"The geographical boundaries were redrawn in 1974 - previously Rochdale was a part of Lancashire Police, but post-1974 it became part of Greater Manchester Police, " he said.

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The Secretary of State was also questioned by MPs on the proposals to reduce the number of MPs - and concerns were raised by Labour MPs Owen Smith and Susan Jones that reforms might not take into account existing geographical boundaries.

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In mid-June, as the White House was drafting the President's Middle East policy speech, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal met with Bush and handed him a letter from his uncle Abdullah urging the U.S. to promote a "clear vision" in the speech, including geographical boundaries and a timetable for Palestinian statehood.

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But what tech czar Kendall sees is that cyber threats morph too fast for the deliberative procedures of the current military development system, and they hopscotch across geographical and bureaucratic boundaries in a way that no conventional law-enforcement agency could match.

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When executives talk about crossing organizational boundaries, they usually mean not one or two boundaries but five or six, such as function, geographical region, process, product and customer.

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In January, Scarlets coach Nigel Davies called for a change in the Welsh regions' boundaries in order to increase player numbers in the Llanelli-based side's geographical area of control.

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