But Israel regards East Jerusalem - which it annexed in 1967 - as its territory.
Annexed by Russia in the 19th Century, Georgia was part of the Soviet Union until 1991.
James K. Polk prevailed instead, and he annexed Texas and started the Mexican War.
Morocco annexed Western Sahara in 1976 but its claims of sovereignty have not been internationally recognised.
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China believes the islands were annexed by Japan as spoils of the 1895 Sino-Japanese War.
East Timor, a former Portuguese colony that was annexed in 1976, can be dismissed as an aberration.
In 1938, Hungary annexed southern Slovakia following the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia at the Munich agreement in September.
It annexed the territory in 1981, in a move that has not been recognised by the international community.
It later annexed the area to the Jerusalem municipality in a move not recognised by the international community.
But instead of creating a Philippine democracy, President William McKinley annexed the country and installed a colonial administrator.
Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981 and peace talks with Syria over the territory have repeatedly failed.
There are hopes, too, for more regional autonomy, particularly in East Timor, which Mr Suharto annexed in 1976.
They were bitterly opposed to relinquishing East Timor, a territory they believe they had annexed at great cost.
Japan officially annexed Korea in 1910 and occupied the peninsula until the end of World War II in 1945.
Instead, he said the controversial proposal voted upon Wednesday is found in a non-binding annexed resolution to the treaty.
Chinese maps still show the region as an illegally annexed part of China.
"What if the Allies would have said to Hitler enough is enough when he annexed the Sudetenland, " he asked.
They were protesting against rule by Indonesia, which invaded in 1975, and formally annexed the territory the next year.
In 19th century, after Meiji reform, Japan took the expansionist policy, and annexed Ryukyu (then was a sovereignty state).
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Israel says it's not violating the agreement because most of the settlement would be on land it has already annexed.
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In annexed East Jerusalem, a compromise appeared to have been reached over the occupation by Jewish settlers of two properties.
Israel first occupied the Golan Heights in 1967 and later annexed the territory in a move that is not internationally recognised.
Israel took over the predominantly Arab area in 1967, then annexed it in 1981 and sees it as its exclusive domain.
Such a vote had been held three months earlier in East Timor, the former Portuguese colony annexed by Indonesia in 1976.
Israel has occupied the Golan Heights since 1967 and later annexed the territory - in a move that is not internationally recognised.
In 1541, Suleiman I of Turkey captured Buda and annexed Hungary after his dispute with Archduke Ferdinand over claims to the kingdom.
Even if this is the best way of handing out licences, why should the proceeds be annexed by government as a tax?
But most of the territory is under the control of Morocco, which annexed it in 1975 after Spanish colonial forces pulled out.
There was a time, until around 1993, when euphoria about the newly annexed provinces drove up property prices and spawned new building.
The three southern provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat were annexed to Siam, as Thailand was then known, more than a century ago.
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