Sentences with phrase «armed groups who»

The legislation, aimed at breaking the links between the vast mineral wealth in the DRC and violent armed groups who prey on and profit from the region's mineral trade, has already changed the way that many companies view their supply chain and has catalyzed important reforms in the Great Lakes region.

Any potential peace agreement with the FARC therefore raises a number of questions: What will happen to all those other armed groups who operate in Colombian territory and across the borders?

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From the author of a memoir about recovering from personal loss to a group of men who stopped an armed train passenger, look at these individuals for inspiration.

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.

Mr. Trump also spoke at length about the standoff with armed protesters who last Saturday seized the headquarters at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, suggesting that he would have called the leader of the group to try to make a deal to end it — and would have acted against them if negotiations failed because «you can not let people take over federal property.»

That, as well as its significant lobbying arm, has often been credited with blocking gun reforms and bringing to heel politicians who benefit from NRA money and are reluctant to cross the group's vocal base.

Storck was arrested for disorderly conduct along with 43 other people who linked arms in groups of five and left the secure, barricaded area to pray on the street, ignoring police warnings.

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.

Why are people so up in arms over THIS, yet they continue to support companies, celebrities, and even Congressmen who help fund Islamic terror groups?

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.

We are talking about a large group of people who no longer feel connected to organized religion as they have become an arm of politics and no longer a place of worship.

The focus on the Palestinian as «terrorist» is partly due to the rise of commando groups from the refugee camps of the 1960s, who decided that armed struggle was necessary to recover their homeland.

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.

The Malaysia cup kicks off in just over three weeks time, JDT have been drawn in Group B with Felda United PKNS FC, T - Team While Johor who will be managed by Edres Selamat (Mohamed's former assistant) face Sime Darby FC, Selangor and Armed Forces.

Besides, you would have to be a bit of a dingbat to believe that this group of players, going into the season with three players not wanting to be part of the club and currently carrying two players in Sanchez and Ozil who don't believe in our future, we're going to play like brothers in arms.

Ask any child care teacher who is in charge of a group of potty trainees and they will tell you just how difficult it can be for little arms and hands to manipulate complicated pants, overalls and other clothing when the urge to pee or poop is looming.

Veronica Tingzon: Many years ago I was in Guatemala with a missionary group with my father and what not, and we did some medical stuff and there was a mother there who had just birthed a baby and the midwife or as they call the «Partera» was telling her just go ahead and feed the baby but the grandmother of the baby was saying, «no, no, no you don't want the baby to get used to the arms» and I said, «listen to the partera» and that mom was lactating probably within a little bit under two days also.

Lawmakers who publicly supported honoring a co-founder of the FALN terror group at this year's Puerto Rican Day Parade say they felt strong - armed by an offer from the Council speaker that they couldn't refuse.

Instead, she skated to confirmation on Thursday — her nomination greased by a divided Senate Democratic Caucus, leaders of the minority who opted not to twist arms, and advocacy groups that couldn't mount an effective attack strategy despite what they saw as Haspel's checkered record on human rights.

It is unfair that non-religious personnel like him, who now constitute the second largest belief group in the armed forces, have no representation at national remembrance events.

«The country needs a full - time prime minister and not a chambermaid for a marginal, irrelevant pressure group who have got him in a virtual arm - lock with a constant stream of threats to abandon ship.»

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.

In his presentation, Magu who was a panelist at the Implementation Review Group attended by over 100 delegates, had detailed the Nigerian efforts in asset recovery, including the progress made in the specific cases related to Abacha loot, Malabu Oil, Diezani & Associates and the Arms procurement scandal.

«I think it is lawful and proportionate to target a British citizen who has travelled abroad to join an armed group which is targeting Britain and British citizens and is on record himself as having that purpose.

While further efforts are being made to secure the release of every abducted citizen in Nigeria, Government is ever ready to accept the unconditional laying down of arms by members of the Boko Haram group, who show strong commitment in this regard.

Following the allegation by a group, «Save the Nation Movement», noting that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai was part and percel of those who partook in the $ 2.1 billion arms scandal for which 18 Generals of the military have been -LSB-...]

Eyewitness narrated that he led a group of armed military personnel to the periphery of the Tamale Jubilee Park and sacked some evicted petty traders who displayed their...

3news.com «s Ashanti Regional correspondent Beatrice Spio - Garbrah gathered that the boy's attackers were a group of armed robbers who went to the school late in the evening.

According to the governor, any person or groups, who try to incite the people to cause disunity at the border communities would be dealt with and any violation would be met with the full arm of the law.

Lawmakers who publicly supported honoring a co-founder of the murderous FALN terror group at this year's Puerto Rican Day Parade say they felt strong - armed by an offer they couldn't refuse...

The 1 - minute, 53 - second video, posted to YouTube by WYRK - FM, shows Howard amid sheriff's deputies and plainclothes security as a group of protesters, who initially had locked arms, were taken from the floor one by one.

The enzyme is worrisome because it arms bacteria against carbapenems, a group of last - resort antibiotics, says Alexander Kallen, a CDC medical epidemiologist based in Atlanta, who calls the drugs «our biggest guns for our sickest patients.»

Among subjects who had prediabetes at the beginning of the study (arm 2), blood sugar levels reverted to normal in nearly 70 percent of those receiving liraglutide versus 32 percent of people in the placebo group, according to the abstract.

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.

«The octopus nervous system is organized in a totally different way from ours: The central brain surrounds the esophagus, which is typical of invertebrates, but it also has groups of neurons in the arms that can work relatively autonomously, plus huge optic lobes involved in vision,» said Daniel Rokhsar, who co-led the project along with Clifton Ragsdale, of the University of Chicago.

Austin, who is president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors, is also trying to help develop the research arm of the profession by taking only genetic counselors in her research group.

The children who ranged in age from 6 months through 8 years old were assigned into one of three groups: «educational» text message, «conventional» text message, and «written reminder - only» arms.

One of Oden's student groups began working on designing a non-electric wheelchair that could be propelled by a young man who had limited use of his arms.

Small, agile generators are suddenly seizing control, according to Matt Setchell who leads the energy investments arm of Octopus Group.

In addition to the vacation and novice meditation arms, we recruited a third comparison group of female regular meditators who had already signed up for the retreat for the same week at the resort.

Dr Fitzgerald added: «Armed with the knowledge of which genes are driving the disease we will be able to group patients based on their genetic makeup and determine those who will benefit most from certain treatments, helping to save more lives.»

You see it more in bigger muscle bound athletes who are doing explosive speed type of sports but you can also see it in endurance athletes and basically what it is, is that your arms, your legs, your appendages, they have these groupings, these compartments where a bunch of muscles and blood vessels and nerves are all bundled and you take each of these bundles and then they're encased by this thick layer of connective tissue.

In fact, more patients in the placebo arm stopped taking treatment than those who received the fish - oil supplements (17.9 % in n - 3 fatty acid group vs 19.4 % in the placebo group).

A 2015 study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that subjects who did full - body sessions three times per week gained more arm size than another group who did a body - part split, hitting each muscle just once.

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Some employees of an international arms dealer go out into the Hungarian wildeness for a weekend company retreat, only to find themselves menaced by a group of militants who don't like having them around their territory in this modestly budgeted dark comedy / horror film from Christopher Smith, who also directed Black Death (with Sean Bean).