Since then, it has focused on improving relationships with Western countries, cultivating links with other Portuguese-speaking countries, and asserting its own national interests in Central Africa through military and diplomatic intervention.

Since the 16th century, Portugal extensively adopted slavery to man their colonies, coming mainly from West and Central Africa.

Since then, this has become the most common definition of Central Asia.

Since the reunions in the UK and Australia in 1957, two generations of Christadelphians have grown up with little awareness of the existence of the minority " fellowships ", or awareness that the main group is called " Central " by the minority groups.

Since German reunification in 1990, and the accession of some Central European and Baltic States into the European Union in 2004, the Port of Hamburg has restarted ambitions for regaining its position as the region's largest deep-sea port for container shipping and its major commercial and trading centre.

* 1981 – The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its " Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China ", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.

Since 1973 the primary record keeping system of the Department of State is the Central Foreign Policy File.

Since the full Central Committee meets only once a year, the Politburo functions as the Party's leading collective decision-making body.

Since the first North American cases in 1999, the virus has been reported throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America.

Since 2003, when President François Bozizé came to power, thousands of citizens of the Central African Republic have been forced to flee their homes as a result of the escalating conflict between armed rebels and government troops.

On June 27, 1981, the Central Committee adopted the " Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China " ( The Resolution ), an official assessment of major historical events since 1949.

Since the Middle Ages people have cultivated rye widely in Central and Eastern Europe.

Since the Central Base Area could not be held, the Standing Committee appointed Bo ( responsible for politics ), Braun ( responsible for military strategy ), and Zhou ( responsible for the implementation of military planning ) to organize the evacuation.

Since its introduction, this stock on the Waterloo & City has diverged sufficiently from that used on the Central line through various modifications, primarily to the latter with the introduction of automatic train operation, that the two are no longer interchangeable.

Since early 20th century, the word Turan was borrowed by the western languages as a general word for Central Asia.

Since Sherman County is part of the Wichita media market and the local broadcast stations are repeat signals of Wichita affiliates, prime-time programming in the county is aired from 6 to 9 p. m. local time, rather than 7 to 10 p. m. as is normal in the Central and Mountain time zones.

Since there is no official jail facility at this station, suspects are booked at either Central Jail in downtown San Bernardino or the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.

Since 1991, Central Boiler has grown from a facility to over a manufacturing facility.

Since 1995, the homicide rate has been falling in Europe, North America, and Asia, but has risen to a near " crisis point " in Central America and the Caribbean.

Since 1962, however, Westvale has been served by the Westhill Central School District.

Since taking over as General Secretary of the Central Committee at the Sixteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Hu and his premier, Wen Jiabao, proposed to set up a Harmonious Society which aims at lessening the inequality and changing the style of the " GDP first and Welfare Second " policies.

Since a phonemic analysis is primarily concerned with distinctions, not with phonetic details, the symbols for voiced occlusives could be used: stop ⟨⟩ for Central Rotokas, and nasal ⟨⟩ for Aita dialect.

Since Venizelos's return to power, Athens was effectively at war with the Central Powers, and the Greek soldiers battled those of Bulgaria in the north.

Since 1966 until his retirement in 2002 he served as the Baringo Central MP and only served as a vice-president until 1978 when he became the president.

Since the obvious is not always true, the Republican National Committee wisely analyzed its defeat of last autumn and finds that it occurred, as suspected, in the larger cities.

Since 1994, GCHQ activities have been subject to scrutiny by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee.

Since 1994, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has also ruled that such laws violate the right to privacy guaranteed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Since then, the Society, guided by its International Steering Committee, has grown to over 4, 000 members and some 6, 000 associate supporters across more than 50 countries around the world.

Since 1986 the United Nations Committee on Decolonization has included New Caledonia on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.

Since Jiang Zemin became the national party chief in June 1989, all but one former Shanghai party chief was elevated to the Politburo Standing Committee, the de facto highest decision-making body in China, including Jiang Zemin ( General secretary and President ), Zhu Rongji ( Premier ), Wu Bangguo ( Chairman of the National People's Congress ), Huang Ju ( Vice Premier ), and Xi Jinping ( Vice President ).

Since 1972, the U. N. Decolonization Committee has called for Puerto Rico's decolonization and for the U. S. to recognize the island's right to self-determination and independence.

Since 2010 he has been member of the Honour Committee of Immagine & poesia, an artistic literary movement founded in Turin, with the patronage of Aeronwy Thomas ( Dylan Thomas's daughter ).

Since the Kennedy restoration, every presidential family has made some changes to their private quarters of the White House, but the Committee for the Preservation of the White House must approve any modifications to the State Rooms.

Since 1992, the IWC's Scientific Committee has requested that it be allowed to give quota proposals for some whale stocks, but this has so far been refused by the Plenary Committee.

Since 1988, the International Olympic Committee have chosen to validate Disabled Sports ( physical disabilities ) and incorporate it as a part of the Games: the staging of the Paralympic Games immediately follows the Olympic Games.

Since 1994, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has also ruled that such laws violated the right to privacy guaranteed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Since 1959 ( when the Bentham Committee was first established ) UCL has hosted the Bentham Project, which is progressively publishing a definitive edition of Bentham's writings.

* Since the 1996 Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee have recognized a separate Palestine Olympic Committee and Palestinian team.

Since January 2006, Kirner has been the Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Committee for Victorian Communities.

Since 2001, Sir Philip Craven is President of the IPC, who is also a member of the International Olympic Committee.

Since then, she has been a member of the Bundestag's Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Cultural and Media Affairs.