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| Scarborough Shoal |
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| Claimants: The Philippines, China, Taiwan |
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| The Philippines controls and runs this uninhabited collection of sand banks and rocks, but China claims it as part of it's Paracels, Spratlys, and Zhongsha Islands Authority. Taiwan expresses sovereignty too, in the context of it believing that it is the 'true ruler of China' |
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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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