They met on Wednesday to try to come up with a plan strong enough to see off demands for a body underpinned by law.

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It was just four feet long, but strong, with a brown body, white belly and baleful, brownish-yellow eyes.

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It set out proposals for two new bodies, an office where people apply for permission to hold a parade or a protest, and an 11-strong adjudication body charged with deciding what happens in the event of a dispute.

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In the statement, the foreign ministry drew attention to the lack of medicines found in his body, even though the adoptive parents said they had been treating him with "a strong psychotropic medication".

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If the U.S can live with a strong European Union and European common market, there is no reason why a similar Latin American and Caribbean body should be a problem.

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