They have often accused the Turks of arming Chechen rebels and egging on other historic opponents of Russia in the Caucasus.
After barring lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from last year's Tet parade in Orange County, Vietnamese American community members voted 51-36 on Saturday to include them in the Lunar New Year event scheduled for Feb. 1. Supporters called the move historic, pushing opponents not to tarnish the community's image by locking out a vocal segment of its immigrant population.
City Council members plan to meet on June 16 to consider a recommendation that would designate the two cemeteries as historic landmarks, but opponents of the rail plan say that even with that designation the digging could go ahead.
Calzaghe had an eye on posterity when he nominated the historic venue and an opponent who has held world titles in four different weight divisions, but there is just about enough uncertainty in the air to make tonight's dispute between two veterans a compelling prospect, not least because we may be seeing one or both of them for the last time.
City supervisors have argued that host registration is a crucial step in combatting San Francisco's historic housing crisis, while opponents claim the new law conflicts with federal legislation that protects websites from being held responsible for users' posts.
It was, as even their avowed opponents agreed, an historic victory.
The conclusion of the deal – against Israel's bitter complaints – continued to be presented by some political opponents as a historic failure on Netanyahu's part.
From the Andean city of Mendoza to the World Cup host city of Porto Alegre, the route would traverse the countries of England's group opponents Uruguay and historic rivals Argentina before arriving in Brazil.
After a historically dominant 2014-15 season that saw the Golden State Warriors secure the N.B.A. title and become only the tenth team in N.B.A. history to win sixty-seven or more games, it's not entirely surprising that, this year, the squad has bolted out to a historic 15-0 record while outscoring opponents by 14.4 points per game.
Democratic and Republican leaders of the gun-violence subcommittee of the Legislature's Bipartisan Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety Tuesday said gun legislation had proved extraordinarily complex and contentious, given a historic outpouring of responses from opponents and supporters of new gun-control measures.
