It dates back to the 1600s after the siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Turks.
He also covered the Israeli siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in May 2002.
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So he laid siege to Sarajevo for three and a half years and 10, 000 people died.
Interestingly, the only contemporary account of the siege by a black is sympathetic to Baden-Powell.
But its business is under siege and there are enough uncertainties to approach only with caution.
In 1098, after a five-month siege in the First Crusade, the Crusaders took Antioch.
No hint of being at war or under siege or standing firm in dark times.
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But it hardly interrupted the home side's rhythm - and the Owls found themselves under siege.
For Israel, the specter of peace with Syria disintegrating adds to a growing sense of siege.
More damagingly for Gaza's people, the siege has also allowed for much greater control.
They seized it with massive siege mentality and coming to Wales, it's never been any different.
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But it is not wholly surprising, given the continuing rejection and siege, that it did.
It took two weeks and the help of French commandos to break the siege.
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Hundreds of civilians are believed to have died in the siege of Baba Amr.
"The city has been under a choking siege by the regime's army, " the group said.
He breached the Assyrian siege by digging his famous water tunnel under the city.
For tactical reasons as well as moral ones, Israel should lift its economic siege.
Already South Korea's currency is under siege, triggering fresh tremors in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
This is a no-no when your currency is under siege and GDP momentum stalls out.
People are in a siege mentality and very reluctant to become the economic participant of old.
Here, exactly three years before, militants laid siege to the Hazratbal mosque for 32 days.
Many have laid siege over the years, only to return home licking wounds in frustration.
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But after a year's siege, they surrendered with only 40 out of 900 alive.
And folks like Bojan and Sanda simply refuse to endure a fourth winter under siege.
Coleman had been under siege for his record as a supporter of Mr. Bush.
After nearly four years of siege, even a flawed settlement is preferable to war.
He was killed at the end of a long police siege of his apartment in Toulouse.
Forty-eight foreign workers were killed following a siege at the In Amenas plant on 16 January.
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