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Sep 2020
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The causes of the Nagorno-Karabakh confl...

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The conflict in the Nagorno Karabakh region of the Caucuses has worsened. As of Wednesday afternoon, about 100 people had died. The region is officially part of Azerbaijan but its population is majority Armenian. So what's behind the escalated violence?  
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