• There are still a number of policy areas that are completely controlled by the British government, including constitutional affairs, defence, and foreign affairs.

    BBC: Democracy Live site links

  • Scottish interests at Westminster are limited to taxation and economic management, welfare, defence and foreign affairs.

    ECONOMIST: Scots in government

  • The committee is made up of members of the Business, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees.

    BBC: Debate on arms export controls

  • Tajiks, however, retained their influence, keeping the ministries of defence and foreign affairs, while the former king, a Pushtun, came under pressure to withdraw from the presidential race.

    ECONOMIST: Afghanistan: Murder in a “safe” city | The

  • The federal government would look after defence, foreign affairs and social security perhaps, while each state would have its own police force and look after justice, health and education.

    ECONOMIST: Letters

  • Members of the Congress Party will head the ministries of defence, foreign affairs and oil, while opposition politicians will lead the ministries of interior, finance and information, AP reports.

    BBC: Yemen: New unity government created

  • It's likely to be one of two options on the ballot paper, alongside what's nicknamed "devolution max" - full tax powers for Holyrood, with defence and foreign affairs staying under Westminster control.

    BBC: SNP treads 'road to independence'

  • MPs will concentrate on defence and foreign affairs?

    ECONOMIST: Sunshine and showers

  • This is a joint committee of members of the Business and Enterprise, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees which, every year, scrutinises the government's annual report on the control of strategic exports, including weapons.

    BBC: Week ahead

  • The Quadripartite Committee - comprising members of the defence, foreign affairs, international development and trade and industry select committees - is demanding the same powers of prior scrutiny afforded to their counterparts in the US and Sweden.

    BBC: You are in: UK Politics

  • The Danish government controls defence policy, foreign affairs, monetary matters, the church and the police.

    BBC: Faroe Islands

  • They cover areas including Europe, defence security and foreign affairs, taxation and spending, health, crime and justice, energy and the environment and media and culture.

    BBC: Scottish independence

  • NWFP's assembly and a member of the Awami National Party, would leave only four powers with the federal government: foreign affairs, defence, international communications and the currency.

    ECONOMIST: Is Pakistan living at the edge of disaster?

  • Following a referendum in 2008 it now largely controls its own affairs, though Denmark, the old colonial power, remains in charge of foreign affairs, defence and immigration.

    ECONOMIST: One man and his dogs | The

  • Mr Martin has called on Madrid to set up a "crisis cell" made up of the ministries of interior, foreign affairs and defence among others to tackle the problem.

    BBC: Migrant centres on the islands are reaching full capacity

  • The group - foreign affairs and defence spokesman Menzies Campbell, chief whip Paul Tyler, campaigns chief Nick Harvey and social security select committee chairman Archy Kirkwood - are expected to back the same candidate.

    BBC: News | UK Politics | Lib Dem contenders compete for MPs' support

  • President Mugabe has allocated the main ministries, including defence, home, foreign affairs, and justice to Zanu-PF.

    BBC: MDC seeks new Zimbabwe election

  • The Lords have already announced their themes: constitutional affairs, equalities, home affairs, justice and law on Thursday, business, economy, local government and transport on Monday, agriculture, culture, education, energy, health and welfare on Tuesday and defence, foreign and Commonwealth affairs, international development on Wednesday.

    BBC: Week ahead

  • Chinese papers back Beijing's actions as defence of non-interference in internal affairs.

    BBC: Chinese, Iranian press alone back UN Syria veto

  • But with Tories in charge of home affairs (Theresa May), foreign affairs (William Hague), defence (Liam Fox) and justice (Ken Clarke), they will not get their way on these issues.

    ECONOMIST: The new coalition government

  • The region had control over all its affairs with the exception of finance, defence and communications.

    BBC: Panel suggests review of Indian laws in Kashmir

  • Top Social Democrats who look bound to nose into his patch include Rudolf Scharping, the incoming defence minister, who fancied himself in the foreign-affairs job, and the acquisitive Oskar Lafontaine at finance, who is carving out a role for himself as the new government's Mr Europe.

    ECONOMIST: Joschka Fischer, Germany’s reluctant statesman | The

  • It got its budget rebate, stayed out of the Schengen free-travel area, opted out of the euro, stayed half-out of co-operation on judicial and police affairs and is blocking attempts to create stronger common defence and foreign policies.

    ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

  • Earlier, during what was his first visit to the former Soviet Union since taking over U.S. foreign affairs, Powell had hoped to persuade Putin to accept Washington's missile defence plans.

    CNN: Powell in Berlin after Moscow talks

  • At another time, a brainy left-winger interested in foreign affairs might well have entered the Labour Party and become foreign secretary or secretary of defence.

    ECONOMIST: Fred Halliday

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