He hints that Europe might adopt a more flexible regulatory stance if America were to create what amounts to an independent data-protection body along European lines.

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The crash tests found the Latin American model had a weak, unstable body structure that offered occupants little protection in even non-serious wrecks.

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One possible explanation is that melatonin - a hormone produced at night - is suppressed in those working night shifts, having knock-on effects on oestrogen regulation in the body and protection against DNA damage.

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The shameful situation in which the Senate of the United States -- long reputed to be the World's Greatest Deliberative Body -- is effectively denied the opportunity to debate and vote on a measure as important as the American Missile Protection Act of 1998 is most immediately the handiwork of Sen.

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Instead of a moral judgment it calls for the introduction of a national body to monitor the state-based industry, mainly with consumer protection in mind.

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On December 19th the EU agreed to open negotiations with Turkey on two more of the 35 negotiating chapters covering the EU's acquis (the EU's body of laws) consumer and health protection and Trans-European networks.

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