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In their effort to overcome centuries of military and commercial backwardness, Muslims have sought to industrialize, rationalize administration, and adopt modern forms of political life.
Since the fall of the Ottoman Empire a century ago, Western powers have sought to control the Middle East for a variety of reasons, including claims on oil, access to international sea routes, Israel’s security, and geopolitical competition with Russia in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
Business interests sought to replace SEC commissioners who wanted the rule, and their lawyers threatened to sue the SEC if it moved forward.
Uproar broke out when five local conservative barons sought to hang onto control of their regions by accepting the National Front’s support.
The last US president showed empathy for minorities and immigrants; defended human and civil rights; achieved a diplomatic breakthrough with Iran; sought peace in Palestine; and, most problematic, attempted to hold the Israeli leader to account.
Along with tighter margins, low-cost financing, and cheaper materials, this allows Chinese firms to compete for projects with tenders for as little as half the price sought by their Western competitors.
As the chief petitioner in her case, I have sought justice in Guatemala's courts for nearly 12 years.
Sites such as Friendster and MySpace sought extra profit by compromising the privacy of their users, and were instantly punished as users deserted them to relatively safer competitors like Facebook and Twitter.
No Russian-speaking refugees from eastern Ukraine or Crimea have fled into Russia, and no Russian-speaker has sought political asylum anywhere else outside the country.
From March to December 2011, hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched every Friday, seeking the same political liberalization that Tunisians, Egyptians, Yemenis, Bahrainis, Jordanians, and others across the Middle East and North Africa sought in what was optimistically called “the Arab Spring.”
He thus sought to subvert religion by making it purely instrumental.
So they sought, and established, their own solutions.
Sheikh Ahmad Yasin, a paraplegic refugee from the village of Jora (now on Israel’s southern coast), worked quietly to build a grass-root movement with the tacit assent of the Israeli army, which sought to encourage an alternative to the PLO.
In 2011, more than 60,000 people sought its help – far more than can expect a reasoned decision.
Germany has long sought a seat on the United Nations Security Council, making common cause with Japan, Brazil, and India.
Having sought to cool the property market by reining in runaway prices, Chinese leaders will be hard put to restart growth.
In Iraq, for example, the US military, working closely with the Iraqi government, has sought non-traditional means to provide accurate information to the Iraqi people.
So these first reformers sought to engage with the ideas that they saw emerging from Europe: rationality, tolerance and ethically determined behavior.
Countries can argue that they have actively sought a diplomatic solution and have even offered humanitarian assistance, only to be rejected by the Maduro regime.
But the effect of his case on international justice ensures that, at the very least, he will be remembered for his indictment in Chile rather than for the impunity he had sought to ensure.
Exempting emerging markets from any commitments, as the Kyoto Protocol sought to do, no longer makes sense.
Throughout its history, China has sought to treat its neighbors as vassals – a mindset currently reflected in the way that it has approached negotiations with Vietnam and the Philippines over the South China Sea.
After massive protests, Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoed two of the three bills that sought to curtail the courts’ independence.
Some even sought to be highly economical with the truth, failing to disclose the true extent of their budgetary slippages and indebtedness.
In essence, he sought to demonstrate that however many questions, arguments, and even potential conflicts exist between China and the US, both countries’ leaders should address them with an attitude of cooperation and sincerity.
In 1989 and 1990, as communism collapsed and glasnost took hold, many Russians hungrily sought the "facts."
Until his murder is solved, the truth that he sought in life will elude his countrymen in his death.
The first concern – American job losses to China – is viewed as a byproduct of China’s trade surpluses, which the US has typically sought to remedy by advocating for renminbi revaluation.
Xi told Singh that he sought “a fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable settlement based on mutual understanding and accommodation,” adding significantly, “Let’s settle the boundary framework agreement quickly.”
Those who have worked overseas for democracy, freedom, and the rule of law and who have sought the support of the international community have done necessary work.
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