Palestinian leaders complained that America's veto amounted to giving Israel a licence to kill.

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They want an infrastructure supremo with a licence to kill - and they don't think he's it.

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You have a Licence to Kill any lingering stress, so ask for your cocktails shaken and not stirred during a rum tour of local haunts.

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But the scriptwriters' attempts to tone down the comedy, made Dalton's Bond in The Living Daylights and A Licence To Kill, a dark, vulnerable, humourless man.

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Yet, with Daniel Craig becoming the latest actor to don the 007 tuxedo in "Casino Royale, " Bond appears to be in no danger of having his licence to kill revoked any time soon.

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MI6 never had a formal "licence to kill".

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"It causes an immense amount of concern, real worries, as to the democratic nature of the country if the army is going to be given, in effect, a free rein and a licence to do whatever they will - a licence to kill, almost, " he said.

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UN's authority, and a licence for Mr Hussein to break out of his cage, armed with enough nerve gas to kill the world.

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