But many said that members feel a new sense of urgency, as the amount of territory under rebel control has expanded.
Its gains included the town of Zalambessa, which it regards as part of its territory, and the western town of Barentu, from which it has since withdrawn.
However, a still larger number of states have withheld recognition and Serbia continues to regard Kosovo as part of its territory.
Here, after all, was an example of a determined enemy out to inflict as much damage on the territory of the United States as possible.
From internal corruption and abuse of power, to the repeated breach of agreements, to the apparent use of territory as a base for terrorism, the situation of today's Palestinian Authority is strikingly similar to those two prior episodes.
But it gives Ecuador as private property, not as part of its territory a square kilometre of land inside Peru beyond them, at Tiwintza, where Ecuadorean soldiers lie buried after a fierce fight in 1995.
Mr Hagel promised that North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) allies in Europe would see no difference to their level of protection as a result, with the first three phases of the EPAA providing coverage of all of their territory as planned by 2018.
Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), of which Khyber is a part, is essentially a buffer between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and was carved by British colonial rulers out of Afghan territory as a bulwark against a possible Russian invasion of British India.
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Pakistan wants talks about the status of Muslim-majority Kashmir, which India regards as an integral part of its territory.
They are not just responsible for the refugee camp but for hundreds of square miles of territory as well.
The only exception to what international lawyers call this "clean slate" rule is "dispositive" treaties--such as those that dispose of territory.
On the one hand, that could slow down the buildup of yuan in Hong Kong's banking system as more of the currency exits the territory to pay for Chinese goods.
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In 1790s Georgia the decision by politicians to preserve for the public a 1-million-hectare swath of former Indian territory known as the Yazoo Land Grant spawned a rash of duels between real estate developers, loan sharks and legislators.
In 1790s Georgia the decision by politicians to preserve for the public a 2.5 million-acre swath of former Indian territory known as the Yazoo Land Grant spawned a rash of duels between real estate developers, loan sharks and legislators.
Villas-Boas has been under the spotlight following Chelsea's recent struggles, but a measure of calm and stability can now be restored as they play for the familiar territory of the later stages of the Champions League.
And as the President has said, withdrawals of U.S. forces will continue beyond that as we transfer more and more territory and more and more of the security responsibility to Afghan forces who are being built up as part of the implementation of his strategy.
Indeed, Chavez has facilitated the trans-shipment of drugs through Venezuelan territory and airports as well as openly supporting commercialization of coca (as in Bolivia where President Evo Morales is a close Chavez ally).
This is regarded by Britain as part of its Indian Ocean Territory.
The second is the Hurriyat's demand that the talks must include Pakistan, which controls about a third of the state and regards the rest of it as its rightful territory.
Those on low incomes often regard banks as hostile territory, the preserve of the wealthy.
More profoundly, India regards Kashmir as its territory and the discontent of the Kashmiris as an internal matter.
Israel pulled some troops out of the Palestinian territory as it called a halt to its operation against Hamas, but others remained.
The shaky U.S. economy has turned oil traders skittish, and Wall Street rallied out of bear territory Thursday as crude crossed back below a symbolic threshold.
It had passed industry standard tests but the company found it had needed its own more rigorous testing as it explored the unknown territory of wearables.
One of the thorniest questions, as ever, will be territory: the Turkish Cypriots, who were a fifth of the population before 1974, have 37% of the land.
It was a choppy day of trading on Wall Street as the markets managed to stay in positive territory with the help of some encouraging housing data.
China counts the tiny Caribbean bolthole of the British Virgin Islands as its biggest source of foreign investment (not including the Chinese territory of Hong Kong).
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