self-rule
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"The colonial reaction to African struggles for sovereignty, and self rule was monstrous in its cruelty," Ruto said.
From Reuters • Oct. 31, 2023
He will also meet Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, which exerts limited self rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank but lost control of Gaza to Hamas in 2007.
From Reuters • Oct. 16, 2023
The Palestinian Authority, based in and exerting limited self rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, signed onto international treaties banning capital punishment in 2018.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2022
It was easier if not necessary for the U.S to have a written constitution since America became a country all at once without previous independent self rule.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2016
All things are, because he so willed, and why willed we should not ask a reason, because his will is supreme reason, and the very self rule of all righteousness.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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African History - Introductory
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