Some 63% of voters backed the new charter, although only a third of the electorate voted.

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America's third- largest state just enacted a law permitting the creation of charter schools, which can be set up by concerned teachers, parents or not-for- profit groups and are free from education-stifling, bureaucratic restrictions.

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Incumbent Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, will not be a candidate in this November's election because the city charter's new term limits prevent him from seeking a third term.

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Russia has explicitly said that it will not ratify the energy charter it signed in 1994, which would have required it to give third parties access to its gas pipelines.

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Third, any U.S. military intervention must be in accordance with both international law and the United Nations charter.

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"The mayor can't cut out a third of this office's budget and still claim to be respecting its Charter-mandated role as a citywide watchdog, " said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a Democratic mayoral candidate.

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