• These people lose their independence--the ability to wash themselves, to eat, and even walk.

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  • These people lose their independence -- the ability to wash themselves, to eat, even walk.

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  • But the army insists that it will go ahead with its independence-day parade down Reforma.

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  • The report backs England's academy programme - where schools are encouraged to take on more independence - but is also critical.

    BBC: CBI complains of 'exam factory' schools

  • The new prime minister also called in his speech for a reform of the Yugoslav Federation, which comprises Serbia and the independence-minded Montenegro.

    BBC: Serb Government breaks with past

  • The Catalan branches of Spain's ruling conservative Popular Party -- which opposes independence -- gained one seat, for a total 19 in the new parliament.

    CNN: Ruling party in Catalonia region loses seats in parliament

  • Mr Morgan's successor, Carwyn Jones - no fan of Scottish independence - says these questions must be confronted before the Scots go to the ballot box.

    BBC: Scottish independence: What will it mean for Wales?

  • Somaliland, an independence-seeking statelet in the Horn of Africa, for example, has curbed the destruction of its ageing weapons because international sanctions stop it buying new ones.

    ECONOMIST: Ammunition depots

  • And I have been very clear, that in my view, the police should have operational independence - they should be able to pursue investigations in the way in which their professional judgement suggests.

    BBC: In quotes: Damian Green arrest

  • Following the queen's visit to Ireland in 2011 -- the first by a British monarch since Irish independence -- Prime Minister David Cameron described the effect Elizabeth is able to have when she chooses.

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  • The high profile elevation of Salman Khurshid as the new foreign minister - only the third Muslim to hold the position since Independence - is a deft nod to Congress's faith in India's plurality.

    BBC: What does the India government reshuffle mean?

  • Just inside them are the town barracks, built to defend the town in 1717, 10 years after the Act of Union which formally ended Scots independence - but crucially just two years after the Jacobite Rising of 1715.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | Town's historic place in Union

  • Paul Braithwaite, of the Equitable Members Action Group, questioned its independence - pointing out that the Treasury, which might have to pay compensation if Lord Penrose finds any regulatory failures, would also decide how much of it is published.

    BBC: Equitable probe hit by evidence snags

  • The commission - which will not examine independence - has been tasked to review devolution and recommend changes to enable the Scottish Parliament to better serve the people and "continue to secure the position of Scotland in the United Kingdom".

    BBC: Devolution review body launched

  • In many cases, they do not have access to abundant sources of energy and have sought efficiency as a matter of energy independence--in the case of (No. 2) Denmark as an urgent national priority since the oil shocks of the 1970s.

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  • But the founders, and more specifically the framers of the Constitution, included men who had fought a war for independence -- the very war celebrated on the "Glorious Fourth" -- against a country in which church and state were essentially one.

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  • The year-old paper said the volatility in projecting North Sea oil revenues created financial uncertainty and, although an oil fund - which the Scottish government has said it wants to set up after independence - could increase stability, it might mean spending cuts.

    BBC: Buzzard oil platform

  • While universities want to to increase the number of pupils from poorer homes coming through their doors, they baulk at anything which could be seen as taking away their independence - their freedom over whom they admit and how they spend their money.

    BBC: Education & Family

  • When a receiver will generate about 25kW of energy while costing less to make through cheaper mirrors and structures, a fully developed solar array could be an affordable replacement for coal power that delivers greater independence -- picture remote towns that need a fresh water supply.

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  • Had that been held, and had Montenegro seceded from the federation, the EU feared that others in the region, like Albanian leaders in Kosovo and Macedonia, as well as Serbs in Bosnia, could have been encouraged to make similar moves towards independence - something the West is keen to avert.

    BBC: Yugoslavia opts to end federation

  • Since independence in 1976, per capita output in this Indian Ocean archipelago has expanded to roughly seven times the pre-independence, near-subsistence level, moving the island into the upper-middle income group of countries.

    FORBES: Seychelles

  • For years after its post-World War II independence then-Ceylon tried outright socialism.

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  • On April 21st he produced a peace agreement, signed in Jakarta by Mr Gusmao, and in Dili by leaders of the local pro-independence and pro-integration factions.

    ECONOMIST: East Timor

  • However, these services should never have been provided at all per SEC independence rules -rules that pre-date Sarbanes-Oxley.

    FORBES: KPMG No Longer Loaning Tax Staff To GE

  • If independence happened - there would be legal and international complexities, the scale and complexity of the negotiations task would be considerable.

    BBC: Scotland politics

  • Louise McLeary, from Solidarity, was chatting to Kris Seunarine, from the UK Independence Party - Morag Balfour was joined by the Scottish Socialist Party convener Colin Fox.

    BBC: Has the SNP bubble finally burst?

  • The father of a Conservative MP has decided he will still contest a council election for the UK Independence Party - an hour after deciding to pull out.

    BBC: Tory MP's father performs rapid UKIP double U-turn

  • Puntland -- which declared its independence from war-wracked Somalia a decade ago but is not internationally recognized -- wants the international community to do more to combat the problem, Aware said.

    CNN: Somali forces free pirate hostages

  • Ahead of the Scottish government's independence referendum - planned for autumn 2014 - Mr Darling went on to say there were positive reasons why the UK should stay as it is.

    BBC: Scotland politics

  • Mr Shapps rejected the suggestion of an electoral pact between the Conservatives and the UK Independence Party - which wants the UK to leave the European Union - at the next General Election.

    BBC: Philip Hammond backs Michael Gove over rethink on EU

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