The ayatollah continued his opposition from Qom, where he spent several years under house arrest for his outspoken views.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

Yes, sure. Most of this opposition comes from people who are critical of places where I depart from the traditional ethic of the thing to do for human life.

当然可以，大多数的反对观点,都来自于这样的人，他们批评说，我的立场偏离了,关于如何对待人类的生命的传统伦理。

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Just last week, Ankara announced it is determined to develop an industrial zone in Palestinian territories despite opposition from Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

The Swiss-based nonprofit says that as European countries roll out their vaccine campaigns, they face opposition from anti-vaccine lobbyists.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

But it faces strong opposition from farm-state lawmakers, and even its supporters say Congress is unlikely to pass the measure this year.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Mr.Obama said he supports Turkey's bid to join the European Union, which faces opposition from Germany and France.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

On September 7 he submitted his lineup for the Cabinet but it was quickly rejected by opposition from Iranian and Syrian-backed Hezbollah.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia last year, despite strong opposition from Belgrade and from Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

"There was clearly opposition from France and Germany to fast-track membership for Ukraine and Georgia,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

League of Conservation Voters president Gene Karpinski says opposition from the oil industry is another major roadblock to congressional passage of a comprehensive climate bill.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Days before the expiration of a four-year term as Fed chief, Bernanke faces growing opposition from Democratic and Republican senators who will vote on his reconfirmation.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

The opinion is not legally binding. Borges says there could be opposition from those who say granting so much territory to indigenous peoples is inhibiting the country's development.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

Even though it won a majority of votes in parliament last year, it still faces powerful opposition from leading sheiks, who call the measure un-Islamic, and a bow to Western cultural imperialism.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

But the president has run into stiff opposition from conservative Republicans, and even moderate Democrats now believe it is likely that the president will have to settle for a compromise bill that is sure to disappoint his liberal supporters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Tom DeFrank, a longtime political observer with the New York Daily News and a regular guest on VOA's Issues in the News program, says a decision to send additional U.S.troops could ignite opposition from liberal Democrats in Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

In the face of opposition from Independent Senator Joe Lieberman, and to gain his vote, Senate lawmakers first dropped the government insurance option and then an alternative plan to decrease the eligibility age for the existing government Medicare program.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Pelosi has faced opposition from fiscally-conservative Democrats still nervous about the longer-term cost of the legislation,and opposition from some her in party who assert that language in the measure does not go far enough to ensure a continuing ban on the use of federal funds for abortion.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

The House measure is similar to legislation Congress approved regarding Darfur in Sudan, but would not direct the federal government to publish a list of companies with investments of more than $20 million in the Iranian energy sector -- a provision that drew opposition from some lawmakers.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Northern Democrats refused. The opposition Republican Party expected to gain votes from dissatisfied Democrats.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

A young congressman from Nebraska spoke in opposition to the president's position.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Hezbollah-led opposition to his cabinet choices kept him from forming a government and led to his resignation on September 7.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Last week,U.S.markets slid sharply as several prominent senators from both major political parties announced their opposition to Bernanke's reconfirmation.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

Iran's merchants were an important part of the opposition movement that swept Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi from power in 1979.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Georgian opposition leaders are accusing President Mikheil Saakashvili for staging the alleged coup plot to divert attention from domestic problems.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

Since the early 1950s, only three prime ministers have come from opposition parties, all leading brief coalition governments in the mid 1990s.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

But,strong opposition came from many countries, especially Germany and France in fear of increasing the debt burden.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . had harsh words for his political adversaries from the opposition reform movement.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

It also faced calls for the release of opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house detention.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Opposition parties had accused his family of amassing wealth illegally, but that did not prevent voters from returning him to power this year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Government officials and opposition supporters have publicly sparred in recent days over whether the protests are unnecessarily distracting Pakistan from its battle against militants.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14