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More than 200 million people across 60 countries live in areas controlled or contested by armed non-state groups, according to International Committee of the Red Cross estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Only a third of the Senate's 100 seats are being contested in these midterms, and few of the races were seen as favorable to Democrats.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
But of 22 candidates vying for the most hotly contested Senate seats this year, just five are female.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
Serrano's farewell bout, labelled The Last Walk, will be contested over 12 three-minute rounds against 37-year-old Falzon, who has won 12 of her 14 professional fights, including seven by knockout.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
They contested its claim for a 2005 crash of a helicopter into a government- owned warehouse in Pyongyang.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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