He joined the federation, known as ORT, in 1980.

Two years ago the pro-rebel federation known as the National Union of Salvadoran Workers attracted perhaps 40,000 people to a May Day march.

The federation, known by the acronym Cosatu, has been in the vanguard of the current defiance campaign.

The federation, known as FINA, also ruled that swimmers who test positive for banned substances will lose all "medals, victories and accomplishments" in the preceding 12 months.

Besides the Hada themselves, the Hūlun included three other tribal federations, known as Ula, Yehe, and Hoifa.

Each community will be a mini-state unto itself ... They will form the federation known as Lakotah.

The federation, known here as the Nikkeiren, faces its biggest challenge since World War II, with Japan's unemployment rate climbing as the nation's recession persists.

With plenty of time on his hands, he has become president of the principal federation of anti-Sandinista farmers and ranchers, known by the Spanish acronym Upanic.

By then the two parties were in a very loose federation known as the 'National Opposition'.

But the federation, known as FIDE, is the only worldwide chess organization and the title Khalifman won is a traditional one.