And the commission has set aside the idea of a joint euro-zone deposit-insurance scheme because of German objections to pooling liabilities.

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Jenin's much-hyped joint Palestinian-Israeli industrial zone is still a bare patch of land.

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The Core Zone and the Buffer Zone are subject to separate joint venture agreements.

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But there is no strategy on the bigger question of how and how far euro-zone countries should go towards joint liability for some debts.

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Separate from the appliances business, the joint venture--the Haier-Ruba Economic Zone--will be the operator of the park.

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Officials from China, Japan and South Korea met on the sidelines to start talks on the possibility of a free-trade zone, the three countries said in a joint statement.

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The mutualisation of risk may have to encompass a euro-zone bank-resolution fund as well as a joint deposit-insurance scheme.

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Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, was still being super cautious on a no-fly zone.

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And only the Jordanians seemed ready to have anything to do with the Israelis: they signed a deal, sweetened by the Americans, to create joint factories in Jordan, leading, perhaps, to some kind of duty-free zone.

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Proposals include new homes near both grounds and joint facilities for the clubs including a centre of excellence educational facility, a football museum and an event and fan zone.

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