Sentence examples for Countries with ties from inspiring English sources

Abitbol said that Haidar has asked countries with ties to Saudi Arabia, including the Canadian government, to intervene on the blogger's behalf.

Israeli diplomats had been trying for days through Italy and other countries with ties to Libya to persuade the boat's crew not to attempt a breach of Israel's Gaza blockade.

In Washington, Obama administration officials said they had asked friendly Arab countries with ties to Hamas, which the United States and Israel regard as a terrorist group, to use their influence to seek a way to defuse the hostilities.

If not, some analysts say, the conference may fall well short of expectations because other donor countries with ties to Africa, like Britain and France, are already stretched by their own aid packages for the region.

EU countries, English-speaking countries, those with ties to Britain through the Commonwealth, countries targeted by the NHS for employees and those that have experienced wars all figure prominently in the list of those supplying the most employees.

Enron, the Houston-based energy trading company, was one of the most politically connected businesses in the country, with ties to President Bush and many other federal officials.

Klein cited Dobbs's response to the Dubai ports deal: for fifteen evenings, Dobbs spoke about "the outrage" of allowing a Middle Eastern country "with ties to the September 11 terrorists" to operate six American ports.

I had written a column thoughtfully arguing that, if the Bush administration wanted to attack a country with ties to Al Qaeda and undemocratic, repressive ways, we should invade Saudi Arabia.

Obama's willingness to visit Saudi Arabia, a country with ties to the terrorists behind the 9/11 attacks, could give critics a fresh reason to question why the president did not stand with Western allies in a symbolic show of defiance against violent extremism.

With many of our cherished freedoms fading fast due to the fact that we now live in a post-9/11 world, according to our president, we are asked to buy the fact that a country with ties to Hamas and other terrorist groups is the very best selection for running our ports.

Critics of the deal contend that the Bush administration failed to thoroughly investigate the ramifications of allowing a Middle Eastern country, with ties to the Sept. 11 hijackers, to control vulnerable U.S. ports.