The government stuck with its ban, driving the game underground.
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Genworth managed to weasel out of inclusion in the ban with its long term care insurance product.
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Despite this, Eurogamer is pressing ahead with a ban of its own at its London expo in September.
Now, with the Pentagon ending its ban on women in combat, Felix and other female troops hope the military's plan to open hundreds of thousands of combat jobs to them will lead society to recognize that they, too, can be courageous warriors.
The EU also agreed to freeze the assets of Iran's central bank, the conduit for the country's oil revenue, and ban trade with its petrochemical industry.
Samsung has won a major battle in its ongoing tussle with Apple, after an Australia court overturned a ban on the sale of its Galaxy tab in the country.
But Baghdad then abruptly ended its ban and pledged renewed cooperation with the United Nations to avoid airstrikes.
The Co-Op says it will extend its ban on beers and ciders with more than 6.5% alcohol volume to 135 stores.
Southern Water lifted its hosepipe ban on 13 June, with the last four companies removing their bans on 9 July.
Samsung has failed to secure a iPhone ban in Japan in its latest patent fight with Apple.
New York City is marking 10 years since its ban on smoking in indoor public places, with officials saying the move has prevented 10, 000 premature deaths.
Details of how exactly the discards ban will work in practice with the quota system or its projected replacement will be debated later.
His two-year ban was cut in half because the ITF said Odesnik cooperated with its anti-doping program.
Some may feel that the proposed ban has as much to do with the appearance of independence as with its reality.
Spain's problem is that it has to contend with a Brussels ban on work permits, whereas northern Europe was able to import its labour legally when it needed it in the 1970s.
E-commerce marketplace Taobao has worked with rights holders to ban some counterfeit goods from sale and has promised to further simplify its complaint procedures.
Earlier this month, Lexar Media escalated a patent spat with Toshiba, calling for the US to ban imported memory cards that are made by its Japanese rival.
If Apple agrees to drop its sales ban on 26 Samsung phones, that means there are more devices with which the weaker players such as RIM and Microsoft must compete.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon praised its intervention in Mali, saying dialogue is not now possible with the rebels.
With the passage of the amendment, North Carolina becomes the 29th state to use its state constitution to explicitly ban gay unions.
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An American ban on its nationals travelling to Lebanon, which lasted from 1987 to 1997, combined with cutbacks in American government funding, severely drained its resources.
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After a meeting with Ms Bokova and her team, Mr Ban addressed the Executive Board of UNESCO which is currently holding its 190th session (until 18 October).
But the verdict will boost a related claim filed by VirnetX with the US's International Trade Commission which could theoretically lead to a sales ban on Apple products that infringe its technology.
"Instead of a blanket ban on its own women that denies them important employment opportunities, Nepal's government should work with other labor-sending governments to demand stronger protections for migrant workers in the Gulf, " Varia said.
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