• Those bundled back to Laos this week had drifted to another makeshift camp in Phetchabun province, hoping to claim international asylum.

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  • Iraq is an isolated foe whose international support, claim to legitimacy and access to foreign supplies of war materiel is far different from that of North Vietnam.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • "The international community can claim full ownership of this treaty, which will make trade in conventional arms more responsible and transparent, thus reducing human suffering and tangibly contributing to international peace, security and stability, " Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, said in a written statement.

    CNN: U.N. approves arms trade pact

  • In Kosovo, in particular, the international protectorate's claim to be fashioning a law-governed, multi-ethnic state is wearing thin.

    ECONOMIST: Macedonia

  • The upsurge in ethnic violence has bolstered Mr Milosevic's claim that international peacekeepers have broken their promise to provide security for all Kosovo's residents, regardless of ethnic origin.

    ECONOMIST: Montenegro and Kosovo

  • Those who claim to respect international law cannot avert their eyes when those laws are flouted.

    CNN: Obama: 'Peace requires responsibility'

  • Such is the bold claim from an international team of researchers, dreamers and intrepid adventurers.

    ENGADGET: Researchers claim discovery of lost city of Atlantis, conveniently located in southern Spain

  • They even have the backing of two big international conservation groups, who claim the project will save the area from slash-and-burn farmers.

    ECONOMIST: Laos

  • Alex was the first person to set foot on the island in Norwegian waters, so under international law was able to claim it.

    BBC: Devon - Alex on top of the world

  • Harris then bowled Neil McKenzie to claim his first international wicket.

    BBC: Marsh helps Aussies level series

  • Unlike Antarctica, which is protected by an international agreement, numerous countries lay claim to parts of the Arctic, which makes it hard to pin down exactly how many tourists visit the region each summer, when the sun does not set below the horizon and the ice melts enough to allow expedition ships passage to the remote wilderness.

    BBC: Life in the fragile, frozen Arctic

  • Las Vegas' McCarran International opened a gym beneath its baggage claim area.

    WSJ: Working Out ... at the Airport

  • The new study aligns with a claim made Wednesday by the International Energy Agency that if the planned expansion of nuclear power worldwide is reduced by half, global carbon emissions will increase by 30 percent.

    FORBES: Shutting Nuclear Plants Would Boost Coal And Carbon Emissions

  • It prevents us from making ethical choices and makes it impossible for us as a nation to claim the higher moral ground in international affairs.

    FORBES: Hurricanes Drive Home Appeal Of Alternative Energy Sources

  • Although a similar pan-European proposal was defeated earlier this month, few believe that the issue is dead, particularly given the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's claim last Thursday that 2008 will be the year of greater ISP responsibility.

    BBC: A padlock and key

  • As an historian, it is important to recognize the critical role that the Holocaust did play in the founding of Israel as source of tragic clarity to Jews about the need for independent Jewish sovereignty, as source of cruel stimulus for Jewish immigration to Palestine, and as source of international sympathy for the Jewish people's claim to self-determination.

    NPR: Historian Robert Satloff

  • Odinga and his supporters claim the election was rigged, and international observers noted some irregularities with the voting.

    CNN: Kenyan prayer march hit by tear gas

  • For all the human-rights legislation now in place, they would claim, the only genuine guides to international behaviour are still national interest and military power.

    ECONOMIST: A survey of human-rights law

  • However the CBI's claim that the UK has slipped down international league tables is misleading and statistically inaccurate as made clear by the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority and other reports.

    BBC: CBI complains of 'exam factory' schools

  • People also claim that this time it is different because international trade will save us.

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  • The boat was in international waters so that the U.S. could claim jurisdiction over him.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Although even Mr Eigen cannot claim sole responsibility for these things, Transparency International has established itself as the world's main anti-corruption lobbyist.

    ECONOMIST: Who will listen to Mr Clean?

  • Britain should also negotiate changes to the international human rights treaties so terror suspects who try to claim refuge in the UK can be deported, he said.

    BBC: Archbishop steps into asylum debate

  • High on confidence after scoring twice on Saturday, the Norway international calmly slotted home a side-footed volley to claim his 14th goal of the season in all competitions.

    BBC: Aston Villa 1-1 Sunderland

  • They included a mastery of science and technology, and an international reputation two qualities Mr Habibie would certainly lay claim to.

    ECONOMIST: Indonesia

  • The court in Strasbourg said it dismissed the case because German courts, which had previously rejected the claim, had properly taken into account national and international law.

    NPR: Greece, Germany Bicker Over War Reparations Issue

  • Activists said they were trying to draw attention to what they claim are prejudicial Israeli border policies that force many international visitors coming to Palestinian areas to lie about their destinations.

    CNN: Israel detains pro-Palestinian activists

  • Organizers say they are trying to draw attention to what they claim are prejudicial Israeli border policies that force many international visitors coming to Palestinian areas to lie about their destinations.

    CNN: Israel prepares for pro-Palestinian activists at airport

  • But the verdict will boost a related claim filed by VirnetX with the US's International Trade Commission which could theoretically lead to a sales ban on Apple products that infringe its technology.

    BBC: Apple loses Facetime patent lawsuit to VirnetX

  • Shares in ailing 131-year-old camera maker Eastman Kodak spiked on Monday after the U.S. International Trade Commission announced it would review a patent-infringement claim against Apple and Research In Motion over the use of image preview technologies, patented by Kodak in 2001.

    FORBES: Kodak Thrown A Lifeline: Federal Agency To Review Case Against Apple, RIM

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