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...salute. A 500-member band, complete with bagpipes and scores of drummers, rapped out a tattoo to which more than 1,000 arm-swinging soldiers marched, filling the morning air with the anthem of Oman's Royal Guard: "We do not fear death. If Qaboos calls, we obey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oman: Guardian of the Strait | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...illegal immigrants. INS agents in Ezell's region have infiltrated congregations in Arizona whose members are being prosecuted for taking in such aliens. The Presbyterian and American Lutheran churches last week sued the INS and other Government agencies for these activities, but Ezell's convictions are firm. "You either obey laws or you don't," he says. "The Bible tells you to obey laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Immigration's Happy Warrior | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Fast-growing financial services and aggressive retailing long ago transformed Singapore into an Asian powerhouse. Yet the island nation is also notorious for a less reputable trade. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has slapped a total ban on wildlife imports from Singapore because of its refusal to obey international protections for rare animals. A typical victim: the pangolin, a cute-as-a-button mammal, rather like an anteater, that is on the endangered list in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand but has been winding up in American-made handbags and cowboy boots. The illicit traffic is covered up with sketchy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Notes Oct 20, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...also said that students’ records and academic standing would not be affected by legal action related to file sharing but that the University had no say in the RIAA’s decision of whether to pursue a particular case in court. Students must agree to obey copyright law in order to gain access to the University network...

Author: By Matthew S. Lebowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Getting Sued For Sharing | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

...bill, sponsored by the ruling Socialist party and almost certain to become law in time for Gay Pride day in June, has infuriated Spain's Catholic leaders. Ricard María Cardinal Carles, Emeritus Archbishop of Barcelona, who supports the church's prohibition of homosexuality, says that "to obey the law over conscience takes us back to Auschwitz." Conservative mayors say they will refuse to marry gays, despite their legal obligation to do so if the law passes. Lluís Caldentey, the mayor of Pontons, a small town near Barcelona, has already been expelled by the Popular Party after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain's Showdown | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

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