tm_world_borders-0.3.json --
from TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.shp, the top of whose Readme.txt file reads:
Provided by Bjorn Sandvik, thematicmapping.org
Use this dataset with care, as several of the borders are disputed.
The original shapefile (world_borders.zip, 3.2 MB) was downloaded from the Mapping Hacks website:
http://www.mappinghacks.com/data/
The dataset was derived by Schuyler Erle from public domain sources.
Sean Gilles did some clean up and made some enhancements.
Converted with the command:
ogr2ogr -f GeoJSON world.json TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3.shp TM_WORLD_BORDERS-0.3