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Cho’s Ambazonia Governing Council has imposed a “liberation tax” which compels people living in the restive Anglophone regions to pay a certain amount of money to fund the conflict against the government.

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"Our findings reveal that fish, like humans, employ advanced cognitive abilities to sustain their societies. This compels us to reconsider the notion of 'intelligence' not only in fish but across the animal kingdom," Awata said.

This is the first time the ICJ has issued a ruling that compels Israel to significantly change its military operation in Gaza.

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It also compels the courts to disregard other British laws or international rules - such as the international Refugee Convention - which would block deportations to Rwanda.

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Because no one in the news media is truly objective, and when they try too hard to appear to be, it sometimes compels them to do the wrong thing….

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

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