Harper's magazine would send him to draw pictures of the biggest event in American history since independence.

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The war was the worst violence since South Ossetia declared independence from Georgia in 1992.

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Kashmir has been a divided and disputed territory since India and Pakistan gained independence from the British in 1947.

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And so, even though there has been political independence since 1960, France has had a base there in Chad.

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The Scottish government has given the BBC a list of the 30 countries which it says have decided on independence since World War II - along with the year they took UN membership.

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As Asia faces its biggest crises since Independence, adversity may again prove the best teacher.

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