• Applicable during times of armed conflict, they form the cornerstone of international humanitarian law, setting rules for the treatment of people who are not participating in the fighting -- civilians, health workers and aid workers -- as well as for the wounded, sick or prisoners of war.

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  • The economic argument, which as readers know was initially a conservative and Republican idea going back to the early 1990s, is that insurers can afford the cost of care for the sick, such as those who already have a health condition, with the premiums paid for young and healthy people who are unlikely to require much, if any, care.

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  • In addition, pregnant women infected with H1N1 were four times as likely as sick people in the general population to be hospitalized for it, she said.

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  • The president said the money was for projects such as helping the sick.

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  • Jerry Seinfeld performed twice, supposedly the second time as a replacement for someone who got sick just a few days before the event.

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  • The UK's Federation of Small Businesses urged the UK government on Thursday to "avoid implementation of any ECJ ruling on annual leave and sick leave for as long as possible, given the ongoing negotiations by the social partners on the Working Time Directive".

    BBC: EU court: Workers sick on leave can get extra time off

  • As such, their bill had a real shot at getting Democrats themselves to kill off a piece of ObamaCare, as the GOP took credit for helping the sick people who President Obama has failed.

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  • Mr Alexander said around 100, 000 employees - mostly teachers, nurses and oil and gas workers - were believed to be paid through offshore payroll services set up in tax havens such as Jersey and could be ineligible for statutory sick pay, but completely unaware of that status.

    BBC: Tax loophole for UK businesses set to close

  • Genes for rare inherited ills such as Huntington's disease guarantee you will get sick, but many of the new genes being discovered for diabetes and other common diseases tweak your risk by only so much, such as 30%--not enough to make you change your life.

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  • Mr McKee was giving evidence to the inquiry as the five children involved all died in the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children (RBHSC)- although some of the children had initially been treated elsewhere.

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  • Now, under this mandate, unless a Catholic hospital only employs Catholic staff or cares for only sick Catholics it will no longer be regarded as a religious institution and will be forced to fund products and services contrary to the institution's religious and moral beliefs.

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  • He said that meant people no longer necessarily worked a strict five-day, Monday to Friday week, and they no longer saved all their socialising for the weekend - affecting the days people might take off as "sick leave".

    BBC: Long weekend 'sickies' uncommon

  • We decided that in a nation as wealthy as ours, it was unacceptable for people to go bankrupt just because they got sick.

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  • But in their election manifesto they promise to roll back even the modest reforms the coalition has introduced such as cuts in sick pay and widows' pensions, and weaker job protection for workers in small businesses.

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  • Rapada and his bullpen-mates have been sick for over a week, with Rapada fingering rookie David Phelps as the initial culprit.

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  • For the surgical team at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Sick Children, however, the tech's come in handy as a budget-priced, pre-operative planning tool.

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  • "It will just be a thorough lesson for Ovill McKenzie and I'm looking forward to it as I'm sick of hearing (about) what he's going to do to me, " said Bellew.

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  • This means discussions on such subjects as preaching, teaching the faith, care of the poor and sick, and support for the church's clergy and the families that make up their congregations, Dolan said.

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  • And the United States wants to be a partner in helping this country, which used to be the rice bowl of Asia, to reestablish its capacity to feed its people and to care for its sick, and educate its children, and build its democratic institutions as you continue down the path of reform.

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  • As part of a new program, the Pentagon is holding special career training and job fairs for sick and injured soldiers.

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  • Whereas the women have nothing of importance to expect, save more war-related miseries and rape and sick children to care for, useless husbands whom they serve hand and foot as they chew to their heart's satisfaction and talk politics.

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  • Nor do its old people lie awake worrying - as do many of their generation elsewhere - about falling sick and being left to die, unnoticed for days, in their own home.

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  • What this means is that, as part of this relief, employees may donate their vacation, sick or personal leave in exchange for employer cash payments made to qualified tax-exempt organizations providing relief for the victims of Hurricane Sandy .

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  • In his own address before the same conference, Sharon tried desperately to force the State Department to lay off the road map which, the Prime Minister intimated is nothing but a sick mutation of President Bush's call for actual democratization of the Palestinian Authority as a precondition for statehood.

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  • Peter Bell, who recently joined hackNY as an evangelist and hacker, is sick of the myths that are propagated about how best to prepare for a startup-focused software development career.

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  • If we pay restaurant workers a living wage and ensure they can stay home when they're sick, that means fewer taxpayer dollars on public health emergencies and fewer stomach aches for diners as well.

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  • Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a business advocacy group, said as a principle her organization doesn't support mandated sick leave by municipal government.

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  • As soon as I sign this bill, it will be against the law for insurance companies to drop your coverage when you get sick or water it down when you need it the most.

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