unscramble these letters to reveal the capital of this international
country that recently gained independence? r a' a t a l a b n u a

Hi les_beveridge,

The answer is Ulaanbaatar, which is the capital of Mongolia.

Everything 2: Ulaanbaatar
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Ulaanbaatar


Search strategy:
I looked through the list of capitals on the this site
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1696680 until I found the
correct one.


I hope this helps. If you have any questions regarding my answer
please don?t hesitate to ask before rating it.

Best regards,
Rainbow

I complement you on the promptness of your reply and thank you for the information.

Mongolia recently "independent"?? 
I understand Mongolia has been independent since 1911 ( which is
hardly recently) Before 1911 it was ruled by China.i

For most of the 20th century it was closely allied with the former
Soviet Union. However it was an independent country in its own right
for this time.
Regards
Mongolia

A good site offering historical information about Mongolia is:

http://www.un.int/mongolia/histdoc.htm

-Although Mongolia has only more recently made democratic reforms
(adopted in the 1992 Constitution), 'mongolia' is correct in stating
that Mongolia has been independent since 1921.

-It was part of China until 1911. 

-A treaty signed in 1979 specified the official border with the Soviet
Union at the time.

Nevertheless, the unscrambled word is clearly correct.