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The move came hours after the Palestinians won recognition of their state at the United Nations general assembly.

Brazil won recognition of its technological prowess this week when computer giant IBM Corp. said it has chosen the country to host IBM's ninth global research center.

In Mr. Lira's case, it took years of legal wrangling to win recognition of the system's error.

The Republicans also attach conditions on aid to Pakistan, Egypt and the Palestinians, suspending the latter entirely if the Palestinians succeed in winning recognition of statehood at the United Nations.

And it is unclear how much support Iraq's Kurds would get from their Arab compatriots in a campaign to win recognition of those mass crimes.

In the conflict over Biafra (1967 70), Azikiwe first backed his fellow Igbo, traveling extensively in 1968 to win recognition of Biafra and help from other African countries.

Dr. Stokoe was credited with winning recognition of American Sign Language as a genuine language, overcoming the contentions of linguists that it was little more than a rudimentary imitation of the spoken word.

US and European negotiators have urged Israel to refrain from taking punitive measures against Palestinians if they press ahead with their attempt to win recognition of their state at the United Nations.

In June, Spain revived its own initiative to win recognition of the health-conscious Mediterranean diet, based on olive oil, fish, grains, fruit, nuts and vegetables; Italy, Greece and Morocco swiftly joined the campaign.

If this reading is correct, then Abbas's U.N. gambit has more to do with perpetuating the PA's lease on power in the West Bank than winning recognition of a Palestinian state.

The mosque in a poor and flood-prone area of Bangladesh won recognition for pushing the boundaries of what a traditional religious space should look like, Award Director Farrokh Derakhshani said.