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Posted: July 31st, 2009, 12:00pm MSD
Health and safety - The reuse of food in restaurants in Korea has been a source of contention among consumers, the government, and restaurants. Korean cuisine features small side dishes that complement the main dish. When patrons leave amounts of...
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Posted: July 31st, 2009, 12:00pm MSD
Banks and financial institutions - The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) issued a notice on July 6, 2009, effective the same day, on further regulation of the personal banking business of the country's commercial banks. The notice stipulates that the banks...
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Posted: July 31st, 2009, 12:00pm MSD
Human rights - A new institution devoted to human rights in southeast Asia has been endorsed by the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights will be established in...
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Posted: July 31st, 2009, 12:00pm MSD
Arbitration - On July 22, 2009, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague rendered its final award in the arbitration between the Government of Sudan (in the north, whose capital is Khartoum) and the Sudan People's...
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Posted: July 31st, 2009, 12:00pm MSD
Property - On July 29, 2009, the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) paid a total of $430 million to settle the damage claims arising from the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. Together with earlier payments, this action...