In Lebanon, the right-wing Guardians of the Cedars, a fiercely nationalistic ( mainly Christian ) political party which opposes the country's ties to the Arab world, is agitating for " Lebanese " to be recognized as a distinct language from Arabic and not merely a dialect, and has even advocated replacing the Arabic alphabet with a revival of the ancient Phoenician alphabet, which lacks a number of characters to write typical Arabic phonemes present in Lebanese, and lost by Phoenician ( and Hebrew ) in the second millennium BC.

This ensures that the ideological Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution ( separate from the Iranian army ) holds a commanding influence over the political, economic, and cultural life of Iran.

It is in the area of Wiltshire Council, on which all three elected members for Devizes belong to a local political party, the Devizes Guardians, led by Nigel Carter.

He was criticized for favoring family and friends with jobs and benefits, not consulting with the tribal council, and creating a private militia, Guardians of the Oglala Nation ( GOONs ), to suppress political opponents, which he paid from tribal funds.

As a member of the parliament, Nabavi has been one of the major critics of the Council of Guardians, the body which both vets candidates for political office and can veto legislation passed by parliament.

The Lebanese Renewal Party – LRP ( Arabic: Hezb al-Tajaddud al-Lubnaniyya ) or Parti de la Renovation Libanaise ( PRL ) in French, is a banned political party in Lebanon formed in 1972 as the political arm of the paramilitary force known as the Guardians of the Cedars.

Other problems include the issues with the rights of racial and religious minorities, influence and involvement of armed forces specially the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution and Basij in political activities, widespread corruption in the ruling elite, problems with security forces like police and militias like Ansar-e Hezbollah, and corruption in Judiciary.

* Haras al Istiqlal, or Guardians of Independence, Iraqi political party under the British Mandate of Mesopotamia

Reinfeld also wrote books on a number of other subjects, including checkers ( How to Win at Checkers ), numismatics ( Coin Collector's Handbook ), philately ( Commemorative Stamps of the U. S. A .), geology ( Treasures of the Earth ), history ( Trappers of the West ), medicine ( Miracle Drugs and the New Age of Medicine ), physics ( Rays Visible and Invisible ), political science ( The Biggest Job in the World: The American Presidency ), and jurisprudence ( The Great Dissenters: Guardians of Their Country's Laws and Liberties ).

In 1999, All Things Must Pass appeared at number 9 on The Guardians " Alternative Top 100 Albums " list, where the editor stated that the album was the " best, mellowest and most sophisticated " of The Beatles ' solo efforts.

Then from 1931 editor of the Garda Review, the official journal of Ireland's National Police Service, the Garda Síochána's ( in English the Guardians of the Peace ), which he edited for 41 years in accordance with General Eoin O ' Duffy's instructions to edit it strictly in the interest of the service members.

* The Guardians of the Universe appear in the animated feature Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, with Ganthet voiced by Michael Jackson, Appa Ali Apsa voiced by Tony Amendola, and Ranakar voiced by Steven Blum.

* The Guardians of the Universe make a brief appearance in the Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe video game with Ganthet voiced by Michael McConnohie and two unnamed Guardians voiced by Christopher Corey Smith and Joe J. Thomas.

* Adam Warlock ( along with the other Guardians of the Galaxy ) appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode " Michael Korvac ", voiced by Kirk Thornton.

In January 1989, The Guardians Michael White reported that TFA " no longer has the power or glory it enjoyed when it was Thatcherism's extra-parliamentary advance guard against a fading Labour government and its union allies ".

However, critics have subsequently reassessed it ; for example The Guardians Michael Billington, who savaged the play in his first review, later recanted in the wake of Kane's suicide: " I got it wrong, as I keep saying.

* Rocket Raccoon ( along with the other Guardians of the Galaxy ) appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode " Michael Korvac ", voiced by Greg Ellis.

The small number of beings that are more powerful than the Time Lords include the ( now extinct ) Osirans and higher powers of the universe such as the Black and White Guardians, and possibly the Eternals.

In the Flashpoint reality, the Guardians of the Universe assigned Abin Sur to head to Earth and find the White Lantern Entity.

The Enlighteners turn out to be the Black and White Guardians, and the winner is the Doctor, who brought the ship in with Turlough's help when Wrack and her first mate met with an " accident.

The group called themselves Guardians of the White Horse Stone and looked after the area around the stone but activities were sporadic and unorganised.

Following the first threat to the White Horse Stone by Orange, members of The Odinic Rite decided to formalise these activities and Guardians of the White Horse Stone became an official part of the Odinic Rite.

* Website of Guardians of the White Horse Stone.

These expert warriors are the Guardians Of The White Tower and serve as protectors of the mages and scholars who live and study there.

Apollonia Dragon, Berserkers, Cosmo Walkers, Gladiators, Guardians, Initiates, Light Bringers, Mecha Del Sols, Mecha Thunders, Rainbow Phantoms, Shine Monsters, Shining Command Dragon, Soltroopers, Starlight Trees and White Command Dragon.

The two Guardians balance out the forces in the universe, although the Black Guardian seems to desire to upset the balance in favour of chaos and evil while the White Guardian prefers to maintain the status quo.

In the BBC Books spin-off novel The Quantum Archangel by Craig Hinton, the Black Guardian appears briefly with the White Guardian and four others, who form a Council of Guardians that oversee reality.

As the Blackest Night falls in the universe, Abin Sur is dispatched to Earth by the Guardians of the Universe with the mission to retrieve the White Lantern Entity and bring it back to Oa.

The two Guardians balance out the forces in the universe, although the Black Guardian seems to desire to upset the balance in favour of chaos and evil while the White Guardian prefers to maintain the status quo.

In the BBC Books spin-off novel The Quantum Archangel by Craig Hinton, the White Guardian appears briefly with the Black Guardian and four others, who form a Council of Guardians that oversee reality.

It was also notable for the reintroduction of many of the Time Lord's enemies, such as the Master, Cybermen, Omega ( a founding-father of Gallifrey ), the Black and White Guardians, and the Silurians.

Tiamat's church has a rigid hierarchy, beginning with the lowly Custodians of the Copper Chalice and continuing with, in ascending rank, the Defenders of the Silver Shield, Wardens of the Electrum Mail, Guardians of the Gold Scepter, Keepers of the Platinum Crown, Scales of the White Wyrm, Horns of the Black Beast, Wings of the Green Gargantua, Talons of the Blue Baatoran, Breaths of the Red Ravager, and the Dark Scaly Ones leading them all.

To integrate The Enlighteners into the trilogy, portions of the story were rewritten at the request of the production team and the Black and White Guardians replaced the originally planned " Enlighteners ".

This story also reveals that the Toymaker is one of the Guardians, representing dreams in the same way as the White Guardian represents order, and the Black Guardian represents chaos.

In particular, she criticised the Communist Party members of the Poplar Board of Guardians for agreeing to reduce outdoor Poor Law relief, which was cited as the reason for her expulsion from the CPGB in September 1921.

The tour was criticised as just " a succession of largely unrelated scenes " by The Guardians Brian Logan, who gave it a rating of two stars.

Some employers forced men to join up, while occasionally Poor Law Guardians would also refuse to pay support for fit military-aged men.

In January 2004, shortly before the 2004 Iranian legislative elections ( the 7th Parliament ), the conservative Council of Guardians ended Iranian voters ' continued support for reformists by taking the unprecedented step of banning about 2500 candidates, nearly half of the tot, including 80 sitting Parliament deputies.

A Guardians unit was also dispatched to Zaarour, above the mountain road to Zahlé, to support Phalangist forces.

The Guardians and allied Christian militias then invaded the Koura region in northern Lebanon and reached Tripoli, to support Christian residents trapped by fighting.

After heavy Palestinian involvement in the Lebanese Civil War, the Guardians cultivated ties with the Israeli military, receiving weapons and support.

1989 saw the Guardians once more fighting the Syrians alongside the Lebanese Army in support of the Lebanese government of General Michel Aoun.

Each Demon Elemental is assigned to destroy one of the six Beams that support the Dark Tower, and is the nemesis of the two animal Guardians who protect the corresponding Beam.

However, as Guardians of Order is now defunct, the status of support for the game is uncertain.

A group called The Guardians of The Theatre Museum was formed in late Autumn 2006, by the theatre community, to try to support the museum.

When the United Nations decide to fund the Justice League International, the Global Guardians find themselves without financial support, and disband.