Word: resisted
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...Awami League is not blameless either. Western diplomats in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, say the party's stubborn refusal to compromise on any of its demands, its calls to take the fight to the streets and its decision earlier this month to boycott the election-"we'll resist the one-sided polls at any cost," Hasina told a rally-all made confrontation inevitable. "It's hard to see that there's a good-faith effort on either side," said one Western diplomat before Iajuddin called off the election...
There's another reason that Iraq is likely to resist Iran's influence: Muqtada al-Sadr. Ironically, the Shi'ite leader America fears most is also the one feared most in Tehran. Al-Sadr is a thug, but he's a nationalist. He wants a strong central government in Baghdad, not a Shi'ite mini-state in Iraq's south. As Ray Takeyh notes in his book, Hidden Iran, Tehran's mullahs fund al-Sadr to cover their bets, but distrust and dislike...
...Hagel of Nebraska--is even working with leading Democrats to pass a resolution against it. Hagel, a twice-wounded Vietnam veteran, has said Bush's plan to increase U.S. troop strength in Iraq by 21,500 represents "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder since Vietnam, and I intend to resist...
...Strolling Ostrava's wind-swept streets in his footsteps, I could not resist the guessing game. At Jindricha, one of his watering holes, it could be anyone. "It's definitely none of the patrons," insists Iveta Mickova, a plump, no-nonsense waitress, thick gold hoops dangling from her ear lobes. The regulars, she continues, suspect a guy who keeps scribbling away while sitting alone puffing on his pipe. "See that guy with the bag?" she winks towards a slim, bearded fellow approaching from the street...
...This time, the Awami League accused the BNP of stacking the caretaker government and the electoral commission with partisans. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced earlier this month that her coalition would boycott the poll and called for her supporters to "resist" the "one-sided" elections. Bitter rival Khaleda Zia, who was prime minister until last October when she and her government stood down for the agreed-upon caretaker body to take over ahead of the election, insisted the poll should take place no matter what...