Mrs Clinton's aides told news agency Agence France Presse that the secretary of state faced an "unhappy choice" on this visit - either offending her hosts by using a name, Burma, they did not recognise or breaking with US policy.

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Some newspapers state that they are published either by their editorial staff, or by publishing houses of the same name, but this does not necessarily mean that they actually own the paper.

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In 1551 the Scottish Parliament banned "sweiring, execrationnis and blasphematioun of the name of God", punishable by a shilling fine or a spell in either prison or the stocks for those who could not pay.

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