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As a product Manufacturing of the Cold War Hostile_encounter , the Soviet Union and the United States divided Korea into two sovereign states in 1948 with the border set Placing at the 38th parallel .

Sweden was to keep Preserving most of her gains from Roskilde , the Duchy of Prussia became Becoming a sovereign state , and otherwise the parties largely returned Self_motion to the status quo ante bellum .

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A majority of Croats wanted Request Croatia to leave Departing Yugoslavia and become Becoming a sovereign country , while many ethnic Serbs living in Croatia , supported Supporting by Serbia , opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act the secession and wanted Request Serb-claimed lands to be in a common state with Serbia .

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The majority of member states in the United Nations recognised Know Bangladesh as a sovereign nation in 1972 .

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