"To use a term that includes the word 'boy' to describe a state of independence and free-thinking for women seems kind of backward, " Spinelli said.
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Mr Karimov, who has led Central Asia's most populous state since before independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, decided that, in the interests of democracy, he needed an opponent.
In 1921 the Irish Free State won its independence from Great Britain and introduced its own coins and notes in 1928, although the Irish pound remained tied to sterling until 1979.
But he could emerge as a behind-the-scenes player in future races, a role similar to that played by Thomas Golisano, the billionaire businessman who lost three races for governor and founded the state's Independence Party.
And also I conveyed the His Excellency that the position of Indonesia is clear that we need a resolution on Palestine-Israel in a permanent, sustainable manner, a two-state solution and independence for the people of Palestine who are living in peace with the people of Israel, and must be supported by the international community.
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By capitalizing on the country's rivers, the state moves towards greater energy independence.
In case some politicians found it difficult to understand all this, Article 2(4) spelled it out in unequivocal terms: "All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state".
Independent legal opinion by two of the world's leading experts in international law and the law of state formation concludes that, in the event of independence, the UK would continue and Scotland would form a new, separate state.
In 1918, The Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence as a sovereign state.
Indeed, many nationalists see the establishment of such things as a Scottish Broadcasting Corporation and a Scottish welfare state as the whole point of independence.
President Assad expressed support for "any effort in the interest of the Syrian people which preserves the homeland's sovereignty and independence", the state-run Sana news agency reports.
On the other side of the coin are serial defaulters such as Greece, which according to authors Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff has spent more than half of its existence since independence in 1829 in a state of default.
In the event of independence, there would be a new state in the international community called Scotland.
On the other, Hillary Clinton needed to demonstrate her independence and strength outside of her home state of New York as a genuine political leader in her own right.
As she told the BBC, this would be next stage of a journey for Jamaica which began with slavery at the hands of the British and which will end, if Simpson Miller gets her way, with full independence and a home grown head of state.
It also provides a robust legal basis for one of the most important issues that is central to the debate ahead of the referendum - namely that in the event of independence the UK would be the continuing state and Scotland would have to form a new state.
In the event of a vote for independence, the UK, as a "continuing state" would not have to negotiate new international treaties or memberships.
After Ireland became free from the British in 1922 (when the War of Independence resulted in the declaration of the Irish Free State), the government, with the support of the Catholic Church, passed the Censorship of Film Act.
The EU was instrumental in convincing Montenegro to shelve plans for independence and stay with Serbia for now in a revamped state.
In 1956 Tunisia was granted independence, with the Bey of Tunis as head of state and Mr Bourguiba as his prime minister.
With the economy performing well, there seems no reason why money can not be found, but for the time being, the Independence Stadium will still be used, despite its rickety state.
The key issue, therefore, relates to an independent Scotland's membership of the EU. As outlined, an independent Scottish state could not automatically become a new member of the EU upon independence because there is no explicit provision for this process in the EU's own membership rules.
Unionists say the SNP has hidden the true state of Scotland's finances in order to pursue the cause of independence.
Following the referendum vote, the Queen said she would stand by Australia - which gained independence in 1901 but still keeps the British monarch as its head of state - whatever its decision.
Politics in the tiny but hugely wealthy state have been dominated by the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) since independence in 1965.
Perhaps more ominously, demands by Egypt's judges for greater independence have been answered with intimidation, including a sudden shut-off of state funding for judges' clubs.
But whatever Britain's misgivings about granting independence to this sandcastle, with all the privileges and status of a sovereign state, it had no doubt that Vere Bird was its natural leader.
Adelina Marku, who speaks for the Tetovo-based Democratic Party of Albanians, a junior partner in Macedonia's ruling coalition government, says that the Kosovars, who declared nominal independence from Serbia back in 1991 and created a series of notional organs of state, had lulled themselves into a false sense of security.
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