Countries without the letter [X]

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# COUNTRIES WITHOUT THE LETTER '[X]'
# In response to a LinkedIn puzzle, "Name a country without the letter A in the name"
# This script reads-in a list of countries, iterates through each letter of the alphabet, and solves for each.
#
# Author: Neil Studd
# URL:    http://www.neilstudd.com

import string, urllib, json, operator

# For the given letter of the alphabet, output countries which don't contain that letter
def LetterInCountry(letter, countries):
    print "Countries which don't contain " + letter.upper() + ":"
    countries.sort()
    for country in countries:
        if letter.lower() not in country.lower():
            print(country)
    print ""

# Load countries from URL
url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/umpirsky/country-list/master/country/cldr/en/country.json"
response = urllib.urlopen(url)
countries = json.loads(response.read())

# Loop through alphabet and output a list for each
for letter in string.ascii_lowercase:
    LetterInCountry(letter,countries.values())