More would not accept the king s assertion of supremacy over the church.

The slave trade, however, became illegal in 1843 and Valongo lost its purpose.

So far, Musharraf has accepted his diminishing stature quietly though he has few other options.

It will not be generated by our delegation but by what is made self evident by events and by the need to ensure the continued relevance of the Conference on Disarmament.

Ben Ali s successor could raise his profile by clamping down on cronyism.

The British pound only forfeited its role to the US dollar after more than 50 years of industrial decline and two world wars.

And yet he is the least popular of the Fifth Republic s presidents, the one whose fall from grace with the French has been the most spectacular, rapid, and durable, to the point where political experts, and his friends and foes alike, wonder whether he can rebound.

In the Horn of Africa, there is no leader of his stature who could ensure the stability and strong governance that the region so desperately needs.

Yet too few who have tried his methods worldwide have had his personal integrity or moral stature.

An energetic and daring gambler, Sarkozy is taking a high but legitimate risk that he can retake the moral (and political) high ground.

He has also reduced his own status as the ultimate arbiter in Iranian society, a role that was central to Khomeini s dominance of the system.

Ahmadinejad disobeys his orders, tries to discredit him with the public by challenging his authority, and undermines key institutions, including the judiciary and the parliament.

The Council shall therefore gain in stature and win wider legitimacy within the international community for its decisions if it is truly representative of all the membership.

The economy experienced a slowdown in 2005, but in 2006 recovered to the fastest pace in six years on the back of increased exports and strong investment.

When such prescriptions present themselves, policymakers should take a deep breath and ask how the tyrant got there in the first place. When US led forces overthrew Saddam Hussein in 2003, far too little effort was made to understand how a peasant tyrant like Saddam was able to seize power and hold it for so long.

Virtually all of the debt repayments due in the next few years are to the IMF, whose implicit status as senior creditor ensures that it is repaid first. Because Greece is rapidly running out of cash, it will first have to borrow more from either its European neighbors or the IMF itself.

This would be a lot easier with the Constitution in place, but there are measures that can and should be adopted now to make that possible.

For instance, reform of the Security Council, a body that is emblematic of the leadership of the United Nations, should proceed in a manner that enhances its moral authority through democracy, accountability and efficiency.

So is his international stature and popularity, especially after a Spanish judge accused him of conspiring to assassinate former Colombian president Andrés Pastrana in Madrid back in 2002.

The dollar originally acquired international currency status in the 1920 s, when the newly established Federal Reserve started buying and selling dollar acceptances, backstopping the market and enhancing its liquidity.

This paper offers two alternative approaches for UNOPS to achieve the goal of becoming, once again, a financially viable, client oriented operations management and service provision entity.

A man from the Colombian swamp, from the poorest village who suddenly, thanks to his literature and creativity, sees himself being praised and demanded by the powerful...

So far, Musharraf has accepted his diminishing stature quietly though he has few other options. The new political leadership, both inside and outside the parliament, has been carefully avoiding a head on collision with the president.

But, however imperceptibly, the rewards for success on Wall Street, and in finance more generally, are changing, just as the definition of finance must change if is to reclaim its stature in society and the trust of citizens and leaders.

In the past, the Bank was seen as a purveyor of neoliberal orthodoxy an approach to development whose credibility had weakened by the time Wolfensohn arrived, and whose standing has eroded further since.

As essential as it is across our traditions, as real as so many of us know it to be in particular lives, the word compassion is hollowed out in our culture, and it is suspect in my field of journalism.

What we are witnessing can be seen is a return to the past, with the West returning to its old place in the world before the start of China s long process of historical decline at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Welcomes the Working Paper presented by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and adopted by the 1st Islamic Conference of Youth and Sport on Muslim Youth on future challenges and the mechanisms included on promoting and protecting Muslim Youth and enhancing its status in the society included therein.

Montazeri, whose status as Grand Ayatollah (the most senior of Shia Muslim theologians) gave him more religious authority than Khamenei, challenged Khamenei s qualifications to issue fatwas (Islamic religious rulings) or to succeed Khomeini as Supreme Leader.

Instead, in December 2004, in a joint communiqué issued by Spain, the United Kingdom and Gibraltar, it was announced that a forum for dialogue about Gibraltar had been established, separate from the Brussels Process, with Gibraltar participating in its own right.

Japan s economy, once the region s leader, was lost after its asset bubble burst, whereas China overcame the economic stagnation that followed the Tiananmen Square crisis of 1989 to achieve its current path of strong growth.

CAMBRIDGE Two society hostesses are rivals. Both guard their social standing jealously and may even punish a guest who attends the other s party by withholding future invitations.

But is the Gates affair the right way to enter into this discussion? One might argue that itwas.