In fact, the presence or absence of nuclear weapons is immaterial to the issue of compliance: under the treaty both nuclear and conventional missiles with ranges of the SS-23 are banned.

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Lawyers and experts on internet policy say no court case has ever turned on the presence or absence of such an automatic e-mail footer in America, the most litigious of rich countries.

ECONOMIST: Legal disclaimers

They are also going to look at whether the presence or absence of amyloid plaques, a marker of Alzheimer's in the brain, predicts participants' cognitive status over the next five years.

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Ms MacCallum said the fact parental warmth and quality of parenting was similar in all three groups showed "it is the level of commitment to parenting that is important, and not the presence or absence of biological links between parent and children".

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