Mr Ancram also called on the government to immediately suspend talks over joint sovereignty with Spain for Gibraltar.
The islands are negotiating over a joint register, but if no compromise is found could launch their own.
Charvis, who joined Newcastle last summer, will take over from joint captains Wilkinson and Ian Peel as the Falcons skipper.
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West Ham have held talks with the local Newham Council over a joint bid to occupy the stadium, with a proposed 50, 000-capacity for football matches, after the 2012 Games.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) is back in the spotlight after its boss, Iain Overton, stepped down over a joint investigation with Newsnight, broadcast on 2 November, into child abuse allegations in north Wales.
For retired couples concerned with having enough income to last over their joint life spans, the decision about whether to hold life insurance should be made in tandem with the decision about how to invest other assets, adds Patrick Collins, a principal of Schultz Collins Lawson Chambers, an independent investment-counsel firm.
Even airlines are getting in on the act, with Franco-Dutch carrier Air France-KLM currently in talks with Veolia Environnement's transport subsidiary over a possible joint venture in rail.
That trio, it is said, has its eye on Steven Heyer, a recent recruit from AOL Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting division brought over to run joint ventures, as the next chief operating officer.
In January, for example, both groups opposed the government's decision to lift, for future projects, a rule known as Press Note 18 that acted as a deterrent to investment by giving Indian firms a veto over their foreign joint-venture partners' other investments in India.
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Even airlines are getting in on the act, with Franco-Dutch carrier Air France-KLM (other-otc: AFLYY - news - people ) currently in talks with Veolia Environnement (nyse: VE - news - people )'s transport subsidiary over a possible joint venture in rail.
Full-fledged wedlock should be allowed, the committee pronounced in November, with gay couples who wanted to adopt having joint custody over children.
Also Friday, Afghan and coalition forces arrested about 10 insurgents during joint operations over last two days in four provinces of Afghanistan, including several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, the International Security Assistance Force said.
Microsoft and Ask.com issued a joint statement over the weekend calling on members of the search industry to meet and discuss ways they can work together to define privacy principles and protect user information.
Although GE currently makes engines for several U.S. fighters, the future of the high-performance military engine business is the F-35 joint strike fighter, which will replace most of the tactical aircraft in the joint fleet over the next 30 years.
The NUT and the NASUWT have already announced joint strike plans over pay, pensions and workload.
If you have separate accounts in your name only, move half of joint cash funds over into those accounts.
Moreover, the intended show of unity was marred by rows over the composition of a joint committee to follow things up.
The South African carded a one over par 73 to be joint 81st, with Swede Pierre Fulke heading the field by one shot after powering to a six-under 66.
The other is the drama over DOMA. Being able to file a joint return is probably not the most significant of the over 1, 000 benefits that hinge on federal recognition of marriages, but it may be the one that affects the most people thereby creating the most tsoris .
The letter has been turned over to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force for testing and investigation.
Overseas investors have been equally befuddled in the media sector, where joint-ventures promised over the past two years are suddenly off the agenda.
Two former Ulster Unionists who resigned over a decision to field a joint by-election candidate with the DUP are setting up a new party.
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The medical community is buzzing with concern this afternoon over what the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction means for healthcare providers and recipients.
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Ray Odierno, described him as "a national hero" in a joint statement that expressed sadness over the death.
The series of linked trials involving 20 defendants has been the biggest-ever joint prosecution of a gang over a killing.
The two companies envision a powerful new set of joint products to be released over the coming year by combining their talents and know-how.
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His warning came after the chief executive of TNK-BP , the British oil firm's Russian joint venture, left Moscow over a dispute with Russian shareholders.
One of the first strategic alliances, which kick-started this phenomenal head-over-heels rush, was the joint venture between Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) and IBM, called Taligent.
In 1898, the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution declaring war on Spain over Cuba.
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