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In addition to negotiating a treaty of mutual recognition, Karakhan was to try to regain for the Soviet Union control of the Chinese Eastern Railway.

Representative Bentsen, 42, seeks to regain for Democrats the seat being vacated by Senator Phil Gramm, the Republican who is retiring after three terms.

Without politicians fuelling the rows, the tricky question of relations between ethnic Magyars and their Slavic fellow-citizens in southern Slovakia should quickly go off the boil.It will be interesting to see how much clout the Hungarian government is able to regain for the EU rotatating presidency, which it takes over in January.

Now with President Obama elected to a second term of office, and with a new generation of Chinese leaders coming to power, the timing is right for a serious effort to regain for the G-20 its self-bestowed title as the world's primary coordinating mechanism for economic issues.

Unreconciled to this settlement, Franz Joseph adopted a foreign policy that prepared the way for a passage at arms with Italy and Prussia, by which he hoped to regain for Austria its former position in Germany and Italy, as it had been established by Metternich in 1814 15.

Seeking to regain for himself the kingdom lost by his half-brother Olaf Haraldsson, Harald began his journey westwards in early 1045, departing from Novgorod (Holmgard) to Staraya Ladoga (Aldeigjuborg) where he obtained a ship.

Across the country, gun control advocates also sought to regain momentum for their campaign for new restrictions, designating Thursday as the National Day to Demand Action.

Kris Commons (hamstring) also missed the league game at the weekend after featuring for the Tartan Army but is expected to regain fitness for the trip to Spain.

In 1095, the crusades began to use force to try to regain Jerusalem for Christianity, an effort that would continue unsuccessfully for 200 years.

In this paper we analyze these stumbling blocks for international climate policy and discuss alternatives in order to regain momentum for future negotiations.

"We fought you because we are free.... and want to regain freedom for our nation.