In 2004, it withdrew plans for a store on 18th Street amid protests.

The official withdrew the comments amid an international storm of protest.

But it then withdrew the statement from its official Web site amid confusion over the accuracy of the translation.

In March, international peace monitors withdraw from some posts amid growing lawlessness.

The reservists were initially to be withdrawn from their positions around the capital as a sign of good will, amid fresh international efforts at peace.

The companies withdrew their merger proposal last month amid mounting regulatory scrutiny, but said they would continue talking.

His wife Martha attempted to succeed him, but withdrew from the campaign amid weak support for her candidacy.

Damascus did withdraw 3,000 troops from Beirut last year amid great fanfare, but few of them went home.

He withdrew in July amid reports of a difference in defence strategy.