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First Nation

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noun

  1. another name for band 1

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It is a fourth Davis Cup title overall for Italy, who are the first nation to win three straight titles since defending champions stopped receiving automatic qualification to the final 53 years ago.

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With Cobolli's victory, Italy have become the first nation to reach three consecutive Davis Cup finals since Australia in 2001.

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Despite the absence of their top two men's singles players - world number two Jannik Sinner and eighth-ranked Lorenzo Musetti - Italy will now seek to become the first nation to win three consecutive Davis Cup titles for 53 years.

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Italy overpowered Austria in the Davis Cup quarter-finals to move a step closer to becoming the first nation to win three consecutive titles for 53 years.

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"Our communities will not be collateral for private profit," said Chief Na'Moks of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation in northwest BC, who was among a group of indigenous leaders who had gathered to protest the prime minister's Thursday announcement.

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