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How many people have been shot near you this year?
Every day, 30 Americans die in gun homicides. Another 200 are injured by bullets. These incidents of gun violence are
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How a Divided Peninsula Became Italy in Just 11 Years
Italy transformed from separate kingdoms into one nation between 1859-1870. Cavour allied with France to defeat Austria. Garibaldi sailed to Sicily with 1,000 Red Shirts and conquered the south. Rome joined in 1870 when French troops withdrew.
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Disintegration of Yugoslavia
The Yugoslav nation was formed after WWI. Nevertheless, the county was dominated by the Serbs, and a significant source of tension was the Croatian request for greater sovereignty.
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