During these rounds, 52 national teams competed to determine the seven teams.

Roughly 40,000 Saudis are expected to compete for 1,700 seats in 178 municipal councils.

Bush was competing with Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination in 1980.

As of now, there are 11 candidates to succeed Korean Ban Ki moon, the current UN secretary general, whose tenure concludes January 1, 2017.

The 908 has competed in all rounds of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup including the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In stages called tablados performers compete in different musical and theatrical categories, like murga, negros y lubolos (playing candombe), parodists and humorists .

The USSR and USA competed for influence in Latin America and decolonizing states of Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Both major political parties look tired, and at the same time as if they are competing to imitate each other.

The overall trade weighted value of the renminbi has thus declined significantly, particularly relative to the currencies of the emerging market countries with which Chinese producers compete.

The border dispute remains unsettled, and both countries vie for influence in neighboring states such as Myanmar.

Until then, however, it is business as usual which includes one of the accused, Kenyatta, vying for the presidency.

The awards are mostly open to all nationalities, though there is an award for Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Producer or Director.

A society that is unable to offer an effective response to other societies it competes with will usually be subsumed into the culture of the competing society.

In many racing sports an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time.

So the announcement that he wants competitive presidential elections is an important first step.

In the meantime, each of them is competing not for a single grand prize but for a share of a growing market, risking investors money and their own reputations.

The rise of authoritarian capitalism best symbolized by China, but also embraced by countries as disparate as Malaysia, Singapore, Kazakhstan, and Qatar has created a new model that competes with (and challenges) liberal democracy.

Producers of raw milk complained to the Chilean competition agency of an apparent agreement among milk processors not to compete for existing customers of their rivals.

Iranian presidential candidates are competing with each other in use of social media like Facebook and Twitter even though these sites are filtered and generally inaccessible to internet users.

The election marks a new beginning for the people of Bougainville as candidates compete for public support, as the public takes part in voting and as officials gear up for the inauguration of the first Autonomous Bougainville Government next month.

And then she'll call out a math problem so let's say four times four and then one student from each team has to compete to figure out that four times four is 16 and find the tire with the 16 on it and sit on it.

Should such a process occur in China, the CCP could transform itself into a major political party competing with others for power, as formerly autocratic parties have done in Mexico and Taiwan.

The surprise decision by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to propose a constitutional amendment that would allow direct and competitive presidential elections may be a giant step for democracy in Egypt and the Arab World.

The Olympics are a venue in which individuals and countries compete, but in conformity with a set of rules. This is exactly what we want from China in the twenty first century.

While Palestine may not be able to send a team to South Africa, a Palestine team is competing against foreign residents of Gaza who have formed teams representing their countries, in a tournament being played over the first two weeks of May.

For example, the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team is extremely popular because the sport is popular in the country, even though the highest competition it competes in the Rugby League World Cup is not.

In the Bronx or in Soho, in Washington Square or Times Square, in front of the New York Public Library or near a hot dog stand, across all the planets races, the banal vies with the exceptional for one s attention.

On January 23, 2014, an international jury named the winners of the 'Best Dress of Kazakhstan' contest, a competition for young fashion designers in the country. Ten designers competed in the event, showcasing one or two of their best dresses.

One project, foresees using space based assets to attack ground targets, however this project will find it difficult to gather support, as it competes against much less expensive ground based alternatives.

The CIO would not have a fiefdom and would not compete for power or turf with other senior officials, but would simply remind the president or other people of the role of information every time it was appropriate.

A religion is not only a belief system it is also an institution, a language, and even a kind of market actor, competing for supporters. Radical terrorist groups attempt to consolidate their distorted version of true Islam as the only institution, imposing their language to win the entire Muslim market.

From Berlin to Paris, and from Paris to Rome, European leaders may ultimately be doing the same thing, but they are all doing it separately, as competitors vying for Russian favor rather than as partners within a supposedly tight knit Union.

Unlike when the Alliance was created, a multi polar world system has taken shape, in which the West s demographic and economic share has fallen, and in which it must now compete with successful authoritarian models such as China or even Russia.

And the ongoing Karmapa saga, with its shadowy politics and intrigue, could turn out to be only the opening act a foretaste of what may come when two dueling Dalai Lamas emerge after the incumbent passes from the scene.

The many small scale clashes and acts of banditry that were reported in May underscore the increasing volatility in this region and other parts of Darfur where nomads compete with farmers for access to land and other resources.