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While in charge of a self-declared Serbian mini-state in Croatia, Hadzic allegedly oversaw the leveling of the Croatian city of Vukovar in 1991.
Serbia Compares Detention of Hadzic With Finding Osama Bin Laden 2011
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Salaam the Communist had to leave his neighborhood for three years, while Sunni insurgents tried to turn it into an Islamic mini-state.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Monaco is leaving little to chance, seizing upon marketing tools more at home in reality shows and movie premieres to inject a shot of fairy-tale glamour into the mini-state's flagging tourism industry.
Monaco Hopes for Tourism Boost From 'Other' Royal Wedding Katharina Bart 2011
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The first data point seems to come in November 2004, which interestingly, coincides with the American election, the Fallujah mini-state and the second failed compaign against Sadr.
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Salaam the Communist had to leave his neighborhood for three years, while Sunni insurgents tried to turn it into an Islamic mini-state.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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He used those and political contacts to be elected president of the self-declared Serbian mini-state in Croatia in 1991 and led rebel Serbs during the 1990's conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.
Serbia Compares Detention of Hadzic With Finding Osama Bin Laden 2011
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Hezbollah has grown from a mini-state within Lebanon into the most powerful force in the country.
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The Chechens, led at first by secular leaders, sought to establish an independent mini-state.
Dozens Killed in Moscow Subway Explosions Richard Boudreaux 2010
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To Hamas they are saying 'We will not under any circumstances lend our hand to the establishment of a mini-state in the Gaza Strip,' and are thus closing the Rafiah crossing nearly hermetically, and erecting the iron wall in the bowels of the earth. '
Israel's Looming War in Gaza: Can Obama Stop It Before It Starts? 2010
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To Hamas they are saying 'We will not under any circumstances lend our hand to the establishment of a mini-state in the Gaza Strip,' and are thus closing the Rafiah crossing nearly hermetically, and erecting the iron wall in the bowels of the earth. '
Bradley Burston: Israel's Looming War in Gaza: Can Obama Stop It Before It Starts? 2010
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