The Al Saud family has been fighting to protect the flow of oil and dollars ever since--against conservative religious elements that have little sympathy for the U.S., partly because of its support of Israel.
Many political observers believe the race will be tight, with the National Front potentially edging out Anwar's alliance partly because of its entrenched support in predominantly rural districts.
The MDC has lost quite a lot of support because of its patchy performance in the unity government.
But US Treasury Under-Secretary John Taylor said the US could not support the IFF because of its "legislative process".
This year 2012 marks a very special edition for the Festival "Timbalaye" to be held from 18 to 21 August, because of the recent proclamation of the rumba as national heritage of Cuba and to support its nomination for the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Judging Say on Pay as a waste of time, in only its second year, because shareholders have approved the vast majority of pay packages with overwhelming support, is also nonsense.
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Qualcomm has an opportunity to lead in the LTE space because it already builds a chipset that has worldwide capabilities (Gobi), and because it has announced that all of its LTE chipsets will support both types of LTE (Frequency Division Duplex and Time Division Duplex) that will be deployed.
Those of us on the left who support the act because it is better than doing nothing loudly lament not only its omission of a public option, but more importantly the fact that it is not a single-payer, publicly financed, privately delivered, health-care plan.
In theory, if a country cannot cut interest rates, because of monetary union, it should use fiscal policy to support its economy.
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Before OWS Zuccotti Park was removed by authorities, the local residents who had given the movement its political support was threatening to withdraw it because of the sound of drums.
In the past few years, his support for Serbia in Bosnia and his refusal to recognise Macedonia because of its name squandered Greece's chance to help make the Balkans safer.
In a sign of the gun lobby's influence, a nine-day sports and outdoor show scheduled to take place in Pennsylvania next month was postponed Thursday because the NRA withdrew its support over the decision by organizers to ban the display of "modern sporting rifles" -- the kind of semi-automatic weapons targeted by Feinstein's proposal.
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In March the United Nations abandoned its bid to impose a blanket ban on human cloning because of opposition from countries that support embryonic research for therapeutic purposes.
Bowman expects this application, which was developed with Calgary Scientific, to be popular on EVO because its fast processor and 4G technology support will speed up the sending and receiving of detailed medical images.
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As we often note in such a circumstance, the company is not really required to devote any amount of resources to buy back shares, but if it feels it is in the best interest of shareholders (because the stock is too cheap) Kellogg has the ability to support its stock.
Increased service charges affected 18% of respondents, and 2% had lost their support entirely because their local authority had changed its eligibility criteria.
Russia, which was critical of the tax levy on bank accounts because its locals account for nearly all of the foreign accounts on the island, failed to offer Cyprus financial support on Wednesday.
Mr Khan has said he acted to deflect western attention from Pakistan's own nuclear programme (in 1990 America had cut off all military aid to Pakistan because of its then covert bomb-building) and, in the case of Libya and Iran, as a gesture of support for two fellow Muslim countries.
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