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