Yet Mbeki s achievement is severely marred by two failures.

Political transitions were marred by violence in some African countries, prompting good offices efforts by the United Nations and others to prevent disputes from escalating into armed conflicts.

Those preparations were marred by violent incidents, many of them arising from internal disagreements within the Fatah party concerning the composition of the party's lists.

Ethnic violence marred the 1997 election as well.

Europe has moved beyond an order dictated by the logic of power and a system marred by animosity and strife.

Similarly, in Kenya, President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga signed a power sharing agreement following elections in January 2008 that were marred by widespread irregularity, violence, and destruction.

Independence Day in Kazakhstan has been marred by violence in the past in 2011, more than a dozen protesters were killed in a confrontation with police in the city of Zhanaozen.

That positive momentum was marred by a large scale Abkhaz military exercise the largest in the post war period.

Like as many were astonished at you (his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),

As many were astonied at thee his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men

The efforts to attract FDI are, more often than not, marred by the conspicuous absence of a vibrant domestic investment base in developing countries.

These three agreed to form a Presidential Council after violence marred the 1970 elections.

Sunshine from Iraq shares with us here experience with Eid, marred by the fear of explosions, bombings and concern about near and dear ones dying.

According to the attorney who represented one of the victims, most of these women come from families marred by incest, alcohol abuse, and parental suicide.

The run up to the G 20 s summit in Seoul was marred by a series of currency controversies, bringing international monetary reform to the fore.

Marred by an ongoing civil war for ten years, Somalia didn't overlook the development of its economy, starting with telecommunications, a sector with millions of subscribers.

He hoped that issues before it would no longer be marred by one sided political agendas, and that it could return to productive methods of work.

Those talks ended up with progress on several crucial fronts, such as getting developed and developing countries to jointly agree on emissions targets for the first time, but were marred by scenes of chaos in the final hours and bitter recriminations among governments.

Ultimately, our progress depends on the resolve of everyone to transform the lives of the 1.5 billion people whose lives are marred by violence, conflict, and insecurity.

The Central African Republic has been marred by conflict since 2012 when the Muslim faction Seleka and the Anti Balaka began warring over control of the territory.

Indeed it was Platini who scored the winning goal in the 1985 European Cup final against Liverpool, however this was marred by a tragedy which changed European football.

We made clear our reservations with respect to the text of the outcome document, whose adoption was marred by a lack of transparency and by manipulation on the part of certain very powerful delegations.

In his foreign policy, too, Sarkozy seems to combine the right intuitions with the wrong tactics that is, when his entire strategy is not marred by the pursuit of contradictory objectives.

Even though it has democratized some of its local decision making, the Chinese Communist Party maintains a tight grip on national politics and the human rights picture is marred by frequent abuses.

But my joyful period was marred by solemn and morbid thoughts thoughts of walking through the prison's high security death row, as this was the only route to take me to the makeshift operating room.

NAIROBI As Kenya approaches its general election on March 4, memories of the bloodshed that marred the controversial 2007 presidential election remain fresh.

There are fears the Durban Review Conference, to be held in Geneva from April 20 24, could become a repeat of the original South African event in 2001, which was marred by claims of anti Semitism.

Modi s triumph has not noticeably been marred by widespread accusations that the BJP is creating fake accounts to boost his number of followers (and, if true, it would be further proof that Twitter now matters in India).

Preparations for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have already been marred by reports of as many as 400 Nepalese and 700 Indian construction workers dying in conditions that can approach 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius).

We call upon this Council to look beyond the diversion and witness the larger picture a tiny country, marred by terrorism, mobilizing its citizenry and political will to take a bold step for peace in the region.

It is traditional for teens and children to jump over the bonfires an allotted number of times for good luck sadly, this year's celebrations were marred by the death of two people, one of which died when he tripped while trying to jump over one of the biggest bonfires, perishing in the middle of the fire to unsuccessful attempts to rescue him by onlookers.

For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it and behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

While violence and instability have long marred the informal sector witness the country s high crime rate and frequent attacks on foreign traders they are becoming more common in the formal sector as well.

Compared to other Gulf monarchies, the Kuwaiti royal family has limited powers, though constitutional rules have frequently been ignored charges of vote rigging marred the 1967 election, and parliamentary dissolution has dotted the country s history.

In 2006, 51.2 of Belarusians were employed by state controlled companies, 47.4 were employed by private companies (of which 5.7 were partially foreign owned), and 1.4 were employed by foreign companies.

Most CLJ delegates were indirectly elected by ELJ district representatives or by special constituencies 52 were appointed by the President.

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred but new wine must be put into new bottles.

Some were driven by an honest mission to expand property ownership others were driven by greed.

Four images were drawn by Moreau for this edition and were engraved by Pierre Charles Baquoy.

He goes on to write that Rama and Dasaratha were insignificant chieftains, who were ignored by the Puranas, but whose exploits were remembered, elaborated and magnified by by bards.

Both were won by FRELIMO.