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...Shevardnadze, clears the way for the arrest of George Makharadze who police say was drinking and apparently speeding before the crash. Early reports indicate the Justice Department may indict the diplomat on charges of involuntary manslaughter. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns commended the Georgian government's decision, calling the waiver "courageous" and rare in the annals of diplomatic history. The mother of the deceased girl, who has held nightly vigils at the site of the accident, also praised the Georgian Government and called the United States "a country of justice" where "immunity is not impunity." The teenage girl was killed...
Under the current system, students are notified at the beginning of their tenth year that they will be asked to leave the college. Students can apply for a waiver if they demonstrate satisfactory progress, but the notifying letter does not mention the waiver option...
...current and future Kay Weekleys of Boone County may have a better chance of stopping the violence before it ends in death. Under the new laws, a victim of domestic abuse can drop just one complaint, and that only after signing a waiver and agreeing to counseling. And along with the new laws has come what Riffe calls "substantial consciousness raising." Since 1990, the number of domestic complaints has jumped more than 300%, while the arrest rate for such complaints has tripled...
...students who work with Pro as "third riders" are required to have CPR certification before joining the program, and must also sign a waiver form releasing Pro from liabilities in case of injury...
...asserted, faces barriers to providing full service in the United Kingdom, where BT controls more than 90% of the local phone connections. Allen urged regulators to make scrutiny of the merger "a global priority of the highest order." In the U.S., where BT will ask for a waiver of the 25% ceiling on foreign ownership of American communications companies, such scrutiny could take up to a year...