Though winning their right to self-rule in the zone set up after the Gulf war of 1991, the Kurds had to compromise too.

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The central bank plainly fears that Vodafone could set a troublesome rule-bending precedent.

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Henman was helped by a controversial over-rule from the umpire while facing break point at 4-4 in the opening set against ninth seed Lee.

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TiVo has a set-top box to rule it all (except iTunes).

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The FM says that the Ofcom rule on a maximum strength of 25-watts outputs is "not set in stone".

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That decision is the first to rule on this set of facts in the context of the now-ancient Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA).

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However, some observers say that the SEC may be tempted to conclude that the new breed of special-purpose vehicles being created by the likes of Goldman have been set up specifically to get around the 500-shareholder rule.

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Before 2010, featurephones were still the norm in South Korea, and thanks to a rule set in early 2005, those devices required a domestic, mostly Java-based middleware called Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (or WIPI in short) that standardized network access to ensure fair competition between mobile companies.

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The real focus should be on letting markets set relative prices, including interest rates, and adopting a monetary rule to protect the long-run value of money.

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