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"ref": "1999, “Singh, Kishen”, in Explorers from Ancient Times to the Space Age, volume 3, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 73",
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"ref": "2009, Gordon Laird, The Price of a Bargain, McClelland & Stewart, →OCLC, page 195",
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"ref": "2014 October 15, “China broadcaster says Xinjiang attack mastermind sought Islamic state”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2016-01-08",
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