Eventually the guard offered to accept a cut of 15, 000 over three years, but only if the army recognised the guard's importance by signing up to 11 principles.

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In 2006, Mr. Markey joined 54 other Catholic Democrats in the House in signing a "Catholic Statement of Principles, " reserving the right to disagree with the Catholic Church on important issues like abortion.

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He argues that in signing those accords Yasser Arafat put the principles of recognition and a possible two-state solution ahead of the need to stop the process of Israeli colonisation which was shredding one of those two states to ribbons.

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Last year, he joined a bipartisan group of business, law enforcement and religious leaders in signing the Indiana Compact, a set of principles to guide the state's immigration debate.

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Just like it was for many Kenyans, we were still coming to terms with what had happened the previous year in Kenya during the post election violence and signing of the peace accord that saw the two principles contesting the 2007 Kenyan general elections agreeing to share power.

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In a signing ceremony to take place on November 9, major PSCs will commit to the principles enshrined in the Code.

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