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  • 71Boden Fortress — Infobox Military Structure name=Boden Fortress location=Boden, Norrbotten, Sweden caption=Rödberget Fort, part of Boden Fortress, seen from the north. The caponier ditch and the armored turrets are clearly visible, as well as the magnificent view …

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  • 73Syria — /sear ee euh/, n. 1. Official name, Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 16,137,899; 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Cap.: Damascus. 2. a territory mandated to France in 1922, including the present… …

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  • 74Operation Brevity — Coordinates: 31°34′51″N 25°3′8″E / 31.58083°N 25.05222°E / 31.58083; 25.05222 …

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  • 75Counter-insurgency — Police question a civilian during the Malayan Emergency. Counter insurgency involves action from both military and police authorities …

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  • 76Battle of al-Qādisiyyah — Infobox Military Conflict caption= conflict=Battle of Qaddasiyyah partof=the Muslim conquest of Sassanid empire| date=16th – 19th November, 636 place=al Qādisiyyah, Iraq result=Decisive Rashidun victory territory=Iraq annexed by Rashidun… …

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  • 77Battle of Chochiwon — Part of Korean War …

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  • 78Battle of Alma — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Alma River caption=The Coldstream Guards at the Alma, by R.C.Woodville partof=the Crimean War date=20 September 1854 place=River Alma result=Decisive Allied victory combatant1=flagicon|FranceFrench …

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  • 79Lawrence Sullivan Ross — Infobox Governor name = Lawrence Sullivan Ross order = 19th office = Governor of Texas term start = 1887 term end = 1891 lieutenant = Thomas Benton Wheeler predecessor = John Ireland successor = Jim Hogg birth date = September 27, 1838 birth… …

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  • 80Botswana — /bot swah neuh/, n. a republic in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 1,500,765; 275,000 sq. mi. (712,250 sq. km). Cap.: Gaborone. Formerly, Bechuanaland. * * * Botswana… …

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