Two weeks later, in Suhrawardy Udyan, the commander of Pakistan's occupying forces surrendered, granting Bangladesh its independence.
The decree, which reveals the increasing influence of Egyptian natives, remitted debts and taxes, released prisoners, pardoned rebels who surrendered, and granted increased benefactions to the temples.
Critics of Mr. McClendon see the proposed settlement with the township as a white flag of surrender, essentially granting him a waiver from zoning restrictions and allowing him to build a 66-slip marina, 9-story hotel, golf course and up to 100 residential units.
Mr. Kony's advisers said they would never surrender unless they were granted immunity from prosecution, but the Ugandan government doesn't have the power to revoke a war-crimes indictment.
Two other prominent figures who did not surrender and were not granted amnesty by the government -- Ta Mok and Kaing Khek Ieu, the commandant of the Khmer Rouge torture chamber, Tuol Sleng -- have been jailed and could be the first defendants to be brought into court.
Unable to attempt long sieges, Farnese negotiated as quickly as possible and granted honourable surrenders.
"Long ago, Mr. Kenyon's attorney asked for an opportunity to surrender his client and we granted that request instead of arresting him," she said.
The men surrendered on Thursday and were granted $200,000 bail.
The phrase dates back at least to 1886, and the writer Joel Garreau counts "at least six major, widely hailed, New Souths since Lee's surrender to Grant, not to mention the minor, trial-balloon, New Souths that the sad surplus of New Southern journalists float from time to time (everybody's got to eat)." But repetition does not make a label false.
When American forces surrendered at Charleston in 1780, they were not granted customary terms of capitulation that included flying colors and the playing of an enemy tune.
