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Boko Haram – infamous for kidnapping the Chibok girls just over a decade ago - has been active since 2009, but its activities have been concentrated in the north-east, which has a majority Muslim population.

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These incidents, however, became and remain so infamous not because they represent what Mr. Jackson seems to believe has become “the American way of making war,” but because they represent a departure from it.

A Chinese court has sentenced five top members of an infamous Myanmar mafia to death as Beijing continues its crackdown on scam operations in South East Asia.

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But Castillo's presidency came to an infamous end after his attempt to seize power was declared unconstitutional, with government officials and the country's armed forces refusing to support him.

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Since the structured-finance industry’s infamous role bundling bad loans into supposedly safe bonds ahead of the 2008-09 financial crisis, it has become more regulated and members have taken pride in their improved lending practices.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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