In recent months, Somalia has also adopted a provisional constitution, selected members of parliament and appointed that body's speaker.

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In addition to picking a president, Somalia has adopted a provisional constitution, selected members of parliament and appointed that body's speaker -- all in recent months.

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And the BBC understands House of Commons Commission, a supervisory body chaired by Speaker Michael Martin, will meet on Monday to decide whether to release the details of all MPs' claims early.

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And here, the importance of body language for both the speaker and the listener is just as important as in face-to-face communication.

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Industry body Oil and Gas UK said the keynote speaker would be Lord Cullen, who chaired the public inquiry into the disaster.

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An in-the- moment speaker is constantly tracking the eyes and body language of individual audience members.

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But the plastic body felt a bit insubstantial to me and the mono speaker on the rear was only fair.

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The Speaker's Committee on Ipsa is responsible for funding the body and recently suggested how it could improve the way it handled MPs' expenses claims.

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This technology replaces the phone's speaker with a ceramic actuator, which turns sounds into vibrations that travel through the body directly to the eardrum, making the phone audible even in loud environments.

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The highlight may prove to be a motion on the Membership of the Speaker's Committee on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority - the very light-touch oversight body which appoints the officials who run the MPs expenses watchdog.

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