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1461:Seychelles
1426:Mozambique
1411:Mauritania
1396:Madagascar
1351:The Gambia
1286:Cape Verde
720:, western
460:civilians.
375:Al Arabiya
373:UAE-based
300:Al Jazeera
215:Incumbents
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647:, adopts
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383:Venezuela
221:President
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787:Pre-1943
643:and the
565:al-Qaeda
295:English.
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247:February
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1579:Madeira
1574:(Spain)
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1471:Somalia
1456:Senegal
1441:Nigeria
1431:Namibia
1421:Morocco
1386:Liberia
1381:Lesotho
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379:Brazil
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1391:Libya
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1356:Ghana
1346:Gabon
1321:Egypt
1261:Benin
775:Libya
771:Years
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484:Italy
362:Malta
208:Libya
176:2020s
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159:1990s
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1296:Chad
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