Despite rumours circulating on social network sites, the incident was reportedly not linked to the riots taking place.

Despite the rumours, it always seemed that CTV was unlikely to be interested in the nightly playoff coverage currently provided by the CBC, since weeknight games in April and May would conflict with new episodes of CTV's slate of American programming.

Despite media rumours that drummers including Cozy Powell, Phil Collins, Carmine Appice, Barriemore Barlow, Roger Taylor, Simon Kirke or Bev Bevan, among others, would join the group as his replacement, the remaining members decided to disband Led Zeppelin after Bonham's death.

Despite later rumours however there is no reason to think that the KIng wished for her death.

Despite rumours of further episodes, the series never returned again, though a fan fiction community continues to exist.

Despite numerous reported sightings and rumours of secret negotiations in the days following the theft there was little new information and a news hungry press pack began to focus their attention on Mr Murphy.

Despite numerous rumours that Halford would reunite with Priest, Owens recorded two studio albums with his childhood heroes, as well as two live albums and a 2002 DVD release.

Despite rumours of disbanding, JVKV released their third album, Waiting For You, on December 28, 2007.

Despite rumours ( see below ), no broadcaster has since acquired the rights to the format in the UK.

Despite rumours that it is illegal for them to be sold under their usual name in the United States, they are in fact widely available in imported food sections of grocery stores and by mail order.

Despite occasional proclamations from Yuldeshev, and rumours of a re-emergence under the name the Islamic Movement of Turkestan ( IMT ), there is no reliable evidence indicating that the IMU / IMT remains an operational force in Central Asia outside of the Afghanistan / Pakistan border region.

Despite these rumours, Bercow did not defect to the Labour Party.

Despite its symbolic successes, the NRA was unable to establish itself beyond its heartland in the Luwero district and by 1984 there were rumours that Museveni had left the country and was living in Sweden.

Despite rumours of the couple heading for marriage in 2007, they ended their relationship in spring 2008.

Despite rumours that CIDC has dropped dance music from its playlist, they continue to be the leading mainstream radio station in North America for dance music.

Despite these rumours, Konami presented a trailer for a new Suikoden game on Tokyo Game Show 2011: Genso Suikoden: The Woven Web of a Century ( Genso Suikoden Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki ).

Despite many rumours of brainwashing and forced induction into the organisation, Spencer has always maintained that he joined the organisation of his own free will.

Despite the personal freedoms enjoyed by the Proles, the Thought Police always plant agents among them, spreading false rumours and marking down and eliminating any individuals deemed capable of causing trouble.

Despite widespread rumours that Kluivert was to return home to AFC Ajax, Kluivert's return to the Eredivisie was to be with PSV, with whom he signed a one-year deal in 2006.

Despite rumours circulating in March 2007 that Real Madrid were willing to pay an unprecedented € 80 million (£ 54 million ) for Ronaldo, he signed a five-year, £ 120, 000-a-week (£ 31 million total ) extension with United on 13 April, making him the highest-paid player in team history.

There were rumours before the match that Brazil might prefer Romania to progress than World Champions England ; Despite beating them 1 – 0 in their previous match in Guadalajara, the South American giants still viewed England as one of their biggest obstacles to tournament victory.

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 recurrent rumours of financial mismanagement, Stürmer became one of the most trusted bureaucrats working under Vyacheslav von Plehve and was admitted into the State Council of Imperial Russia in 1904.

Despite rumours that the band had asked Julianne Regan from All About Eve to take over the front spot, the band eventually selected Steve Ludwin ( from the band Some Have Fins ) as the new frontman in August 1993.

Despite its rotund appearance, the devil is capable of surprising speed and endurance, and can climb trees and swim across rivers.

Despite the victory, flyers announce that Superman is not a messiah, but rather the devil incarnate ; the villain disappears.

Despite McCoy's and Kirk's attempts to convince Cloud that the Vulcan is no devil, but just physiologically different, Cloud is not fully convinced and asks Kirk to complete the " sacred words " starting with ' E Plebneesta ' from an ancient document he produced.

Despite appearances, the devil is needy and co-dependent, often reduced to tears when God ignores or forgets about him to the point he planned to go to war with Heaven when God forgot their golf outing.

Despite the wide variety among Christian liturgies, texts from the New Testament play a role in almost all forms of Christian worship.

Despite this, only 18 % of the population, of any religion, attend a place of worship once a week or more.

Despite the specific set of meanings associated with the religion of the ancient Rome, the word has now become quite widely used to describe a house of worship for any number of religions and is even used for time periods prior to the Romans.

Despite a full array of places of worship, he said it was noted for low church attendance with all denominations " struggling for the souls of pleasure-seeking Putney ... the middle class here are as indifferent as the poor elsewhere.

Despite its small size there are numerous places of worship in Ransomville.

Despite the hard times they endured together, or perhaps because of them, Shaka loved his mother almost to the point of worship.

Despite tremendous individual variation, chaos magicians ( sometimes called " chaotes ") often work with chaotic and humorous paradigms, such as the worship of Hundun from Taoism or Eris from Discordianism.

Despite there being a statutory requirement for schools to hold a daily act of collective worship, many do not.

Despite the biblical basis employed to underpin CWM, such as, its surrounding culture tends to exclude systematic use of the psalms in weekly worship, sidelining lament from regular worship practice.

Despite being heavily suppressed during the last two centuries of the history of China, from the Taiping Movement to the Cultural Revolution, it is now experiencing a revival and is supported by the Government of the People's Republic of China, particularly in the forms of Mazuism in southern China ( officially, about 160 million Chinese are Mazuists ), Huangdi worship, Black Dragon worship in Shaanxi, and Caishen worship.

Despite a full array of places of worship, he said the area was noted for low church attendance with all denominations " struggling for the souls of pleasure-seeking Putney ... the middle class here are as indifferent as the poor elsewhere.

Despite this, it is not unlikely that the Isonokami area was considered a sacred site during that time, as archeological digs have found many ritual objects, and Isonokami worship was already firmly established when they were adopted by the Yamato leaders in the 4th century.

Despite its distinctive features ( Emperor worship and the ethno-religious character of the state ), Japanese nationalism served the same function as and drew inspiration from similar ideologies developed under Western Fascism.

Despite its close proximity to Lake Manasarovar — over the road to Purang County, Lake Rakshastaal does not share the lore of worship with its east neighbor.

Despite the church ’ s desire that the building not be sold to the group, it has since become one of the most popular Hare Krishna places of worship in Ontario.

Despite having no " real ", or innate, power, humanity has invested quite a bit into their legend during the height of their worship and popularity.

Despite the dedication to Tian Hou, worship of Guan Yin ( or " Guan Shi-Yin ") is a recurrent theme at the Thean Hou Temple.

Despite modern Hinduism being largely based on the puja form of the worship of devas as enshrined in the Puranas, a Hindu wedding ceremony at its core is essentially a Vedic yajna ( a fire-sacrifice ), in which the Aryan deities are invoked in the Indo-Aryan style.

Despite attempts at reform, certain features of Ari Buddhism and traditional nat worship continued, such as reverence of Avalokiteśvara ( Lawka nat ), a Boddhisatta.