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Istanbul was forced to recognize this powerful thorn in its side as a semi-autonomous part of the empire, and granted hereditary status to the role of Pasha of Egypt.
Russia wrested the country piecemeal from Iran throughout the 1800s and combined Georgia with the semi-autonomous regions of Abkhazia (in Georgia's northwest corner), Ajara (in its southwest corner), and South Ossetia (in its north-central region).
Both the Pakistan-held Azad ("Free") Kashmir and the Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir became semi-autonomous regions within the controlling nations.
A front-page feature story at USAT notes that a spy-scandal-inspired reorganization of the Dept. of Energy, under which eight of the nation's nuclear weapons facilities will be moved into a new semi-autonomous organization, is apparently headed for Senate and perhaps White House approval.