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| First steps in the dismantling of the Islamic courts. By the following year, the process was complete. | 1 |
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| Israeli raid on Gaza, which was under Egyptian administration. Egyptian-Israeli relations steadily worsened. | 2 |
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| Nasser appeared at the Bandung Conference, attended by African and Asian countries, and became one of the leaders of the nonaligned movement, which sought to establish a foreign policy that was neither pro-Western nor pro-Soviet. At the same time, Nasser aroused concern in the West when he struck a deal with Czechoslovakia, exchanging cotton for arms. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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