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• Notice of Decision to Authorize Importation of Fresh Litchi From the Republic of South Africa Into the Continental United States

We are advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation of fresh litchi from the Republic of South Africa into the continental United States. Based on the findings in a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we believe that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of litchi from the Republic of South Africa.

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 81469, December 28, 2011
• Notices
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

• Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Cape Gooseberry Fruit With Husks From Chile

We are advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation into the continental United States of fresh Cape gooseberry fruit (Physalis peruviana L.) with husks from Chile. Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we concluded that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh Cape gooseberry fruit from Chile.

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 78231, December 16, 2011
• Notices
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

• Obama's Illegal War ; Congress, Not the U.N., Should Authorize Force Against Libya

With Thursday's passage of United Natons Security Council resolution 1973, the United States is set to go to war against Libya. Removing Moammar Gadhafi from power would probably advance the cause of freedom, but the United Nations has no legal authority to take a step of this magnitude. By bowing to the will of the U.N. Security Council, President Obama is diluting the sovereign power of the United States. The U.N. resolution authorizes member states to take a number of military and nonmilitary actions to protect the people of Libya from Col. Gadhafi's government. Under its own rules, however, the United Nations cannot legally authorize military action to shape the internal affairs of member states. Article 2 section 7 of the U.N. charter states that, "Nothing contained in the present ...

• The Washington Times
• March 21, 2011

• Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Pomegranate From India Into the Continental United States

We are advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation into the continental United States of fresh pomegranate fruit from India. Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we believe that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh pomegranate fruit from India.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 7122, February 10, 2012
• Notices
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

• Can a Commander Authorize Searches & Seizures in Privatized Housing Areas?

MILITARY LAW REVIEW Volume 181 Fall 2004 CAN A COMMANDER AUTHORIZE SEARCHES & SEIZURES IN PRIVATIZED HOUSING AREAS? MAJOR JEFF A. BOVARNICK...

• Military Law Review
• Nbr. 181, October 2004

• Notice of Decision to Authorize the Importation of Shredded Lettuce From Egypt Into the Continental United States

We are advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation into the continental United States of fresh shredded lettuce from Egypt. Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we have determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh shredded lettuce from Egypt.

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 81468, December 28, 2011
• Notices
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

• Verizon Workers Authorize Strike with Contracts Expiring Tonight

Contract talks at Verizon Communications Inc. continued on Friday with the threat of a strike by 45,000 repairmen, technicians and call center employees in Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states if an agreement is not reached. Two unions, the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, voted overwhelmingly to authorize leadership to call a strike if an agreement is not reached when their contracts expire late tonight and at 12:01 a.m. Sunday.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• August 06, 2011

• OFAC Promulgates General Licenses And Special Licenses To Authorize Certain Activities, Transactions, And Dealings In Support Of The Cuban People.

The US Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Controls ("OFAC"), has amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations ("CACR"), 31 C.F.R. Pa...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• Decisions to Authorize Importation of Fresh Edible Flowers into Continental United States:

• FR, July 26, 2011
• Notices
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

• Flight Attendants at Spirit Airlines Vote to Authorize Strike

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Flight Attendants at Spirit Airlines, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), overwhelmingly authorized a strike should management fail to reach an agreement with Flight Attendants. In a strike vote that concluded today, 98.4 percent of Spirit Flight Attendants voted to authorize a strike, if necessary. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110302/DC58223LOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• October 17, 2011