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| In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispaniola. In 1697, Spain ceded to the French the western third of the island... | |
| Until early 2009, the Reserve Bank of [country] routinely printed money to fund the budget deficit, causing hyperinflation. | |
| During World War I in the western portion of [country], Ottoman Turkey instituted a policy of forced resettlement...that resulted in an estimated 1 million...deaths. | |
| The government...has ceded stakes in such leading firms as Air [Country], [Country] Telecom, Renault, and Thales. | |
| Flag description...the dragon, called the Druk (Thunder Dragon), is the emblem of the nation | |
| In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. | |
| disputes persist with Malaysia over deliveries of fresh water to [country] | |
| Economic development was spurred in the late 19th century with a railroad linkup to France and the opening of a casino. | |
| Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute [country]'s claim that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm | |
| Having fought on the losing side in both World Wars, [country] fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and became a People's Republic in 1946. | |
| Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique | |
| The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for [country, adjective form] unification in 1990. | |
| [Country] has severely disabled a Chechen rebel movement, although violence still occurs throughout the North Caucasus. | |
| Languages: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka | |
| [Country's] border with Morocco remains an irritant to bilateral relations, each nation accusing the other of harboring militants and arms smuggling... | |
| [Country] is the US's largest foreign supplier of energy, including oil, gas, uranium, and electric power. | |
| Known as Siam until 1939, [country] is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. | |
| Two major investment services rank [country] as the best credit risk in Africa. | |
| In February 2009, Dubai launched a $20 billion bond program to meet its debt obligations. | |
| [Country] was attacked and overrun by Iraq on 2 August 1990. | |
| After Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay went their separate ways, the area that remained became [country]. | |
| [Country] rejects the use of the name Macedonia or Republic of Macedonia | |
| In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, [country] conducted its own tests in 1998. | |
| A failed 1916 Easter Monday Rebellion touched off several years of guerrilla warfare that in 1921 resulted in independence from the UK for 26 southern counties | |
| In 2001, [country] resolved its longstanding border disputes with both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. | |
| regions: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria... | |
| [Country] has yet to ratify the 2001 boundary delimitation with Kazakhstan | |
| With US backing, [country] seceded from Colombia in 1903 | |
| lacking a treaty or other documentation describing the boundary, portions of the [country]-Syria boundary are unclear with several sections in dispute | |
| Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. | |
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