Sentences with phrase «president following the country»

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In November of 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November Eleventh as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: «To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations...»

Still, even if you take out the Obama Trauma, in which the stock market fell nearly 13 % following the current president's election in 2008 — and, to be fair, the country was in the middle of a financial panic — the average return in a month following the election is 0.4 %.

The dollar rallied as much as 2.5 % against South Africa's rand to 13.613, its highest since early February, after President Jacob Zuma fired finance minister Pravin Gordhan in a cabinet reshuffle following days of speculation that has rocked the country's markets and currency.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday made permanent a temporary ban on his country's citizens traveling to Kuwait to work, following a series of abuse and murder cases involving Filipino victims.

Condé Nast declined to comment further on the nature of Richardson's ban, but a representative has confirmed to INSIDER that the following was sent in an email to «country presidents» on Monday:

As Confederate statues and memorials are being removed across the U.S. following the violence at a weekend rally by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va., President Donald Trump took to Twitter Thursday morning to complain about the actions, calling it «sad» and saying the «culture of our great country [is] being ripped apart.»

It's difficult to have a calm immigration policy discussion following President Donald Trump's Jan. 27 executive order, which banned migrants from seven Muslim - majority countries.

President Donald Trump followed through on his pledge to impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, while excluding Canada and Mexico and leaving the door open to sparing other countries on the basis of national security.

«Following the historic meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong - un and South Korean President Moon Jae - in, North Korea appears ready to shut down its nuclear testing facility in the country's northeast soon.»

Jerry Jana, Director of Economic Affairs for Malawi's new ruling party (following former President Bingu wa Mutharika's unexpected death in April) has said that long - term projects like the Nsanje port would be shelved while the government dealt with more pressing issues, like the country's fuel shortages and foreign exchange, according to Nyasa Times.

BEIJING — A one - time candidate to succeed Chinese President Xi Jinping pleaded guilty to bribery charges on Thursday following a speedy process that is seen as a message to fellow members of the country's Communist Party.

Harper held an upbeat photo - op with the Chinese ambassador in his Langevin Block office late last week to announce his third visit to the country following a long - standing invitation from President Xi Jinping.

China warned the country would take «necessary measures to defend our rights» should President Donald Trump decide to follow Ross's recommendations.

Mimaki said he hopes the agreement by South Korean President Moon Jae In and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to pursue «complete» denuclearization in the Korean Peninsula would prompt other nuclear - armed countries to follow suit.

The president also said that, following the sale of Petro, his country will issue a gold - backed cryptocurrency as early as next week.

Following President Donald Trump's early - March announcement that he would tax overseas metals — citing national security concerns with China as a rationale — the government imposed a 25 percent tax on steel and a 10 percent tax on aluminum imported from certain countries.

«In this role I talk to leading politicians and cabinet ministers, I talk to university presidents, and they are all keenly aware that we have a productivity issue in this country,» Porter said following the meeting.

Conoco's assets in Venezuela were expropriated in 2007 following nationalization of the country's oil industry led by then - President Hugo Chavez.

The resignation followed an intervention by the country's military after Mugabe sacked his vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, earlier that month, and attempted to replace him with his wife, Grace Mugabe, which many saw as a ploy to eventually prepare her for the presidency.

Consider the following: We could have a country with two Presidents with equal power, but everything would not work fine.

The Christian Post: Churches Attacked in Nigeria Following Wave of Bombings Two churches and a security checkpoint were attacked in Nigeria as President Goodluck Jonathan visited the country's second - largest city Sunday, following the wave of Islamic extremist attacks Friday that has left more than 150 people dead in KFollowing Wave of Bombings Two churches and a security checkpoint were attacked in Nigeria as President Goodluck Jonathan visited the country's second - largest city Sunday, following the wave of Islamic extremist attacks Friday that has left more than 150 people dead in Kfollowing the wave of Islamic extremist attacks Friday that has left more than 150 people dead in Kano City.

Lord Alton has been speaking after President Trump said «severe things» may follow unless the country curbs its nuclear programme.

are you saying the first so many presidents of this country who followed that rule did not know how to do their job?

The evangelist who has been called America's pastor and has prayed with every American president since Harry Truman said in a statement following the meeting that «It was a privilege to pray with Gov. Romney — for his family and our country.»

In view of the forthcoming Union Budget 2015 - 16, Ravichandran Purushothaman, president, Danfoss India (an infrastructure, food supply, energy efficiency and climate - friendly solutions company), has put forward the following expectations for the benefit of the food processing sector in the country.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement from Denzel McGuire, GMA's Executive Vice President for Government Affairs, in response to passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of H.R. 2393, the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Amendments Act of 2015.

The opening of the halftime show began with «God Bless America» and quickly transitioned into «This Land is Your Land,» Woody Guthrie's famous 1944 song which was quickly adopted by protesters following the inauguration of President Donald Trump after he signed an executive order banning travel from predominantly Muslim countries.

The team from the Basque Country currently occupy 8th position but have come under close scrutiny of late following an interview with the club's former President Inaki Badiola in Spanish newspaper AS last Monday.

He has been receiving regular briefings from the acting president and he has also been going through the print media and electronic media to follow the happenings in the country.

In the six years that Mahama ruled Ghana, first as an emergency President following the death in 2010 of his principal, H.E President John Evans Atta - Mills, and winning the election in 2012 to begin his first tenure, Ghana, has experienced a great infrastructural turnaround in all facets of the country's economy including a complete overhaul of the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, now famously called Ghana's Dubai, which is the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa.

Tell your joker Leader Papa Kwesi Nduom that if becoming President of a Country is all about the creation of satellite businesses and providing mini jobs to people with under pay salary as it is been done by your joker leader then the following distinguish business magnates and personalities who had successfully created mega chain of jobs with better salary for their workers are Over qualified and well positioned than your joker Nduom to become President of Ghana:

He also dismissed suggestion by President Akufo - Addo that the NDC is seeking to destabilise the country with treasonable comments following the backlash over the military cooperation with the United States.

Following Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's meeting with Russian President Valdimir Putin, Trump conceded that the countries» relationship was not starting to thaw, as he had promised during the campaign.

Minister - designates have declared to work in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari for free following the cash crunch that has characterized the country's economy.

There are reports of similar incidents in other parts of the country, following the election of opposition leader, Nana Akufo - Addo, as president - elect in the December 7 elections.

Government will provide the necessary resources to the country's tertiary institutions to expand their infrastructure to meet the expected rise in student population following the implementation of the Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme, Vice President Bawumia has assured.

The party said Buhari must return Nigeria to how he met it in 2015 adding «Our call for the President to return the country to how he met it in 2015 is justified on the following grounds: a bag of rice was N7, 000 and now is above N20, 000; a mudu of beans was N150 and now is N500; one US Dollar was trading for N197 but now over N400; a liter of fuel was N87 but now N145; cost of transportation and other services has skyrocketed.

Answering questions at a joint press briefing which followed the signing of a bilateral agreement and security, amongst others, between Nigeria and Cameroon, the president stated that a committed had been set up with members from both countries to deliberate on the matter.

Following his successful swearing in Senegal, Gambia's President Adama Barrow, is set to return to the country on Thursday.

Following the attempt by President Muhammadu Buhari to keep to his promise of paying N5, 000 monthly stipend to the poor and vulnerable people in the country, the presidency had on Wednesday condemned the Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose for criticising the move.

It follows Afghan president Hamid Karzai's pledge at yesterday's Kabul conference that Afghan security forces would lead military operations across the country by 2014, in return for control over half of all aid money spent in Afghanistan.

Following the early rain already falling across different parts of the country in February, President of the Nigerian Meteorological Society, NMets, Prof. Clement Akoshile, has predicted...

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, on Sunday said the jubilation that followed the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari was an indication that the country had no alternative to him now.

«We thank the President for following due process and properly handing over to his deputy, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and thereby saving the country the needless controversies and crises that we experienced in the past.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday asked President Goodluck Jonathan to put the rallies being organised across the nation by the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) for his re-election on hold following the outbreak of the Ebola Virus disease in the country.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's launch of the Common Core Task Force: «In New York and across the country, Common Core has been more of a common problem.

Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned against military action in the Gambia following that country's presidential election, saying such action could threaten the security of the entire sub-region.

Following the visit of the acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to the oil producing region in the country, the Niger Delta Non-Violence Youth Leaders Assembly, (NDYLA), a peace advocacy group, has commended his action describing it as a morale booster.

This follows the president's State of the Nation Address on [Thursday] February 8, 2018, where he stated that the country's economy had been projected by the World Bank and other international bodies to be the fastest growing in the world...

Following the appointment of former Attorney General, Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor, former President Jerry John Rawlings has called on Japan and other developed countries to refrain from holding back in offering support to Ghana.