He is the only major Turkish politician to declare himself against the death penalty.

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Mr Ahmadinejad has, in fact, yet to declare himself formally as a candidate.

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Mr Gordon defended his client's decision to declare himself bankrupt in Northern Ireland as something "which he is quite entitled to do".

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The final decision to declare himself fit to return in time for the Heineken Cup quarter-final defeat was one that Tindall made himself.

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EU. Not that he, for all his opposition to trade liberalisation when industry minister from 1991 to 1993, would declare himself against markets as such.

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As the real owner need declare himself only when the coupon is paid, foreign investors sell their bonds and buy others just before the coupon-payment date.

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If yet another young army officer decides to declare himself the country's latest saviour before May, even long-suffering Nigerians might give up on it as a nation state.

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Many carried placards urging ElBaradei, who has lived in Vienna for more than two decades, to declare himself a candidate for President and to lead a challenge to the regime of President Hosni Mubarak.

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Today his brother, a leader of the same party, awaits the guidance of the United Nations before he will declare himself on how America should respond to another nation threatening the United States with weapons of mass destruction.

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During the campaign, Bush was intentionally vague on questions about his partying days: He admitted that he drank too much as a young man, and he quit at age 40 amid a spiritual awakening that saw him declare himself a born-again Christian.

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