Several of theses objectives stem from a belief in that the Colombian government should protect Colombian society from the effects of terrorism and the illegal drug trade, and in turn society as a whole should have a more active and comprehensive role in the government's struggle against illegal armed groups such as the FARC and ELN guerrillas or the paramilitary AUC, in order to ensure the defense and continued existence of the opportunity for both leftwing and rightwing political parties to engage in free and open debate, along with all the other aspects of democratic life.

Several key leaders early in the Protestant Reformation, including Martin Luther and John Calvin, followed the traditional reasoning in favour of capital punishment, and the Lutheran Church's Augsburg Confession explicitly defended it.

Several nationalist leaders banded together in 1916 under the leadership of Annie Besant to voice a demand for self-government, and to obtain the status of a Dominion within the British Empire as enjoyed by Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Newfoundland at the time.

Several groups, however, disputed this: including UNO, a broad coalition of anti-Sandinista activists, COSEP, an organization of business leaders, the Contra group " FDN ", organized by former Somozan-era National Guardsmen, landowners, businessmen, peasant highlanders, and what some claimed as their patron, the U. S. government.

Several Iraqi leaders, Lebanese arms merchant Sarkis Soghanalian and others have told that Saddam financed Chirac's party.

Several local leaders, including Reverend Charles W. Kerr, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church tried to dissuade mob action.

* February 7 – Several leaders of Abnaa el-Balad are arrested in Israel.

Several key British colonial leaders favoured annexation of the independent Boer republics.

Several notable leaders such as Chandra Shekhar Azad, B. R. Ambedkar, Shankar Dayal Sharma and Atal Bihari Vajpayee were born in what is now Madhya Pradesh.

* 1993 – Several dozen tribal leaders and residents from the Ecuadoran Amazon file a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against Texaco, as a result of massive ecological pollution of the area and rivers around Texaco's Ecuadorian offshore drilling sites, causing toxic contamination of approximately 30, 000 residents.

Several local groups are protesting this development, including Hackney Unites, the Hackney Liberal Democrat Party, and Stokey Local, a group formed by local business leaders and residents.

Several Chartist leaders, including Feargus O ' Connor, George Julian Harney, and Thomas Cooper were arrested, along with nearly 1, 500 others.

Several rich cartel leaders built large houses, such as the Casa Grande and contributed to the economy.

Several people were accused of the murder including his own wife after she admitted an affair with one of the accused, but after intense trails and no hard evidence the case was dropped, and no one ever admitted as the murderer. In later years the murder was almost forgotten asides memory from a handful of senior citizens, until Joe Towne one of the community leaders, grew interested in the subject and studied it and interviewed those who remembered the tragic situation and wrote it into a true story novel " Tongues on Fire ".

Several rebellion leaders, including Harmon Husband, lived in Somerset.

Several leaders of the group " Citizens to Reform Lakewood " were named in the lawsuit.

Several prominent Marquesan political leaders have repeatedly declared themselves in favor of separating from French Polynesia and remaining within the French Republic in case French Polynesian political leaders in Tahiti would proclaim the independence of French Polynesia.

Several nationalist leaders banded together in 1916 under the leadership of Annie Besant to voice a demand for self-government, and to obtain the status of a Dominion within the British Empire as enjoyed by Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Newfoundland at the time.

Several other Mormon leaders, the most vocal being Orson Pratt, rejected the doctrine in favor of other theological ideas.

Several prominent evangelical leaders of the Christian right sent the " Land Letter " to President Bush arguing a just war rationale for an invasion, citing Saddam Hussein's alleged possession of nuclear and biochemical weapons, and advocating immediate military action.

Several influential Congress leaders, including Henry Chipembere, Kanyama Chiume, Dunduzu Chisiza and T. D. T.

Several strikes had taken place, the " first directly political strikes " in what threatened to be an " irreparable breach between the Labour leaders and their base in the Labour Movement ".

Several important leaders of the Enragés and Hébertists were imprisoned and executed by the very revolutionary tribunals they had supported.

Several prominent military leaders ( including Theodoros Kolokotronis and Andreas Miaoulis ) had gathered there for consultation concerning an uprising, and they were sworn to this flag by the local bishop.

Several later books were original in Europe, and at least one novel has only ever appeared in Italian, no English version yet published.

Several additional candidates for written ASL have appeared in over the years, including Sutton SignWriting, Sign Script, ASL-phabet, and Si5s.

Several things were notable about this battle, in which Charles set the pattern for the remainder of his military career: first, he appeared where his enemies least expected him, while they were marching triumphantly home and far outnumbered him.

Several companies appeared including FOXTEL, Galaxy TV, OPTUS TV, Selectv and Austar offering services to homes across the major states of Australia.

Several days prior to the assassination, Minerva had appeared to him in a dream, announcing she had been disarmed by Jupiter, and would no longer be able to protect him.

Several months later, she appeared in the first episode, entitled " One Blonde Too Many ", of NBC's one-season The Tab Hunter Show, a sitcom starring the former teen idol as a bachelor cartoonist.

Several New Age publications appeared by the late 1980s such as Psychic Guide ( later renamed Body, Mind & Spirit ), Yoga Journal, New Age Voice, New Age Retailer, and NAPRA ReView by the New Age Publishers and Retailers Alliance.

Several other insect groups appeared during the Permian, including the Coleoptera ( beetles ) and Hemiptera ( true bugs ).

Several studies ( Alfredo Torero or Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino ) show that the oldest form of Quechua appeared in Cajamarquilla, Lima.

Several tracks from Sakamoto's earlier solo albums have also appeared in film soundtracks.

Several short-lived papers also appeared a few years later – the St Helena Times ( 1889 ), the Monthly Critic and Flashman ( 1895 ) and the St Helena Observer.

* Several new player races appeared in a late addition to the line, Zebulon's Guide to Frontier Space, and include the Humma ( which resemble kangaroos ), Ifshnit ( akin to dwarves ), Osakar ( lanky, parthenogenic quadrupeds ) and Mechanons ( intelligent robots ).

Several socialites, or children of famous parents, who were somewhat well-known before they appeared on reality television shows have become much more famous as a result, including Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Kelly Osbourne, Kim Kardashian, and many of the rest of the Kardashian family.

* Several heroes of the 1990s, including Cable and many Image Comics characters, rejected the traditional superhero outfit for costumes that appeared more practical and militaristic.

Several of his works first appeared in French translation, prepared for the press by Étienne Dumont.

Several cast members have since appeared in the radio comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, which was originally a spinoff from ISIRTA but has outlived it by decades.

Several short-lived Comets reunions were attempted in the 1970s and 1980s, including one contingent ( organized by Baltimore-based piano player Joey Welz who played piano for the Comets during the summer of 1965 ) that appeared on The Tomorrow Show, and another run by an Elvis Presley impersonator named Joey Rand ( this group later lost a legal action over the right to use the Comets name ), but only one group was officially sent out to perform by Haley himself, and his management / production company, which were the official Comets who played with Haley throughout the 1960s and 1970s and continued to perform as the Comets between gigs and during Haley's retirement.

Several Brazilian neo-Nazi gangs appeared in the 1990s in Southern Brazil and Southeastern Brazil, with their acts gaining more media coverage and public notoriety in the 2000s.

Several publications containing the text of the Samaritan Targum have appeared.

Several other performers from the U. K. series also appeared on the U. S. series.

Several alternate versions appeared in the Bibliotheca, the Fabulae of Hyginus, and the Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis, with major variations depicting Myrrha's father as the Assyrian king Theias or depicting Aphrodite as having engineered the tragic liaison.

Several of Yoshi's moves that debuted in Super Mario World 2 appeared again in later games.

Several other actors appeared in multiple seasons playing different characters, notably Lovitz, David Cross, Toby Huss, David Anthony Higgins, Dave " Gruber " Allen and Bob Odenkirk.

Several reviewers noted that the film appeared to be enjoyable for children and teens, but not so much for adults.