But by a lot smaller margin than people generally recognise: or than by he numbers that are generally bandied about.
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The law means that other states don't have to recognise rights granted by one state.
The head of the army, Vitalis Zvinavashe, has hinted that he would not recognise a victory by Morgan Tsvangirai, Mr Mugabe's opponent, who has the support, according to admittedly unreliable polls, of 70% of voters.
"ICC will abide by the ruling of the court and continue to recognise the KCA until otherwise notfied by the court, " he wrote.
Why not recognise the confusion caused by the current superstructure and simply abolish Europe's commissioners altogether?
The scheme is the first in the UK to recognise the role played by merchant sailors in conflicts, the council said.
They recognise the limits imposed by globalisation, new technology and labour-market flexibility.
Vietnam has hit back by marking the passports of visiting Chinese as "invalid" and issuing separate visa forms rather than appearing to recognise the Chinese claim by stamping passports.
The Council confirmed that the EU would not recognise any changes made by Israel to its post-1967 borders, and insisted that Jerusalem must be the capital of both Israel and any future Palestinian state.
So by failing to recognise the elevated risks of subsidiary sovereign debt, regulators made it cheaper for the likes of Italy, Greece and Spain to borrow for a good number of years before the penny dropped.
In October, UK Prime Minister David Cameron's suggestion that aid could be cut to countries that did not recognise gay rights was condemned by several African countries where homosexual acts are banned, including Ghana, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
But it could deepen the financial crisis by forcing institutions to recognise the assets' deeply distressed prices.
Critics add that the impeachment is aimed at swelling President Mahinda Rajapaksa's powers still further, and an umbrella group of lawyers has urged judges not to recognise any new chief justice imposed by the government.
The four bishops have been asked by the Vatican to recognise the authority of the Pope and the Second Vatican Council and talks are planned to seek to resolve the "open questions" in the Church's relationship with the Society of St Pius X.
Politicians in such an apparent rush to regulate social media would also do well to recognise the immense positive contribution made by these sites both during and in the aftermath of the riots, as communities looked for information, reassurance and a positive way to reclaim their streets.
Then, as now, the Israeli right refused to recognise that the separate peace signed by Israel and Egypt in 1979, and Israel's continuing occupation of the Palestinian territories conquered in 1967, rendered the Israel-Egypt relationship both parlous and unpopular among large sections of Egyptian society and in most of the Arab world.
The General Assembly voted by 138-9 to recognise the Palestinians as a non-member observer state, with 41 states abstaining.
Second, recognise that jihadists will be defeated mainly by Muslims themselves.
"I recognise the concerns that must be felt by Ansett's employees and I am hopeful that the administrators will be able to start negotiations with another bidder as a matter of urgency, " Mr Anderson said.
Milosevic's team also do not recognise the tribunal because it was set up by the U.N.
Second, Dr Fox is well regarded by the armed forces, who recognise his sympathy for their plight.
The nominations recognise the consistently high levels of form shown by the quintet over the course of a compelling season.
Better surely that managers, who know the specific circumstances of their company, should decide whether it is in the interest of their firm to recognise the union than to have this mandated by law for all firms in all circumstances.
Ms Weir said many single parents, who had been away from work for many years, were being put "under intense pressure" to find work by ministers who did not "recognise the real-world constraints that make it hard for them to find and keep a job".
"We have to recognise that there are reserves being sat on by various public bodies and in this context you have to say are those reserves best used by sitting where they are or should they be borrowed now... and built up again, " Mr Durkan said.
Mrs Bernal, 50, from Tunbridge Wells, feels her daughter was let down by a legal system that failed to recognise the danger signs in Pech's obsessive behaviour.
Belgian conservative MEP Derk Jan Eppink said the Commission and the Parliament needed to recognise the "anger" that was being felt by Eurozone taxpayers having to bail out Greece.
Mr Panetta said that while the remaining benefits are blocked by a federal law that does not recognise same-sex marriage, he foresaw a time "when the law will allow the department to grant full benefits to service members and their dependents, irrespective of sexual orientation".
After determining the initial sex ratios of a series of clutches, the researchers added or subtracted chicks to increase or decrease the father's workload (a standard trick in avian ecology, made possible by the fact that parents do not recognise their own young until close to the time at which they leave the nest).
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