Word: statement
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...will not be a priority to use federal resources to prosecute patients with serious illnesses or their caregivers who are complying with state laws on medical marijuana," Holder said in a statement accompanying the release of the new policy guidelines...
...days after his arrest in New York City, that its investigations into Rajaratnam and his donations to the TRO were ongoing. "The Central Bank states that investigations are yet continuing in relation to the funding allegedly provided by Raj Rajaratnam to the TRO," the Bank said in an official statement. Rajaratnam's donations to the TRO had been closely monitored by Sri Lankan authorities, according to Sri Lankan security expert Shanaka Jayasekara, attached to the Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. "He had come to the attention of the Financial Intelligence Unit...
...Juergen Boos, the fair organizer, said he was personally angered by mistakes and compromises in the organization and communication of the pre-fair symposium. In response to Mei's statement that China wouldn't be lectured on democracy, Boos wrote on the fair's website that "the Frankfurt Book Fair is not offering instruction in democracy, to be sure, but it is democracy in action." Soon after, project manager Peter Ripken was fired, apparently for blocking Dai and Bei from speaking at the closing ceremony, Deutsche Welle reported. Ripken responded that he had been acting on instructions from Germany...
...first glance, the surprising news on Tuesday that Pope Benedict XVI has created a new structure to welcome some disenchanted Anglicans into the Roman Catholic fold - it was accompanied by a joint statement from his counterpart, the Archbishop of Canterbury - might look like a happy reunion. But the Vatican's establishment of new "Personal Ordinariates," in which Anglicans, including married priests, can practice Catholicism while maintaining much of their own identity and liturgy, reveals more about the growing internal rifts within each of the two churches than any sign of real hope for reuniting the fractured Christian communion...
...uniform and equitable way," said Levada, who would not specify how many Anglicans he expected to convert. "With this proposal, the church wants to respond to the legitimate aspirations of these Anglican groups for full and visible unity with the Bishop of Rome." In a joint written statement, Williams, who as Archbishop of Canterbury is the worldwide spiritual head of the Anglican Church, issued a joint statement with the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, saying the decision "brings an end to a period of uncertainty" for those Anglicans who have sought to convert. (See an interview with Cardinal William Levada...