This was a major change from the 2003 2005 period, when Iraq s Sunni neighbors, fearing the country s new Shiite elite, actively opposed the US occupation.

They oppose anything that smacks of European political integration.

Many are lining up to oppose the science of global warming.

Environmental groups, such as Greenpeace, oppose this plan.

But many conservatives also oppose his economic policies, as well as his management style.

One Shia leader, Moqtada Sadr, also vehemently opposes federalism.

The same is true of Buddhists in Burma, who oppose the military junta.

Indeed, the Moroccan Government was opposed to a referendum in which independence was an option.

Owners of coal mines and their clients are thus strongly opposed to any tax on carbon.

There are Tunisians who want less rights, less freedom and less democracy to fight those who oppose freedom and democracy

On 18 May 2003, two anti nuclear initiatives were turned down Moratorium Plus , aimed at forbidding the building of new nuclear power plants (41.6 supported and 58.4 opposed), and Electricity Without Nuclear (33.7 supported and 66.3 opposed).

Many Internet users now expressing their objections to the legislation are calling the law barbaric and a breach of women's rights.

Nevertheless, according to a survey in 2006, about 80 of Taiwanese still wanted to keep the death penalty.

This summer s refugee crisis highlights another and much larger structural problem in Europe demography.

Sadly, the ideological mouthpieces for the super rich in the US, especially the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal , remain bitterly opposed to foreign aid, even if it s just 70 cents per hundred dollars of income!

It was observed that those opposed to exclusive jurisdiction clauses were generally opposed to their application to third parties, and that those in favour of their inclusion in the draft instrument were also generally in favour of extending them to third parties, perhaps with additional conditions.

Environmentalists opposing the pipeline refer, with equal deftness, to dirty oil.

It is a sad fact that a large majority of voters in the EU are against Turkish membership.

Others around the world similarly oppose regulatory institutions, but for very different reasons.

It's very unsettling.

Anton will be terribly missed.

Given these benefits, it seems masochistic for Germans to oppose the ECB s strategy.

Finally, those opposing pay regulation are certain to warn us about unintended consequences.

We beg to differ with those opposing the arrest warrants on the premise that they will hamper peace prospects in northern Uganda.

It's been pretty crazy.

It snowed hard yesterday.

Tom got soaking wet.

3. Strongly condemns

4. Strongly condemns

It is raining hard.

According to FOM, 51 of Russians support abolishing conscription, and 67 are against extending the age of eligibility for the draft.

True, not all members of the thinking minority attend the dissenters marches, yet many more of them silently oppose the regime.

In 1960, a survey from the IFOP showed that 50 of the French were against, while 39 were for.

BRUSSELS Those who oppose Western rapprochement with Kazakhstan cite the country s lack of political and human rights.

Those who oppose radical hostility to all forms of Islam are appeasers of, or collaborators with, Islamofascism. For some, September 11, 2001, was analogous to 1938, or even 1940.

Customs reform requires a commitment not only by the public sector but also by private sector agents who may oppose such reform.

It's very, very preventable.

It is raining hard now.

Japan is very subject to earthquakes.

Their friendship moved us deeply.

Strike hard who cares shoot straight who can

The Germans are deeply conflicted.

But that is merely an alibi that allows the French to claim that they have nothing against reform in principle, but that the reforms being proposed are riddled with injustice.

In effect, a highly conservative vision of sovereignty and the principle of non intervention have always provided a powerful arm for those who oppose the Court.

And let's give these volunteers a nice round of applause.