In the beginning of the trial, lead defense counsel Raja Aziz applied for a watching brief that would allow international observers to sit with the lawyers and monitor the trial.

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The Security Council on Friday may vote on a draft resolution that demands Syria to allow the deployment of up to 30 international observers and allow them unimpeded freedom of movement.

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It only lasts long enough to allow a few observers to evolve at the tail-end of its existence.

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In recent years some of the brightest theorists have argued that the very presence of humans in the universe indicates which of the many string theories is valid namely, those that allow the universe to exist as observers see it.

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Many observers say the government should allow greater foreign investment in other sectors, including local pension fund management companies and insurance firms.

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And in Michigan, the Blue Cross Blue Shield plan there is trying to convert to a mutual plan from nonprofit in what many observers see as a move that will not only allow them to more easily conduct business and grow through future acquisitions.

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