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The London Observer reported Sunday that Malaysia had "carried out a mass poisoning of defenceless refugees and migrant workers in detention camps" to "subdue them before repatriation."
An article warns that Slobodan Milosevic might be massing troops to brutally subdue Montenegro, the democratic Yugoslavian republic struggling to separate itself from Serbia.
When the news reached London, Henry VIII saw his chance to subdue Scotland again and negotiated a marriage between the infant Mary and his son Edward.
Early in 1650 Oliver Cromwell stationed his garrison here while attempting to subdue the rebellious Scottish monarchists; he was victorious at the Battle of Dunbar.
He sent thousands of troops across the Pyrenees to subdue the Spaniards, who then revolted.