Except for Thailand, all independent states in this area have won their freedom since 1945
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South Thailand insurgency - Wikipedia  The South Thailand insurgency is an ongoing conflict centered in southern Thailand. ... The BRN-C has as its immediate aim to make southern Thailand ... that foreign Islamic terrorist groups were infiltrating the area, and that foreign funds .... an armed struggle towards an independent state where Patani people could live...
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Colonialism and Nationalism in Southeast Asia - SEAsite  By the 1800s the Europeans were in a position to establish their authority over ... the Indonesians opposed the return of the Dutch, setting up a republic in 1945. ... Singapore has been an independent city state since that date. ... To what extent did the colonial authority provide for civil liberties: fair trial; freedom of assembly;...
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Free Flashcards about ASIA - StudyStack  EXCEPT FOR THAILAND, ALL INDEPENDENT STATES IN THIS AREA HAVE WON THEIR FREEDOM SINCE 1945, SOUTHEAST ASIA. "LAND OF TWO...
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List of World War II puppet states - Wikipedia  During World War II a number of countries were conquered and controlled. Some of these ... Most of the allies (with the exception of the Soviet Union) did not have many .... China, who had been eyeing the area since its 1944 rebellion, seized the .... Japan had been creating puppet states in China since the 1931 Mukden...
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History of Thailand - Nations Online  History outline of Thailand, from early history until today. ... the northeast of prehistoric inhabitants who may have forged bronze implements as early ... The city-state of Ayutthaya was founded in 1350 and established its capital in 1351 on .... the war in Switzerland and returned there after a brief first visit to Thailand in 1945.
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Laos travel guide - Wikitravel  Thailand promotes itself as amazing, Vietnam can well be described as bustling, ... The area east of the Mekong, however, was soon wrenched back from Siam by ... with the Communist and North Vietnam-allied Pathet Lao struggling to overthrow ... These days men dress Western-style and only don the phaa biang sash on...
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SOVIETS RECOGNIZE BALTIC INDEPENDENCE, ENDING 51 ...  Sep 7, 1991 ... 6 The Soviet Union's new ruling council recognized the independence of the three Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, today at its first...
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Siam Officially Renamed Thailand | History Today  On July 20th, 1948, the Siamese constituent assembly voted to change the name of ... 'land of the free' and the name had been changed before, in 1939 under the ... the country had picked the losing side, the resources of Thai diplomacy were ... The walls and minaret of the Abu Dulaf mosque, Samarra, Iraq, ninth century...
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Thailand's Monarchy  On June 9, 1996, citizens of Thailand celebrated the 50th anniversary of the accession to the throne of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. ... around the world have organized year-long to commemorate this joyful and auspicious event. ... King Bhumibol travels the remote rural areas of the vast reaches of His country to...
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Free Flashcards about ASIA - StudyStack  THE SPANISH ARRIVED ON THIS ASIAN ISLAND NATION IN 1521 AND LATER ... THIS ASIAN ISLAND NATION GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM THE U.S. IN 1946, BUT CELEBRATES ITS 1898 FREEDOM FROM SPAIN ON JUNE 12...
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Nigeria Biafra Secession 1967-1970 - OnWar.com  Biafra...secessionist western African state that unilaterally declared its independence from Nigeria in May 1967. It constituted the former Eastern Region of...
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History of the Philippines (194665) - Wikipedia  This article covers the history of the Philippines from the recognition of independence in 1946 ... Location of the Philippines in Southeast Asia. .... On July 4, 1946, representatives of the United States of America and of the Republic of the ... "clearly inconsistent with our promise to grant the Philippines genuine independence.
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Turkmenistan | Country report | Freedom in the World | 2015  Since its independence in 1991, none of the country's elections have been free ... the Women's Union with 16, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs with 14, ... for gaining admission to top medical universities and even for buying grades; ... initiated by a collective of civil society organizations called the Turkmenistan...
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CIA - The World Factbook - TeacherLINK  Albania, Albania declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, but ... claims of electoral fraud in every one of Albania's post-communist elections. ...... the Congo gained its independence in 1960, but its early years were marred by ...... centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821.
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Jeopary Questions page 878 - SEWING - TriviaBistro.com  WORLD LEADERS: In 1999 he was elected to his (Wow!) fourth 6-year term as ... INDONESIA: On Dec. 27, 1949, after 3 years of fighting, Indonesia was granted its independence from this country .... THE U.N.: In 1999 UNTAET began helping this country, the ET in its name, achieve independence  FROM THE GET "GO": In...
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Baltic states under Soviet rule (194491) - Wikipedia  This Baltic states were under Soviet rule from the end of World War II in 1945, from sovietization ... Lithuania gained the regions of Vilnius and Klaipeda, but Estonia and Latvia ... Estonia lost 5 percent and Latvia 2 percent of its prewar territory. .... The Soviet Union recognised the Baltic independence on 6 September 1991.
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This question originally aired on September 8,... | Jeopardy ...  Category: MICRONESIA Question: Most of the Caroline Islands are now a part of this independent country known as FSM for short. Answer: the Federated States...
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Political Map of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam ...  It is bound by Thailand to the northwest and west, Laos to the north and northeast, Vietnam to the east and southeast and the Gulf of Thailand to the south.
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CONTRADICTIONS OF INDEPENDENCE: NAMIBIA IN TRANSITION  Almost 30 years after other African countries, Namibia finally became free of ... fundamental factors must be kept in mind: the structural constraints on Namibia's ... have been its structural relations with the South African state, international .... refused to give up control of Namibia's only deep water port at Walvis Bay, thus.
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Free Flashcards about ASIA - StudyStack  THE ONLY SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY WITH ANY PART LYING SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, INDONESIA. EXCEPT FOR THAILAND, ALL INDEPENDENT...
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Free Flashcards about ASIA - StudyStack  IN 1982 THE PEOPLE OF THIS ASIAN COUNTRY CELEBRATED THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE CHAKRI DYNASTY, THAILAND. PORTUGUESE SAILORS OFF...