Since the 2002 civil war in Côte d ' Ivoire, relations between it and Burkina Faso have been filled with accusations of Burkinabé support for rebels on one side and claims of mistreatment of Burkinabé workers on the other .< ref > Blaise Campaoré :<< La crise ivoirienne inquiète le Burkina >>, Le Figaro, December 11, 2005 </ ref > Côte d ' Ivoire remains Burkina Faso's largest regional trading partner in spite of their disputes and tens of thousands of Burkinabés continue to work in the Ivory Coast.

In spite of such tolerance, the Republic's legitimacy was constantly attacked with claims such as the stab-in-the-back.

However, in spite of many claims to the contrary, it is widely held that Cauchy recognized the importance of Galois ' work, and that he merely suggested combining the two papers into one in order to enter it in the competition for the Academy's Grand Prize in Mathematics.

* Residual functional capacity, a term used in the adjudication of claims for Social Security disability benefits to denote a claimant's maximum capacity to do things in spite of his or her impairments

In spite of the severe punishment inflicted on those found in violation of this decree ( Livy claims there were more executions than imprisonment ), the Bacchanalia survived in Southern Italy long past the repression.

He claims to have gone to Princeton Law School, in spite of the fact that Princeton University does not have a law school.

Michael's first reign would be short lived at only three years, until his father Carol II came back to contest the title at the behest of a dissatisfied political faction that staged a sudden ' coup d ' état ' ( in spite of the fact that only a few years earlier he had renounced in official documents, written and signed in front of his own father, all his future claims to the throne of Romania ).

In spite of his Calvinistic opinions, he maintained that to acknowledge the errors which had arisen in the Catholic Church did not necessarily imply disbelief in her catholicity, and that the Church of England having repudiated these errors should not deny the claims of the Roman Catholic Church on that account.

In spite of Trinitron and Chromatron having no technology in common, the shared single electron gun has led to many erroneous claims that the two are similar, or the same.

In spite of his claims Quérard was unable to secure a position in any of the public libraries.

In spite of being ungainly and disheveled, Columbo claims to be a " people person " and describes himself as " liking people ".

As she was childless, she adopted Louis I, Duke of Anjou as her heir, in spite of the claims of her cousin, the Prince of Durazzo, effectively setting up a junior Angevin line in competition with the senior line.

Within a few years they were divorced ; in 20 AD he accused her of claiming that he was her son's father, and later of trying to poison him during their marriage ; Tacitus claims that she was popular with the public, who regarded Quirinius as carrying on a prosecution out of spite.

Wentworth was authorised by the crown to grant patents of unoccupied land, and in 1749 began making grants in what is now southern Vermont, enriching himself by a clever scheme of selling land to developers in spite of jurisdictional claims for this region by the Province of New York.

One of his philosophies of life claims: " In spite of all the computerized, digitalized, high-tech innovations of today, there will always be a need for folks to be a cowboy, " Ya either are one, or ya aren't !".

Additionally, the cars were found to be incapable of turning the short radius 18 m turning loop at one end of the line, in spite of UTDC's claims it could, which was going to have to be re-built at a cost of about $ 6 million.

This would certainly explain why the Yugoslav National Army took the side of the rebelled Croatian Serbs in spite of its claims to be acting as a " peacekeeping " force.

At least, it seemed that in spite of their resentment to John, even the rebel barons seldom recognized the claims of the captive princess.

In spite of his betrayal, Kharlan claims that he is utterly loyal to his kingdom.

In spite of many attempts at decipherments and claims, it is as yet undeciphered, and no underlying language has been identified.

The constitutional Portuguese government, with whom he-in spite of his absolutistic inclinations-was on very good terms, repeatedly called in his collaboration and his knowledge of the history of cartography and discovery whenever there arose conflicts with other powers regarding Portugal's claims to territories in Africa.

In spite of claims by community members to have Ladino influence on Judeo-Malayalam, so far no such influence, not even on the superficial lexical level, is found.

In spite of widespread media reports that Lawrence had been cooperative with police, the Indonesian judges found no evidence of Lawrence claims her life was threatened.

Known for his intentionally provocative style, Kobayashi has made claims that Japanese aggression in World War II was only intended to free Asian nations from Western imperialism, Franklin Roosevelt allowed the attack on Pearl Harbor in spite of US counterintelligence to bring America into the war, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki demonstrate a long-standing racism against Japan by the United States, kamikaze pilots should be honored for an altruistic spirit that modern society lacks today, the Nanking Massacre was propaganda invented by the US government and the Communist Party of China, and Korean comfort women were volunteers from poor villages and not coerced into sexual servitude by the Japanese military.

Thus, T ' ai chi ch ' uan in spite of its roots in martial arts has become similar in scope to Qigong, the purely meditative practice based on notions of circulation of qi.

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued on 20 October 1980 an instruction on infant baptism, whose purpose was " to recall the principal points of doctrine in this field which justify the Church's constant practice down the centuries and demonstrate its permanent value in spite of the difficulties raised today ".

In spite of early Roman Catholic Church prohibitions against charging interest on loans, there is some evidence that the Franciscans were permitted to begin the practice as an aid to the poor.

Li Hongzhi has lived in New York since 1998, and Falun Gong has a sizable global constituency ; inside China, some sources estimate that millions may continue to practice Falun Gong in spite of suppression.

In spite of the law, Mormons continued to practice polygamy, believing that it was protected by the First Amendment.

Other red-light districts, such as those from Thailand, and most parts of Asia, are areas which are unofficially monitored by the authorities: in spite of the illegality of prostitution in these places, the practice is tolerated and controlled by officials, and little is done to reduce or eliminate it.

Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker notes that the phrase may have originated from this practice, as at this time " cutting off someone's nose was the prototypical act of spite.

This is because, in practice, in spite of the serious flaws described above, web sites secured by public key certificates are still more secure than unsecured http :// web sites.

In spite of the fact that the churches of the East ( later to be known as the Eastern Orthodox Church ) and West ( later to be known as the Roman Catholic Church ) were now reunited, in practice they were already diverging, and continued to separate further over the next 500 years.

Many countries which outlaw street prostitution have " unofficial " tolerance zones, where the practice is tolerated by the authorities, in spite of its illegality.

The practice of it, in spite of popular jests, tends to make good citizens and good men.

In spite of its great emphasis on tradition, the Byzantine Rite comprises a constantly growing and expanding ritual, with room for local practice.

However, research in South Africa increasingly shows that in spite of increased education and knowledge, people still often do not practice safe sex.

In spite of its derivation from Latin colorare (" to color "), the term " coloratura " does not apply to the practice of " coloring " the voice, i. e. altering the quality or timbre of the voice for expressive purposes ( for example, the technique of voix sombrée used by Gilbert Duprez in the 1830s ).

In practice and in spite of the United Nations ' Legal Section insistence that registration be done to avoid ' secret diplomacy ,' MoUs are sometimes kept confidential.

* Kakure Kirishitan (" hidden Christian ") refers to the Japanese communities that continued to secretly practice a native form of Christianity in spite of persecution.

In spite of the new infrastructure, leading foreign airlines, specifically British Airways, Lufthansa, and KLM, were shutting down their operations in the country due to high fees, poor service, and the widespread practice of bribery, reported Russia's ITAR-TASS News Agency.

This episode depicts him as having had the training of a master ninja, perhaps giving some reason behind his willingness to find thievery as an acceptable practice, in spite of his samurai ways.

In spite of its broad appeal as a means of drumming up support for price regulation, predatory pricing is not a sustainable practice.