As a result, despite the EU s many successes, it still speaks with too many voices.

Despite these improvements, the situation remains tense in many places.

Despite improvements and reforms, many of Japan's fundamentals remain woeful.

However, despite its many advantages, congestion charges face some skepticism.

Many people pursue alternative treatments, despite a lack of evidence.

Despite progress made, the diamond sector continues to face many serious challenges.

Iraqis turned out despite many difficulties and attempts at violent disruption.

Part of the reason for Berlusconi s longevity despite his many stumbles is cultural.

However, many humanitarian organizations are determined to remain in Pakistan despite the attacks.

Despite the many challenges that remain, there has been much recent progress in Africa.

Finally, despite the highly technical character of DSA, it does not address many issues.

Precisely for this reason, many of the changes in Europe have occurred despite German opposition.

Despite the dedicated efforts of many professionals, the response to the hunger crisis remains utterly inadequate.

But appearances can deceive. Despite improvements and reforms, many of Japan's fundamentals remain woeful.

Moreover, despite what many believe, crude oil is far from being a homogenous product.

7.9 Despite having the right to vote in elections, many women find it hard to stand.

Despite the ICC s seeming powerlessness, many governments leaders are engaged in strenuous efforts to block the indictment.

Many promote both foreign and domestic investment, despite the failure of such institutional arrangements in the past.

It did not seem to produce many efficiency gains, despite enormous investments in information technology.

And the dollar s exalted global status has survived ever since, despite many episodes of neglect and abuse.

But, despite this legislation, the percentage of women legislators in many of these countries remains very low.

Despite the setbacks, women were ecstatic with the elections, with many sharing videos and photographs of themselves voting.

The African countries' determination to maintain a positive momentum, despite the many and complex challenges, is truly admirable.

Despite many misgivings regarding its conduct in other areas, the Saudi regime should be commended for this initiative.

MAYNOOTH, IRELAND Despite its many woes, the European Union remains a lodestar for poorer states outside its borders.

My own country, despite its many and varied constraints, joined the relief operations at a very early stage.

Despite the fact that the final provision of the Bonn Agreement has been implemented, many challenges remain in Afghanistan.

Despite many past promises of a cleanup, Ogoniland remains in environmental agony, impoverished and sickened by the oil industry.

Despite the high rate of HIV AIDS infections, Malawi s population, like that of many developing nations, is growing rapidly.

Despite massive evidence to the contrary, many people not least theologians fear that we live in a secular age.

On Twitter, many continued to criticise Saudi Arabia and its human rights record, despite the reduction of Fayadh's sentence.

Despite the efforts of the Government of Cyprus and recent positive developments, the fate of many missing persons remained unresolved.

Despite the region s overall economic growth over the past two decades, life for many Roma is worse now than ever.

Despite many financial crises and defaults, this creditor debtor relationship worked, on the whole, to the benefit of both sides.

Many pointed fingers to how Western countries continue to support Saudi Arabia, despite its atrocious human rights record.

Despite a recovery in asset prices in many countries and the deceleration of negative growth, unemployment is high and rising.

Labor and many product markets remain closed, despite the urgent need to increase competition, lower production costs, and raise productivity.

Despite abiding by many of Iran's religious ethics to make the film, conservative religious elements eventually called for its ban.

8. Emphasize, however, that many least developed countries, with the support of their development partners, have, despite many difficulties, produced notable achievements through wide ranging and far reaching reforms

At the same time different alternative treatments are pursued by many patients, despite the paucity of supporting, comparable, replicated scientific study.

Despite a good start, many countries are developing these twenty first century technologies within an old and blinkered mindset.

There we met a checkpoint despite checking so many times that there wouldn't be a checkpoint in that place

Now Yanukovich is trying to reverse the country s democratic gains, but he is finding it difficult, despite imprisoning many opposition leaders.

But, despite this and associated growth disappointments, 2013 will be a stronger year for the global economy than many people expect.

Despite its many rivers, Iraq s fishing industry has remained relatively small and based largely on marine species in the Persian Gulf.