He said he has no plans to withdraw the emergency decree, which he declared a week ago.

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Yet Mr Berlusconi says his cabinet will simply draw up an emergency decree to keep Rete4 in business.

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Pakistan's Supreme Court has declared Musharraf's 2007 emergency decree unconstitutional and ruled illegal all judicial appointments Musharraf made in the interim.

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On April 30th Mr Alarcon issued an emergency decree to stem the tides of pollution, immigration, illegal fishing and the kind of introduced species that threaten the islands' fragile ecosystems.

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Mr Ponta had tried to scrap the requirement of a minimum turnout for the referendum through an emergency decree, but in the face of unusually strong criticism from the EU, he reversed course.

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