China was alone among the five declared nuclear powers in holding out for the right to use nuclear explosions for large-scale civil construction projects-a position rejected by almost all other negotiating states.
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China was alone among the five declared nuclear powers in holding out for the right to use nuclear explosions for large-scale civil construction projects _ a position rejected by almost all other negotiating states.
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The bankruptcy filing came the morning after Davis, in a statewide address, proposed relieving utilities'debts by giving them a share of a record rate increase approved last week by state regulators and by continuing to negotiate state acquisition of their transmission lines.
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With more than two thirds of the accession chapters opened, the country enjoys a widespread support among EU members'officials and is expected to conclude negotiations by 2019 . In its 2016 assessment of the accession progress, European Commission has identified Montenegro as having the highest level of preparation for membership among the negotiating states.
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The "'Unidroit convention on substantive rules for intermediated securities "', also known as the "'Geneva Securities Convention "', was adopted on 9 October 2009 . So far ( 26 February 2012 ), it has been signed by only one of the 40 negotiating States ( Bangladesh ).
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Over the next three ( 1994-1997 ) years AIMIA grew from a membership of 40 companies to over 800, set up State and federal structure for the association and negotiated state federal funding for industry development staff in 4 states, developed and managed a three-year export strategy in conjunction with Austrade which resulted in Australian companies entering markets in UK, USA, Europe, Canada, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.