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Burma
________ experienced one political crisis after another after obtaining independence.
Israeli army
The ________ invaded Lebanon in 1982 in an attempt to demolish Palestinian rural strongholds.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
________, the Hindu nationalist party's leader, has reigned over a dynamic but frequently tumultuous country since his election as prime minister in 1998.
Afghanistan
________ has a lengthy and tumultuous history.
Nasser
________ and his Arab allies, armed with Soviet tanks and planes, felt poised to confront Israel by early 1967.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
________, the Egyptian president, dispatched forces to seize the canal, which was owned by British interests.
Portuguese
The ________ had governed Angola for a long time and had no intention of relinquishing power.
Kashmir
________ had a mainly Muslim populace despite its Hindu king.
Kenya
________ was dominated by the British, and many British settlers opposed Kenyan independence, particularly those who had taken over valuable farmland in the country's northern highlands.
Philippines
The ________ has had to fight its own separatist organization since attaining independence.
Malay Peninsula
The Japanese captured the ________, which had previously been held by the British, during World War II.
Algerian National Liberation Front
The ________ (FLN) declared its desire to struggle for independence in 1954.
Belgian Congo
The ________ was one of the most exploited European territories in Africa.
Israel
________ unilaterally evacuated all of its settlers and troops from Gaza in the summer of 2005.
Egypt
________ took possession of the Suez Canal, which ran between the Gulf of Suez and the Mediterranean Sea along ________ eastern border.
Kashmir
________ is located on the northernmost tip of India, bordering Pakistan.
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