Oil exports, with European sanctions now coming into force, have also been badly hit.
The new powers, coming into force this week, are drawn from The Police Reform Act 2002.
Its new system of economic governance to impose fiscal discipline is coming into force.
Despite Kyoto's coming into force, vigorous debate between and among climate sceptics and climate hawks continues.
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The Disability Rights Commission has praised the idea, ahead of new access laws coming into force in October.
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Road markings and signs are already being put in place ahead of the new limits coming into force on 8 April.
Senior government ministers have been defending major changes to welfare that are coming into force, saying they make the system fairer.
Big exchanges face threats from off-exchange trading and, in Europe, regulation coming into force by 2007 will blur the distinctions between over-the-counter and on-exchange trading.
But this is at least eighteen months from coming into force.
The bill - which was backed unanimously - also provides for a charter of patients' rights and responsibilities within six months of the legislation coming into force.
Peers voted by 203 to 165 to pass an amendment calling for an independent review of council tax reduction schemes within three years of the act coming into force.
The BCC said the paternity leave rules, coming into force at the same time as the phasing out of the default retirement age, were too much to cope with.
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The Lisbon Treaty came a step closer to coming into force during an EU summit in Brussels after EU leaders struck a deal with the Czech Republic - the last EU state to sign up to it.
While the sales data were buoyed by shoppers coming out in force in the traditional January sale period, it is unclear whether the higher spending was inflationary.
The question is whether one of his more conservative opponents can do well enough in the coming months to force him to embrace something like a flat tax.
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The ultimate size of the force will depend upon the willingness of U.N. members to contribute troops, police and equipment, with most of the force coming from Africa.
But he said the main salary costs were governed by the size of the force, adding that it was not worthwhile for some officers to become a chief constable "because you could be losing money coming from one force going to the other".
And then a few days later, I was there greeting the caskets coming into Andrews Air Force Base and grieving with the families.
More significant, perhaps, is that it should help Chrysler reduce its labor costs as similar projects shrink its direct work force in coming years.
Wolves did crack under the City pressure midway through the half when Stearman conceded a penalty after coming in with unnecessary force to bring down Silva.
That means an entire generation of workers might leave the work force in the coming years.
All of this was enforced then, all of it is coming back now in strong force.
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Petraeus said one Marine expeditionary force would be coming home in September, and an Army brigade is slated to return in mid-December.
That means that the same sort of DRM questions that PC gamers and developers have grappled with for years are coming to consoles in full force.
This move is the more insidious for it coming just days after the Task Force commander, Maj.
He played patiently from the baseline, mixing the pace of his shots to win a succession of long rallies, and he repeatedly whacked winners when Djokovic tried to force the issue by coming forward.
The size of the U.S. force in Germany is expected to drop in the coming year as the Army plans to deactivate one brigade combat team next year and possibly reduce the force even further with a cut of around 2, 500 soldiers.
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