Mr Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) committed himself to ending the armed Palestinian uprising, renounced terrorism and said that militant groups must give up their arms.
Recently, however, fears have grown that these Sunni vigilantes, many of them former insurgents, could turn again on the Shia-led government, unless Mr Maliki agrees to give them more arms and money and encourages their induction into the regular army or police.
And so Clinton - who had almost no interest in foreign policy in his opening years of office - turned his attention to Israel and the so-called peace process, in which Israel was expected to give land, arms and legitimacy to the PLO in exchange for terrorism.
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Britain said it would not give export credits for arms sales to 63 of the world's poorest countries.
People with this mindset either throw up their arms and give up when faced with obstacles, or they put things off.
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She flung her arms around Cocky to give him a hug, a gesture somewhat thwarted by his plush potbelly.
The head of the independent body on decommissioning, General John de Chastelain, is expected to give his vital assessment on illegal arms before the end of January.
Can everybody please give our comrades-in-arms a huge round of applause? (Applause.) And please, all of you give our very best to your families back home, because I know it's just as tough, if not tougher for them to see you in harm's way and away from the family.
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She has so little muscle left in her arms that her pediatrician must give her shots in the legs.
Under present and foreseeable circumstances, the Kozyrev proposal also would give an unfair competitive edge in international arms deals to Russian state-owned industries that are not subject to free enterprise forces.
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But with so many in the industry caught up in the arms race of who can give out more rewards, no one has stopped to notice that most of them aren't particularly effective at building customer loyalty or returning profits.
Saints went on to take the lead but there was an element of luck as Long's kick hit the upright and fell into the arms of prop Hargreaves to give him an easy try but again Long missed the extras.
She says resting with the cushions under her arms helped ease the pain and give support after surgery.
In other words, according to the Supreme Court, and the lower courts as well, the amendment conferred on state militias a right to bear arms but did not give individuals a right to own or carry a weapon.
Years later, in the mid-1980s, with the U.S. once again strong and confident, Malcolm Forbes, my late father, wrote an editorial in these pages suggesting that President Reagan give Richard Nixon a diplomatic assignment dealing with arms control and Russia.
Top Treasury officials and Robin Budenberg, chairman of the arms-length holding company for nationalised banks, UKFI, give evidence.
Intellectual piracy, pollution, arms buildups and nurturing of the world's rogue regimes--all give China's critics ammunition.
But they give out the orders and rake in the proceeds of the illicit activities, remaining at arms length from the crimes, thus evading prosecution.
But critics say that President Bush isn't giving Mr. Putin enough, that there has to be some sort of compromise here to give Russia a sense that a new American missile defense system wouldn't mushroom into another arms race.
The deal has encouraged all but one of the Hutu rebel groups to lay down their arms but some pro-Tutsi parties oppose the proposed constitution, saying it does not give Tutsis enough guarantees.
European Union diplomats on Wednesday said a U.K.-led push to relax the arms embargo on Syria this month looks likely to stall, with most member states wanting to give the latest Syria peace initiatives more time before moving toward arming the opposition.
The Center for Security Policy believes that these examples of Soviet violations, bad faith and disinformation should give the Bush Administration pause as it rushes headlong toward new -- and strategically much more significant -- arms control agreements.
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