — Commerce Department secretary. Worked with Ron Brown and John Huang and had extensive knowledge of their activities. Found dead in her locked office the day after Thanksgiving. It was ruled a suicide. Interestingly, she was found partially clothed, bruised, and in a pool of blood.There was no pool of blood, and Barbara Wise's death was never ruled a suicide by anyone. She was discovered in her Commerce Department office on 29 November 1996 after having last been seen alive on 27 November 1996, the day before Thanksgiving. A thorough investigation uncovered no evidence of foul play or suicide. Wise had a history of frequent and severe health problems, including liver ailments, and her death was attributed to natural causes.21. Charles Meissner — Assistant Secretary of Commerce. John Huang was given a special security clearance by Meissner. Shortly thereafter, he died in the crash of a small plane.Charles Meissner died in the same plane crash that took the life of Ron Brown, the one in Croatia on 3 April 1996. Fourteen Commerce Department staffers died in that crash, Meissner and Brown among them.We're now entering an long segment of the list wherein a number of deaths are tied to those of Don Henry and Kevin Ives, who were supposedly linked to Bill Clinton. All of this linkage is one big canard: Henry and Ives had nothing to do with Clinton; they were two young men who foolishly ripped off drugs from a dealer and were beaten to death in revenge. With no link between Clinton and Henry or Ives, the following eight entries collapse like a house of cards.22 & 23. Kevin Ives and Don Henry — seventeen-year-old boys who apparently saw something related to drugs in Mena by accident late at night. Officially ruled an accidental death on the train tracks, but evidence shows they died before being placed on the tracks — one of a crushed skull and the other of a knife wound in the back.Henry and Ives were run over by a train on 23 Aug 1987. Dr. Fahmy Malak, Arkansas' former state medical examiner, ruled the deaths accidental, saying the teens fell asleep on the tracks after smoking marijuana. A 1988 Saline County grand jury determined the boys were murdered and their bodies afterwards laid on the tracks, but no other conclusions were reached and no indictments were returned.A number of Malak's determinations had been challenged and overturned during his career. He certainly wasn't always a conscientious medical examiner, and his Ives and Henry rulings were only two of many such he botched.Getting back to the real meat of who killed the boys, we find nothing that ties Ives and Henry to Clinton. Though various of these lists will claim the boys accidentally stumbled onto a "protected" drug drop and were killed for it, there's no reason to believe even that. In a 25 May 1990 hearing before U.S. Magistrate Henry Jones Jr., Katherine Brightop said her ex-boyfriend Paul William Criswell told her that he and three other men were involved in the teenagers' deaths. Brightop said Criswell told her the boys tried to steal cocaine from Callaway's home and they were caught and beaten to death before their bodies were placed on the tracks.24. Keith Koney — had information on the Ives and Henry deaths. Died in a motorcycle accident with reports of a high-speed car chased involved.19-year-old Keith Coney died on 17 May 1988 when the motorcycle he was driving struck the back of a tractor-trailer. He was riding a motorcycle he'd stolen the day before. There were no reports of a high-speed car chase involved in his fatal traffic accident.25. Keith McKaskle — had information on the Ives and Henry deaths. Stabbed to death.In August 1989, Ronald Shane Smith was sentenced to ten years for the 10 November 1988 murder of Keith McKaskle. McKaskle had earlier expressed fears for his life, linking them to his knowing something about "the railroad track thing". Smith may have been paid to kill McKaskle, as a prison inmate said he had been approached and offered $4,000 to kill McKaskle himself.26. Gregory Collins — had information on the Ives and Henry deaths. Gunshot wound to the head.Greg Collins (25) of Bryant, Arkansas, was found shot in woods near Rosston on 2 December 1989. If he truly knew something about drug-related murders, that's reason enough for him to have been killed without any connection to Bill Clinton.27. Jeff Rhodes — had information on the Ives and Henry and McKaskle deaths. Tortured, mutilated, shot, body burned in a dumpster.In July 1989 Frank Pilcher was arrested for the April 1989 murder of Jeffrey Rhodes. Rhodes had earlier told his father he feared for his life because he'd witnessed a narcotics transaction.Rhodes was last seen alive on April 3. His body was discovered in a dumpster on April 19. He'd been shot twice in the head and his body was badly burned. The body was likely burned in an effort to destroy forensic evidence that would led investigators to the murderer.28. James Milam — had information on the Ives and Henry deaths. He was decapitated. The coroner ruled death due to natural causes.This is my favorite entry. Remember that Arkansas medical examiner, the one I said wasn't always the most conscientious investigator on God's green earth? Yep, we're about to see him again. Fahmy Malak listed James Milam's cause of death as a perforated ulcer, adding that Milam's small dog afterwards ate the dead man's head, accounting for Milam's headless condition.Milam's daughter-in-law insisted Milam was murdered. She claimed Malak showed her photographs of the headless corpse, and the neck was cut clean. The Milam family has not attempted to legally challenge the ruling because of the expense, so we'll never know which way the cat jumps, ulcer or murder.Whatever killed him, Milam died three months before the Ives and Henry murders. What are we supposed to believe here, that Clinton conspirators knocked off someone who "had information on the Ives and Henry deaths" three months before Ives and Henry actually died? Wow, talk about a preemptive strike!29. Jordan Kettleson — had information on the Ives and Henry deaths. Found shot in the front seat of his pick up truck.21-year-old Jordan Ketelsen died on 25 June 1990.30. Dr. Stanley Heard — Chair, National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee. He personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather, and brother. His personal small plane developed problems so he rented another. Fire broke out in flight and he crashed.Stanley Heard and Stephen Dickson died on 10 September 1993, when their Piper Turbo Lance II caught fire shortly after takeoff from Dulles airport and crashed. They'd attended a briefing that morning on the Clinton administration's health care plan. Dickson's plane had developed mechanical problems on the way to Washington the week before, so Dickson and Heard rented the Cherokee in St. Louis to make the trip. They rented a badly maintained plane, and it cost them their lives.Here is what the NTSB had to say about this crash.I've found nothing on the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory that Heard supposedly chaired.31. Steve Dickson — attorney for Heard. Died in same plane crash.Dickson attended the same briefing Heard did. We do not know if he was there as Heard's lawyer or for independent reasons.32. John Hillier — video journalist and investigator. He helped to produce the documentaries "Circle of Power," and "The Clinton Chronicles." He mysteriously died in a dentist's chair for no apparent reason.Again, we could find no record of this man's death or of his work. There have been a few dental chair deaths, but we turned up nothing on this one.33. Maj. Gen. William Robertson34. Col. William Densberger35. Col. Robert Kelly36. Spec. Gary Rhodes37. Steve Willis38. Robert Williams39. Conway LeBleu40. Todd McKeehan41. Sgt. Brian Haney42. Sgt. Tim Sabel43. Maj.William Barkley44. Capt. Scott Reynolds* all former Clinton bodyguards who are dead.Steve Willis, Robert Williams, Todd McKeehan, and Conway LeBleu were Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents killed during the Waco confrontation on 28 February 1993.Brian Haney, Timothy Sabel, William Barkley, and Scott Reynolds died in a helicopter crash on 19 May 1993. These four were members of Marine Helicopter Squadron One, the unit responsible for transporting the President. They died when the Blackhawk helicopter they had taken out for a maintenance-evaluation flight crashed. There was no evidence of sabotage. Clinton had set foot in the aircraft on only one occasion, two months earlier, when he traveled from the White House to the USS Theodore Roosevelt.Jarrett Robertson, William Densberger, Robert Kelly, and Gary Rhodes all died on 23 February 1993 when their Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed on landing in Weisbaden, Germany. A jury later found that the pilots were not at fault, but that the helicopter "entered into an uncontrollable right turn caused by a design defect."45. Gary Johnson — former attorney for Larry Nichols, severely beaten and left for dead.Again, we could find nothing on this incident or even this man's life.46. Dennis Patrick — had millions of dollars laundered through his account at Lasater & Co. without his knowledge. There have been several attempts on his life, all unsuccessful.It's hard to know what to say about this one. Though we found credible reference to Patrick's life having been in danger a few times, we were unable to trace back to news reports on the original incidents. Without seeing them, we're not confident in stating an opinion on whether or not those attempts took place.Patrick was a client of Lasater, albeit a reluctant one. He was asked to open an account there, he refused, one was opened for him anyway, and he was handed "profits" from one transaction for his part in allowing whatever was going on to take place. Again, someone who got involved with drug dealers ended up in trouble. In this case, an otherwise upstanding man took money he knew to be dirty to keep quiet about what his account was being used for. If was subsequently chased by drug dealers who didn't want the details of the transactions to come to light, was that all that surprising?47. L.J. Davis — reporter. While investigating the Clinton scandals he was attacked in his hotel room and his notes were taken. He survived.Davis said he had awakened in his hotel room with a big bump on his head. He soon admitted having drunk at least four martinis that night. No pages were missing from his notebook, and he had no idea how he ended up on the floor. "I certainly wasn't about to conclude that somebody cracked me on the head," Davis said at the time.48. Larry Nichols — former marketing director of ADFA. Responsible for bringing forth more evidence and witnesses on Clinton corruption than any other source. Very public about his claims against Clinton. He has suffered six beatings, arrest on trumped up charges, and a near arrest.In 1988 Larry Nichols, then a marketing director for the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, was fired from his job for making hundreds of calls to the Nicaraguan contras from his office. In 1990 he filed a lawsuit against Clinton claiming the then-Governor of Arkansas and others made him the scapegoat in a misappropriation-of-funds charge that cost him his job. In that suit he also tossed in claims of extramarital affairs, naming five women Clinton was supposed to have chased across the sheets. Nichols withdrew his lawsuit in 1992 and issued a round of apologies to everyone involved. He admitted what he'd said had been an attempt to destroy the Governor by innuendo.Nichols has since changed his tune yet again, and has returned to making allegations against Clinton, always being careful to stop just short of asserting Clinton is involved in various murders and other crimes Nichols points to as "suspicious."Since his dismissal from the AFDA, Nichols has made a career of peddling anti-Clinton books and tapes to the lunatic fringe. Take anything claimed about or by this man with a huge grain of salt.Now, ask yourself: how many people with whom you were acquainted have died mysteriously or violently in the past 10 years.The bottom line on this piece of e-lore? It's a badly worked laundry list dressed up to appear significant. The promised damning connections to the Chief Executive are missing, with innuendo misinformation offered up in their place. Nothing ties Clinton to any of these deaths, something this list (and others of its ilk) conveniently glosses over. What evidence is offered that would compel a rational person to believe there was Clinton involvement in any of these deaths?Clinton was acquainted with some people who died — that's about all one can make of this list. Indeed, that's far more than can be made of a number of the entries, specifically, that of Ives and Henry and all those supposedly tied to theirs.Though it's clear from digging through numerous newspaper articles there was a thriving and dangerous drug culture in Little Rock, how or why this should be connected to Bill Clinton is left unanswered. Regrettably, Little Rock is akin to numerous other large cities: it has its share of drug dealers, murders, and violence. It also has one very famous citizen. And that's about as much of a connection as anyone can make.Whereas a typical private citizen has a much smaller circle of acquaintance, those in public office come into contact with a great many people over the course of their careers. It is therefore not unusual to find at least a few accidental deaths, homicides, and suicides among any politician's list of contacts. (For example, a "body count" list exists for George Bush.)A number of suicides are enumerated in this list. Suicide is far from an unusual mode of demise. It claims 32,000 lives in the U.S. every year, and it's the 9th leading cause of death. It is indeed a rare person who does not know someone who died by his own hand.Deaths by airplane crash account for a number of entries on the list. Again, this is not all that surprising. Every year many small planes crash in the United States, and some of those crashes result in fatalities. As mentioned above, the National Transportation Safety Board investigates every one of them, to determine both the cause of the accident as well as to gather data that will help prevent future tragedies. The agency does a thorough job of looking into the circumstances surrounding each downed plane. To describe any of the plane crash deaths on this list as "suspicious" is to suggest the NTSB was part of a coverup.There have been a couple of unsolved murders (Jerry Parks, Kevin Ives, and Don Henry), but there have also been deaths by natural causes that have been tossed into the mix willy-nilly simply to boost the body count. (As we said earlier, how can anyone claim a death by pneumonia was a suicide?) All the best lies make sure to mix a bit of truth in with them, and the few genuinely unsolved murders work to cloak the many less credible claims in an aura of plausibility. Don't be overly bemused by them — study each entry on its own merits.One final question to ask yourself before falling for any Clinton Body Count list: If the Chief Executive was having people bumped off left, right, and center, why aren't Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp on this list? At the time of Mary Mahoney's death — a death this list hints was ordered by Clinton — neither Tripp nor Lewinsky were the high-profile household names they now are; they were complete unknowns. It would be another six months before information about them would explode into the news. If the President were in the habit of having those dangerous to his presidency put in the ground, why didn't he order these deaths?

How to Apply for MS in USAWith over 800,000 international students, the USA is the most prominent education hub in the world. While it is an attractive education destination across all fields and levels of study, international students are drawn mostly toward MS programs.For the MS’s degree, the USA is the most preferable choice and option for Indian students as the United States of America is one of the most developed countries and a job creator center for any aspirant who is willing to settle in the dynamic country as well.The USA has in recent years has evolved immensely and is a center of attraction for students from the entire world as it one of the fastest growing and developing countries. The facilities and luxuries the United States of America offers are what a student looks forward to while choosing a career plan.1. Choose universitiesThe first step while applying for MS in the US is to make a list of universities which offer the candidate's choice of programme. This should be done around the months of May or June of the previous year. Ideally, one should start the process of admission at least 15 months prior to admission. While the US admission cycle has three intakes -- Fall, Spring and Summer -- a majority of the programmes start in Fall i.e., around September.2. Check deadlinesOnce the candidate has made a list of the colleges of his choice, the next step should be to check the deadlines of the specific courses the candidate is applying for. Usually, universities in the US do not have a common deadline for all courses. Therefore, it is necessary to check the individual departments of the universities to know the opening and closing dates for applications to MS in the US. Usually, applications for Fall start around September and close between December-January, though some universities accept applications till February.3. Eligibility: Before going ahead with the application process, it is important to check the eligibility requirements for the MS course in the US. While different courses have different sets of requirements, here are some of the general eligibility criteria required for the programme.Usually, American universities require 16 years of formal education to be eligible for an MS’s course. Since a Bachelor’s degree in countries like India is a three-year program (http://B.Sc, http://B.Com, B.A etc), that sums up to 15 years (involving 10 years of schooling and 2 years’ junior college).4. Exams required: As mentioned, entry to MS courses in the US universities requires the aspirant to appear for standardised tests as set by the university. One should, ideally, register for tests between July and August so that test scores are ready by the time one applies to universities.GRE: GRE is mandatory for almost all MS level programmes in the USA, including management studies. While all universities require GRE general test score, there are some others which also ask the student to take GRE subject tests.TOEFL: TOEFL is an English proficiency test for students from non-native English speaking countries.IELTS: IELTS is also an English proficiency test for students from non- native English speaking countries.MCAT: Students interested in pursuing medical studies in the US have to appear for MCATLSAT: LSAT is for law aspirants5. Arrange application package- This is one of the most important parts while applying for MS in the US. Universities in the USA put heavy weight on the application of the student. Besides academic transcripts, the US universities demand that the student introduce himself through intent statements and references. An ideal MS application package should have the following:SoP - The Statement of Purpose is one of the most vital elements of the application package for admission into MS in the US.LoR - Unlike the SOP, the Letter of Recommendation is an independent assessment of the candidate's potential.Essays - Generally, universities ask for 2-3 essays.Resume - Some universities require the candidate to submit a CV along with the application form.Academic Transcripts - Academic transcripts include all the qualifications that the candidate will list in the application form.Scores - Universities with a requirement of standardized score require results of the tests along with the application.6. Document checklist for MS in the US:Recommendation letters ( minimum 2-3 lectures)GRE/TOEFL/GMAT/IELTS score proofs besides reporting the test scores officially.Academic Transcripts for the qualifications listed in the application form.SOP (How to write a Great SoP for MS in the USA)Work experience certificates, if applicablePhotocopies of passportCertificates for extra-curricular activities mentioned in the application form.WES Evaluation documents, if required by the university.7. Apply: The first thing to keep in mind while applying in any university in the US is the deadline. As mentioned earlier, most of the application dates close by January. Therefore, it is advisable to apply early and not wait for the last date to avoid any last-minute glitch.8. Offer letters: The universities usually take a few weeks to respond to applications. Most applicants receive their acceptance or rejection letter between February and April.In order to fulfill your dreams of studying and settling in America, you first need to apply for admission in an American university/college, receive the offer letter or invite and then head on to the visa process. In order to study in visa, you need to obtain a study visa. The study visa is issued after the student’s visa application gets approved by the university as well as the visa authorities. Check here for: How to Get a Student Visa for USA in 2019?List of Top Universities for MS courses in the USAMassachusetts Institute of Technology, CambridgeStanford University, StanfordUniversity of California, BerkeleyGeorgia Institute of Technology, AtlantaCalifornia Institute of Technology, PasadenaUniversity of Illinois, Urbana, ChampaignCarnegie Mellon UniversityUniversity of Michigan, Ann ArborUniversity of Texas, AustinCornell UniversityCost of MS in the USA for Indian studentsAs education abroad is expensive for Indian students, there are some international courses that are less expensive than most of them. For example, if you are thinking of applying for a post-graduate MS degree abroad (e.g. MBA / MS), the expenses of MS in the USA are prominently less expensive than the cost of the best MBA in America.Nevertheless, this is in relative terms. One needs to be updated on the different cost features that sum up the total expenses of an MS degree.The average application fee for most of the top MS’s program in America is $75 (4,500 Rupees). Moreover, if one hasn’t planned the goals of MS’s institutes well and combined them during the GRE test (students are allowed 4 free universities) students are charged $27 (~INR 1,800) to forward the score to each additional MS University.The average cost of MS in the USA in a government-funded university is undoubtedly less as compared to that of the private institutes. When one takes into consideration the state universities, the average cost of MS in the USA varies from $20,000 to $30,000 for the entire two years.If the cost is converted to the Indian rupee, considering the current value of dollars, MS fees in the USA in a state university will cost you Rupees 13 lakhs – 20 lakhs for the entire 2 years.Apparently, the average cost of MS in the USA for private universities will vary from $25,000-$50,000. If we Convert it to Indian currency, students are supposed to pay approximately in the range of Rupees 17 lakhs – 33 lakhs for MS in private universities.What is the Application Fee for MS in the USA?Accordingly, TOEFL grants 4 free institutions. The fee for sending one’s TOEFL score to additional MS universities is $20 (INR 1,300). If one has registered for TOEFL iBT, they can avail of the TOEFL Value Pack Premium pack which grants one the test material, five additional marks report and a $35 (INR 2,300) discount for upcoming registrations.Assuming, you are sending 10 MS applications, at an average application fee of $122 [$75 + $27 + $20] per MS university, you are staring at a total expense of $1,220 (~INR 80,000).Why Study MS in the USA?If you are in a fix, whether or not to choose an MS course in the USA. Here is a list of factors you must consider to make an informed decision.Being one of the world powers, USA is the most preferred destinations for international students. An MS degree from the USA, that too from a top university will give you a boost academically and professionally, as the degree is globally recognized and desired.Along with that is the fact that it has the most modern teaching aids and exceptional faculties that make most of the American universities become world leaders in their own space.America has great work opportunities and employment environment that everyone wished for.There are citizenship and residency options, open for consideration as well.Overall, an MS from the USA is a great deal up for grabs if you have the opportunity, as it is an excellent learning and working environment, ideal for studying as well as settling down.What are the Top Universities for MS in the USA for Indian students?1. Lehigh University2. Fitchburg State University3. University of Central Arkansas4. New Mexico Highlands University5. Mississippi Valley State University6. California State University San Bernardino Campus7. Loyola University Chicago8. Sonoma State University9. San Diego State University10. North Seattle Community CollegeSince you are here, you may also check How to Get Scholarship for MS in the USA for Indian Students?Hope it helps!!