Mr. Maliki's government has recently sought to exert its independence from what it sees as an overbearing American policy of keeping full control over security here.

The Act came into force on the 3 October 1980 and is seen as a defining policy of Thatcherism.

Legislators from both major parties have been critical of what they see as an unacceptably conciliatory policy toward China by President Bush.

Ethnic cleansing may be seen as a policy aimed to stabilise the borders of the State.

Many of the Zionist leadership saw Havlagah as a moral policy and a source of pride for the Jews.

Still, he knew that for many members of the Vietnam generation, he would forever be identified with what they saw as a hugely failed policy.

For the rest of us, that can clearly be seen as a policy of catastrophe.

This was seen as a deliberate policy to hold back the Igbo middle class, leaving them with little wealth to expand their business interests.

- Mr President, Commissioner, the production of organic products cannot be seen as a utopian economic and social policy.