The bad weather marred the ceremony.

Yet Mbeki s achievement is severely marred by two failures.

However, his second stay in the country was marred by tragedy.

I am happy, and my happiness cannot be made or marred by anything you do,' he thought.

Although the incumbent president is assured of an easy victory, the ballot was marred by widespread violations.

Violence marred that day, however, and 35 years later it's still remembered as a day of infamy.

While being marred as monsters, they suffer from the piled up pressure of crafting an elite kid.

The credit goes to the man in the arena whose face is marred with dust and blood and sweat.

Indeed, the visit has been marred by arrests and detentions of some of the Castro government s most vociferous local critics.

The Internet was also reportedly shut down yet again in Ethiopia as violence marred protests in the Oromia and Amhara regions.

The statement also mentioned that the conference proper was marred by the intimidating presence of uniformed and non uniformed security personnel.

It depends on whether a people let their cities and towns become marred by a banal universal architecture devoid of creativity and imagination.

The three day protest organized by the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was marred by violence when police and protesters clashed last Sunday.

According to the attorney who represented one of the victims, most of these women come from families marred by incest, alcohol abuse, and parental suicide.

According to the attorney who represented one of the victims, most of these women come from families marred by incest, alcohol abuse, and parental suicide.

Critics, however, contend the FAO data are marred by dependence on local governments with varying abilities and desires to accurately monitor or report forest cover.

The band began its first tour in six years to support the album the tour was marred by medical emergencies suffered by three band members.

Two in Argentina and Peru went well the other in Nicaragua was marred by egregious fraud and heavy handed government intervention in favor of the incumbent.

The run up to the G 20 s summit in Seoul was marred by a series of currency controversies, bringing international monetary reform to the fore.

Ultimately, our progress depends on the resolve of everyone to transform the lives of the 1.5 billion people whose lives are marred by violence, conflict, and insecurity.

The US record is marred by denial and absence of leadership, except when American strategic interests (Kosovo) or a president's domestic political concerns (eventually, Bosnia) become imperiled.

But to day the satisfaction was marred by the memory of Matrena Filimonovna's advice, and of the fact that there was all this trouble in the house.

But not long after, the budding solar energy market in Kerala found itself marred by controversy as a far reaching fraud case came to involve government officials.

The Central African Republic has been marred by conflict since 2012 when the Muslim faction Seleka and the Anti Balaka began warring over control of the territory.

The divide devastated both countries, and their relationship to date is often strained, marred by wars, border disputes, military stand offs and a continuing conflict over Kashmir.

The lead up to general elections in Armenia was marred by apparent attempts to thwart the online activities of journalists and at least one incident of fake news.

Africa Confidential highlighted the case in a piece about Mozambique elections, which although mostly peaceful were marred by a handful of violent incidents and attempts to manipulate the vote.

Parliamentary elections in Montenegro on 16 October 2016 were marred with allegations of irregularities, reported via social networks, and a temporary ban on WhatsApp, Viber and similar messaging apps.

The only thing that marred the charm of this life was that her husband was not as she loved him best, not as he used to be in the country.

In his foreign policy, too, Sarkozy seems to combine the right intuitions with the wrong tactics that is, when his entire strategy is not marred by the pursuit of contradictory objectives.

It marks the end of the tragedy of the division of Europe that marred the 20th century, and provides a gateway to a common future for our peoples, in freedom, peace and prosperity.

In a continent where elections are often marred by violence, rigging, election day internet shutdowns and other irregularities, the peaceful nature of Ghana's election cemented its position as a beacon of democracy in Africa.

But my joyful period was marred by solemn and morbid thoughts thoughts of walking through the prison's high security death row, as this was the only route to take me to the makeshift operating room.

Further, the democratic transition in the past five years was marred by rising cases of communal violence, armed conflicts, land protests, online hate speech, persecution of journalists, harassment of students, and the rise of religious fundamentalists.

Preparations for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have already been marred by reports of as many as 400 Nepalese and 700 Indian construction workers dying in conditions that can approach 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius).

Some of the issues that marred the pre election campaigning include the reported massive errors in the voters' list, disenfranchisement of some ethnic groups like the Muslim dominated Rohingya, and the perceived biases or flaws of the election commission.

The court case was marred by various irregularities, ranging from incomplete documentation submitted by the litigant, to a decision that Ilievski s statements were not relevant to the public interest because he gave them as a private citizen, after he resigned from his post as ambassador.