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Did Portugal attempt to maintain control over Macau?
Did Portugal attempt to maintain control over Macau?
A. Under the pre-1974 dictatorship, Portugal did vigorously resist decolonization and "attempt to maintain control" over its colonies. ...
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Did Portugal attempt to maintain control over Macau?
Just gathering some information from wikipedia on Macau:
The Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking in 1877 gave Portugal perpetual rights to Macau.
In the aftermath of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal ...
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Is (or was) the air pollution in Beijing worse than "what the first responders at ground zero on 9/11 were breathing"?
Surprisingly, this is pretty easy to resolve:
9/11 First Responders Face A High Cancer Risk But Are Also More Likely To Survive
At first it was "pitch black," Cascio recalls. "We ...
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