It was quite popularly attended.

The esoteric path of Islam is more popularly known as Sufism, or tasawwuf in Arabic.

No popularly elected, responsible Government would consider such a situation to be in the interest of its people.

With that one stroke, Thailand s popularly elected government fell. Parliament must now reconstitute itself without the three parties loyal to Somchai.

The modern version, which is now popularly recognized in China as the standard qipao, was first developed in Shanghai after 1900.

Popularly elected authorities become an important factor in the negotiation process and in implementing whatever agreements may be reached through negotiations.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, vowed to address the inequalities and rights abuses in Papua during his election campaign in 2014.

Under this policy, Hong Kong s capitalist system, the rule of law, and its people s freedoms and way of life were to be preserved. It provided for a popularly elected Chief Executive and Legislative Council.

In reality, machinations by the intelligence agencies also played a part. The military had developed an entrenched distrust of her, given her position as a popularly supported pro Western leader who wanted peace with India.

The United States Virgin Islands is represented in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress by a popularly elected delegate who may vote in the committees in which he or she is a member, but not in floor votes.

Future US policy must embody a simple but powerful principle America will engage with and support (through various kinds of foreign assistance) any government chosen through internationally monitored free and fair elections that then governs according to a popularly ratified national constitution, with compliance overseen by an independent judiciary.

It did so with its first popularly elected assembly and government in place, with a well deserved reputation for having one of the most effective, multinational and business friendly administrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and with the thoughts of the Office of the High Representative turning increasingly towards completion and closure.

People who have not been popularly elected control more and more of our daily lives from entertainment and energy supplies to schools, railways, and postal services. At the same time, the speed of technological innovation is outpacing that of legislation, meaning that corporate activities are routinely entering seemingly gray areas devoid of regulation.

The Netherlands, which is popularly believed to have legalized cannabis use along these lines, has in fact tolerated only small scale retail sales of marijuana in a limited number of coffee shops in its larger cities. Marijuana cultivation remains illegal and coffee shop sales are regulated more strictly in recent years in response to complaints from neighboring countries about drug tourism.

NEW YORK The 17th conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, popularly known as COP 17, is taking place in Durban, South Africa, at a critical moment, as the historic 1997 Kyoto Protocol is set to expire next year. But, like the climate change conferences in Copenhagen in 2009 and in Cancún in 2010, COP 17 can be expected to spend much and produce little.

Since the late 1970 s, and especially during the 1980 s and 1990 s, Berlusconi's three private TV channels have portrayed a false and illusory model of quick success, as seen in American soap operas such as Dallas. Since the 1990 s, his channels broadcast Big Brother and Italian variety shows dominated by male comedians, musclemen, and scantily clad young girls, popularly known as veline.

The Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA popularly known as the CER) has led to the application of common competition policies at the regional level and can be considered to be testimony to the degree of convergence of competition conditions in the domestic markets of the two countries resulting from deep economic integration but with little political integration in contrast to the European Union.

Claims that Morsi ruled undemocratically stem from his repeated attempts to extricate the popularly elected parliament and presidency from anti democratic traps set by the military. After the Islamist parties huge victory in the 2011 2012 parliamentary elections, the military leadership and the Supreme Court (filled with Mubarak era judges) worked to derail the new parliament and prevent it from establishing an assembly to draft a new constitution.