The regulation pre-empts the signing of a global charter on the question of jurisdiction in cross-border online disputes, under discussion at a forum called the Hague Convention.

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The first relates to the question of large cross-border banks which cannot be easily dismembered into country-sized chunks.

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The commitment came in response to a question from a cross-party group of MEPs on 15 February 2012 on the impact of third country legislation on EU data protection laws.

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The lawyer understood, the judge understood, everyone with the slightest knowledge of cross-examination tactics understood that you never asked a question without knowing the answer.

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"If they refuse, my constituents will be entitled to conclude that this so-called "cross-party campaign" is afraid to ask the real question and they will draw the conclusion that this is just a Tory front organisation, " added Mr Huhne.

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And my question is, since November 26th, when there was another cross-border attack in which 26 Pakistani soldiers were killed, you had tension in relations between the U.S. and Pakistan.

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My question for the new policies is whether this will continue to be supported given the increasing importance of cross-service data to the overall Google ad ecosystem.

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