The BBC Trust defended the assessment as "a rigorous process which gives ample opportunity for comment and expression of views".

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However, the council said the vote was an "expression of the views of the electorate" and "not binding on any body".

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They included tests of whether accuracy, free expression and a wide range of views would still be available if the merger took place.

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Mounir Letaief, a 52-year-old painter from Tunis, says the views of those who value freedom of expression, artistic or otherwise, must also be taken into account as the country attempts to rebuild itself.

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Constructively engaging to bridge divergent views on the limits to the right to freedom of opinion and expression, in a structured multilateral framework...geared toward filling the 'interpretation void' with regard to the interface between articles 19(3) and 20 of the ICCPR based on emerging approaches like applying the 'test of consequences.

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Hollande told the daily Liberation newspaper ahead of the runoff that he saw the strong showing for the National Front as an expression of people's "social anger" rather than a firm adherence to the party's more extremist views.

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Socialist Francois Hollande, who is favored to win on May 6, told France's daily Liberation newspaper that he saw the strong showing for the National Front as an expression of people's "social anger" rather than a firm adherence to the party's more extremist views.

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One GOP senator said Sotomayor's most controversial speeches "bug the hell out of me, " an expression of frustration as Republicans tried -- with little success -- to get Sotomayor to reveal more about her personal views in her fourth and final day of questioning.

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