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Intent on actively opposing the rule of Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos, Senator Benigno Aquino returned from exile in the U.S.…
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Signed on January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords were intended to finally end the Vietnam War, which had cost…
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Brunei, situated on the northern shore of the island of Borneo in the South China Sea, is one of the…