Sentence examples for claim statehood from inspiring English sources

But by virtue of Zappa's maxim the Faroe Islands can claim statehood: it has a beer, a football team and an airline.Rishi Raithatha Groningen, the Netherlands* Letter appears online only.

A count of states under the Zappa criteria would be interesting.Mark Melford LondonSIR – Based on Zappa's logic, Burundi ceased to be a state for a while because it didn't have an airline, whereas Liechtenstein, with a football team and beer albeit brewed in Switzerland struggles to claim statehood by lacking an airport.

Prophecies about the last days involve Dabiq, an area in northern Syria IS now controls, and after which its English-language magazine is named.The claims of territoryInsurgencies often run services in territories they control, but few claim statehood, and certainly not on the scale IS does.

Then they use that membership card to claim statehood.

Even had such a kingdom ever existed and been promised by God to the Jews, it is hardly a clinching argument for claiming statehood after more than 2,000 years.

And the hemorrhagic fever that has now claimed 3,865 lives in West Africa is not in fact a jihadist Sunni terror organization claiming statehood in Iraq and Syria.

A large number of recognitions may buttress a claim to statehood even in circumstances where the conditions for statehood have been fulfilled imperfectly (e.g., Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992).

Both the Bodos and the Nepali-speaking Gorkhas are staking a claim for statehood.

In fact, he argues, the Vatican's claim to statehood is bogus.

Mr Lien, to the annoyance of the DPP, avoided any reference to Taiwan's claim to statehood.

The United States scorned Mr. Bashir but maintained close ties with the rebels in southern Sudan, and supported the breakaway province's claim to statehood.