In March, there will be votes in both towns, and throughout the canton (administrative region).

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Currently the departement (administrative region), stretching from mountainside to shining Mediterranean is officially titled the Pyrenees Orientales.

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And no one questions that description of this tiny special administrative region anymore.

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Property prices soared in the special administrative region 50% between 2010 and 2012.

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Hongkong Bank points out that the special administrative region's product mix does not overlap much with Southeast Asia's, limiting competition.

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For the first time, they directly represented the new special administrative region, rather than forming a part of the delegation from Guangdong province.

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Adelson hoped to recreate his success in Vegas, but Chinese authorities slapped fresh restrictions on travel to the former Portuguese colony, now a special administrative region.

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At 66 bank branches all across the Special Administrative Region and over the Internet, millions of applications to buy stock in the commuter train monopoly were filled out and filed.

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On July 6, the Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok opened for business, five days after the territory celebrated its first year as a special administrative region of China.

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The Special Administrative Region government hopes that the project, expected to be completed in 2005, will boost construction, tourism, retailing and property -- sectors crucial to revving up the SAR's sluggish economy.

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According to WHO, the following countries reported confirmed cases with no deaths: Austria, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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Whether living in a Cheung Kong apartment, switching on a Fortress appliance powered by Hong Kong Electric, buying groceries at Park 'N Shop or toiletries at Watson's, listening to Metro Radio, or, soon, connecting via a PCCW-HKT line, people in the Special Administrative Region are a captive market.

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The agreement called for the creation of temporary administrative and security arrangements for the Abyei region, including the creation of a police service and a limited governing council.

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When Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudan President Salva Kiir met again in early 2013, they agreed to temporary administrative and security arrangements for the Abyei region, including the creation of a police service and a limited governing council.

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Will it also succeed in setting up an administrative system that works for the war-ravaged Malakand region?

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In addition, we want to develop our capacity to project power from one region to another, threats do not respect the administrative boundaries of the Defense Department's Unified Command Plan.

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