Eventually the region became largely independent under the control of the provincial governor.

The schools - publicly financed, but independent from their districts under a state law enacted last winter - plan to open in September.

The eastern region became independent in 1967 under the name Republic of Biafra.

Section 11(d) had come into effect in 1982, and until then only higher-level judges were independent under the Constitution.

It is financially and constitutionally independent under the status of a charitable company limited by guarantee.

Iraq became independent under King Faisal, who died in 1933.

Zaire became independent in 1960 under particularly difficult conditions.

Sudan, independent under Mahdi rule between 1885 and 1899.

You only want them to be independent under your control and it is in this direction that resolution 1559 has been raised again.

In 2000 the company became independent under the name Softonic.