Beating the Oil Barons

The battle was the last Swedish victory on Finnish soil.

The third stage extends the myth through heroic triumph.

The United Nations was born 60 years ago in the victorious aftermath of the anti fascist world war.

However, this popular triumph did not last long.

Putinism claimed victory after invading tiny Georgia in 2008.

The greatness of that event carries with it a truly fateful significance for all of humankind.

The war against terrorism cannot be won by military means alone we need a broad approach.

For the Haitian people, last year was supposed to be a year of celebration marking the bicentenary of its victory over slavery and colonization.

Francis Fukuyama s The End of History and the Last Man testified to this sense of triumph and historical duty.

Consider the declaration of victory over polio in India, which seemed impossible ten years ago.

The imminent indeed, inevitable victory of politics over recalcitrant economics may well be at hand.

23 April, he scored and helped in another in a 0 5 victory over Al Wasl.

The victory of 60 years ago was also the work of Poles.

We knew, too, that its peaceful victory would be a lesson for the rest of the bloc.

The Soviets had their victory in World War II, followed by the creation of a global superpower. Putinism claimed victory after invading tiny Georgia in 2008.

They regard the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany as the highest achievement of the state and nation that they inherited from the USSR.

The victory over fascism, because so many of its participants remain active, is a living event in our memory.

It would lead first to the end of the Socialist Party created by François Mitterrand.

Declaring true victory over global warming will take a lot more pragmatism, and a lot more work.

The overwhelming victory of the British played a role in eventual loss of their thirteen American colonies.

And in any case winning the battle against perception is sometimes winning half the war.

The security situation is still volatile, and the fight against terrorism has not been won yet.

The actions of the Mugabe regime in the run up to Tsvangirai s decision demand a strong regional response to what is clearly a stolen victory.

A number of Syrian campaigns into Egypt were stopped short of total victory by the aggressive campaigning of Amalric I of Jerusalem.

To this day, and with unabated pain, Belarussians recall the victims who gave their lives for the sake of victory over Naziism.

The relationship between Central and Eastern European countries and the Jewish people has always been characterized by both triumph and tragedy.

Europe could change the course of this development only if it presented itself as a serious player and stood up for its interests on the global stage.

The victory over Nazi Germany 60 years ago will be commemorated and the human sacrifices to this end honoured. So far, so good.

To be sure, this runs counter to the triumphalism emanating from Asia, in particular.

Ultimately, however, the war against terrorism could be won only through cooperation.

A victory over the Muslims at the Battle of Ourique in 1139 is traditionally taken as the occasion when the County of Portugal as a fief of the Kingdom of León was transformed into the independent Kingdom of Portugal.

We stand firm in the fight against terrorism and in our conviction that a sustained and permanent victory depends upon the success of each individual country in the struggle for social cohesion.

If sustainability is to triumph, it must be predominantly a bottom up process.

Popular among his subjects, he was an able military commander, most famous for the victory over the Turks in the 1683 Battle of Vienna.

By holding these celebrations in Red Square, and thus highlighting the Soviet victory, today s Russia is also celebrating its gains in that war.

The greatest accomplishment of WW2 by Norwegian forces was the victory in the battle of Narvik, especially the mountain war forcing the German forces all the way from the ocean to the Swedish border.

Mr. Jeenbaev (Kyrgyzstan) (spoke in Russian) One cannot speak without emotion about the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

That victory will bring peace and progress to our country and, with illicit drugs uprooted from our soil, the world will feel great relief.

This gradual shift, combined with Hamas s endorsement of Abbas s diplomatic approach in the UN, suggests that Hamas now believes that a military victory over Israel is not possible.

Mr. Wang Guangya (China) (spoke in Chinese) This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and many countries are celebrating that historic victory against fascism in a number of ways.

An exhibit entitled Lest We Forget The Triumph Over Slavery , organized in association with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and a non governmental organization, was mounted at United Nations Headquarters.

But Kenyans must not let themselves get too carried away by this political victory our country will not change at the stroke of a pen.

And, in the wider triumph of the precepts of financial deregulation and market completion, both interests and ideology have clearly played a role.

The peaceful massive marches of Yemen which never stopped throughout the year are a testimony of Yemenis' steadfast and resilience and prove ultimately, like the billboard reads, that victory is to the people .