Correa also attributed the rebellion to a plot inspired by his political opponent, former president, Lucio Gutierrez.
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The Ethiopian government denies it, and says that the BBC allegations come from a political opponent of Mr Zenawi.
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Teaming up with a one-time political opponent to champion relief for the victims of the Asian tsunami, the Hurricane Katrina.
It appears the grand coalition has "social democratized" the chancellor and much of her party, so much so that some in the CDU may actually prefer continuing ruling with their erstwhile political opponent.
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Tymoshenko, the key political opponent of President Viktor Yanukovich, was sentenced to seven years in prison last October on abuse-of-office charges in a case the West saw as an example of selective justice.
However, like his closest political opponent, Anastasiades appears content to push potential gas revenues down the road, setting up a sovereign wealth fund for when wells actually begin to earn money, which officials estimate will be sometime in 2018 or 2019.
Whatever your feelings may be about William Clinton the man, or William Clinton the political ally or opponent, or William Clinton the father and the husband, ask only this: should William Clinton the president be removed from office?
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The sooner the supporters of Senator Cruz recognize the profound difference between opposing a political appointment or opponent and smearing such an individual through lies and innuendo, in the tradition of Joseph McCarthy, the sooner we can put the breaks on Senator Cruz and his misguided desire to repeat the serious and harmful errors in our past.
Obviously, the outtake from the Brown campaign was aimed to strengthen an attempted political blow at his opponent.
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That image was as much the creation of her opponent's political campaign as her own.
This time, it helps that his opponent is a political neophyte, a personal-injury lawyer continuing the time-honoured tradition of rich trial lawyers morphing into Democratic Senate candidates.
Mr. Healy has painted his opponent as a political opportunist who wants to privatize the education system, while Mr. Fulop has said Mr. Healy's government is corrupt and hasn't done enough to help downtown development spread.
The fact that Mr Earley looks a bit of a political punchbag explains why his Democratic opponent, Mark Warner, has opened up a big lead.
Following a weekend imbroglio over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's claim that a former Romney associate told him Romney paid no taxes in past years, the campaign has veered into a political mud pile that emphasizes dirtying the opponent first.
"My opponent sees an economic crisis as a political opportunity instead of a time to lead, " Sen.
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But correspondents say it is as yet unclear how much political mileage the conservative opposition can gain from its opponent's mishap.
Now Tancredo accuses the company of retaliating against him by forming a new political action committee to help Tancredo's Democratic opponent defeat him in November.
This is a tough campaigner who is obviously in a very, very difficult environment, but he has both the money as well as an opponent in Bruce Lunsford who has a significant amount of political baggage.
The premise is simple: In a political environment where perception often trumps policy, mount early challenges to your opponent's strongest attributes to raise questions and create an alternative image in the minds of voters.
The Ohio Right to Life Committee recently endorsed Cremeans and is planning to do mailings or other grassroots work on his behalf, while the Cincinnati-based political action committee, Family First, has thrown its support behind Azinger, another opponent of abortion.
The ruling centre-right Popular Party of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar -- a staunch opponent of Basque self-determination -- emerged as the region's second political force thanks to its alliance with the smaller conservative party.
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