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  2. United Nations list of non-self-governing territories - Wikipedia

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    Chapter XI of the UN Charter contains a Declaration Concerning Non-Self-Governing Territories. [1] Article 73 (e) requires UN member states to report to the United Nations annually on the development of NSGTs under their control. From the initial reports provided by eight member states (Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, New ...

  3. Texas Superior Service Medal - Wikipedia

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    Texas Superior Service Medal. The neck ribbon is green with blue stripes near the outer edges, and three white stars. The medal is bronze in the shape of a star with the word "Joint" in a bar above it. Around the star are the words "Superior Service" and "Texas Military Forces." The Texas Superior Service Medal is the fourth highest military ...

  4. Stand-your-ground law - Wikipedia

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    A stand-your-ground law, sometimes called a " line in the sand " or "no duty to retreat" law, provides that people may use deadly force when they reasonably believe it to be necessary to defend against certain violent crimes ( right of self-defense ). Under such a law, people have no duty to retreat before using deadly force in self-defense, so ...

  5. Wa State - Wikipedia

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    Wa State is an autonomous self-governing polity in Myanmar (Burma). It is de facto independent from the rest of the country and has its own political system , administrative divisions and army . [1] [8] [9] While the Wa State government recognises Myanmar's sovereignty over all of its territory, [10] this does not include allegiance to any ...

  6. Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas ( / ˈtɛksəs / TEK-səss, locally also / ˈtɛksɪz / TEK-siz; [8] Spanish: Texas or Tejas, [b] pronounced [ˈtexas]) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua ...

  7. History of New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The history of New South Wales refers to the history of the Australian state of New South Wales and the area's preceding Indigenous and British colonial societies. The Mungo Lake remains indicate occupation of parts of the New South Wales area by Indigenous Australians for at least 40,000 years. The British navigator James Cook became ...

  8. Self-governance of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    The self-governance of Singapore was carried out in several stages. Since the founding of Singapore in 1819, Singapore had been under the colonial rule of the British. The first local elections on a limited scale for several positions in the government of Singapore started in 1948 following an amendment to the Constitution of Singapore .

  9. Three-Self Patriotic Movement - Wikipedia

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    The three principles of self-governance, self-support (i.e., financial independence from foreigners), and self-propagation (i.e., indigenous missionary work) were first articulated by Henry Venn, General Secretary of the Church Missionary Society from 1841 to 1873, and Rufus Anderson, foreign secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.