Beijing does not want the UN (or, for that matter, anybody else) challenging or otherwise calling into question the legitimacy of its ally's actions.

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Many fishermen cheat because they think the scientists are wrong, or because everyone else is, or because they cannot make a living otherwise.

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Besides the obvious paper-saving measures, iTravel could help skip key parts of the airport security line by providing passport information, a fingerprint or anything else screeners might want to see while we'd otherwise be juggling our suitcases.

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And it's almost like we focus on the bit we want to focus on: their Islamic identity or otherwise of these alleged attackers, and not on anything else.

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Otherwise, the central banks could no longer control commodity prices or virtually anything else in the monetary realm.

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