The X-cross, X-frame, bondage cross, Saint Andrew's cross or saltire cross is a piece of sex furniture consisting of two diagonal X-shaped bars to which a submissive is secured, typically using restraining points at the ankles, wrists, and waist. It is a common piece of equipment in BDSM dungeons. When secured to an X-cross, the subject is restrained in a standing spreadeagle position. The size of the cross needs to match that of the person attached to it.
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United Nations Security Council resolution 1303, adopted unanimously on 14 June 2000, after reaffirming all resolutions on the situation in Cyprus, including resolutions 1251 (1999) and 1283 (1999), the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for a further six months until 15 December 2000. The resolution also noted that the Government of Cyprus had agreed that, given the prevailing conditions on the island, it was necessary for UNFICYP to remain beyond 15 June 2000.
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The term annexation of Savoy to France is used to describe the union of all of Savoy—including the future departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie, which corresponded to the eponymous duchy—and the County of Nice, which was then an integral part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, with France in 1860. This union is expressed in the French version of the Treaty of Turin.
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