11.   Ultimately, he said he would go along with the proposal if a symbolic American presence remained, the Israelis said.

12.   Yet their presence remains a major obstacle to establishing real peace there before the latest NATO mandate runs out a year from now, many experts say.

13.   A heavy security presence remained in place at the legislature on Wednesday, although there was no sign of trouble.

14.   A heavy police presence remained and rallies were banned.

15.   At a U.N. meeting in Copenhagen earlier this month, President Franjo Tudjman succumbed to U.S. pressure and agreed to allow a modified U.N. presence to remain in Croatia.

16.   At one point, France controlled about one-third of the African continent, and its military presence there remains a pillar of its international status.

17.   Beijing increased the number of soldiers stationed in and around Shigatse in June and July and the military presence remains high, Barnett said.

18.   But a heavy police presence remained and rallies were banned.

19.   But the Israeli presence remains pervasive.

20.   But two major bomb attacks against U.S. military targets in the past seven months have made it clear that the American presence remains a highly sensitive issue.