"This significant move not only allows for free movement of the population, but also opens up this key supply route and allows for the provision of humanitarian aid, " it said in a statement.

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WOMEN'S groups were outraged: but when the Supreme Court this week sharply rebuked Congress for overstepping its authority and struck down a key provision of the six-year-old Violence Against Women Act, even congressmen were not surprised.

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"It is for Government to decide how those revenues should be spent, but we would be pleased if this funded greater sports provision, " he said.

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