This status was removed a few months ago at the request of Mr Kadyrov.

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The changes gave the church full legal status, removed restrictions on its rites, and allowed priests to vote.

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The conditional status would be removed and the green card awarded after two years if the individual satisfied the terms of the new EB-6 (employment-based 6th preference) visa by creating the required jobs.

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With respect to missing military personnel, for federal income tax purposes, the date of death for a member of the armed forces who was in a missing status is the date on which his or her name is removed from missing status for military pay purposes.

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Just one of the bad guys on the original list has been safely removed from fugitive status: Pedro Antonio Marin, leader of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionaria Colombia, or FARC--he died of a heart attack.

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However, once this structure is removed, problems with the transition back to civilian status tend to arise.

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