Kazakhstan had lobbied for years for this opportunity in the face of fierce opposition from Britain and other EU countries.

Although this may seem mundane outside France, Sarkozy s foreign policy revolution has incited fierce opposition at home.

Opposition was fierce. Lobbyists sought to water down the proposed legislation, with telecommunications companies particularly opposed to its net neutrality provisions.

Although this may seem mundane outside France, Sarkozy s foreign policy revolution has incited fierce opposition at home. Indeed, all left wing parties denounce Sarkozy s rupture with the Fifth Republic s military diplomatic heritage.

PRINCETON An information war has erupted around the world.

Syrian Muhammed Basheer asks MBAA A few minutes ago he said there was no opposition before the elections and that there had to be opposition with a popular base!

Vigorous opposition to the occupation continued, nevertheless, and after World War I it increased in the U.S. as well.

The current text triggered strong opposition.

This fit the ideology of a brand of capitalism that was red in tooth and claw.

Towards the Government building, Iraqi armour encountered heavy resistance in the surrounding streets and neighbourhoods.

Far from it. But it does mean that France will no longer oppose America just for the sake of opposing America.

When Wolfowitz was finally pushed out after a bruising battle, Bank staff were beside themselves with joy.

After finally seizing Grozny amid fierce resistance, Russian troops moved on to other Chechen strongholds.

Serbia is even more strongly opposed.

France therefore voted against the draft Declaration.

In parliamentary debates, fierce ideological battles may be the order of the day, but ad hominem attacks are off limits.

But inflation has its own adverse distributional and efficiency implications, and would be fiercely resisted.

Further eastward expansion of NATO, however, will be possible only against fierce Russian resistance.

Moreover, massive economic dislocation could destroy the cohesion of the ruling elites and make them more vulnerable politically. Indeed, members of the ruling elite will be the most immediately affected by financial deleveraging.

But there is growing opposition to such moves.

The suggestion met with no objections.

That had encountered no public opposition.

Both the EU and Russia have advantages to offer, so competition between them could be fierce.

In an aggressive campaign of naming and shaming, the paper showed how MPs had been exploiting loose regulation to their advantage.

Twitter was ablaze with lots of opposition to and some support for the proposal.

According to Russia s definition this includes any opposition to the regime.

She was also vocal in her opposition to animal experiments.

He was one of the youngest at the conference.

The first organized opposition emerged under the umbrella of Charter 77.

His attacks on ECB President Jean Claude Trichet were often vicious and quite personal.

But it is a cruel, vicious, absolutely conscienceless I'll be all right, keep your seats game that these people play.

The Chinese government has also begun a ferocious crackdown on social media, arresting prominent activists on dubious charges.

It was ruled by the Indonesian army, which fought a brutal civil war against the separatist Free Aceh Movement.

The army brutally suppressed any opposition to Bururi rule.

Of course, Turkey remains opposed to an independent Kurdistan.

The party went on to win in a landslide.

We welcome the Knesset's decision to oppose any postponement of that disengagement.

They also continue to train their militia and are making a mass appeal to Somali civil society for religious based opposition to the Transitional Federal Government.

Observing the relationship between her father and stepmother, and their affection toward her half brothers, she is said to have become embittered and developed a fierce personality.

The Tamil Tigers led a ruthless campaign for an independent territory against Sri Lanka s government for most of the past three decades.

The Chinese leadership seems to be aware of this dilemma and is not, in fact, eager to be dragged into fierce competition with the West or its neighbors.

The opposition to health care reform is a similar cause of bemusement.

Developing countries are, if anything, even more opposed to such ceilings or caps.

But opposition to China s aggressive economic expansion in the region has also emerged.

The raid achieved surprise, and the British aircraft met little opposition.