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U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarksjold died in a plane crash while traveling to this country for cease-fire negotiations.
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democratic republic of the congo
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After its 1960 independence, this country fought secessionist movements in its regions of South Kasai and Katanga.
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Laurent Kabila won a civil war in this country with support from Paul Kagame’s Rwandan government.
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Eleven Lebanese nationals were killed in 2001 for supposedly participating in the assassination of a leader of this country whom Che Guevara had once criticized as “not the man of the hour.”
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A leader of this country was told to “show that you are worthy of our confidence” during its 1960 independence ceremony.
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Another leader of this country was known for his trademark leopard toque hat and hosted the (*) Rumble in the Jungle.
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This country was the destination of fleeing genocidaires, including many members of the FAR (F-A-R).
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A leader of this country used the state ideology of authenticité (aww-THEN-tee-cee-tay) to rid itself of colonial influence.
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That leader sent a political rival to a rebellious province in this country, where he was tortured and killed in the city of Elisabethville.
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A small portion of this African nation’s western Atlantic coast divides Angola from its exclave of Cabinda, while a southern portion of this nation’s territory extends southward into Zambia.
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That southern portion of Katanga province is centered around the industrial city of Lubumbashi, (*) which is the base of operations for this nation’s copper mining industry.
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The eastern border of this nation lies along the Rift Valley and the Great Lakes region and was a battleground during the 2 civil wars experienced by this nation.
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Rwanda and Burundi war refugees from the Hutu ethnic group settled in this country but were massacred during a 1996 coup.
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Its eastern Kivu provinces are the site of new unrest, and election scandals led to its parliamentary leader Mbeza Thubi losing his seat.
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After May 2007 elections, five hundred were killed by the forces of losing candidate Jean Pierre Bemba.
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In May 2003, the European Union announced plans to send a multinational force to supplant the French troops in the Ituri region, in the eastern part of this country, which has seen the worst of its five-year civil war.
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Invasions by Uganda and Rwanda and ethnic clashes between the Hema and Lendu have caused thousands of deaths and several incidents of cannibalism.
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The name of the Baluba people from this modern-day country became an epithet in Ireland after Irish troops were ambushed in 1960.
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A religion founded in this modern-day country uses the Mandombe script that was divinely inspired by Simon Kimbangu.
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democratic republic of the congo
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The Shin·ko·lob·we Mine in this country was a key source of uranium for the Manhattan Project.
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This country was the site of a royal uprising called the Boworadet Rebellion.
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thailand
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A fascist leader of this country known as Phibun adopted the Roman salute, issued twelve “cultural mandates,” and allied with Japan during World War II.
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thailand
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In this nation in 1932, the Khana Ratsadon, or People’s Party, overthrew the absolutist rule of the now ceremonial (*) Chakri dynasty.
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In this country, the 6 October 1976 massacre targeted students protesting at Thammasat University.
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Phibun was a World War II-era dictator of this country, whose current capital was first made a capital city under the Thonburi kingdom.
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A monarch of this country signed the Bowring Treaty with Great Britain and gifted James Buchanan elephants to assist agriculture.
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In August 2017, a former leader of this country was convicted for negligence during a failed race subsidy program.
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That woman who formerly led this country was elected promising to continue the policies of her exiled brother, Taksin.
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In July 2018, Saman Guman was suffocated in this country’s Chiang Rai Province during a (*) dive operation.
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In 1688, an empire in what became this country executed the Greek-born missionary Constantine Phaulkon.
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The phrase "mai pen rai," which loosely means "No problem," is used commonly in this country, where dance dramas known as khon are based largely on foreign epics.
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This country allied with Japan and the Axis Powers on the same week as the Pearl Harbor attack.
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In this modern day country, the territory of the Sukkothai kingdom was conquered by the kingdom centered on Ayutthaya, which had a king with his own royal language and who only royalty could look at.
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In this country, one king had been a monk for 26 years before opening his kingdom to invite Westerners like Anna Leonowens.
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One leader of this modern-day country stressed educating women alongside men in his “Kastamonu Speech.”
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That leader of this country also passed the Hat Law of 1925, which banned the fez in favor of Western-style headgear.
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This country claims parts of Northern Cyprus as its territory, and the (*) Dardanelles divide this country’s “European” and “Asian” regions.
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The removal of one ethnic group from this modern-day country’s borders included the events on Red Sunday and a siege at Van.
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John F. Kennedy agreed to remove Jupiter missiles from this country to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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This country’s penal code includes a controversial Article 301 that has been used to crack down on dissidents who have discussed the (*) Armenian Genocide orchestrated by this country.
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The Lion Gate marks the entrance to the ruins of one historical capital in this modern-day country.
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Another site in this country was thought by Klaus Schmidt to be the center of a cult worshipping the dead; that location is Gobekli Tepe.
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This country was home to the kingdoms of Phrygia and (*) Lydia, and the Hittite capital of Hattusa now lies in this country.
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In what is now this country, Bartolome Calvo was deposed in a civil war ended by the Rionegro Convention.
colombia
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The Battle of Palonegro was part of another civil war in this country, during which Jose Manuel Marroquin led a coup against Manuel Sanclemente.
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In 1991, this country’s Supreme Court was held hostage by the M-19 movement, which formed after Misael Pastrana Borrero defeated Gustavo (*) Rojas Pinilla in a disputed election.
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During the presidency of Julio Turbay, this state saw the M-19 movement seize a Dominican embassy before peacefully returning the hostages for 1 million dollars.
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This country rejected the United States-proposed Hay-Herrán Treaty, and Gustavos Rojas Pinilla led a coup here.
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Following the Vargas Swamp Fight, a battle which took place in this country saw the British legion help win the Battle of Boyaca.
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Massive parades of jeeps called yipao honor this country's farmers and are held in cities like Armenia and Calarcá.
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The iraca, the zipa, and the zaque (ZAH-kay) were three rulers of a confederation of indigenous inhabitants of what is now this country.
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A man known as Tirofijo organized the Marquetalia republic in this country in 1961.
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Around two hundred thousand people in this country were killed after Jorge Eliecer Gaitan was assassinated, ushering in the era of “La Violencia.”
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The successor state to the Viceroyalty of New Granada shares its name with this country.
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Plan Lazo was developed by the United States to stomp out the “Marquetalia Republics” within this country’s rural heartlands.
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Those republics had formed in the decade of unrest after the assassination of presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitan in this country, a period known as (*) La Violencia.
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In this country, the anti-guerrilla operation would have the unexpected effect of galvanizing leftist militias into forming militant groups like FARC.
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The investigation of the funds of this country's politician Ernesto Samper was known as the 8000 Process.
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The assassination of this country's presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán began a period of unrest in this country known as La Violencia.
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Earlier this country had fought Spain for its independence at the Battle of (*) Boyaca.
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This country’s former intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos fled after the revelation of video evidence of his corruption in 2000.
republic of peru
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Chan Chan, a Chimor ruin, can be found near Trujillo in this country’s northwest.
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Victor Raul Haya de la Torre founded this country’s APRA party.
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This country recovered from an earlier wartime defeat under the “aristocratic” government of Nicolas de Pierola.
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One rebel group in this country was opposed by local militias called rondas and carried out the Lucanamarca massacre before their leader, Abimael Guzman, was captured.
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An anti-government faction in this country took over its (*) Japanese embassy in 1996; that group, the MRTA, is named for an older revolutionary in this country, Tupac Amaru.
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A popular political party in this country was founded in exile by Víctor Haya de la Torre.
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This country's informal economy, including the shanty towns called "pueblos jóvenes," was described in The Other Path, by non-explorer economist Hernando de Soto.
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The second half of A Fish in the Water is a memoir by a candidate for this country's presidency, whose FREDEMO coalition lost to a man supported by APRA and Cambio 90.
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This modern country is home to the ancient temples of Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna.
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An empire from this country was organized into extended family groups called ayllu .
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Tupac Amaru II rebelled against Spanish rule in this country, and this country’s independence was sealed after a battle in which Royalist forces under Viceroy La Cerna were defeated by Antonio Jose de Sucre.
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This country was the site of the Battles of Callao and Ayacucho, and it is currently the home of a Maoist terrorist group formerly led by Abimael Guzman called (*) Shining Path.
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This country was led in the 1990’s by Japanese-descent president Alberto Fujimori, and it fought with Bolivia against Chile in the War of the Pacific.
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In this country, Juan Velasco led a leftist military government that broke up the hacienda system.
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It is currently led by Alan Garcia.
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Representations of the Staff God were found in this country’s site of Caral, which was built by the Norte Chico civilization.
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The Lancaster Agreement ended one conflict in this country, and the bishop Abel Muzorewa briefly served as its leader.
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A fifteen year civil war in this country was known as the Bush War, and ended a majority white government under Ian Smith.
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This country saw conflict between the British colonizers and the native Ndebele people.
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At Rufaro Stadium in this modern-day country, an ailing Bob Marley sang "Get Up, Stand Up" to celebrate its newly won independence.
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Malaysia's prime minister partially-funded the construction of a presidential house in this country nicknamed "Blue Roof".
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A North Korea-trained military unit called the Fifth Brigade carried out an ethnic cleansing in this country during a period known as the (*) Gukurahundi ("goo-koo-ra-hoon-dee").
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The Movement for Democratic Change opposes a one-party rule in this country.
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The North Korean-trained Fifth Birgade carried out a genocide of Ndebele [N-deh-BUH-lay] citizens in this country’s
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The national emblem of this country is a soapstone bird based on those found in an ancient city composed of the Valley Complex, Hill Complex, and Great Enclosure, known for its 10-meter-high walls.
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The Butua Kingdom and an ancient city established by the Shona were based in this modern-day country, where Ian Smith’s government fought the Bush War as the Republic of (*) Rhodesia.
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Under the leadership of Robert Mugabe, this country suffered a severe hyperinflation crisis.
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Contemporary Christians in this country gather annually to honor its “first martyr,” Bernard Mizeki.
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Dombo was a ruler of the Butua Kingdom here, which had its capital at Khami.
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One archaeological site in this country, explored by David Randall-Maclver and sometimes thought to be the ancient city of Ophir, features a number of daga buildings in the Great Enclosure.
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The Byrd Amendment loosened the US embargo of this country to allow the importation of chromium.
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One leader of this country dismissed Peter Walls from his post as head of the army, and was elected over Joshua Nkomo.
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, This nation intervened in support of Laurent Kabila during the Second Congo War, and the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979 led to the end of the government of Ian Smith here as well as white minority rule.
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In this nation, a series of gravity-defying free-standing boulders located in the Matobo Hills is where Cecil John Rhodes was buried.
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Bumbusi, the site of a huge stone wall called the Great Enclosure, is located in this nation.
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The Gukurahundi was a genocide of the Ndebele in this country.
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This country’s MDC candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, criticized its 2005 slum clearing, Operation Throw Out Trash.
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This country was formed in the Lancaster House Agreement after its new government won the Bush War against Ian Smith’s (*) Rhodesian Front.
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One civil conflict in this nation was known as the Gukuruhundi; this nation underwent large neighborhood clearances as part of Operation Drive Out Trash.
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Home to Johsua Nkomo, known as its “father”, a republic here declared independence under Ian (*) Smith; its capital was formerly known as Salisbury.
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Its current ruling party, ZANU-PF, recently struck a frequently violated power-sharing deal with Prime Minister Robert Tsvangirai [TCHANG-gir-aye].
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Its last colonial governor was Lord Christopher Soames, who presided until its first election saw the UANC ticket win.
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However, after a meeting attended by former prime minister Ian Smith, new elections were held in 1980 and the ZANU party emerged an overall winner, while Canaan Banana became its first president.
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In this country, Roy Bennet was jailed for “disrupting state affairs” after being kicked in the head repeatedly by Anti-Corruption Minister Didymus Mutasa, and again in 2009 as part of a campaign targeting the Movement for Democratic Change, whose leader was involved in a suspicious car accident in March that left his wife dead.
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Morgan Tsvangirai serves as this country's Prime Minister, but has had little opportunity to reverse ZANU-PF policies, such as seizing all white-owned farms, that have helped prompt its astronomical inflation rate.
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During the 15th through 18th centuries, Mozambique and this nation were the sites of the Kingdom of Mutapa.
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Declaring its independence from Great Britain in 1965, this nation later saw civil unrest when Prime Minister Ian Smith’s white minority rule was disputed by a group led by the nation’s current President.
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Formerly known as Southern Rhodesia, a recent dispute over election results in this country has led to a power sharing agreement between current Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe.
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It’s not South Korea, but in a “bloodless correction” this country’s former president was placed under house arrest in the Blue Roof Mansion in 2017.
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This country’s North Korean-trained Fifth Brigade massacred Ndebele civilians in an event known as the Gukurahundi.
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It’s not South Africa, but one president of this country blamed war veterans for violence in the wake of land reform.
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This country’s first post-independence leader was Abel Muzorewa, and its North Korean-trained Fifth Brigade carried out the Gukurahundi genocide against its Ndebele [un-duh-bee-lee] ethnic group.
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That group included Joshua (*) Nkomo, who feuded with a president of this country that founded ZANU-PF.
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A pre-colonial people of this country worshipped the sun and moon in the form of Sué and Chía and were ruled by a zipa and a zaque.
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This modern country, which was conquered by Gonzalo de Quesada, is home to the Muisca people.
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A predecessor to this country was led by Francisco de Paula Santander.
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The Treaty of Wisconsin ended a civil war in this country called “the Thousand Days’ War.”
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In the 1990s, an inhabitant of this country illegally stocked his private zoo with a number of hippos, which have now become an invasive species.
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Íngrid Betancourt was abducted while campaigning for the presidency of this country.
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Operation Jaque rescued presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt
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[BEH-ton-coor] and 14 other hostages in this country.
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Alberto Camargo’s Liberal Party and Laureano Gomez’s Conservative Party united against the rule of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in this country by forming the National Front, which ended a period of violence in this country called La (*) Violencia.
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Striking workers of the United Fruit Company were killed by this country’s army in the Banana Massacre, and this country’s allegedly-fraudulent 1970 election led to the creation of the M-19 movement and the end of its National Front.
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This country’s President Juan Manuel Santos agreed to a 2016 peace agreement with its rebel group FARC.
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One civil war in this country ended with a treaty signing on the American battleship Wisconsin, the Thousand Days’ War.
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This country quarreled with a neighbor over ownership of Leticia, and the first president of this country under its current constitution was José María Campo.
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The USS Nashville was sent to harass its efforts to put down a revolution.
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In this country, the 19th of April Movement formed after the possibly fraudulent election of Misael Pastrana as president.
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The loser in that election gained control of this nation via a peaceful coup d’etat supported by the Liberals and Conservatives.
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The assassination of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan led this country into a period of unrest known as (*) La Violencia.
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As a result of high sugar tariffs and dissatisfaction with the Salomon-Lozano Treaty, this country was invaded by a southern neighbor during the Leticia Incident.
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Alberto Camago entered into a power-sharing agreement with Laureano Gomez in this nation to form the National Front, which ended a period of political instability caused by the assassination of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan and known as (*) “La Violencia”.
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The Medellin cartel operates in this country, whose president, Juan Manuel Santos, was awarded the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a peace deal with the rebel group FARC.
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This country was the site of the two-limbed “half-man” Blas de Lezo’s defense of a certain city in the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
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This country experienced a turbulent period following the assassination of Jorge Gaitan, called La Violencia.
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This country was the subject of the Hay-Herran Treaty, leading to another country’s secession.
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During this nation's violent Patria Boba period, the Centralists fought against the Federalists.
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The Congress of Angostura resulted in this nation's unification with several of its neighbors, but that broke up in 1830.
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The city of Pereira in this country is located in the western part of this nation and serves as the capital of the state of Risaralda.
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The longest river in this country runs north from the Cordillera Central; that river is the Río Magdalena.
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A popular beach resort in this country is the Caribbean city of (*) Cartagena (carta-henna).
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One group in this country is thought to be controlled by a man nicknamed “The Professor” and is called the Black Eagles.
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This country is home to the ELN, or National Liberation Army.
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This country’s First Search Bloc worked with Los Pepes in the 1990s against one (*) criminal.
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One organization in this country grew out of the Southern Bloc, which had earlier governed the Marquetalia Republic.
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The Pact of San Carlos initiated this country’s National Front following Gustavo Pinilla’s dictatorship.
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Jorge Gaitan’s murder sparked a ten-year period of unrest in this country; bandoleros terrorized this country during that period, La Violencia.
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In a program in this country, mimes mocked motorists who broke traffic laws; that program was instituted by Antanas Mockus.
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The Liberal and Conservative parties alternated power under this country’s sixteen-year National Front period.
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In this country, the deposition of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla ended a civil war begun by the assassination of (*) Jorge Eliécer Gaitán known as La Violencia.
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This country cracked down on a separatist movement known as Mukti Bahini in Operation Searchlight, while an earlier military action by this country ended after its military dictator Ayub Khan signed the Tashkent Declaration.
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It’s not Afghanistan, but this country’s first (*) female prime minister and leader of its People’s Party was assassinated in 2007 after meeting with Hamid Karzai.
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That prime minister, Benazir Bhutto was the daughter of an earlier leader of this country, whose independence movement was led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
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This country started one war when it tried unsuccessfully infiltrating another country in Operation Gibraltar.
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A military dictator in this country instituted the “Basic Democracies” system to rig elections in his favour.
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Under President Yahya Khan, this country committed genocide as part of Operation Searchlight.
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A leader of this country claimed that he would “eat grass or leaves” until it obtained nuclear weapons; that leader was later overthrown in Operation Fair Play.
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A movement to secede from this country was led by the Awami League.
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At a 2007 rally, a female leader of this country and daughter of former leader Zulfikar (*) Ali was assassinated at a political rally in Rawalpindi.
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The first military ruler of this country introduced “Basic Democracy,” an indirect electoral structure that ensured his victory in the 1965 elections over the sister of this country’s founder.
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This country launched Operation Searchlight after its 1970 election resulted in a plurality for a regional party.
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Ordinance XX (“20”) forbade Ahmadis in this country from calling themselves Muslims and was promulgated by (*) Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, who Islamized this country’s government.
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Ethnic violence against the Muhajir people in this country's largest city erupted after a bus driver hit college student Bushra Zaidi in 1985.
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A leader of this country created a system of local councils called "basic democracies" to re-elect himself in 1965.
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A leader of this country declared "we will eat grass for a thousand years" and called the Multan meeting to begin its nuclear weapons program.
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The country’s Potwar Plateau is home to large deposits of rock salt.
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A large geographical region of this country is the endorheic Sistan Basin in the south, which is bordered by the Sulaiman Mountains.
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This country is demarcated on its north by the British-established Durand Line.
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In 2000, this nation recently lowered its voting age to 18 for the December elections.
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Sites within this country include Harappa, known as the “Bronze-Age” city, and Mohenjo- (*) Daro.
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Though its capital has a population of over 1.7 million people, its main cultural center is Lahore, where many Western-influenced shops and restaurants, as well as the University of the Punjab, are located.
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One leader of this country executed his predecessor Zulfikar Ali; that ruler Zia ul-Haq, funded A.Q. Khan’s nuclear research.
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Its first Governor-General was Muhammed Ali Jinnah of the Muslim League, and in 1971, its “East” exclave became Bangladesh.
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In 2007, its former leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, and its Swat valley contains Taliban fighters.
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At a 1981 victory parade, a president of this country was assassinated by a soldier who approached him hiding three grenades in his helmet.
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In 1956, another president of this country responded to Western withdrawal of funding for a dam by nationalizing a commercial waterway formerly held by the (*) British.
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Menachem Begin and a president of this country signed the Camp David Accords.
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One revolution in this modern day country was followed by formation of the Liberation Rally party and agrarian land reform under Law Number 178.
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The Wafd Party was among those dissolved after a July 23 revolution in 1952 in this country that was led by General (*) Naguib and the Free Officers movement, and which led to the deposition of King Farouk I. One of this country’s presidents formed the United Arab Republic with Syria and kicked off an international “Crisis” when he nationalized the Suez Canal.
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The Blue Bra Girl has become a symbol for women’s rights in this country.
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Ahmed Shafik narrowly lost the 2012 election in this country to the candidate of the Freedom and Justice Party.
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A July 2013 coup d'état led by Abdul Fatah al-Sisi in this country resulted in the elevation of Adly (*) Mansour to the position of Interim President.
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The murder of domesticated pigeons in this country by British officers caused the Denshawai incident.
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A recently deposed leader of this country was opposed by the kefaya.
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In this country, the Wafd Party was deposed in a 1951 coup that ultimately overthrew King Farouk.
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During one event in this country, Waleed Rashed organized the April 6 Youth Movement to support participants of a certain cause.
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Anger over the destruction of a church led to the Maspero demonstrations in this nation.
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In this country, the Freedom and Justice Party’s candidate was selected by the (*) Muslim Brotherhood to replace a man who won five straight presidential victories, causing major protests at Tahrir Square.
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Opposition groups in this country studied the work of Gene Sharp on non-violent revolution, while Habib el-Adly was arrested on February 17 for ordering the use of live fire on protesters while Interior Minister.
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Saad Ketatni founded the Islamist Freedom and Justice Party in this country after the lifting of a ban on his organization's political activities.
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(*) Omar Suleiman had earlier been appointed as Vice President of this country though, as intelligence director, he had maintained close relations with Israel.
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This country's current capital also served as the capital of the Fatimids, and Muhammad Ali, an Albanian, once ruled here.
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The Dinshaway Incident of 1906 sparked a nationalist movement, which eventually led to the Free Officers Movement that led to its independence in 1953 under General Naguib, who was succeeded by Abdel Nasser.
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After the Six Day and October wars, Sadat's 1979 peace treaty with Israel led to its expulsion from the Arab League.
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Three Catholic priests in this country were executed following the failed Cavite Mutiny against colonial rule.
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A secret society in this country initiated an anti-colonial rebellion with the Cry of Pugad Lawin.
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A founder of that society, Andrés Bonifacio, was executed during that rebellion in this country.
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Native priests in this country such as Jose Burgos were executed by Governor Rafael de Izquierdo for staging a pro-independence "Mutiny" in 1872.
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Under colonial rule, taxes were collected from barangays in this country by a datu.
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During World War II, a resistance movement here was led by communist Huk forces.
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After World War II, peasant rebels from this country led the failed Huk Rebellion.
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Masaharu Homma was executed for his actions in this country.
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A battle off of the coast of this country was where the first kamikaze attacks took place and was the largest naval battle of World War II.
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Many people in this country speak Tagalog
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[tug-ALL-ug].
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Major natural disasters that occurred here include Typhoon Haiyan and the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.
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Colonialism in this nation was attacked in the novels The Reign of Greed and Noli me Tangere.
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One key leader exiled himself in Hong Kong having secured independence with the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, but it was actually the Tydings-McDuffie Act that led to its independence.
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The revolution began with an uprising led by Katipunan, although after the Tejeros Convention, its leader Andrés Bonifacio was killed.
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In 2001, the leader of this country avoided impeachment after the Senate voted not to open an envelope that supposedly contained evidence of his wealth.
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That leader, Joseph Estrada, then fled this country’s capital city amid the “second” People (*) Power Revolution.
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In 1986, the original People Power Revolution brought Corazon Aquino to power in this country and ousted Ferdinand Marcos.
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This country’s town of Mamasapano witnessed a police operation in January 2015 that targeted terrorists such as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, while in September 2016 the group Abu Sayyaf killed 15 people in its Davao City.
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This country’s leader claimed he would be “happy to slaughter” three million (*) drug addicts, and likened himself to Hitler; that man is Rodrigo Duterte.
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Haiyan was the deadliest typhoon recorded in this nation, killing over ten thousand of its people.
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This country’s revolution began with the Cry of Pugad Lawin and was orchestrated by the Katipunan society.
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The Hukbalahap insurgency advocated for communism in this nation, whose first independent president was Manuel Quezon.
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An American occupation of this nation was resisted by the islamic Moro people and revolutionaries led by (*) Emilio Aguinaldo.
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This Pacific Island nation is one of two, along with East Timor, to have a majority Christian population, although its southern islands have a significant Muslim population called the Moro.
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The largest island in the southern portion of this nation is called Mindanao {MIN-DUH-NOW} (*) , although this nation consists of over 7,000 islands and 72 provinces.
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The largest and most populated island, Luzon, contains both the largest city, Quezon City, and its capital.
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Protestors found the large shoe collection of this country's first lady Imelda during the People Power Revolution.
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The Muslim Moro people resisted this country's colonization by the US after the Spanish-American War.
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The son of this country's former dictator Ferdinand (*) Marcos recently succeeded Rodrigo Duterte.
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This country’s navy was defeated by a French aviso squadron at the Battle of Koh Chang.
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This country’s name was changed as part of the twelve nationalist “cultural mandates” instituted by its dictator Phibun [“pee-bun”].
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This country, where the Bridge on the River Kwai was built, was invaded by Japanese forces after an ultimatum of passage to (*) Burma was refused, after which it became Japan’s only independent ally in the Asia-Pacific Theater.
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A 2008 court case ruled this country’s prime minister ineligible for his post because he hosted a cooking show, “Tasting and Grumbling.”
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This country admitted using banned cluster munitions in an April 2011 clash in its Surin Province over the Ta Moan and Ta Krabey complexes.
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It lost a 1962 court case for control of the Preah Vihear Temple, at issue in an ongoing war that is blamed on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva by the People’s Alliance for Democracy.
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A type of folding-book manuscript common in this country was used to record its Three Seals Code.
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After a kingdom in this country was completely ransacked by a neighboring realm’s Taungoo Dynasty, it was forced to cede the port of Tenasserim.
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This country’s city of Thonburi temporarily became its capital in the 18th century during the reign of a commander of Teochew Chinese ancestry named (*) Taksin the Great; Taksin rebuilt its strength after the collapse of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
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A trove of embarrassing documents were published as this country's "Moment of Truth" by Andrew MacGregor Marshall.
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A prominent figure in this country was videotaped throwing an extravagant birthday party for his miniature poodle Fufu, whom he also promoted to Air Marshal.
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Student protesters in this country adopted the hand sign from The Hunger Games and handed out "sandwiches for democracy" to protest its government.
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The Mon and Dvaravati people developed their cultures in this country’s Khorat plateau and eventually became Mahayana Buddhists.
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Students from Thammasat University in this country overthrew a dictator in 1973.
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Taksin the Great of this country was overthrown by Chao Phraya who started its Chakri dynasty as Rama I. Ramesuan I united the Sukhothai and Ayutthaya kingdoms under a personal union in what would become this nation.
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Abbot Laboratories announced the 2007 end of shipments of Kaletra to this country, which announced that it will ignore patents for that AIDS medication.
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Currently ruled by the Council for National Security, it is embroiled in a controversy over whether Buddhism should be state-sanctioned in order to challenge an Islamic insurgency in the south.
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This country’s head of state has received patents for a water mill, an oxygen pump and palm oil vehicle fuel.
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King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who is also an award-winning yacht racer and prolific musician, recently received his fourth patent, on the “super-sandwich” technique to induce rain.
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A major rebel leader in this country is often referred to as Penguin.
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This country’s UDD, which are alternatively called the Red Shirts, opposed a coup in 2006 that toppled a telecommunications magnate who led it.
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The People’s Alliance of Democracy was founded in this country, where prison sentences of up to fifteen years can be leveled upon those who insult its monarch.
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Mohammad Hassan established an empire in this country after killing Richard Corfield at Dul Madoba, and its namesake Youth League allied with Aden Daar and the elder Shermarke under Abdullahi Issa.
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This home of the Warsangali and Dervish states fought its Southern neighbor in the Ogaden War and was destabilized after the fall of Siad (*) Barre's dictatorship.
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The rise of a Habar Gidir-backed warlord in this country led to the capture of Mike Durant by forces loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid during Operation Restore Hope, which saw the downing of several Black Hawk helicopters.
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The Islamic Courts Union ruled much of this modern-day nation until its defeat at the Battle of Jilib.
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Before its first civil war, this nation’s capital was known as “the pearl of the Indian Ocean.”
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After the dictator Siad Barre was ousted from power in this nation, (*) warlords began to take control of autonomous regions such as Puntland.
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This nation was the site of the Battle of Baidoa, and it was the last country in which Lufthansa Flight 181 landed in after being hijacked.
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This nation was ruled by a man whose "Victory Pioneers" spied on citizens, the dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
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This nation fought in the Ogaden War.
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The ancient Kingdom of Punt is thought to have been in this country, and before the Soviet Union ended its alliance with this country during its conflict with Ethiopia, the Ogaden War, it had the largest military in Africa.
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Operation Restore Hope was a humanitarian mission in this country during the rule of General Mohamed Farrah, and the Transitional Federal Government was given control of this country in 2003.
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This country has been in a civil war since 1991, and a battle fought in its capital is the subject of the book Black Hawk Down.
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This African nation is often referred to as the most homogeneous {HUH-MODGE-UH-NUSS} on the continent, since more than 85% of this nation’s population belongs to the namesake ethnicity.
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This African nation is believed to be the site of the ancient Land of Punt, and Italy occupied this nation before World War II.
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This nation has been deemed “a failed state” since a 1991 civil war (*) which saw American and United Nations intervention.
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While serving as resident general of this country, Marshall Lyautey used his "ink blot" strategy of pacification.
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Before he was thrown to some lions, Bou Hmara was a pretender to this nation's throne.
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At a conference held in this country, Churchill and FDR first articulated the demand of "unconditional surrender."
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The 1578 Battle of Alcácer Quibir in this country saw troops led by Abd al-Malik defeating an invading Portuguese force.
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Historical dynasties that ruled this country include the Idrisids and the Alaouite family.
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In the 11th century a Berber chieftain built its city of Marrakesh.
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A ruler based in this modern-day country won the Battle of Tondibi as part of the Saadi dynasty, which had overthrown the Wattasid dynasty.
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A 14th-century traveler from this country visited Russia, China, Indonesia, and the Swahili Coast before publishing The (*) Travels.
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The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa was a Christian victory over an empire from this country, which has been led by the Alaouite Dynasty since 1631, though it spent time under partial control of France and Spain.
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A leader of this nation said his people would “eat grass” to acquire an atomic bomb, and this nation is the homeland of nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan.
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This nation elected the first female leader of a Muslim nation, Benazir Bhutto, although she was assassinated in (*) Rawalpindi in 2007.
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Bangladesh gained its independence from this nation in 1971, and this nation was founded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
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A field marshal who ruled this country set up a system of local government called "Basic Democracies" and began a war with an infiltration operation codenamed Gibraltar.
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This country later launched Operation Chengiz Khan to start a war ended by the Simla Agreement.
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In 1953, rioters in this country called for the Ahmadiyyah sect to be declared non-Muslim.
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The Sulaiman Mountains extend into the northwestern part of this country.
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The strategic Bolan Pass through the Toba Kakar Range connects the cities of Jacobabad and Quetta in this country.
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Rawalpindi, located just south of this nation's capital, is the home of this nation's military headquarters.
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One site in this modern-day country had streets and sewers lined with baked adobe bricks of uniform proportions of 4:2:1.
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The Pashupati or Shiva seals were recovered at one site in this country.
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The battle of the Hydaspes was fought in what is now this country near Taxila, and saw King Porus defeated.
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This country was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979, prompting a 1980 boycott of the Olympics.
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This country's massive Bamiyan Buddha statues were destroyed by a terrorist group based in it called the (*) Taliban.
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It's not Iraq, but the United States has been fighting in this country since 2001.
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An invasion of this country led by Maharaja Ranjit Singh led to the theft of the Koh i Noor diamond from Shuja Shah.
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The Durand Line was established after a different invasion of this country.
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One invasion of this country was ended by the Treaty of Gandamak and took place during the (*) “Great Game.”
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This country’s President Ashraf Ghani belongs to the Pashtun tribe.
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The Mujahideen, which fought against a Soviet invasion in this country, enlisted Osama bin Laden before he founded Al-Qaeda.
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An empire from this country massacred tens of thousands of Sikhs during the Vadda Ghallughara.
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That empire from this country had earlier defeated Sadashivrao [“suh-DHA-shiv-rau”] Bhau at the Third Battle of Panipat.
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After losing control of Samarkand to Muhammad Shaybani, Babur left for this country, where he planned his invasion of India.
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Congressman Charles Wilson pushed to covertly supply this country with Stinger missiles in Operation Cyclone.
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An ill-fated 1979 Soviet invasion of this country was countered by its mujahideen
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[moo-jah-hih-deen].
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Lady Florentia Sale, "the Grenadier in Petticoats", wrote about her captivity in this modern-day country.
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Alexander Burnes was was promised safe passage out of this country, only to be hacked to death with household implements by residents enraged at his prolific bedding of local women.
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Elphinstone's column was massacred in 1842 after fleeing this country's capital during "Auckland's Folly".
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This country's majority ethnic group still legitimates governments through loya jirga, a traditional grand council.
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In the wake of this nation's Saur revolution, Operation Storm-333 killed this nation’s sitting president at Tajbeg Palace.
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This country was briefly home to a murderous left-wing party called the PDPA, which supplanted Mohammad Daoud Khan.
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One ruler of this modern-day country was called the “Iron Emir” for his suppression of numerous rebellions.
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The third war this country fought against the British Empire was ended by the Treaty of Rawalpindi.
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Ahmad Shah is considered the “father” of this modern-day country since he founded the Durrani empire.
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Three bodyguards of a 2014 presidential candidate in this country were killed by a suicide bomber in an assassination attempt.
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A tunnel complex in this country’s Khorasan region was the target for the first use of the MOAB bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb.
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Operation Resolute Support is ongoing in this country where (*) Ashraf Ghani defeated Abdullah Abdullah to succeed Hamid Karzai as president.
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The ruthless actions of the Georgian king George XI in this country led to the rise of the Hotaki dynasty.
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This country was ruled by the Durrani Empire after the assassination of the Afsharid ruler Nader Shah.
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Britain fought three wars in this country, and after leaving what is now Uzbekistan, the Mughal emperor Babur ruled in what would become this country.
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This nation once contained cities such as Ay Khanum, and contains the site of the massacre of Elphinstone's Army.
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It defeated Persia at Gulnabad, and was ruled for a time by the Durrani Empire.
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Reformed under Tarzi and Amanullah Khan, it saw turmoil during the Saur Revolution.
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The Saur Revolution installed a socialist regime in this country, leading to an ill-fated 1979 Soviet invasion that was countered by its mujahideen
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This country’s People’s Democratic Party overthrew Mohammed Daoud Khan in the Saur Revolution.
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The loya jirga was the traditional form of naming rulers in this country, where, following a civil war, Mullah Omar led an islamist government that ordered the destruction of its (*) Buddhas of Bamiyan.
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The Northern Alliance assisted an invasion of this country, where many fighters in the CIA-backed mujahadeen have since fought American troops in Kandahar Province.
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Guido de Sanctis, the Italian council to this country, was unharmed after his car was attacked in January 2013.
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The push to make Tamazight an official national language is led by this country’s president Mohamed Magarief, who wishes to honor Berber participation in a certain war.
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The National Forces Alliance holds the most seats in this country’s General National Congress and is led by (*) Mahmoud Jibril.
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Abu al-Abbas al-Muhajir conducted the Zliten truck bombing in this country, killing over 90 people.
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Operation “Blood of the Martyrs” was launched by Khalifa Haftar in this country where, in 2013, prime minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped from the Corinthia Hotel.
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This country’s city of Sirte is controlled by ISIS.
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The last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah II, was exiled to this country after his defeat in the Sepoy Mutiny.
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The Konbaung family led this country’s final ruling dynasty.
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In this country, the Pyu city-states were overtaken by the Pagan Kingdom.
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After a constitutional reform in this country, Hillary Clinton’s State Department handed out box sets of The West Wing to teach government officials about democracy.
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A 1983 bombing in this country killed multiple cabinet members under South Korean dictator Chun Doo-hwan.
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It’s not Afghanistan, but this country’s Shan State, which is in the Golden Triangle, has been a major producer of (*) opium.
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This country connected two more populous neighbors via the Stilwell Road during World War II.
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The Pangsau Pass lies on this country’s border with its western neighbor.
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This country is where Kan Khwan is practiced by the Kaya people, whose women traditionally wore coils around their necks.
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This country was briefly ruled in the 1960s by ‘Abd al-Salam ‘Arif and from 1968 to 1979 by the military regime of Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr.
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Rashid ‘Ali took over this country in a coup during World War II, and it is home to the Da’wa Party.
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The mutilated corpse of this country’s frequent prime minister Nuri al-Sa‘id was dragged through the streets after the 1958 revolution of ‘Abd al-Karim Qasim, which overthrew the monarchy of (*) Faysal II.
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An artifact from this modern country is a hollow wooden box with mosaics of "War" and "Peace," which was first identified as a standard.
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Another artifact from this modern country, the first anatomically accurate head, is the Mask of Warka.
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Sites in this country were studied by William Loftus and (*) Leonard Woolley.
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In this modern-day country, eight thousand British-Indian troops surrendered to an Ottoman siege in April 1916.
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A pact named for this country's capital made the UK a party to CENTO.
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A war fought in this country was investigated in the Chilcot report.
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This country underwent the 14 July Revolution in 1958 to eliminate its monarchy.
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A border dispute with Iran near the Shatt al-Arab led to hundreds of thousands of casualties in a 1980s war.
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In 1990, this country tried to annex (*) Kuwait but was stopped by a coalition headed by the United States.
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In 1958, this country’s army was deployed to Jordan, but instead stopped in the capital and deposed this country’s second king named Faisal.
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A “shock and awe” attack was used to begin a 2003 (*) invasion of this country that led to its dictator being pulled out of a “spider hole.”
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This country and Syria are the two named home countries of ISIS.
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In an UN speech supporting a war against this country, Colin Powell held up a vial of anthrax.
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A journalist from this country threw a shoe at George W. Bush, and a US press conference in this country announced "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him".
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The "shock and awe" strategy was used in a (*) 2003 invasion of this country, which resulted in the death of Saddam Hussein.
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In this nation, Polish soldiers who deserted from an invading force were given property rights and excluded from a massacre of foreigners.
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A leader of this country defeated Alexandre Pétion and André Rigaud in the War of the Knives and later lost the Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot.
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In this country, (*) yellow fever nearly wiped out an army led by Charles Leclerc that was defeated by this country’s eventual emperor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
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A president of this country had all the black dogs in this nation murdered after claiming his former ally Clement Barbot had turned into one.
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Bill Clinton sent troops to overthrow one leader of this country in Operation Uphold Democracy.
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A leader of this country who employed theTonton Macoute secret police rose to power from his former occupation as a physician.
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A leader of this nation created the secret police force called the Tonton Macoute [tone-tone mah-koot], which was named after a local bogeyman.
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After ordering locals to “cut the heads” and “burn the houses” of European residents in Saint-Domingue, Jean-Jacques Dessalines [dess-ah-leen] became emperor of this country.
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This country was ruled by (*) Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier [doo-vah-lee-air] for much of the 20th century.
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In this country, Charlemagne Péralte led the Cacos rebels against the U.S. Marines that had occupied this country since 1915.
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Before gaining power, a leader of this country acquired his nickname during a U.S.-led health campaign against yaws and malaria.
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That leader of this country became president in 1957 and used the (*) Tonton Macoutes to quash dissent; his son, Jean-Claude, was forced into exile by popular riots in 1986.
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It’s not in Prussia, but the Sans-Souci Palace was built using corvée labor by this country’s King Henry I. One war that took place in this modern country included the Battle of Vertières, which saw rebellious forces under François Capois defeat the Vicomte de Rochambeau.
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This country, in which Charles Leclerc died of yellow fever, was once ruled by the self-proclaimed Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a friend of Toussaint l’Ouverture.
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A king of this non-Prussian country built the Sans-Souci [“Sahns Soo-see”] Palace and committed suicide with a silver bullet.
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This nation was ruled by Henri Christophe and a ruler who attempted to reconquer a neighboring country, Faustin I. A revolutionary in this country was defeated at the battle of Crete-à-Pierrot by Charles (*) Leclerc.
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Jean-Pierre Boyer was an early president of this country, the site of an event that was the subject of a 1938 book by C.L.R. James.
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This country's non-German Sans-Souci Palace was the main residence of its only king, Henri Christophe.
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In February 1915 in this modern-day country, 800 Indian members of the 5th Light Infantry staged a "mutiny" that killed 47 British soldiers.
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This country's National Pledge was created by the journalist S. Rajaratnam, who also served as its first Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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This country's people were targeted in the Sook Ching Massacre after Arthur (*) Percival surrendered it to Japan during World War II.
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Israeli officers posing as Mexicans secretly helped build up this country's military.
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The NOL container shipping company was established in this country on the advice of Dutch economist Albert Winsemius ("win-SAY-mee-us").
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Extensive slum clearance by its HDB in the 1960s has led to over 80% of this country's population living in public housing provided by its ruling People's Action Party.
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Early 1300s visitors to this city referred to it as Long Ya Men, Dan Ma Xi, and Temasek.
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Several hundred patients and staff were massacred in this city at the Alexandra Hospital during a battle that ended with Arthur Percival's surrender.
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Colonial era leaders of this city negotiated with the Sultan of (*) Johor for British control of this city, which was later the site of the largest military capitulation in British military history.
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This location was purchased from Hussein Shah on behalf of the British East India Company by Sir Stamford Raffles.
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This location's urban district of Kallang would be the location of its proposed Sports Hub.
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This location lies north of the Kepulauan Raiu and south of the city of Johor Bahru.
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This East Asian economic “Tiger” was under Japanese occupation during World War II, and is located on an island (*) at the tip of the Malay Peninsula.
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This island nation hosted the historic June, 2018 summit between Kim Jong-un of North Korea and President Trump at its island resort of Sendosa.
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General Arthur Percival was ordered to fight to the last man to defend this location, but instead surrendered around 80,000 troops.
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The assault on this city began with the Battle of Sarimbun Beach.
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Winston Churchill called the surrender of this city the "worst disaster in British military history."
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This modern-day country was the target of the planned Operation Tiderace.
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One side overran defending Australians in the Battle of Sarimbun Beach in this country, where a surrender was negotiated at the Old Ford Factory.
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HMS Prince of Wales led a naval group named Force Z assigned to protect this country that was destroyed by Japanese airstrikes prior to an invasion by Tomoyuki Yamashita’s forces.
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One newspaper from this non-US country, Rolling Stone, published a list of alleged homosexuals, leading to activist David Kato’s death.
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In this country, a group in which oil was smeared on combatants’ skin to protect against bullets was led by Alice Auma, an Acholi; that group was the Holy Spirit Movement.
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A 2012 documentary was released by Invisible Children to combat this country’s (*) Lord’s Resistance Army, led by Joseph Kony.
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Bazilio Olara-Okello overthrew one government in this nation, whose first independent government was headed by Benedicto Kiwanuka.
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One group in this nation was led by a figure who claimed to receive messages from Lakwena, called the Holy Spirit Movement.
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David Bahati has recently introduced a draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill in this country.
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This modern-day country contains a still-extant kingdom whose king, or Kabaka, is Muwenda Mutebi II.
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After this country's Luwero War in the 1980s, short-ruling president Tito Okello was replaced with a leader of the National Resistance Army.
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An earlier leader of this country persecuted the Acholi and Langi ethnic groups and offered safe harbor to Air France Flight 139's (*) Palestinian hijackers.
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One leader of this country named himself the “Conqueror of the British Empire” but was deposed after he failed to invade a neighboring country’s province of Kagera.
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Edward Mutesa II was this country’s first president, while Yoweri Museveni is its current president.
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In 1972, the Jews and Asians were expelled from this country, in which several hostages were rescued in a raid on (*) Entebbe.
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Before independence, its ruler was Benedicto Kiwanuka, who was replaced by its namesake Peoples Congress party.
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Tito Okello led a coup in this nation and ruled for six months before his overthrow by its current ruler, Yoweri Museveni.
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One of this country’s pre-colonial leaders was Mutesa, who enjoyed the activities of Alexander Mackay of the Church Missionary Society.
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A rival kingdom in this modern-day country was Bunyoro, and German claims to this country were given up to the British in the 1890 Heligoland Treaty, who set about building its namesake Railway from Mombassa.
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After independence, Milton Obote became the first prime minister of this country, and the commander of national forces during the Battle of Mengo Hill seized power in a coup in January of 1971, and who later practiced the ethnic cleansing of the Lango and Acholi.
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In April 2013, this country's government allowed its first civil marriage.
lebanon
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This country's Orthodox Gathering Law, approved in February 2013, establishes a nation-wide voting district with 11 separate confessional contests.
lebanon
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The failure of its prime minister to extend the term of Ashraf Rifi forced that man's resignation; the resulting succession is complicated by a 1943 agreement requiring the prime minister to be (*) Sunni.
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The former Prime Minister of this nation, Rafik Hariri {HAH-REAR-EE}, was killed in a massive car bomb in 2005, and the case remains unsolved.
lebanon
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A 15 year long civil war in this Middle Eastern nation split it among religious lines, and a 1982 invasion by Israel (*) resulted in two-thirds of this nation being occupied by that nation.
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This nation was once one of the most prosperous in the Middle East, but today a large portion of its population are refugees from the fighting in Syria.
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In 2014, protests concerning the overuse of a landfill took place in this nation’s town of Naameh, and its highest point is Qurnat as Sawda.
lebanon
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An International Festival is held in its city of Baalbek, which is in its Beqaa Valley.
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Though not Libya, this country’s second-largest city is Tripoli.
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At 6:41 am on May 24, the last Merkava II tank rumbled away from Fatima Crossing, ending 22 years of conflict in the southern part of this country.
lebanon
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Its president in 1970, Suleiman Franjieh, alienated this country’s factions by appointing his son Tony to key government posts.
lebanon
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Bashir and Amin Gamayel were presidents during the 1980s after uniting the Maronite community under the Phalangist banner, as part of a larger conflict which also saw two hundred Marines die in a 1983 terrorist attack on a barracks.
lebanon
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This country witnessed 1958's Operation Blue Bat, which led to a diplomatic visit by Robert Murphy.
lebanon
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The collapse of the Intra Bank plunged this country into a financial depression.
lebanon
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Georges Catroux announced the independence of this nation after the defeat of Henri Dentz .
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Emile Edde
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[[EH-meel eh-DEH]] served as president of this country in which Galo Plaza and Odd Bull, members of the UN Group of Three, were dispatched.
lebanon
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Robert Daniel Murphy was sent to this country during a 1958 crisis, allowing for the election of Fouad Chehab
lebanon
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U.S. intervention in this country’s 1958 political crisis resulted in an invasion called Operation Blue Bat.
lebanon
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The military wing of this country’s National Liberal Party, the “Tigers,” was founded by president Camille Chamoun [shah-MOON].
lebanon
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Violence in this country ended after Saudi mediation produced the Taif [TAI-uff] Agreement.
lebanon
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This country was the recipient of military aid in Operation Nickel Grass.
state of israel
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In 1967, forces from this country attacked the USS Liberty.
state of israel
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The brother of this country’s current leader was killed leading a raid on a hijacked airliner, and a Moroccan waiter was accidentally killed in Norway by this country during Operation (*) Wrath of God.
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This nation carried out Operation Orchard in order to destroy a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor.
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Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of this country, but declined.
state of israel
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This nation's parliament, the Knesset, was first led by its first prime minister, David (*) Ben-Gurion.
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One scandal in this country attempted to build a narrow minority government of left-wing and ultra-religious parties and was known as the “Dirty Trick.”
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It’s not the United States, but a large number of immigrants were airlifted from Yemen to this country under Operation Magic Carpet.
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This country's early “Austerity” period led it to sign a reparations agreement with West Germany under its first leader David (*) Ben-Gurion.
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After police shot a local drunk, the Wadi Salib riots created turmoil in this country.
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A Peace Now rally here supported the Disengagement Plan maintaining the Green Line surrounding it.
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Thousands of its citizens in Sudan and Ethiopia were repatriated due to famine in Operation Moses, while Operation On Wings of Eagles allowed for the immigration of many Yemenis to this country.
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This country carried out the Retribution operations and used aircraft cable to seize a multi-ton radar dish during the War of Attrition.
state of israel
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This nation ran airlifts out of Aden during Operation Magic Carpet, and it was condemned by Resolution 242 of the UN Security Council.
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This country began Operation Wrath of God in response to the Munich Olympics Massacre, in which eleven of its athletes died.
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A hotel floor in the Versailles wedding hall collapsed in this country’s capital in 2001, weeks before a pizza parlor was bombed.
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A defense minister of this country in the 70s wore an eyepatch.
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This nation permits some unrestricted immigration through its Law of Return.
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This nation's city of Arad in the southeastern part of this nation is home to Mount Kina as well this nation's National Trail.
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The highest point in this nation's internationally recognized boundaries is Mount Meron, while this nation claims that Mount Hermon is its highest point.
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This nation's city of (*) Beersheba is known as the "capital of the Negev".
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British support for the creation of this nation was announced via the Balfour Declaration.
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This country won the Six-Day War under its first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion.
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This country has fought over control of the West Bank and (*) Gaza Strip, which are claimed by Palestine.
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In what is now this country, rulers known as Omukamas from the Chwezi dynasty controlled the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara.
uganda
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This nation’s current president has been opposed in four elections by Kizza Besigye.
uganda
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After a power struggle, this country’s first leader removed the ceremonial president Edward Mutesa II.
uganda
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The death of a cow named Bihogo was said to mark the fall of a kingdom that once existed in this modern-day country.
uganda
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The Nakivubo Pronouncement, which supported the “Move to the Left”, was issued by this country’s ruler (*) Milton Obote.
uganda
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In one conflict, this country’s namesake National Liberation Army was defeated by NRA forces led by Yoweri Museveni.
uganda
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That leader referred to himself as the “Conqueror of the British Empire” after the UK broke diplomatic relations with him in 1977, and he also styled himself the “Last King of Scotland” in addition to harboring Palestinian hijackers during Operation Entebbe.
uganda
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Following this country’s repeated denial of knowing of Dora Bloch’s whereabouts, Britain cut off diplomatic ties with this country.
uganda
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After gradually losing his mind, that dictator, who had welcomed the Operation Entebbe hijackers, declared himself Conqueror of the British Empire and King of Scotland.
uganda
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This country’s rebel groups include the Holy Spirit Movement, led by the mystic Alice Auma.
uganda
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A 1985 coup in this country was led by Tito Okello and Bazilio Okara-Okello, and this country’s first prime minister was Benedicto Kiwanuka.
uganda
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Another leader of this nation issued the “Common Man’s Charter” as part of his brand of socialism known as “Move to the Left”.
uganda
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The next president of this country wrote a pamphlet titled The Common Man’s Charter.
uganda
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That president was overthrown in the Luwero War, also known as this country’s Bush War, and he was replaced by a man who proclaimed himself as the (*) Conqueror of the British Empire and the Last King of Scotland.
uganda
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In his accounts on the customs of this country, Zhou Daguan recorded that its people only wore a piece of cloth at the waist and lived in homes without furniture.
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In 1177, the Champa sacked the capital of a polity located primarily in this country, Longvek, and that empire was founded by Jayavarman II.
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After leading a coup against Norodom Sihanouk, (*) Lon Nol became the President of a certain party in this country, which came to power following Year Zero.
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Operation Menu was an American bombing campaign during this country’s civil war.
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The Maha Lout Ploh, a plan modeled after the Great Leap Forward, was instituted in this country by a regime that overthrew Lon Nol.
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That regime converted a high school in this country into the S-21 (*) killing fields and implemented the idea of Year Zero.
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This country’s “Dark Ages” occurred between a sack by the Ayutthaya Kingdom and its becoming a protectorate in 1867.
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A political regime in this country killed many members of its population who owned glasses, as part of its anti-intellectual policies.
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The first king of this country’s golden age empire was Jayavarman II, while its first constitutional monarch was (*) Norodom Sihanouk.
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A polity in this present-day country used the baray irrigation system and declared independence from “Java” under Jayavarman II.
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It was bombed in Operations Menu and Freedom Deal in a continuation of nearby Operation Rolling Thunder.
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One empire in this country was preceded by the Chenla Kingdom, and was later succeeded by Longvek after it was conquered by Thailand’s Ayutthaya.
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Jayavarman and Suryavarman were ancient rulers of this country, which was occupied by UNTAC peacekeepers in the early 1990’s.
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This country’s K5 Plan attempted to seal its western border by constructing a minefield known as the Bamboo Curtain.
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Its temple mountain of Bakong was constructed by Indravarman I, who led an empire founded by Jayavarman II.
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A government slogan in this country was, “To keep you is no benefit.
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To destroy you is no loss.”
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In this country, a man nicknamed “Comrade Duch” was promoted to head of the Santebal in 1975.
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In this country, the lakebed at Kbal Spean (“kval SPEEN”) is carved with a series of bumps, leading to that location to be referred to as the Valley of a Thousand Lingas.
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An artificial island in this country contains a temple dedicated to four rivers called Neak Pean (“nake PONE”).
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Another temple in this country has large towers adorned with faces called (*) Bayon.
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This nation was occupied by France in 1863, which ruled it for 90 years.
kingdom of cambodia
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This nation fought a long-running war with its neighbor, Vietnam, (*) from 1979 to 1991, which had invaded in order to end the violent government of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge {KUH-MEER - ROOZ}.
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In this modern-day country, the North Korean-trained Fifth Brigade led a four-year-long period of political terror known by a name which translates as "the early rain that washes away the chaff."
zimbabwe
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This country gained its independence after its "Bush War," or Second Chimurenga, which ended with the Lancaster House Agreement.
zimbabwe
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In 1987, Joseph (*) Nkomo, an opposition leader from this country, was coerced into leaving politics after thousands of his supporters were killed in this country's Matabeleland region.
zimbabwe
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An early line of kings in this modern-day country took a title meaning "Ravager of the Lands," Mwene Mutapa.
zimbabwe
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The British Empire annexed this country using a creative interpretation of the Moffat Treaty and the Rudd Concession that were signed with its king, Lobengula.
zimbabwe
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In the 1980s, the "spring rain that washes away the chaff," or gukurahundi, wiped out cattle-herding (*) Ndebele (in-DEB-eh-leh) people in this country.
zimbabwe
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Sanctions against this country were partially circumvented by the passage of the Byrd Amendment, which allowed the U.S. to import its chromite ore.
zimbabwe
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A leader of this country signed the “Internal Settlement” with Abel Muzorewa in an attempt to end a civil war.
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It's not Kenya, but British intervention in this country led to the (*) Lancaster House agreement that ended Ian Smith's white minority rule.
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