Despite the presence of more than 9, 000 UN forces ( UNOCI ) in Côte d ' Ivoire since 2004, ethnic conflict continues to spread into neighboring states who can no longer send their migrant workers to work in Ivorian cocoa plantations.

Despite its invisible interior, the presence of a black hole can be inferred through its interaction with other matter and with light and other electromagnetic radiation.

Despite the presence of Portuguese troops, which grew to more than 35, 000, the PAIGC steadily expanded its influence until, by 1968, it controlled most of the country.

Despite a strong Presbyterian presence on its campus, Occidental cut ties to the church in 1910.

Despite the presence of both sex organs, it is thought unlikely that both are simultaneously active.

Despite the presence of prickles, roses are frequently browsed by deer.

Despite these insecurities, she became a renowned public presence, eventually helping to lead the women's movement.

Despite the presence of an EU observer mission, canceled ballots and illegal voting took place, the majority of which in RPT strongholds.

Despite the anachronistic police box shape, the TARDIS's presence is rarely questioned when it materialises in the present-day United Kingdom.

Despite some more contemporary building developments further away from the centre, Uppsala's historic centre continues to be dominated by the presence of the university.

Despite Margaret's betrothal and continued presence at the French court, Anne arranged a marriage between Charles and Anne of Brittany.

( Despite recent finds indicating a Roman presence near the modern city of Minden, its location remains disputed ; other sites near Minden or Rinteln have been suggested by the historian Hans Delbrück ( 1848 – 1929 ) and the military writer Kurt Pastenaci ( 1894 – 1961 ), respectively.

Despite the presence of three Yes musicians, Cinema was not originally intended to be a continuation of Yes.

Despite its presence in deer, proponents of the aquatic ape hypothesis claim that the similarity between the descended larynx in humans and aquatic mammals supports their theory.

Despite two years of widespread publicity about Fett's appearance in The Empire Strikes Back, script rewrites significantly reduced the character's presence in the film.

Despite his years of residence in Canada and the presence of family members there, he never became a Canadian citizen.

Despite the presence of some Decorated work it is largely Perpendicular in style.

Despite O ' Neal's presence, the Magic missed the 1993 NBA Playoffs because they were tied with the Indiana Pacers for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with the Pacers holding the tiebreaker.

Despite the presence in the story of Neptune, Mercury, Venus and other immortals, she does not date from Classical times, was born around 1000, and has a character almost diametrically opposed to that cited for her namesake in the previous paragraph.

Despite the presence of some natural fluorocarbons such as tetrafluoromethane, which has been reported in rocks, man-made fluorocarbons are potent greenhouse gases.

" Despite this, and despite the presence of a raised mound in the village called Gelert's Grave, historians do not believe that Gelert ever existed.

Despite the presence of a raised mound in the village called Gelert's Grave, now a tourist attraction, there is absolutely no evidence for Gelert's existence.

Despite being very similar to standard Italian, Swiss Italian presents some differences to the Italian spoken in Italy due to the presence of French and German from which it assimilates words.

Despite " ambushing " Rukeyser, the show's trend of losing viewers continued as the show floundered on without Rukeyser's trusted presence and was terminated in early 2005.

Despite the crackdown by Interpol on traffic and illicit manufacture of temazepam, the country has also become a major exporter of illicit temazepam of the " jelly " variety, trafficking it to the United Kingdom and other European nations.

Despite cutting tolls by up to 50 % traffic volumes are less than half of the projected 60, 000 vehicles a day.

Despite the perceived negative connotation to driving in Albania, most vehicles manage not to get into accidents simply by following their own way through the chaotic traffic.

Despite the necessity of rapid reconstruction and the lack of financial means, authorities did take several measures to improve traffic flow, sanitation, and the aesthetics of the city.

Despite the difficulties Silja's first real cruiseferries and entered traffic in 1981, which led to a 45 % raise in passenger numbers.

Despite the short length, it is an important arterary that connects not only traffic between the Turnpike and Route 130, but traffic to County Route 535.

Despite a low to moderate crime rate, the Calvert Police Department issues 300 traffic citations per month on average.

Despite commercial traffic ceasing in 1907, the infrastructure was maintained in good order, and the canal was used for the transport of potable water from 1962.

Despite the traffic noise the road is still upmarket, featuring five-star hotels ( such as The Dorchester, Grosvenor House Hotel and InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel ) and showrooms for several makes of sports car.

Despite Oakes ' protests that the vials were meant for pain relief and that the money he had was from a $ 666 workers ' compensation cheque, Section 8 of the Narcotic Control Act ( NCA ) established a ' rebuttable presumption " that possession of a narcotic inferred an intention to traffic unless the accused established the absence of such an intention.

Despite implementation since 1997 of road space rationing by the last digit of the plate number during rush hours every weekday, traffic in this 20-million-strong city still experiences severe congestion.

Despite years of effort and billions of dollars spent on computer software designed to assist air traffic control, success has been largely limited to improving the tools at the disposal of the controllers, such as computer-enhanced radar.

Despite this traffic, the line was closed by British Rail in 1971 but was then reopened ( just five years later ) in 1976 as a heritage line.

Despite having very little time to put plans into action, events took place up and down the country: In London there was a large protest in Parliament Square ; in Nottingham traffic outside an army recruitment centre was blocked for a while ; and large numbers of school students walked out of lessons.

Despite the inconvenience that this caused, the railway benefitted by Hong Kong becoming the centre of communications and trade with southern China, especially as much of the traffic that had hitherto gone by sea could no longer do so.

Despite the self-reported growth of traffic on 407 ETR, the Ontario government had to revisit costly widening projects of Highway 401 and the QEW.

Despite this, there was still commercial sea traffic, though the harbour went into further decline in the 20th century.

Despite the airline's effort on raising international capacity from the start, domestic traffic made up 80 % of the airline's revenue.

Despite its small size it carried more than a quarter of Britain ’ s passenger traffic because of its network of commuter lines around London, serving some of the most densely populated parts of the country.

Despite the construction of the A1 ( M ) motorway in 1963, which bypassed the town ( and which was called the Baldock Bypass for some years ), it was still a major traffic bottleneck until March 2006, when a new bypass removed the A505 road ( part of the old Icknield Way to the east of Baldock ) from the town.

Despite repeated requests by U. S. businesses and the federal government, the company would not invest in improvements to increase traffic volume or speed.

Despite the region's compact nature, inbound traffic becomes very heavy on all expressways as early as 5: 45AM on a typical weekday morning, making an inbound drive from the suburbs as long as 75 minutes.