Experts say its total strength is probably in the hundreds rather than any more.

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The U.S. military has about 31, 000 troops in Afghanistan, which is less than a quarter of its total strength in Iraq.

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The United States contribution to KFOR is approximately 760 U.S. military personnel out of the total strength of approximately 5, 989 personnel, which includes a temporarily deployed operational reserve force.

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The United States contribution to KFOR is approximately 817 U.S. military personnel out of the total strength of approximately 6, 401 personnel, which includes a temporarily deployed Operational Reserve Force.

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Catholic recruits such as Mr Kerr have helped to transform policing in Northern Ireland: the profession was once overwhelmingly a Protestant preserve, but after a decade of affirmative action Catholics now make up 30 per cent of the PSNI's total strength of around 7, 300.

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If recruitment remains on target, then total police strength could hit a historic high by 2004.

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"In the past few months, the pharmaceutical sector has shown more strength than the total market, so we have exposure, " he says.

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Value investors often look closely at dividend policies as a part of total return on an investment and an indicator of the financial strength and prospects for a company.

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In the past year, Assange has collaborated with politicians and activists there to draft a free-speech law of unprecedented strength, and a number of these same people had agreed to help him work on the video in total secrecy.

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