The "Halo" series chronicles an interstellar war between humans and aliens known as the Covenant.
However, the original page one of the covenant with its ten signatures appears to be missing.
The covenant is described as "a voluntary statement of mutual support between a civilian community and its service personnel".
For some hardliners, the covenant does not go far enough in penalising liberals.
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After he signed the covenant in Belfast he travelled to Liverpool where he was met by thousands of supporters.
The covenant stresses the importance of legislation, which can be as detailed and as enforceable as the legislator wishes.
The covenant states "those serving should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services".
In a separate Sunday Telegraph article, Defence Secretary Des Browne said concerns the covenant "is in any way broken are wrong".
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The covenant has been described as a commitment to unity, rather than unity itself, and "more an engagement than a wedding, " between the two churches.
Chrysler's original workman's tool-box, with the tools he crafted himself, is still stored in the company's Detroit offices, like some sacred ark of the covenant.
Surely they never agreed to the covenant between citizen and state?
But the fact that a march commemorating the Covenant is due to make its way past St Patrick's Church at the end of September complicates the situation.
None more so than its first release, the monumental game known as Halo, which pits a Marine named Master Chief against an alien horde called the Covenant.
The group had previously managed to have the covenant waived by Odeon bosses, who were persuaded the plans were not a threat to Odeon's other business interests in the city.
The covenant was signed on behalf of the Church of England by Dr Williams, the Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, and the secretary general of the Archbishops' Council, William Fittall.
The series follows a group of young UNSC cadets at their training school, but things go awry when the Covenant invades and they have to put their newfound skills to the test.
Keeping track of the vast, meandering mix of ancient artifacts and techno-mystic talk makes me yearn for the days when the point was to fight the Covenant because the Covenant was bad.
If the future Archbishop of Canterbury insists on the covenant, bits of the communion may reject the arrangement whereby an English prelate chairs the global fraternity, says Frank Kirkpatrick, an American Episcopalian priest.
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It goes from the Precursors to the Forerunners to the Covenant to the Flood, and by the end, you should have a bit of a clearer picture about the grand story of the series.
Although predominantly a Muslim town, Abu Ghosh welcomes Jews and Christians, who come to see the Church of Notre Dame -- said to be built on the site where the Ark of the Covenant once rested.
Putting the games in the hands of refs who are not qualified is absolutely ludicrous, and breaks the covenant that the NFL has with its teams and fans, that the games will be fair and well-managed.
The novel alludes to the hopes for redemption in the stories of the Jewish tradition: the journey into the promised land, the coming of the Messiah, the renewal of the covenant between God and his chosen people.
Rail guns play a major part in nearly every fanciful battle of the future, whether it be giant robots fighting for control of the Inner Sphere or the last remaining member of Noble Team holding off the Covenant invasion for as long as possible.
In the early history of the United Nations that dispute resulted in the separation of what initially was a unified conception of human rights, as expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, into two covenants, the International Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The true architect of the Ulster Covenant and the founding father of the state of Northern Ireland was James Craig.
In committee land the Defence Committee are continuing their inquiry into the Military Covenant and the treatment of wounded service personnel.
This would make a start in tackling a problem he described as an "unexploded timebomb" and was part of efforts to rebuild the military covenant between the government and the armed forces regarding their welfare.
Presiding over defence cuts could leave him short of positive achievements to boast of, though the government's decision to enshrine in law the military covenant (the state's duty of care to soldiers and their families) was a small victory for him.
News of the MoD study comes as Defence Secretary Liam Fox prepares to address Parliament later on amendments to the Armed Forces Bill that will see principles of the military covenant - the nation's duty of care to personnel - written into law for the first time.
With the Military Covenant much in the news at the moment, the Defence Committee will be taking evidence on the after-care of military casualties from Professor Simon Wessely, Director of the King's Centre for Military Health Research.
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