61) Indonesia. The World Factbook. 2003
...a vast polyglot nation, faces severe economic development problems stemming from secessionist movements and the low level of security in the regions; the lack of...
62) Massachusetts. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...were the 1st to die for the Union cause when the Sixth Mass. Regiment was fired on by a secessionist mob in Baltimore. In the course of the war over 130,000 men from...
63) VII. The Contemporary Period, 1945-2000. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World
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...in Nigeria (1967-70), and southern Sudan (1955-72, 1981-90s). The only successful African secessionist movement was in ERITREA, where the Eritrean liberation movement...
64) slavery. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Emancipation Proclamation (issued in 1863, it declared all slaves in the Southern secessionist states free) was followed by other legislation, especially the Thirteenth...
65) Ethiopia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and early 70s there was considerable fighting between the government and a guerrilla secessionist movement in Eritrea. In 1966, Haile Selassie instituted several...
66) Indonesia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...control over natural resources) to Aceh and Irian Jaya, in the hope of undercutting local secessionist movements, but violence in both provinces has continued. 25...
67) Massachusetts. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...first to die for the Union cause when the 6th Massachusetts Regiment was fired on by a secessionist mob in Baltimore. In the course of the war over 130,000 men from...
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