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| [Country] attacked US forces in 1941 - triggering America's entry into World War II - and soon occupied much of East and Southeast Asia. | |
| world's fourth-largest island; strategic location along Mozambique Channel | |
| [Country], named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825 | |
| As Ceylon, it became independent in 1948; its name was changed to [country] in 1972. | |
| In 2010, the prospect of a [country, adjective form] default on its euro-denominated debt created severe strains within the EMU | |
| The US Coast Guard intercepted 982 individuals attempting to cross the Straits of Florida in fiscal year 2009. | |
| Gazan breaches in the security wall with [country] in January 2008 highlight difficulties in monitoring the Sinai border | |
| The territories [country] occupied since the 1967 war are not included in the...country profile, unless otherwise noted. | |
| Labor turmoil in 1980 led to the formation of the independent trade union 'Solidarity' that over time became a political force... | |
| risking arrest, imprisonment, and deportation, tens of thousands of [people of this country] cross into China to escape famine, economic privation, and political oppression | |
| The [country, adjective form] economy - the fifth largest economy in the world in PPP terms and Europe's largest | |
| British influence and control over what would become [country] and Africa's most populous country grew through the 19th century. | |
| Dependent areas: Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau | |
| In the War of the Pacific (1879-83), [country] defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its present northern regions. | |
| Debt - external: $13.98 trillion (30 June 2010) country comparison to the world: 1 | |
| [Country] continues to face low intensity armed resistance by the separatist Free Papua Movement. | |
| The UN took command of the Darfur peacekeeping operation from the African Union on 31 December 2007. | |
| A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative rule followed, capped by the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas TRUJILLO from 1930-61. | |
| In 1974, a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. | |
| Until the end of World War I, it was closely tied to Austria, but . . . that conflict forced [country] to enter into a customs and monetary union with Switzerland. | |
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