On 26 March , the 173rd Airborne Brigade was airdropped near the northern city of Kirkuk , where they joined Becoming_a_member forces with Kurdish rebels and fought Hostile_encounter several actions Conquering against the Iraqi Army to secure Getting the northern part of the country .

Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and the central leadership Supporting went into hiding Escaping as the coalition forces completed Process_end the occupation Control of the country .

handwritten notes taken Conquering by defense secretary caspar weinberger on 7 december 1985 indicate that reagan was aware of potential hostage transfers with iran , as well as the sale of hawk and tow missiles to `` moderate elements '' within that country .

The Netherlands , a country with 20 % of its territory below mean sea level and 50 % less than above sea level and which relies heavily on sea defences Defending , was worst affected Influence , recording Recording 1,836 deaths Death and widespread Dispersal property damage Damaging .

Between 562,000 and 2,000,000 civilians were killed Killing and millions of Afghans fled Escaping the country as refugees , mostly to Pakistan and Iran .

The war derives from a 1978 coup when Afghanistan 's communist party took Getting power , initiating Process_start a series of radical modernization reforms Reforming_a_system throughout the country .

The repressive nature of Soviet Afghanistan , which vigorously suppressed Preventing_or_letting opposition including the execution of thousands of political prisoners , led to Causation the rise of anti-government armed groups and by April 1979 large parts of the country were in open rebellion .

As documented Recording by the National Security Archive , `` the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) played Self_motion a significant role in asserting Statement U.S. influence in Afghanistan by funding military operations designed Create_artwork to frustrate Hindering the Soviet invasion Attack of that country .

Soviet troops occupied Control the cities and main arteries of communication , while the mujahideen waged guerrilla war in small groups operating Being_in_operation in the almost 80 percent of the country that was outside government and Soviet control , almost exclusively being the rural countryside .

The prevalence of the Times Square ball drop has inspired Influence similar `` drops Motion '' at other local New Year 's Eve events across the country ; while some use Using balls , some instead drop Motion objects that represent local culture or history .

The next day , Lili struck Attack Cuba and moved Motion across the central portion of the island , the first hurricane Catastrophe to hit Attack the country since Hurricane Kate in 1985 .

The rains heavily damaged Damaging the sugar cane and banana crops , and overall damage Damaging in the country was estimated at $ 362 million ( 1996 USD ) .

After 269,995 people were evacuated Escaping in advance of Lili , there were no deaths in the country .

Cyclone Catastrophe Bola was one of the costliest cyclones Catastrophe in the history of New Zealand , causing Causation severe damage Damaging as an extratropical cyclone Catastrophe when it passed Motion_directional near the country in March 1988 .

Twenty-five thousand people were homeless and damage Damaging throughout the country was estimated at $ 200 million ( 1983 USD ) .

Zeb destroyed Destroying or damaged Damaging 85,844 houses in the Philippines , and damage in the country was estimated at ₱5.375 billion ( 1998 Philippine pesos , $ 126 million U.S. dollars ) , the fifth-costliest at the time .

There were also 83 deaths in the country , a number compounded Cause_to_amalgamate upon when Typhoon Babs struck Attack the same region a week later .

The storm killed Killing 14 people in the country , several related to landslides .

Alastair Stewart has characterised Judgment_communication it as `` a defining Communication and ghastly moment '' that `` changed Change , forever , the conduct Action of industrial relations and how this country functions as an economy and as a democracy '' .

Gareth Peirce , who acted as solicitor for some of the men , said Statement that the charge of riot Violence had been used Using `` to make a public example Protest of people , as a device to assist Assistance in breaking Destroying the strike Motion '' , while Mansfield called Request it `` the worst example Protest of a mass frame-up in this country this century '' .

Damage Damaging in the country was estimated at $ 12 million ( 1968 USD ) , and there were six deaths Death .

It led to Causation the other members of the then G8 suspending Change_event_time Russia from the group , then introducing the first round of sanctions Rewards_and_punishments against the country .

The country 's main airport , the Julius Nyerere International Airport , was also temporarily shut down .

Flooding Motion in that country killed Killing 30 people in Aux Cayes and left Departing 3 other missing .

It was the first time that the War Hostile_encounter in Darfur , previously confined Hindering to western Sudan , reached Arriving the country 's capital .

Opposition groups also reported Reporting thousands more were arrested Arrest and tortured Bodily_harm in prisons around the country , with former inmates alleging Statement mass rape Violence of men , women and children by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards , in prisons such as Kahrizak and Evin .

The incident Attack is now widely believed by many to be a turning Change point in the nation 's history as the future of both the Islamists and Egypt 's stability remain Temporary_stay shadowed and unclear with several violent clashes Attack and other bombings Attack taking place Process_start across the country following its ban .

The primary genres featured in the festival are Indie rock and post-punk , but expands Expansion into other genres such as folk , avant-garde , free jazz , hardcore punk , noise rock and even hip-hop and alternative country .

Even before the Maguindanao massacre Killing , the CPJ had labeled Labeling the Philippines the second most dangerous country for journalists , second only to Iraq .

However , the report Reporting noted Know that the commission had `` yet to be afforded access Having_or_lacking_access to the country , '' which `` substantially hampered Hindering the investigation Criminal_investigation , and its findings should be viewed Perception_active in that light . ''

The equivalent of five months of rain fell Motion_directional overnight in some southern parts of the country according to the Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia .

It draws Create_artwork its name from the `` Oblation '' , a statue of a nude man located in every University of the Philippines campus , which symbolizes `` a selfless offering of one 's self to the country . ''

The Nationalists and the Republican government fought Hostile_encounter for control Control of the country .

Acoustic songs were performed Hold in the country segment which featured Madonna in cowboy costumes .

the operation commenced Process_start during a north atlantic treaty organisation ( nato ) air campaign against the vrs codenamed Military_operation operation deliberate force Hostile_encounter , targeting Aiming vrs air defences Defending , artillery positions and storage facilities largely in the area of sarajevo , but also elsewhere in the country .

Commissioner Anthony W. Batts reported Reporting that , contrary to department policy , the officers did not secure Preventing_or_letting him inside the van while driving Self_motion to the police station ; this policy had been put into effect six days prior to Gray 's arrest Arrest , following review of other transport-related injuries Bodily_harm sustained during police custody Prison in the city , and elsewhere in the country during the preceding Process_start years .

Neither country 's central government intervened Hindering or controlled Control the warfare Hostile_encounter much .

mass defections Escaping from the military , as well as from saleh 's government , effectively rendered Causation much of the country outside of the government 's control Control , and protesters vowed Commitment to defy its authority .

On 23 May , a day after Saleh refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to sign Sign_agreement the transition agreement , Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar , the head of the Hashid tribal federation , one of the most powerful tribes in the country , declared Expressing_publicly support Supporting for the opposition and his armed Bearing_arms supporters came into conflict Hostile_encounter with loyalist security forces in the capital Sanaʽa .

in response Response , factions of the opposition announced Expressing_publicly the formation of their own 17-member transitional council on 16 july , though the joint Collaboration meeting parties that have functioned as an umbrella for many of the yemeni opposition groups during the uprising Change_of_leadership said Communication the council did not represent them and did not match Competition their `` plan '' for the country .

Ansar al-Sunna 's goal is to transform Change the country of Iraq into an Islamic state so their goals are regional Rite .

Roberts became Becoming one of the longest-serving prisoners Prison in the country , serving Assistance 48 years before his controversial release in 2014 .

Tens of thousands of people joined Participation the demonstration Social_event , which gave rise to Cause_to_make_progress protests Judgment_communication across the country .

upon the refusal Agree_or_refuse_to_act of the aioc to co-operate with the iranian government , the parliament ( majlis ) voted Choosing to nationalize iran 's oil industry and to expel Removing foreign corporate representatives from the country .

A majority of Croats wanted Request Croatia to leave Departing Yugoslavia and become Becoming a sovereign country , while many ethnic Serbs living in Croatia , supported Supporting by Serbia , opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act the secession and wanted Request Serb-claimed lands to be in a common state with Serbia .

The Serb and Croatian governments began Process_start to progressively cooperate Collaboration with each other but tensions remain Temporary_stay , in part due to verdicts by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) and lawsuits Legality filed Submitting_documents by each country against the other .

Local , state , federal , and worldwide agencies engaged Participation in extensive rescue efforts in the wake of the bombing , and substantial donations were received Receiving from across the country .

Until the September 11 , 2001 attacks , the Oklahoma City bombing was the deadliest terrorist attack Attack in the history of the United States , and remains the deadliest incident of domestic terrorism in the country 's history .

A new phase of the wars broke out Process_start in 1469 after the Earl of Warwick , the most powerful noble in the country , withdrew Escaping his support for Edward and threw Self_motion it behind the Lancastrian cause .

While the rebellions lacked much central coordination , in the chaos the exiled Henry Tudor , son of Henry VI 's half-brother Edmund Earl of Richmond , and the leader of the Lancastrian cause , returned Arriving to the country from exile in Brittany at the head of an army of combined Breton and English forces .