20TH CENTURY AND MODERN ERA
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Diego Garcia Island
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Genetically Modified High Yield Rice
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The Java Trench
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SARS Virus
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Solar Eclipse
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Strait of Hormuz
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Supertanker
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Sydney Opera House
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