President PUTIN: (Through translator) It is evident that the process of NATO expansion has nothing to do with the modernization of the alliance and the provision of security in Europe.

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That article raised a lot of questions from readers about another confusing provision of the Social Security system: the Survivor Benefit.

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Iraq has required the licensing of private security companies since 2004, but the provision was not strictly enforced.

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He ran on a platform that promised greater efficiency in the provision of government services (mostly in public education, health and transportation), and more security in a city where crime has increased tremendously.

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It probably, most importantly, has a very far-reaching security provision, including disarming the Janjaweed, a cease-fire, a demilitarization of camps of displaced people and humanitarian supply routes.

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To decide the case, the justices had to rule directly on the meaning of the Second Amendment, a provision with only 27 words: A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

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Under a provision put into place in the early days of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, security contractors have immunity from Iraqi prosecution.

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We are for a provision that destitution should not follow unemployment by reason of old age, and to that end we have accepted Social Security as a step toward meeting the problem.

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