I refrained from voting.

This is why he refrained from naming the political parties that support him after himself.

Indeed, even Cuba s supposed allies in the region refrained from urging Santos to invite Castro.

Nevertheless, China has refrained from attacking him, making clear that it wants him to return eventually.

Levin flushed with annoyance, not at being beaten, but because he had not refrained from the dispute.

Many activists rightly pointed out, however, that Modi refrained from mentioning the term LGBTQ in the tweet

During a Franco German Russian summit in St. Petersburg, he explicitly refrained from criticizing the US and Britain.

Indeed, the Qatar based negotiations highlight why the US political leadership has deliberately refrained from decapitating the Taliban.

Shielded behind a protective China, Kim Jong il launched his rocket anyway, and the US refrained from action.

Middle Eastern dictators were showered with money and arms if they refrained from attacking Israel and kept the Islamists down.

Beyond new frigates and security guarantees, however, Southeast Asian leaders have refrained from reacting too strongly to China s offshore ambitions.

Until now, Russia has refrained from selling advanced military equipment to Pakistan, in order to avoid damaging its relationship with India.

On the other hand, the Kremlin has refrained from international adventurism, and rather consistently supported the US in its war on terror.

Global Voices received nearly 100 photos but refrained from publishing the most graphic ones as they are available on Noor's Twitter profile.

But, crucially, the US has refrained from intervention in Bolivian politics, because it understands that undermining the current government could lead to chaos.

This is why he refrained from naming the political parties that support him after himself. Instead, he set up dozens of parties that aim to elect pro_Kuchma figures to Parliament by stealth.

For the most part, Indian journalists have refrained from commenting on Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family's involvement in the Panama leaks, which is significant given India and Pakistan's testy relationship.

For the most part, they have even refrained from denouncing the perpetrators, clinging to a sham neutrality or taking shelter in the fog of imperfect information.

Even at the peak of diplomatic tensions with Iran, Turkey refrained from adopting America s more maximalist position, which challenged the validity of Iran s right to enrich uranium.

The party actively supports Putin, but refrained from appearing in televised debates, possibly because it has no charismatic leaders of its own who can excite the public with sharp polemics.

In the past, many believed that the driving force of censorship was mainly political and that people could enjoy online freedom as long as they refrained from commenting on current affairs.

During his twenty months as CCP General Secretary, Zhao created a culture in which the Politburo refrained from interfering in the courts, and he stopped its attempts to control literature and the arts.

The local Muslim leaders in the person of Chief Imam of the Atyrau region Nurbeck Yesmagambet promptly refrained from any sort of terrorists and explained that extremists only use Islam as a cover.

Making matters worse, the US has continually refrained from using its substantial leverage to compel Israel to change course, owing to the domestic political strength of the pro Israel lobby, especially the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

She had been going, out of politeness, to ask Vasenka whether he would go with them, but refrained. 'Where are you going, Kostya?' she asked her husband with a guilty look as he passed by with resolute steps.

The Saudis certainly have an interest in supporting this last ditch American attempt for an Israeli Palestinian peace, especially now that, for the first time ever, Israel has refrained from opposing an arms deal between the US and Saudi Arabia.

The Mandarin speaking Ogyen Trinley Dorje, now 25, occasionally criticizes the Chinese government, including for its efforts to create this ethnic conflict in Tibet. Nevertheless, China has refrained from attacking him, making clear that it wants him to return eventually.

There was not a single moment when it was necessary to seek for a subject of conversation on the contrary one felt that there was not time enough to say what one wanted to say, but willingly refrained in order to hear what she was saying.

On the other hand, the Kremlin has refrained from international adventurism, and rather consistently supported the US in its war on terror. As European economies grew more dependent on Russian oil and gas, and the US military in Central Asia on Russian acquiescence, reversing the decision to admit Russia to the G8 became politically unthinkable.

From Hitler's attempted eradication of Europe's Jews to the Rwandan Hutus' extermination of the Tutsi in 1994, policymakers balked at intervening politically, economically, or militarily to obstruct such targeted destructions of minorities. For the most part, they have even refrained from denouncing the perpetrators, clinging to a sham neutrality or taking shelter in the fog of imperfect information.

IS, I.S., Is, is, or i.s.

Whatever is, is.

Is it prey? Is it predator? Is it mate?

What it is is intelligence is defined by prediction.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

Is the information verifiable? Is it a hoax? Is it true? Is it what?

Why is is this important?

Is that all there is?

It is what it is.

It is what it is.

This is all there is.

It is what it is.

What is ours is ours, the Chinese invariably claim, and what is yours is negotiable.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present .

Brankica Stankovic is endangered, Insider is endangered, B92 is endangered, the profession of a journalist is endangered, the state is endangered.