Recent elections have seen decreasing election violence between the SLFP and the UNP, compared to the period 1977 – 1994.

Recent examples have been the 2010 United Kingdom general election, the 2006 Israeli legislative election, the 2008 United States Presidential Election and the 2008 United Kingdom local elections.

Recent developments, including the abolition of presidential term limits before the 2006 elections and the harassment of democratic opposition, have attracted concern from domestic commentators and the international community.

Recent elections have been quieter affairs.

Recent elections in Iran have suffered from very low turnout.

Recent and current rabble issues include Afghanistan, anti-racism, art & culture, coalition, economy, elections, feminism, G8 / 20, Gaza, indigenous, labour, LGBTI, media matters, Occupy, Olympics, politics in Canada, and Technology.

Recent electoral inroads made by a number of independent candidates towards the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, such as the elections of Antanas Mockus and later Luis Eduardo Garzón as mayors of Bogotá, amid a climate of perceived generalized dissatisfaction with the country's traditional political background, have tended to shows signs that past electoral trends may be weakening and the potential for diversity could be increasing.

Recent elections ( March 2008 ) have witnessed former ruling party finance minister Simba Makoni standing as an independent presidential candidate.

Recent prominent independent candidates for president of the United States include John Anderson in 1980, Ross Perot in 1992, and Ralph Nader in the 2004 and 2008 elections.

Recent statements by the President and Defense Department spokesmen have, to the contrary, assured us that our lead is very great.

Recent events -- particularly the necessity of providing planning information for the statewide origin/destination study of the Department of Public Works -- indicate that this schedule will have to be accelerated.

Recent interferometer measurements ( Radhakrishnan and Roberts, 1960 ) have shown the 960-mc emission of Jupiter to be partially polarized and to originate in a region of larger diameter than the visible disk.

Recent surveys have found that as many as 18 % of Americans may be affected by one or more of them.

Recent decades have seen the rise of specializations within the profession.

Recent developments in the coding of applications including mobile and embedded systems have led to the awareness of the security of applets.

Recent clinical studies have verified that red alder contains betulin and lupeol, compounds shown to be effective against a variety of tumors.

Recent research suggests that the historical Ainu culture originated in a merger of the Okhotsk culture with the Satsumon, one of the ancient archaeological cultures that are considered to have derived from the Jōmon period cultures of the Japanese Archipelago.

Recent studies have indicated that the Antarctic Circumpolar Current varies with time.

Recent studies on macaque monkeys have found that administration of haloperidol or olanzapine for about two years led to a significant overall shrinkage in brain tissue, in both gray and white matter across several brain areas, with lower glial cell counts, due to a decrease in astrocytes and oligodendrocytes, and increased neuronal density.

Recent efforts to overturn the laws restricting automobile dealerships from opening on Sunday have died in committee in the Maine legislature.

Recent excavations at the Viking harbor town of Fröjel, Gotland in Sweden have revealed a small number of rock crystal lenses known as the Visby lenses.

Recent popes have appointed a few priests, most of them influential theologians, to the College of Cardinals without requiring them to be ordained as bishops ; invariably, these men are over the age of 80, which means they are not permitted to take part in a conclave.

Recent improvements in fluorescence microscopy techniques have provided novel and amazing insight into the dynamic structure of a single cell organism.

Recent difficulties have included repeated trade disputes, environmental concerns, Canadian concern for the future of oil exports, and issues of illegal immigration and the threat of terrorism.

Recent studies have shown that chloroplasts can be interconnected by tubular bridges called stromules, formed as extensions of their outer membranes.

* Recent advances have been made in ceramics which include bioceramics, such as dental implants and synthetic bones.

Recent analyses have concluded that cnidarians, although considered more " primitive " than bilaterians, have a wider range of genes.

Recent judicial opinions have indicated that provincial legislative national opt-out powers should not be exercised to interfere with the ability of another province to certify a parallel class action for residents of other provinces.

Recent historians using census data have shown that is a fallacy.

Recent historic ecumenical efforts on the part of the Catholic Church have focused on healing the rupture between the Western (" Catholic ") and the Eastern (" Orthodox ") churches.

Recent studies in the processes of negotiation have indicated the effectiveness of a technique that deserves mention here.

Recent writers have included Serge Daney, Serge Toubiana, Thierry Jousse, Antoine de Baecque, Vincent Ostria, Charles Tesson and Franck Nouchi, André Téchiné, Léos Carax, Olivier Assayas, Danièle Dubroux, and Serge Le Péron.

Recent study of the determinants of aggregate economic growth have stressed the importance of fundamental economic institutions and the role of cognitive skills.

Recent acting performances can be seen in a 2006 episode of Crossing Jordan and the Sci Fi original film A. I.

Recent films I've seen are all the same.

Recent technology has changed the speed of communication between fans and the technology available, but the basic concepts developed by science fiction fanzines in the 1930s can be seen online today.

Recent events from 2008 to the present day have seen the positive advancement of maritime border relations with Iraq with the development of the Khawr Abd Allah ( KAA ) Protocols.

Recent years have seen the development of new techniques based on the Fast Fourier Transform.

Recent years have seen a bolder, more cosmopolitan architecture.

Recent years have seen a steady flow of foreign workers into the textile industry ( primarily Chinese women ), the construction industry ( primarily Indian workers ), and harbour-related activities ( primarily Taiwanese men ).

Recent decades have seen scientific scandals caused by researchers playing " fast and loose " with observational methods in order to get their pet theories published.

Recent years have seen a drastic decline in the coral population in the gulf, partially owing to global warming but majorly due to irresponsible dumping by Arab states like UAE and Bahrain.

Recent archaeological discoveries in Finnish Lapland were originally seen as the continental version of the Komsa culture about the same age as the earliest finds on the coast of Norway.

Recent decades have seen this trend spread to European nations such as the Czech Republic.

Recent years have seen outbreaks of insect pests in forest-destroying plagues: the spruce-bark beetle ( Dendroctonus rufipennis ) in Yukon and Alaska ; the mountain pine beetle in British Columbia ; the aspen-leaf miner ; the larch sawfly ; the spruce budworm ( Choristoneura fumiferana ); the spruce coneworm.

Recent years have seen widespread violations of human rights.

Recent developments in transport appraisal practice in some European countries have seen the application of multi-criteria decision analysis based decision support tools.

Recent years have seen a reevaluation of the movie's merits.

Recent decades have seen the city expand in several directions beyond the confines of this highway.

Recent years have seen continued growth as Greenbrier becomes a bedroom community for nearby Conway.

Recent history has seen increased development in downtown and to the east and west sides of Wichita.

Recent years have seen a large influx of Amish residents nearby.

Recent years have seen performers such as Sandi Patty, Lonestar, and Alabama grace the Showboat stage.

Recent years have seen the JCR achieve particular success at rugby, cricket, football, hockey and darts.

Recent years have seen a resurgence of organic farming in the area, with Nash Huber of Nash's Organic Produce leading the way, and a weekly farmer's market is held downtown from May to October.

Recent years have seen several National Merit Scholars and a graduate who was nominated for the Rhodes Scholarship.