statehood

Buchanan's chief opponent on the statehood bill was a member of his own Democratic Party, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.

Mendocino County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood.

But several member states, including the United States, have said the only road to statehood goes through peace talks.

Texas would be a state where slavery was permitted. For this reason, the anti-slavery leaders in the North strongly opposed Texas statehood.

She and many in her circle were raised in the Likud. They moved with Mr Sharon to an acceptance of the Palestinians' right to statehood.

The Quartet called for a resumption of peace talks in a month, and a framework peace agreement on Palestinian statehood by the end of 2012.

Then Jackson thought of a way in which statehood for Texas could bring the nation together, instead of splitting it apart.

The trick now is to make statehood look real enough to Palestinians for the majority to abandon Hamas's bleak vision of war to the end.

Israeli spokesman Mark Regev urged the Palestinians to abandon the effort for statehood at the U. N. and return to the negotiating table.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Palestinians' plan to seek statehood recognition at the United Nations is "futile. "

Some delegates, however, knew that Congress would not approve statehood for Kansas unless the people voted on the constitution.

Mr. Netanyahu took a hard line on Palestinian statehood when he met with Mitchell on Thursday.

Abbas was anxious to end the schism as he tries to get the United Nations to back Palestinian statehood (4) in September.

Now, the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank intends to unilaterally declare statehood at the United Nations without making peace.

Neither Cairo nor Jordan is willing to take responsibility for the Palestinians or deprive them of their dreams of statehood .

For decades, he was the most eloquent poetic voice of Palestinian pain and aspiration for statehood .

At least nine other regions are seeking statehood.

The Palestinian Authority's decision to seek statehood at the United Nations has drawn much consternation in Washington.

Arafat rejected the "Clinton parameters, " but many Palestinians subsequently lamented the lost opportunity for statehood.

The national coat of arms combines symbols of Latvian national statehood as well as symbols of ancient historical districts.

The Palestinians, frustrated by stalled peace talks with Israel, launched a bid for statehood via the United Nations in September.

For the Palestinians, Pan - Arabism, Communism, Islamism have all come and gone, with none having delivered statehood or prosperity.

Washington's diplomacy, which can help Taiwan enter organizations where statehood is not a pre-requisite, has been languid.

Jackson felt that to give statehood to Texas would deepen the split between the northern and southern states.

Polk was at one time governor of Tennessee and Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was a supporter of statehood for Texas.

And in a BBC interview, the US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice said a unilateral bid for statehood would set back prospects for real talks.

The argument that the Palestinians must resume negotiations before getting statehood is specious.

Palestinians have always viewed Yasser Arafat as the father of their struggle for statehood.

Taylor urged settlers in New Mexico and California to draft constitutions and apply for statehood, bypassing the territorial stage.

King Abdullah was in Washington April 21 in a prelude to these scheduled meetings and urged Obama to push for Palestinian statehood.

Negotiations with Israel on the terms of Palestinian statehood have been frozen since 2008.

Alaska antedates Hawaii as a state, having gained statehood on January 3, 1959, seven months before Hawaii.

It is time to soften the economic pressure and negotiate a detailed promise of statehood that Mr Abbas can take to his people.

He forcefully dismissed a nascent Palestinian initiative to seek U. N. recognition of Palestinian statehood.

Benjamin Netanyahu opposes Palestinian statehood, a corner stone of Obama Administration's Middle East plan.

Israel cannot survive as a Jewish state unless Palestinians are given statehood.

The Obama administration is hoping that the hawkish Israeli leader will also publicly endorse Palestinian statehood for the first time.

But that position clashes with longstanding U. S. policy that supports Palestinian statehood.

In reality, UN membership is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for functioning statehood.

It represents a big concession from China, which habitually bars Taiwan from any gathering that might suggest it has a claim to statehood.

In fact, many countries in the upper tiers of the Failed States Index never emerged into full statehood.

Officials say Israel will not open negotiations on Palestinian statehood, until there is a crackdown on militants.

Those regulations have their roots in the days before Alaska's statehood, when people hunted for most of their food.

May 15, 1948, which is Israel's declaration of statehood next day, Britain announced the end of the Mandate in Palestine.

It lacks most of the essentials of statehood, and already faces rebellion from within its midst.

A German thinker, Max Weber, defined statehood as "the monopoly of the legitimate use of violence" .

Oregon: The middle row has two fewer stars than all the other rows, as in the 33-star flag issued upon Oregon's statehood.

Russia's statehood had been as nominal as those of other Soviet Socialist Republics such as Ukraine or Kazakhstan.

The Palestinians would then have the option of asking the 193-member general assembly for enhanced status, albeit short of full statehood.

Beijing, the real estate development companies mister, major-media hotel ballroom where statehood .

In June, for the first time, he publicly accepted the idea of Palestinian statehood, however circumscribed.

THE choice for our people, Mr President, is between statehood and extermination.

After the war, two-thirds of the people of Hawaii supported statehood.

Implicit word day, statehood Jianyang (now Fujian) people.

After the war, Alaskans were more serious than ever about statehood.

The youth should also carry the responsibility for the future of the state and statehood.

Israelis, such as Jerusalem resident Haim Ben-Ami, reacted to Abbas's statehood proposal with a mix of hope and concern.

Therefore huge damage has been inflicted on its statehood .

This is barmy. The argument that the Palestinians must resume negotiations before getting statehood is specious.

Secretary Webster was cool to the idea of Texas statehood.

Four months after becoming secretary of state, Upshur offered a statehood treaty to Texas.

Qian Fu for three years (876), term frequency of illness, statehood people give the city mast, built of pear guanyuemiao Yi Si.

A good two-thirds of the UN's 193 members will vote for Palestinian statehood.

The letter created great opposition to Texas statehood in the north.

Both Clay and Van Buren opposed statehood for Texas.

In 1835, the Michigan territory enacted its first constitution, but statehood was delayed until 1837.

Tyler still hoped to get statehood for Texas. James K.

But a lot of Palestinians wonder if this is the death-knell of their dream of statehood.

Chuck Norris will attain statehood in 2009. His state flower will be the Magnolia.

If the Kurds can control their pipelines, they can set the terms of their own statehood.

A: The World Health Organization (WHO) is a special UN agency to which statehood is required.

In 1946, Alaskans approved statehood and adopted a constitution in 1955.

In the meantime, it's best to hope the United States doesn't grant statehood to Puerto Rico and all 18 governorates of Iraq.

But for many people in Serbia the idea of Kosovo slipping formally away into independent statehood remains an anathema.

Not all of the world's nations have their own statehood.

If a nation wants to secede and to create it own statehood, there is little what any government can do, except keep it by force.

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