eastern
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In Durban, in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, protesters gathered outside a government refugee reception centre demanding that it stop accepting asylum applications.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
U.S. and Venezuelan officials are pressing foreign companies to further develop offshore gas deposits and the fields in eastern Venezuela, which contain heavy, tar-like oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The projected path is on the eastern side of the Gulf.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Russian forces have edged close to the city's eastern fringes, which has prompted calls for the civilians who remain to relocate to safer regions of Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
As the nineteenth century drew to a close, he saw a massive new wave of men flooding into Chicago, fleeing oppression in eastern Europe—from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
