But the Belgians refused to believe that he was serious about relinquishing their nationality. |
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The French and Spanish then came through and in an exciting finish the Belgians held off a comeback by the Irish to take the bronze. |
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The award is rarely received by foreign nationals and the pair are the first Belgians to be honoured in this way. |
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It is important that correct procedures are followed, and the Belgians were remiss. |
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A townsman appeared in the door as we approached, leading one of the roan Belgians out onto the road. |
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Establishing a safe area of operations for the Belgians brought these soldiers into direct confrontation with a clan warlord's militia. |
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And also she has scoured the world to see what successful countries like the Russians and the Belgians are doing. |
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Less vocal, Britain's gamesome King Edward VII and gamey King Leopold II of the Belgians were just as intime chez Maxim. |
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A hardy few climb to another refuge, Re Alberto I, named after the eponymous king of the Belgians who came here to climb. |
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Both of the Belgians are on the comeback trail having spent last year struggling with injury or illness. |
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On the surface the discussions between the French and Belgians were cordial, but in reality each side was suspicious of the other. |
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Those Belgians from the south speak Walloon, which is a French patois derived from Latin. |
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The Belgians in the Congo, the French in Algeria, practiced torture and sexual humiliation on despised recalcitrant natives. |
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The Belgians sponsored a compromise which attempted to address linguistic sensitivities. |
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They reported that the fatalities also include three Danes, two Swedes, two Belgians and one French. |
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Suddenly the Belgians are exciting and confident and the nation is daring to hope once more. |
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As Belgians became emphatically European, their own national identity was increasingly under question. |
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Last Tuesday, December 14th, the spotlight was on some Belgians who have come to work in Ireland. |
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After the Second World War many Belgians and Italians came to France to rebuild. |
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Russians and Belgians had their shops smashed if they were in the way of the mob or went unrecognized as allies. |
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The Danes, Belgians and Italians are more relaxed still with their working weeks of fewer than 39 hours. |
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Yet in a 1952 referendum the Belgians voted in favour of keeping the monarchy. |
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Olivier explained that village carvers had made the sculptures in response to orders from Belgians. |
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The legal system is based on traditional tribal customs and the German and French models introduced by the Belgians. |
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He put on a wonderful demonstration with his four-horse hitch of Belgians and another competitor showed how it's done when he hitched his pair of gray Percherons tandem. |
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Belgians had oblong heads because Belgian mothers wrapped their infants in swaddling clothes and slept them as much as possible on their sides and temples. |
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The Belgians are not bosom buddies, and they grew up at different ends of the country, under different tennis federations and speaking different languages. |
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Earlier in 1831 a new Kingdom of the Belgians had been created across the cultural and linguistic differences that divided Walloons, Flemings, and Germans. |
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What this says about the Belgians relative to the Dutch, I don't know. |
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Conrad condemned the abuses of the Belgians, and he condemned a little bit of the excesses and pretensions of the English, but he saw no alternative to colonialism. |
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The brigade in the footage is said to comprise about 20 French nationals and 20 Belgians. |
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Although the Tutsis were the minority, the Belgians gave them all the leadership positions. |
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In the 19th century, the Azande fought the French, the Belgians and the Mahdists to maintain their independence. |
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This mission was the first in a long line of UN missions which the Belgians supported. |
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Belgians hold the most Tour de France victories of any country except France. |
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The French 42nd Division at Nieuport was sent as reinforcements on 23 October, when the Belgians were pushed back between Dixmude and Nieuport. |
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Through intelligence reports, the Belgians deduced that German forces were concentrating along the Belgian and Luxembourg frontiers. |
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Although the Belgians, British and Dutch had few tanks, the French had 3,254 tanks, larger than the German tank fleet. |
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The Belgians flew 77 operational missions but this contributed little to the air campaign. |
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The Belgians launched considerable counterattacks which were broken up by the Luftwaffe. |
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While most of the associates of Marx and Engels were German immigrants living in Brussels, some of their new associates were Belgians. |
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During this period of systematic exploitation, about 800,000 Belgians fled the Southern Netherlands. |
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These organisations were also fundamental to encouraging Belgians to enlist into the German army. |
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Many Belgians, especially the Socialists, strongly opposed his return to power. |
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Despite postwar affluence, however, many Belgians continued to live in poverty. |
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Approximately 394 Belgians have served in Lebanon, in demining and medical operations, and a frigate is also present. |
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I mean, for all I know Belgians are the Tintin and Snowy of fifa. |
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The two legger with the Belgians was in the quarter-finals of the Fairs Cup when United were the defending champions. |
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For years the British had the Irish, the French the Belgians, Americans take the lift out of the Canadians who in turn have a dig at the Newfies. |
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Belgians forces were briefly sent in to evacuate Belgian nationals and army officers. |
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The Czechoslovakians, Germans, Danes, Belgians, Australians, and Luxembourgers all do yeoman service with their mugs. |
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One particular plant of interest to the Belgians is Orphium frutescens, which depends on the buzz of the carpenter bee to release its pollen in its native South Africa. |
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Again, it shows the callousness of the Belgians and their Katangese agents that they did not care one fig whether Lumumba's final hours were filmed or not. |
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The Belgians had represented the largest and most capable element in the UNAMIR mission, leaving it incapacitated and unable to cope with the events of the Rwandan Genocide. |
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Today, many Belgians and Germans still claim Mercator as their own, despite the lack of any evidence pertaining to the birthplace and background of his father, Hubert. |
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The Siege of Antwerp lasted for 11 days, but the city was taken after heavy fighting by the German Army, and the Belgians were forced to retreat westwards. |
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Also represented in smaller numbers were Swedes, Danes, and Belgians. |
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In it, a competition between the Belgians and the Gauls from Armorica takes place to decide who was the bravest under the unlikely adjudication of Julius Caesar. |
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On 21 July 1831, Leopold I, the first King of the Belgians, ascended the throne, undertaking the destruction of the city walls and the construction of many buildings. |
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The French Corps de Cavalerie had reached the Gembloux Gap on 11 May and officers reported that the area had been far less fortified by the Belgians than expected. |
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Akamoon might need to pick up hints on mood variation from Acme, but the latter could also have observed the vi olent power levels of the Belgians. |
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The Belgians have been strong advocates of European integration. |
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Nevertheless, Celtic origins are many times implied for continental groups such as the Asturians, Galicians, Portuguese, Swiss, Northern Italians, Belgians or Austrians. |
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On 16 October, the Belgians and some French reinforcements began the defence of western Belgium and the French Channel ports, at the Battle of the Yser. |
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Education is compulsory from 6 to 18 years of age for Belgians. |
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The Belgians, along with the Luxembourg government, sent a detachment of battalion strength to fight in Korea known as the Belgian United Nations Command. |
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The Belgians took over in 1916 and it became a trust territory. |
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