The remaining Allied warships and the amphibious force withdrew from the Solomon Islands, temporarily ceding control of the seas around Guadalcanal to the Japanese.

The British Government temporarily ceded sovereignty over the suite in which the birth occurred to Yugoslavia so that the prince would be born in Yugoslav territory.

In 1618 the Deulino Armistice saw the southern and western area of the Bryansk region temporarily ceded to Poland.

Incapable of leading his crew, Bonnet temporarily ceded his ship's command to Blackbeard.

Disabled by his wounds, Bonnet temporarily ceded command of the Revenge to Blackbeard, but remained aboard as a guest of the more experienced pirate captain.

He then temporarily ceded the manor of Bentworth in 1207-8 to the Bishop of Winchester, Peter des Roches.

In early 1215 the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, temporarily ceded control of the castle to King John.

After 1991, due to the War in Abkhazia, nearly all Abkhaz football clubs temporarily ceded playing.

Though the delirious first response to the announcement of Mr. Castro temporarily ceding power dampened as myriad questions went unanswered, anticipation remained palpable here on Tuesday.

Still, to many Cubans, the country is now in limbo, led by an interim ruler but also, to some degree, by the man who temporarily ceded power to him.