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On accepting the honour he spoke in favour of Israel's existence, security, and freedoms while strongly attacking Hamas, as well as Israel's policies in Gaza, and the expansion of settlements, notable as the audience included political leaders such as Israeli President Shimon Peres and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.
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On 22 January 2009, Britannica's president, Jorge Cauz, announced that the company would be accepting edits and additions to the online Britannica website from the public.
On his accession to the imperial throne, Theodosius offered to confirm Demophilus as bishop of the imperial city on the condition of accepting the Nicene Creed ; however, Demophilus refused to abandon his Arian beliefs, and was immediately ordered to give up his churches and leave Constantinople.
On the other hand, Islamic law and the later common law " had no difficulty in accepting agency as one of its institutions in the field of contracts and of obligations in general ".
On March 26, 2007, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York followed suit and began accepting openly homosexual candidates for admission for their Rabbinical program.
On June 28, 1906, Standard Oil of Indiana was indicted on 6, 428 counts of violation of the Elkins Act for accepting rebates on shipments on the Chicago & Alton Railroad.
On February 18, 2011, a federal jury found Michael Ciavarella guilty of racketeering because of his involvement in accepting illegal payments from Robert Mericle, the developer of PA Child Care, and Attorney Robert Powell, a co-owner of the facility.
On February 25, Gnassingbé resigned as president, soon after accepting nomination to run for the office in April.
On May 20, 1992, both houses of Congress adopted concurrent resolutions accepting the 27th Amendment's unorthodox ratification process as having been successful and valid.
On the other hand, Gaines rejected a lucrative incentive package from Warner Brothers that would have been based on increased sales of Mad ; Gaines explained that the act of accepting the incentive would have falsely suggested that he was not already doing everything within his abilities to maximize the magazine's circulation.
On January 8, 2007, Scarpelli pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges for accepting money from developers in exchange for using his official position to obtain approval for development projects.
On July 18, 2006 the DOE proposed March 31, 2017 as the date to open the facility and begin accepting waste based on full funding.
On June 12, 2003, the dispute ended with the firefighters accepting a pay deal worth 16 percent over three years linked to changes to working conditions.
On 19 October 1730 he informed the Leipzig journal New Learned Works that he was still accepting further Praenumeration subscriptions, and rejected all accusations of plagiarism.
On 8 January 1820, Sheikh Rashid ibn Humayd Al Nuaimi signed the General Maritime Treaty with Britain, accepting a protectorate to keep the Ottoman Turks out.
On the second vote, it passed by a vote of 93-85, binding the Fulcrum to cease accepting ads from the Department of National Defence as of May 1, 2008.
On 7 October, just two days after a major national demonstration in Madrid to protest against the law, new Labor Minister Eduardo Zaplana announced an abrupt U-turn, accepting nearly all of the unions ' demands and leaving only the reform of the subsidy for farm laborers on the statute book.
On 8 January 1820, Sheikh Sultan I bin Saqr Al Qasimi signed the General Maritime Treaty with Britain, accepting protectorate status in order to resist Ottoman domination.
On March 30, 2009, however, Bennett shocked the Cougar faithful by accepting the head men's coaching position at the University of Virginia.
On the same day, the old airport became a general aviation and airbase facility, as well as was renamed to the current names and accepting J-AIR's headquarters and hub relocation from Hiroshima-Nishi Airport.
On October 19, 2009, the TPA published a press release indicating that other carriers were interested in using the airport and that it was accepting expressions of interest.
On 1 October, in a regular session of the Parliament Venizelos announced the declaration of war to Turkey and accepting the Cretan deputies, thus closing the Cretan Question, with the declaration of the union of Crete with Greece.
On accepting the deanery he offered to resign the living of Long Marston in favour of his friend John Donne, not yet in holy orders, but the offer was declined.
On winning the Jerusalem Prize, McEwan defended himself against criticism for accepting the prize in light of opposition to Israeli policies, saying " If you didn't go to countries whose foreign policy or domestic policy is screwed up, you'd never get out of bed ".
On accepting the Jerusalem Prize in 1987, Coetzee spoke of the limitations of art in South African society, whose structures had resulted in " deformed and stunted relations between human beings " and " a deformed and stunted inner life ".
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On August 21, 2009 it was announced that the institution had changed its name to Crandall University in honour of Rev.
On 30 June 1878, a feast had been arranged in Paris by official decision to honour the French Republic ( the event was commemorated in a painting by Claude Monet ).
On his release, however, Romanus found that enemies had placed their own candidate on the throne in his absence ; he surrendered to them and suffered death by torture, and the new ruler, Michael VII Ducas, refused to honour the treaty.
On April 12, 2011, she played live through video link for the audience of Jethro Tull's show in Russia in honour of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight.
On this day there are many programmes in schools & other institutions to honour the laborers.
On 3 May, Parliament decreed The Protestation, attacking the ' wicked counsels ' of Charles's government, whereby those who signed the petition undertook to defend ' the true reformed religion ', parliament, and the king's person, honour and estate.
On 5 June 2002, four Norwegian stamps were issued in honour of Abel two months before the bicentenary of his birth.
On his return to Rome, Nicholas was received with great honour by Pope Anastasius IV.
On the retirement of a Prime Minister who is Scottish, it is likely that the primarily Scottish honour of the Order of the Thistle will be used instead of the Order of the Garter, which is generally regarded as an English honour.
On learning the details of Scott's death, Amundsen is reported as saying, " I would gladly forgo any honour or money if thereby I could have saved Scott his terrible death ".
On the morning of the team's departure from Southampton, Grace responded to well-wishers by saying that his team " had a duty to perform to maintain the honour of English cricket, and to uphold the high character of English cricketers ".
On 7 July the Queen gave birth to a daughter, Louise Augusta ; and a proclamation commanded that a Te Deum in honour of the event should be sung in all the churches.
On 22 July 2006, a testimonial was played in his honour at the new stadium as Arsenal played his old club Ajax.
On the day of her funeral, 9 April, the Governor General of Canada issued a proclamation asking Canadians to honour her memory that day.
On 19 November 1793, the city changed its name to Hâvre de Marat and later Hâvre-Marat in honour of the recently deceased Jean-Paul Marat, who was seen as a martyr of the French Revolution.
On the NSK State website, the band states they have " been paid with uncommon honour " by this.
On 8 December 1741 Vitus Bering died on the uninhabited island near the Kamchatka Peninsula, which was later given the name Bering Island in his honour.
On 12 April 2000, the RUC was awarded the George Cross for bravery in dealing with terrorist threat, a rare honour which had only been awarded collectively once before, to the island nation of Malta.
On June 30, 2008, Canada Post issued a postage stamp in its " Canadians in Hollywood " series to honour Norma Shearer, along with others for Raymond Burr, Marie Dressler, and Chief Dan George.
On October 17, 2004, the $ 12. 6 million CAD Pierre Berton Resource Library, named in his honour, was opened in Vaughan, Ontario.
On 10 October 1980, Kaller's 100th birthday, Glemp celebrated a pontifical requiem in honour of Kaller in Frombork's Cathedral of Ss.
On 19 November 2004, the Hellenic Navy named its tenth Kortenaer class frigate in his honour as Nikiforos Fokas F-466 ( formerly HNLMS Bloys Van Treslong F-824 ).
On the 10th April, the anniversary of the consecration of her temple on the Palatine, her image was carried in procession to the Circus Maximus, and races were held in her honour.
On the Capitoline Hill and on the Tiber Island, temples were erected in his honour.
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