Following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, Gaddafi decided to abandon his weapons of mass destruction programs and pay almost 3 billion euros in compensation to the families of Pan Am Flight 103 and UTA Flight 772.

Following the decline of the quill in the 1820s, following the introduction of the maintenance-free, mass produced steel dip nib by John Mitchell, knives were still manufactured but became known as desk knives, stationery knives or latterly as the name stuck ' pen ' knives.

* April 17 – Following several weeks of successful fighting the Khmer Republic surrenders there fore the Cambodian Civil War ends, in which the Communist party of the Khmer Rouge guerilla forces capture Phnom Penh, prompting a forcible mass evacuation of the city and starting off the infamous genocide.

Following the work of logicians like Godehard Link and linguists like Manfred Krifka, we know that the mass / count distinction can be given a precise mathematical definition in terms of notions like cumulativity and quantization.

Following the capture of Nanking, a massacre was perpetrated by the Japanese army, which led to the deaths, estimated by several, of over 250, 000 residents in the city, a figure difficult to calculate precisely due to the many bodies deliberately burnt, buried in mass graves, or deposited in the Yangtze River by the IJA.

Following the occupation, the city suffered from the characteristic mass murder of its predominantly Jewish inhabitants.

Following a suggestion of Prof. C. Møller, I adopt — as a pendant to " nucleon " — the denomination " lepton " ( from λεπτός, small, thin, delicate ) to denote a particle of small mass.

Following each of these events, the Academy thoroughly examined the etiology of the mass cheating in addition to alleged excessive pressures that the academic system at the time placed on cadets and made changes in attempts to reduce the opportunities for future incidents.

Following a totalitarian initial phase, a post-totalitarian period followed the death of Stalin in which the primary method of Communist rule shifted from mass terror to selective repression, along with ideological and sociopolitical strategies of legitimation and the securing of loyalty.

Following Paolozzi's seminal presentation in 1952, the IG focused primarily on the imagery of American popular culture, particularly mass advertising.

Following World War II, the sleeve valve disappeared from use, as the previous problems with sealing and wear on poppet valves had been remedied by the use of better materials and the inertia problems with the use of large valves were reduced by using several smaller valves instead, giving increased flow area and reduced mass.

Following public criticism that the development and deployment of this technology could potentially lead to a mass surveillance system, the IAO was defunded by Congress in 2003.

Following the mass success of the band's self-titled album, author Dick Porter wrote that the anticipation for a follow up was intense.

Following feminist or other reflexive and tradition-breaking paradigms sports are sometimes studied as contested activities, i. e. as activities in the centre of various people / groups interests ( connection of sports and gender, mass media, or state-politics ).

Following the mass arrest of squatters in Freiburg, demonstrations were held in their support in many German cities.

Following the Ōura scandal, Ōkuma's cabinet lost popular support, and its members held mass resignation in October 1915.

Following this one must progress onto a Postgraduate Diploma in the field of Landscape Architecture covering the subject in far greater detail such as mass urban planning, construction and planting.

Following victory, the Australian force in Iraq was limited to specialists attached to the Coalition headquarters in Baghdad and the search for Iraq's suspected weapons of mass destruction, a frigate in the Persian Gulf, a party of air traffic controllers at Baghdad International Airport, two C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, two AP-3C Orion aircraft and small Security Detachment ( SECDET ) consisting of infantry and Airfield Defence Guards protecting the Australian military units and diplomats based in Baghdad.

Following the fall of the USSR, the North Korean economy went into a crisis, with consequent infrastructural failures contributing to the mass famine of the mid-1990s.

Following the collapse of communist rule in 1990, Durrës became the focus of mass emigrations from Albania with ships being hijacked in the harbour and sailed at gunpoint to Italy.

Following requiem mass in the Pro-Cathedral he was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.

Following a Catholic requiem mass, Folger was entombed at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California.

Following the election result, protests organized by supporters of unsuccessful candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian began in Yerevan's Freedom Square and accompanied by mass disorders.

Following birth, the neonates mass together in their natal burrow.

Following the defeat, Nasser made a dramatic offer to resign, which was only retracted in the face of mass demonstrations urging him to stay.

Following the exodus to Persia, scholars expanded on the teachings of Nestorius and his mentors, particularly after the relocation of the School of Edessa to the Persian city of Nisibis in 489 ( where it became known as the School of Nisibis ).

Following the Palestinian exodus in 1948, a considerable number of Palestinian refugees arrived in Sidon, as in other Lebanese cities, and were settled at the large refugee camps of Ein el-Hilweh and Mieh Mieh.

Following the capture of the two towns there was an exodus of their Arab population.

Following this exodus, Huguenots remained in large numbers in only one region in France: the rugged Cévennes region in the south.

Following philosophy studies at Pullach, he worked for 3 years as a prefect and sports teacher at Stella Matutina Kolleg in Feldkirch, Austria, where in 1933, he first experienced the Nazi regime, which forced an exodus of virtually all German students from Austria and thus the Stella Matutina with a controversial 1000 Mark law, to be paid by everybody before entering into Austria.

Following Bunting's vision and her desire to stem the exodus of highly-trained educated women from promising careers, the Institute provided stipends as well as access to all of the resources of Harvard University to take up their chosen creative intellectual studies,.

Following the end of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975, which brought about a massive exodus of refugees up until the early 1990s, many new VSAs were established to deal with the cultural transition for the refugees entering college.

Following World War II as well as the Greek Civil War it saw more exodus on the part of the town's non-Greek inhabitants.

Following the NOAH exodus, Barton formed a new tag team with Jim Steele.

Following an ongoing exodus of talent and the disastrous Team Challenge Series, the AWA became inactive in late 1990.

Following the mass exodus of Castellorizians from the effects and damage of the war to Australia, many people currently have links to the name all over the country ( an amazing feat since it comes from such a small island with less than 300 in population ).

Following the outbreak of World War II, Chandris followed the exodus of shipowners from Greece.

Following these events squad members began to transfer to other teams, with the club's official website referring to an " exodus from the KT Stadium ".

Following Kerensky's exodus from the Inner Sphere, the remains of the once mighty Hegemony were conquered by the remaining five Great Houses, leaving only Terra which fell under the control of ComStar.

Following the 1831 Nat Turner slave rebellion, a state convention was called to pass a new constitution, including provisions to disfranchise free people of color.

Following complaints about noise from people living nearby, he moved his experiments to a new establishment at Auteuil in 1912.

Following the Hidalgo affair and an army rebellion, Amadeus famously declared the people of Spain to be ungovernable, abdicated the throne, and left the country ( 11 February 1873 ).

Following its origin in Mecca and Medina, the Islamic world expanded to include people of the Islamic civilization, inclusive of non-Muslims living in that civilization.

Following the earlier La Tène and Roman influence cultures, the Slavic people have been in this territory for over 1500 years.

Following the 1998 resignation of Suharto, on 30 August 1999, the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly for independence in a UN-sponsored referendum.

Following the Gutian period, there is a brief Sumerian renaissance in the 21st century, cut short in the 20th century BC by Amorite invasions, a Semitic people from the north east Levant who founded Babylon as an independent state in 1894 BC.

Following this victory, Alboin decided to lead his people to Italy, which had become severely depopulated after the long Gothic War ( 535 – 554 ) between the Byzantine Empire and the Ostrogothic Kingdom there.

Following his shooting, Pope John Paul II asked people to " pray for my brother ( Ağca ), whom I have sincerely forgiven.

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 war, Shinto shrines tended to focus on helping ordinary people gain better fortunes for themselves through maintaining good relations with their ancestors and other kami.

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 the withdrawal of U. S. troops from Berlin in 1994, Berlin American High School ( BAHS ) was turned over to the people of Berlin and became the " Gesamtschule Am Hegewinkel.

** Following a campaign that saw over 1000 people killed in massive campaign-related violence, the United National Party wins the Sri Lankan parliamentary election.

Following the Jennings trial, the group expanded rapidly, with founders estimating membership in California by May 1953 at over 2, 000 with as many as 100 people joining a typical discussion group.

Following his death, the Roman people suggested that Stefania, the widow of Crescentius II, had made Otto III fall in love with her and then poisoned him.

Following the First Republic ( 1918-1933 ) Austrofascism tried to keep Austria independent from the German Reich and in 1938 was annexed by Nazi Germany with the support of a large part of the Austrian people.

Following a decision by the Admiralty to dismiss 40 workers at the dockyard, Mintoff declared that " representatives of the Maltese people in Parliament declare that they are no longer bound by agreements and obligations toward the British government ..." ( the 1958 Caravaggio incident ) In response, the Colonial Secretary sent a cable to Mintoff, stating that he had " recklessly hazarded " the whole integration plan.

Following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011, the Yakuza sent hundreds of trucks filled with " food, water, blankets, and sanitary accessories " to aid the people in the affected areas of the natural disaster.

Following the collapse of the last Sumerian " Ur-III " dynasty at the hands of the Elamites ( 2002 BC traditional, 1940 BC short ), the Amorites, another Semitic people, gradually gained control over most of southern Mesopotamia, where they formed a series of small kingdoms, while the Assyrians reasserted their independence in the north.

Following the Punic Wars, the Romans established here their Province of Africa, taking the then not-widely-known name of Africa from a Berber word for ' the people '.

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 a shipwreck of a Ryūkyūan vessel on the southeastern tip of Taiwan in winter of 1871, in which the heads of 54 crew members were taken by the aboriginal Taiwanese Paiwan people in Mutan village ( 牡丹社 ), the Japanese sought to use this incident as a pretext to have the Qing formally acknowledge Japanese sovereignty over the Ryuku islands as a Japanese prefecture and to test reactions to potential expansion into Taiwan.

Following complaints about allergic reactions by some people who handle coins regularly ( bus drivers, shop-keepers etc ) the metallurgical composition of the coins was altered to remove the amount of zinc that they contained.

Following a series of conflicts with people living in the area of modern Maputo, the Ngwane, as they then called themselves, settled in northern Zululand in about 1750.