Although pick pocketers frequent the City Centre and Dala Dalas and prey especially on foreigners, there are rarely reports of violent crimes.

Although the Holy See, as distinct from the Vatican City State, does not fulfil the long-established criteria in international law of statehood — having a permanent population, a defined territory, a stable government and the capacity to enter into relations with other states — its possession of full legal personality in international law is shown by the fact that it maintains diplomatic relations with 179 states, that it is a member-state in various intergovernmental international organizations, and that it is: " respected by the international community of sovereign States and treated as a subject of international law having the capacity to engage in diplomatic relations and to enter into binding agreements with one, several, or many states under international law that are largely geared to establish and preserving peace in the world.

Although the First Battle of Independence in August 1862 resulted in a Confederate victory, the Southerners were unable to follow up their win in any significant fashion, as the City of Kansas was occupied by Union troops and proved too heavily fortified for them to assault.

Although Bryant's and Gates are the two definitive Kansas City barbecue restaurants they have just recently begun expanding outside of the Greater Kansas City Area.

Although they were better than their expansion cousins, who won only eight games in their inaugural season, the Kansas City Scouts began to suffer from an economic downturn in the Midwest.

Although the first books contained a fair amount of violence, it decreased with the series ; in The Emerald City of Oz, Ozma objected to doing violence even to the Nomes who threaten Oz with invasion.

Although Ireland has access to international soaps, such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, EastEnders, Home and Away, Hollyoaks, Neighbours etc., Fair City continues to outperform them all, and is Ireland's most popular soap-opera, with the show peaking at over 700, 000 viewers.

Although Rome ceased to be an operational capital, Rome continued to be nominal capital of the entire Roman Empire, not reduced to the status of a province but under its own, unique Prefect of the City ( praefectus urbis, later copied in Constantinople ).

" Although the laws of Vatican City come from the secular laws of Italy, under article 3 of the Law of the Sources of the Law, provision is made for the supplementary application of the “ laws promulgated by the Kingdom of Italy .” The government of the Vatican can also be considered an ecclesiocracy ( ruled by the Church )

Although its reviews and events listings often focus on the cultural life of New York City, The New Yorker has a wide audience outside of New York.

Although he was born in 1942, many news articles incorrectly report him as born in 1944 in New York City, as this was the date and place given on early Monkees press releases.

Although a work of Christian apologetics, The City of God provides glimpses into Varro's theological system and authentic Roman theological lore in general.

Although Quinn remained mostly self-taught, intuitively seeking out and exploring new ideas, there is observable history in his work because he had assiduously studied the modernist masterpieces on view in the galleries of New York, Mexico City, Paris, and London.

( Although familiarly known as the ' London Stone ', it is not to be confused with the more famous ( and probably more ancient ) London Stone in Cannon Street in the City of London ).

Although Dewey served as a prosecutor and District Attorney in New York City for many years, his home from 1938 until his death was a large farm, called " Dapplemere ", located near the town of Pawling some north of New York City.

Although Living City was relatively successful, RPGA wanted to expand the scope of their new campaign — instead of one city as a setting, the new campaign would involve thirty different regions of Greyhawk, each specifically keyed to a particular country, state, or province of the real world.

Although the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, in New York City, was named after the fish, it is almost entirely a southern species: its range extends from the Mid-Atlantic to Texas.

Although ' American Stores ' food divisions retained an operating presence in their geographical locations and other centralized marketing, merchandising and other staff functions were relocated between 1992 and 1998 from Oak Brook, Illinois to Salt Lake City to occupy the then-new American Stores Tower, pharmacy operations were relocated to Scottsdale Arizona with certain pharmacy systems-related resources continuing to operate from the Chicago area after being relocated to 3030 Cullerton Drive in Franklin Park, Illinois, the location that previously served as Osco Drug's divisional headquarters prior to its relocation to its new purpose-built office facilities at 1818 Swift Drive in Oak Brook, Illinois ' Windsor Office Park during the early 1970s.

Although Salt Lake City is still home to the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), fewer than half the population of Salt Lake City proper are members of the LDS Church today.

Although an intended insult, the name Panther City was enthusiastically embraced when in 1876 Fort Worth recovered economically.

Although developed late in production progress, Faux Plane was used in five shots, including the dramatic sequence which features the Great Wall of China, and the final battle sequence when Mulan runs to the Forbidden City.

Although the proliferation of costumes is of twentieth-century origin, the occasional use of costumes dates back almost to the date of casting, the oldest costume on display in the City Museum being of seventeenth-century origin.

Although he was committed to maintaining what the church had defined at Nicaea, Constantine was also bent on pacifying the situation and eventually became more lenient toward those condemned and exiled at the council.

Although he saved his life by turning informer, he was condemned to partial loss of civil rights and forced to leave Athens.

Although it received mixed reviews when it first came out, and was often condemned for its portrayal of amoral passion, the book subsequently became an English literary classic.

Although Plato famously condemned poetic myth when discussing the education of the young in the Republic, primarily on the grounds that there was a danger that the young and uneducated might take the stories of Gods and heroes literally, nevertheless he constantly refers to myths of all kinds throughout his writings.

Although Israel declared the raid necessary to suppress Palestinian fedayeen raids, it was unanimously condemned by the UN Security Council.

Although the Indonesian government denied ordering this offensive, they were widely condemned for failing to prevent it.

Although official and unofficial repression of the opposition parties ( the Dominican Revolutionary Party and National Civic Union, as well as the communist Dominican Popular Movement ) continued, Balaguer publicly condemned this repression and in September he pledged to form a coalition government.

Although the slave trade was condemned by Pope Paul III ( and later called " supreme villainy " by Pope Pius IX ), it was a lucrative business for all involved and continued to flourish.

Although there is no aural proof, as audio recordings were not around for more than 150 years, that string players in Europe did not use vibrato, its overuse was almost universally condemned by the leading musical authorities of the day.

Although Presian was blinded and then sent to a monastery, Theodora was not condemned, but in 1031 she was again implicated in another conspiracy, this time with Constantine Diogenes, the Archon of Sirmium.

Although the Government of Pakistan officially condemned the attack, Indian intelligence reports pointed to a conspiracy rooted in Pakistan.

Although he pleaded not guilty, the murderer was condemned to hang.

Although widely condemned by many across the country for playing politics with sensitive issues, the BJP won the support of millions of conservative Hindus, as well as national prominence.

Although a limited release-because it was so unique and at odds with everything else on the market – it was picked up on by NME who championed the band, although one guest reviewer, John Lydon of Public Image Limited condemned the band as " trendy hippies.

Although much like the rest of the series, some religious authorities have condemned its use of magical themes, while others have praised its emphasis on self-sacrifice and on the way in which a person's character is the result of the person's choices.

Although the Safavid Shah ʿAbbās I strongly condemned tobacco use, towards the end of his reign smoking ḡalyān and čopoq ( q. v.

Although condemned in 1277, many Averroistic theses survived to the 16th century and can be found in the philosophies of Giordano Bruno, Pico della Mirandola, and Cesare Cremonini.

Although in the early years of Italian Fascism modern art was tolerated and even embraced, towards the end of the 1930s, right-wing Fascists introduced the concept of " degenerate art " from Germany to Italy and condemned Futurism.

Although this reflected the relatively high status that Vietnamese women held in their culture, and enabled them to have a certain degree of independence, the practise was condemned by Christian missionaries as a form of wife-buying.

Although Oates may have selected the names randomly, or with the help of the Earl of Danby, Colman was found to have corresponded with a French Jesuit, which condemned him.

Although he is condemned to hang for murder, his friends petition the Home Secretary for mercy, citing insanity.

Although the Vatican has actively condemned liberation theology, liberation theology remains influential in parts of Latin America, most notably with the Landless Workers ' Movement of Brazil.

Although as late as 1803 Samuel Taylor Coleridge condemned encyclopedias with " an arrangement determined by the accident of initial letters ", many lists are today based on this principle.

Although Oates may have selected the names randomly, or with the help of the Earl of Danby, Coleman was found to have corresponded with a French Jesuit, which condemned him.

Although Dean Stone encouraged the realists, he was condemned by Colombia President Nicholas Murray Butler as an intellectual conservative who had let legal education at Columbia fall " into the ruts.