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Supporters of capital punishment accept there is little chance of a change in the law, as it is opposed by the European Union and would be backed only by a minority of MPs - mainly Conservative.
BBC: Conservative MP calls for a referendum on death penalty
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The vote came as the European Union expressed concern about rule of law in the country.
BBC: Romanian parliament votes to suspend President Basescu
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Lawyers may argue that the doctrine had already been breached by the Treaty of Rome, which led to the European Union, or that the law still empowers Westminster to dissolve the new institutions it has created.
ECONOMIST: Undoing Britain?
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America is thinking of creating a general consumer-privacy law and the European Union is updating its rules.
ECONOMIST: Floating Facebook
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The appointment comes in the wake of a European Union law, passed last week, mandating that 40% of corporate boards at public European companies be women.
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Another big task is meeting European Union worries about the rule of law, which are holding up Romania's accession to the Schengen passport-free travel zone.
ECONOMIST: Romanian politics
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In 2007, as part of efforts to bring Romania in step with European Union law, the country banned horse-drawn carts from main roads in cities and towns.
FORBES: The Romanian Horse Cart Ban That's (Probably) Behind Europe's Horse Meat Scandal
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France's game shots, for example, are almost literally up in arms over the shortening of the period to conform belatedly with European Union law in which they can blast away at migrating birds.
ECONOMIST: The battleground of France
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It said Mr Obama had "immediately after his election, put an end to an approach to the challenges to national security... considered by Italy and the European Union not compatible with fundamental principles of rule of law".
BBC: Italy Abu Omar rendition: Col Romano pardoned in CIA case
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Under Fifa-adopted European Union law, Lampard has the option to effectively buy out the two remaining year of his contract, with Chelsea entitled to compensation equal to the remainder of his salary.
BBC: SPORT | Football | My Club | Chelsea | Grant confident Lampard will stay
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The new pricing rules are part of a much broader reform of European Union (EU) aviation law.
BBC: NEWS | Business | EU clamps down on airline fares