All seemed to have been held in conditions of near-slavery, their (mostly forged) identity papers confiscated by their captors.

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But regulars no longer charted the course of history or forged a national identity between puffs on imported cigarettes.

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Emboldened by his success, last November Thapar forged a new identity for his group, dumping the family name for Avantha.

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The vigour of its culture, the strength of its identity, forged amid adversity wrought by nature and history, are both shining evidence of this.

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He was detained Nov. 16 reportedly because his Sabah-issued identity card may have been forged.

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Police said the suspect had forged identification and they used facial recognition technology to determine his true identity.

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