The new law will also ban foreigners from owning farmland in Russia, though they will still be allowed to lease it.
The law enables the inclusion of foreigners in their ranks.
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In Spain, a special law was passed to benefit wealthy foreigners.
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But let's go back to that law passed at 1996 which calls for foreigners convicted of violent felonies to be deported.
Last year, spooked by the idea of foreign sovereign-wealth funds and state-owned firms buying up vast tracts, the government resurrected a 1971 law limiting the amount of rural land foreigners can buy.
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Of course it would be wrong for just any judge applying just any law to reach beyond his borders and pluck foreigners for trial.
What about this story that we, we mentioned earlier on today, the story about 100, 000 new, Labour to invite a 100, 000 foreigners a year into UK, ministers announce sweeping changes in immigration law to attract workers because we're short because of a severe skills shortage among British workers, is that a good idea?
It has told foreigners that they could unwittingly put themselves on the wrong side of American law by dealing with Guard-owned enterprises or subsidiaries.
It says foreigners can sue in U.S. courts over torts and violations of international law.
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Last month, Singapore made it harder for foreigners to invest in its real estate market and one insider told me he thinks that law will cut real estate prices there 30%.
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The new law is supposed to ease South Africa's chronic shortage of skills by allowing educated foreigners to work in the country.
For instance, the integration of foreigners should become smoother thanks to the long-overdue decision to modify an 85-year-old law that made ancestry, not residence, the determinant of who is German.
The new anti-corruption law will levy fines ranging from 10 thousand pesos to 2 million pesos in minimum salaries to foreigners or Mexican citizens that engage in corruption or bribes linked to public work contracts.
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