Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...United Nations peacekeeping forces. Croatia, which has lost control of almost a third of its territory, for the first time invited U.N. troops to be stationed in areas populated by Serbs. In exchange, the Yugoslav federal army, which has acted in tandem with Serbian militias, announced that it would withdraw from Croatian territory if the security of the Serbian enclaves could be assured...
...says he's more aware now of video surveillance cameras in stores and workplaces. "It's hard not to feel a bit more vulnerable to intrusions I was just dimly aware of in the past," says the determinedly unparanoid writer. "But I've resisted the temptation to withdraw behind closed doors." It helps, of course, that there was no problem with his mortgage...
Lebanon: Wants Israel to withdraw its forces from its self-proclaimed "security zone" in southern Lebanon, dissolve its proxy militia, the South Lebanon Army, and release some 300 Arab prisoners...
Shareholders annually submit resolutions asking their companies to withdraw or cut ties from South Africa. On behalf of the University, the CCSR votes on these shareholder resolutions...
...wake of these recent events, the student calls for complete divestment have faded substantially, and now, the CCSR's advisory committee for the first time have expressed a majority opinion that some companies should not be asked to withdraw from South Africa...