Then peers will debate a series of orders and regulations under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act.

BBC: Week ahead

Some activists have been urging Obama to bypass the often messy legislative process and instead focus on executive orders and regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Then peers turn to a whole raft of orders and regulations under the Welfare Reform Act... these are detailed changes to reshape the whole system, and Labour peers have put down a series of "regret" motions against them.

BBC: Week ahead

Heads of departments and agencies shall take all necessary steps to ensure that all directives, orders, and regulations of their respective departments or agencies are consistent with this order.

WHITEHOUSE: Executive Order 13491 -- Ensuring Lawful Interrogations

Upon request, the Attorney General shall provide guidance about which directives, orders, and regulations are inconsistent with this order.

WHITEHOUSE: Executive Order 13491 -- Ensuring Lawful Interrogations

The new law, by contrast, dictates what is and isn't allowed and orders the Treasury and IRS to write regulations.

FORBES: Strings Attached

Then MPs turn to a series of orders uprating social security benefits and amending pensions regulations.

BBC: Week ahead in Parliament

And it orders a government-wide review of the rules already on the books to remove outdated regulations that stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive.

WSJ: Barack Obama: Toward a 21st-Century Regulatory System

The government regulations also call on travelers to follow public orders, protect ecology, public infrastructure and utilities, maintain a clean environment, respect the rights of others and show them courtesy, Xinhua reported.

CNN: China instructs its citizens on how to behave abroad

An avalanche of announcements emerged from government on Thursday, from the number of people subject to control orders to cuts to coastguard services and the, perhaps less thrilling, update on possible changes to building regulations.

BBC: Bankers' bonuses: New tax still on the cards

New regulations in the UK require banks to move customer account information, like Bill Pay and Standing Orders, within 7 days of a customer request.

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