"They didn't criticise my performances, they didn't criticise the team's performances, they just criticised my Turkish ancestry and respect for my upbringing," he said in his statement.
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My advice is-, LF: That your businesses will never criticise you for being over prepared, but they will certainly criticise you for being underprepared-, LF: Therefore, put in the extra work.
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But both Democrats and Republicans continue to criticise the kingdom.
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Headlines - MPs criticise government sale of Green Investment Bank on.ft.
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No one dares to criticise the king's viciousness or caprice.
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Senior Labour figures are increasingly willing to criticise his leadership.
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Mr Trump never misses a chance to criticise his predecessor.
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The WTO is easy to criticise and take for granted.
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Lawyers criticise an overly rigid interpretation of the subsidiarity principle.
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Buckland also appeared to criticise Johnson's chief advisor, Dominic Cummings.
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But those who criticise Jews cluster on the far right.
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India's cautious business press has begun to criticise the government.
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They provide a way of measuring an employee's development over time (it is odd that some of those who criticise annual feedback for being too slow also criticise companies for being too short-term).
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Thus, for example, it did not criticise Russia's annexation of Crimea.
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Leaders say they now criticise, rather than joke about, domestic violence.
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But she has failed even to criticise its blatant ethnic cleansing.
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But many Australians criticise him for calling the vote at all.
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They criticise the government for delaying related reforms of tax policies.
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Journalists and activists criticise the monarchy, which puts them at risk.
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May's likely successor, Boris Johnson, declined to criticise the president's comments.
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Headlines * Donald Trump defiant as world leaders criticise travel ban. on.ft.
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You can criticise John Boyega on social media all you want.
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Lawmakers who used their swearing-in oaths to criticise China were suspended.
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In it Mr Deng appeared to criticise Mr Xi's assertive foreign policy.
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" However, he adds, "it is getting more risky to criticise religious ideas.
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Those who criticise the dam have been told they will be jailed.
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But Mr Netanyahu's political rivals dared not criticise his opposition to it.
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Just because you won an award doesn't mean you can't criticise it.
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"I'm not going to quarrel or criticise the judges," he told reporters.
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Legislation enacted in 2016 made it harder to criticise those in power.
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Nonetheless, it is hard to criticise Etihad for trying to maximise its profits.
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Two justices—Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas—wrote separately to criticise footnote 3.
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Also on the show: Chinese writers use science fiction to criticise their society.
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A kkondae is quick to criticise but will never admit his own mistakes.
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German politicians these days seem to be competing to criticise Mr Erdogan's government.
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I'm not going to criticise him when I think he's doing something right.
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Don't pretend to liberate them just so you can criticise their beliefs. 68.
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In the short term, it is hard to criticise China for doing this.
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The contestants criticise 25-year-old sales rep Maggie Toraason for drinking too much.
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Sinn Fein, which wants a united Ireland, pointedly did not criticise the deal much.
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It produced a sympathy vote and made it harder for rivals to criticise him.
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Many people in China took to social media to criticise the ad as sexist.
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Western governments criticise such injustices, but events elsewhere in Asia are proving a distraction.
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"I do not criticise other countries' systems just because they are different," he said.
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Mr Netanyahu's rivals love to criticise his strategy, yet none has a coherent alternative.
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You criticise him at first gently, then harder and harder, and he doesn't change.
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We cant criticise the man because he happened to come from a Jewish background?
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In the Labour Party, it is those MPs who criticise the leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
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Allowing people the freedom to criticise something on social media leads to greater accountability.
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New legislation proposed earlier this year made it harder to criticise those in power.
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Some state-owned newspapers have published calls for more freedom to criticise the government.
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You criticise colleagues in front of each other and in front of their officials.
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I think that people should look to do things correctly as opposed to criticise.
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U.S. presidents rarely criticise the Fed, whose independence is considered important for economic stability.
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Erdogan has said the bank is independent but he is free to criticise it.
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EU leaders have often bitten their tongues rather than criticise the country's slide into autocracy.
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Last year the party reminded members that they must not criticise the central leadership's decisions.
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And Mr Uribe and fellow opponents of the peace deal continue to criticise its implementation.
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Some criticise Mr Gottlieb, who once worked in the industry, for still being its accomplice.
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The president says the bank is independent but that he is free to criticise it.
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It was therefore inappropriate for politicians to criticise the ECB, IWH economist Oliver Holtemoeller said.
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But some criticise him for helping bring to power the parties responsible for misgoverning Iraq.
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They also criticise the Houthis for missile attacks on Saudi cities, including the capital Riyadh.
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She never met the expectations of her mother, who would criticise her all her life.
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While foreign investors and analysts regularly criticise monetary policy decisions, Turkish economists rarely speak out.
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I've always found shocking also the notion that if you criticise radical Islam, or if you criticise views that are radical, that this is somehow you justifying the murder of innocent people who are not radical, or justifying murder on the basis of views itself.
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Yet in a number of enclaves in Kensington it is considered impolite to criticise the council.
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Mr Trump accused Mrs Clinton of turning against the TPP after hearing him criticise the deal.
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LONDON — If there's one thing you should never, ever do on Twitter, it's criticise Tesco Mobile.
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Politicians queued up to criticise big tech companies for abusing data and paying too few taxes.
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It is absurd, they argue, that a presenter can criticise racist language but not its speaker.
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Why are you happy to criticise people like me, when you refuse to discuss your family?
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In general, he does not criticise competitors, Zetsche said at a reception in the German capital.
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Meanwhile, the failure of so many Republican politicians to criticise his poor behaviour points to another concern.
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Among the few politicians in Macau who criticise the Chinese government is Au Kam San, a legislator.
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Even some Republicans cannot understand this strange refusal to criticise Russia and its strongman president, Vladimir Putin.
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The government also signalled that it would prosecute people who criticise or mock it on social media.
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We have a lot of people in the country these days who criticise instead of doing something.
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I don't think I've ever heard an artist publicly criticise their manager as much as you do.
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Viewers took to Twitter to criticise the programme for showing footage of her reacting to the news.
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John Boyega has become the latest actor to criticise Game of Thrones for its lack of diversity.
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Most moderate members no longer turn up and those that do get harangued if they criticise Corbyn.
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It might seem churlish to criticise China for lending to poor countries, but loans are not gifts.
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If you criticise his entrance into entertainment, just how many dramas and movies has he been in?
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The data simply show that most left-wingers who criticise Israel do not dislike Jews as people.
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Pedants can nonetheless criticise Oxfam's headline-grabbing comparison for its handling of debt, the dollar, labour and data.
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You can criticise Ed Sheeran if you must, but you'd better not suggest his music isn't 100% live.
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People who criticise the regime are loth to give their names, especially since it massacred protesters in 221.
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Another provision of the law bars candidates who criticise the revolution of 2011 or back the old regime.
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However Mr Mkhize, like many other senior figures in the ANC, is unwilling to criticise Mr Zuma openly.
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America and the European Union recently expressed concern about political violence, but did not criticise the government directly.
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"It's one thing when people criticise you on Facebook, it's another when they threaten death," Ms Balytska says.
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But there is indeed plenty to criticise in the 63-page agreement on justice finalised on December 15th.
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Mr Cruz erred in attacking the moderators for inviting the others to criticise him; the studio audience booed.
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Figures from across the Russian political spectrum have been quick to criticise the team, not least the Communists.
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He says journalists are free to criticise him - pointing to headlines that called him a "murderer" or "thief".
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Moreover, while the Conservatives may criticise Corbyn's policies, it has little to gain by publicly defending bad bosses.
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Poland's fiercely anti-Russian government may have been privately disappointed in Mr Trump's failure to criticise Moscow more strongly.
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Some lawyers say the legal debate risks disrupting the regulatory process and limiting the FCA's scope to criticise companies.
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German officials criticise their EU partners for refusing to reciprocate the solidarity they asked for during the euro crisis.
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The report of a public inquiry into the debacle, due in December, is expected to heavily criticise DUP leaders.
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Earlier on Sunday, KCNA quoted Kim as saying no one had the right to criticise the North's nuclear tests.
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"It is the legitimate right of a sovereign state and a fair action that nobody can criticise," he said.
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Yet even as legal challenges to Mr Trump's behaviour creep through the courts, the Republicans dare not criticise it.
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A rival, statist camp is strikingly reluctant to criticise Mao, seeing him as a source of the party's legitimacy.
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Many people criticise the cynical nature of these news channels, saying that they profit off the back of tragedy.
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Mr Ren had used it to criticise Mr Xi's recent efforts to tighten the party's control over the media.
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Politicians often find themselves derided by the public, but in Australia, memes from The Simpsons are used to criticise them.
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"Countries might criticise the decision but it wouldn't be a violation of the agreement as a legal matter," she said.
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Others appeared to criticise the team's assistant coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, who went along on the expedition after a soccer practice.
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He used his inaugural address to criticise the liberal orthodoxy to which Mexican governments have intermittently adhered for three decades.
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The European Commission ignored Mr Puigdemont's invitation to mediate, but did criticise violence and called on both sides to talk.
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The Economist: Your views and remedies are not centrist but extremist—and this is to describe them, not criticise them.
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Today, when Argentines criticise the IMF for its role in the traumas of 2001 and 2002, they give contradictory reasons.
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He also says that he is prepared to criticise policies with which he disagrees, such as proposed alternatives to Obamacare.
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People with knowledge of the matter said it will likely further criticise Huawei's perceived slow response to the British concerns.
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"I support and defend the right to criticise and satirize events like this," Oz Katerji, a journalist, told the BBC.
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And yet the lesson continues to go unheeded and we continue to criticise the method and blame the users instead.
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Meantime, networks earnings will be cut in future years in the low interest environment, and analysts criticise low earnings transparency.
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Like Hunt, Raab used his conference speech to criticise the EU's approach to negotiations, warning Brussels not to bully Britain.
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The leak comes as lawyers and scholars criticise established data brokers such as LexisNexis over their own work with ICE.
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But their continued interest in research proves that you do not have to leave the ivory tower to criticise it.
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In India journalists who criticise the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party receive torrents of threats on social media from Hindu nationalists.
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Some accounts describe themselves as "free Papua" activists but criticise advocates for Papuan self-determination, including prominent lawyer Veronica Koman.
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"Find people who look for the best in others, praise rather than criticise, and love what they do," Branson writes.
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Over the past nine months we have protected freedom of speech, of assembly and the right to criticise the government.
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On the eve of the meeting, the president said he had a right to criticise the central bank despite its independence.
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His government has passed laws making it impossible for labour unions and other pressure groups to criticise it without risking closure.
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Conservative politicians bridle at his attempts to atone for Japan's wartime behaviour, but his personal conduct makes him hard to criticise.
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However, he did severely criticise Tunisian security forces saying that their response had been "at best shambolic, and at worst cowardly".
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"What are the qualifications of American politicians to criticise Hong Kong's human rights, freedoms and the rule of law?" it said.
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Fox News and other right-leaning outlets have begun to criticise tech with the venom they once reserved for Hillary Clinton.
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Over the years this newspaper has found much to criticise in the EU. It is an imperfect, at times maddening club.
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It is rare for Japan to openly criticise the United States on economic policy, given the two countries' close defense ties.
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"Erdogan was elected by the people, so to criticise him is to patronise and disrespect the people" say the Turkish president's propagandists in Ankara; "Brexit was voted for by the people, so to criticise it is to patronise and disrespect the people" say the Brexit purists in London (funnily enough, the apposite vote-share in both cases was 52%).
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Teachers' unions there criticise Bridge for often hiring unlicensed teachers; they also argue that the chain funnels money away from public education.
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Conservative and Labour lawmakers lined up to criticise May's Withdrawal Agreement Bill, or WAB, legislation which implements the terms of Britain's departure.
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Even as Andrés Manuel López Obrador rages against other indignities of modern Mexican life, he dare not criticise Donald Trump too harshly.
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Nearly 80% reject a government in which "experts decide everything" and 60% say the public should be free to criticise the authorities.
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That is just the sort of view Mr Moon used to criticise: that the chaebol are national champions deserving of political support.
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Mr Rauner is careful not to criticise the president, whom he did not endorse (he also skipped the Republican convention in 2016).
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Though shifts in corporate governance are underway, some investors criticise Japanese firms for putting employee welfare and traditional practice above shareholder returns.
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Just 20% think they enjoy press freedom, according to a March poll; 66% believe they cannot openly criticise the Palestinian Authority (PA).
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He had used an account with 38m followers to criticise President Xi Jinping's efforts to tighten Communist Party control over the media.
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During a leadership debate, Johnson did criticise Trump for his comments about four congresswomen but declined to describe the remarks as racist.
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He also refused to criticise Trump after the president tweeted a series of criticisms of Theresa May and her handling of Brexit.
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"However, Johnson refused to criticise Trump on Tuesday evening, saying only that the president had been "dragged into a British political debate.
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It can help discredit individual women who criticise the regime, and it can aggravate political divides in societies it wants to weaken.
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Thiem also made 44 unforced errors but it would be churlish to criticise that tally when he was playing such risky tennis.
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Some criticise the use of gas because it is not carbon-free, but BHP says it is realistic in the near term.
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The documents also identify Vietnam as a priority strategic partner and criticise China for acts of intimidation in the South China Sea.
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So in both countries, conservatives who do criticise Israel—a smaller share of America's right than Britain's—are often anti-Semitic, too.
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One is to create a safe space for the Chinese Communist Party by ensuring that other countries do not criticise its rule.
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Mr Rutte's letter praised such Dutch values as gay rights and the freedom to wear short skirts, and did not explicitly criticise Muslims.
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They would also criticise moves by Baghdad which hurt Christians, such as a law demanding that the children of interfaith marriages be Muslim.
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Mr Obama launched his surge in part because he had long harped on Afghanistan as a means to criticise the war in Iraq.
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Mr Moreno does not criticise Mr Correa's "21st-century socialism", a term copied from Hugo Chávez, but he says its time has passed.
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Mr Trump can tout his tough-on-immigration bonafides—and criticise judges who rule against his policies—as the presidential campaign heats up.
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Over three days in January, five obscure social-media commentators who had dared to criticise the army vanished from different parts of Punjab.
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It is risky for a member of the Hutu majority to point this out, however, or to criticise the president in any way.
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Colleagues with ambition—such as Fumio Kishida, the foreign minister—have been appointed to grand posts from which they cannot openly criticise him.
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Some Russians used Thursday's session - broadcast live with some questions flashed on the studio screen - as an opportunity to criticise the Kremlin chief.
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Under Mr Magufuli a raft of legislation, including on the media, cybercrime and political parties, makes it harder, often illegal, to criticise him.
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He surrounds himself with hacks who adore him, and ostracises all those who have the audacity to criticise – or even question – his methods.
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Farming organisations are currently debating whether to allow heating of greenhouses for organic production in France, leading some groups to criticise industrial methods.
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All regions and departments must dare to criticise and order to rectify immediately those who fail to implement the party central committee's decisions.
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If all famous people can constantly criticise Trump for the next four years he'll be too busy ranting on twitter to kill us all.
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Because the NTSB is not itself a regulator, it feels able to criticise both transport companies and regulations; that makes its conclusions genuinely independent.
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There is little sense that anything would improve if more people stayed, so those left behind are loth to criticise those who are leaving.
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It is a serious breach of etiquette for you to comment on the level of your own share price or to criticise the financiers.
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This newspaper has been ready to criticise the bank when it errs, as it did in its handling of the financial crisis of 2007.
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For over a year he used that platform to criticise growing repression in Saudi Arabia and urge an end to the war in Yemen.
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Her access to state airwaves has allowed her to talk about Mr Navalny, criticise Mr Putin's foreign policy and speak up for human rights.
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What is more, although Myanmar's media law says journalists may "freely criticise" the executive, the legislature and the judiciary, the army is conspicuously omitted.
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Mr Otowa does not overtly criticise Jinja Honcho, but he does talk about how women used to have a much bigger role in Shinto.
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Anyone who dares to criticise the government risks being labelled "an enemy of the state" by the pro-government media, as she has been.
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That argument should go down well with reformers, who criticise the banks for propping up failing firms, if not with the banks' own shareholders.
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Some speculate that Mr Liu used the article to criticise the way in which the prime minister, Li Keqiang, has (mis-)managed the economy.
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But they criticise what they see as lingering unfriendliness to U.S. firms and a stifling bureaucracy, and question New Delhi's record on human rights.
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JAKE HILDNERChicago A lot of people may criticise describing Uber, a seven-year-old firm that has raised billions of dollars, as a "startup".
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Hundreds of protesters again took to the streets of central Algiers to demand Bouteflika's resignation and also to criticise the country's entire political system.
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Posts combine camp humour with an eye for ludicrous self-parody—many of members are also a part in the same communities they criticise.
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"Whenever Chinese nationals respond to insults by foreigners, some people would quickly criticise Chinese people for having 'hearts of glass'," the People's Daily wrote.
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They also criticise Mnangagwa for presiding over soaring prices and shortages of foreign currency and fuel that have sparked anger among a restive population.
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After the summit ended, the Vietnamese Communist Party's propaganda department sent a message to local reporters, urging them not to criticise Trump or Kim.
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Civil servants in Australia can criticise the country's government on Twitter, so long as they do it under a fake name and outside of work.
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For more than a year he used that platform to criticise growing repression in Saudi Arabia and urge an end to the war in Yemen.
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It deploys the conventions of survivalist and militaristic action films to criticise not just Brazil's current leadership, but all those in power with authoritarian tendencies.
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The band's members have caused a stir by threatening to use their platform to criticise this year's host, Israel, for its treatment of the Palestinians.
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Erdogan, who has described himself as an "enemy" of interest rates, says the central bank is independent but he has a right to criticise it.
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Both ruling Conservative and opposition Labour lawmakers lined up to criticise May's Withdrawal Agreement Bill, or WAB, legislation which implements the terms of Britain's departure.
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The previous incumbents, elected only in 2016, had been disqualified for using their oathtaking speeches to criticise the governments of both Hong Kong and China.
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The media, both left and right, continue to hound, misrepresent and criticise his every move yet blatantly shield his opponent from her scandal riddled campaign.
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Nor for that matter is ASEAN really in a position to criticise Europe for its difficulties in tackling unprecedented waves of distressed refugees and migrants.
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Uganda's contribution of 6,000 soldiers to suppress al-Shabab, a jihadist group in Somalia, means that Western governments are less inclined to criticise Mr Museveni.
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Yet she says it is too early for her to chide the president: "In order to criticise someone, you have to do something yourself first."
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"Trump has consistently pulled his punches and been very, very reluctant to criticise Putin," said Andrew Weiss, former Russia director at the National Security Council.
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HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Is it better to criticise from inside the tent, to paraphrase U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's famously earthy line, or from outside?
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Nearly 80 percent of the Philippines' 100 million people are Catholic and until recently the church had been hesitant to criticise Duterte's war on drugs.
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In the Last Week Tonight video above, John Oliver breaks all that down — and he has some strong words for the people who criticise it.
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"If we criticised players in the past for not looking further than their own belly buttons, we can't criticise them now for speaking out," Kfouri said.
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In almost any other team sport, fans and analysts would criticise a superstar on a mediocre team for failing to will them to win single-handedly.
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But his cultural reforms—granting women the right to drive, allowing cinemas and concerts—are broadly popular, and few independent voices are left to criticise him.
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"As I have said numerous times, everyone in Zimbabwe has the right to express themselves freely — to speak out, to criticise and to protest," he wrote.
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The civil war in Somalia broke out almost three decades ago, and people are quick to criticise the little amount of progress that has been made.
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This tournament has been notable for some superb team moves and remarkable goalkeeping (an aspect of the women's game that some male viewers used to criticise).
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"The problem [arises] when Europeans criticise the abusive blasphemy or apostasy laws in countries such as Indonesia, Pakistan, Sudan or a host of others," she said.
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Some will criticise Mourinho for his egotism, some for his pragmatism and some for his caustic attitude, but nobody can deny his legacy of relentless success.
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David Cameron, the prime minister, was confident of securing a deal in Brussels, but Eurosceptics back home were poised to criticise whatever emerged from the talks.
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However, it is no laughing matter that members of the government consider it their patriotic duty to criticise and ignore advice which doesn't validate their view.
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In response, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocates poured online to criticise the decision using hashtags, open letters and even calls to dump Sina shares.
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Fear is justified...I would not want to criticise that for a moment, but so is hope fully justified because we have the capacity [to respond].
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It would be unfair to criticise Silva for taking on these lucrative opportunities, especially how seriously his livelihood was threatened under the archaic Lundvall's overturned ruling.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan has been making a habit of saying something completely different from the president while taking pains not to criticise him by name.
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Some people criticise the Order of the Phoenix for being too unstructured, but in my opinion it has some of the greatest moments in the series.
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One of the few media companies that dares to criticise the government has been raided by police on grounds that would not normally attract such heavy-handedness.
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It is also host to Al Jazeera, the nearest the Middle East has to an uncensored broadcaster (so long as it does not criticise the Qatari monarchy).
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Someone accused of "subversion"—a charge often levelled at people who do nothing more than persistently criticise the authorities—can still expect short shrift in the dock.
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Strikingly, a spokesman for the British prime minister, Theresa May, said it was inappropriate for Mr Kerry to criticise the political make-up of the Israeli government.
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We sit in our classrooms learning about climate change and its awful effects, and then when we want to do something about it, the politicians criticise us.
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Ultra-traditionalists in Russia—and other places, including Greece—sometimes criticise Patriarch Bartholomew for being too open to dialogue and collaboration with the Protestant and Catholic churches.
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At least Mr Kushner did whatever he could do to take the wind out of the sails of those who will criticise him for conflicts of interest.
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While Western consumers have begun to criticise brands for their carbon emissions, the growing middle class in China and India is driving up demand for disposable fashion.
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Describing its future, he talked of a city run by technocrats and business leaders who, as long as they loved China, should be allowed to criticise communism.
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Tory-supporting newspapers have been quick to criticise Mr Khan, a Labour mayor who will have to fight an election campaign in a little over a year.
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Sometimes the government plays a very interesting game, in which you are allowed to criticise or to debate an issue in another country but not your own.
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One can justifiably criticise the Iranians' methods, but this explanation is far more convincing than the narrative of securing a land route from Tehran to the Mediterranean.
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In their haste to criticise the guidelines, activists have, perhaps wilfully, misrepresented this rule as a requirement that rapists force their victims into a room with them.
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The Economist: But you criticise, several times in the book, the–I don't like the world "neoliberal"–but the view that identifies liberalism purely with the market.
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That may be in part because the party's leaders and spokespeople have been careful not to criticise the special counsel, for whom they previously expressed profound respect.
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After he died in 216, people were gradually allowed more freedom to criticise the government, so long as they did not challenge the party's monopoly on power.
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Unlike Western officials, Mr Erdogan pointedly remarked, "Putin did not criticise me on the number of people from the military or civil service who had been dismissed".
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While condemning the violence of recent protests he took care not to criticise the local government and heaped praise on the work of the Hong Kong police.
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It said May would also criticise the Norway model for Brexit, saying it would leave Britain forced to accept EU laws without having a say in them.
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Whereas politicians and conservative newspapers tend to criticise aid agencies for wasting money on silly projects and falling prey to fraudsters, aid-watchers have a more profound worry.
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If you're going to criticise Chrissy Teigen for her choice to post a breastfeeding photo on Instagram, then you're best off doing it away from the social media.
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In 2011 a liberal-minded governor of Punjab province, Salmaan Taseer, was shot dead by his bodyguard simply for daring to criticise what he called a "black law".
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It was reasonable to criticise Japan for its mercantilism, but clearly wrong to portray a democracy and an American ally as a threat to America's way of life.
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I know people are going to criticise me and say that's a cop out but for personal reasons, that one has haunted me for a long, long time.
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Former Dutch pentathlete Sylvia Barlag was speaking ahead of an anti-doping agency report expected to criticise IAAF handling of a doping scandal that has shaken the sport.
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John Lewis to the Squad, Trump tends to invoke the word "infested" — with crime, vermin, or disease — when he wants to attack people of colour who criticise him.
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The release of the video caused widespread embarrassment for the Chinese people, who were quick to criticise and express their disgust at the behaviour displayed by their fellowmen.
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Judge Liam McNally said McConnell was "entitled to criticise Islam in a robust manner", and that his comments amounted to "nothing other than a bout of name calling".
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We need to walk in where these decisions are made that we criticise, we can't just stand outside and throw Molotov cocktails all the time and kill people.
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This system encourages candidates to take a low profile, ask little from central government and not criticise party leaders, even when they deprive Roma communities of funds, Saliu said.
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It has also been disconcerting to hear Mr Trump's supporters adopt the term Lügenpresse to refer to the mainstream media, or to any journalists who criticise the president-elect.
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The president's scheme to revive the 1970s economy through protectionism and deregulation is unrealistic, as Mr Rubio—who these days dares not criticise Mr Trump—cannot help but acknowledge.
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People took to social media in vast numbers to criticise Pandya, as well as Rahul and show host Karan Johar, a Bollywood producer and director, saying they were complicit.
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Otherwise, if you want to criticise a country like the UAE, act like a drone pilot: wait until you are safely home again and release your bombs from afar.
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To criticise him, as a result, feels like criticising them for being credulous enough to swallow his lies and about-turns (or so partisan as to forgive him anything).
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In a lecture to high school students, he seemed to criticise the response by security personnel to the outbreak of stabbings by young Palestinians over the past few months.
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" Locals were quick to criticise the Thomas Waghorn for its strict dress code, with one contacting local newspaper Midway Messenger to complain that it was "disgusting" and "stereotyped people.
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You can't champion the moves made to promote fighter safety, such as Chris Eubank Sr.'s actions, but then criticise others for supposedly looking out for their own wellbeing.
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Things might have gone south since Becchetti took over at Orient but, on a superficial level, few fans could criticise him for the extent of the investment he's made.
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In a sign of Japan's irritation, Finance Minister Taro Aso used unusually harsh language to criticise Trump's trade policy at a Group of Seven finance leaders' gathering last week.
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Johnson also appeared to criticise finance minister Philip Hammond, who is regarded as one of the most pro-European members of May's cabinet and has drawn criticism from eurosceptics.
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"Europeans are not in a position to criticise Iran for issues outside the JCPOA," Zarif was quoted as saying by the state broadcaster, using the acronym for the nuclear deal.
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The tweet appeared to criticise a resolution of the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, which condemned the campaign for boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS) against Israel as anti-Semitic.
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The party seeks to distance itself from radical Hindutva (Hindu nationalist) groups, which criticise it as "soft" on Pakistan, Muslims and those who harm cows (which are sacred to Hindus).
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Cambodia has repeatedly blocked ASEAN from making statements that criticise China's expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea, even though they conflict with those of several other ASEAN members.
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It has been encouraging Thailand's main cable provider to censor foreign television channels, for example, and says it will seek to prosecute people outside the country who criticise the king.
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The very same students who defend their homeland's reputation will readily, in other contexts, criticise government abuses This is not to say that Chinese students never self-censor while abroad.
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It is very hard for the government to criticise a central bank for having policy too tight if inflation is within the inflation target, and is projected to remain so.
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The genial pair (Mr Hurd is an ex-CIA agent unafraid to criticise Mr Trump) drew national attention with their livestreamed journey, as they munched bad food and debated politics.
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Zuma has the authority to hire and fire ministers such as Gordhan, but if senior party figures openly criticise him or resign it would weaken his position in the party.
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Businesses in Iceland often criticise the government for its tardiness in implementing EU rules it has only just heard about, which can create problems for sellers into the single market.
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In an interview with Politico on Wednesday, Johnson declined to criticise Trump, saying that he finds it "hard to disagree" with the president's assessment of the prime minister, as "foolish".
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"Even Johnson's Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan appeared to criticise the PM, tweeting that "we all need to remind ourselves of the effect of everything we say on those watching us.
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You'll also spot an onslaught of comments from members of the public who were quick to criticise EasyJet for this, before the tide of criticism shifted as the story developed.
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Human Rights Watch's 2019 World Report found that the country "arbitrarily detains and forcibly disappears" people within its borders who criticise the government, including in comments made on social media.
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"To expect that he will get rid of his narrative and invite the entire opposition to criticise him, it was not possible," Qureshi told Pakistan's Geo TV channel late on Monday.
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When America sounded out governments in the area to see if they might criticise China's repression in Xinjiang at the UN or the Organisation of Islamic States it got no takers.
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JOÃO CARLOSRio de Janeiro Climate change* You were right to criticise political inertia for holding back efforts to rethink and reshape existing energy networks ("In the line of fire", August 4th).
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He had long been regarded as the most vocal Shi'ite leader in the eastern district of Qatif, willing to publicly criticise the Al Saud ruling family and call directly for elections.
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Since his new secretary was the straight-talking sort, he was soon purged for daring to criticise openly the Great Leap Forward, the economic enormity which led China into savage famine.
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She backed all of his policies loyally, including the expansion of Medicaid and health insurance for the poor, and did not criticise Mr Kasich's "Never Trump" campaign during his presidential candidacy.
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In general, American officials have been loth to criticise Turkey, but in a phone call with Mr Erdogan on January 25th, President Donald Trump expressed concern about the violence in Afrin.
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The worry is that a lot of this money may end up in the hands of governments which Britain and the EU regularly criticise for torturing and killing their own citizens.
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Its authors criticise 1MDB's board for failing to properly scrutinise its executives, and recommend that police investigate the firm's former boss, Sharol Halmi, who now works in the prime minister's office.
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"It is becoming clear that the Trump administration is one that will pursue a weaker dollar and criticise the currency policies of others," said Shin Kadota, senior forex strategist at Barclays.
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Most of India's top broadcast CEO's took part in a rare joint press conference on Friday to criticise the new regulations, the second such tariff order in less than a year.
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Singer Sona Mohapatra was one of the few people from the Indian film industry to criticise Khan's comment, and has now written about being trolled and receiving threats for her views.
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It said that software sold to the government to spy on suspected criminals had turned up on the mobile phones of journalists and human-rights campaigners who criticise the government perfectly legally.
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CRITICALLY ill in a hospital in Nairobi, Tundu Lissu, the chief whip of Tanzania's main opposition party, Chadema, is a lesson to those who would criticise the Tanzanian president, John Magufuli (pictured).
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He also wields a light sabre, which prompted Mark Hamill, the actor who portrays Luke Skywalker in the "Star Wars" films, to criticise Mr Pai on Twitter for siding with giant corporations.
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Some Russians used Thursday's session - broadcast live with some questions flashed on the studio screen and subject to a cyber attack according to organisers - as an opportunity to criticise the Kremlin chief.
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IT IS probably unprecedented in American electoral history for the world's most influential religious leader and the world's most powerful political leader both to criticise a presidential candidate in the same week.
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Mary Ellen O'Connell, of the University of Notre Dame Law School, says that Mr Obama's use of drones will make it harder for him to criticise other countries for spurning international norms.
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"For the first time in a while the U.S. president decided to criticise the currency policies of other countries," said Makoto Noji, chief currency and foreign bond strategist at SMBC Nikko Securities.
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Thailand ordered owners of publicly accessible wireless networks to keep records of their customers' identities or their browsing history, to help the authorities identify people who criticise the government or the monarchy.
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Speaking after being awarded an honorary doctorate at one of Belgium's leading universities, Loach said he was shocked that premier Charles Michel had chosen to criticise the institution for giving him the award.
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"Pressed by Politico on whether it was right for Trump to personally criticise the prime minister, Johnson replied: "I think most people feel … I don't want anybody else telling us what to do.
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Speaking during a televised leadership debate on ITV, Johnson also refused to criticise Trump for publicly insulting Prime Minister May, saying only that the president had been "dragged into a British political debate."
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At last, halfway through two days of doomy talk about trade wars and some scratchy exchanges about whether Westerners have a right to criticise China's leaders, a Chinese participant sounded an optimistic note.
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Activist fund Paulson & Co, which was a top-10 Premier shareholder, went public to criticise its board for rejecting McCormick's offer, one of a number of its biggest investors who questioned the decision.
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The men's ATP tour, women's WTA tour and International Tennis Federation have yet to respond publicly to the move but some players have taken to social media to criticise the lack of consultation.
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Chinese leaders argue that their vast country cannot risk the morale-sapping confusion that might be sown by a free press, independent courts or even civic groups with the right to criticise official wrongs.
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"Europeans are not in a position to criticise Iran for issues outside the JCPOA," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted as saying by the state broadcaster, using the acronym for the nuclear deal.
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Though there are 17,000 peacekeepers in South Sudan, with a Chapter 7 mandate (which authorises the use of force to protect civilians), the UN is loth to criticise the government that hosts its mission.
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Mr Gray uses this observation as a launch-pad to criticise "New Atheists" such as Richard Dawkins, and to point out that most modern atheists do not follow their reasoning to its logical conclusion.
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But Mr Trump, who had earlier mused about ditching a free-trade agreement with South Korea, chose instead to criticise Moon Jae-in, the South's president, who has called for talks with the North.
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Everything about her is a rebuke to Jeremy Corbyn, Labour's leader, who was born in privilege and has taken every opportunity to criticise "militarism", at least when it is practised by his own country.
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"If you do not have the ability to express your own opinion, to criticise policy, offer competing ideas without fear of intimidation or retribution, then your country is being robbed of opportunity," Biden said.
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Historians there say no one dares criticise VW, and recall hosting an exhibition in 2014 that urged visitors to "learn from Detroit", suggesting that the city's reliance on VW was a "ticking time-bomb".
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There is not a single top-flight manager who would employ a coach at his club, if that coach was also a major pundit expected to criticise him in front of millions of viewers.
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It is no wonder the senator has been careful not to criticise the president, even as he has vowed to dismantle the, allegedly rigged, system that Mr Obama has for eight years presided over.
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She is expected to criticise Russia, which was kicked out of the then-G8 in 2014 after annexing Crimea, and stress the need to counter the Kremlin's "disinformation" during a session on protecting democracy.
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Some defectors and human rights activists criticise North Korea's group performances, including the Mass Games and military parades, for glossing over the country's human rights record and placing extreme demands on performers, especially children.
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The disappearances have struck fear into the band, whose music and posts online call for revolt against the military and openly criticise the country's monarchy, Thailand's most sacred institution, which is illegal to insult.
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Farage is generally an unpopular figure in the EU's elected body, having used his seat in Parliament to criticise the 28-nation bloc and gloat when Britain voted to leave in the June referendum.
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There are ex-pros lining up to criticise referees from the security and comfort of the studio, and basically none who are brave enough to expose themselves to similar criticism, face to face or otherwise.
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"I think that the Italian Prime Minister ... is wrong to criticise the Commission from every street corner," Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in Brussels on Friday, suggesting "domestic political theatre" might be at play.
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The high school student from Shanghai is among the Chinese citizens who in recent weeks have flocked to Western social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter to criticise demonstrators in the former British colony.
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But speaking with one European voice has become difficult as some smaller governments, including Hungary and Greece, rely on Chinese investment and are unwilling to criticise Beijing despite its militarisation of South China Sea islands.
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That is why former FBI Director James Comey's decision to criticise Hillary Clinton over her email arrangements in 2016—despite the fact that he had found no case for her to answer—was so controversial.
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On Monday, Ridha Bel Hadj, an opponent of the government, complained of interference by presidential officials who tried to block his interview on private Hannibal TV after he used the occasion to criticise the presidency.
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He declined to criticise what some lawmakers on the committee called exaggerated comments from British Bankers' Association CEO Anthony Browne, who said last week that banks will start leaving Britain within weeks because of Brexit.
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Industry insiders say the lack of comments or condemnations by some of the industry's biggest names points to a broad cultural difference from Hollywood - where actors regularly take up political causes and criticise the government.
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Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, however, accused the IAAF of trying to divert attention away from publication next week of the second part of WADA's investigation which is expected to criticise the world governing body.
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Following the attack at London Bridge on Saturday night that left seven people dead and many more injured, May was quick to criticise tech giants for providing terrorists with a safe haven to operate in.
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LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Another top-10 Unilever shareholder declared its opposition to the company's plan to redomicile as a single entity in the Netherlands, becoming the fifth big investor to publicly criticise the board's plan.
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On Friday, a Seattle judge blocked the order but many in Britain are angry about the measure, which they see as discriminatory, and the time it took for Prime Minister Theresa May's government to criticise it.
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At the bottom of the hunch is his own rhetoric: a candidate, and now a president, who has been quick to criticise or insult judges, Republican senators and his own intelligence services, but never Mr Putin.
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The Scottish leg of her tour follows visits to Wales and Northern Ireland on Tuesday in which she met businesses, community and faith leaders, and local politicians, while lawmakers in London continued to criticise her deal.
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ROME, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi should look after Italy's interests and not just criticise the country, Italy's Deputy Prime Minister, Matteo Salvini, said in a statement on Thursday.
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But he held firm on the requirement that transgendered people use public bathrooms that clash with their gender identity, prompting some to criticise the move as an effort to soften the law without fundamentally changing it.
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Mr Trump's comments suggest he might prefer to turn the clock back to the 18th century, when it was a crime to criticise the government: "The greater the truth", the principle held, "the greater the libel".
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So a second possibility is that Mr Xi wanted the article not to criticise Mr Li but rather to deliver a shock to underlings who had strayed from his prescribed programme of slower but sounder growth.
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LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Britain's relationship with China is strong enough to allow it to criticise the country for computer hacking and attempts to steal industrial secrets, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman told reporters on Thursday.
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At a newsmaker event at Reuters, Blair will criticise Britain's main parties for offering voters a stark choice, wanting to win "on the basis that whatever your dislike of what they're offering, the alternative is worse".
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New York-based Paulson & Co, a longtime investor in precious metals, became the latest to criticise gold mining companies' poor returns, calling at the Denver Gold Forum last week for action to tackle miners' "dreadful" performance.
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Even now, Mr Corbyn struggles to give a straight answer on whether Britain will leave the EU. The party seems to hope that it can simply sit back and criticise the deal that Mrs May eventually agrees.
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But another cause lies in something harder to criticise: the desire of most people to think of themselves as good and useful citizens, capable of providing for and keeping safe those people and values dear to them.
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The political scientist William Benoit says there are three modes of political communication: acclaim (present one's record and proposals without comment on one's rival), attack (criticise one's rival) and defend (preempt or rebut criticisms of one's self).
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Mrs Merkel has succeeded by offering her opponents little to criticise: few overarching visions, even less ideology, a ponderously non-committal rhetorical style and an "überparteilich" (above-party) reluctance to be drawn into partisan debate or conflict.
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The post was also a reminder that although Europeans often criticise lax firearm-ownership laws across the Atlantic, the region's firms are increasingly present in America's market for small arms—defined as revolvers, pistols, rifles and shotguns.
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CONFIDENCE MEASURES People with knowledge of the matter said the next NCSC report on Huawei's position in Britain will criticise its slow response to issues raised in last year's report and detail tense relations with British officials.
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It was written in an allegorical style traditionally used in China to criticise those in power, in this case in the form of an essay praising the seventh-century emperor, Taizong, for heeding a plain-talking courtier.
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Speaking hours before a key decision by central bank on interest rates, Erdogan, a self-declared enemy of high interest rates, went on to criticise private banks saying some have increased their rates up to 50 percent.
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Fillon offered his support to the mayors who had passed burkini-ban laws, while Prime Minister Manuel Valls continued to criticise the burkini, stating that wilfully vilifying that piece of clothing was in no way attacking personal freedom.
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Good luck trying to find the socialist critic of market economics, the faculty member who has experienced the fear of precarious shift work, or the speaker who will criticise the unanimous view that markets, well, they just work.
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The second statement also criticised last week's test of a U.S. Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by the U.S. Air Force out of California over the Pacific, saying South Korea was in no position to criticise North Korea.
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Mr Trump's stance toward the artists who criticise him suggests he would rather take after, say, the Kremlin if he could: last week, Russian authorities placed Kirill Serebrennikov, one of the country's leading theatre directors, under house arrest.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday it was unacceptable for Turkey to use "Nazi" jibes to criticise Germany and other countries for banning rallies in support of President Tayyip Erdogan.
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"If we push it through above their heads, they will use it in their anti-EU propaganda at home," another EU diplomat said of Poland and Hungary, where the nationalist-minded governments are quick to criticise the bloc.
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"China are out of bullets, they've taxed all U.S. imports, depreciated the currency, and it doesn't seem anyone else has jumped on the bandwagon to criticise the latest tariffs," said Christopher Peel, chief investment officer at Tavistock Wealth.
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At conference fringe events, in broadcast interviews, and even on the main conference stage itself, senior Labour figures lined up to criticise Corbyn's Brexit policy and set out their own ideas about the direction the party should take.
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"We will resolutely crack down on illegal and criminal acts that endanger the safety of peoples' lives, resolutely punish lawbreakers according to the law, and resolutely and severely criticise dereliction of duty in supervision," he was quoted as saying.
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But Duterte's style of handling has frustrated nationalists, who say he has been submissive in refusing to criticise China's military buildup, or seek its compliance with a 2016 arbitration award that invalidated its claim to almost the entire waterway.
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MUMBAI, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Some of the biggest television broadcasters operating in India joined forces on Friday to criticise new government regulations that impose restrictions on pay-TV charges, saying the move could put some channels out of business.
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Fox said the editors of the individual titles would retain editorial control over their political output, with the Express free to pursue its support for Brexit and the Mirror able to criticise the government's handling of the EU departure.
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The accusations will provide further ammunition for Najib's political rivals, who often criticise his wife for lavish spending, and come at an awkward time for the Malaysian leader, as he had been expected to call a snap election later this year.
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LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday that Europe was not in a position to criticise Tehran for its military capabilities, and called on European leaders to normalise economic ties with the Islamic Republic despite U.S. sanctions or face consequences.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan pledged on Tuesday to continue security operations along all of Turkey's borders until security threats are completely removed, adding no one had the right to criticise a new anti-terrorism law the government is drafting.
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First, there is the use of the word "snowflake" to criticise younger generations—those more likely to be in favour of affirmative action and gender-neutral bathrooms, for instance, who are perceived as thin-skinned and less resilient than their forebears.
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Shockingly, she has failed to criticise the army as it has rampaged through villages inhabited by the Rohingya minority, raping and killing on a horrifying scale according to the UN. Some 70,000 of them have fled across the border into Bangladesh.
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In a debate in Britain's parliament on a symbolic motion of no confidence in the Financial Conduct Authority, lawmakers lined up to criticise the watchdog over how it supervises banks paying compensation to businesses for miss-selling interest rate hedging products.
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The most absurd battle may be in Ontario, where the operators of petrol stations now face fines of up to C$10,000 a day from the provincial government if they do not display stickers that criticise the federal carbon tax.
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Sterling, which has seesawed since reaching $1.50 just before Britain's 2016 referendum that saw a 52-48 percent margin for leaving the EU, surged on news of a deal but then erased some gains as opponents lined up to criticise May.
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The findings come at a time when cybersecurity is a crucial topic in the presidential election, with hackers dumping documents from Hillary Clinton's campaign online, and Trump and his supporters continuing to criticise Clinton's use of a private email server.
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While trumpeting the thaw in relations between North and South Korea, North Korean media outlets have continued to criticise the United States, especially over joint military drills it plans to conduct with South Korean troops at the end of the month.
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"I think that the Italian Prime Minister, whom I respect a lot, is wrong to criticise the Commission at each street corner," Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told a news conference in Brussels, hinting at possible domestic reasons for the criticism.
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As part of this change - which the rest of the EU as well as democracy watchdogs and Polish opposition parties criticise as undermining the rule of law - male and female judges would be allowed to retire at a different age.
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The government insists that the clash stems from a technical dispute over the CEU's awarding of American-recognised diplomas, and not from the fact that its scholars often criticise Fidesz, or that it was founded and endowed by Mr Soros.
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The diplomat points out that she decided in 2011 that the only way to achieve her long-term political objectives was to work with the armed forces, and that since then she has always been very careful not to criticise them.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May warned on Monday that Britain would be thrust into the unknown if parliament rejects the Brexit deal she has negotiated with the European Union, as members of parliament from all sides lined up to criticise the agreement.
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"People can go back decades and perhaps criticise some of the judgments that were made," Michael Chertoff, who was the Republican lead counsel in one of the first probes into Mrs Clinton, the Senate Whitewater Committee, but has endorsed her, told Bloomberg.
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NORTH KOREA CRITICIZES U.S. TEST The second statement also criticised last week's test of a U.S. Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by the U.S. Air Force out of California over the Pacific, saying South Korea was in no position to criticise North Korea.
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But it has become politically toxic for EU leaders as Germany and other states criticise frontier countries such as Greece and Italy for failing to register and shelter the 1.1m people that have poured into Europe from the Middle East and North Africa.
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BRUSSELS, July 12 (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers are set to agree on Friday a joint position before a meeting with their counterparts at the G20 next week, in which they criticise the Unites States' "unilateral" trade measures and pledge retaliatory actions.
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But King Felipe, who made an unusual political intervention to criticise the independence drive, was met by both cheers and jeers when he arrived, and a banner reading "The Spanish king is not welcome in the Catalan countries" hung from one building.
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Following the interview's publication, a number of people took to social media to criticise Boyega's use of the word "weak." yeah so here's a direct quote of john boyega insinuating kelly marie tran is "weak" for how she dealt with TLJ backlash.
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Having refused to criticise Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, whose authoritarian leadership Mr Trump admires, he is now digesting reports that the Russians had warning of the attack, then bombed the hospital to which its victims had been sent in an attempt to destroy the evidence.
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So Israel's government could reasonably have been expected to condemn the protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, which featured neo-Nazis chanting "Jews will not replace us", and to criticise the mealy-mouthed response by President Donald Trump, who has energised the white-supremacist movement in America.
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They said one of his allegedly criminal messages, which suggested that a terrorist attack in 503 may have reflected failings in the government's policies in the western region of Xinjiang, had garnered 1,930 retweets—remarkable given Mr Pu's well-known propensity to criticise officialdom.
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A meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, another UN organ, ended on March 22nd with a draft declaration that failed even to criticise the use of the death penalty for drug offences, something that reformers had previously hoped might be achieved as a minimum.
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There are also omissions in the unofficial versions, for example of a stipulation that members of the ICCPR's human-rights committee "serve in their personal capacity" (China would balk at allowing its delegates to do so, lest they feel emboldened to criticise their own government).
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"The people who will criticise the NFF for not getting a so-called big sponsorship kit deal are the same ones who will undermine our ability to do so by buying the counterfeit jerseys," NFF head Shehu Dikko said in an interview with ESPN.
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But May, who gambled on a snap election last year that cost her party its majority in parliament, is facing pressure from multiple angles: pro-EU lawmakers, hardline Brexiteers, and another contingent who question her leadership credentials and criticise a "dull dull dull" domestic agenda.
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After Mr Trump refused to criticise Russia or Mr Putin during the presidential campaign at the same time that he was attacking Nato, Republicans in Congress grew nervous that the new US president would take a much softer line on Russia than Mr Obama.
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There was no immediate response from the future president, who is known for his unpredictable tweets On Tuesday, Trump took to Twitter to criticise alleged escalating costs for a new Air Force One from Boeing, which has built planes for U.S. presidents since 1943.
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Supporters say she would bring international stature to the presidency; opponents criticise her for statements that appeared to blame Georgia for war with Russia in 2008, remarks about minorities that some saw as xenophobic, and unsteady command of the Georgian language, which she speaks with an accent.
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Two of the ministers in his all-white, all-male cabinet, including the one in charge of fighting corruption, had to step aside after recordings were leaked in which they appeared to criticise prosecutors' investigation of the massive corruption scandal surrounding Petrobras, the state-controlled oil company.
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"Asked whether Trump was right to criticise the prime minister, he replied: "Myself, I have said some pretty critical things about the Brexit negotiations so far and that's one of the reasons I am standing tonight and one of the reasons I am putting myself forward.
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I hear the logic and can't criticise the thinking but, a few hours later, as Janssen and I stare at box after box of perfectly edible, slender, twisted carrots that are destined for the bin, it breaks my heart and rises through my bones like fury.
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After weeks of both EU and British officials making positive noises about the prospects of clinching a divorce deal and one on a future trading relationship, the mood turned sour on Thursday in Salzburg, Austria when EU leaders came out, one by one, to criticise "Chequers" as unrealistic.
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The latest in internet lunacy is taking the joy out of the seasonal release of Cadbury's Creme Eggs, and all we can ask is how can people criticise those delightful chocolate bombs filled with all that creamy who-knows-what-the-hell-that-stuff-inside-them-really-is?
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The EU mission tactfully refused to say whether it deemed the election "free and fair", but it did criticise the less-than-level playing field, noting that state funds were splurged on supporting Mr Museveni's National Resistance Movement and the state regulator shuttered critical 13 radio stations in January.
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Fortunately for them, the DMMAF's case was helped as the article from Christian Birk was quickly discredited, with evidence, by those included in the article—prompting the journalist's editor at Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad, Jeppe Duvå, to criticise Birk, saying he broke the newspaper's ethical guidelines and editorial policies.
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In fact, trying to access Twitter, Facebook and YouTube after any major political development is likely to end like this: Of course these types of bans usually go hand-in-hand with the deportation of journalists and locking up of those who criticise the current Turkish regime online.
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Fankhauser said he would not criticise the UK government for its decision not to provide support but that the cost of Thomas Cook's collapse was "far higher" than what the firm requested, adding that he had not spoken to any UK government ministers in the week before the collapse.
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Fankhauser said he would not criticise the UK government for its decision not to provide support but that the cost of Thomas Cook's collapse was "far higher" than what the firm requested, adding that he had not spoken to any government ministers in the week before the collapse.
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Therefore, to criticise economists, particularly central bankers, for their mistakes — which he argues are largely pretty small in the grand scheme of things — ignores the good work done for the vast majority of the time, and the way that central banks help the economy when the bad times do arrive.
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"We do not deny that we are strong but we are strong because we have made the necessary investments to be strong and it would be unfair to criticise us or restrict us because we have made these investments," he told Reuters, when asked about the proposals in the draft report.
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An exposé in the New Yorker described how the Kochs gave millions of dollars to non-profit groups that promote scepticism about climate change, criticise environmental regulation and welfare programmes and support minimal taxes for industry—ostensibly in the name of their libertarian ideals which, conveniently, aligned with their corporate self-interest.
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A 38-year-old Egyptian woman, who has two sons with micro-syndrome (which causes cataracts, small genitalia and learning difficulties) due to her marriage to a cousin, says relatives nonetheless criticise her for allowing her 18-year-old daughter to get engaged to a "stranger"—the fiancé is not a relation.
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"It is easy for those on the outside to criticise our way of living, but for the millions of people around the world who have had their lives, their health, their fitness and their mental strength all changed for the better through combat, this is truly a bitter pill to swallow," McGregor wrote.
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" McGregor continued ... "It is easy for those on the outside to criticise our way of living, but for the millions of people around the world who have had their lives, their health, their fitness and their mental strength all changed for the better through combat, this is truly a bitter pill to swallow.
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But health campaigners criticise a common police practice of using the presence of condoms as evidence that any woman found during a raid on a massage parlour, hair salon or karaoke club is engaged in prostitution (this makes sex workers less likely to carry or stock them, says Tingting Shen of Asia Catalyst, a charity).
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Hannah Allred put it this way: Kneeling during the national anthem and to the flag may be disrespectful to some, depending on what they believe these things symbolize, but in order to criticise the players who are kneeling, you have to hear the perspective they are offering, not silence them by threatening their jobs.
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It previously knocked back an offer by a China-led consortium to buy the country's largest agricultural land owner, cattle company Kidman & Co. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull used a major speech on Wednesday to criticise the rising tide of protectionism within parliament, despite his government being responsible for the rejection of the Ausgrid and Kidman bids.
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KH: Right, and again remember that GDP growth in 2016 in the US was 1.6% and that the growth forecasts from President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, run by my close friend Jason Furman so I don't mean to criticise them, was that growth would average a little bit north of 2% over the next decade.
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The very same students who change their WeChat profile pics to Chinese flags on October 1st or feel morally obliged to defend their homeland's reputation against attacks by foreigners will readily, in other contexts, criticise government abuses of power, human rights violations, media censorship, or President Xi Jinping's rewriting of the constitution to indefinitely extend his term in office.
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Since coming to power in the country of 55m on the east coast of Africa in 2015, Mr Magufuli, nicknamed "the bulldozer" from his time as roads minister, has bashed foreign-owned businesses with impossible tax demands, ordered pregnant girls to be kicked out of school, shut down newspapers and locked up "immoral" musicians who criticise him.
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Before begrudgingly offering a semi-retraction:Some time ago, the editor took occasion to criticise the statement made in a horticultural journal that the grape-fruit gets its name from being borne in "grapose clusters," whereupon a subscriber wrote to say that a grape-fruit does grow in clusters, and that this point is the distinguishing point between a shaddock and a grape-fruit.
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"These are words that are being used as weapons by like, Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson to signify this idea that people who use these words want to come after your way of life, they want to criticise the way that you were raised by your father that you love and the way that you raised your sons," she added.
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Seeing a "squad" of super-rich, super-successful women as some sort of step towards female equality became a prominent example of her brand of feminism, as did claiming women shouldn't criticise each other by saying things like "there's special place in hell for women who fail to support other women" after Tina Fey and Amy Poehler made some jokes about her at the Golden Globes.
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They note that Mr Ali himself seemed to chide Mr Trump for such demagoguery, issuing a statement rebuking unnamed "Presidential Candidates Proposing to Ban Muslim Immigration to the United States", shortly after the terrorist attacks late last year in Paris and San Bernardino, California (though a spokesman for Mr Ali has since said, not very convincingly, that the boxer was not seeking to criticise Mr Trump).
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"Should I post the one where his head looks unsupported but my face looks good and Luna is over it, the one where his head is supported but my face is just okay and Luna is over it, or him crying and my face looks okay and luna is over it?" she wrote in the caption, knowing that social media commentators would certainly criticise her if she went with photo number one.
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