She will also present a petition to the Speaker from Thanet residents who oppose the trade.

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Ex-education minister Peter Karran will present a petition signed by more than 2, 500 people to Tynwald, on behalf of the island's students.

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Students will also present a petition to Tynwald on 15 January.

BBC: Student protest

The Cape Times said a group of health professionals would present a petition to the Department of Health demanding anti-retroviral treatment for HIV-positive pregnant women, which they say could save the lives of 100 children daily.

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On 28 July 2010, Catalonia's parliament, after long debate (under Spanish law, citizens who collect at least 50, 000 signatures within 120 days in support of a proposed change in the law may present that petition to the regional parliament, obliging the latter to debate and vote on the proposal) voted 68 to 55 (with nine abstentions) in favour of banning bullfighting in Catalonia.

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When women started to petition the IOC in the 1960s to compete in the Olympics, they had to present themselves to a panel of judges to prove they were women.

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Last year he filed a habeas corpus petition in federal court saying the New York court where he was convicted violated his constitutional right to present a defense by not giving him exculpatory evidence prior to trial.

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