The court found former official Ao Man-long guilty of nine counts of bribery and money laundering.
WSJ: Chinese Estates Shares Halted as Macau Weighs Land Seizure
And here the negative phase of the AO may be on the side of the ice.
ECONOMIST: Britain��s cold snap is explained by the Arctic oscillation
This pole-centred roundel of warm-in-cold is symptomatic of what climatologists call the negative phase of the Arctic oscillation (AO).
ECONOMIST: Britain��s cold snap is explained by the Arctic oscillation
The two effects brought on by the extreme negative mode of the AO thus could cancel each other out.
ECONOMIST: Britain��s cold snap is explained by the Arctic oscillation
Ao Phang-Nga lies just to the north of Ko Yao Noi, and is easily reachable by longtail boat or speedboat.
Among the country's elites, triumphalism found its clearest expression later in April at an ebullient Bo'ao forum, China's annual answer to Davos.
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Prosecution of Mr. Lau and Mr. Lo on bribery and money-laundering charges will be conducted separately from the latest court ruling for Mr. Ao.
WSJ: Chinese Estates Shares Halted as Macau Weighs Land Seizure
Conversely, a strong negative AO such as this winter's may trap more ice in the Beaufort Sea, allowing it to thicken and refortify itself.
ECONOMIST: Britain��s cold snap is explained by the Arctic oscillation
Back at Ko Hong, just around the corner from Ao Bo Lae, the otherwise continuous circle of limestone cliffs that surround the island opens up slightly.
The Blues still had the last say, though, as replacement front-row Taufa'ao Filise added a ninth try for the home side three minutes from the end.
So at nearly any moment in a weekend, I can watch a half dozen kids gathering around AO on the computer like it was a warm campfire.
However, their scrum was under pressure as Duncan Jones made Taufa'ao Filise's early efforts a misery and denied the hosts a platform from which to build momentum.
Taufa'ao Filise shunted over to restore the Blues' lead and despite a late try by Andrew Higgins, Blair's boot kept Bath at arm's length at the Arms Park.
Today, advanced divers can get up close to the ruins with dive operators such as Big Blue and Zi Ao Diving Club, which run regular dives between April and November.
With just a minute on the clock they mounted a surging attack and after powerful carries from Taufa'ao Filise and James, Halfpenny was just kept out as he tried to cross in the corner.
But serious risks remain for the global rebound, particularly worries about continued low growth in Europe and "fiscal risks in some major developed economies that are weighing on recovery, " Ms Lagarde told the Bo'ao forum.
To people actually interested in how the climate works, however, seeing what happens in a very strong negative AO may prove a boon, by allowing the roles of different processes in ice loss to be further disentangled.
ECONOMIST: Britain��s cold snap is explained by the Arctic oscillation
Beijing Ben Ao An Da Automobile Driving Service, which hires out chauffeurs, said it expects to boost sales by about 60 percent this year as a result of the tougher law, which went into effect on May 1.
When I was a kid, I used to see Cinerama movies and Todd-AO, and it was in the days we had what we used to call roadshows, when we'd have one spectacular Cinerama theater per town, not 50.
Platt must have still been day-dreaming about his try a few minutes later though as Cooper Vuna took advantage of the full-back's indecisiveness to get his fingertips to a bouncing ball before a late penalty from Joel Taufa'ao gave Tonga a narrow advantage going into half-time.
The Deputy-Director General then spoke about consolidating services, and announced that the DG has decided to create one consolidated Administrative Office (AO) for Corporate and Programme support services at Headquarters (MSS, BFM, HRM, ERI, BSP, AFR, BFC, GBS, ODG), with focal points for each sector and bureau.
UNESCO: Summary of Senior Management Team meeting of 2 July 2012
When the time came to choose the Ao o le Malo (head of state) in 1962, Malietoa Tanumafili's 23 years as one of the four chiefs made him an obvious choice, but the other three were not excluded: one shared Malietoa's job, one became prime minister and one was appointed to the Council of Deputies, a sort of collective deputy head of state.
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