When the talks came to nothing, she reluctantly allowed the army to launch an all-out attack on the Tigers.

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Macedonian Defence Minister Vlado Buckovski warned the rebel National Liberation Army to withdraw from ground it has taken during the truce or face an all-out attack.

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Only intense international pressure kept India and Pakistan from all-out war after an attack on an army camp near Jammu on 14 May left 32 people dead.

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But the United Nations' secretary-general, Kofi Annan, wrote to Mr Allawi, President George Bush and the British prime minister, Tony Blair, arguing that the attack could trigger an all-out boycott of the election by Sunnis, and therefore undermine its legitimacy.

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The Australian-born all-rounder praised the resilience of his batsmen, who played out the innings against an England attack featuring pacemen Steve Harmison, Liam Plunkett and Sajid Mahmood.

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During the Cold War, when the United States faced the threat of a nuclear attack, U.S. administrations made clear that any strike would prompt an all-out retaliation.

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