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The Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary has defied the threat of habitat loss and civil war to become the country's leading ecotourism destination and a model for environmental conservation across west Africa.

They have continually defied the odds and broken down barriers.

The 71-year-old Republican has defied calls to drop out of the race from critics who fear he could siphon votes from Cuomo.

Ironically, the nobles and clergy who had defied the king by upholding their privileges yielded these same privileges to the National Assembly.

But for more than four years, Manizha Bakhtari has defied the leadership in Kabul and remains accredited by Vienna as Afghanistan's ambassador to Austria.