Italy's Five Star anger against EU Jump to media player An Italian anti-establishment political group called the Five Star Movement is turning its attention against Europe.
In 879 the death of the founder of the Saffarid state, Ya'qub al-Saffar, allowed the Abbasid government to fully concentrate its attention against the Zanj rebellion, and Abu'l-Abbas' appointment in December 879 to command against the rebels at the head of 10,000 troops marks the turning-point of the war.
Chief among the aims of the two men will be to try to get Pakistani and Indian officials, in particular, to turn down the volume in their never-ending conflict, in the hopes that the Pakistani military can turn its attention to the fight against insurgents in border regions, and away from fighting India.
More recently, it has turned its attentions to campaigning against UKIP, much to the irritation of the party's leader Nigel Farage.
Had America not diverted its attention from Afghanistan, the operations against Al Qaeda may well have been judged a rout.
The Army must turn its attention from India to the fight against the Taliban.
This was partly because new targets were constantly being found for its attentions: crypto-Muslims, Protestants, drunken ranters against the clergy, witches, homosexuals, rationalists and free-thinkers.
A month ago, a user uploaded the film from Lehre's personal web site to YouTube, where it fought for attention against some 20,000 videos that are uploaded daily.
Still, the program definitely had the chips stacked against it in the ratings race last night, when it was also vying for attention against the season premier of HBO's biggest hit, "The Sopranos".
This year, during the 10 days leading up to it, candidates vied for voter attention against Labor Day travel, the first days of school, the beginning of the Jewish New Year, the end of Ramadan and the solemn 9/11 remembrances.
When we see and listen to thinking objectively like this, it can no longer consume our attention against our will.
