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The CIA officials who destroyed videotapes of waterboarding were left unpunished, and all attempts at bringing these acts into a courtroom were blocked by claims of national secrets.

These have concerned the government's attempts at bringing Poland's judiciary to heel, reining in the state media and increasing surveillance powers.

His attempts at bringing Eta to the ­negotiating table during a ceasefire in 2006 ended when two people died in a bomb attack on Madrid's Barajas airport.

Political analysts agree that such allegations are aimed at discrediting the reform movement and, eventually, at frustrating Mr. Khatami's attempts at bringing greater political openness and economic development to Iran.

As noted in a report in January by the International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), a human-rights group, the commission's main aim seems to have been to smother attempts at bringing culprits to book, because the two countries' leaders find it more convenient to pursue "friendship" than seek justice.In this section Torch song trilogy All quiet on the eastern front?

The scandals and useless attempts at bringing offline brands to Second Life parallel the first web boom.

Theirs is not the first attempt at bringing East End cachet to vodka.

Next season promises to be a cohesive attempt at bringing everything full circle.

Last year's debut effort from publisher 2K Sports at translating this showcase of muscles, adrenaline and ego was a solid attempt at bringing the technical aspect of wrestling to the forefront.

In today's atmosphere, Mr Shuster says, his attempt at bringing balance to the discussion proved a step too far: "There are now people who shouldn't be on the air, and things that shouldn't be discussed".

In one chapter, they are scripts written by the gods and double as symbols of war's folly: "There have been innumerable Trojan wars,... each representing a fresh attempt at bringing the terror of battle into line with the lucidity of the authorial intent".