Al-Arabiya's coverage of the Iraq war which again, fortuitously, earned it an instant audience was also similar to al-Jazeera's.Last year, however, al-Arabiya's owner, who happens to be a brother-in-law of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, put a new, staunchly pro-American editor in charge.
The Advocate of the States of Holland, Johan Oldenbarnevelt, who staunchly defended the Remonstrants, was put to death.
So, I think, Pope Leo XIII, who was staunchly anti-modernity, just wanted to put the whole issue to bed.
In 1569 a rebellion of feudal aristocrats and their followers in the staunchly Catholic north of England was put down by savage military force; while in 1571 the queen's informers and spies uncovered an international conspiracy against her life, known as the Ridolfi Plot.
A staunchly conservative French-Canadian, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, was put in charge of the powerful Congregation of Bishops which vets appointments to the Catholic hierarchy all over the world.Cardinal Ouellet is known for his rigorous line on abortion, insisting that the procedure is wrong even in cases of rape.
It may be tempting to let the voters decide, even as gay legal groups staunchly maintain that civil-rights issues should not be put up for popular vote.
At the same time, the move will put the onus on Democrats, many of whom have long been staunchly opposed to offshore drilling.
But Wallace's politics, and his own power, were put to the test in 1943 when he tangled with Jesse Jones, Roosevelt's staunchly conservative commerce secretary, who was in charge of financing the purchase of war materials abroad.
If pension funds put more money into alternative investments such as hedge funds, a wider range of investors is at risk if a big fund blows up.Officials at Chicago's CME staunchly oppose the idea of a single financial regulator.
The Republican leadership in New York is staunchly backing Mr. Bush, and would have no trouble putting together a far larger fund-raiser for him in the city.
