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Originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 Guyana had bec

Madeira is part of Portugal.

Tajikistan has completed its transition from the civil war that plagu

These uninhabited islands came under Australian authority in 1931; fo

A lengthy struggle between France and Great Britain for the islands e

Eritrea was awarded to Ethiopia in 1952 as part of a federation. Ethi