Depopulation

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A decrease in population due to mass emigration or decreased birth rate

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Montserrat's chief minister David Brandt has accused Tony Blair of "a deliberate attempt" to depopulate the island.

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Bulgarians, particularly those in Southern Dobrudza, have harbored fears that if the Romanian moratorium is lifted, the technology will for sure affect Bulgarian regions close to the Bulgarian-Romanian border and will destroy the soil, poison the waters, and depopulate the region.

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such plans to depopulate the area from seven Palestinian communities as part of

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"This is connected with the intentions of the Turkish state to depopulate the Strandzha Mountain region.

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Al-Quds editorial criticized the indecisiveness and soft language of the European Union report on the Israeli policy to depopulate area C of its Palestinian residents, as well as criticized the lack of a stern position against Israeli practices.

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Al-Quds daily highlighted the European Union's report on Israeli policy to depopulate Area C of the West Bank of its Palestinian residents in order to block chances for the establishment of a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders.

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"This criminal deal forcefully depopulates cities," Adib Al Shishakli said, adding that it is tantamount to striking them with chemical weapons.