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| Greater Kurdistan |
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| Claimants: The Kurds, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey |
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| The Kurds are historically an ancient ethnic Persian (Iranian) group of tribes who are currently geographically split mostly between modern-day Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria |
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| Transnistria |
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| Claimants: Transnistrian Republic, Moldova |
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| Claims independence since 1990, but Moldova also claims full sovereignty, and describes it as an autonomous region of Moldova. A 2005 agreement between Moldova and the Ukraine has seen Transnistrians subjected to a border blockade |
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| West Papua |
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| Claimants: West Papuan Republic, Indonesia |
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| Those currently seeking independence are aiming to set up a Tribal Democracy, meaning an independent confederation of the tribes of West Papua, but they expect Indonesia to be very tough on those who openly look for it |
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| Western Sahara/SADR |
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| Claimants: Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) |
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| Morocco's interest is mostly for the rich natural resources in Western Sahara, which has a comparatively small indigenous population (400,000), and which had no contact with Moroccans until the 70's |
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| In the 1960s and 70s, the UK & US governments, conspired, to trick into leaving, then expelled, the entire population |
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| Chagos Archipelago |
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| Film exploring the undignified everyday interaction between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians, at several of the regions' checkpoints |
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| Details the differences between how the US media report on the Middle East, and how the rest of the world reports from the region |
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| British paratroopers fired on the marchers, 26 unarmed protestors were shot, five of them in the back |
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| Northern Ireland |
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| Shot by anonymous sources, this shocking video depicts the abuse of West Papuans by Indonesian officers in 2010 |
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| The press conference which introduced the horrific Israeli war crimes which were committed during the Gaza Invasion |
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