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At the time, overall command of the Bosnian Croat forces was held by Brigadier Milivoj Petković.

That was the block where prisoners of the American occupation forces were held pending and during interrogation.

While the SALT negotiations were under way in Geneva, talks on the prospect of cutting back conventional forces were held in Vienna and are still in progress.

But Curious George and his world seem almost to have been a refuge in which historical forces were held at bay by a focus on the timeless innocence of childhood, sensed in the artificial world of this strangely tailless monkey.

The Koran episode occurred in February at the library of the Parwan detention center on the edge of Bagram Air Base, where thousands of Afghans captured by American and international forces are held.

The more one reads a Bishop poem, the greater the sense of huge forces being held barely but precisely in check — like currents pressing heavily on the glass walls of some delicate undersea installation.

"We know the esteem in which our armed forces are held and we should reflect that in legislation.

Labour leader Ed Miliband said it was a "tragic" incident and must be dealt with, but the case did not change the "esteem in which our armed forces are held".

After distribution of the recommendations to the entire group, a face-to-face meeting of the task force was held in June 2009 with the aim of reaching a consensus on the draft recommendations from each subcommittee.

More fundamental forces are holding back spending.

2. Electromagnetic forces are holding your skin and bones together.