Following the IRA ceasefires between 1994 and 1996 and since 1997, demilitarisation has taken place as part of the peace process, reducing the military presence from 30, 000 to 5, 000 troops.

Following failed peace talks between Mobutu and Kabila in May 1997, Mobutu left the country, and Kabila marched unopposed to Kinshasa on 20 May.

* EDuke: Following the release of the Doom source code in 1997, gamers wanted a similar source code release from 3D Realms.

Following the return of the Labour Party to government in 1997, Dewar became the Secretary of State for Scotland and campaigned for a ' Yes-Yes ' vote in the successful referendum on Scottish devolution.

Following an average deficit of around 44 percent of GDP from 1997 to 2000, the current account deficit has increased to over 35 percent of GDP since 2001 due to higher import demand combined with lower receipts from tourism and nutmeg exports.

Following boundary changes, Major became Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Huntingdon in 1983 and retained the seat in the 1987, 1992 and 1997 general elections.

Following his resignation as Prime Minister, Major briefly became Leader of the Opposition, and Shadow Foreign Secretary ( as Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who was Foreign Secretary prior to the election, had lost his seat ), and remained in this post until the election of William Hague as leader of the Conservative Party in June 1997.

Following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, Major was appointed a special guardian to Princes William and Harry, with responsibility for legal and administrative matters.

Following an announcement on December 20, 1996, on February 4, 1997, Apple Computer acquired NeXT for $ 429 million, and used the OPENSTEP for Mach operating system as the basis for OS X.

Following the demise of the various incarnations of NeXT ( started by Steve Jobs in the late 1980s and merged with Apple Computer in 1997 ), the Trillium software was published under the GNU General Public License, with work continuing as gnuspeech.

Following the Environment Act 1995, each national park has been managed by its own national park authority since April 1997.

Following subsequent approval by both counties ' councils and the Maryland General Assembly, the county line was moved to include the entire city into Montgomery County ( including territory in Prince George's County newly annexed by the city ) on July 1, 1997.

Following an uprising by the ethnic Tutsi, sometimes referred to as a whole as Banyamulenge ( although this term only represents people from one area in eastern Zaire — other ethnic Tutsi Kinyarwanda-speaking people include the Banyamasisi and the Banyarutshuru, as an example ) people in eastern Zaire in October 1997, a huge movement of refugees began which brought more than 600, 000 back to Rwanda in the last two weeks of November.

Following two decades of elected politics, Wirth was national Co-chair of the Clinton-Gore campaign, and served in the U. S. Department of State as the first Undersecretary for Global Affairs from 1993 to 1997.

Following a life-threatening injury during qualifying for the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, Häkkinen made a considerable improvement in 1996 and took his first victory at the 1997 European Grand Prix.

Following his successful defense of his 1997 U. S. Open title by defeating Mark Philippoussis in the 1998 final, when asked about Sampras ' earlier comments about having to win another Grand Slam in order to be considered great, Rafter replied: " Maybe you can ask him that question, if he thinks that now.

Following the release of Ridiculous, Don Snow ( now known as Jonn Savannah ) returned to Squeeze yet again as their touring keyboard player, but by 1997, the Squeeze line-up had officially dwindled down to just Difford and Tilbrook.

Following moderate real GDP growth of 1. 7 %, 2 % and 1. 2 %, respectively, in 1995, 1996, and 1997, the economy rebounded and with real GDP expansion of 2. 9 percent in 1998 and 2. 2 % in 1999.

Following Operation Desert Storm, the 355 WG supported Operation Southern Watch during deployments to Al Jaber, Kuwait, in 1997 by deploying 24 A-10s, in 1998 by deploying 16 A-10s, and in 1999 by deploying 14 A-10s — all to ensure compliance of the 33rd parallel southern no-fly zone.

Following an investigation into the future of universities, the July 1997 report of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education, chaired by the then Sir Ronald Dearing recommended the ending of universal free higher education, and that students should pay £ 1, 000 towards the cost of their tuition fees, which would be recovered in the form of a graduate tax.

" Following completion of Freeway in 1997, Witherspoon took a break from acting in major movies for a year and began dating actor Ryan Phillippe.

Following the killing of LVF leader Billy Wright in 1997 Adair became the new contact man for a group of Bolton-based members of the neo-Nazi organisation Combat 18 ( C18 ) who up to that point had been close to the LVF.

Following a $ 100, 000 pay-off to former Mayor Matthew Scannapieco the planning board used the distance to the new school as justification to close the airfield citing a reference to a fatal plane crash in 1997.

Following their appearance at the All Tomorrows Parties festival, the New York Times reported that Shields was planning to complete the unfinished album: " I realized that all that stuff I was doing in 1996 and 1997 was a lot better than I thought.

Following his final guest appearance on SNL on October 25, 1997, Farley's hoarse voice, continual perspiration and flushed skin were the subject of public scrutiny.

Following the advice of his guidance counselor, Ms. Cobb ( Lily Tomlin ), who tells him that he is a " shoo-in " for acceptance, Shaun applies only to Stanford.

Following the Backman incident, the Diamondbacks spent heavily on free agents in order to re-build.

Following the " Daily Double ," Matthews, Durham, Cey, Moreland and Davis gave the Cubs an order with no gaps to pitch around.

Following the Second World War, conservatives in France supported Gaullist groups and have been nationalistic, and emphasized tradition, order, and the regeneration of France.

Following the political defeats in July and October 1917, on 1 November the Social Democrats put forward an uncompromising program called " We demand " in order to push for political concessions.

Following Aristippus — about whom very little is known — Epicurus believed that the greatest good was to seek modest pleasures in order to attain a state of tranquility and freedom from fear ( ataraxia ) as well as absence of bodily pain ( aponia ) through knowledge of the workings of the world and the limits of our desires.

Following Kennedy's assassination in November 1963, Peel passed himself off as a reporter for the Liverpool Echo in order to attend the arraignment of Lee Harvey Oswald, and he and a friend can be seen in the footage of the 22 / 23 November midnight press conference at Dallas Police Department when Oswald was paraded before the media.

Following another stint in jail, during Superman's absence from Earth to investigate the remains of Krypton, he is released on a string of technicalities and seduces a dying widow in order to marry her and inherit her fortune.

Following Labour's fourth consecutive defeat in the 1992 general election, Kinnock resigned as leader and resigned from the House of Commons three years later in order to become a European Commissioner.

Following his beatification, his sarcophagus was placed under the Altar of St. Sebastian in the basilica's Chapel of St. Sebastian, where it remained until 8 April 2011 when it was moved to make way for the remains of Blessed Pope John Paul II ( 1978 – 2005 ) to be relocated to the basilica from the grotto beneath St. Peter's in honor of his beatification and in order to make his resting place more accessible to the public.

Following the outbreak of World War II Menzies found it necessary to distance himself from the controversy by claiming Interior Minister Thomas Paterson was responsible since he made the initial order to exclude Kisch.

Following this disturbance, on 7 October the Governor instructed Coronaro to order the Sultan to surrender ; to intimidate the people he ordered the seizure of all merchant boats in the Alula area.

Following the agreement the Blue Streak programme was formally cancelled in April 1960 and in May 1960 an agreement for an initial order of 100 Skybolts was concluded.

Following the social upheaval of World War II, many people in the United States felt a fervent desire to " restore the prewar social order and hold off the forces of change ", according to historian Barry Adam.

Following a petition filed by the government's wholly owned companies, the High Administrative Court issued an injunction order on September 23, 2010, to stop 3G auction resulting in near guarantee of domination of the incumbent to exploit 2G services.

* Following the deadlock tie in the election of the Venetian Doge, the number of electors is increased from 40 to 41 in order to prevent such future occurrences.

Following Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, Brutus revived his adoptive name in order to illustrate his links to another famous tyrannicide, Gaius Servilius Ahala, from whom he was descended.

Following these events, peace between the Duchy and the Livonian order was eventually conducted on 2 October 1323.

Following that, the cards are arranged in order of value, such as King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9 and 8 in the first four piles, and the remaining numbers in the other.

Following is short list of major philosophical movements, in rough chronological order:

Following the daily lives of the Gibbs and Webb families, as well as the other inhabitants of Grover's Corners, Wilder illustrates the importance of the universality of the simple, yet meaningful lives of all people in the world in order to demonstrate the value of appreciating life.

Following extensive merger and acquisition activity in the 1990s and 2000s, international markets are dominated by five firms, in alphabetical order: Altria, British American Tobacco ( represented in the U. S. market by a 42 % stake in Reynolds American, Inc .), Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco, and Philip Morris International.

Following the sack of Rome in 1527, the order moved to Venice.

Following the war, Italian Parliament passed a bill ( called la legge del milione ) to establish a budget of one million lire to develop infrastructure in order to encourage economic development.

Following his dialogue with community leaders and his speech, no further attacks occurred against Muslim refugees, and a wider peace and order was re-established soon over the entire area.

Following, the sponsor is traditionally invited to give the first order to the ship's company: " Man our ship and bring her to life!