There was opposition to the election bill both from within the ODS and from some members of the opposition.

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Simeon's party has insisted that it would seek a coalition with like-minded parties, and has named the governing ODS as a potential partner.

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Unfortunately, a big part of my job involves going to hospices, wakes, funerals and memorials, not to mention the ODs and close calls in the ICU I deal with WAY TOO OFTEN.

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Open Discovery Space (ODS), funded by the European Commission under the CIP ICT-PSP call 5, and kicked off in Athens in April 2012, is the result of collaboration between 51 organizations from 23 countries, with the aim to create a socially-powered, multilingual open learning infrastructure to boost the adaptation of eLearning Resources in Europe.

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The controversy over Klaus's re-election meant that when Petr Necas, the leader of the centre-right Civic Democrat party (ODS), was attempting to form a government after the 2010 parliamentary elections, several of his prospective coalition partners made their cooperation conditional on the new government making reform of the presidential election system part of its programme.

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The UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), is associated with the Open Discovery Space (ODS) project, funded by the European Commission under the CIP ICT-PSP call 5, and kicked off in Athens in April 2012, resulting of the collaboration between 51 organizations from 23 countries, with the aim to create a socially-powered, multilingual open learning infrastructure to boost the adaptation of eLearning Resources in Europe.

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