Georges andre chevallaz biography of michael jackson
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End of the era of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Shortly after Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the former Soviet Union, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom also left us at the age of 96 and after 70 years of reign.
Queen Elizabeth II was British queen for 70 years and died at the age of 96 on September 8, 2022 at her Scottish country residence, Balmoral Castle. Only two kings have reigned longer: Louis XIV of France (over 72 years between 1643 and 1715) and Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (70 years and four months, until his death in October 2016).
She ascended the British throne on Feb. 6, 1952 at age 25 after the sudden death of her father, and became head of state of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and more than a dozen other states, including Canada, New Zealand, and Australia but also head of state of 15 of the 54 Commonwealth nations, known as the Commonwealth Kingdoms: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica
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Chapter 7 Manoeuvring through the East–West and North–South Conflict: The Angolan War
The roots of the Angolan War are difficult to determine, as knowledge of the belligerents and their background remains limited due to the lack of internal sources. The rivalry between the three Angolan liberation movements, with their different ideological outlooks and visions for the development of Angola, was based, at least initially, on their different ethnic groups and regional strongholds. They were each led bygd an ambitious authoritarian leader and had entered into different international alliances, all of which had prevented the formation of a common anti-colonial front during the independence wars. Pressured by the OAU and independent African governments, the FNLA, the MPLA, and UNITA had briefly set aside their differences in early 1975 to conclude the Alvor Agreement on decolonisation with the Portuguese government. After repeated clashes in the first half of 19
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