Despite their close links, relations between Arkan and his state security friends were uneasy.

It was not until last December that the group was added to the American list, despite its members' links to the 1994 kidnappings and other attacks.

Despite his new links to the party machine, Mr. Kirchner is trying to position himself as a "renovator of Peronism."

Stephen Foster was featured on the obverse of the coin despite his tenuous links to the city.

Despite his links to the colonial bureaucracy, Guerrero openly joined the independence struggle when the Philippine Revolution of 1896 broke out.

Abu Qatada has fought for nearly 20 years to stay in Britain despite his suspected links with al-Qaeda.

In 1170, Henry claimed out of the blue the right to appoint an archbishop in Bourges, despite its ancestral links with France.

Despite his links to the papacy, Wolsey was strictly Henry's servant.

Despite Drennan's links with revolutionary republicans, he gradually became alienated from the post-Union Nationalism of the period.

Despite his close links with rugby, Matthews showed an uncomprimising stance in his views on how the game should be played.