The Trust was established in 2007 and seeks to provide a stimulus to civil society both in the UK and in emerging democracies overseas by creating new opportunities for citizens to exchange ideas and opinions in open, face-to-face debate.

Their troops had been fighting side by side — sometimes spontaneously — in skirmishes overseas since 1859, and the two democracies shared a common bond of sacrifice in World War I.

I would hope that we could create the recognition in the Department and overseas that those who come across little things going wrong have the responsibility for bringing these to the attention of those who can do something about them.

Excluding those princesses who have married into overseas Roman Catholic royal families, only one member of the Royal Family ( that is, with the style of Royal Highness ) has converted to Roman Catholicism since the passage of the act: the Duchess of Kent, wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.

Developed into its present form in Italy, ( where it is called bocce, the plural of the Italian word boccia which means " bowl "), it is played around Europe and also in overseas areas that have received Italian migrants, including Australia, North America, and South America ( where it is known as bochas ; bolas criollas in Venezuela, bocha ( the sport ) in Brazil ), initially among the migrants themselves but slowly becoming more popular with their descendants and the wider community.

Instead many Canadian companies have focused their exploration and expansion activities overseas where prices are lower and governments more accommodating.

The Cayman Islands are a Caribbean British overseas territory that have been under various governments since their discovery by Europeans.

Due to their status as an overseas territory of the UK, the Cayman Islands have no representation either on the United Nations, or in most other international organizations.

The CNP worked to preserve the identity of Cornwall and improve its economy, and encouraged links with Cornish people overseas and with other regions which have distinct identities.

There have been airport improvements at various centres providing improved connections to markets and destinations in the rest of North America and overseas.

These were built by the various Greek city states — those overseas as well as those on the mainland — to commemorate victories and to thank the oracle for her advice, which was thought to have contributed to those victories.

The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have formed a ( an overseas territory ) of France since 1955.

For this, a number of stations have been established in the UK and overseas.

It is the oldest overseas U. S. Navy Base, and the only one in a country with which the United States does not have diplomatic relations.

In her book, Kelley touches on customs that arrived from across the Atlantic ; " Americans have fostered them, and are making this an occasion something like what it must have been in its best days overseas.

The Dodd-Frank Act, passed in the US in 2010, will have several key implications for overseas hedge funds.

The peregrine praetor ( literally-the traveling judge ) within the next ten days after this law is passed by the people or plebs shall provide for the selection of 450 persons in this State who have or have had a knight's census ... provided that he does not select a person who is or has been plebeian tribune, quaestor, triumvir capitalis, military tribune in any of the first four legions, or triumvir for granting and assigning lands, or who is or has been in the Senate, or who has fought or shall fight as a gladiator for hire ... or who has been condemned by the judicial process and a public trial whereby he cannot be enrolled in the Senate, or who is less than thirty or more than sixty years of age, or who does not have his residence in the city of Rome or within one mile of it, or who is the father, brother, or son of any above-described magistrate, or who is the father, brother, or son of a person who is or has been a member of the Senate, or who is overseas.

Wright also speculates that the CIA may have been protecting intelligence operations overseas, and might have been eying Mihdhar and Hazmi as recruitment targets to obtain intelligence on al-Qaeda, although the CIA was not authorized to operate in the United States and might have been leaving them for Saudi intelligence to recruit.

In all the fleet would have five squadrons of eight battleships, twelve large cruisers and thirty small, plus additional cruisers for overseas duties.

While there have been specific cases in which FBI agents have Mirandized suspects overseas at both Bagram and in other situations, in order to preserve the quality of evidence obtained, there has been no overall policy change with respect to detainees.

Irredentism should not be confused with claims to overseas colonies, which are not generally considered part of the national homeland.

A main point to note is while " Mother Tongue " generally refers to the first language ( L1 ) overseas, in Singapore, it is used by the Ministry of Education to denote the second language ( L2 ).

When small cargoes such as pencils are shipped overseas, they are generally not carried one at a time.

Whereas American culture posits the notion of the " melting-pot " and cultural diversity, the expression " French culture " tends to refer implicitly to a specific geographical entity ( as, say, " metropolitan France ", generally excluding its overseas departments ) or to a specific historico-sociological group defined by ethnicity, language, religion and geography.

Although Mahan's influence on foreign powers has been generally recognized, only rather recently have scholars called attention to his role as significant in the growth of American overseas possessions, the rise of the new American navy, and the adoption of the strategic principles upon which it operated.

Occasionally, a protectorate was established by or exercised by the other form of indirect rule: a chartered company, which becomes a de facto state in its European home state ( but geographically overseas ), allowed to be an independent country which has its own foreign policy and generally its own armed forces.

It opposes the privatisation of state assets ( particularly to overseas buyers ), which aligned it with views generally found on the left of New Zealand politics.

Although generally well received in both America and overseas ( such as the United Kingdom, where it was broadcast on BBC One on Monday evenings ), the show was not renewed for another season, mostly due to the ratings not justifying the high cost of production.

There are some distinctive holidays that are celebrated in Hong Kong as a part of eastern culture, and not generally in western countries, except among certain overseas Chinese communities.

This applies to all categories of applicants-regardless of whether qualifying as a home student ( generally British and EU students ) or as an overseas student.

On English overseas tours, some of which in the 19th century were arranged and led by professional cricketer-promoters such as James Lillywhite, Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury, a more pragmatic approach generally prevailed.

Players are generally chosen from junior hockey teams, high schools, the NCAA and overseas clubs.

The data indicated that Australia charged generally higher, productivity was lower and services were less reliable than overseas.

Since their " rediscovery " in the 19th century, overseas Jewish communities generally have been indifferent toward the descendants of the Kaifeng Jews.

Peter Briggs is a British born and based director, producer, screenwriter, and concept artist ; hired generally by overseas Hollywood motion picture studios.

Shopping privileges are also generally extended in overseas locations to U. S. Government civilian employees and their dependents who are assigned overseas.

The outdoor events were generally held in forest environments around Victoria, Australia, with some events held in Queensland, Australia and overseas in New Caledonia.

It is commonly dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and contrasted with a later Early Modern Period ; the time during which the rise of humanism in the Italian Renaissance and the Reformation unfolded, are generally associated with the transition out of the Middle Ages, with European overseas expansion as a succeeding process, but such dates are approximate and based upon nuanced arguments.

" Harlanders " generally originated from northern England, south western England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and overseas, whilst " Yorkies " came from southern England.

The relatively relaxed pace of economic development in the twentieth century encouraged the immigration of retirees from overseas.

After decolonization, overseas Chinese were encouraged to regard themselves as citizens of their own nations rather than as part of the Chinese nationality.

The LDP government, through institutions such as Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ), encouraged Japanese industrial development overseas while restricting foreign companies ' business within the country.

During the more than two years that this policy was in place, no industrial research in Germany could take place, as any results would have been automatically available to overseas competitors who were encouraged by the occupation authorities to access all records and facilities.

Yet trade and a market economy, encouraged by the free-spending habits of the aristocracy, acquired new impetus both inland and overseas.

During the more than two years that this policy was in place, no industrial research in Germany could take place, as any results would have been automatically available to overseas competitors who were encouraged by the occupation authorities to access all records and facilities.

Like his friends, Taher began attending regular get-togethers at the Wilkes Barre apartment of Kamal Derwish, who had also grown up in the area, but had traveled overseas and spoke of fighting with the insurgency in Palestine and encouraged the friends to consider a Muslim's duty to defend the weak and innocent.

The region remained highly isolated until the introduction of regular river steamer services between it and Hobart in the 1880s-these were further encouraged by the tourist industry to Port Arthur that began when overseas steamships began to call into Hobart, also during the 1880s.

Following the death overseas of his older brother, Thomas Tunno Forbes, the Perkinses encouraged John Murray Forbes to travel to China, too.

For this reason all overseas projects are done in collaboration with a local NGO partner who is encouraged to take ownership of various projects and ultimately have no need EWB Canada's help and input.

Renewed interest since the late 1980s by overseas Chinese in root-seeking has been largely encouraged by the government of mainland China as a way of attracting foreign direct investment.

In the 1950s a new wave of Portuguese settlement in all of Portuguese Africa, including the overseas province of Angola, was encouraged by the ruling government of António de Oliveira Salazar.

Usually after two back-to-back overseas tours agents will be encouraged to return to the U. S. and serve in a Headquarters position before returning overseas as a Regional Security Officer.

During the more than two years that this policy was in place, no industrial research in Germany could take place, as any results would have been automatically available to overseas competitors who were encouraged by the occupation authorities to access all records and facilities.

In 1979 John Hatton, an independent politician claimed in the New South Wales Parliament that Askin and Hanson knew of and may have even encouraged the penetration of Australian crime by " overseas mobsters, gangsters and the Mafia ".

Other ministries include summer overseas mission trips where members are encouraged to participate in overseas missions to religiously intolerant countries like Thailand, Japan, Asia Minor, Cambodia, East Asia, Mongolia, Central Asia, Laos, South Africa and Hawaii for interstate mission.

The couple met when Christina, encouraged by the Vietnam War-protesting group she was traveling with, spat in the eye of the first soldier she saw returning from overseas.