That was demagoguery, too, in defence of fiscally conservative ideas.
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We've got about 20/25 percent in defence and homeland security.
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Somewhat similar arguments have been constructed in defence of Mr Söder's position.
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On occasion he has defied the administration in defence of his department.
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IN 1962 a British political scientist, Bernard Crick, published "In Defence of Politics".
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Europe's biggest shortcoming in defence is not its command structure but its capabilities.
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Countless Egyptian leaders have rattled their sabres in defence of the water supply.
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Modi and BJP leaders have come out strongly in defence of her candidature.
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But in defence of central banks, they have used the weapons they had available.
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A big march is planned in Moscow on March 10th in defence of the internet.
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Yet Europe is not exactly awash with strong voices in defence of the liberal order.
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South Korea does plenty with Japan and America in defence, including joint training in Japan.
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The software is primarily advertised to game developers, but Improbable also counts clients in defence.
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The church's apparent acceptance of these allegations triggered a movement in defence of Bishop Bell's memory.
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Amid strains on national budgets, the political appetite for big increases in defence spending is missing.
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DT is arguing with 'The Guv', a man who speaks passionately in defence of Wenger's management.
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However, in this time of adversity, he's come out fighting in defence of his fallen brother.
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Carillion, which employs 43,000 people to provide services in defence, education, health and transport, collapsed on Jan.
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In defence of this old school approach, there are occasions when only a physical copy will do.
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Rights lawyers were emerging as a powerful new voice in defence of those who felt marginalised and downtrodden.
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We do things in defence of national security that would not be justified in pursuit of private interest.
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Disruption on the London Underground, meanwhile, often in defence of its members' cushy contracts, is a yearly headache.
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He also said there were other major opportunities in the United States in defence under the new administration.
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Ultra Electronics' new chief will be looking to tap U.S. President Donald Trump's promised $131.13 billion in defence spending.
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But in defence and technology, you described a Europe that's failed to work together, a Europe that's too fragmented.
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Last year President Donald Trump signed into law the biggest year-to-year increase in defence spending since 2003.
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In a new book, "In Defence of Europe", Tsoukalis argues the EU is a victim of its own success.
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The failure of the United States to retaliate in defence of its long-term Saudi ally has unsettled Riyadh.
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He aimed it at my head and I put up my hand in defence so he hit my arm.
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To pay for this build-up in defence and border protection, Mr Trump would slash budgets across the federal government.
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"WHAT rate of interest...can naturally be more proper than another?" asked Jeremy Bentham in "Defence of Usury" in 1787.
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Shares in defence firms General Dynamics, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman fell 3-4%, together losing $4.6bn in value, before quickly recovering.
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Carillion, which provided services in defence, education, health and transport, collapsed in January, becoming the largest construction bankruptcy in British history.
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The saga is so alarming because political leaders and the two parties have failed to unite in defence of their country.
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With the Tempest, it aims to maintain its position as a leader in defence aerospace and a "tier one" military power.
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Reductive models of biology and restrictive understandings of the distinction between sex and gender are used in defence of this position.
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For instance, in defence, they have taken only baby steps towards plugging big gaps in their capabilities and avoiding wasteful duplication.
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Rebecca Tuvel, a philosopher at Rhodes College in Memphis, was pilloried for her article, "In Defence of Transracialism", published in March.
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Two members of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee are already voting for higher rates, in part in defence of the pound.
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Our Prime Minister should stand on the world stage and thunder in defence of NATO, the Paris Agreement, NAFTA, and WTO.
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In defence of John Gibbons, I get why he might have been a little too hell bent on "manufacturing runs" recently.
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Donald Trump continues to stomp his feet at China, in defence of his controversial phone call with Taiwan two weeks ago.
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Because of the government's caution in the contested waters, many activists think the party is feeble in defence of Vietnam's sovereignty.
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Strength in defence shares and energy majors offset weakness in construction plays due to profit-taking after the sector's two-day rally.
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Although most bishops around the world have spoken up in defence of Francis, a group of American bishops joined Archbishop Viganò's attack.
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A more nuanced view, in defence of the pope, was put forward recently by a well-known American commentator, Father Thomas Reese.
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This forces you to think about whether you are right or wrong and to sharpen up arguments in defence of a position.
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Mention of that tumult is taboo in the Chinese press but Global Times has written about it, in defence of the government.
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Last year saw "the biggest increase in defence spending across Europe and Canada in 2128 years", says Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's secretary-general.
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Jacob Levy, a political philosopher, argues that BLM is "one of the most significant political mobilisations in defence of freedom" in decades.
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The sociologists David Madden and Peter Marcuse have written a book called In Defence of Housing, where they talk about "residential alienation".
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Sadly, the latest one — a trade war supposedly in defence of US economic independence — is beginning with a shot to the foot.
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It was later turned into a bank specialising in defence sector loans to reduce the exposure of other lenders to potential sanctions.
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It also counts clients in defence, with The Telegraph reporting in 2018 that the firm was actively pitching for US military contracts.
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The lack of cooperation in defence matters costs Europe between €25 billion and €100 billion per year, depending on the areas concerned.
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The Dutch Mr Wilders, a secular-nationalist populist, demands a crackdown on Islam (in defence of gay rights) and reviles the multicultural elite.
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The Barelvis, named after the north Indian town of Bareilly, were organised in defence of folk Islam; most regard themselves simply as Sunnis.
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Liberals and celebrity entertainers rallied in defence, arguing that the BBC is a national treasure and the government should keep its hands off.
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But there is hope for improvement heading into 204 after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged an "historic" increase in defence spending (reut.rs/24jdP217py).
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The Founders were at pains to show that their rebellion was in defence, not defiance, of natural law and the inalienable rights of man.
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Woody Guthrie sang in defence of labour unions in the 1940s, around the same time that Billie Holiday was lamenting lynchings in "Strange Fruit".
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HEIDE RICHTER-AIRIJOKIBerlin In defence of Hillary Hillary Clinton may not have delivered a compelling economic vision during last year's campaign (Lexington, September 226th).
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In mass, non-partisan protests occurring throughout the country, Macedonians are united against the aptly-named Tirana Platform and in defence of their country.
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ABU DHABI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's government said on Tuesday it was launching a new company, EDGE, that will invest in defence technology.
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Sharmeen's father, Sheikh Obaid, began a textile firm, and the family lived in a spacious house in Defence, a wealthy enclave for the élite.
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Allen worked incredibly hard against the Russians, covering a huge amount of ground and working as diligently in defence as he did in attack.
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China, for example, is seeking to make common cause with the European Union in defence of the global trading order that has served both well.
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Disturbing, too, was the initially successful effort of the rapists to rally local Hindus, including politicians and police, in defence of their claims of innocence.
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The opposition Christian Democrats and far-right Sweden Democrats said, however, they would press ahead with a no confidence vote in Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist.
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The BJP has blown the incident up into one of national pride and patriotism—especially after opposition politicians came out in defence of the students.
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Carillion, which employed 43,000 people to provide services in defence, education, health and transport, collapsed in January, becoming the largest construction bankruptcy in British history.
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They are the leaders of communities and social movements, big and small, who are willing to forfeit everything—including their lives—in defence of human rights.
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Donald Trump presented a $4.75trn budget to Congress, which calls for a 5% increase in defence spending and cuts to a wide range of social programmes.
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Chrystia Freeland, the Canadian foreign minister, said Canada would make a "substantial" investment in defence to ensure it had adequate "hard power" to support its diplomacy.
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Nor, perhaps, will some appreciate one of the arguments Mr Obama made in defence of police, which he adapted from some recent remarks of Chief Brown's.
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After Mastercard, Visa and Stripe all dropped out in the past week, Facebook's Libra chief, David Marcus, spoke out in defence of the project this week.
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They have been boosted by big mergers and acquisitions in the past year, as well as a substantial increase in defence spending under President Donald Trump.
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This included new taxation of digital businesses, more support for refugees, closer cooperation in defence and a stronger common approach to running the EU's single currency.
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" He added that Berlin plans an increase in defence spending of 80 percent by 2024, saying "that is of such a magnitude that it should be recognised.
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So as Eleanor pushed her causes—ending discrimination against black troops, for example, or promoting low-cost housing for workers in defence industries—he tried to dodge.
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In defence Mr Trump should not only abandon his alliance-bashing but bolster old friends, like Japan and Australia, while nurturing new ones, like India and Vietnam.
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Such vagueness arises particularly on contentious topics: "Indeed, then one also leaves no-one behind" Mrs Merkel once said in defence of a domestically unpopular Greek bailout.
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As Sophia Besch of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank, notes, this shows how petty rivalries risk damaging broader co-operation in defence and security.
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Unusually, however, the liberal-leaning Hong Kong Bar Association issued a joint statement with the more pro-establishment Law Society in defence of the appeal court's ruling.
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"We will appeal this judgment in defence of the interests of the state," budget minister Gerald Darmanin said in answer to a parliamentary question on Wednesday's ruling.
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For 2018, Thales sees an order intake of around 15.5 billion euros, marked by a recovery in defence spending and a slowdown in the telecom satellite market.
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The term literally means "death bashing", suggesting they are activists willing to fight to the death in defence of society's underdogs, such as farmers and the urban poor.
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And those who should be rising in defence of further reform too often ignore the progress we have made, instead choosing to condemn the system as a whole.
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It will hold an investor day on June 5 to give more details of its plans to focus on its business in defence, aerial emergency and civil nuclear.
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It needs money to fund a promised $54bn increase in defence spending, and sees the State Department budget as one of the few places it can get it.
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MARTIN REDFERNEdinburgh In defence of TrumpTo understand the cover art of the February 4th issue ("An insurgent in the White House", February 4th), I consulted my Oxford dictionary.
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Theresa May wants a new treaty on security, to remain in Europol, the European Arrest Warrant and other agencies, and to co-operate in defence and foreign policy.
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In defence of the common good and against the continued impoverishment of the Mozambican people, we do not want, do not accept and will not pay the debts.
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"The trend is clearly positive with 25.972 billion euros in defence spending at the horizon of 2100; globally the trend is positive," Chief Executive Patrice Caine told analysts.
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The Lisbon treaty demands full compliance in fiscal and monetary policy, in defence and social interaction, of which the most economically damaging and socially divisive is uncontrolled immigration.
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The company, which also operates in defence and civil nuclear markets, said its forecasts for underlying revenue, cash flow and earnings per share remained in line with expectations.
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In mid February, Siluanov said that Promsvyazbank would receive up to 1 trillion roubles ($17.6 billion) in defence sector's loans to be transferred mainly from Sberbank and VTB.
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Last month, Beijing unveiled a target of 7.5 percent rise in defence spending for this year, a slower rate than last year but still outpacing China's economic growth target.
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S. CEO forum will be held in Riyadh on Saturday in which several deals are expected to be signed in defence, electricity, oil and gas, industrial and chemical sectors.
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Mexico's president announced that a rally he had planned in central Tijuana in "defence of national dignity" would now become a celebration of Mexico's success at the negotiating table.
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Britain's steel and aluminium industries were hugely important to the UK, she said, noting they also contribute to US industry including in defence projects which bolster US national security.
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On April 23rd villagers in Unnao, a small town in the state of Uttar Pradesh, similarly rallied in defence of a local politician who also stands accused of rape.
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Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton has spoken out in defence of Barron Trump, the US president's youngest son, after trolls targeted him with cruel memes online during the inauguration.
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As for military deterrence, a marked increase in defence spending across the region in recent years still leaves America as the only power capable of standing up to China.
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In a book about the European crisis, entitled "In Defence of Europe" and published this summer, Mr Tsoukalis calls one chapter "The Priest, the Sinner and the Non-Believer".
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With only one option available, and our inhibitions lowered, we started kissing in his shiny new Honda, which was parked on an empty street in Defence, a posh neighborhood.
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China thundered in vain that America should cancel her visit, during which she met members of Congress and delivered a speech at Columbia University in defence of liberal, democratic values.
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The chief executive of European missile maker MBDA is returning to Airbus as head of strategy as the planemaker seeks to modernise its factories and explore future options in defence.
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But if Mr Trump genuinely cared about this he would parade the growth in defence budgets across NATO as a personal triumph, rather than berate allies for not doing more.
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Amid an outcry over the scandal in Switzerland, several major shareholders have come out in defence of Thiam, a former Ivory Coast government minister, McKinsey management consultant and insurance executive.
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Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary and another would-be prime minister, has said he favours a decisive increase in defence spending ("I think that's great," Mr Trump told the Sun).
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European investment in defence-related research and development is limited though: excluding Britain and France, BAE, Boeing and Lockheed Martin each spent more on R&D than individual countries there.
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Mr Obama, for instance, deployed the AUMF in defence of his war on Islamic State in Iraq and Syria even though the group angrily split from al-Qaeda long ago.
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"Now we have secured more than $260bn of increase in defence spending from NATO allies," the president boasted a couple of weeks later in his state-of-the-union speech.
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Trump has repeatedly spoken out in defence of Brunson, calling him an "innocent man of faith" who "should be released immediately" — threatening sanctions against Turkey if it failed to comply.
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The ministry aimed to reverse this trend, caused by a years-long decline in defence spending, by 2030, but this would take time, he told a regular government news conference.
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The European Union needs a strategic relationship with Turkey, including in defence matters, and should modernise its post-Cold War relations with Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.
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Mrs Lam does not seem the kind of person to argue doggedly in defence of Hong Kong's rule of law, its way of life or its right to have free elections.
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He gave evidence in defence of a teenager sentenced to six months hard labour for sewing the American flag to the seat of his trousers (the prosecution finally failed in 1974).
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Ada Colau, the left-wing but non-secessionist mayor of Barcelona, backed a regional general strike on October 3rd called to protest against police violence and "in defence of democratic liberties".
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Protestors from Whistleblowers, Activists and Citizens Alliance (WACA) linked arms and reportedly even superglued their hands to part of the building in defence of refugees stuck in mandatory detention centres offshore.
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Durov makes that point himself in defence of enabling the feature, arguing in favor of it so that silly stuff you once said can't be dredged back up to haunt you.
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During the three-month battle for GKN, lawmakers had raised concerns that Melrose could in the future sell GKN's aerospace business, which is involved in defence programs, to an overseas buyer.
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Shares in defence company G4S fell 6.6 percent, set for their worst day in a year, after first-half earnings missed company-compiled expectations, partly due to weaker margins in Cash Solutions .
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The "Military Balance", an annual report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a British think-tank, noted this month that most have seen "sustained, multi-year increases in defence spending".
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In defence, Lucas Hernandez and Benjamin Pavard, both 22, are likely to start on the flanks after impressive displays in the warm-up games, in the absence of the injured Djibril Sidibe.
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The stealth jets, U.S.-made interceptor missiles and other equipment are part of a proposed 1.2% rise in defence spending to a record 5.32 trillion yen in the year starting April 1.
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PARIS, May 22018 (Reuters) - France's Thales posted a 25 percent underlying rise in first-quarter sales on Thursday as growth in defence and transport systems offset a slight dip in aerospace revenues.
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SPEAKING in the White House Rose Garden in May, Donald Trump described the $19.9bn increase in defence spending for 212 (agreed upon seven months late after much wrangling) as "massive and badly needed".
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Among those who raised their voices in defence of the Catholic school was Shaista Gohir, a woman from Birmingham who now runs the nationwide Muslim Women's Network, an independent lobby group and charity.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in January the EU must deepen cooperation in defence and in particular weapons systems development, warning Germans that they may need to make compromises on strict export controls.
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The company, which employs 43,000 people to provide services in defence, education, health and transport, said the government would provide the necessary funding to maintain the public services carried out by its staff.
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Russian firms have signed mineral deals in Sudan, which cooperates with Moscow in defence technology, and Russia is looking at diamond and platinum projects in Zimbabwe as well as energy projects in Chad.
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Addressing a meeting on the sidelines of the Gulf Cooperation Summit in Bahrain, May said Britain would invest more than 3 billion pounds in defence spending in the region over the next decade.
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"They'll try to incite hatred, they'll try to tip the balance in a very fragile society toward escalation," Andreas Krieg, an assistant professor in defence studies at King's College London, told VICE News.
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FC Barcelona continues to be at the disposal of Leo Messi and his family to support him in whatever action he decides to take in defence of his honesty and his legal interests.
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It's also kind of like Texas radio station HITS 105 banning all Madonna songs, (due to her "un-American" comments in defence of women's rights at the Women's March on Washington over the weekend).
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In 2017 and early 2018, the sector benefited from the resumption of oilfield drilling, tax cuts, a rise in defence spending and the replacement of some imports by domestic production because of higher tariffs.
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Lamenting the "soulless abortion industry" in his state and promising to "turn the tides...in defence of life", Mr Abbott announced his intention to make Texas "the strongest pro-life state in the nation".
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Alternately demur and—to quote Mr Hussain, the television presenter—as ferocious as "ten thousand horses" in defence of her father, she faces an additional ten-year ban from politics once she is freed.
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China South Industries Group Corporation has made preliminary proposals regarding mixed-ownership reforms in defence enterprises and will launch trial stock ownership plans in its listed subsidiary Chongqing Changan Automobile , Shanghai Securities News reported.
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"By introducing modern designs in construction of houses, infrastructure and essential associated facilities it has infused a new life in 'Defence Living', that is beautifully energetic, attractively vibrant and conveniently livable," gushes the DHA's website.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there had been broad agreement that new priorities such as in defence, migration and research should get new funding and she called for a "debureaucratisation" of traditional EU spending programmes.
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The decision on hosting U.S. forces aims "to increase joint cooperation in defence of regional security and stability and to preserve its peace" SPA said, quoting a Ministry of Defence official, without giving further details.
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Several hundred demonstrators converged in central Paris on Monday with slogans protesting against the alleged mistreatment of China's Muslim Uighurs and in defence of Tibet, 60 years after that region's failed uprising against Chinese rule.
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READ: Why Turkey sent tanks into Syria As much as (even more than) support for Assad, Iran's intervention in Syria is about a much bigger struggle against Sunni militancy -- in defence of the Shia community.
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"This is a victory not just in defence of the copyright of my work, but it is also a declaration that we stand with those who oppose gun violence in America and elsewhere," he said.
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China's media, which is strictly controlled by the government, has come out in defence of the country, painting the country as a victim of an overly aggressive United States bent on taking illegitimate unilateral action.
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Meggitt's chase for Trump's promised $21.4 billion in defence spending will be led by aerospace specialist Tony Wood, who the company said would step up from chief operating officer to succeed Young from Jan. 10583.
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"We still think this represents a huge undervaluation, but given poor performance by management in defence so far, we would expect this to get done," Gary Greenwood, analyst at Shore Capital, said in a note.
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"After years of decline, in 2015 we saw a real increase in defence spending across European allies and Canada ... this year, we foresee an even greater real increase of 4.3 percent," he told a news conference.
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It is now turning its attention to young campaigners who wave the same Marxist flag as the party, but who use it in defence of society's underdogs rather than as a bludgeon against the party's critics.
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Cover image: Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra officers carry a protestor as they block TSJC (Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia) during a protest called by the 'Commitees in defence of the Republic' in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Feb.
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In defence documents, lawyers for RBS say the figures were not misleading but reasonable estimates made for capital planning purposes,based on what the board considered to be prudent assumptions in view of credit market conditions.
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There are two parties to Friedrichs v California Teachers Association who rise in defence of "agency fees", also known as "fair-share fees": a collection of teachers unions and Kamala Harris, the attorney general of California.
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's center-right opposition no longer plans to bring a vote of no confidence in Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist over a botched IT outsourcing deal, after new information came to light, the alliance said.
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Press reports said the armed aggressors (presumably drug gang members) fled after trying to repel the soldiers, but that villagers acting in defence of the gangsters detained the soldiers and their weapons for a few hours.
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Trump did not draw a direct link between weapons sales and his efforts to persuade other NATO countries to correct shortfalls in defence spending below NATO targets, but vaunted the benefits of U.S.-made defence equipment.
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A small group of protesters held an overnight vigil in front of parliament until Sunday morning, with another demonstration scheduled in defence of the constitutional court later in the day and a pro-government rally afterwards.
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Chief executive Charles Woodburn, who took over from Ian King on July 1, said the performance was consistent with his expectations, and the group was well placed to benefit from an expected increase in defence budgets.
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"For China, the real ultimate goal here is stability on the Korean peninsula, which will mean stability economically and domestically for China," Dr Heather Williams, lecturer in defence studies at King's College London, told CNBC Tuesday.
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"POOR BUT INDEPENDENT" Earlier this month Ramaphosa came out in defence of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, which is helping to bring its 5G technology to South Africa but is a favourite target of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Mr Obama responded to what the intelligence services were telling him with modest warnings and symbolic sanctions, aware that to do more in defence of the election without the support of Republicans might backfire with suspicious voters.
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He has called for a far bigger euro zone budget than Merkel spelled out in her FAS interview and urged Europe to become a bolder, more autonomous actor in defence, a shift that unsettles conflict-wary Germans.
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Robert caused international controversy on his first day in office in 2014 by criticising Silicon Valley companies in the Financial Times, but he has also spoken at MIT in defence of strong encryption and US technology leadership.
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A frequent argument advanced in defence of Ms Le Pen's chances is that her supporters are more committed than are those of her opponents, and thus that she is likely to enjoy a turnout advantage on election day.
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Siemens and Alstom have cited the threat posed by the Chinese firm's overseas expansion in defence of the attempted merger of their rail divisions, which the European Commission last month vetoed because it feared it would hurt competition.
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Nigerian campaign groups, including Concerned Nigerians Group and the Coalition in Defence of Nigerians Democracy & Constitution, issued a statement in which they said "violent attacks" on protesters at DSS headquarters show that Buhari "is running a dictatorship again".
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Monika Hohlmeier, a German member of the European Parliament and chair of the Sky & Space Intergroup, told Reuters she was open to Britain remaining engaged in defence and security matters, but only if it stopped blocking EU initiatives.
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HELSINKI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - It is better to be safe than sorry before shifting the policy gear back to normalisation, Finnish policymaker Olli Rehn said on Thursday, in defence of the European Central Bank's decision to raise stimulus.
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As was noted by one clerical academic, when the Greek Orthodox church raises its voice, it is often in defence of its own interests or over national questions, like who has the historic right to use the name Macedonia.
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been trying to attract French companies to India and to share high technology in defence and other fields as part of a bid to promote local industry and build a domestic manufacturing base.
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Lead policymakers spoke in defence of a compromise deal reached between the key parties in December, warning that any moves to pick it apart risked delaying the long-awaited reforms, which are due to come into effect in 2021.
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Raul Muñoz, president of El Salto's Citizen's Committee in Defence of the Environment, said that as well as documenting 628 fatalities caused by pollution in the last eight years, activists have also detected 2,678 locals who have suffered health problems.
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JS: Well, this is the biggest reinforcement of NATO since the end of the Cold War-, JS: For the first time in many years, we see a significant increase in defence budget, 100 billion, over four years, 2016 to 2020.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's pound rose to a three-and-a-half-week high against the euro on Monday, helped by speculation that the Bank of England may sound more hawkish on interest rates this week in defence of the currency.
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China is expected to announce a large rise in defence spending next month, as the ruling Communist Party seeks to assuage the military's unhappiness at sweeping reforms and as worries over the South China Sea and Taiwan weigh on Beijing.
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As Germany comes under pressure from allies, above all America, to meet its NATO responsibilities, the SPD spies an opportunity to market itself as the "party of peace", opposing big rises in defence spending and a relaxation of arms-export rules.
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With the benefit of a large increase in defence spending this year, Mr Mattis has overseen improvements in readiness and munition supplies and also a loosening of the rules of engagement for US forces in Afghanistan and other combat zones.
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This would involve the Europeans doing a lot more to improve their capacity in defence, but in ways that would help persuade the Americans to stay in: less loose talk about a European army, more effort to develop capabilities currently lacking.
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"In any case, we do not want our contribution to rise and we want modernisation," he added, saying that meant reconsidering the EU's major spending on agriculture and regional cohesion in order to do more in defence, research and controlling migration.
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Sterling fared better against the euro, brushing a fresh one-month high of 90.83 pence, aided by speculation that the Bank of England may sound more hawkish on interest rates in defence of the currency at its policy meeting on Thursday.
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Similarly, songs like "Sink Fast, Let Go" and "In Defence" show the band was still capable of going for the gut, having learned how to write songs that went in a million different directions but never spun out of control.
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If approved, the proposal for a rise of 2.5 percent in defence spending to 5.26 trillion yen ($48 billion) for the year starting April 1, will be the sixth straight annual increase as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bolsters the military.
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DUBAI, Dec 20153 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, at war in Yemen and competing for regional influence with arch-rival Iran, projects a 6.7 percent rise in defence spending in 2017 to 191 billion riyals ($50.8 billion), according to official budget figures released on Thursday.
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The other appearances were in defence-rich Norfolk and Northern Virginia, where, on September 28th, on behalf of Mrs Clinton, Mr Kaine accepted the endorsement of the state's last Republican senator, John Warner, a moderate who has often broken with his party.
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Berlin needs Paris to help keep the euro zone together, deal with the root causes of the refugee crisis in the Middle East and Africa (Mrs Merkel is increasingly taking an interest in the latter) and make Europe more self-sufficient in defence.
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The comments come amid growing signs of a rift between Britain and the rest of Europe in defence and security as Britain is excluded from work on the Galileo satellite programme and France and Germany start work alone on a new combat jet.
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Facing them will be the Iraqi Army: not former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's rabble, who ran away without firing a shot in defence of Mosul in June 2014, gifting the most modern weapons and equipment to both ISIS and Kurds.
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PROFESSOR TIM QUINEDeputy Vice Chancellor (education)DR MICHAEL WYKESDirector of Policy, Planning and Business IntelligenceUniversity of Exeter It was pleasing to see The Economist defending those who choose or are not able to have children ("In defence of the childless", July 21964th).
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Gautam Adani, chairman of the $12 billion Adani group with businesses ranging from energy and logistics to real estate but little presence in defence, said it planned to manufacture a number of aerospace and defence products with Saab, but gave no details.
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As he points out in "Better Living Through Criticism", his new book in defence of his own profession and of the critical faculty in each of us, "critic" has always been ranked somewhere between "undertaker" and "tax collector" in terms of popularity.
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Modest reductions in defence and capital spending, enabled by the completion of long-running projects, will be largely offset by higher outlays on hydrocarbon projects (associated with future production increases) and a rising interest bill (as a result of higher debt levels).
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The president said NATO had halted its long-term collective decline in defence spending after many years and was starting to increase military budgets in response to an array of threats from terrorism, a resurgent Russia, and instability on its southern rim.
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IS also tried to transport about 25,000 civilians from Hammam al-Alil, a town south of Mosul, on trucks and minibuses during the hours of darkness early on Monday, probably for use as human shields in defence of IS positions, she said.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A former chief scientific adviser to the British government backed the Extinction Rebellion climate change protests on Tuesday as he offered to testify in defence of a group facing trial for gluing themselves to a London airport concourse.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A former chief scientific adviser to the British government backed the Extinction Rebellion climate change protests on Tuesday as he offered to testify in defence of a group facing trial for gluing themselves to a London airport concourse.
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TOKYO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Japan's government on Friday approved an eighth straight annual increase in defence spending to a record high as it buys U.S.-made stealth fighters, interceptor missiles and other equipment to counter military build-ups by North Korea and China.
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IS also tried to transport about 25,000 civilians from Hammam al-Alil, a town south of Mosul, on dozens of trucks and minibuses during the hours of darkness early on Monday, probably for use as human shields in defence of IS positions, she said.
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Turks' sacrifice in defence of their institutions—not just supporters of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) party but also of the opposition—offered Mr Erdogan a perfect opportunity to heal a country beset by growing terrorist violence and political divisions over his autocratic manner.
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All that remains of "Theatre of the World", half of Mr Huang's two-part installation which gave the exhibition its subtitle, is the insects' cage—and a statement that the artist wrote by hand (on an Air France sickbag) in defence of the work.
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"As we can see in the U.K., the U.S., the Philippines, and other countries around the world, reactionary politics can be a very powerful force that brings about dramatic changes," said Harry Sa, a research analyst specializing in defence at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.
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Envoys hope two major policies - on space as a new frontier in defence and on China - will show that NATO is not a Cold War relic but a shield against threats including Russia's decision to develop missiles capable of hitting Europe at short notice.
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Though a paid-up member of the media elite during the George W. Bush years, he kept his status as a contrarian because he almost never went after supporters of Mr Bush, keeping his outrage for the administration and its policies, in defence of the people.
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The pictures of it by Micha Bar-Am, an Israeli photographer, which appear in "Defence Lines", begin with the barrier's construction in the late 1960s; move on to the placid routine of soldiers on the banks of the Suez canal; and culminate in the carnage of war.
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The caution from foreign financial services firms comes as Japan this week announced a sweeping plan that will compel foreigners investing in defence, nuclear power, utilities, telecoms and elsewhere to report when they intend to amass a 1% stake in a company, as opposed to 10% now.
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Robinson, who succeeded firebrand cleric Ian Paisley as first minister and will retire next week, said in defence of McConnell in 2014 that he did not trust Muslims who were fully devoted to Sharia law but would have no difficulty in a Muslim "going to the shops" for him.
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"As we begin the negotiations about leaving the EU, we will be able to reassure Germany and other European countries that we are going to be a strong partner to them in defence and security, and, we hope, in trade," Rudd told BBC Radio 4's Today program.
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"We can make it clear we stand behind the people of Hong Kong in defence of the freedoms that we negotiated for them when we agreed to the handover in 1997 and we can remind everyone that we expect all countries to honour their international obligations," Hunt told Reuters.
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The Commission said it would also create a fund to reverse billions of euros in defence cuts to let governments club together to develop and buy new helicopters and planes at lower costs, also opening the door to new drones, cyber warfare systems and other hi-tech gear.
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Airbus, Europe's largest aerospace group, has said it is co-operating with a separate German probe into the fighter sale to Austria, as well as three probes into suspected irregularities in defence or security markets, including a UK investigation into a $3.3 billion communications deal with Saudi Arabia.
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The high court heard arguments in an appeal by the Republican-led state House of Delegates in defence of 11 state House districts that a lower court ruled last year violated the rights of black voters to equal protection under the law under the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment.
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Technically proficient, an excellent passer of the ball at almost any range and competent in defence too, he's been the perfect foil for the ever-impressive N'Golo Kante, who's made his own headlines after fitting into the Premier League like hand to glove after being plucked from France for pocket fluff.
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They also argued that the platform's advanced targeting and behavioral tracking tools make it "hard for people in the electorate to participate in the public scrutiny that we're saying comes along with political speech" — accusing the company's leadership of making disingenuous arguments in defence of a toxic, anti-democratic policy.
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While EU negotiators had not expected May to compromise on that plan ahead of her Conservative Party conference starting on Sunday, her tough tone in defence of "Chequers" - despite sharp opposition to it within her own party - has worried the EU. "She's still in her Chequers bunker," one senior EU official said.
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" Welcoming the solidarity she secured from the summit, May told reporters on leaving: "The threat from Russia is one that respects no borders and I think it is clear that Russia is challenging the values we share as Europeans and it is right that we stand together in defence of those values.
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And generally, of course, people-, now, when the economy is doing better, they want to experience themselves, in their personal life, by lowering the tax burden, if possible, by investing more money, in education, in defence, in, of course, safety on our streets, in healthcare, that people, also, themselves, experience that things are better.
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In addition to the painstakingly redone photo, Ritchie also shared a split image of his dad and grandfather, Major Stewart Ritchie, who died in France in 1940 during World War II. "Spare a thought today for the men and women in uniform who have fallen in defence and service of others," the director wrote.
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Indeed, since protests two years ago—partly in defence of a local Hong Kong identity in the face of mainland rule—Jette Hansen Edwards of the Chinese University of Hong Kong reports a sharp increase in the number of Hong Kong people who believe the local form of English, jokingly called "Kongish", is a unique variety.
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Some of his showiest proposals, such as a draft framework for the federal budget unveiled on February 27th that would add tens of billions in defence spending, to be paid for by eviscerating funds for the State Department, overseas aid and such bodies as the Environmental Protection Agency, have been declared "dead on arrival" by senior Republican senators.
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The team that contested Le Tournoi was largely the one that would go on to fall short at France '98: David Seaman in goal; a mix of youth and experience in defence; a midfield possessing the grit of Paul Ince and Manchester United flair courtesy of David Beckham and Paul Scholes; and guaranteed goals up front thanks to Alan Shearer and Teddy Sherringham.
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But look around the dining hall of the market, where Hilton's shares space with Kay's and Paul's, and the tablescape shows a preponderance of browns: chips, strong milky tea and pies served with mushy peas, "as visually off-putting as the town centre itself", admits Pete Brown, a food-and-drink writer and son of Barnsley, in his new book, "Pie Fidelity: In Defence of British Food".
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They include the building of prayer spaces large and small in defence installations of all kinds, not least on nuclear submarines; the blessing of missiles in their silos, and of fighter-aircraft as they are about to go on combat missions; and aerial manoeuvres corresponding to a "procession with the cross", an Orthodox ritual in which the faithful sanctify a piece of territory by marching round it with crosses and banners.
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