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...ratified the treaty), will expire in 2012. And last year, at the contentious Bali summit, delegates managed to paper over disputes - including those among the U.S., which under the Bush Administration has generally played the spoiler at these talks; the European Union, which has routinely argued for the most stringent carbon reductions; and the big developing nations, like India and China, which say climate change is the fault of rich nations and have been generally reluctant to take on any carbon-cutting obligations - long enough to lay down a rough outline of how negotiations, including the talks at Poznan, should...
...language of the MCA (949a(b)(1)(B), 949d(a)(2), and 949d(b), in particular) is unequivocal: except for clearly defined situations, the accused "shall be present at all sessions." Article 39, UCMJ, is even more stringent; the only provision for conducting a session outside the accused's presence is if the accused is accompanied by counsel at a VTC location for an Article 39(a) session. Nonetheless, based on early military case law, a court-martial is permitted by RCM 804 to proceed, even through findings and sentence, in the event of post-arraignment, voluntary absence...
Alcohol restrictions were less stringent than two years ago when students had to pay for alcoholic beverages that were only available in designated areas. On Saturday, HoCos were permitted to serve wine and beer to 21-year-old students...
Over the ensuing decades, the book became a phenomenon, selling more than 120 million copies in 37 languages. The McWhirters were stringent fact-checkers, often traveling long distances to adjudicate whether potential-record holders met the book's standards. (Ross McWhirter was assassinated in 1975 by the IRA; Norris McWhirter quit editing the book in the mid-1980s). Record holders receive certificates from Guinness, though not all records are selected for inclusion in the book, which receives some 65,000 record claims every year. Rights to the book, which has evolved from an almanac into a glossy, hard-cover item...
...Strategy Center, which advocates socially progressive issues, the initiative would have set in motion a future challenge to Roe v. Wade if passed. "It was an effort to get as close as possible to challenging Roe," Wilfore said, pointing out that South Dakota already has some of the most stringent abortion policies in the country. "This was just meant to be a test case...