Again and again, both sides point to Sikkim, where Hindu-Nepalese migrants eventually outnumbered the Buddhist natives and then voted the independent state out of existence.
In 1964, the Nyasaland Protectorate became the independent state of Malawi.
It makes sense for wealthy drivers to live in Monaco -- after all, the independent state on the French Riviera has thrived on its reputation as a playground for the rich and famous since the late 1800s.
This is a significant date as it recalls an uprising of enslaved Africans on the island of Saint Domingue in 1791, resulting in the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black independent state in the Western World.
They base their claim on the fact that the state was formerly an independent princely state, is geographically larger than at least 68 countries of the United Nations, and more populous than 90.
This presents a major challenge to the government of the newly independent state, which also faces cross-border tensions with its northern neighbour Sudan.
Although Pope Benedict has criticised many aspects of modern pop culture, he now allows the newspaper of the tiny independent Vatican state to reflect the reality of the world outside in a way that would have been unthinkable in the days of Pope Paul VI who reigned during heyday of The Beatles.
Once the war was over, Lawrence continued the struggle for an independent Arab state at the Versailles conference.
As the third and independent authority of the State, the Egyptian Judiciary is comprised of secular and religious courts, administrative, non-administrative courts and a Supreme Constitutional Court, and penal courts, civil and commercial courts, personal status and family courts, national security courts, labour courts, military courts, as well as other specialized courts or circuits.
The Holy See is the supreme government of the Roman Catholic Church, which operates from the independent territory of the Vatican City State in Rome.
If both groups were not part of the same elite, and if French companies were more independent from the state, they would be much less vulnerable to its whims.
The semi-independent state schools are now allowed to employ teachers who have not qualified as teachers, bringing them in to line with the situation in free schools and private schools.
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"We have been vindicated in that both the planning inspector who carried out the independent appeal and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government agreed with what we have said all the way along, which was in total agreement with the council's own experts, " he said.
Sri Lanka's military is on a major offensive to try to crush the Tigers and end their fight for an independent state for the ethnic Tamil minority.
On the other hand, were he to follow through on this and help advance peace through the establishment of an independent Palestinian state that agreed to the secure existence of Israel, he would also be doing much to live up to the promise of his other earlier addresses.
This is the practice of the SBE and local election boards for independent candidates (the state or locality checks those petitions in the absence of a party).
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It provides the public and patients with a thorough and independent assessment of the state of Scotland's hospital wards and public areas.
In the end, though, those who know the state's independent politics well say that both senators have a lot of leeway despite the high stakes and high emotions of the health care debate.
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The key issue, therefore, relates to an independent Scotland's membership of the EU. As outlined, an independent Scottish state could not automatically become a new member of the EU upon independence because there is no explicit provision for this process in the EU's own membership rules.
Next week Schools Minister David Miliband will make a speech on building partnerships between the state and independent sectors.
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The Ventana is located within the coastal zone, an area regulated by the commission, an independent state agency that oversees coastal development.
"I think there is a huge change from the independent sector to the state sector and that increased forensic accountably, " he said.
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The trial this year involved 155 schools, sixth form centres and further education colleges, selected to be broadly representative of the whole state and independent sectors.
The Flemings harbour a special grievance about the city, for it was once predominantly Flemish, and some Flemings still hope it may yet be the capital of an independent state of Flanders.
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Obama sought souls that would understand him and take in the simple message: You are strong enough to make peace with the Palestinians, grant them an independent state, and in this way you will not lose the Jewish, democratic identity of your state.
It is often said that there is no place like Puerto Rico, whose bitter war for independence against Spain ended in 1898 with an American invasion, whose occupation ushered in the American century but whose continued purgatory -- neither the 51st state, nor an independent country -- seems aberrant in the 21st.
Significantly, in terms of Israeli public opinion, Mr Barak is now making it clear not only that he accepts the eventual establishment of an independent Palestinian state but that he is prepared to enshrine this acceptance in the proposed framework agreement.
Under the plans, there will be at least 10 brand new schools across the five boroughs, seven of which will be academies - independent schools funded by the state that use new ways of teaching and the latest equipment to try to raise standards.
The Indianapolis Star learned Tuesday that the state has abruptly halted the independent audit.
The prospect that Turkish troops might themselves try to enter Iraq to thwart the Kurds there from forming an independent state that might foment Turkey's Kurdish population to rebel has been something the United States has sought to avoid.
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