In October 1993, Comoros joined the League of Arab States, after having been rejected when it applied for membership initially in 1977.

Meanwhile, in a move designed to encourage private enterprise and reduce unemployment, in May 1993 the UN Development Programme had given Comoros a credit of US $ 2 million for programs in these areas.

The banking system consists of the Central Bank of the Comoros ( Banque Centrale des Comores ) established in 1981 that had three offices ( Moroni ( Grande-Comore ), Mutsamudu ( Anjouan ) and Fomboni ( Mohéli )); the Bank for Industry and Commerce ( Banque pour l ' Industrie et le Commerce — BIC ), a commercial bank established in 1990 that had six branches in 1993 and was a subsidiary of the National Bank of Paris — International ( Banque Nationale de Paris — Internationale ); the Development Bank of Comoros ( Banque de Développement des Comores ), established in 1982, which provided support for small and midsize development projects, the Federal Bank of Commerce ( Banque Fédérale de Commerce ) and the Exim Bank Comores Ltd.

The PNDC remained in power until January 7, 1993.

In 1993 average annual per capita income remained depressingly low at about US $ 580, and 75 percent of the population was poor by internationally defined standards.

This rate remained standard until June 1993 when the minimum requirement was temporarily lifted to 42 percent.

* 1993 – Brooke Greenberg, American child who has remained the size of a toddler, in spite of being in her late teens.

The team remained competitive through the mid-1990s, but have only had a winning record once since 1993.

The commissioners deadlocked with a 2 – 2 vote in 1993 and closed the investigation, but the Department of Justice opened its own investigation on August 21 of that year, resulting in a settlement on July 15, 1994 in which Microsoft consented not to tie other Microsoft products to the sale of Windows but remained free to integrate additional features into the operating system.

In 1993 Khalifa ibn Hamad remained the Emir, but his son, Hamad ibn Khalifa, the heir apparent and minister of defense, had taken over much of the day-to-day running of the country.

He resumed his career as a professor at the William Mitchell College of Law, where he remained until his final retirement in 1993.

The original opening sequence was made in 1993 for the first season and remained unchanged throughout the series, until David Duchovny left the show as a main character in season seven.

A 25-Year Silver Jubilee Reunion Celebration tour in 1993 was sufficiently successful that the group remained together for a further 11 years.

In 1993 Karimov's concern about the spread of Islamic fundamentalism spurred Uzbekistan's participation in the multinational CIS peacekeeping force sent to quell the civil war in nearby Tajikistan-a force that remained in place three years later because of continuing hostilities.

She remained extremely popular among many ANC supporters, and, in December 1993 and April 1997, she was elected president of the ANC Women's League, though she withdrew her candidacy for ANC Deputy President at the movement's Mafikeng conference in December 1997.

Two recent outbreaks in Kenya ( 1992 – 1993 ) and Sudan ( 2003 and 2005 ) involved the East African genotype which had remained unknown until these outbreaks occurred.

Ironically, only Prost was able to agree terms with Williams for 1993, leaving a seat free for Patrese had he remained with the team.

Somerville remained a women's college until 1992, when its statutes were amended to permit male students and fellows ; the first male fellows were appointed in 1993, and the first male students admitted in 1994.

Though it remained a strong contender for continued operations, MINSY was identified for closure during the Base Realignment and Closure ( BRAC ) process of 1993.

He retired in 1993 but remained chairman until May 1994.

The song was an underground hit and Bananarama were signed by Decca ( later London Records ) and remained on the label until 1993.

George W. Bush remained on the board through 1993 and was also paid fees as a consultant.

The installation, however, remained on the real property records of the 15th Air Base Wing until 15 March 1993 when an Action Memorandum signed by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force ( Environment, Safety and Occupational Health ) and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army ( Installations and Housing ) authorized the exchange of Wheeler AFB for Fort Kamehameha Military Reservation.

PC DOS remained a rebranded version of MS-DOS until 1993.

In 1927, she met Reginald Pascoe Grenfell ( 1903 – 1993 ); they were married two years later at St. Margaret's, Westminster ; they remained married for 50 years ( until her death ).

In the UK, where " MacArthur Park " did not top the chart, " Hey Jude " remained the longest number-one hit for nearly a quarter of a century, until it was surpassed in 1993 by Meat Loaf's " I'd Do Anything for Love ( But I Won't Do That )", which ran 7: 58 as a single.

Krummenacher, Lisher, Immerglück and Pedersen intensified their activities in Monks of Doom, which remained active until 1993.

In 1993, he and future wife Tanya Hijazi were accused of holding 24-year-old Frances Alley hostage for up to six days ( accounts vary on how long she was actually held ), tying her up, forcing her to perform sexual acts, and burning her legs and abdomen with the hot end of a crack cocaine pipe during a week long cocaine binge.

* The 1993 HBO film Hostages, starring Colin Firth as McCarthy, was a fictionalized account of the Lebanon hostage crisis.

On 13 May 1993, a disturbed man named Eric Schmitt, calling himself " HB " ( for " Human Bomb ", in English ), and carrying large quantities of explosives, took 21 children hostage in a school in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

* A hostage-taker in the Neuilly kindergarten hostage crisis in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France in 1993

in which Hinds portrayed Richard McIlkenny, a Belfastman falsely imprisoned for an IRA bombing ; and HBO's 1993 docudrama Hostages, where he portrayed Irish writer and former hostage Brian Keenan.

By the time the EEC was being phased into the European Union in 1993, that bloc's agricultural committees had announced their intention to eliminate preferred access of Windward Islands crops to the United Kingdom, which will cause considerable reduction in the prices which banana crops previously commanded.

Headline consumer price inflation dropped from 26 % in 1993 to an average rate of 7. 5 % in 2004, though this was boosted by hikes in subsidized utilities prices ahead of Slovakia ’ s accession to the European Union.

Until the end of 1993, Turkmenistan had experienced less economic disruption than other former Soviet states because its economy received a boost from higher prices for oil and gas and a sharp increase in hard currency earnings.

In 1993 – 1995 Turkmenistan increased monetary base by 20-28 % monthly ; thus prices reacted by a monthly growth of 25 – 43 %. The cash growth in circulation in 1993 – 1995 constituted 47. 8 %.

The discount retailer named Job Lot used to be located at the World Trade Center but moved to Church Street ; merchants bought extra unsold items at steep prices and sold them as a discount to consumers and shoppers included " thrifty homemakers and browsing retirees " who " rubbed elbows with City Hall workers and Wall Street executives "; but the firm went bust in 1993.

Between late 1992 and early 1993, the Dow staggered through the 3, 000 level making only modest gains as the Biotechnology sector suffered through the downfall of the Biotech Bubble ; as many biotech companies saw their share prices rapidly rise to record levels and then subsequently fall to new all-time lows.

The effects of pollution and general deterioration over time prompted a major restoration programme carried out between 1993 and 2000, at a cost of 40 billion Italian lire ($ 19. 3m / € 20. 6m at 2000 prices ).

This led to a protocol on wages and prices in 1993.

The FPE was stopped in 2000, following nationwide protests ; while fuel was relatively cheap in 1993, fuel prices were then among the highest in Europe.

Also, starting in 1992 or 1993, Mathsoft engaged in a Pyrrhic strategy of spending $ 10 million on direct mail at very low prices, which won much of the remaining growth in the symbolic math market, just when Macsyma Inc. was struggling to rebuild its world-class product.

The company introduced ' Designers at Debenhams ' in 1993, the revolutionary idea put designer names at high street prices, the creation of Belinda Earle and Spencer Hawken the brands include Jasper Conran, John Rocha, Betty Jackson Black, Butterfly by Matthew Williamson, H!

Built between 1989 and 1993 at a cost of £ 293 million it is currently ( as of June 2011 ) the most expensive road scheme in Britain per mile, working out at £ 250, 000 per metre at 2011 prices.

However, its low prices were not enough to attract strong sales and it was withdrawn from sale in 1993.

The Mexican government's finances and cash availability were further hampered by two decades of increasing spending, a period of hyperinflation from 1985 to 1993, debt loads, and low oil prices.

Finally, in 1993, with the economy recovering and oil prices restabilised after the Gulf War, a V6 engine was indeed offered on Magna for the first time in its history-albeit as an option.

As prices on Intel's 486 line fell, Cyrix found it more and more difficult for its 486SLC and DLC CPUs to compete and had to release a fully pin-compatible version of the 486SX and DX in 1993.

After the last home game of the 1993 – 94 season, the Kop and Tilton Road terraces were demolished, helped by fans who took home a significant proportion as souvenirs, the land was cleared – the rubbish tip beneath the Kop which had earned the club £ 800 in 1906 (£ at 1994 prices ) cost £ 250, 000 to decontaminate – and by the start of the new season, 7, 000 seats in the Tilton Road Stand were ready for use.

* Forsythe, Robert ; Frank, Murray ; Krishnamurthy, Vasu ; Ross, Thomas W .: Using market prices to predict election results: the 1993 UBC election stock market.

Despite intense competition that drove down prices, Synoptics ' annual revenue grew to a high of $ 700 million in 1993.