Those figures had remained fairly stable since the economy had taken off in 1999.

Portugal was one of only five European countries to remain neutral in World War II.

Brazil also retained the borders it had claimed before the war.

The Baath maintained control over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and over all Iraqi diplomatic missions abroad.

This paper has maintained its original look and had not compromised with the Urdu computer font.

Historically, the Royal Navy maintained Royal Navy Dockyards around the world.

And with feelings of deep remorse and a heartfelt apology always engraved in its mind, Japan has, since the end of the Second World War, resolutely and consistently maintained its principle of resolving all matters by peaceful means, without recourse to the use of force, never turning into a military but an economic power.

For budget reasons Spain actually kept many of the old German aircraft operative well into the 1950s and 1960s.

Like its sister city Bern, Fribourg has preserved its medieval center as a whole that is now one of the largest in Europe.

As of November 2009, the government of Spain keeps a balanced gender equality ratio.

Traditional major donors have maintained consistently high levels of support.

Fourth, central banks, especially in the US, mistakenly maintained loose monetary policy.

The records of the Levant (Turkey) Company, which maintained an agency in Antalya until 1825, documented the local dere beys.

In 2004, UNHCR maintained financial stability, although it was another challenging financial year.

Since 1992, it has maintained a more or less balanced budget, with hardly any public debt.

Under this arrangement, Norway kept its liberal constitution and its own independent institutions, except for the foreign service.

Despite close relations with the Soviet Union, Finland remained a Western European market economy.

At the same time, the country maintained relatively close informal connections with the Western bloc, especially in the realm of intelligence exchange.

And to understand why, we must look at how, through the ages, military technologies have maintained or destroyed world peace.

Indian democracy has succeeded because it has maintained a consensus on how to manage without consensus.

But all of this occurred within bounds that maintained some connection between the top and the bottom.

Davao is not immune to the financial crisis and the impending global recession but it is faring well, according to the National Economic Development Authority.

The currency has maintained the peg inherited from the gulden of 1.79 florin per 1 US dollar.

The Roman provinces maintained trade routes and relations with native tribes in Denmark, and Roman coins have been found in Denmark.

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In 1549, the Kurdish population grew sharply to 406 houses, while the Turkomans maintained a steady growth to 195 houses.

It maintained this intensity for about 12 hours before an increase in wind shear induced its weakening by 3 January.

Has Economic Power Replaced Military Might?

Since the US China rapprochement four decades ago, China has maintained a studied ambiguity regarding America s role as the guarantor of Asia s security. China s pragmatic leaders knew that the US presence helped to contain the Soviet Union (and subsequently Russia), prevented Japan from re arming, and kept sea lanes open.

However, volcanic ash is a major contributor to the high agricultural fertility that has historically sustained the high population densities of Java and Bali.

In Northeast Asia, where the US military has traditionally maintained a strong presence, we are modernizing our posture.

Poland has maintained a high level of gender equality, an established disability rights movement and promotes peaceful equality.

The society, however, continued to exist and was at the root of many of the political disturbances in Italy from 1820 until after unification.

But in Oslo they have cruel memories of honouring heroes like Kissinger and Le Duc Tho (1973), and Arafat, Rabin, and Peres (1993).

Maria and her brother, Philip, shared similar strong personal views and policies which they kept during the rest of their lives.

DAKAR This month, Africa s Francophone countries will mark the 50th anniversary of their independence, and of the ties they maintain with France.

Argentina maintained a naval base (Corbeta Uruguay) from 1976 to 1982, in the lee (southern east coast) of the same island.

Those efforts had maintained relative stability in the regions in question, and it was inaccurate to say that a threat to international peace and security existed.

These systems in turn produced crop yields that could sustain much higher population densities than competing methods of food production.

But the urge to project strength for the mere sake of doing so now seems overwhelming for the Kremlin.

The operative words in section are assault or criminal force, which in separate definitions given in the Code quite clearly signify overt force or threat of force.

The government has maintained a sound fiscal policy, despite consecutive budget deficits in 2002 and 2003, and a negligible level of foreign debt.

And despite some changes, the magazine has kept much of its traditional appearance over the decades in typography, layout, covers and artwork.

Between the fall of the first Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the rise of his nephew in the Italian campaign of 1859, the powers had maintained peace in western Europe.

Abuse of power is evil, but power itself is not.