• When wireless zones cover entire university campuses rather than mere coffee shops, anyone with a smartphone running Skype or something similar would be free of usage charges and operators' restrictions.

    ECONOMIST: Difference Engine

  • Some also feel that it's better to wait on the evidence before rushing to judgment on what happened that night.. Others decry the "stand your ground" law that allowed Zimmerman to walk away free of any criminal charges.

    CNN: Protesters declare 'I am Trayvon Martin,' but who was he?

  • And she added more than 87% of all NHS prescription items were dispensed free of charge, but charges still provided a valuable contribution to NHS funds.

    BBC: NEWS | Health | Cash woe of breast cancer women

  • It is not clear what that means, but the mere mention of the W-word incenses free-market supporters of the president, who fling back charges of populism.

    ECONOMIST: The race to succeed the president gets under way

  • Personal Capital gives you a digital snapshot of your finances for free (sound familiar?) and charges 0.95% or less annually for one of its financial advisers to manage your money with a souped-up indexing strategy.

    FORBES: Personal Capital Is More Than Mint For Rich People

  • People with lung conditions should have same opportunities to travel, free from discriminatory charges, as the rest of us.

    BBC: Short debate: The right to breathe

  • The state government confesses it can no longer supply potable water free of charge, and has introduced monthly fixed charges - but only residents in affluent neighbourhoods, like Victoria Island, Lekki and Ikoyi, pay.

    BBC: NEWS | Africa | Lagos: Africa's party capital

  • The proposal could prove popular with U.S. environmental groups, a key constituency in the November election, and help blunt charges that the free trade policies of President Clinton and Al Gore threaten forests, oceans and endangered species.

    CNN: Gore adviser proposes global environmental watchdog

  • The first public, unambiguous attack on Iran's Islamic underpinning came last November when Abdollah Nouri, the publisher of a free-speaking newspaper, was tried by a clerical court on a long list of charges that ranged from insulting Khomeini to advocating normal relations with the United States.

    ECONOMIST: The people against the mullahs

  • Others, such as free bus travel for pensioners and the abolition of prescription charges , remain Welsh.

    BBC: Democracy Live site links

  • Cutbacks in service and a long list of charges for things that were once free, like food and beverages, has only angered travelers more.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The application, which can be downloaded for free, charges vendors a credit card processing fee of 1.8 percent plus 15 cents per transaction, assuming you're swiping plastic from MasterCard, Visa or Discover.

    ENGADGET

  • The three exact charges hone in on hindering the free flow of gas across EU member states, preventing countries from diversifying their gas supplies and imposing unfair prices on its customers by insisting on oil index contracts.

    FORBES: Getting Tough With Gazprom Could Be Suicide For Europe

  • The SSP had grown to be the fifth biggest party in Scotland and fought for free school meals and an end to prescription charges - both of which would later be brought in by the SNP government.

    BBC: The rise and fall of Tommy Sheridan and the left

  • In the US, in these early stages of development, courses have been offered free - but there have been charges introduced where there are certificates and invigilated exams.

    BBC: UK universities in online launch to challenge US

  • Iranian courts have sentenced Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer to eight years in prison on charges of espionage, despite repeated calls from the US to free them.

    FORBES: US Hikers In Iran Sentenced To Eight Years

  • As the U.S. makes its case against WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange , it faces charges of hypocrisy that its own commitment to democracy and a free press is no stronger than the countries it criticizes.

    CNN: The Sweep: WikiLeaks stirs anarchy online

  • Invisible charges imposed by a financial cartel is not my idea of a free market.

    CNN: Banks want a favor -- at your expense

  • In a sense, they are a continuation of the strategy that made it a world-class airline: back in the 1970s it was the first to offer all passengers free drinks and head-sets, in defiance of the airline cartel that insisted on charges for such items.

    ECONOMIST: Asian airlines

  • Other budget-cutting measures include the the loss of 224 jobs, volunteers to run five libraries, and charges for some previously free services.

    BBC: Gateshead Flower Show axed in council budget cuts

  • While the application is free, the company charges users 20 cents per transaction, plus another 1.95% of debit cards and 2.95% for credit cards.

    WSJ: Mobile Payments Brighten Small-Business Cash Flow

  • "This proposition is not about medicine, " charges Orange County Sheriff Brad Gates, co-chairman of Citizens for a Drug-Free California, the campaign opposing Prop 215.

    CNN: Richard Lacayo

  • For users of the free Internet services that are proliferating across Europe, the catch comes in the telephone bill, as charges for making calls to connect to these services.

    ECONOMIST: Trawling for surfers

  • He was even more scathing of the argument that overdraft charges were fees paid for receiving a whole package of services, in which banking services were free for those who stay in credit.

    BBC: Slow progress on bank charges

  • That Haifa shall be a free port as regards the trade of France, her dominions and protectorates, and there shall be no discrimination in port charges or facilities as regards French shipping and French goods.

    BBC: Map detailing the Sykes-Picot agreement

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