Sentence examples for grant a general from inspiring English sources

He has also urged Turkey to grant a general amnesty.

The feds are expected to grant a general election in November.

But Mr. Sadr also demanded concessions, including that the government grant a general amnesty for his followers, release all imprisoned members of the Sadrist movement who have not been convicted of crimes and bring back "the displaced people who have fled their homes as a result of military operations".

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — The mediator in talks seeking to break the deadlock between the deposed Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, and the de facto government that exiled him urged both sides on Saturday to agree to a plan that would return the ousted leader and grant a general amnesty for political offenses.

International law does not grant a general right to secede, nor does it forbid secession.

When Tanner in 1926 formed a Social Democratic minority government, which granted a general amnesty, the old differences from the Civil War had been almost eliminated.

Rachel L. Swarns (NYT) SUDAN: AMNESTY ISSUED President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, seeking to end his country's 17-year civil war, has granted a general amnesty to anyone who committed an act of rebellion since he seized power in 1989.

Granted, a general election campaign could shuffle judgments of electability, and it may be unwise — even offensive — to cast votes in part on how people with different political philosophies, even bigots, would cast their ballots.

This adopted the space basis for determining 'fair and reasonable rates.' On July 10 , 1928 in proceedings for reexamination the Commission granted a general increase of 15% over the preexisting rates.

DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 23 — In a widely expected move during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday pardoned criminals who had committed minor offenses, the state news agency SANA reported, but he refrained from granting a general amnesty to political prisoners.

During a news conference to announce that the state had been granted a general waiver from No Child Left Behind, the 2001 federal education law, Michael L. Williams, the education commissioner, cast the change as one of many that would give districts more authority over their underperforming schools.