For its part, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood s Palestinian branch, seeks to consolidate its control over Gaza and use it as a base from which to take control of the West Bank and the Palestinian national movement.

Soon after the field was discovered, the Zimbabwean military took control of the area.

And indeed the pope tried to deprive the town of its dominions in northern Sardinia.

The Philippines has effectively lost control of Mindanao, just as Serbia has lost control of Kosovo, yet no one has recognized Mindanao s unilateral declaration of independence.

Near Tel Aviv, in adjoining Jaffa, a competing militia under Hassan Salameh, took control.

Saleh won at the time, but today al Ahmar s troops have control.

The Government has made considerable progress in increasing its control over the diamond mining sector.

And, in the denouement, the state loses control of its province as the secessionists declare independence.

World War II In the case of the Second World War, the U.S. government took similar measures in increasing its control over the economy.

Israel has long since decided that it has no interest in renewing its control over the Gaza Strip.

Today, China has seized control of a huge swath of local African industries, in the process grabbing their allocated export quotas.

Yet it was never able to use the former to advance the latter.

Yet another totalitarian communism expanded its domination.

To be sure, Russia has tightened its control of the separatist enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The Baath maintained control over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and over all Iraqi diplomatic missions abroad.

Winter 1808 By that time, Russian forces had overrun all of Finland.

The result was a decisive victory for Rome, allowing it to unify Central Italy.

(a) Any activity within the scope of the present articles carried out in its territory or otherwise under its jurisdiction or control

The last decades have provided the regime with near ideal conditions to seize control over the Shiite clerical establishment in Iraq as well.

Although the French established a colony in 1891, their control of the region was weak.

The people created a government that established its power over a vast empire.

Russia reached the Pacific coast in 1647 and consolidated its control over the Russian Far East in the 19th century.

From 1 to 23 November, Russian squadrons were dispatched into the Black Sea to establish control of the sea.

Thanks to its domination of the coast, Oyo merchants were able to trade with Europeans at Porto Novo and Whydah.

With the advent of a large degree of self rule in 1964, the government began to assert its control over schooling.

I would like to stress the importance of the Government of Lebanon's extending control over all of its territory, especially in the South.

The very downstream access Gazprom wants in Europe is the EU s trump card.

During his rule, opposition to the communist regime increased, and the government lost control of the countryside.

The Palestinian Authority's inability to exercise control over its territory remains a source of great concern.

Revenues from diamond exports have continued to increase as the Government has increased its control over the diamond mining sector.

Over time, they invented fascinating ways to control their subjects, combining education, bribery, and force.

By provoking ethnic conflicts in the territories of former Soviet republics, Moscow hopes to keep them under its control and influence.

The scholars urge the German government to

(d) State of origin means the State in the territory or otherwise under the jurisdiction or control of which the hazardous activity is carried out

In Sierra Leone, UNAMSIL has been actively engaged in supporting the Government to ensure its control over diamonds.

It should therefore continue with the reform and strengthening of its security services and exercise its monopoly over the use of force in the territory under its control.

The phrase in areas under their control in the second line of paragraph 22 is not found in the Amended Protocol.

Geologically, the islands are connected to Taiwan, and Japan gained control over them by taking possession of Taiwan in 1895.

Georgia oriented blogger, zabugina , believes that the goal of Russia s military is to destabilize the region and sway the elections.

The Group documented that Kinshasa authorities have yet to regain control over operations in Ituri.

ISAF committed itself to taking over provincial reconstruction teams in a counter clockwise direction, beginning in the north east.

But America still makes people dream, and its emotional hold on the world remains unique.

The secretariat makes every effort to reduce such pressures, but notes that they are not entirely within its control.

Allow me in this regard to quote from the statement made by the leader of the delegation of China at the Summit

As an ally of Bern, Fribourg participated in the war against Charles I of Burgundy, thereby bringing more land under its control.