And yes, the Internet exists in a place where national boundaries are all but meaningless.
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The arrival of the new vessel comes at a time when China is in dispute with a number of neighbouring countries over national boundaries in the East and South China Seas.
President Isaias said in July 1998 that this was not a matter of boundaries but of national pride and territorial integrity - it is hardly surprising the two sides have been unable to agree on a peace process.
"The rapid and global growth of the Internet raises a host of complex issues involving criminal law enforcement that expand beyond national boundaries, " Attorney General Janet Reno said Wednesday, addressing a conference on making the Internet a safer place for America's children.
And taking those decisions early would, they said, bring rewards in a world where many companies were not constrained by national boundaries.
Glenda Gloria, a Manila-based author and historian, notes that residents of the Philippines' Muslim provinces frequently traveled back and forth between Malaysia and Indonesia, trading and speaking a similar language before European and American colonizers introduced national boundaries.
Peter dragged a backward Russia into the modern age by exploiting Western technology--shipbuilding in particular--and creating a formidable navy, as he reformed the economy and enlarged national boundaries.
Given that voters are making their antipathy heard by means of their national elections, they might feel better represented if national MPs and governments played a bigger role in policing the boundaries of political union of the euro zone.
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But it is limited to finance, a part of the economy where monetary union has already swept away national boundaries.
If we do make a serious effort to corral the national and world economies within ecologically supportable boundaries, the method we choose for divvying up the resources that humanity can afford to consume must be a method we can all live with.
As the industry morphs into a private-sector play area, it is attracting a new class of managers--young, idealistic and unmindful of national boundaries.
The Network builds international links between cities that share a common creative history, thereby promoting the sharing of cultural and creative knowledge across national boundaries and economic divides.
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The old national boundaries are supposed to be no more important than the county lines inside a US State.
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"In all other respects, we have always operated within the boundaries of the law, both international and national, " he said in a statement.
To avoid chaos, though, national financial boundaries would need to be fixed not just by Britain, but by other countries too, a Herculean task that regulators are struggling with.
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