The Taliban have been able to retreat
from coalition forces» grasp into the safe havens of the federally autonomous tribal regions in mountainous border areas.
A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the munition landed a few hundred yards
from coalition forces and failed to explode.
Not exact matches
The Iraqi military, with support
from the US - led
coalition, Kurdish
forces, and Iranian - backed Shiite militia units, have been slowly closing in on Mosul since the start of an offensive on October 16.
«We have made visible actions in deploying US
forces as part of the
coalition in and around Manbij to reassure and deter — that's to deter parties
from attacking any other parties other than ISIS itself,» he said, using another acronym for IS.
He has been
forced to operate like a prime minister in a
coalition government, pleading for consensus
from powerful ministers — such as combustible news head Matt Winkler and terminal boss Tom Secunda — who control resources and decide whether they'll allow anything to get done.
Within the
coalition are two factions: those pushing to play hardball on Capitol Hill by threatening to
force uncooperative lawmakers
from office in November, and those who'd rather see the debate settled at the congressional negotiating table sooner rather than later, even if it means making policy concessions to companies such as Verizon and Comcast.
Some of the airstrikes may have been close air support to a Yemeni and
coalition offensive to clear Shabwah
from AQAP during the summer of 2017, which US Special
Forces supported.
With ISIS near defeat and cornered in a tiny section of Mosul, the
coalition is hashing out plans to shift
from military operations with Iraqi
forces to what Anderson called «true - blue policing» across the liberated areas of the country.
Rangers
from 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, as part of a combined Afghan and
coalition security
force operating in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, await a CH - 47 for extraction.
In its 22 - page brief, the
Coalition argues that plaintiffs» claim that DOL's fiduciary rule «will
force financial professionals exclusively to use fee - based compensation models that will close off middle - income investors
from obtaining professional financial guidance» is «doubly wrong.»
Most represented minorities which felt excluded
from television: the Gray Panther Media Task
Force, the National Organization for Women, the National Black Media
Coalition, Action for Children «s Television.
Chair of the Accord
Coalition, Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, said: «Accord is regularly made aware of qualified teachers who are excluded
from jobs at faith schools, including serving members of staff who are
forced to leave their post for behaviour deemed to go against a school's religious tenants, such as for seeking a divorce.
The Evangelical Immigration Table, a national
coalition of denominational and ministry leaders, issued a letter last week discouraging the administration
from pulling El Salvador's TPS and
forcing Salvadorans to go back.
Rebel groups and Islamist mercenaries
from Chad and Sudan joined
forces in December to form a militant
coalition called Seleka, which took the capital, Bangui, on March 24 and sent then - President Francois Bozize into exile in Cameroon.
Netanyahu was prevented
from assembling a narrow right - religious
coalition by an impromptu alliance between the nationalist - religious Jewish Home and secular - liberal Yesh Atid, which declared that either they would both serve in government or would sit in opposition together; and the unlikely bromance of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid also
forced the PM's hand.
Sen. Malcolm Smith's desire to join
forces with the Independent Democratic Conference and bolster its members» effort to form a
coalition government with the Republicans makes a lot of sense —
from his standpoint, at least.
If no party receives a majority, they will be
forced to enter into a
coalition or seek support for their policy programme
from the opposition benches.
The most chilling moment on election night was hearing Theresa May, when asked what she now wanted a Conservative government to do that it had been prevented
from doing by having to work with the Lib Dems in
coalition, answer that her first priority was to pass legislation that would empower the security
forces and the police to conduct surveillance on the scale needed to keep the country safe.
Likewise, though there have been denials of direct support
from the air for rebel operations on the ground, the media reported that rebel advances on towns like Ajdabiya (and others) was only made possible because of
coalition attacks against Libya military
forces defending those towns.
Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom
coalition is heading for a decisive win over the centre - left Democratic Party which is still reeling
from the disastrous local election results which
forced the resignation of opposition leader Walter Veltroni.
If two rival parties
from opposite sides of the political spectrum decide to join
forces in a grand
coalition, what was the point of voting in the first place?
Does Pakistan have the legal authority to stop the
Coalition Forces,
from using their current military bases and order all foreign troops to leave the country?
While British
forces are taking part in air strikes on IS targets in Iraq, they are not involved in the US - led
coalition targeting Syria due to resistance
from opposition parties still mindful of previous unpopular interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
If this is not possible, then a Labour - led
coalition with the Liberals would be preferable to a Tory government or a Tory - Lib
coalition — for the same reason that this gives the working class a slightly better relationship of
forces within which to resist the assault on its living standards which will be unleashed by any government arising
from the current election.
The row follows a recent open letter
from 27 Anglican bishops accusing the
coalition government of
forcing people to choose between «heating and eating».
The
coalition has insisted the reforms are necessary, but have been
forced to contend with intense opposition
from health workers and their representatives.
A
coalition of influential gun control advocates joined
forces to call for legislation that would make it easier to keep guns away
from dangerous individuals.
ALBANY — A
coalition of influential gun control advocates joined
forces Wednesday to call for legislation that would make it easier to keep guns away
from dangerous individuals.
The
Coalition's leadership has vowed not to kowtow to pressure
from any external
forces to back down their request.
And yet a
coalition of conservative Christian groups continues to insist that this measure exposes them to litigation
from those seeking to
force them to hold civil partnerships against their will.
Sadly, thanks to a lack of action
from the Welsh Labour Government, Welsh buyers are being left without support until the
Coalition's UK - wide Mortgage Guarantee Scheme comes into
force in January.
The message that can be taken away
from our meeting is that the Latino National Republican
Coalition intends to be a
force for Republicanism in Rockland County.
Our materials have also been incorporated into transition recommendations
from a
coalition of environmental organizations and two non-partisan task
forces convened by OMBWatch.
Israel's right - wing has moved further to the right
forcing Netanyahu to fend off pressure
from coalition partners like Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman whose Yisrael Beytenu (Israel is our Home) Party ended its alliance with the prime minister's Likud early in the war, and economy minister Naftali Bennett's Habait Hayehudi (The Jewish Home) Party that both advocated reoccupation of Gaza.
In a push for decentralisation, autonomy and choice the
coalition government moved us
from a position of relative uniformity and certainty to one where market
forces are being encouraged to prevail.
Although her legacy is yet to be fully written and those who will benefit the most
from her incredible work may never know her name, as the leading
force behind the Connecticut
Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF], Dianne has been and will remain the most vital
force behind the historic effort to ensure that Connecticut's public schools are adequately and fairly funded and that every Connecticut child is provided with the education, knowledge and skills they need to live more fulfilling lives.
Now that the U.S. - led military
coalition has
forced Iraq
from Kuwait, just how low will gas prices go?
Shortly after, a
coalition of 34 nations removed Iraqi
forces from Kuwait in four days, but chose not to topple Hussein's government.
Comments
from NCLC and 16 other legal aid groups to the Dept. of Education re: Proposed Regulations on Borrower Defenses and Use of
Forced Arbitration by Schools in the Direct Loan Program, and Proposed Amendments to Closed School and False Certification Discharge Regulations, Aug. 1, 2016 (Short
coalition comments)
Presentations range
from the 101 level to advanced, across eight tracks ranging in subject
from fundraising to animal behavior, and
from building a volunteer
force to building no - kill community
coalitions.
PPG and the Shock - Free
Coalition believe that pets have an intrinsic right to be treated humanely, to have each of their individual needs met, and to live in a safe, enriched environment free
from force, pain and fear.
The Shock - Free
Coalition believes that pets have an intrinsic right to be treated humanely, to have each of their individual needs met, and to live in a safe, enriched environment free
from force, pain and fear.
Last August, The
Coalition joined
forces with Splash Damage to create a faithful remaster of the original Gears of War complete with five additional campaign chapters taken directly
from the PC version of the game.
Installation view of a photograph illustrating that the dishware in Rakowitz's Spoils was looted
from Saddam Hussein's palaces after they were destroyed by
coalition forces.
ActionAid, International Adivasi Mulvasi Astitva Raksha manch, India AKSI, Indonesia Alliance Sud, Switzerland All Nepal Peasant's Federation, Nepal All Nepal Womens Association, Nepal ARENA, Asia Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, Thailand Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development, Regional Bangladesh Jatiyo Sramik Jote, Bangladesh Bangladesh Krishok Federation, Bangladesh BankTrack, Netherlands Beyond Copenhagen Collective, India Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha India Both ENDS, Netherlands Brighter Green, United States Bulig Visayas, Philippines Campaign for Climate Justice Nepal CARE International Center for Biological Diversity, United States Center for Environmental Justice, Sri Lanka Center for Participatory Research and Development, Bangladesh Centre for 21st Century Issues (c21st), Nigeria Climate Action Network — France Climate Action Network Europe Climate and Sustainable Development Network, Nigeria Climate Justice Programme, Australia CNCD - 11.11.11, Belgium
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, United States COECOCEIBA — FoE Costa Rica Community Development Library, Bangladesh Co-ordination Office of the Austrian Episcopal Conference for International Development and Mission (KOO), Austria Debt Watch, Indonesia Digo Bikas Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal Earth Day Network, United States EcoEquity, United States EKOenergy, Finland / Europe Environmental Rights Action / Friends of the Earth Nigeria EquityBD, Bangladesh Finance & Trade Watch, Austria Freedom
from Debt
Coalition, Philippines Friends Committee on National Legislation, United States Friends of the Earth Canada Friends of the Earth England, Wales and N Ireland Friends of the Earth International Friends of the Earth Malaysia Friends of the Earth Norway Friends of the Earth Sierra Leone Friends of the Earth U.S. GAIA — Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, International GEFONT — Trade Union Federation, Nepal Gitib, Philippines GreenLatinos, United States groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa Heinrich Boell Stiftung North America, United States Himalaya Niti Abhiyan, India Human Rights Alliance Nepal IBON International, Philippines Indian Social Action Forum, India Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, United States Institute for Policy Studies, Climate Policy Project, United States Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense, Latin America International Forum on Globalization, United States International Rivers, United States Jagaran Nepal Jatam Indonesia Jubilee Debt Campaign, United Kingdom Justica Ambiental / Friends of the Earth Mozambique KAU — Anti Debt
Coalition, Indonesia Kerala Independent Fishworkers Federation, India KRUHA — Peoples Right to Water
Coalition, Indonesia Labour, Health and Human Rights DEvelopment Centre, Nigeria LDC Watch, International Les Amis de la Terre, France Les Amis de la Terre - Togo Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, United States Migrant Forum in Asia mines, minerals and People (mmP), India Monitoring Sustainability of Globalisation (MSN), Malaysia Nadi Gati Morcha, India National Federation of Hawkers Bangladesh National Federation of Women Hawkers, India National Hawkers Federation, India Nature Code — Centre of Development & Environment, Belgium NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark Our Rivers Our Life, Philippines Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (Farmers) Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, Africa PAPDA Haiti Philippine Movement for Climate Justice Rainforest Foundation Norway River Basin Friends, India Rural Reconstruction Nepal Sanlakas, Philippines Sawit Watch, Indonesia SEAFISH for Justice, Asia SOL — People for Solidarity, Ecology and Lifestyle, Austria Solidaritas Perempuan, Indonesia South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication Southern Oregon Climate Action Now, United States SUPRO, Bangladesh SustainUS, United States Task
Force Detainees of the Philippines Tebtebba, Philippines The Development Institute, Ghana Third World Network, International Trade Union Policy Institute (TUPI), Nepal VOICE, Bangladesh Women's Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO), United States Worldview - The Gambia Zero Waste Europe
Today, the corporate polluter members of ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task
Force include representatives
from American Electric Power, the Fraser Institute, the Cato Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Institute for Energy Research, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, the Heartland Institute, and the American
Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, to name several.
But a UK - based group, the Climate and Migration
Coalition, has welcomed the minister's reference to «humanitarian visas», which it says avoids one of the toughest problems in climate migration law — how to differentiate a group of people who are fleeing climate change
from those escaping crises driven by other
forces.
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Business leaders at the event, hosted jointly by CDP and the We Mean Business
coalition in partnership with the UN Global Compact and CGEM, agreed that with the Paris Agreement now in
force, the priority was to move
from adoption to speedy implementation.
In neighboring Rheinland - Pfalz, the Greens knocked the Social Democrats (SPD)
from their absolute majority,
forcing the SPD to accept the Greens as
coalition members in order to preserve their hold on the state government.