With Spain clear favourites for Group B and Tahiti obvious minnows, this contest was always going to be the most fiercely contested of the group - and so it proved.
The town's specific objections differed for the two years being contested by the group, but both focused on the use of the house, not whether the group was a valid religion.
Of course these norms and practices will to some extent be contested within the group and will modify and perhaps even disappear over time.
Moreover, Kathleen Jaeger, the president of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association, an industry trade group, contested the term "pay for delay".
Zakia Soman, an activist from Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, another of the groups which contested the practice, said Indian women of many religions had supported them.
Environmental groups contested the environmental agency's representation of the Supreme Court decision, saying the case cannot be applied to carbon dioxide.
Though opposition groups contested the election as flawed, its results were supported by international monitors, and Saakashvili began his second term as president on January 20.
Diverse social groups contested the meaning of the nation, shaping and reshaping what it meant to be Greek and Bulgarian during the slow and painful transition from empire to nation-states in the Balkans.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, Ramadan was denied entry under a provision of the Patriot Act that bars foreigners from the U.S. who "endorse or espouse terrorist activity". After the A.C.L.U and various academic groups contested the government's refusal to process Ramadan's application for another visa, a federal judge ruled that the State Department had to make a decision.
Critics and legal groups contested the allegations, noting that the state had culled the list primarily by checking voter registration records against those maintained by the Texas Department of Public Safety, which issues driver's licenses and ID cards.
