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terrorist organization that undertook 70 bombings in
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assistance to its ultra-peripheral regions, which includes the
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in order to study at the local university, and he lived there for over a decade as a student. He was awarded a degree of
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807:Order of the Polar Star
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468:European People's Party
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832:Order of the Liberator
413:António Marques Mendes
405:João Bosco Mota Amaral
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971:University of Madeira
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830:Grand Officer of the
803:Commander Grand Cross
670:Order of Prince Henry
389:Francisco Sá Carneiro
347:University of Coimbra
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768:Robert Schuman Medal
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646:Grand Cross of the
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450:Portuguese Republic
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438:Portuguese Republic
431:Portuguese Republic
321:Jardim was born on
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265:Alma mater
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772:EPP Group
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