The monarch also has the power to alter British territorial waters and cede territory.
There would be 1.3 billion people who would be angry if we cede territory".
They worried about treaties with Britain and Spain that might cede territory or sacrifice navigation rights in exchange for peace.
An armistice in 1918 forced Bulgaria to hobble its army, to pay reparations and to cede territory, including its outlet to the Aegean, to Greece and Yugoslavia.
For its part, the government, especially in Kashmir, has shown itself willing to suffer endless low-level conflict rather than cede territory.ULFA is a difficult negotiating partner.
In his statement on Saturday, Mr. Sadr seemed to be claiming the moral high ground despite having to cede territory in Basra.
Israel would annex clusters of Jewish settlements on 5percentt of West Bank land; in exchange Israel would cede territory in the Negev, near Gaza, to the Palestinians.
According to the Treaty of San Stefano (March 3 , 1878, the Ottomans were to recognize the independence of Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro and cede territory to them, concede autonomy to an extensive new state of Bulgaria, cede territory to Russia in the Dobruja (west of the Black Sea) and eastern Asia Minor, introduce various administrative reforms, and pay an indemnity.
American commanders predicted last year that the Taliban would embark on an assassination campaign as they were forced to cede territory across southern Afghanistan in the wake of an American offensive.
Are we thinking that if we cede territory to the Taliban because they promise not to let Al Qaeda back, we will be able to hold an imaginary line, including Kabul, with the Afghan and international forces we will have?
