That APEC has no treaty obligation required of its members guarantees exactly the basis on which to hold them together.

对其成员不存在条约上的约束要求这一事实，恰恰保证了成员间的团结。

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But he has no clause in his contract which guarantees release for training or playing outside of the International Rugby Board window.

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The framework of an Israeli-Syrian deal is straightforward and could, at least in theory, be settled in weeks: the return of the Golan Heights, a plateau that Israel seized for security reasons in 1967 but over which it has no immemorial claims, in exchange for stringent security guarantees and an embassy in Damascus.

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