Sentences with phrase «clashes over disputed»

From clashes over disputed territory to backroom deals over potential heirs to each throne, the region is primed for war and every actor wants a piece of the pie.

From clashes over disputed territory to backroom deals over potential heirs to each throne, the region is primed for war and every actor wants a piece of the pie.

Not exact matches

Germany and France publicly clashed on Tuesday over plans to put the European Central Bank in charge of supervising banks, deepening a dispute over the scope of the ECB's powers that threatens to undermine one of Europe's boldest reforms.

Among the feuds he describes are the high - profile clashes between Galileo and Urban VII over heliocentricism and between Thomas Huxley and Bishop Wilberforce over evolution, as well as less well known disputes such as that between Hobbes and the mathematician John Wallis over whether algebra was a legitimate development in mathematics or whether it was mere chicken - scratchings (Hobbes» position).

The de Blasio administration is locked in a lease dispute over the fate of the Kingsbridge Armory — a clash that is pitting the mayor's economic development agency against a company run by hockey legend Mark Messier.

The miners strike of 1984 — 85 over coal mine closures, which divided the NUM as well as the Labour Party, and the Wapping dispute led to clashes with the left of the party, and negative coverage in most of the press.

Problems with the NHS and disputes over education reform have also led to major clashes between the leadership and the left of the party, while disputes over pensions have also soured relationships with many unions.

He and Cuomo have clashed publicly several times since they took office, including early this year, when they disputed how to spend a $ 613 million settlement paid by JPMorgan Chase over its role in the 2008 mortgage crisis.

The two leaders also clashed over last month's fuel strike dispute, with Mr Miliband accusing ministers of «irresponsibility» and «causing panic at the pumps».

The Aleuts purportedly clashed with the native Chumash, killing many over trading disputes.

In a posting on one of the incredibly busy geo - engineering Google groups, Kenneth Caldeira, a climate researcher for the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University, criticized a British newspaper article — «Climate change experts clash over sea - rise «apocalypse»» — for overplaying the momentousness of one paper projecting a calamitous rise in seas by 2100 and then overplaying the level of dispute over the finding based on new work.

Too often, he told me many times, parties in conflict clash over a tangle of overlapping rights and interests, when the route to resolving each kind of dispute is very different.

Disputes over details, it said, reflected the normal intellectual clash that takes place as science tests new approaches to old questions.

When Hudson walked into Chancery Lane back in 2006, the Law Society looked like an organisation in deep trauma that veered from one calamity to the next: a clash with the then Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, over its campaign against the Access to Justice Bill; non-stop criticism flowing from the profession's inability to get a grip on its handling of consumer complaints; and then there was the Kamlesh Bahl saga, a rancorous dispute with the first Asian woman to become vice-president.

Amazon and Sony clashed over the idea of running ads through the former's Alexa - powered Echo speakers, The Information reported Monday, citing sources familiar with the dispute.