• This week, several of America's allies refused to go along with a proposal that Nato should begin planning for the event of war against Iraq.

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  • IR--An alliance is a formal treaty or agreement between states, commonly for the purpose of mutual aid in the event of war against a common enemy.

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  • But of course, it stresses, all such guidelines would be discarded in the event of war or even a sudden increase in peacekeeping demands on more than one front.

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  • U.S. naval plans included provisions for an attack on the Spanish Navy in the event of war, and led to a decisive victory against the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in May, 1898.

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  • There is concern that such people could pose a threat in the event of a war.

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  • In Turkey, 83% of respondents said they were against the US using Turkish bases in the event of a war in Iraq.

    BBC: Global anger at US 'growing'

  • The offer included a clause that gave Berkshire an out in the event of "war or armed hostilities" that involved the U.S. even indirectly.

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  • By one estimate, Jordan, Iran, Syria and Turkey can expect to have to deal with more than 1m refugees in the event of a war.

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  • Its essential policy is to have sufficient forces to inflict heavy casualties on any attacker in the event of a war, while relying upon its nuclear forces to deter any conflict in the first place.

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  • While results of the internal inquiry have yet to surface, don't be surprised if the press event for God of War III features a petting zoo.

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  • Armies like to be able to feed and supply themselves in the event of a total war.

    ECONOMIST: Schumpeter

  • In the 1960s, the Pentagon looked for a secure way to keep its lines of communication going in the event of all-out war.

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  • For the first six films, Dent was an ally to Gordon and Batman, but now they are hunting him down as he starts a gangland war in the city, and one event during the war is the killing of the Flying Graysons in front of their young-teens son, Dick, at the circus.

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  • D-Day is the best-remembered event of Britain's second world war, a preference that exemplifies the nation's esteem for improvisation and making-do.

    ECONOMIST: Geoff Hoon misses his chance to go graciously

  • Dr Tutu's withdrawal comes as the local Muslim party Al Jama-ah is reported to be planning a protest against Mr Blair's participation at the event because of his support for the Iraq war.

    BBC: Archbishop Tutu refuses platform with Tony Blair over Iraq

  • President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair stood together in the Rose Garden for the last time Thursday in a news conference that was largely a defense of the Iraq war, an event that has shaped their common legacy.

    NPR: Blair Attends Final Meeting at White House

  • Taking the safe-house notion even further, a smattering of houses built during the Cold War sit atop fallout shelters, ready for use in the event of disaster.

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  • However, we believe the closest comparison is the 1990-91 Gulf War as this is the only event outside of that period.

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  • According to the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Properties in the Event of Armed Conflict and its Protocols, armies must refrain from using or damaging cultural heritage properties in times of war.

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  • The 1937 match proved to be the final Ryder Cup before the intervention of the Second World War, with the 1939 event, planned for Florida, cancelled.

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  • The White House yesterday confirmed that it had cancelled a poetry symposium after a number of American poets threatened to turn the event into an anti-war protest.

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  • For forces deployed defensively, using limited active-duty units and relying on rapid mobilization in the event of warforces such as those in NATO (especially during the Cold War) and in South Korea and Israel-time is of the essence, and mobilization delays can have strategic consequences.

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  • Air quality inside the World War II complex had to be tested ahead of the event.

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  • Do you have a sense that the American people have given up on the war in Iraq, or do you think that an event or series of events might change that?

    NPR: Reflections on Three Years of War in Iraq

  • The point that was missed is that in the event that IDF veterans are charged with war crimes, even the best attorneys will be of little use.

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  • As a vital ally to South Korea since the Korean war in the 1950s, the United States has pledged military backing to Seoul in the event of an attack by North Korea.

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  • But his chosen focus on the last year of the war means that he does not deal in detail with what is surely the key event in this tragic period in Italian history: the bungled arrangements for an armistice in September 1943.

    ECONOMIST: The second world war in Italy

  • For instance, DuBois says that for Americans the Iraq war was the first conflict where people had more statistics than first-hand experience of the event itself.

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