The deal, which had been widely expected, means the end of independence for Fleming, one of the last privately held investment banks based in Britain.

The fall of the kingdom was the end of independence for the Mon people as well as their centuries-old dominance of Lower Burma.

Ironically, this increase in Russian influence led to the end of Korean independence.

With the end of the Communist regime and independence of Armenia in 1991, important steps were made to revive the traditions of the Armenian nobility.

The Battle of Pydna and its political aftermath mark the effective end of Macedonian independence, although formal annexation was still some years away.

During the committee's deliberations, the British government endorsed the report's recommendations concerning the end of the mandate, independence, and Jewish immigration.

When the Arverni lost to the Romans it marked the end of Gallic independence.

The war saw Upper Burma annexed and the end of Burmese independence.

He describes the Treaty that gives every Member State the right to withdraw from the Union as an end of independence.

If the merger is approved, it would mean the end of independence for P.S.E.&G., which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2003.