Though United States President Bill Clinton pressured Musharraf to ban the alleged group behind the hijacking — Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Pakistani officials refused because of fears of reprisal from political parties such as Jamaat-e-Islami.

Though in this position he twice came under investigation – firstly for an alleged conflict of interest in relation to contracts awarded to his own economic research company, and secondly concerning the sale of the loss-making state-owned food conglomerate SME to the multinational Unilever, for which he had, for a time, been a paid consultant – however he was fully acquitted on both counts.

Though the relatives have said they were concerned about her mental state, some have alleged that the motive was to gain control of her land ; there were two oil wells on her 47 acre ( 190, 000 m² ) farm.

Though it is often alleged that Welles and Kitt had an affair during her 1957 run in Shinbone Alley, Kitt categorically denied this in a June 2001 interview with George Wayne of Vanity Fair.

Though Amy Tan's book has been widely praised by critics, it has also been alleged by Chinese-American author Frank Chin that it perpetuates racist stereotypes and contains fabricated " traditional " stories.

Though Barrett said that the updated STEP Act was in response to Fort Hood shooting and the failed bombing attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, it was noted by Keith Olbermann that neither of the alleged perpetrators would have fallen under its restrictions.

Though it's often alleged their relationship grew into a brief romance, those close to the singers denied this claim.

Though military lawyers have yet to definitively decide whether Loan's action violated the Geneva Conventions for treatment of prisoners of war ( Lém had not been wearing a uniform ; nor was he, it is alleged, fighting enemy soldiers at the time ), where POW status was granted independently of the laws of war ; it was limited to Viet Cong seized during military operations.

Though other noted individuals lay claim, it is alleged that the name The Cold War was officially " coined " after a speech he made in 1948, over his concern on the growing rift that developed between The Allied Powers of Western Europe and The Warsaw Pact Forces of Eastern Europe.

Though she was captured in 1913, alleged possessions by " Niyabinghi " continued, mostly afflicting women.

Though held to be common in the early years of the 19th century, the simplicity and innocence of those years was alleged to have been replaced by the 1850s with a precocious maturity, where " Instead of trundling hoops, urchins smoke cigars.

Though some writers claim that the popobawa is likely to be real because “ Zanzibar ’ s main hospital treated numerous alleged popobawa victims ,” Benjamin Radford interviewed doctors at Zanzibar Medical Group ( Zanzibar ’ s main hospital ) and none reported ever treating popobawa victims.

Though Parekh is currently barred from stock trading, in 2009, the Securities and Exchange Board of India alleged a variety of companies and other actors were trading on behalf of Parekh ; 26 entities were banned from trading as a result of that investigation.

Though seldom used in today's context, it has been alleged that Pakistan Military believed in the concept of martial races and they thus thought that they would easily defeat India in a war, especially prior to the Second Kashmir War Based on this belief in the martial supremacy, it was popularly hyped that one Pakistani soldier was equal to four to ten Hindus / Indian soldiers, and thus numerical superiority of the foe could be overcome.

Though unrivaled, the tradition has been discounted on various grounds, particularly on the alleged unreliability of Papias, from whom some would derive the whole tradition.

Though, this alleged connection has never been proven.

Though it is often called a whale today, the Hebrew, as throughout scripture, refers to no species in particular, simply sufficing with " great fish " or " big fish " ( whales are today classified as mammals and not fish, but no such distinction was made in antiquity ).

Though the Philistines adopted local Canaanite culture and language before leaving any written texts ( and later adopted the Aramaic language ), an Indo-European origin has been suggested for a handful of known Philistine words that survived as loanwords in Hebrew.

Though the consonants differ little from the text generally accepted in the early 2nd century ( and also differ little from some Qumran texts that are even older ), it has numerous differences of both greater and lesser significance when compared to ( extant 4th century ) manuscripts of the Septuagint, a Greek translation ( made in the 3rd to 2nd centuries BCE ) of the Hebrew Scriptures that was in popular use in Egypt and Israel and that is believed by scholars to be the source often quoted in the New Testament.

Though the Hebrew Scriptures attest to Israelites or Jews bowing before humans out of respect and submission ( e. g. Gen. 33: 3 ; 2 Sam.

Though it is not the first Bible to be published by the group, it is their first original translation of ancient Classical Hebrew, Koine Greek, and Old Aramaic biblical texts.

Though some sources identify Gadreel as the angel that seduced Eve, other Hebrew scholars say that it was Samael who tempted Eve in the guise of the Serpent.

Though Reuchlin had no public office as teacher, he was for much of his life the real centre of all Greek and Hebrew teaching in Germany.

Though the original book was written in Hebrew, as can be deduced by a number of Hebrew idioms in the text, the original has been lost and the version which comes down to us is the Septuagint.

Though some have argued that its story of the creation of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible is fictitious, it is the earliest text to mention the Library of Alexandria.

Though Smith did later study Hebrew from 1836 with Joshua Seixas at Kirtland, Ohio.

Though it is not uncommon to read a victory hymn in the Hebrew Bible, the Song of Deborah stands out as unique in that it is a hymn that celebrates a military victory helped by two women: Deborah and Jael.

Though the proposal was greeted by the management, the Faculty of Theology in Copenhagen pointed out that it would take 3 full-time teachers of the New Testament, Old Testament and ecclesiastical history, respectively as well as education in Latin, Greek and Hebrew by the Faculty of Humanities.

Though records of his education are scant, there is evidence that he had a liberal education, with a thorough knowledge of Hebrew, Greek and Latin.

Though well-intentioned, Borat often makes his guests feel uncomfortable by introducing them to " Kazakh " customs, or by making misogynistic, anti-Semitic, or other comments based on his unfamiliar culture, which are often undercut by various aspects of the film, e. g., Borat's hometown being a gypsy village and Hebrew being his native language.

Though the rappers mostly sing in Arabic, they do write songs in Hebrew and English as well, to ensure that they reach all of their intended audiences.

Though distichal verse forms are typical of classical Hebrew verse, these are more closely reminiscent of the distical forms of old Germanic heroic verse.

Though, this quote is taken from an article where Wise opened stating, " It is evident that Moses was opposed to slavery ..." The article itself, entitled On the Provisional Portion of the Mosaic Code, with Special Reference to Polygamy and Slavery defends the Mosaic form of slavery as found in the Hebrew Bible while at the same time offering certain criticisms.

Though he never attended university he ultimately acquired a thorough knowledge of Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Syriac, French and German.

Though Aristotle wrote many elegant treatises and dialogues ( Cicero described his literary style as " a river of gold "), it is thought that the majority of his writings are now lost and only about one-third of the original works have survived.

Though he was not admitted, he soon gained attention for his original poems and prose-poems.

Though these sees are now seven ( Ostia and Velletri having been separated in 1914 ), there are only six cardinal bishops, since the Dean always adds the title of Ostia to his original suburbicarian diocese.

Though the rest of the original Barlow family were killed off, Ken has remained the constant link throughout the entire series of Coronation Street.

Though influenced by Gallurese it has maintained the original characteristics of Corsican.

Though the original draft was written in 1761, he made additions to it year after year until his death twenty-three years later.

Though they used the original Japanese show as the medium for the dub, some of the voices seem to sound like the U. S. version ( e. g., Taichi having an adolescent's voice instead of a kid's ) or completely original to the dubbing crew ( e. g., Gabumon's deep, grumbly voice ).

Though an excellent opera, it is rarely heard uncut today, as the original score runs more than four hours in performance.

Though the original armiger may have placed particular meaning on a charge, these meanings are not necessarily retained from generation to generation.

Though mentioned in the original Star Trek series episode " The Trouble With Tribbles ", the Klingon language first appeared on-screen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( 1979 ).

Though the original Lada, and as of the early part of the new millennium, the Samara, have now been withdrawn, the Lada 110 and the Niva are still sold in certain Western European markets, as are the more modern models.

Though an original character himself, many of Shang-Chi's supporting characters ( most notably Fu Manchu and Sir Denis Nayland Smith ) were Rohmer creations.

Though the CD-ROM motor in the CDZ may have been more efficient than the one in the original, it was still a 1x speed CD-ROM.

Though the original name was " revolving gun ", the short-form " revolver " is universally used.

Though the original rules of Reversi were such that each player was limited to using no more than half of the disks ( those in possession at the start ), this rule has long been out of common practice ; and, if using a physical board and pieces, the player whose turn it is simply retrieves a disk that is in possession of the opponent as needed.

Though usually prepared in ovens, the original and historic preparation involved cooking in the ground.

Though it would have maintained a comedic theme in space, no plan was made to connect it to the original series.

Though Lupis ' original design had been rope guided, torpedoes were not wire-guided until the 1960s.

Though the original text has been lost, a reference in Archimedes ' book The Sand Reckoner describes Aristarchus ' heliocentric theory.

Though the original release was made under a license that did not provide any access to the program's source code, it is now released under the GNU General Public License.

Though transformations continue to be important in Chomsky's current theories, he has now abandoned the original notion of Deep Structure and Surface Structure.

Though previously ' vehicle ' and ' sportsCar ' were exactly alike, now the latter includes a new slot with a method that the original doesn't have.

Though only loosely based on the prior accounts of the " Experiment ", it served to dramatize the core elements of the original story.

Though the WFL's Toronto establishment failed due to Canadian resistance, the Buffalo Bills ( with Canadian backing and special conditions ) are playing occasional home games in Toronto as of 2008, and the league's original intent to expand the game globally is being partially fulfilled by the NFL International Series.