Further proof came in another story making waves in Strasbourg, the departure of British Conservatives from the main centre-right group, the European People's Party (EPP).
Modeled deliberately on the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the main pro-Israel lobbying group, the CANF changed American policy toward Cuba.
Kidal - home of the head of Ansar Dine, the main militant group in northern Mali - was bombed overnight by French forces, Malian officials say.
But prospects for launching talks at an international conference in Geneva began fading after the main Western-backed opposition group said it wouldn't attend as long as Hezbollah fights in Syria and the situation in Qusair remains dire.
Earlier this year the leader of Bahrain's main opposition group, al-Wefaq, called for the crown prince to attend talks aimed at ending the unrest.
The main Sunni group is al-Asalah al-Islamiyah (Islamic Purity) Society, which has seven MPs in the Council of Representatives and stresses the Islamic identity of Bahrain.
Well before the main group of pro-Ouattara forces - made up of the New Forces, now called the Republican Forces of Ivory Coast - pushed south, he had already shown the weakness of the official state army.
The main group was the AUC - the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia, which officially at least has demobilised.
The main element was the ex-Milenio group, which had been schooled by its allies, the Zetas, in unconventional warfare, and later turned against them.
Meanwhile, Worcestershire have signed a two-year extension to their deal with main sponsors The Cotswold Group, which the club have confirmed is worth a six-figure sum.
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Although it had some unsavoury, ultra-nationalist allies, the Socialist People's Party, Montenegro's main opposition group, which is backed by Mr Milosevic, co-operated amicably with international observers to make sure the contest was seen to be fair.
Under pressure from America and others, in May the Sudanese government signed a power-sharing accord with the main rebel group in southern Sudan.
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"We have not seen a spike or trend in complaints to the agencies that reflects that this is a growing problem, " said Michael Altschul, senior vice president and general counsel at CTIA-The Wireless Association, the main trade group for cellphone companies.
Borders Group, one of the two main brick-and-mortar bookstore competitors to online-only retailer Amazon , recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
K-J long ago dropped out of the main trade group, the Wine Institute, and Jackson grouses that if all the extended Gallo family ties are figured in, the clan accounts for most of U.S. wine production.
The search for people to blame has already claimed one prominent scalp, that of Abdul Kadir Jasin, chief editor of Malaysia's New Straits Times Group, which publishes the main Malay and English-language newspapers.
Yet after winning their opening four Group E matches - beating Malawi, Guinea and main rivals Burkina Faso home and away - qualification had never been in doubt.
The main responsibilities include blocking those who solely promote, allowing only group-related discussions and commentary, and guiding job seekers to demonstrate their expertise as the best way to network.
Reuters news agency quoted a spokesman for the main Syrian rebel group, the Free Syrian Army, as saying al-Nusra had overrun state security and military intelligence compounds in al-Shaddada.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the main rebel group fighting for political autonomy and local resource control in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, has called off its unilateral ceasefire, just weeks after announcing the move.
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Dangerous imbalances can build slowly in a financial system, in ways that may not be obvious to a group of economists whose main focus each month is whether the monetary-policy setting is too hot or cold to hit an inflation target.
Deliberations in the forthcoming HLG meeting in Dakar, Senegal (11-13 December 2007) will be informed by this new Report and also by the main discussion points on EFA policy, strategy and priority-setting prepared by the Working Group.
Also, the digital imaging group can access the main network, while using virtual LANs to segment large-file traffic and avoid causing bottlenecks.
Things came to a head in mid-December when Calisto Tanzi, the group's chairman, founder and main shareholder, quit and was replaced by Mr Bondi.
He drove the group's international expansion which transformed Carrefour into the main global rival to Wal-Mart.
To his credit, Pierre authorized an eBay Government Affairs group (now a worldwide network of e-commerce advocates known as eBay Main Street).
"The main thing he has changed is the mental aspect - he's turned the squad into a group of real winners, " she told BBC Sport.
The patriarch, Paul Desmarais, already controls Investors Group, the country's largest mutual-fund company, through his main vehicle, Power Financial Corporation, and through a series of holding companies.
Up on the main stage, the Americana group the Lumineers, still riding the success of its 2012 self-titled debut album, drew an enormous crowd for its Sunday afternoon show, perhaps the largest for any daytime set and a rare moment in which traditional acoustic music was celebrated.
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