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In what appears to be the beginning of a full-scale purge, reformist sympathisers in Iran's oil ministry have been replaced by hardliners.

Just as the world was opening up to Gaza, Hamas hardliners are closing it down.

He even went so far as to break up the party bureaus that oversaw the economy, prompting an abortive coup by hardliners.

And all this despite the best efforts of regime hardliners seeking to expunge women from public and political realms.

Hardliners, such as Mr Saleh , believe Afghanistan will win respect from Pakistan only by showing a bit of steel.

Seizing the initiative from hardliners in his government, he fired back at critics within the Sunni community and even in his own family.

Some economists said it was a sign that the hardliners were in retreat and the ECB was becoming more dovish.

He has purged the party of ultranationalist hardliners, who almost got the CHP booted out of the Socialist International.

Alcohol cannot be sold at certain times, in deference to Islamic hardliners, but is available nevertheless.

Who, save the hardliners there, would lose if the next US president restored diplomatic relations?

But in the face of the American threat, the hardliners began clamping down capriciously.

It is a symptom of a recent escalation of ideological struggles between China's West-leaning liberals and conservative hardliners.

In the long term, though, anti-immigrant hardliners are likely to suffer most.

Into the void have stepped aid organisations, local and international, as well as Islamic charities, some of which are hardliners.

The people launching the rockets appear to be a mixture of hardliners within Hamas and assorted Islamist radicals from other movements.

In death, they catalyzed a massive popular protest that broke the back of a military coup by communist hardliners.

In December Mr Abbott led the party's hardliners in tearing up the deal and then unseated Mr Turnbull.

Some hardliners say that if she went she'd merely be duped and exploited by the Communist Party.

Hardliners are increasingly calling for Mousavi to be put on trial along with hundreds of the regime's opponents.

By showing that it is willing to engage, America knocks away a central argument of the Iranian hardliners.

Or could it be a visible symptom of strife between reformers and hardliners in the party hierarchy?

Gun-rights hardliners are fond of dismissing nearly any gun-safety effort as a violation of the Second Amendment.

a second-term goal should be to pick fights that split moderate Republicans from hardliners.

But tensions had mounted in early April after "Red Shirt" hardliners invaded the election commission and national parliament.

In the short run, however, sanctions and isolation have strengthened the hardliners whose policies America most dislikes.

Its failure to respond favourably to previous liberalisations has strengthened hardliners' suspicions inside Myanmar.

This kind of thing reinforces the hawkishness of American hardliners.

Our hardliners call it appeasement to feed them when actually it is far cheaper to do so than to loose the dogs of war.

And leftist hardliners go so far as to express their support for government intervention in the press.

To avert the tragedy of a repeat performance, both sides need to keep their hardliners in check.

In effect, the hardliners maintain that government spending doesn't raise GDP at all, even in the short-term.

As his reign may be relatively short, he is taking the opportunity to remove hardliners and install more liberal figures.

All in all, for the hardliners in Tehran, Iran's isolation is not without advantages.

But he has not wooed back breakaway hardliners or dumped the Second Vatican Council's ecumenical, modernist legacy.

small private-sector unions have already broken ranks and other hardliners are likely to gain ground.

Yet many observers believe the Tokat attack was staged by PKK hardliners bent on sabotaging peace.

Local Islamic hardliners are calling for the three men to be executed.

Yet delays raise the chances of renewed protest and play into the hands of hardliners.

But it is plain that his leadership has become increasingly symbolic and that a new generation of hardliners is gaining the upper hand.

In 1993 Mr Clinton, facing similar tension, ultimately sided with the deficit hardliners.

Deng Xiaoping and his allies succeeded Mao in 1978 after a brief power struggle with hardliners.

He faces opposition from military hardliners.

Instead, it is likely to be hardliners in the government and army who call the shots now.

And, as usual, the hardliners and militants prosper when the moderates appear weak and disconnected from the grassroots.

One study found that in 20 of 22 competitive congressional races, candidates favouring broad reform defeated hardliners.

Unlike in China, where hardliners still had the power to undermine reform, Gorbachev retained the power to push his reform through.

At times, the government acts to assert its authority and prevent religious hardliners from taking the law into their own hands.

Mr Bush's predicament in Iraq has emboldened the hardliners.

Mr Abhisit is under pressure from hardliners who want to use force to crush the protests.

Hardliners have accused both men of treason.

Assorted hardliners cheer them on.

But ultimately he holds a more powerful hand than do the hardliners.

But you can see why a Belgian moderate frets about hardliners.

That year, hardliners won a big victory in parliamentary elections.

If Greece has to declare a debt standstill, say the hardliners, so be it.

Some hardliners still claim Kyoto is the capital, while other more passive individuals would have you believe Japan has two capitals.

Ray sheriff is a eyes not knead sand hardliners, he went to the whole event filled a layer of shadows.

But two groups of hardliners are also in the government.

In China it can be used to show hardliners that, slowly, progress is being made towards unification.