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But what it can do is launch a much-needed political process and, more important, produce a ceasefire agreement between government and
opposition
forces.
After all, a ceasefire is not a peace agreement; it would, for the time being, leave regime and
opposition
forces in their respective positions.
Belief in immortality made the
opposition
between life and death relative.
The central issue is a demand by all
opposition
parties and civil society groups to amend the 1971 constitution and abolish the 23-year-old State of Emergency that was imposed following Anwar Sadat's assassination in 1981.
Regional and international events have also emboldened the Egyptian opposition, not only to press for reform, but to focus on amending the constitution's articles that pertain to the presidency.
The
opposition
battle cry is "No" to Mubarak's re-election and "No" to passing the presidency to Gamal.
Last month, US President Barack Obama, in setting out his broader foreign-policy stance, spoke of Syria’s three evils – brutal military tactics, the terrorist threat from the opposition, and the need to support refugees.
The
opposition
is fragmented, comprising more than a thousand armed groups.
After a session lasting until midnight, punctuated by the introduction of 187 amendments (most by the
opposition
but some by coalition allies of the ruling Congress Party), the government pleaded incapable of processing all the amendments in time.
In Eastern Europe, Poland’s governing Civic Platform outperformed the nationalist opposition, while voters in the Baltic states, where the economic effects of austerity were the most severe in the entire EU, endorsed centrist European Parliament candidates.
There is growing
opposition
to illegal entry, but no consensus about what to do about those who have been in the country illegally for years or those who want to come to the US in the future.
In the end, the Fund felt compelled to defer to the EU’s
opposition
to devaluation, because it contributed only 20% of the funds.
And this past October, talks were held in Astana, the capital, on the Syrian crisis, with representatives of the Syrian government and some armed
opposition
groups in attendance – despite Kazakhstan’s distance from the tragic developments in that country.
The victory of a Hindu chauvinist hardliner – a man who had systematically blocked his predecessor’s peace-making efforts while in
opposition
and demonized Pakistan in his campaign speeches – was naturally assumed to portend a bilateral chill.
Religious organizations can mobilize people in
opposition
to corrupt, oppressive rulers.
Second, he reiterated his own
opposition
to legalization, but then added: “at this point.”
The private use of SDRs could also be encouraged, though that would likely be met with strong
opposition
from countries currently issuing international reserve currencies, especially the US.
Keeping SDRs as pure “central-bank money” would eliminate such opposition, enabling them to complement and stabilize the current system, rather than upend it.
Strauss-Kahn’s nomination was also an effective strike in terms of French domestic politics, as it promised to weaken the Socialists’
opposition.
This is why the
opposition
between so-called “realists” and “idealists” in foreign policy, and between proponents of “hard” and “soft” power, is proving to be a thing of the past.
When Deng Xiaoping launched his radical program of “reform and opening up” in 1978, he faced fierce
opposition
– mostly from fervent ideologues and revolutionary diehards.
Syrian
opposition
groups beg for the kinds of weapons needed to fight President Bashar al-Assad’s planes, defend hard-won territory, provide safety for civilians, and signal to Assad that the world will not stand by as he does whatever it takes to subdue his own people.
And perhaps it would do no good; it might save a few lives, they argue, but, with so many different countries fighting a proxy war via so many different groups of
opposition
fighters, it would not change the overall dynamic of the conflict.
After Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan in 1949 to form the Republic of China in
opposition
to Mao's People's Republic, he sought to maintain his dictatorial regime but was made to recognize the importance of building Taiwan's economy so as to strengthen the island.
True, China cannot entirely overlook US pressure and the staunch
opposition
of its top oil supplier, Saudi Arabia, to Iran’s nuclear program.
The movement’s rapid growth was fueled by widespread
opposition
to what many regard as official efforts to regiment lifestyles, as well as by frustration over perceived economic inequities.
A striking feature of the protests has been the distance that the demonstrators have put between themselves and existing political parties, including the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the largest force in the center-left secular
opposition.
The democratic
opposition
can address the flaws of the existing order only if it recognizes the need for very different forms of mobilization from those of the past.
The Price of Media SilenceSANTIAGO – In 1986,
opposition
journalist José Carrasco Tapia was dragged from his home in Santiago, Chile, by one of General Augusto Pinochet’s death squads.
Because the government parties control barely more than half of the Bundestag, they no longer overwhelm the opposition, rendering it irrelevant.
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