Though Lukashenko was quite vocal in his opposition to this act, Belarus eventually paid off its debts to get the natural gas flowing again.

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Led by the NAB, broadcasters including Clear Channel Radio, Emmis Communications and National Public Radio have formed the Free Radio Alliance in opposition to the Performance Rights Act.

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The pressures of a free press and opposition parties in India forced the government to act.

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But Conservative leader David Cameron said the main opposition party could not "act unilaterally to remove the Speaker in the House of Commons - I don't think that would be right".

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Although America's Congress has passed an Iraq Liberation Act, which would authorise it, the United States has not yet given any military training to Iraqi opposition groups in exile.

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