Belgian beer has a good chance after an advisory body recommended its inclusion.
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But using the full Cabinet as an advisory body is hard in practice.
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Last year Mr Zhao was booted out of the advisory body to China's parliament.
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He is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the top advisory body.
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That is 30 pence above the minimum recommended by the Living Wage Foundation, an advisory body.
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The same happened to those attending the related advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
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She served on the Massachusetts Governor's Council, a weak advisory body, before running against Mr. Martin.
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The Tate did not immediately respond for comment on whether or not the advisory body still exists.
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Parliament's largely ceremonial advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets in parallel with the NPC.
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CHINA PARLIAMENT ADVISORY BODY ACCEPTS RESIGNATION JD.COM'S RICHARD LIU FROM THE BODY FOR PERSONAL REASONS - STATE TV
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Luca Jahier, President of the European Economic and Social Committee, the advisory body of the European Union.
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That encourages groupthink, and makes even a well-credentialed Cabinet all but useless as an advisory body.
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A key member of Beijing's top advisory body issued a warning against President policies over the weekend.
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Such a calculation is inevitably controversial, argues Paul Sanderson of the International Property Tax Institute, an advisory body.
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A Buddhist, Xuecheng, resigned from an advisory body to China's parliament, in which he had held senior positions.
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The Council of Venice, a European legal advisory body, says the measure could damage the rule of law.
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He is also a member of the Venice Commission, the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters.
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Indigenous leaders proposed in 2017 establishing an advisory body comprised of elected indigenous Australians enshrined in the constitution.
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While at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Zhang was appointed to a top government advisory body, signaling his insider status.
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Upon moving into the White House, Windrip immediately declares Congress an "advisory" body, stripped of all real power.
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One of those changes redefined the role of the Privy Council, a powerful advisory body headed by Gen.
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Members of the advisory body do not enjoy immunity from prosecution, unlike members of China's largely rubber-stamp parliament.
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"The debate will reduce but not go away," predicts Pronab Sen of the National Statistical Commission, an advisory body.
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The National Transport Commission (NTC), an independent advisory body, said current laws could reduce the uptake of automated vehicles.
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Zhu Weiqun, chairman of an advisory body to China's parliament, accused the Tibetan leader of disrespecting his own religion.
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Critics argue the NSC, historically the commander in chief's premier national security advisory body, has been "neutered" under Trump.
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Potential new powers for the State Council, an advisory body to the Kremlin led by Putin, were also outlined.
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These speakers were members of a women-only advisory body to the HNC known as the Women's Consultative Committee.
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"That turnover is really healthy for the CEA because it is meant to be an independent advisory body," Hassett said.
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In 2010 a government advisory body estimated that the social costs of gambling are at least A$4.7bn a year.
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Perera said she had interviewed women who had reported Facebook harassment to CERT, the Sri Lankan advisory body on cybersecurity.
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The commission announced the reviews in a submission to the government's chief economic advisory body which was published on Tuesday.
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Separately, a political advisory body — the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference — will also be meeting at about the same time.
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Guo serves as a delegate to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a parliamentary advisory body.
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"That's what drives the country towards self-sufficiency," he said after addressing Nigeria's highest economic policy advisory body in Abuja.
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A government advisory body passed a constitutional amendment on Sunday authorizing military trials of civilians suspected of attacking security forces.
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"Trump declared that 'we're here,'" says Fyodor Lukyanov of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, a Russian government advisory body.
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Panagariya said this week that he is stepping down as head of Modi's main policy advisory body to return to academia.
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"The page has been turned," says Fyodor Lukyanov of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, a foreign-policy advisory body.
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Mr. Leung is now a vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body to the central government.
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By proposing to empower a toothless advisory body, President Vladimir V. Putin set off new speculation about his long-term plans.
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The paper is owned by political advisory body the China's People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), of which Yi is a member.
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The regulator's present head, Shang Fulin, 66, will take up a post at the country's main political advisory body, according to Caixin.
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Something the public may not be aware of is that the NTSB is not a regulatory body, it is an advisory body.
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WHO's decision served notice to all United Nations member states that the world's top health advisory body believes the situation is grave.
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"These fears don't stand up to scrutiny," Mackenzie said, referring to a 2017 report by indigenous leaders that recommended the advisory body.
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"These fears don't stand up to scrutiny," Mackenzie said, referring to a 2017 report by indigenous leaders that recommended the advisory body.
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Under the Skhirat agreement, members of the old Islamist-tinged parliament in Tripoli join a new advisory body called the State Council.
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She was also a senior consultant at National Health Systems Resource Center, a technical advisory body to the Ministry of Health, India.
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He also shut down nonpartisan sources of expertise like the Office of Technology Assessment, Congress's in-house advisory body on tech issues.
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Charnchai is deputy chairman of an anti-graft subcommittee of the National Reform Steering Assembly, an advisory body to Thailand's military government.
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He is a shoo-in to become chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top advisory body to parliament.
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The advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, includes many tycoons and other business leaders and will start meeting on Saturday.
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From 2007 to 2016 she was the president of the Conseil Supérieur des Archives, an advisory body tied to the culture ministry.
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The appointment of the new leader would require the approval of an eight-member shoura council, an advisory body to the caliph.
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The delay also means that the Chinese People's Political Consultative Process — China's top political advisory body — is postponed, The Associated Press reported.
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Second, France's overall system will face a deficit of €8bn-17bn ($8.8bn-18.8bn) by 2025, according to the official pensions advisory body.
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Latifa al-Shaalan, a member of the Shura Council, an advisory body, said the decision would strengthen women's employment in the private sector.
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Last year, the government's fiscal advisory body said Serbia should invest 13 percent of GDP to tackle environmental problems, up from 0.7 percent.
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As far back as 1987 a government-advisory body, the Law Commission of India, recommended a fivefold increase in the number of judges.
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The International Theological Commission, an advisory body to the Vatican's doctrinal office, considered female deacons in 2002, but it reached rather muddy conclusions.
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Latifa al-Shaalan, a member of the Shura Council, an advisory body, said the decision would strengthen women's employment in the private sector.
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One of China's most charismatic and reform-minded oil industry executives, Fu is now a member of a parliament's largely ceremonial advisory body.
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The central bank's move came after the National Economic Council, an advisory body headed by the vice president, called for an urgent review.
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The board, which had 27 members before the departures, is only an advisory body; major decisions are made by the Smithsonian in Washington.
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As an advisory body whose main mandate is simply to describe reality, the Commission feels less constrained by the need to observe diplomatic niceties.
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These were precisely the kinds of concerns raised in the 1960s when interest in a special tech advisory body first emerged on Capitol Hill.
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It's an advisory body that helps coordinate input from agencies across the government on issues ranging from financial markets to unemployment to taxes to infrastructure.
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In the 18th century, another advisory body was established by Russian Tsar Peter III, who governed for six months, this time called the Imperial Council.
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"I wish we could change things tomorrow, I think all members of the commission wish that, but we are just an advisory body," she said.
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CWC says it is merely an advisory body and it hopes a new dam safety bill, under federal consideration, will make dam operators more accountable.
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The advisory body argues that focusing on getting women into boardrooms and executive roles disregards the huge numbers of women in shitty low-paid jobs.
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All this drew a swift reaction from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an advisory body nominated by Congress and the administration.
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A UK government advisory body on AI and data ethics has recommended tighter controls on how platform giants can use ad targeting and content personalization.
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Mr. Joko surprised many of his supporters by backing the legislation that would undermine the commission by creating an advisory body to supervise its activities.
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A couple of other interesting notes: The combined fortune of the wealthiest members of Parliament and its advisory body has risen to about $500 billion.
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On June 7th Alexis López Ramírez, a former commander of the army, quit as the most senior official on the national defence council, an advisory body.
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The USCIRF is an advisory body, jointly appointed by the White House and Congress, with a mandate to study and call out abuses of religious freedom.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - The richest members of China's parliament and its advisory body have grown even richer, a body that tracks wealth in China said on Friday.
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The Venice Commission, an advisory body to the Council of Europe, has warned in a leaked report that the country is on the road to autocracy.
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But Mr Chu is up against a powerful force: the Heung Yee Kuk, an advisory body to the government that holds considerable sway in rural politics.
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After a meeting Tuesday of the National Development Council, an advisory body, Duda presented 15 questions being considered, though said they are still up for discussion.
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China's Parliament — the largest governing body in the world with around 3,000 delegates — and its advisory body together are worth $500 billion, according to the NYT.
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They're so exclusive that just 25 people, or "pickers," are licensed to harvest them under strict regulatory control from Natural England, an environment government advisory body.
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Ling Zhengce, the former deputy head of the parliamentary advisory body in the coal-rich northern province of Shanxi, is the elder brother of Ling Jihua.
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Wang Yang, the Chinese vice premier who is likely to head the country's top political advisory body soon, is often seen a reform-minded straight shooter.
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The U.K. government plans establish the world's first national advisory body for artificial intelligence, and invest in tech-related infrastructure including charging points for electric vehicles.
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The advisory body includes representatives of the Communist and allied parties, social organizations and ethnic minorities as well as leading businesspeople, entertainers, star athletes and workers.
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He has appointed some of the top men serving on the Privy Council, a powerful advisory body, replacing his father's network of loyalists with his own.
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The drought in Ireland means that income for dairy farmers is likely to be cut in half this year, said Teagasc, the state's farming advisory body.
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On Monday, the Shanghai branch of China's top advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said it had revoked Mr. Wang's membership, without detailing why.
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But the Committee on Climate Change, an independent advisory body, warns the country must do more to meet its carbon reduction targets for 2023 to 2027.
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The combined fortune of the wealthiest members of China's Parliament and its advisory body amounts to $500 billion, just below the annual economic output of Sweden.
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He received a special dispensation from the usual age limits by being allowed to join a senior government advisory body that is exempt from age limits.
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In contrast with the central banks of other major economies, China's central bank is to some extent an advisory body instead of an independent, decision-making institution.
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The Vatican says that as part of an advisory body, the commission's members should not comment on individual cases of abuse and leave these up to investigators.
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That's not surprising, as his father Tse Ping was previously a committee member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body.
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The ZTE case led to some "benefits" and "external pressures have developed into internal drivers" in China, said Wan Gang, vice chairman of China's parliamentary advisory body.
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The central bank on Monday devalued the naira for retail customers, days after a top advisory body demanded at a meeting chaired by Osinbajo an urgent review.
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Saudi Arabia's Shura Council, a top advisory body to the government, in December approved a draft of the law which consisted of 231 articles in 17 chapters.
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"This is not just a problem of Samsung, but Korea Inc," said Lyou Sung-gyou, a labour attorney and a member of a presidential labour advisory body.
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A year later, the Financial Services Development Council, a government advisory body, proposed overhauls to the I.P.O. process and the effect that cornerstones have on deal pricing.
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A Hong Kong member of the National People's Congress advisory body was expelled in 2014 after he voiced disapproval of Mr. Leung's handling of the street protests.
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She has tried to overhaul the Israeli arts council, the government's advisory body on culture, by nominating only people of Mizrahi origin who openly share her agenda.
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Mr. Yuan finished his career as a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body; he stepped down in 2000.
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., noted in July that the commission was an advisory body that lacked legal authority to compel states to hand over data.
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The experts call for "appropriate" funding of the United States Election Assistance Commission, a little-known advisory body that plays a crucial role in improving election administration.
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The director general of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, an advisory body set up by Khamenei, voiced his support for the FATF-related bills on Friday.
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A government advisory body said last year the government should build a temporary facility to store spent fuel from 2030 and consider permanent storage deep underground from 2050.
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"Those who have strong positions there will have strong positions in the world," says Fyodor Lukyanov of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy, a government advisory body.
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The council's work is research-focused and less concerned with coordinating policy across agencies than the National Economic Council, a separate advisory body currently led by Larry Kudlow.
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Kollar-Kotelly noted that the commission, headed by Vice President Mike Pence, was an advisory body that lacks legal authority to compel states to hand over the data.
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The Venice Commission, the advisory body on constitutional matters for the Council of Europe, the continent's chief human rights watchdog, has previously recommended scrapping the two bills entirely.
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Regina Ip, a member of the Hong Kong government's leading advisory body and a former security chief, was loudly heckled on the streets of Central by lunchtime protesters.
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He added women to the Shura Council, an advisory body, and social media spread among the kingdom's youth, giving them freedom online that they lacked in real life.
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He also intends to give more power to the State Council, an advisory body to the head of state that doesn't have a ton of authority right now.
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Regina Ip, a member of the Hong Kong government's leading advisory body and a former security chief, was loudly heckled on the streets of Central by lunchtime protesters.
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Li also now plays an active political role in China and is a regular delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a largely ceremonial political advisory body.
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However, the team always works with official permission so its results will be accepted in court, and one member is on a new advisory body to deal with disappearances.
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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari marked his return from medical leave in London with a rare appearance at a meeting on Thursday of the government's top advisory body.
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Xinhua also said on Monday a report from Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli to the country's political advisory body pledged to steadily push forward with destocking in the property market.
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The France-based Interpol later said Meng had resigned as president, and Beijing said he was being expelled from a high-profile but largely ceremonial advisory body to parliament.
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Founded in 27 as an advisory body to Hong Kong's colonial British governor, LegCo now functions as the city's parliament, scrutinizing bills and spending, approving appointments and passing laws.
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Calls by members of China's legislature and its top advisory body for the mainland to allow more open access to the internet have increased this year, amid mounting frustration.
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Although subsidies for onshore wind have been slashed over the past year, political support for offshore wind remains strong, says Jan Matthiesen of the Carbon Trust, an advisory body.
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That's according to reports Saturday that finger Liddell as the likely next head of the National Economic Council, the policymaking advisory body that is currently led by Gary Cohn.
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Daniel Johns, the head of adaptation for the Committee on Climate Change, an independent British government advisory body, said spending on flood control was important, but not a solution.
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At the same time, the Philippine National Aids Council, an advisory body to the executive, has asked President Rodrigo Duterte to issue an executive order allowing testing for minors.
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The council is an advisory body in the Netherlands composed of members of the royal family and other members appointed by the crown — once again, roles occupied by women.
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The UK government has been encouraged by its own advisory body to cut net greenhouse-gas emissions to zero by 2050 – among the most ambitious national targets to date.
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He has a sociology degree from Beijing's prestigious Renmin University and is a delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), an important advisory body to the government.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian state advisory body recommended on Monday that a Cairo court uphold a ruling that annulled an agreement giving Saudi Arabia control of two Red Sea islands.
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Members of parliament and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Communist Party's largely ceremonial advisory body, are encouraged to submit suggestions for future legislation during the current Parliament session.
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Another report, by the Venice Commission, an advisory body to the Council of Europe, concluded that the new constitution that Mr Erdogan is pushing for is a manual for autocracy.
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Dutch government announced on Wednesday a carbon tax for companies after a top advisory body said current plans to cut emissions will fall short of targets.
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"Australia needs China, China needs Australia," said Mr. Ye, who was in Beijing as a delegate to the annual Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body to the government.
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Despite occasional pledges from officials to make parliament and its largely ceremonial advisory body that meets in parallel more open to foreign media and their questions, there is little spontaneity.
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He will become chair of the State Council, currently an advisory body largely made up of regional governors, but which Putin wants to enshrine in the constitution with greater powers.
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The season encompasses the two meetings of the National People's Congress — China's largely rubber-stamp parliament — and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, a largely ceremonial advisory body.
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The National Statistical Commission, a government-funded advisory body that checks the quality of official data, should have complete autonomy to improve data standards, said current and former commission members.
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However, better transport links alone are unlikely to redress the productivity gap, according to the report by the government's Industrial Strategy Council, an advisory body of academics, business and community groups.
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The situation in Ukraine now seems to be turning into "a stone around the neck", says Fyodor Lukyanov of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy, a Russian government advisory body.
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Britain could save £5 billion ($2003 billion) a year by 2050 if it invests now in technology to capture and store emissions underground, a government advisory body report said on Monday.
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In March, Hurun said the combined fortune of the wealthiest members of the country's Parliament and its advisory body amounts to $500 billion, just below the annual economic output of Sweden.
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Chu plans to propose a democratic reform of the powerful Heung Yee Kuk, a statutory advisory body established in 1926 and made up of representatives of the New Territories' rural committees.
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Analysts said that while CTFE Chairman Henry Cheng was a member of the People's Political Consultative Conference, China's political advisory body, the Alinta deal was not expected to face regulatory problems.
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As many as 7,100 fast charging points are needed by 2020, according to the National Electric Mobility Platform, an advisory body which includes executives from the car, engineering and utility industries.
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The National People's Congress, the country's legislature, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body, are meeting in Beijing in an annual event called the lianghui, or two sessions.
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In March, Hurun said the combined fortune of the wealthiest members of the country's Parliament and its advisory body amounted to $500 billion, just below the annual economic output of Sweden.
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A report last year from the High Council for Gender Equality, a governmental advisory body, estimated that it would take at least 500 million euros annually to effectively reduce domestic violence.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fund managers who perform poorly face being locked out of Australia's A$2.6 trillion ($1.96 trillion) pension industry if recommendations from the government's top economic advisory body are implemented.
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Hajji Mirajan, a member of the district shura, or government advisory body, in Sangin, said he did not understand why the soldiers had left, as no major attack had been underway.
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The declaration — officially called a Public Health Emergency of International Concern — serves notice to all United Nations member states that the world's top health advisory body rates the situation as serious.
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Local governments, financial institutions, stakeholders and suppliers are keeping such zombie firms alive to protect their own interests, said Ge, who is also a member of China's top political advisory body.
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The committee consists of 22012,1503 members from various broad groupings, including industry, labor groups, religious organizations, and Hong Kong representatives to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a Communist Party advisory body.
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Sun Huaishan had been a top member of an advisory body to the mostly rubber stamp parliament, and head of its Committee for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Compatriots and Overseas Chinese.
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The focus of a briefing paper issued by the commission, an advisory body appointed by Congress and the White House to monitor liberty of conscience, is not on violent extremism as such.
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Washington-based U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly also pointed out that the commission was an advisory body that does not have legal authority to compel states to hand over the data.
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Bannon, a longtime critic of the NSC who used his White House tenure to try to create a shadow national security advisory body for Trump, said Bolton better understands the President's agenda.
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In addition, the Russian State Council, which Putin established as an advisory body, would be transformed from what is currently more of a talking shop into a body with some legislative power.
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" Speaking to the South China Morning Post Sunday, political advisory body delegate Tam Yiu-chung said the mention of Hong Kong independence by Li shows that "Beijing is very concerned about the problem.
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Meanwhile, the Commission on Countering Extremism, a powerful advisory body, recently asked everybody with an interest in the topic to offer submissions that will help its deliberations on how extremism should be defined.
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His remarks to the Shura Council, a top advisory body to the government, will encompass domestic and foreign policy, SPA said, and they will be his first public comments since the Khashoggi killing.
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SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's two biggest miners on Thursday backed calls for an indigenous advisory body in parliament, saying Prime Minister Scott Morrison's opposition to the proposal did not "stand up to scrutiny".
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SHANGHAI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The advisory body of China's parliament has accepted the resignation from the body of JD.com Chief Executive Richard Liu for "personal reasons", China's state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday.
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At a meeting of Nigeria's top economic advisory body to discuss the currency - Emefiele said everything was "under control" and called for "patience", according to a deputy state governor who attended the session.
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China will get even better at telling its story to the world due to its "innovative application of communication means and technology," said Guo Weimin, a spokesman for parliament's largely ceremonial advisory body.
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Members of the Shura Council, a government advisory body, have criticized the housing ministry for slow progress in solving the problem and fulfilling citizens' aspirations, questioning the number of land plots handed over.
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But Rajoy, in a speech at his center-right People's Party (PP) Madrid headquarters, derided the idea and the Catalan parliament's own legal advisory body said it was not possible without changing the law.
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An advisory body to the Council of Europe, of which Turkey is a member, acknowledged in a report "the need for certain extraordinary steps taken by Turkish authorities to face a dangerous armed conspiracy".
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During his reign in the 17th century and 18th century, Russian Tsar Peter the Great introduced what was known as the Secret Council, which was meant to be an advisory body to the emperor.
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THE HAGUE, March 13 (Reuters) - Measures to fight climate change being considered by the Dutch government will not be enough to meet its emission reduction goals, the government's top advisory body said on Wednesday.
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One Beijing-based Asian diplomat, citing conversations with Chinese officials, said Hu could be sent to take over the high-profile but largely ceremonial advisory body to parliament, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
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"Certain events" had cast a shadow over debate at the meetings, said Jiang Hong, a delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a government advisory body which opened its annual session on Thursday.
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A few years ago at this time, the Shanghai-based Hurun Report said that the net worth of the richest delegates to the National People's Congress and its advisory body amounted to $463.8 billion.
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"I get annoyed with the West telling us the changes are cosmetic," Hoda Abdulrahman al-Helaissi, one of the first female members of the Shura Council, an advisory body to the king, told me.
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Financial website Maaal reported in July that the Shura Council, a top advisory body to the government, had submitted proposed new rules to the royal court for approval by the cabinet, citing unnamed sources.
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"Two sessions" itself is Beijing jargon -- it stands for the back-to-back meetings of the National People's Congress, the country's rubber-stamp legislature, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference -- an advisory body.
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Bahrain accuses Shi'ite Iran of fomenting violence in the kingdom - a charge Tehran denies - and a senior government advisory body allowed for the military trial of civilians suspected of attacking security forces on Sunday.
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New presidents with little experience in the executive branch often idealistically believe they can use the Cabinet better than their predecessors, either through greater delegation or by relying on it as an advisory body.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Dutch government's top advisory body on Wednesday called for a clearer explanation from the minister of economic affairs and climate policy regarding how natural gas extraction at Groningen will be ended.
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Concerns facial analysis technology may be more likely to misidentify women and ethnic minorities were also raised in February in a report by an expert advisory body to the government on biometrics and forensics ethics.
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Saud Humaid Assubayii, security affairs committee chairman at Saudi Arabia's Shura Council, an appointed advisory body, told Reuters he too expected Gulf Arab officials would wait to see what stance Trump will take on Syria.
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Around the world - The fortunes of the richest 100 members of China's parliament and its advisory body - all billionaires - grew about 64 percent in the four years since Xi Jinping rose to power in 2013.
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To be on course to meet this goal, the Committee on Climate Change, an independent advisory body, says that Britain's aviation sector needs to cap its emissions at 37.5m tonnes of the gas a year.
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The CPPCC, the mainland's top political advisory body, is branded as a type of consultative democracy, in which the body's 2,200 members, who come from various private-sector and cultural backgrounds, share suggestions with policymakers.
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The abbot of Longquan Temple on the outskirts of Beijing, who is also a member of the Communist Party's top political advisory body, has denied accusations of harassing and demanding sexual favors from several nuns.
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Yang Jie, an imam from Xinjiang, told the same advisory body on Monday that some adherents had poor "religious and civic awareness", which made them vulnerable to "the temptation and incitement of religious extremist forces".
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BUENOS AIRES, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Argentine economy grew "close to 2.8 percent" last year, Guido Sandleris, head of the advisory body to the Treasury Ministry, told a gathering of Japanese business leaders on Monday.
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"We should therefore focus on integration rather than on the interests of Hong Kong," said Choi, who is also a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the top advisory body to China's parliament.
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Efforts to teach minority peoples Mandarin are "not up to scratch" in various places, said Zhu, who is head of the minorities and religions committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body.
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An advisory body to the British government concluded this month that two HNB products already on the market in Britain, although unhealthy, contained between 50% and 90% fewer harmful or potentially harmful substances than cigarettes.
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United Arab Emirates federation president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan said Saturday that women will account for half of the country's semi-elected advisory body after it is renewed in 2019, according to Reuters.
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"What often is passed off as competition is more accurately described as persistent marketing and brand activity designed to promote a blizzard of barely differentiated products," the advisory body said in the 680-page report.
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Mr. Lü, 50, a former bank manager who belongs to a political advisory body controlled by the Communist Party, said he ventured to Uganda after a chance meeting with the country's consul general in Guangzhou.
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Ben Casselman GOVERNMENT More than 3,000 officials from across China will gather in Beijing at the end of the week for the annual twin sessions of the country's top advisory body and the country's Legislature.
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"This is a lie and not true," said Mohsen Rezaee, the secretary of the Iran's Expediency Discernment Council -- an advisory body to Iran's Supreme Leader, according to the semi-official Iran Labor News Agency (ILNA).
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"This is a lie and not true," said Mohsen Rezaee, the secretary of the Iran's Expediency Discernment Council -- an advisory body to Iran's Supreme Leader, according to the semi-official Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA).
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Arvind Panagariya, who also heads the government's main economic advisory body, also said that the strength of the Indian rupee against many currencies had contributed to the weak export performance of Asia's third-largest economy.
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Labor, the main opposition party, supports the idea of an advisory body with a constitutional underpinning, to protect it from what Linda Burney, its shadow minister for indigenous affairs, calls the "whim of any government".
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The NPC meeting is part of the so-called annual "Two Sessions" season as it runs concurrently with a meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference — however, this advisory body has no legislative power.
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The EPA said John Christy, an atmospheric science professor at the University of Alabama, was among the new appointees to the advisory body, which now numbers 45 people and includes several appointees from past administrations.
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Its advisory body said in a non-binding report on Monday that parliament's rules allowed a president to be appointed without them being present only in the event of "hospitalization, serious illness or an extended disability".
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Projet Montréal is now also accusing the mayor's office of lack of transparency, saying that officials did not show policymakers a report by the city's heritage advisory body that is "highly critical" of the granite seats.
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After three inconclusive meetings in recent weeks, the Central Archaeological Council, an advisory body, recommended on Tuesday that about 30 hectares (74 acres) of the 620-hectare plot under the project be declared an archaeological site.
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Like all media outlets in China, its right to publish is conferred by having a "supervisory institution" as a formal backer (Caixin's is an official publishing house controlled by an advisory body to the national parliament).
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The International Auschwitz Council, an advisory body to the office of the Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, said on Friday the bill's imprecision raised "legitimate concerns about restricting freedom in discovering the truth about the Holocaust".
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In the past, the board has acted as little more than an advisory body, but under the 1934 law that established the central bank it has the ability to possess real teeth and force policy change.
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The Shura Council, a top advisory body to the government, recently approved the new regulations and submitted them to the royal court for approval by the cabinet over the coming period, Maaal said, citing unnamed sources.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's plans for a judicial overhaul would be likely to undermine the independence of magistrates and sap public confidence in the judiciary, the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters said on Friday.
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SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australia's financial regulator has failed to stimulate competition in the country's finance sector, creating an environment that promotes record profits over the interests of customers, the government's chief economic advisory body said.
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The committee will serve as an advisory body to make suggestions to improve reforms in fields such as education, health, agriculture, investment and taxation, said the monarch in a speech marking twenty years of his rule.
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands - one of the European Union's biggest polluters - looks set to miss its own target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, its main environmental advisory body said on Friday.
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Xuecheng, who heads the Buddhist Association of China and serves on a political advisory body to the central government, is the latest high-profile man to fall under scrutiny as China&aposs #MeToo movement accumulates momentum.
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"This could very well be the best opportunity to confront China's predatory and protectionist policies," said Michael Wessel, a member of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, an advisory body created by Congress.
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RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Shura Council, an influential advisory body to the government, will vote on a proposal to merge the religious police into the ministry of Islamic affairs, local media reported, further curbing the force's authority.
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The nation's highest legal advisory body, the Law Commission of India, put out a survey to Indian citizens in October 2016, asking about various ways to reform family laws and specifically whether or not to ban talaq.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China will expel former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei from a high profile though largely ceremonial advisory body to parliament, state media reported, after the Chinese government put him under investigation for bribery and other violations.
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A study carried out by the National Nuclear Laboratory, a government owned and operated advisory body, said Britain could host up to 7 gigawatts (GW) of SMR capacity by 2035, more than double the capacity of Hinkley.
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The Council of Europe's advisory body has said reforms of Poland's constitutional court pose a danger to the rule of law in the European Union member state, dealing another blow to the eurosceptic Warsaw government's legal changes.
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The advisory body suggests that a dramatic reduction in the consumption of cow and sheep products could release up to 7 million hectares of grassland, which could instead be planted to create forests and help store carbon.
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Moreover, a report into Britain's drug laws—to be published later this year by the government's own drug advisory body, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs—looks set to back decriminalization as an effective policy.
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The Council of Europe's Venice Commission, an advisory body on constitutional matters, is due to deliver an opinion later on Friday on the reforms, which have already come under fire from the European Union and rights groups.
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LJUBLJANA, March 17 (Reuters) - Slovenia will probably have to shelve plans to keep public finances balanced in the medium term due to the economic blow wrought by the coronavirus outbreak, a government advisory body said on Tuesday.
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Early last month, Greece's Central Archaeological Council, an advisory body, proposed declaring everything within the limits of the ancient city of Piraeus — most of which overlaps with the modern-day port and commercial center — an archaeological site.
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The decision on Wednesday by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani marks a revival of plans for partial election to the Shura Council, the top advisory body to the government, that have been delayed for several years.
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" The W.H.O. quickly fired back, saying it was "not limiting access to vaccine but rather implementing a strategy recommended by an independent advisory body of experts and as agreed with the government of the D.R.C. and partners.
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Zhou was China's longest-running central bank chief, staying on past retirement age after he was appointed a vice chairman of the top advisory body to parliament in 2013, a move that made him a national leader.
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In an annual address to the Shura Council advisory body he reiterated that Saudi Arabia did not seek war with Iran, which he blamed for the attacks, but said the kingdom would not hesitate to defend itself.
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While the Dutch intelligence agency AIVD has issued several warnings this year about Chinese and Russian spying, a key advisory body last week said the Dutch should follow Britain and Germany's lead and not exclude Huawei completely.
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Asked about criticism that China was seeking "infiltration" of the West, Wang Guoqing, a spokesman for parliament's largely ceremonial advisory body which meets in parallel with the legislature, dismissed it as a new word "concocted" to besmirch China.
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary should not pass legislation making people or organizations providing help to illegal immigrants liable to jail, before the Council of Europe's advisory body gives its opinion on the bill on Friday, it said on Monday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Britain rose by 11 percent in the first six months of the year reflecting a worrying trend of intolerance across the country, a Jewish advisory body said on Thursday.
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BEIJING, June 26 (Reuters) - China will steadily push forward with destocking in the property market, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Monday, citing a report made by Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli to the country's political advisory body.
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PARIS (Reuters) - There are no legal reasons not to give single women and lesbian couples access to medically-assisted reproduction, the top state advisory body on judicial matters will tell the French government, Le Figaro reported on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress should enact legislation that would suspend the special economic status Hong Kong enjoys under U.S. law should China deploy forces to crush protests in the territory, a congressional advisory body said on Thursday.
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In March 2015, the Hong Kong government appointed Lau Ming-wai, 35, as chairman of the Commission on Youth, an advisory body on youth development that also sponsors exchange trips to mainland China and internships with Chinese companies.
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Aston hopes to encourage more women buyers with its new offering and has received input from a female advisory body on the choice of certain features such as separate central arm rests and the design of the glovebox.
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The Venice Commission, a European legal advisory body, followed the government's reasoning to an extent: it said ensuring transparency of civil-society organisations to prevent undue foreign political influence, money-laundering and financing of terrorism was, in principle, legitimate.
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Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China, made the comment in response to reporters' questions following a session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress, a political advisory body currently meeting in Beijing alongside China's legislature.
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The allegations against Xuecheng, who also heads the Buddhist Association of China and is a member of the Communist Party's top political advisory body, were outlined in a 95-page document prepared by two former monks at the monastery.
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The remarks on Thursday by Wang Guoqing, spokesman for the country's top political advisory body, came after a US aircraft carrier group was sent to the disputed waters, and the PLA Navy staged combat exercises in the Western Pacific.
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There is the security that grips Beijing during the "two sessions", the simultaneous gatherings of the legislature and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body stuffed with business bosses, academics, sports stars, religious leaders and other grandees.
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Hafiz Pasha, a former head of an official economic advisory body, argues that the PML-N has undermined the benefits of the new plants by obliging industry to subsidise other power consumers through a series of surcharges and taxes.
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WARSAW (Reuters) - The Council of Europe's advisory body has said reforms of Poland's constitutional court pose a danger to the rule of law in the European Union member state, dealing another blow to the eurosceptic Warsaw government's legal changes.
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"Anti-China forces in the West are trying to continue to influence China's social stability and even subvert our country's political power through Christianity, and it is doomed to fail," he said, speaking to parliament's largely ceremonial advisory body.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress should compel Chinese companies to disclose their ties to the Chinese government and prevent them from listing on U.S. stock exchanges unless they meet U.S. audit requirements, a congressional advisory body said on Thursday.
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The Committee on Climate Change, an independent advisory body, recommended how the latest cap should be set in November 2015—back when many thought Britain voting to leave the EU was about as likely as the queen renouncing tea.
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The first is held right after the end of the party's five-yearly national congress to unveil the new Politburo and its Standing Committee; the second proposes the list of candidates for government, legislature and political advisory body leaders.
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China is due to hold its "two sessions" — a yearly gathering of the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's rubber-stamp parliament, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Process (CPPCC), the Communist Party's main advisory body — from March 3.
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BEIJING — It's that time again, when more than 21950,000 delegates to China's National People's Congress and its advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meet in Beijing to endorse legislation and discuss government plans for the coming year.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China could build as many as 30 overseas nuclear reactors through its involvement in the "Belt and Road" initiative over the next decade, a senior industry official told a meeting of China's political advisory body this week.
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For example, Asgardia's leader was given the right to dissolve parliament and significant control over the powerful Supreme Space Council, a kind of advisory body which plays a key role in determining who the next head of nation will be.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The number of anti-Semitic incidents logged in Britain last year hit record levels yet again amid accusations the opposition Labour Party had failed to tackle the issue within its ranks, a Jewish advisory body said on Thursday.
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The bank, which is still 62% owned by the taxpayer, has faced resistance from the Investment Association (IA), which has 200 members collectively managing over £7.7 trillion ($103 trillion) in assets, along with shareholder society ShareSoc and shareholder advisory body PIRC.
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Olav Jones, deputy director general of Insurance Europe, an industry body, said insurers' extensive testing, which was coordinated by the European Union's advisory body on accounting, highlighted important issues with the standard and the need for a two-year delay.
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Separately, the government's top advisory body on the protection of antiquities recommended on Tuesday that only 30 hectares (74 acres) of the 620-hectare plot under the project be declared an archaeological site, according to sources close to the process.
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But a rice-centric policy that began in the 1960s during the socialist era led people to grow and consume more, said Tin Htut Oo, who has worked in the agricultural ministry and chaired an advisory body to the government.
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The Shura Council, a top advisory body to the government, approved regulations on Wednesday to prohibit marriage for girls and boys under 15, and those under 18 will need approval from a specialized court, according to council member Lina Almaeena.
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Regina Ip, a member of the Hong Kong government's leading advisory body and a former security chief, said despite "dangerous provocations" from some protesters, there was no appetite among Beijing or Hong Kong leaders for the PLA to become involved.
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These three proposals by delegates at the annual sessions of the National People's Congress, the country's legislature, and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body, which just concluded, received the most support from Chinese Internet users in an unofficial poll.
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As political leaders gathered in Beijing for the annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a government advisory body, officials once again raised the idea of imposing national standards on halal food, which have been under consideration since 2002.
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So far we understand that the anonymization and aggregation process will be undertaken before data is transferred by operators to a Commission science and research advisory body, called the Joint Research Centre (JRC) — which will perform the data analytics and modelling.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic broke the law by refusing to take in asylum seekers coming to the European Union during the chaotic summer of 2015, an advisory body to the bloc's highest court said on Thursday.
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The appointment of a former pharmaceutical lobbyist to the National Institute on Drug Abuse's top advisory body has outraged recovery advocates, who see the industry as responsible for the nationwide overdose crisis that claimed more than 123,212 lives last year.
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Tokayev, who took over the former Soviet republic in March when Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned after almost 30 years in power, announced his plans at a meeting of the National Council of Public Trust, an advisory body he established this year.
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He also said the initial public offering of state oil giant Saudi Aramco will allow investors inside and outside the country to take part and will create thousands of jobs, in an annual address to the Shura Council advisory body.
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The move, combined with Kalanick's membership in U.S. President Donald Trump's economic advisory council, fueled perceptions that the company endorsed Trump's immigration policy; Kalanick later clarified that he opposed the executive order, and then stood down from Trump's advisory body.
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For a three-year period, a team of researchers from Peking University and Fudan University sampled air quality in 803 cities before and after the annual showpiece meeting of China's parliament and top advisory body in March, known locally as the two sessions.
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This week, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), an advisory body to the National Organics Program within the US Department of Agriculture, is meeting in St. Louis to discuss whether hydroponic and aquaponic farms should continue to be eligible for USDA organic certification.
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Last month the main advisory body to the parliament in Beijing urged its members from Hong Kong to visit schools in the territory to talk about "national conditions" (or the party's achievements, as many in the territory interpret that phrase to mean).
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"Lot of respect for NTSB, but [the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration] regulates cars, not NTSB, which is an advisory body," he tweeted in April following a story that the agency was unhappy with the company's comments on the March Model X crash.
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Oakland's grew out of its privacy commission, a nine-member advisory body to the city council formally established in 2016, after citizens resisted its plan to introduce a domain-awareness system similar to the one Microsoft and the NYPD built in New York.
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In 2014, following the success of "My Love from the Star," China's political advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress (CPPC) lamented the fact that China could not produce as big a hit of its own, reported The Washington Post then.
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Among the contentious topics discussed in their writings are the country's Privy Council, an advisory body handpicked by the king that oversees key military and judiciary appointments reportedly to protect royal interests, and a lack of transparency over the royal family's wealth.
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The Energy and Climate Change Select Committee said the government should endorse the fifth carbon budget (2028-2032) to cut emissions by 57 percent on 1990 levels by 2030, as set out by advisory body the Committee on Climate Change last year.
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" The Venice Commission, the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters, said on Friday that changes made to Romania's criminal code and procedures "seriously weaken the effectiveness of its criminal justice system to fight corruption offences, violent crimes and organized criminality.
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Inside, Chinese journalists were mingling with delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body to the central government whose annual session opened later in the day, ahead of the National People's Congress, the country's legislature, which convenes on Saturday.
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The bill was brought to a meeting of the Executive Council, a top advisory body, right before a three-day Chinese New Year holiday, and was approved with virtually no discussion, said a person familiar with the council's deliberations who insisted on anonymity.
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"Traditionally the (financial) conference is presided by the premier, but this time, not only was the big boss (Xi) there, people from the anti-corruption watchdog and the parliament advisory body were there too," said a person who follows Chinese regulatory developments.
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The government and businesses have stressed the positive economic impact of the train for Hong Kong, but neither the government's Hong Kong Tourism Commission nor the Hong Kong Tourism Board, a government supported promotion and advisory body, could provide any detailed impact studies.
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Xu Youjun, vice-chairman of the Shenzhen division of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a government advisory body, said Shenzhen owed its success not to the government or the Communist Party but to its policy of allowing people to go "beyond the planned economy".
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Proposals to fight climate change put forward in recent months will cost the Netherlands around 5.2 billion euros ($6 billion) over the next decade, but will fall short in achieving a 49 percent CO2 emission reduction goal by 2030, the CPB advisory body said.
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Proposals to fight climate change put forward in recent months will cost the Netherlands around 21 billion euros ($20.8857 billion) over the next decade, but will fall short in achieving a 49 percent CO2 emission reduction goal by 2030, the CPB advisory body said.
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The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI), an advisory body set up by the government in 2018, released a 121-page report on Tuesday calling on London to implement new rules on how social media firms target users with posts, videos and ads.
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Britain's economy is slowing precisely at a time when the country will need to invest the equivalent of at least 1 percent of its gross domestic product to meet its net-zero target, according to the Committee on Climate Change, a government advisory body.
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Serbia's economy grew 0.8 percent last year and the government forecasts it will grow by 1.8 percent in 2016, but unless the country continues reforms and attracts investment, it will be condemned to slow growth and high deficits, a top fiscal advisory body has warned.
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While Chinese President Xi Jinping has led a crackdown on corruption and made the fight against poverty a priority, representatives of the NPC and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), an advisory body to the government, include some of the communist-ruled country's wealthiest businessmen.
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"Firstly, the overall money supply must be controlled, and the printing of money cannot be excessive," the Securities Times quoted Yang as saying on the sidelines of an annual meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Communist Party's largely ceremonial advisory body to parliament.
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SINGAPORE, Aug 14 (Reuters) - India's Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC), which is a strategic think-tank and advisory body set up by the government of the southern state of Kerala, is looking to use liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel in the fishing sector.
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"As long as the share of dinar securities in the country's debt is low, weakening of the dinar to the euro or the dollar will be considered as a great fiscal risk," Serbia's top economic advisory body, the Fiscal Council, wrote in its monthly report this week.
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A key part of the plans would beef up the powers of the State Council, a largely ceremonial advisory body led by Putin, leading Russia watchers to speculate that Putin is preparing to extend his influence over the country when his current presidential term ends in 2024.
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Yi Gang, vice governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), said the yuan's inclusion in the basket of currencies comprising the Special Drawing Rights, or SDR, has brought "profound changes" for the currency, according to a newspaper owned by political advisory body the China's People's Political Consultative Conference.
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Documents reviewed by Reuters that have not been disclosed until now, as well as interviews with local experts, show that key recommendations made by a Philippines Department of Health (DOH) advisory body of doctors and pharmacologists were not heeded before the program was rolled out to 22016,22016 children.
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As a delegate to the annual session of a Communist Party advisory body in 2012, he gave an interview with The New York Times in which he questioned the ability of government-run cultural centers known as the Confucius Institutes to promote Chinese culture and China's image to foreigners.
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According to the Hurun Report, a research organization in Shanghai that tracks the wealthy in China, the net worth of the 153 members of China's Parliament and its advisory body that it deems "super rich" amounts to $650 billion, up by nearly a third from a year ago.
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Well known in China for his monuments to historical and cultural figures, as well as his flowing mane of hair and cravats, Mr. Wu, 55, is the director of the National Museum of China and holds a seat in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a government advisory body.
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The South Asian country's Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC), which is a think-tank and advisory body set up by the government of the southern state of Kerala, issued an expression of interest (EOI) this week for a pilot project to use LNG to fuel a fishing boat.
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Despite the challenges they face, tribes who choose to take control of their own health care systems have tended to see improvement in their hospitals, said Lynn Malerba, chief of the Mohegan Tribe and chairwoman of the Tribal Self Governance Advisory Committee, an advisory body to the Indian Health Service.
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Khalifa Hifter, whose forces control much of the country's east; Khalid Mishri, the newly elected head of the High Council of State, which is an advisory body to the Government of National Accord led by Mr. Sarraj; and Aguila Saleh Issa, the speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives.
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The Productivity Commission, the Australian government's key policy-advisory body, recently called for a fundamental change in approach: knowing more about what works and why and using such evidence to design policies that achieve positive outcomes, with positive being defined by the aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples, not just by government.
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One topline development is that the UK plans to establish "the world's first national advisory body for artificial intelligence" with the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation will set standards for the use and ethics of AI and data, with the aim to lay the groundwork for "practical development" in the field.
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Wang Jianlin, a longtime Communist Party member, was a delegate to the 2007 congress that chose the next generation of party leaders, including Mr. Xi. From 2008 to 2013, he was a member of the standing committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a high-level advisory body to China's legislature.
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Lau Siu-kai, a former Hong Kong official who is now vice chairman of an elite Beijing's advisory body, the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macau Studies, said the appointment showed that the national government was committed to cracking down hard on any threat to China's control over the semiautonomous territory.
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Lawmakers voted on Friday against an amendment that would have revived the Office of Technology Assessment, a tech advisory body created by an Act of Congress in 1972 that provided lawmakers with detailed and unbiased research on science and tech issues to help inform their decisions until it was killed in 1995 by lawmakers.
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Then on March 11th the Venice Commission, an advisory body to the Council of Europe (which predates the European Union and is the guardian of the European Convention on Human Rights) released a report saying that some of the changes were a threat not just to rule of law, but to democracy and human rights.
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Candidates from less affluent backgrounds in Britain are being shut out of investment banking jobs, particularly those involving meeting clients in corporate finance, because of their dress, their accent and their manner of speech, according to the report released by the Social Mobility Commission, an advisory body created by the British government in 2010.
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To some, Mr. Putin's revision of the Constitution suggests a strategy to replicate the prolonged rule in China of Mr. Deng, who stepped down from the Communist Party's ruling Politburo Standing Committee in 1987 but retained his position as the country's paramount leader through his leadership of an advisory body made up of party elders.
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But Putin's plan to give constitutional status to the state council, a top advisory body to the president he created in 2000, and transfer more power to parliament, including naming the country's prime minister, could be a path for him to maintain significant influence in a different capacity once this presidential term is finished.
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Which is why fishermen, Alaska native tribes, local municipalities, tourism businesses, our congressional delegation and thousands of individual Alaska residents have been clamoring for the State Department to refer this issue to the International Joint Commission, an American and Canadian advisory body established in 1909 to ensure that neither country pollutes the waters of the other.
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Now the patient data safety advisory body to the UK government, the National Data Guardian (NDG), has weighed in with an opinion that there was — contrary to DeepMind's repeat insistence — no lawful basis for the data transfer of 1.6 million patients' medical records to the Google-owned company during a development / piloting phase of the app.
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Instead, the bill ensures that the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI)—an advisory body made up of stakeholders across the higher education system that approves the accreditors—would regularly evaluate the effectiveness of both the measures and performance benchmarks each accreditor sets and then compare each accreditor's measures and benchmarks to their peer institutions.
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Dr. Régis Aubry, the head of palliative care at the Besançon hospital and a member of a governmental advisory body on bioethics issues, said there were about 1,500 to 1,700 people in France in a state similar to Mr. Lambert's, but that requests to cease artificial hydration and nutrition were rare, and that in a majority of cases families and doctors came to an agreement on end-of-life decisions.
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