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In what appears to be the beginning of a full-scale purge, reformist sympathisers in Iran's oil ministry have been replaced by hardliners.

Meanwhile, the DPJ's leader, Ichiro Ozawa, who used to have a reformist streak, now sounds like an old-style LDP boss.

The lack of a credible reformist opposition has long been a weakness of Turkish democracy.

But the opposition camp is split three ways, between those loyal to her, a reformist wing and former leaders who have now left the BNP.

Du was purged for his reformist positions as the head of the General Administration of Press and Publication after the 1989 protests.

Lenin declared that it was more important to not be confused with the reformist social democrats.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces a strong challenge from his main rival, the reformist Mir Hosein Mousavi.

One of the remaining reformist candidates, Mir Hosein Mousavi, is seen as capable of attracting conservatives as well as liberals.

Reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi said he won, and claimed the election was fraudulent.

After crushing its reformist opponents, his conservative faction has broken out in increasingly rancorous internal wrangling.

This point was not lost on Mikhail Gorbachev, the reformist Soviet leader.

Mr Rajoy's instincts are reformist, and an absolute majority would no doubt make his life easier.

She is cautiously optimistic that Dagestan's new, apparently reformist president, Magomedsalam Magomedov, may be able to help.

I should make it clear that we are a reformist movement, not a revolutionary one . . . We are seeking nothing more than a free election.

In the present climate, hostile to Mr Koizumi'slegacy if not the man himself, such a reformist grouping would have its work cut out.

This shift from a reformist middle class to a reactionary one over a mere two decades should be surprising.

A STRONG reformist president and government have boosted Romania's chances of joining the European Union next January.

The latest coup talk may have galvanised Mr Erdogan into a fresh burst of reformist zeal.

Why were the two main reformist parties banned in a state that has free opposition?

More striking was the injection of reformist blood into the ossified school and court systems.

These measures, implemented by Mr Lage and a group of reformist economists, stabilised the economy and saw a modest return to growth.

The reformist contender had initially tried to cancel Monday's rally amid concerns that police would try to suppress it.

The reformist Koizumi administration began with a hardline Swedish-style approach.

But for Germany's new economic miracle to be truly secure, the reformist spirit needs to reach outside its borders.

Some of the reformist groups that have splintered from the LDP might spot a chance to wield influence.

Many analysts say that a victory by reformist-minded Mir Hossein Mousavi would have made rapprochement between Washington and Tehran easier.

That visit marked the last true sound of the reformist wing of the Communist Party for two decades.

That also reflects a fourth explanation for Mrs Merkel's lack of reformist zeal, which is the mood of her country.

A strong influence was exercised on Shaw by the Fabian society the English reformist organization.

Reformist governments, multinational companies and banks could all become the targets of public protest when livelihoods are threatened.

A new reformist government is hatching plans to establish the island as a pit-stop for international tuna boats to refuel and repair.

India and Indonesia have voted reformist governments back in [to tackle inflation] and we are seeing positive action in Colombia.

One way forward might be to re-embrace the reformist zeal that first propelled AK to power in 2002.

His rule was short, being eased out of power by economic reformist Deng Xiaoping.

Therefore, the reformist faction of the revolution to give this argument refuted and criticized.

Two other candidates, reformist cleric Mehdi Karoubi and Mohsen Rezaei, another conservative, would drop out if that happened.

So here is one striking fact. Not a single country of the EU-8 has a strong reformist government.

But in 2000, Abdurrahman Wahid, a reformist president, scrapped much of the discriminatory legislation.

His reformist rival, Mehdi Karroubi, a liberal cleric and former speaker of parliament, has also boldly attacked the incumbent.

The blogger says problems started when a reformist president came to power and the Cultural Revolution stopped.

Take the way the two countries reacted to the recent deaths of two reformist leaders.

On a train ride from Nanjing to Beijing, he met with reformist Hu Yaobang, who talked about China's evolving policies.

Some of the letter's writers are associated with Hu Yaobang, the reformist party chief ousted in 1987, and are not considered dissidents.

Both should also take heart that 70 per cent of primary voters showed support for a moderate, reformist party.

Reformist hopes centre on Wen Jiabao, China's prime minister, who has made supportive noises about political change.

From 1840, Chinese reformist formed the cognition about republicanism during their observation of western political systems.

What power remained in East German government was in the hands of Hans Modrow, a reformist politician from Dresden.

In others, it is hoped, reformist officials will use the OGP's help and the publicity it gives to spur backsliding colleagues to do better.

Deng's reformist victory was suffused with compromise, a pattern that persists to this day.

The former reformist President Mohammad Khatami says it will further undermine confidence in the country's religious leaders.

he is no pro-market reformist, though probably in favour of balancing the books.

Both Mousavi and Khatami, the reformist former president, have denounced the hearings.

Reformist activists often feel trapped in the very political system they criticize .

Muhammad Khatami, a former reformist president who backs the opposition, was unseen.

Such developments would sit uneasily alongside Mr Sarkozy's supposed reformist zeal.

A statement from an influential group of reformist clerics hinted at the change in mood.

Mr Sarkozy, say the sceptics, will lose his reformist zeal once in power, drop his semi-professed liberalism, and ultimately se chiraquiser.

Unconfirmed reports indicate 15 top reformist leaders, possibly including Mr. Moussavi, are under house arrest.

In the words of Mohsen Armin, an influential reformist who backs Mr Mousavi, "No one is controlling the street protests. "

As a consequence, in Mr Dray's view, unions have lost their reformist zeal.

If his wealth is an issue for some Qataris, so are his reformist politics.

Liang, once a student of Kang's, helped Kang by writing articles propagating reformist ideas.

According to Shiva, a young actress, when the reformist President Mohammad Khatami came to power in 1997, her generation was full of hope.

Mr Jaime, a leading reformist, distanced himself from the arrangements.

He is expected to back a reformist former prime minister, Mir Hosein Mousavi, against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the populist incumbent.

Another reformist paper, Ham Mihan, was closed in July, just after reappearing after a seven-year ban.

But the treatment of the reformist press is a fair barometer of the country's politics.

Now a reformist French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is trying again.

Many doubt how his reformist rhetoric will translate into policies.

Iran's reformist opposition limps on, but is quiescent and demoralized.

Iranian supporters of defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi demonstrate on June 17, 2009 in Tehran, Iran.

It's widely believed to be a close race between Mr. Ahmadinejad and his reformist challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi who is calling for change.

There are limits, however, to his reformist zeal.

For a long time, he was compared unfavorably to Mohammad Khatami, the charismatic reformist cleric who was president from 1997 to 2005.

It will lift spirits in Syria, where another reformist revolt is under way.

He says Karoubi and Moussavi [the two reformist candidates] who wanted to change situation in country, should start now.

He finally abandoned his reformist ideas.

Ali Mazroi [Fa], a reformist politician and former deputy in parliament, says that Iran's nuclear policy has suspened the country's economy.

Ma Qixi and Xidaotang carried out religious rites using lessons absorbed from Ma Mingxin's religious reformist thought.

If his reformist zeal is genuine, he needs more time to make progress.

The first two will test Mr Sarkozy's reformist resolve.

Zhao Ziyang, the reformist Chinese premier in 1988.

Surely they can now offer aid, trade and investment to reformist Arab governments?

A diehard reformist, Kim can boast 4. 6% economic growth for the first quarter, as opposed to deep recession last year.

So, is Premier Wen speaking for himself, or is he leading a reformist charge?

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