The military had developed an entrenched distrust of her, given her position as a popularly supported pro Western leader who wanted peace with India.

Ever protective of his position as sole leader of the Palestinian people, Arafat sought to block any means by which a potential rival could challenge him.

Rafsanjani was in a much stronger position vis à vis Khamenei, who had just been selected to succeed Khomeini as Supreme Leader, than any of Iran s subsequent presidents.

Second, we find ourselves in the unusual position of having a global leader the United States that is also the world s biggest debtor.

Okay. I am known as Captain Organic, and that's a philosophical position as well as an aesthetic position.

This theory has gained credence because the Communist Party s current leader in the Tibet Autonomous Region formerly held a powerful position in Xinjiang Province.

In other words, this is hardly a moment when any leader anywhere would be in a position to offer more concessions to the opposition.

Poland, too, is emerging as a foreign policy leader.

Its two super power assets nuclear weapons and energy make it a potential leader of all those lesser powers dissatisfied with their position in the world.

Not since Dag Hammarskjöld has a UN leader been as acclaimed as Annan.

Putin s position is reinforced by strong public support, as well as by the dramatically weakened position of major Western leaders.

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Mehrdadd writes on Twitter, that the Iranian Leader shows he is against the Iranian people. Now any political personality should take a position for or against people.

Steinhoff is dominant in the neighbouring South African market and might abuse that position dominance in the Zimbabwean market by undercutting prices or becoming a price leader.

As a result, Netanyahu s position is strong.

If he becomes Fatah s leader (and hence leader of the PA and the PLO as well), any compromise with Israel would become unimaginable.

Peter Caruana, leader of the Gibraltar Social Democratic Party, was reappointed Chief Minister of Gibraltar. Joseph Bossano continues as Leader of the Opposition.

Social Enterprises Asia has emerged as a leader in social entrepreneurship.

Between 1998 and 2003 he served as opposition leader on the council.

As another participating leader put it, our global village needs global democracy.

Having had direct meetings with both Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Erdoğan was in a unique position, as a prime minister of a NATO country, to convey these critical messages to a regime whose top level decision making processes remain as opaque as ever to the West.

The Dalai Lama s curious position has complicated India s diplomatic dance with China. He is simultaneously the most visible spiritual leader of a worldwide community of believers, a role that India honors, and a political leader, a role that India permits but rejects in its own dealings with him.

You didn't break it. It's just in a new position, and that new position can be just as beautiful.

Since the president has no authority over these issues, any disagreement between the Supreme Leader and the next president will place the president in a difficult position with no real power.

The position of the commander of the Palestinian forces supposedly puts the various Palestinian military, security, and intelligence units under one leader, who is expected to ensure the rule of law.

Yanukovich s anti democratic position should come as no surprise.

Senate minority leader Paterson was elected by the Democratic caucus of the Senate as Minority Leader on November 20, 2002, becoming both the first non white state legislative leader and the highest ranking black elected official in the history of New York State, unseating the incumbent Minority Leader, Martin Connor.

Whether it recognizes it or not, China has emerged as a world leader.

Working as a team leader, he has acquired considerable managerial and organizational skills.

All elites young and old see China as Asia s natural leader and America as a recent interloper.

As a natural regional leader, Serbia can expect to reap the benefits as all states advance toward membership.

She has also served as a leader of the Saenuri Party (formerly known as the Grand National Party).

The Police Unit Leader as well as a policeman have been arrested and are being detained awaiting trial.

The treatise of Guggenheim describes the legal position as follows

As the leader of a political party, the central idea for me nowadays is to empower individuals. A traditional party leader says to his followers, You can trust me.

But it became so powerful that there was actually a cabal, a group of people, the top seven on the leader board, who would work together to make sure they maintained that position.

The representative requested that that position be set forth in the report of the current meeting as the position of the Conference.

The Arab Spring, despite its still inconclusive outcome, greatly weakened Egypt s role in regional politics and made it possible for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to position Turkey and himself as the leader of a Muslim bloc and a model of co existence between Islam and democracy.

George W. Bush once said that his role as leader was to be the decider.

UNICEF continued to serve as a global convener and leader on issues related to OVCs.

As I have already noted, it is a leader in early warning and conflict prevention.

With angry young Arabs from different countries demonstrating outside its Cairo offices and demanding support for their Libyan brethren, the Arab League took an uncharacteristic position it agreed to denounce a fellow Arab leader.

Leader organizations should be established for each of the current vendor groups as well as for other existing systems, such as IMIS.

The EU s position as a climate change champion is in danger.

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