Sentence examples for efforts to assert its from inspiring English sources

Another challenge will be responding to China's stepped-up efforts to assert its claims to the disputed islands.

Another challenge will be responding to China's stepped-up efforts to assert its claims to the disputed islands, which Japan calls the Senkaku and China calls the Diaoyu.

Suleiman will also seek military aid, hoping he will have better luck under Obama than he had under Bush, who, while active in support of Lebanon's efforts to assert its independence and protect itself from Syrian domination, worried that any U.S. weaponry provided to Beirut could fall into Hezbollah's possession.

The mission was part of India's effort to assert its power in space and claim some of the business opportunities there.

Its senior journalists are angry at repeated attempts by politicians to interfere in and question the organisation's editorial processes,  and I expect the BBC to make a concerted effort to assert its independence in the months ahead.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Just ahead of a trip to Washington by President Hamid Karzai, the Afghan government released 80 detainees on Friday, part of a continuing effort to assert its sovereignty over the contentious issue of how prisoners are handled.

NEW DELHI Indiaia launched its first unmanned spacecraft to orbit the moon early Wednesday, part of an effort to assert its power in space and claim some of the business opportunities there.

PAGE A14 INDIA AIMS FOR THE MOON India has launched its first unmanned spacecraft to orbit the moon, part of an effort to assert its power in space and claim some of the business opportunities there.

China's declaration of an "air-defence identification zone" that extends over disputed islands in the East China Sea is just the latest step in Beijing's effort to assert its claims over the islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.

Difficulties persisted, however; the nizam continued his efforts to assert his autonomy, India insisted that Hyderabad join India, and the nizam appealed to King George VI of Great Britain.

After early efforts to assert his authority in the face of the military abjectly failed, he largely receded from public view.