The allied coalition would also withdraw its forces under this plan.

The coalition withdrew that legislation yesterday and offered two other compromises, both of which were defeated.

The Indian Government lost its parliamentary majority on Wednesday when its largest coalition partner, a party from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, withdrew its support.

Complaining that the 2007 parliamentary election and the 2008 local elections were "masquerades", this coalition withdrew from participation in national and local electoral commissions in August 2008.

"Any statement indicating that our coalition has withdrawn endorsement of Mr. Green, or of any other candidate, was unauthorized and is inaccurate," it said.

India seeks to expand its economic presence in Afghanistan as the international coalition fighting the Taliban withdraws combat forces through 2014.

The coalition withdraws vital state support underpinning a fragile UK economy in a thousand ways.

Eventually the coalition government breaks apart and the Duke resigns, with both regret and relief, and withdraws into private life, hoping to be of use to his party again one day.

After the international coalition withdrew its forces, the Japanese Army stayed on.

A coalition of African and Arab countries that had backed Stanley Fischer, the American who serves as deputy managing director of the monetary fund, withdrew his candidacy today.