Word: invalidity
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...denied any nationwide deployment, to whom did the President order it? At no point was a nationwide deployment of the army ordered. You stated that after President Kumaratunga's spokesman said the cease-fire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) "will stand," the President "declared the cessation 'invalid.'" What you did not mention is that (as the President explained to your correspondent) any agreement signed with regard to the defense of the nation, including the present cease-fire, has to be signed by the head of state. As the cease-fire has been signed only by Prime Minister...
...advantage of the court ruling would have defied an order from the state public health department prohibiting cities from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples until after the six-month stay period. Romney told the Associated Press last week that any licenses issued during this time would be considered invalid...
...presidential ballot was out-polled by an ultranationalist. The 18-party Democratic Opposition of Serbia, which came to power in 2000 after ousting strongman Slobodan Milosevic, has been riven by infighting and two weeks ago called early elections after losing its parliamentary majority. The presidential ballot was ruled invalid due to low voter turnout - for the third time in just over a year. Freedom, for Some ZIMBABWE A Harare court released 52 activists two days after their arrests for taking part in demonstrations against President Robert Mugabe. A call by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions...
...army, which subsequently denied receiving any such command. Announcing that the President was assuming control of the peace negotiations?which have been led by Wickremesinghe and are being brokered by the Norwegian government?her spokesman said the cease-fire with the LTTE "will stand." Kumaratunga then declared the cessation "invalid" but said, "My commitment to peace is total." Most worryingly, in two addresses to the nation, Kumaratunga declined to elaborate on plans for ending a conflict that has already claimed some 64,000 lives. "People are wondering what the hell she will do next," says Saravanamuttu...
...with the MDC. The aging President may yet be looking for a way out. [an error occurred while processing this directive]Last week the MDC took its case to overturn the 2002 presidential election result to the high court in Harare. The party argued that Mugabe's victory is invalid because the government packed the electoral commission with its supporters, reopened voter registration without telling the MDC and limited the number of polling stations in cities, where the opposition is strongest. But almost nobody expects a Zimbabwean court to rule against Mugabe, and the MDC's real audience will...