province
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During his tenure, a former vice governor of eastern Jiangxi province was executed for taking bribes, the highest-ranking official to be put to death for such charges in five decades.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Assad's cousin and the former head of political security in southern Syria's Deraa province, Atef Najib, was also sentenced to death.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
On a fold-up bed by the window, 59-year-old Xu Rulin from Jiangxi province pulls his carefully collated evidence out of a red plastic shopping bag.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Local officials reported more than 70 people killed in at least five cities in the country’s west, not far from the epicenter in San José del Palmar, in the northern province of Chocó.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
This journey took place in a part of Canada which lies in the northwestern part of the great sprawling province of Ontario.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
However, the pace of the virus's transmission in Dr Congo, where it has spread to six of 26 provinces, has been described as "exceptional" by the World Health Organization.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Truscott and his wife decided to spend that money in Canada instead – the Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, to be exact.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“There is no doubt that the virus is moving faster than we can contain it,” said Onesphore Bangenza, Mercy Corps’ Ebola Response team leader in Bunia, the capital of one of the worst-hit provinces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
By July 24, the fire had joined with blazes burning in nearby provinces.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
In 1532 King Joao III of Portugal divided the coast of Brazil into fourteen provinces and dispatched colonists to each one.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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