But it has abrogated the ceasefire it signed with the Tigers in 2002 (which had admittedly become a largely meaningless cover for an intensifying conflict).

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Here you had the U.S. House of Representatives passing legislation in a fit of rage, which basically abrogated contracts that the U.S. government had made with private individuals.

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