Word: amendment
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Furthermore, since Samak announced four months ago he planned to amend the constitution drawn up by a military-appointed committee - and approved in a national referendum - he and his party have been facing prolonged street protests from opposition that claims the changes are designed to invalidate the legal cases against Thaksin and the current government...
...statement on the results of the investigation quote Colonel Allen Batschelet, chief of staff of the coalition forces in Baghdad, as saying, "This was an extremely unfortunate and tragic incident ... Our deepest regrets of sympathy and condolences go out to the family. We are taking several corrective measures to amend and eliminate the possibility of such situations happening in the future." According to the press release, the U.S. investigation concluded that "neither the soldiers nor civilians involved in the incident were at fault...
...when Megan was committing these minor atrocities, she didn't mind the director tagging along. (Hey, Nanette! I'm gonna T.P. some dork's house. Bring your camera and mike!) We may amend Warhol's law to say that everyone will be notorious for 15 minutes and that no one will mind a bit. As ordinary folks spill their guts on Maury and the reality shows, as young stars go picturesquely bonkers for the paparazzi, people may no longer feel embarrassed about anything. It's not indiscretion, it's publicity. The Warsaw kids aren't upset at how they look...
...governments will not abandon their quest for better institutions. Nor will they renegotiate the treaty: they fear that to amend one bit of what is a package of finely balanced compromises could lead to other bits unraveling. That leaves two options. One is to bury the Lisbon treaty but try to save some of its key provisions. A few of them, designed to improve cooperation in matters of justice and foreign policy, could perhaps be introduced without a new treaty. Furthermore, the prospect of Croatian membership, expected in two or three years, offers opportunities. Every time a country joins...
...fully available to gay couples - opponents gave warning that they were not about to let the divided high court have the last word. Brandishing more than 1 million signatures from an ongoing petition campaign, they plan to put before voters as soon as November a proposition that would amend the constitution to forbid same-sex marriages. (A Los Angeles Times poll shows a majority of registered voters would support the amendment, preferring to overturn the ruling). The alliance of groups opposed to gay marriage, meanwhile, has petitioned the court to delay such unions, which could begin as early as June...