Despite calls for a ceasefire by the United Nations Security Council, hostilities continued until 20 August 1988.

Despite calls for a ceasefire by the United Nations Security Council, hostilities continued until 20 August 1988.

Despite several calls for a ceasefire by the United Nations Security Council, hostilities continued until 20 August 1988.

Despite the OAS bombing campaign, the FLN remained resolute in its agreement to the ceasefire and on 17 June 1962 the OAS also began a ceasefire.

Despite the ceasefire, deep political conflict between UNITA and the MPLA remains.

Despite the heavy fighting at the time, both sides in the Afghan war declared a ceasefire to allow his burial.

Despite the Israeli government's rejection of the idea, in summer 2003 — following pressure from Abu Mazen and Egypt — Hamas and Islamic Jihad unilaterally declared a 45-day ceasefire, or hudna.

Despite this, Morillo continued with negotiations and focused on getting a ceasefire and bringing the war in line with the law of nations.

Despite a declared ceasefire and numerous peace efforts, the conflict remains unresolved, and minor armed incidents persist.

Despite the ceasefire, the NSCN has continued its insurgency.

Despite this danger, however, we are informed on every hand that ideas, not machines, are our finest tools ; ;

Despite the rejection of the traditional accounts on many points of detail, as late as 1948 it was still possible to postulate a massive and comparatively sudden ( beginning in ca. 450 ) influx of Germans as the type of invasions.

Despite several years of front-page stories, the average citizen was unable to get a complete picture of McCarthy until he saw on the television screen what the reporters had been seeing all along but had no effective way of communicating.

Despite the 45-degree weather the game was clicked off in 1:48, thanks to only three bases on balls and some good infield play.

Despite being able to crawl on land, many of these prehistoric tetrapodomorph fish still spent most of their time in the water.

Despite extensive oil and gas resources, diamonds, hydroelectric potential, and rich agricultural land, Angola remains poor, and a third of the population relies on subsistence agriculture.

( Despite common belief, he did not take a day from February ; see the debunked theory on month lengths ) According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.

Despite pronouncements at the highest levels of government on the importance of free competition, Armenia is next to last in the effectiveness of its anti-monopoly policy according to the 2010 results of the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report.

Despite the economic blockade of Turkey on Armenia, every day dozens of Turkish trucks laden with goods enter Armenia through Georgia.

Despite continuous wars or imperial expansion on the Empire's frontiers and one year-long civil war over the imperial succession, the Mediterranean world remained at peace for more than two centuries.

" Despite Kennedy's rhetoric, he did not immediately come to a decision on the status of the Apollo program once he became president.

Despite his love and efforts towards international peace, Carnegie faced many dilemmas on his quest for world peace.

Despite the apparent peeling on the LM's outer skin, the crew discovered that the spacecraft's systems were performing nominally.

Despite this all of the games released on ROM were packaged as ' serial ROMS ', from which the micro would load programs into main memory in exactly the same way as if it were loading from tape.

Despite complaining of his lack of a formal classical education, Dürer was greatly interested in intellectual matters and learned much from his boyhood friend Willibald Pirckheimer, whom he no doubt consulted on the content of many of his images.

Despite the biblical prohibition on sexual relations between half-brothers and sisters, () Amnon had an overwhelming desire for her.

Despite its rapid growth, the economy of Benin still remains underdeveloped and dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production, and regional trade.

Despite the victory, voter apathy was a major issue, as turnout fell below 60 % for the first time in history, 12 % down on 1997.

Despite this, many knockoffs have been found, including college T-shirts which show Calvin and Hobbes binge drinking or Calvin urinating on a logo.

Despite Orkney ’ s protestations, Cadogan insisted on compliance and, reluctantly, Orkney gave the word for his troops to fall back to their original positions on the edge of the plateau of Jandrenouille.

Despite the alliance, one of the high-ranking Batavi, Julius Paullus, to give him his Roman name, was executed by Fonteius Capito on a false charge of rebellion.

Despite the fact that the housemates are generally isolated, on some occasions some contestants are allowed to exit the house as part of tasks.

Despite being short on cash at times, he often refused money that his friends offered him out of their own pockets.

Despite his ill health, Haley began compiling notes for possible use as a basis for either a biographical film based on his life, or a published autobiography ( accounts differ ), and there were plans for him to record an album in Memphis, Tennessee, when the brain tumor began affecting his behavior and he went back to his home in Harlingen, Texas, where he died early in the morning of February 9, 1981.

Despite such challenges to keep public finances in balance, El Salvador still has one of the lowest tax burdens in the American continent ( around 11 % of GDP ).

Despite Mahathir's frequently anti-Western rhetoric he worked closely with Western countries, and led a crackdown against Islamic fundamentalists after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Despite the UNIP boycott, the elections took place peacefully, and five presidential and more than 600 parliamentary candidates from 11 parties participated.

* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments.

Despite these efforts, on 11 October, Baron von der Lancken allowed the execution to proceed.

Despite his arrival, the team struggled in 1969 – 70 recording only 17 wins — the fewest in franchise history ( as of completion of the 2010 – 11 season — and set the NHL team record for most ties ( 24 ).

For Christmas 2011, a new single seater mod came available. The F2 1967 Mod provide new accurate cars shapes, drivers, car sounds and physics. The Formula 2 physics were intended to get close racing online, with most of the cars sharing the same Ford Cosworth FVA 1600cc engine. Despite this, as others GPL mods, the F2 mod benefit of the extended 11 different cars slots with their individual handling. In 1967, drivers took part in no less than 23 Formula 2 races.

Despite his misgivings about the Council, Johnson started out convening it fairly regularly, about every 2 weeks on average during his first 11 months in office.

Despite his waning powers, Bradman compiled 11 centuries on the tour, amassing 2, 428 runs ( average 89. 92 ).

Despite critical acclaim NBC changed the show's time slot 11 times.

Despite having a staff of only 11 officers, this provides an officer / resident ratio of 7. 85 per 1, 000 residents, over three times the state average of 2. 5 per 1, 000 residents.

Despite this record though, Merton is one of only three people to have played all three roles of the show's format at various points: he is usually captain of his team, but along with being the first post-Deayton presenter ( series 24, episode 3 ), he has also been a guest on Hislop's team ( in series 11, episode 1 ).

Despite its republican ethos, the Second Dáil responded favourably to George V's proposals on 22 June for a Truce, which became effective from noon on 11 July 1921.

Despite being the largest town in the county, with a population of 11, 237 ( 2001 census ), it is neither the county town nor actually on the island of Anglesey.

Despite positive reaction, the timing of the initial staging was bad ( coming mere days after the September 11 attacks ), and even after subsequent readings, the show never attained the investors needed to become a full-blown production.

Despite the losses in the Palawan Passage and Sibuyan Sea actions, the Japanese Center Force was still very powerful, consisting of four battleships ( including the giant ), six heavy cruisers, two light cruisers and 11 destroyers.

Despite its unattractive design and heavy weight — it resembled " a cross between a World War II field radio and a shrunken instrument panel of a DC-3 ", and Felstenstein confessed that carrying two units four blocks to a trade show " nearly pulled my arms out of their sockets "— in the first eight months after April 1981, when the Osborne 1 was announced, the company sold 11, 000 units.

Despite its name, Washington Mutual ceased being a mutual company in 1983 when it demutualized and became a public company on March 11.

Despite their new captain's slight statistical slump ( 20. 3 points, 11. 1 rebounds, 2. 7 assists, 2. 6 blocks per game ), the Spurs won the second seed for the 2005 NBA Playoffs by winning 59 games.

Despite receiving solid reviews, and a several million pound advance, 9 / 11 forced the show to close early.

Despite not returning to the Grey Cup game to defend their title, 2005 saw the Argos post their best season of football since 1997 with an 11 – 7 record and first place in the East, earning the right to host the East Championship.

Despite their early exit from the playoffs, the Boatmen finished the season with 11 East Division All-Stars and three CFL All-Stars.

Despite a 2-5 start, the football club rallied together to reel off nine wins in 10 games to finish in first place with a 11 – 7 regular season record.

Despite reconciling and declaring to be a couple again in the season 11 ( 2007 ) episode " The List " after Wendy had dumped him in the season seven ( 2003 ) episode " Raisins ", their relationship has received relatively less focus in recent seasons.