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Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol (11 Dec. 1997) The first international agreement in which the world's industrial nations concluded a verifiable agreement to reduce their emissions of six greenhouse gasses in order to prevent global warming. By 2012, the 174 signatory states agreed to reduce emissions by 5.2 per cent... Read more |
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Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia 1936-, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1986-), b. Trenton, N.J. He graduated from Harvard Law School (1960) and subsequently taught law at the Univ. of Virginia (1967-71) and the Univ. of Chicago (1977-82). In 1982, President Reagan named him to the federal Court of... Read more |
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Just Compensation
JUST COMPENSATION Equitable remuneration to the owner of private property that is expropriated for public use through condemnation, the implementation of the governmental power of eminent domain. The fifth amendment to the U.S. Constitution proscribes the taking of private property by the... Read more |
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Bureau of the Census
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS The United States created a permanent census bureau in 1902. Early censuses of the U.S. population, which have been taken every ten years since 1790, were operated by temporary organizations. Today, the Census Bureau is the largest U.S. statistical agency. It collects a wide... Read more |
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Barron v. Baltimore
BARRON V. BALTIMORE In Barron v. City of Baltimore, 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 243, 8 L.Ed. 672 (U.S. 1833), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the fifth amendment to the U.S. Constitution bound only the federal government and was thus inapplicable to actions taken by state and local governments. In 1868 the... Read more |
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mint (coin)
mint place where legal coinage is manufactured. The name is derived from the temple of Juno Moneta, Rome, where silver coins were made as early as 269 BC Mints existed earlier elsewhere, as in Lydia and in Greece; from there coinage was introduced into Italy. The first U.S. mint was established in... Read more |
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
Kellogg-Briand Pact , agreement, signed Aug. 27, 1928, condemning "recourse to war for the solution of international controversies." It is more properly known as the Pact of Paris. In June, 1927, Aristide Briand , foreign minister of France, proposed to the U.S. government a treaty outlawing... Read more |
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EU agrees on destinations of 13 Palestinian exiles
...militants headed for exile in Europe under a...militants will be taken in by both Spain and Italy, two each by Greece...not a member of the EU and is currently temporarily...conversations with other EU officials. The EU ... |
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EU agrees on destination of 13 exiles Palestinians
...by both Spain and Italy, two each by Greece...not a member of the EU and is currently temporarily...conversations with other EU officials. Miguel...their transfer to exile in EU countries...and the 13 were taken to Cyprus to ... |
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EU says deal close on fate of 13 Palestinian militants
...the details of their exile. Pique, whose country...informal contacts among EU foreign ministers here were continuing. Six EU nations _ Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain...forward by Italy. The EU nations ... |
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EU Agrees on Destinations of Exiles
...said Sunday. Spain and Italy will each take three of...Cyprus, which is not an EU member and is currently...the original list of six EU nations that agreed to...currently holds the rotating EU presidency, did not say...Bethlehem, and the 13 were ... |
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Italy Approves Decree for Palestinian Militants' Temporary Exile
...temporarily exiled to Italy and the men are now set...Palestinians would be flown to Italy in the next few hours...measures would need to be taken by host countries. The EU agreed over the weekend...time being in Cyprus, an EU candidate ... |
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Palestinians to Leave Cyprus; After 11-Day Dispute, EU Members Agree to Take...
...peacemaking. The 15-nation EU had pledged to take the...to be flown Wednesday to Italy and three to Spain, two...senior terrorists" to be taken to Cyprus, for what was...Berlusconi balked and the EU governments began haggling...country currently holds the ... |
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Spanish foreign minister downplays rift over 13 Palestinian militants
...the details of their exile. Pique, whose country...informal contacts among EU foreign ministers here were continuing. Six EU nations _ Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain...forward by Italy. The EU nations ... |
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EU GEN Italy Terror Spirited Away
...away terror suspects: Italy is investigating the disappearance...and American agents and taken to a secret prison in...the government whether Italy was involved in the disappearance...in charge of one of Italy's national police forces...in 1999 while he was ... |
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Spain clinches share-out deal for siege exiles.(News)
...militants headed for exile in Europe under a deal...Three militants will be taken in by both Spain and Italy, two each by Greece...not a member of the EU and is temporarily putting...conversations with other EU officials. The ... |
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Unsafe in Libya, unwanted in Europe: exiles of the Arab Spring
...calls from France and Italy for the EU to "share the burden...European mainland - usually Italy - and then up through...the behest of France and Italy to see whether temporary...explained: "It's taken me eight months to get... |
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