Despite Sihanouk's allegations, there is no evidence that this coup was planned by the United States Central Intelligence Agency.

Despite allegations by Roman sources of adultery and divorce, the marriage appears to have been happy.

Despite mutual admiration, negotiations foundered due to Roman allegations of " Punic Faith ," referring to the breach of protocols that ended the First Punic War by the Carthaginian attack on Saguntum, and a Carthaginan attack on a stranded Roman fleet.

Despite repudiation of the Village Voice allegations in detailed articles in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and other publications, Kosiński remained tainted.

Despite winning four terms as President, Blatter has often been dogged by controversy and allegations of corruption.

Despite some allegations that EMR exposure has negative health consequences, at this time, no link has been verifiably proven between the radio-frequency EMR that tin foil hats are meant to protect against and subsequent ill health.

Despite the fact that the allegations were backed by successive UN Special Rapporteurs and a Canadian Government investigation, Bildt succeeded in winning the public controversy in Sweden, allowing Lundin Oil to pursue its activities in Sudan.

Despite the isolated allegations of intimidation and electoral fraud on the part of both Sinn Féin supporters and its Unionist opponents, the election was seen as a landslide victory for Sinn Féin.

Despite allegations being made against him by fellow councillor Ron Rose, Hughes avoided blame in the " Donnygate " scandal, which resulted in 21 former member of Doncaster council being convicted for fraud offences, and he retained his seat in the House of Commons in 1997, despite being opposed by an " anti-fraud " candidate, and again in 2001.

Despite her high international standing, she was losing Sri Lankan support rapidly amid allegations of corruption and against the background of a rapidly declining economy.

Despite Williams ' and Irvin's denials of the allegations, the story overshadowed the game, which the Cowboys lost.

Despite popular allegations that his poor treatment of White Sox players fueled the conspiracy, Comiskey was inducted as an executive into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

Despite Granville's instructions, complaints ( particularly regarding allegations of exorbitant fees ) from land holders and prospective purchasers increased throughout the decade.

Despite allegations of fraud, Boris Nemtsov accepted responsibility for the election defeat and resigned as SPS leader in January 2004.

Despite this there was a minor political row over Erler's appointment with allegations of her being appointed due to their friendship.

Despite the fuss caused by the match-fixing allegations ( see below ), manager Alan Ball maintained faith in him, and he kept his place in the team for most of the 1994 – 95 season.

Despite these allegations, Grobbelaar and Segers were allowed to continue playing, while Fashanu retired from playing less than a year after being charged.

Despite the enormous success, the duo were a frequent target of rumours and allegations of onstage lip-synching and not having sung on the album.

Despite allegations of a mid-air collision with a military aircraft, a total of four official different investigations over 25 years all concluded the cause to be severe clear-air turbulence.

Despite widespread resistance to his appointment amidst allegations of his involvement in numerous massacres, Dweh served as Speaker of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly of Liberia ( NTLA ) from October 2003 to 14 March 2005, when he was suspended from the body after being accused of financial mismanagement and corruption.

Despite several allegations and speculations to the contrary ( e. g. Giorgio Galli ) there is no evidence of such an encounter.

" " Despite allegations of human rights abuses, McEwen still supports Gbagbo, calling the current crisis ' a coup in progress ' by Gbagbo's opponents.

Despite the uncorroborated allegations of financial irregularities, the rumour turned out to be false, and Madonna continues to attend Kabbalah Centre events.

Despite these allegations, according to Forbes, Jackson was still making as much as $ 75 million a year from his publishing partnership with Sony.

Despite the crises of the preceding electoral period, in the 2002 federal election, the Greens increased their total to 55 seats ( in a smaller parliament ) and 8. 6 %.

Despite the British economy then being in recession, he led the Conservatives to a fourth consecutive election victory, winning the most votes in British electoral history ( 14 million ) in the 1992 general election, albeit with a much reduced majority in the House of Commons.

Despite the clear electoral victory for the Sandinistas, the Contras continued their violent attacks on both state and civilian targets, until 1989.

Despite capturing fewer than 2, 000 more popular votes than Hancock, Garfield was easily elected, capturing 214 of the 369 electoral votes cast.

Despite the electoral setback suffered by her party, Pelosi sought to continue leading the House Democratic Caucus in the position of Minority Leader, the office she held prior to becoming Speaker.

Despite this, the MBR-200 remained divided over electoral participation, and spent a year debating the issue in local, regional and national assemblies.

Despite this imbalance in the Rhodesian electoral system, Smith and other white politicians argued there was nothing fundamentally racist about it: They stated that improvements in black education and wealth would, over time, ensure a gradual move to majority rule.

Despite combing the electoral register and other sources, the editor of the Wolverhampton newspaper the Express & Star, Clem Jones ( a close friend of Powell who broke off relations with him over the controversy ), and his journalists failed to identify the woman.

Despite opposition from many of the province's Anglophones, Archibald was able to settle the province's electoral boundaries by December 1870.

Despite Crawford's improved health ( and the support of former presidents Madison and Thomas Jefferson ), he finished third in the electoral vote, behind John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.

Despite many instances of electoral fraud internationally, in the U. S. a major study by the Justice Department between 2002 and 2007 showed of the 300 million votes cast in that period, federal prosecutors convicted only 86 people for voter fraud – and of those few cases, most involved persons who were simply unaware of their ineligibility.

Despite their different rules, only once has either state split its electoral votes: Nebraska in 2008, giving 4 votes to Republican John McCain and one to Democrat Barack Obama ( who swept Maine ).

Despite the majority of the electorate being opposed to the growing Irish American power in the district, the Irish Mob had extended its criminal corruption throughout the state and made a tremendous campaign at intimidating voters in marginal wards, ballot stuffing and other electoral corruption.

Despite some local electoral successes, however, the Workingmen's Parties effectively died out in the early 1830s.

Despite the fact that he had been absent from it for a decade, and with lingering suspicions that his commitment to Liberalism was less than full, he then became leader of the party in 1945 after Archibald Sinclair surprisingly lost his seat in the electoral debacle of that year that reduced the Liberals to just 12 seats in the House of Commons.

Despite his electoral failures he was highly regarded within the Liberal Party and was nominated by Premier William Stevens Fielding to succeed him when Fielding left provincial politics in 1896 to join the federal cabinet of Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

Despite their electoral failure, Steeve Briois and Marine Le Pen led a sharp opposition against the re-elected mayor Gérard Dalongeville, his first vice-mayor Marie-Noëlle Lienemann and their left-wing team.

Despite some isolated incidents of irregularities and problems, such as one in the southern state of Campeche which involved the European Union electoral observer Rocco Buttiglione and which could have created problems for President Ernesto Zedillo had the PRI candidate won, there was little evidence that those incidents were centrally coordinated ( as opposed to led by local PRI officials ) and critics concluded that the irregularities that occurred did not alter the outcome of the presidential vote, which was more definitive than expected.

Despite this, the MBR-200 remained divided over electoral participation, and spent a year debating the issue in local, regional and national assemblies.

Despite the defeat of the House of Freedoms, UDC improved its electoral performance gaining 6. 8 % of the vote.

Despite pressure from the regimes of both " Papa Doc " and Jean-Claude " Baby Doc " Duvalier, Dominique continued criticizing the government, campaigning for electoral democracy and social and economic justice.

Despite his deposition, he insisted on the title of a " King of Bohemia " and the involved electoral dignity: he took part in the 1314 double election of the rex Romanorum at Frankfurt, voting for the Habsburg candidate Frederick the Fair.

Despite having left the NDP, Doern's electoral strength remained focused in the party's north-end stronghold.