1. Zhou expressed reservations over the change of status, describing it as a step toward the country becoming a military power.
2. Comparable figures for other sides in these wars either do not exist, or are unclear as to the civilian or military status of those killed.
3. Canada deported on Tuesday the first of some 200 Americans who deserted the US military and sought refugee status to protest against the Iraq War.
4. It would also enlist military and local law enforcement to help stop illegal entrants and require employers to verify the legal status of their workers.
5. For over 20 years, the green military overcoat was the symbol of a person's social status in China.
6. Kosovo has waited eight years for its future status to be decided since NATO military intervention and its handover to UN control in 1999.
7. In the course of China's peaceful development, its military strength is being enhanced in keeping with the country's rising international status.
8. Such valuations are reasonable by Chinese standards, especially taking into consideration the company's leading status in China's military supply industry.
9. The latest review by Mullen covers the military's status during 2007, but the readiness level has seesawed during the Iraq war.
10. The report criticized the five permanent members for modest financial and military contributions compared to their special status.