Following negotiations between the Shi ' ite, Sunni, and Maronite leaderships, the National Pact was born in the summer of 1943 allowing Lebanon to be independent.

Following the death of Maron in 410 AD, his disciples built a monastery in his memory and formed the nucleus of the Maronite Church.

Following the 9 / 11 attacks, Grant's " I Will Remember You " saw a resurgence in popularity as many radio DJs mixed a special tribute version of the song.

Following the recognition of Belarus as an independent state in December 1991 by the European Community, EC / EU-Belarus relations initially experienced a steady progress.

Following the elections in 2004, the former MEPs of the group took MEPs from the new member countries on board and together, they registered the new group Independence and Democracy ( IND / DEM ).

Following the 2008 revision of the EU Regulation that governs European political parties allowing the creation of European foundations affiliated to Europarties, the EFA established in September 2007 its official foundation / think tank, the Centre Maurits Coppieters ( CMC ).

Following this, in 1967 / 68, the General Conference on Weights and Measures ( CGPM ) replaced the definition of the SI second by the following:

Following the downfall of the Tory / Conservative minority government under Lord Derby in December 1852, Lord Aberdeen formed a new government from the coalition of Free Traders, Peelites and Whigs that had voted no confidence in the minority government.

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 The Frost Report the Palin / Jones team worked both as actors and writers on the show Twice a Fortnight with Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Jonathan Lynn, and the successful children's comedy show Do Not Adjust Your Set with Idle and David Jason.

Following 9 / 11, Mazar Sharif was the first Afghan city to fall to the Northern Alliance ( United Front ).

Following the demise of General Motors Corporation's Saturn division in North America, Opel cars are currently rebadged and sold in the U. S., Canada, and China under the Buick name with models such as the Opel Insignia / Buick Regal, Opel Astra sedan / Buick Verano, and Opel Mokka / Buick Encore.

Following the conferral of her degree, Smith delivered the commencement address and sang / played two songs accompanied by long-time band member Lenny Kaye.

Following the 9 / 11 attacks, many Americans were split on the success of the government ’ s response and the ensuing war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Following quickly on the heels of Fly By Night, the band released Caress of Steel ( 1975 ), a five-track hard rock / heavy metal album featuring two extended multi-chapter songs, " The Necromancer " and " The Fountain of Lamneth.

Following pressure by the American Rocket Society, the National Science Foundation, and the International Geophysical Year, military interest picked up and in early 1955 the Army and Navy were working on Project Orbiter, two competing programs, the army's which involved using a Jupiter C rocket, and the civilian / Navy Vanguard Rocket, to launch a satellite.

Following 9 / 11, the single was re-released by Arista Records, peaking at number 6 on the Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the RIAA.

Following the formula above, this means the J-2 powered version generates a Δv of ( 414 s * 9. 81 ) ln ( 119, 900 / 13, 311 ), or 8, 900 m / s.

Following the city's launch of the so-called " CleanAir Cabs " program the previous year, in August 2008 the Boston Police Department's Hackney Carriage Unit mandated that the city's entire taxicab fleet must be converted to hybrid vehicles by 2015. web | url = http :// www. cityofboston. gov / police / hackney / drivers. asp >

Following that, he appeared in the 1996 revenge-drama / legal-thriller Sleepers ( 1996 ) with Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, and Kevin Bacon.

Following Chrysler Europe's collapse in 1977, and the sale of their assets to Peugeot, the Chrysler / Dodge British and Spanish factories were quickly passed on to Renault Véhicules Industriels, who gradually re-branded the range of vans and trucks as Renaults through the 1980s.

Following the expiration of the act in 1854 the land was no longer free but cost $ 1. 25 per acre ($ 3. 09 / hectare ) with a limit of — the same as most other unimproved government land.

Following the defeat of the Mamelukes by the Ottoman Empire, and to reward their new Druze ally who fought with them in the battle of Marj Dabek ( 1516 ), the Ottomans rewarded Prince Fakher el Din al Maani I, with the Principality of Lebanon, where he established a Druze-Maronite alliance lasting for hundreds of years ; this prosperous principality would be the base of the modern Lebanese Republic.

Following attacks on civil rights marchers by Protestant loyalists, as well as members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ), anger and violence mounted.

Following World War II the duration of civil wars grew past the norm of the pre-19th century, largely due to weakness of the many postcolonial states and the intervention by major powers on both sides of conflict.

Following the October 2001 American invasion and the Bonn Agreement the new government under the leadership of Hamid Karzai started to re-establish diplomatic relationships with many countries who had held close diplomatic relations before the communist coup d ' état and the subsequent civil war.

Following the 1998-99 civil war, presidential and legislative elections were again held, bringing opposition leader Kumba Ialá and his Party for Social Renewal to power.

Following a period of growing political instability in the early 20th century, in 1936 Spain was plunged into a bloody civil war.

Following the invasion, the situation deteriorated to the extent that in 2006-2007, Iraq was on the brink of civil war.

Following their defeat in the Jordanian civil war, thousands of Palestinian militiamen regrouped in Lebanon, led by Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization, with the intention of replicating the modus operandi of attacking Israel from a politically and militarily weak neighbour.

Following the surrender of the Japanese in 1945, civil administration of Papua as well as New Guinea was restored, and under the Papua New Guinea Provisional Administration Act, ( 1945 – 46 ), Papua and New Guinea were combined in an administrative union.

Following the October Revolution, a civil war broke out between the anti-communist White movement and the new Soviet regime with its Red Army.

Following Yarborough's recommendations, the Colombian military recruited civilians into paramilitary " civil defense " groups which worked alongside the military in its counter-insurgency campaign, as well as in civilian intelligence networks to gather information on guerrilla activity.

Following instructions from London to achieve economies, Governor Thomas Gore Brown ( 1851 – 1856 ) further reduced the civil establishment.

Following the outbreak of the civil war and the ensuing collapse of the central government, Somalia's residents reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, either secular, traditional or Islamic law, with a provision for appeal of all sentences.

Following the outbreak of the civil war and the ensuing collapse of the Siad Barre regime in the early 1990s, Somalia's residents reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, consisting of civil law, religious law and customary law.

Following the end of the TFG's interim mandate the same month, the Federal Government of Somalia, the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war, was also formed.

Following the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement which ended the second civil war, the Sudanese Armed Forces formed joint military units with the Sudanese People's Liberation Army.

Following the end of the Lebanese civil war in 1990, the Syrian occupation of Lebanon continued until 2005, when they were forced out by widespread public protest and international pressure, following the murder of Rafiq al-Hariri.

Following the Civil War, the family had fallen on harder times with the temporary loss of civil and some property rights for those who aided the Confederacy.

Following the outbreak of the civil war in Somalia, Yemen unconditionally opened its borders to Somali asylum seekers.

Following the Revolution of 1911, the Republic of China adopted a largely Western-style legal code in the civil law tradition ( specifically German-influenced ).

Following the war, some of these military airfields added civil facilities for handling passenger traffic.

Following the Sui Dynasty's example, the Tang abandoned the nine-rank system in favor of a large civil service system.

Following his death, civil war broke out between his sons.

Following the boundary changes caused by the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889, the county contained the following civil parishes:

Following the 1964 election, a variety of civil rights organizations banded together to push for the passage of legislation that would ensure black voting rights once and for all.