They met and formed their own government in opposition to the elected government of the territory.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

A young congressman from Nebraska spoke in opposition to the president's position.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Public opinion surveys show the main opposition party in the lead.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Republicans stood united in opposition to the legislation, claiming it would increase the national debt, and put the government in firm control of the health care system.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

While in opposition, the Democratic Party of Japan tried to block the country's Indian Ocean refueling mission for U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, but agreed not to disrupt the mission before it expires in January.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

The declaration called on the people of the South to unite and be firm in their opposition to the North.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Smaller Democratic majorities could force the president to reach out to the opposition and to conservatives in his own party.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

For example, a newspaper might comment that a bill that was not popular passed in Congress because the supporters bulldozed the opposition.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

His campaign for the presidency in nineteen sixty-eight increased popular opposition to the war in Vietnam.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

The leaders of the anti-war movement in the north were members of the opposition Democratic Party.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

But in Pakistan, opposition parties and the powerful military have strongly criticized the legislation.

VOA: special.2009.10.17

This opposition in the cabinet caused Lincoln to postpone action on the Fox plan.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

Opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska bill was extremely strong in the northern United States.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

He expressed opposition to the war Americans were fighting in Vietnam.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

And,at that time, Democrats faced little opposition in the south.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

But after the 2008 elections, in which many Malays voted for the opposition, UMNO had to change its tactics.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

In the U.S.,electric utilities lead the opposition to copying this rate structure, and to mandating purchases of alternative power.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Biden expressed surprise over President Ahmadinejad's reported margin of victory especially in urban areas where Iran's opposition appeared strongest.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

And he congratulated the 11 opposition politicians and one independent candidate who also won seats in the next parliament.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Just last week, Ankara announced it is determined to develop an industrial zone in Palestinian territories despite opposition from Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

In these elections, the former-opposition Movement for Democratic Change defeated President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party in the parliamentary vote.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

Mrs.Aquino appeared in several rallies in the business district after her husband, opposition leader Senator Benigno Aquino Junior, was assassinated in 1983.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

Since the early 1950s, only three prime ministers have come from opposition parties, all leading brief coalition governments in the mid 1990s.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

Republicans have seen their standing in the polls improve as their opposition to health care has intensified.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Members of his ruling council are campaigning throughout the country, urging voters to take part in the poll and ignore the opposition boycott.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29