Sentences with phrase «armed groups such»

These could come from armed groups such as the ELN, or one of the many right - wing and criminal groups involved in the illicit drug trade and other forms of transnational organised crime that plague the country.

Iran finances and arms groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, which have intentionally killed civilians, and which the US officially designates as terrorist organizations.

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Chances are even if you aren't familiar with the AMB Group, you're familiar with their work: it is the investment management and support services arm of Home Depot founder Arthur Blank's for - profit businesses, such as the Atlanta Falcons, PGA TOUR Superstore, and Atlanta United FC, among others.

In tough language, the letter contends that such a policy undermines the entire life sciences community and sends a devastating message to immigrants who would otherwise bring their talents to the United States, and was signed by some heavy hitters, including Alnylam CEO John Maraganore and Ron Cohen, the chairman of biotech's biggest trade group and lobbying arm.

The four schools of law have clear rulings that on no account should an individual or group of Muslims attempt to change the government of an Islamic state through the use of arms and violence, because to allow such a possibility invites civil strife, private wars, and the abuse of Islam by factions who use theology to justify their self - interested rebellions and usurpations.

• Military activities against Nicaragua have included covert operations carried out through groups such as the National Security Council, the CIA, and other «secret teams» of mercenaries, arms merchants, and drug - runners.

I am as much a Shadow as the next but going armed against those who are not armed is cowardice and makes such people no different than so many hate groups throughout history.

While's Bell's operation is speculated to be headed to Chinese investors, there are multiple corporates who could compete including Macquarie's Paraway Pastoral, Rifa Salutary — the Australian arm of China's Zhejiang Rifa Holding — and other corporates such as Ferrero Group, TIAA's Westchester, as well as the listed companies Webster and Rural Funds Management.

Población local activism flourished throughout the 1970s and 80s, supported by the Vicariate of Solidarity — progressive branches of the Catholic Church — internationally funded NGOs, left - wing political parties, and radical armed groups (such as the FPMR and the Lautaro Youth Movement).

In a situation where the state has failed and armed groups proliferate, events on the ground could escalate in such a way, which no doubt is one of the factors prompting the speedy assertion of Russian military control in Crimea.

The other manifestation of international and cross-border aspects of the conflict in Libya is the existence of proto - state Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs) such as ISIL.

First, the «colectivos», radical, often armed, left - wing groups that impose order in neighbourhoods such as 23 de Enero in Caracas, might generate violent unrest.

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.

Military authorities in the Country have warned groups or unpatriotic elements threatening to make the country ungovernable or unpalatable for peace and security of the citizens, to have a rethink and desist from such as the armed forces were fully mobilized and ready to crush acts -LSB-...]

So far, the fundraising has primarily benefited conservative organizations such as the Club for Growth, the Congressional Leadership Fund and American Crossroads, the group connected to George W. Bush's former White House adviser Karl Rove, which plans to spend up to $ 100 million on House and Senate races through its super PAC and nonprofit arms.

While the city requires social service arms of religious groups that receive government contracts to pledge not to discriminate on any prohibited basis including sexual orientation and gender identity, no such restriction was placed on this funding.

Instead, they'll focus on «other high risk groups such as sex workers, truck drivers, remote fishing communities and members of the armed forces.»

«Such a study would be feasible and ethically justifiable if one excluded certain high - risk groups so that antibiotic treatment would not be withheld from them in the placebo arm.

A second study showed that training in realistic environments, including practiced encounters with armed - opponent actors in buildings and streets, improved their shooting accuracy under stress Similarly, trials with 66 of the officers revealed that those who trained weekly on their own in a combat sport such as karate or kickboxing performed better under high - anxiety fights than those with no additional training, although both groups suffered performance decreases when conditions shifted from low to high anxiety.

When you train your lower arms, you need to make sure to equally activate the antagonistic muscle groups, such as the flexors and extensors.

As with any other muscle group you should give the arms a good amount of time to rest, especially since they are involved in all other upper body movements such as bench press, rows or pull ups.

The bench press will also target related muscle groups such as arms and shoulders.

With some of them, you can work primarily on your abs, but also engage other muscle groups such as your arms, chest or back.

For these sorts of extremely low load high velocity movements, where smaller muscle groups are the prime movers (such as the rotators and deltoids), maximum effort work should be more directed towards the core, with the athlete concentrating on high resistance abdominal rotations and back / shoulder movements to build up the structures that support the arm.

The muscle group is often injured in activities that require the arm to go above the shoulder level, such as swimming, tennis, and throwing.

Individual members of groups were asked to start exploring the named abilities in such way that they will retrieve the parts of their body, for example in that group there just the brain, in other group there just the ears, there just the tongue, inside that group there just the hands, there just only the legs, but there were even such groups where they were making the presence of the body from the navel downside or just from the navel upside, there just the body of the left or right arm leg.

With the help of groups such as The Future War Cult, Dead Orbit, Vanguard, Crucible, and even the New Monarchy; guardians will arm up and take on the enemy where it hits them the hardest; their leaderships and key bases.

Mugen is the brute of the group: his special skills enable him to do such things as taking a number of enemies out with a swing of his sword, he also carries a bottle of Sake, which can be put down on the ground to entice enemies, he can effortlessly carry two enemy corpses around, and even run with them in his arms, he is also able to carry heavier objects, and finally he is the only member of the team that is able to kill samurai outright.

The trailer began with the recurring phrase: «This is a fantasy based on reality» and demonstrated new gameplay footage such as combat scenes with swords and guns, controlling a tank - like vehicle, climbing aboard a bipedal robot, and battling a huge creature (presumably from the TGS trailer), and Noctis facing off against a group of armed soldiers.

The canvases were accompanied by a group of 11 wonderful works on paper, such as Untitled (Robots), ca. 1967, in which a hand outlined in bright orange dots seems to be saluting an exodus of identical humanoids, their arms tight against their bodies, streaming into planetary space.

With an eye toward projected demographic trends such as these, the group exhibition The Future of America at the Hudgens Center for the Arts through April 28, brings together work by seven lens - based artists documenting various communities and subcultures among American teenagers and children: black cowboys and cowgirls, boys wearing fatigues and armed with paint guns, adolescent girls in their bedrooms.

In the years that followed, armed groups from both sides of Colombia's civil war have intensified their incursions in pursuit of their cut of the profit, including the introduction of illicit crops such as coca, causing terrible and widespread devastation.

I am totally against twisting scientists» arms, certainly in what they can publish, but even in more peripheral issues such as joining policy groups.

Article 1 of Additional Protocol II of 1977 to the Geneva Convention applies to «armed conflicts -LSB-...] which take place in the territory of a High Contracting Party between its armed forces and dissident armed forces or other organised armed groups which, under responsible command, exercise such control over a part of its territory as to enable them to carry out sustained and concerted military operations and to implement this Protocol» (para. 1).

Servicemen's Group Life Insurance (SGLI) refers to insurance coverage for military personnel that belong to such groups as the Navy, Armed Forces, Marines, Coast Guard, etc..

Among many such effects: a growing group of legal scholars today urge that we reconsider the utility of the distinction (at the heart of IHL) between violence that counts as an «armed conflict» and violence that doesn't.

James is a photographer, and also a musician who has performed with artists and groups such as the Black Arm Band, Archie Roach and the Skin Choir, as well as being a singer / songwriter in his own right and resident sound engineer at Songlines Aboriginal Music.

Initial assessments conducted roughly 3 months after this 10 - week attachment - based parenting program showed a normalization of diurnal cortisol slopes in CPS - referred children who were randomly assigned to the experimental group, but not in those in the control group.27 Our analyses revealed a similar pattern of results at the preschool follow - up, such that children in the ABC arm showed a more typical pattern of cortisol production, with higher morning levels and a steeper decline across the day, than children in the control condition.