The following decades were characterized by political struggles between the FLNKS and a settler-dominated party, the Rally for Caledonia in the Republic (Rassemblement pour la Calédonie dans la République; RPCR), which favoured continued ties with France.
Last Thursday's "Brexit" referendum was only advisory, and it's unclear how likely it is that Parliament, which heavily favors continued ties with Europe, would ignore the popular vote. .
He has claimed that his leadership of Ansar al-Islam ended later that year, but in 2007 Norway's Supreme Court ruled that he remained a threat to Norwegian security as a result of continuing ties to the radical group or its offshoots.
Curaçao, which last October became an independent nation with continuing ties to the Netherlands, has rocketed suddenly to the top of a number of lists as an island not to miss.
The government could argue that the company has a fundamentally American origin and continuing ties, he said.
The reason, said this person, who spoke only on the condition of not being identified because of continuing ties to a competing show, has to do with the time of year: November, a special ratings period called sweeps month, has the unrelenting pressure of competition as more and more late-night shows fight for a diminishing share of the audience.
A Defense Department official who defended the continuing ties with the Iraqi National Congress said the arrangement was proving more useful now than it had before the war, in part because the agency was taking new pains to corroborate the intelligence provided.
On Thursday, a Boston Globe article demonstrated Mr. Romney's continuing ties to Bain through 2002, and Mr. Obama said it raised questions for his opponent.
*Whether Microsoft could continue tying products to Windows by contract, a business arrangement that is prohibited by an earlier agreement with the government that is scheduled to expire soon.
