They have asked for independence and a separate Islamic state.

他们要求独立和一个独立的伊斯兰国家。

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Neither Dagestan, to the east, nor Ingushetia, to Chechnya's west, claimed independence after 1991, but both are in a state resembling civil war.

车臣东面的达吉斯坦与车臣西面的印古什在1991年后虽未宣布独立，但两国实际上都处于一种准内战的状态。

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Somaliland declared independence in 1991, but isn't internationally recognized as a separate state.

索马里兰1991年宣布独立，但国际上尚未作为一个单独的国家的承认。

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For example, there is a marble statue of Sam Houston, a leader who fought for independence for the state of Texas.

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That is because it became a state in eighteen seventy-six, exactly one hundred years after the nation declared its independence.

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Laurence Becker from Oregon State University says after gaining independence, African nations tried to help farmers.

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"To use a term that includes the word 'boy' to describe a state of independence and free-thinking for women seems kind of backward, " Spinelli said.

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MBO, a company that specializes in providing services to this happy group, has just published its second State of Independence report, which documents the scale and attitudes of independent work in the United States and has some surprising things to say about who is happy, and who is happier.

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But the deep symbiosis of organized crime and an oppressively powerful state limited the independence of the gangsters and made it unnecessary to settle every difference with violence.

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