Mr. Green said all the recent defections had been from Havana-bound flights.

The Reagan Administration has been struck by the recent defections of a large number of ranking White House aides.

He mused for a few moments, and then mentioned the recent defection of Mr. Balboni, left, which left Republicans with a slimmer 33-28 majority.

He has a well-equipped army of nearly 10,000 soldiers that remains, despite recent defections and setbacks, the main threat to Cambodia's new, elected Government.

The irony of this difficulty, after his recent public defection to the west, was not lost on Panufnik.

Lord, Day is one of the nation's oldest firms but has suffered from recent defections of top partners.

And despite recent defections to the Government, the area still forms a separate, undigested and potentially troublesome society within Cambodia.

Washington's culture of political aggrandizement helps explain two recent defections from the Republican Party.

Oxford and his men immediately cried treachery; as staunch Lancastrians, they were wary of Montagu's recent defection.

The most recent defection in the Iraqi ruling family was the flight to Jordan of two of President Hussein's sons-in-law and their families in 1995.