Negotiations between Israel and Egypt finally resulted in the ceding of Faluja to Israel.

There is also the strategic imperative of not ceding ground to India s enemies on its own borders.

Of course, settling this long festering dispute is to be welcomed, but the cost is that ceding territory has become a precedent.

She pushed for greater integration of the European single market, while questioning whether this really required ceding more political authority to the European Commission.

On March 23, 1973, the party signed a joint appeal of political forces in North Yemen against the ceding of Yemeni territories to Saudi Arabia.

By ceding the moral high ground we provoke tension, hatred and mistrust of Governments among precisely those parts of the population where terrorists find recruits.

2.2 The author contends that such compensation as he received for ceding part of his land was only a fraction of what was lawfully due him.

But, by ceding that authority to an independent central bank, the eurozone s members put themselves in the position of a developing country that has borrowed in foreign currency.

For the Party, this development is clearly worrying. It is now ceding the commanding heights of Chinese politics to autonomous representatives of social forces that it cannot control.

Ceding the immigration debate to extremists has abetted another extraordinary distortion people generally believe that the number of immigrants in their countries is far higher than it actually is.

On 10 December 1898, the Treaty of Paris formally ended the war, with Spain ceding the Philippines and other colonies to the United States in exchange for 20 million.

There is also a clear tension between ceding land to investors for the creation of large plantations, and the objective of redistributing land and ensuring more equitable access to it.

Not to proceed would mean ceding to unacceptable threats and giving the right of veto over the peace process to an armed group that has rejected its commitment under the Paris Agreements.

Others oppose ceding the territory (setting up a demilitarized zone, where any such exchange could take place) and demand of the government firmeza, siempre firmeza! (to be firm and go after the rebels).

When Merkel s new government is in place, Germany will assume an even more important role in the pursuit of greater European integration a process that will demand additional sacrifices, including the ceding of national sovereignty.

Contention over the Ohio Country was one of the causes of the Seven Years' War between France and Britain, which ended with France ceding notional control over the entire area at the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

Forbes ranked Sam Walton as the richest person in the United States from 1982 to 1988, ceding the top spot to John Kluge in 1989 when the editors began to credit Walton's fortune jointly to him and his four children.

In the meantime, even as it was proclaiming its readiness to reach a negotiated solution to the question of Western Sahara, the Moroccan Government was cynically ceding the Saharan people's resources for exploitation by foreign corporations even though it had no rights whatsoever over those resources.

When Merkel s new government is in place, Germany will assume an even more important role in the pursuit of greater European integration a process that will demand additional sacrifices, including the ceding of national sovereignty. In a sense, this will be a continuation of Germany s long history of self abolition.

Over the years, research has shown a counterintuitive fact about human nature That sometimes, having too much choice makes us less happy. This may even be true when it comes to medical treatment. Baba Shiv shares a fascinating study that measures why choice opens the door to doubt, and suggests that ceding control especially on life or death decisions may be the best thing for us.