Sentence examples for on defection from inspiring English sources

Page A4 SYRIAN REFLECTS ON DEFECTION Ammar Cheikh Omar, a German native who returned to his parent's homeland of Syria, tries to explain his transformation from student to killer for the Syrian government to defector.

Conveniently early in his essay on "defection literature", David Edgar gives the game away: "Just as past generations sought to reposition the fault-lines of 20th-century politics (notably, by bracketing communism with fascism as totalitarianism) so, now, influential writers seek to redraw the political map of our time".

Specifically, oxytocin amplified the effect of fear on defection but did not influence the effect of greed.

But Democrats seized on his defection as a sign that Republicans were finding it increasingly untenable to oppose the legislation.

The data on defections is virtually unchanged from five years ago, despite the Big Three's efforts to improve their vehicles' quality and introduce attractive new models, he said.

ANTAKYA, Turkey — For months, the disparate militias known as the Free Syrian Army relied on defections from the Syrian military to lead a credible if halting challenge to the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

The Pope is said to have on his desk drafts of a variety of encyclicals soon to be issued — on the magisterium of the Church, on the crisis of authority, on defections from the priesthood.

PAGE B1 Rebels Report Advance The Northern Alliance said its forces had advanced to the outskirts of a strategic city in Afghanistan, capitalizing on defections from the Taliban army.

The Pope is said to have on his desk drafts of a variety of encyclicals soon to be issued- on the magisterium of the Church, on the crisis of authority, on defections from the priesthood He is upset by the freedom with which certain national hierachies have interpreted his birth-control encyclical and intends to issue a "Moto Proprio" or papal decree, limiting this sort of expression.

An official state report said this month that Mr. Wang would be tried on charges of defection, illegal surveillance and taking bribes.

Reacting to Mr Banks' switch earlier on the final day of the Conservative conference in Birmingham, Mr Hague had said: "The conference has fully moved on from the defection of one MP on Saturday and the gentleman you're talking about is not a senior figure in this party, not someone I know at all".