Sentence examples for obtained independence from inspiring English sources

Before Ukraine obtained independence, there was bitter rivalry between Dynamo Kiev and their Muscovite opponents.

Georgia disputes the claim that the regions have obtained independence by themselves.

The advance by Séléka is the latest in a long history of chronic instability in the CAR since it obtained independence from France in 1960.

Clinton noted that in 1966 when Botswana — then known as Bechuanaland — obtained independence from Britain, it had two miles of paved roads and a single public high school.

After Cyprus obtained independence (1960) from Britain, Denktash was among those who accused the Greek-dominated government of oppressing the Turkish minority and seeking eventual unification with Greece.

After fighting in the Bangladesh Liberation War in which the Pakistani province of East Pakistan fought for and obtained independence from Pakistan Zia was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1972 in the newly independent country.

Eleven years later, as Iraq, it became the first mandated territory to obtain independence.

"One of our goals is to obtain independence," said Vittus Qujaukitsoq, a prominent labor union leader.

Simulation studies show, that performance of the adaptive design does not depend on the method used for obtaining independence.

Furthermore, some Muslims are angry at the military role that Australia played in helping East Timor to obtain independence from Indonesia.

FOR its own commercial reasons, Britain did more than any other outside power to help the Latin American republics obtain independence.