Word: standings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...also become the latest weapon in the controversy over remarks made last month by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in which he equated the most conservative style of Islamic women's dress, the burqa, with subservience. "This is cowardly act supported by many western politicians like Sarkozy ... We should stand against such an inhumane act," wrote one man on the message board of a Facebook group titled Defending the Rights of the Late Marwa El-Sherbini, which claims more than 1,000 members...
...Hamid Karzai, which those forces sustain. This is a place - as British and Russian armies discovered and were sent packing after their discoveries - where the waters of vengeance run deep. "If the Americans kill an Afghan father, the son will take revenge and pick up a gun and will stand against foreigners," says Abdul Qadir, 38, who runs a shoe-shine business on a Kabul street. "People hate Americans," echoes Ezatullah, a driver from the town of Maidan Shahr, "because they kill innocent people...
...managed to get the U.S. to kowtow to Israel but if Obama is resolute he may force a freeze on the settlements. The Palestinians have had their land stolen for long enough and they deserve it back. Not only that, they deserve to take over the settlements as they stand today as well as receiving back all the refugees who were forced to leave. The U.S. must no longer feed another apartheid. If Obama stands firm perhaps Netanyahu will stop saber-rattling and calm down. James Mc Donald, MILAN, ITALY...
...dollars that we're passing on to our kids, expecting them to pay off for us, is immoral and doesn't even make economic sense. So his growth-of-government agenda needs to be ratcheted back, and it's going to take good people who have the guts to stand up to him." (See highlights from a debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin...
...several important fights at home. Corruption fighters in Indonesia have repeatedly voiced concern that the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, arguably the most feared agency in the country, was being weakened by forces in and outside the government. "We want to see the President stand up for the KPK," states Anies Baswedan, a political scientist and rector of Paramadina University in Jakarta. "He has to make sure its members are protected, otherwise all of the good members will leave...