In part, that's because many Punjabis displaced by the partition came to New Delhi and became restaurateurs.
Still, anyone who's been within 100 meters of a screaming child will know that their cries won't be stifled by a few partition curtains.
In a separate declaration on the future status of Kosovo, the EU has left the door open for a conditional independence of the disputed territory, by ruling out any partition or union of Kosovo with another country, as well as any solution resulting from the use of force.
Furnished with comfy wooden chairs topped with striped canvas pillows and guarded by a heavy glass half-partition that allows guests to bask in the view, the terrace catches the morning sunlight and crisp bay air.
In 1885, the Congress of Berlin, hosted by Otto von Bismarck and attended by 15 nations, agreed on the partition of Central and East Africa.
But even this tactic carries risks: it could well be interpreted by Mr Milosevic as endorsement for a new partition of Kosovo between Serbs and Albanians, an idea his associates have floated.
Customers can also free up additional storage space by creating a backup bootable USB and deleting the recovery partition.
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But political negotiations have broken down over Albanian demands for a new constitution giving them a veto on all major decisions by the state -- a positions ethnic Macedonians say amounts to partition.
Indians point out, too, that Pakistan enjoys a rare guarantee: the Indus Water Treaty, struck in 1960 by far-sighted engineers and diplomats who saw that after the partition of land, water had to be shared out too.
Ashen Gill and her two sons were left with just three cob walls and half of a partition following a large fire at their home which was tackled by about 100 firefighters.
The MQM (Muttahida Qaumi Movement) is supported mainly by Muslim Urdu-speaking people whose families moved to Sindh province at the time of the partition of India in 1947.
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If partition was a pragmatic response to the reality of the time, a prior question is: by what right did the 600, 000 or so Jews of mandatory Palestine come to be there in the first place?
It was widely believed the second official visit by Prince Charles to the republic was set to pave the way for Queen Elizabeth's first visit since partition.
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