The rebels' capacity to commit such acts has been completely curtailed.

On Twitter, users celebrated this new phase of the canal, which has shortened distances in the American continent.

In recent years military authorities had been reducing the length of military and civilian service.

Boeing's schedule called for a 9 month flight test campaign (later revised to 8.5 months).

But the move proved to be a strategic defeat, given that it significantly diminished the United States political influence in Iraq.

Accordingly, Uzbekistan has reduced the cost of transporting goods to Afghanistan and is carrying out measures to enhance the service infrastructure.

Comment by the Administration. The lead times have been reduced from an average of 116 days to 55 days, according to the records in Mercury, the field procurement management system.

German firms reacted by outsourcing the labor intensive parts of their production chains and curtailing their investment in Germany.

Although the provision of international judges has partially reduced the backlog of pending cases in the district courts, the operation of these district courts remains sporadic and uneven.

Distribution systems have reduced the market share of traditional travel agents, although high street travel agents still dominate the market in terms of distribution.

Indeed, the US has trimmed its presence abroad by refusing to contribute to a eurozone bailout, intervene in Syria, or use force to contain Iran s nuclear breakout (despite strong Israeli support).

Some countries, like the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, South Korea, and Australia, are increasing their foreign aid budgets others, even traditionally generous donors like Japan and the Netherlands, have reduced theirs.

In light of the results of the monitoring and assessment studies that were funded by awards in the first F4 instalment for claims Nos. 5000378, 5000397 and 5000398, Kuwait substantially reduced the claimed cost for remediating its mudflats.

Over the past three decades, the US has been able to grow at an average annual rate of around 2.5 . Some attribute relatively slow growth to demographic factors, which have reduced the labor force, as well as to weak productivity levels, which have been low.

The global financial crisis slowed GDP growth to 4.6 in 2009, though a strengthening agricultural sector led by rubber and timber exports increased growth to 5.1 in 2010 and an expected 7.3 in 2011, making the economy one of the 20 fastest growing in the world.