France insists that everything it did was performed at the express request of, and in conjunction with, the UN and its 9, 000 peacekeeping troops stationed in the country.

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The UN special rapporteur said that as a matter of international law, drone strikes were only lawful if they took place at the express request of the country concerned.

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The results of this study reinforce practice beliefs which many physical therapists express when patients often request arthroscopic knee surgery to repair these injuries: surgery may not always be the most prudent initial approach to deal with his situation.

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It must also make a commitment to initiate such deployments an express part of its ratification request to the Senate.

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