Former leaders of Ituri armed groups continue to wield influence

Confused and self absorbed, Europe is not in the best position to wield influence.

They will wield decisive importance in swing states like Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and Nevada.

The identity of the new king is clear, but who will really wield power is not.

Saakashvili must be pressured to abandon his effort to wield full control over Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Greenpeace and many others claim that GM foods merely enable big companies like Monsanto to wield near monopoly power.

And like any new technology, it's really in humanity's hands to wield it for the betterment of mankind, or not.

Under Khamenei s leadership, an unholy trinity of nouveau riche Revolutionary Guardsmen, hard line clergymen, and indoctrinated Basij militiamen increasingly wield power.

According to one estimate, middle class consumers in a dozen emerging economies today wield annual purchasing power totaling approximately 6.9 trillion.

Behind closed doors, governments wield financial incentives and regulatory powers to mute media criticism and twist editorial content in their favor.

Of course, the Central American nations do not wield huge influence in Mexico if anything, it is the other way around.

What will it mean to wield power in the global information age of the twenty first century? Which resources will produce power?

But can China be persuaded to wield its influence constructively, rather than maintaining its pretense of neutrality when its assistance is badly needed?

With the government still having room to wield expansionary monetary and or fiscal policy, the economic revival was only a matter of time.

And banks boards of directors, which wield ultimate control, are not legally required to consider the broader impact of their actions on others.

Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it, and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

Sometimes likened to a secular Pope, the UN Secretary General can wield the soft power of persuasion but little hard economic or military power.

The upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of the wealthiest members of society, who also wield the greatest political power.

May it not be that if you were to wield authority you would cause corruption in the land and ill treat your blood relations ?

May it not be that if you were to wield authority you would cause corruption in the land and ill treat your blood relations ?

Though some of Iraq s conservative local clerics wield considerable influence, its current leaders will resist any drive to transform the country into a socially repressive and isolated state.

But it also faced opposition from a variety of other, far less democratically minded, forces, including holdovers from Hosni Mubarak s regime, who continue to wield influence in official institutions.

If he were to wield authority , he would try to cause corruption in the land and to ruin the crop and the stock , and Allah does not like corruption .

If he were to wield authority , he would try to cause corruption in the land and to ruin the crop and the stock , and Allah does not like corruption .

The EU and the US should wield more of their clout at the World Bank and other international organizations to link development grants to progress on press freedom and human rights.

Three cases before the country s increasingly assertive Supreme Court promise to take Pakistan from the phase of demilitarization to a system in which meaningful checks can be exercised on those who wield power.

Mexico City s middle class residents who wield disproportionate influence countrywide are also incensed, both at the teachers for disrupting their lives and at the federal and local authorities for failing to restore order.

This perception is shaped by recollections of past abuses carried out by local strongmen who continue to wield influence and the existence of candidates accused of having committed human rights violations and criminal acts.

Suddenly, we humans, a recently arrived species, no longer subject to the checks and balances inherent in nature, have grown in population, technology and intelligence to a position of terrible power. We, now, wield the paintbrush.

In particular, they object to the plan s proposal to give increased powers and responsibilities to the Secretary General, whose selection is effectively in the hands of the Security Council s five permanent members, which wield veto power.

This term was fixed to Roman legionary standards, and even after the Roman Emperors achieved a state of total personal autarchy, they continued to wield their power in the name of the Senate and People of Rome.

That bigness should be centered on oneself, not in terms of money, not in terms of power you wield, not in terms of any status that you can command in the society, but it should be centered on oneself.

Facing the end of a self imposed three term limit as prime minister, he is intent on changing the Turkish constitution to introduce a presidential system with himself on top as the first incumbent to wield much enlarged power.

Thus, the acceleration of economic growth since the third quarter of 2012 should come as no surprise. With the government still having room to wield expansionary monetary and or fiscal policy, the economic revival was only a matter of time.

The answer is that the kind of power that big banks wield today is very different from what was imagined by the Sherman Act s drafters or by the people who shaped its application in the early years of the twentieth century.

So I had to wield my paralyzed arm like a stump and cover the numbers as I went along and pushed them, so that as I would come back to normal reality, I'd be able to tell, Yes, I've already dialed that number.

Third, Greece s eurozone partners wield a massive stick that is typically absent in sovereign debt negotiations. If Greece does not accept the conditions imposed on it to maintain its membership in the single currency, it risks being thrown out of the European Union altogether.

Gilens and Page report similar results for organized interest groups, which wield a powerful influence on policy formation. As they point out, it makes very little difference what the general public thinks once interest group alignments and the preferences of affluent Americans are taken into account.

And whether or not Russia does decide to invade, the Kremlin's rhetoric creates tactical space. With this room to maneuver, it could theoretically prepare for and even justify an invasion, or it could simply wield more power at the negotiating table, the next time leaders sit down for peace talks.