In the case of South Africa, another aspect to take into account is that women organizations, who actively participated in putting an end to the apartheid era, may wrongly perceive the demand for information access as an act of opposition to a government they strived to put in power.
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.
The opposition in Iran is poised to act, but it requires outside support.
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See in this regard, Morton Halperin's testimony before the House Intelligence Committee 30 January 1980 (p.66) in opposition to the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, H.
The pressures of a free press and opposition parties in India forced the government to act.
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".
John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods a well known libertarian who has been vocal in his opposition to other Obama supported programs such as the Affordable Care Act sees the benefits of paying above the minimum wage.
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It would this appear that Russian opposition to sanctions in Sudan is not purely a self-interested act or ploy, but actually reflects a comprehensive understanding of diplomacy and statecraft, one very different from our own, that is predicated above all else on the understanding that the first order of business for any regime is survival.
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The party had been right to challenge NHS changes, he said, adding the Human Rights Act was "here to stay" - the Conservatives had pledged to axe when they were in opposition.
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.
There is also growing opposition among firms to the more onerous requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley act introduced by Congress in 2002, following the scandals at Enron and others, to tighten up the rules governing boardroom behaviour.
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