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Deir ez-Zor Military Council

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2018 Juba raid

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Patrick Kimumwe

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1977 invasion of Uganda

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Red Spears' uprising in Shandong

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Qi coup d'état of 860 BC

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Kennin Rebellion

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Uganda Nationalist Organization

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Liturgical use of Latin

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