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- proper noun A country in central Africa, capital
Brazzaville .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960
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Examples
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To complicate matters, one of his grandmother's cousins was the lawyer of Patrice Lumumba in the 1950s, later first prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, adding the bloody history of colonialism and a horror of racism to the mix of Mr. Odenbach's inspirations.
Meditations on History Emma Crichton-Miller 2011
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In 1997 Rubin set out to acquire a prototype in Brazza-ville in the Republic of the Congo that was almost perfectly preserved except for a few bullet holes.
The Court of Modernism Alastair Gordon 2011
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To complicate matters, one of his grandmother's cousins was the lawyer of Patrice Lumumba in the 1950s, later first prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, adding the bloody history of colonialism and a horror of racism to the mix of Mr. Odenbach's inspirations.
Meditations on History Emma Crichton-Miller 2011
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Going back quite a few years, Proxmire gave a "golden fleece" award to an Army-funded study on "Witchcraft, Sorcery, Magic and other Psychological Phenomena in the Republic of the Congo."
WI-03: GOPer Recycles Robinson's "Sex" And "Masturbation" Ad 2009
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The Democratic Republic of Congo formerly the Belgian Congo, Zaire and Republic of the Congo has a history of over a century of misery.
Archive 2008-08-01 Stephen Retherford 2008
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The Democratic Republic of Congo formerly the Belgian Congo, Zaire and Republic of the Congo has a history of over a century of misery.
Militias slaughter elephants for ivory destined for China Stephen Retherford 2008
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Background: Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo.
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This knowledge is often translated into weapons sales, training for VIP bodyguards, establishment of security services and sales of intelligence-gathering equipment to ruthless and corrupt dictators in Angola, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African nations.
Monday, June 30, 2008 As'ad 2008
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Mbeki sees the deal as the first step in a drive to shut down other conflicts in Angola and the Republic of the Congo, known as Congo-Brazzaville.
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The operation - which targeted local ivory markets, airports and border crossings in Kenya, Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Uganda and
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