They even ruled out Merkel.

But the matter is far from settled Obama has not ruled out a military strike.

Nothing should be ruled out from discussion, including verification.

Indeed, while changes in fundamental perceptions may not occur easily or fast, they should never be ruled out.

This may well have an impact on future regional political coordination, although Mexico s future membership has not been ruled out.

(And don t think central banks have ruled out the inflation tax.

The High Court ruled that it did not.

Such an outcome cannot be ruled out, but the prospects are uncertain at best.

A division of Kosovo would be contrary to this approach and must be ruled out.

A revision of US policy towards Israel s nuclear status can by no means be ruled out.

Servants have ruled over us there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

The idea of a single report raised in the paper's first point had been ruled out.

But, neo conservative haughtiness We don t speak to evil ruled out a pragmatic response to Iran s demarche.

But, neo conservative haughtiness We don t speak to evil ruled out a pragmatic response to Iran s demarche.

At the same time, Fanmi Lavalas remained internally fractured and there were indications that moderate elements of the party have not ruled out participation in the transition process.

The choices China faces are as difficult as they are unavoidable. Major social unrest cannot be ruled out.

Likewise, the appeal of war has ruled out the prospect of serious negotiations between Israel, Syria, and Lebanon.

Although Hamas has ruled this out, it has shown no hesitation to use heavy force against its opponents.

An unpleasant surprise cannot be ruled out at this point, it might be Europe s greatest source of hope.

Their existence jeopardizes the existence of mankind as a whole, particularly as the risks of nuclear confrontation and the accidental use of nuclear weapons have not been ruled out.

Shia ruled Iraq has not been well received in the Sunni Arab world.

Apart from discouraging banks from investing abroad, outright restrictions on foreign banks market access cannot be ruled out, either.

I ruled out a role for Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), the accounting unit issued by the International Monetary Fund.

But a third scenario less predictable change following a victory by Enríquez Ominami should not be ruled out, as campaign advertisements will appear in the media only starting November 13.

Adults ruled supreme.

At the same time, while I was interviewing the Red Brigades, I also discovered that their life was not ruled by politics or ideology, but actually was ruled by economics.

With a majority of the Republican Party on a jihad against government spending, fiscal explosions this autumn cannot be ruled out.

The Kremlin has probably lost its chance to remove Saakashvili by overt force, although sinister, more stealthy means cannot be ruled out.

On May 30, 2003, a U.S. federal judge ruled that Hezbollah carried out the attack at the direction of the Iranian government.

Although both Hezbollah and Iran still argue, perhaps correctly, that Israel will not give back the Golan Heights or allow the emergence of a Palestinian state, the possibility of peace cannot be ruled out.

Second, the subject for negotiations is unclear, because Putin has ruled out Chechen independence, and surrender by the separatists is just as unlikely.

Although the collapse of the common currency area owing to political squabbles seems unlikely at this point, it cannot be ruled out entirely.

With the only effective solutions full blown eurozone political union, or abandoning the euro ruled out, muddling through is all that is left.

After 2008, by contrast, policymakers succeeded in preventing the worst, which ruled out the sense of urgency that surrounded the Pecora Commission hearings.

Since the General Assembly has ruled out cross borrowing from active peacekeeping operations and restricted the use of the Peacekeeping Reserve Fund, however, not all of those resources could be used for temporary cross borrowing.

That has been the missing ingredient, not only in Iraq, but also in other countries ruled by despots.

The French court ruled that there was not enough information to determine the cause of al Durrah's wounds.

Nor should the possibility be ruled out that Iran might be tempted to back its regional ambitions by supplying nuclear material to proxy terrorist groups.

It unilaterally ruled out the presence of regional observers on the Thai Cambodian border, a deal mediated by Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa in February.

In addition, the Committee considers it an aggravating factor that the author's proposed truth defence against the libel charge was ruled out by the courts.

Although the Court ruled that genocide had taken place, it decided that Serbia was not responsible under international law.

At the very moment when negotiations were beginning in Geneva, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in the Knesset (Israel s parliament) that the possibility of a pre emptive attack on Iran s nuclear facilities could not yet be ruled out.

Wael was ruled in absentia last November.

In 1793, for example, John Cornish was found not guilty of maiming a horse after pulling the animal's tongue out the judge ruled that Cornish could be found guilty only if there was evidence of malice toward the owner.

On one hand, stimulus had become a dirty word even within the Obama administration well before the Republicans mid term election victory ruled out another round altogether.