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In a 'Letter to American People' written by Osama bin Laden in 2002, he stated that one of the reasons he was fighting America was because of its support for India on the Kashmir issue. [288] While on a trip to Delhi in 2002, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld suggested that Al-Qaeda was active in Kashmir, though he did not have any hard ...
Northwestern North America: December 10, 1903 Land along southern Guantánamo Bay was leased in perpetuity from Cuba for use as a naval base; [338] the treaty took effect February 23, 1903, and the formal handover occurred on this date. [339] no change to map: May 4, 1904 The United States took ownership of the Panama Canal Zone.
Canada did not get an outlet from the Yukon gold fields to the sea. The disappointment and anger in Canada was directed less at the United States, and more at the British government for betraying Canadian interests in pursuit of a friendly relationship between Britain and the United States. Aroostook War United States British North America ...
India reinforced Kashmir by an additional brigade. [145] 27 December 1947 (): British Commonwealth Minister Philip Noel-Baker considered it a "political miscalculation" by India that the UN Security Council would condemn Pakistan as an aggressor. The events before Kashmir's accession would also come into play.
The United Kingdom ceded most of its remaining land in North America to Canada, with Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory becoming the North-West Territories. The Rupert's Land Act 1868 transferred the region to Canada as of 1869, but it was only consummated in 1870 when £300,000 were paid to the Hudson's Bay Company .
One example of a claimed annexation after World War II is the Kingdom of Norway's southward expansion of the dependent territory Queen Maud Land. On most maps, there had been an unclaimed area between Queen Maud Land's borders of 1939 and the South Pole until 12 June 2015, when Norway formally claimed to have annexed that area.
The land at 9971 and 9981 Chappell Loop Road was located in unincorporated Brunswick County. Jessica Jewell, communications manager for the town of Leland, said town officials are evaluating ...
The Jammu and Kashmir Instrument of Accession is a legal document executed by Maharaja Hari Singh, ruler of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, on 26 October 1947. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Parties