As the world's number three polluter, Russia's signature was crucial to bring the protocol into force.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Russian firms turn Kyoto pioneers

It took years of focused effort among many nations to bring the NPT into force four decades ago and to sustain it as the most widely embraced nuclear agreement in history.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

The UK government plans to consult on how to bring the directive into force later this year, giving an opportunity for both proponents and opponents of the current regime to rekindle the debate.

BBC: MPs want curbs on 'unacceptable' religious slaughter

This week, the Latin Americans weren't prepared to yield anything because they believe they are right in trying to bring extra conservation measures into force, because they believe the world should be about saving whales, with hunting consigned to the past.

BBC: Whaling: Chaos or compromise?

If a foreign State ceases to exist under international law and, consequently, a bilateral treaty between the extinct State and the United States lapses, the President cannot use the "receive Ambassadors" clause to bring a new treaty into force between the United States and a successor to the extinct State without Senate advice and consent.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The proposed changes were pushed in part by disability advocates, who say that decades-old laws intended to bring disabled people into the work force just aren't working.

WSJ: U.S. Pushes Target for Hiring the

Lloyd House will become the new police station for central Birmingham in the move the force says will bring officers "into the very heart" of the new business district around Colmore Circus.

BBC: Three Birmingham police stations to close in savings plan

Rising floodwaters bring debris, hazardous waste and gas leaks, and force snakes or other potentially dangerous animals from their habitats and into residential areas.

CNN: Mississippi governor urges caution as river crests