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'One o' them big motor-cruisers o 'Rodley's go an' moor right on top of her. '
Coot Club Ransome, Arthur 1934
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LS13, comprising Bramley, Rodley, and Swinnow, was the postcode district in Leeds with the most theft-related insurance claims.
Home insurance: London and West Yorkshire dominate burglary claims list 2012
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Cherif Bassiouni, a distinguished expert in human rights and war crimes, and includes Nigel Rodley, member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
Dan Williams: Pledging Allegiance in Bahrain Dan Williams 2011
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The fact-finding team is chaired by United Nations war-crimes expert Cherif Bassiouni, who is currently leading a UN investigation into human-rights abuses in Libya, and includes four other legal experts: Canadian Philippe Kirsch, the former president of the International Criminal Court; British human-rights lawyer Nigel Rodley; Mahnoush Arsanjani, an Iranian who worked as a U.N. legal officer; and Kuwaiti lawyer Badria al-Awadhi.
Bahrain Shiites Enter Talks Alex Delmar-Morgan 2011
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“I was looking for a gift that would symbolize the connections between the United States and Cambodia, and ideally for something related to Cambodian culture,” Rodley said in an e-mail.
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Already a Khmer speaker from an earlier Cambodian assignment in 1997-2000, Rodley began preparing for her royal ceremony weeks in advance.
American Books Fit For A King | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context 2009
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Ambassador Rodley chose her American gifts quite carefully.
American Books Fit For A King | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context 2009
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Years of foreign service and a true appreciation for Cambodian culture prepared Rodley for her important post.
American Books Fit For A King | Angkor Wat Apsara & Devata: Khmer Women in Divine Context 2009
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Davis offered Rodley three gifts from DatAsia: Angkor the Magnificent, an English-language book first published in 1924 that opened up Cambodian tourism to the English speaking world; Earth in Flower, the most complete history of Cambodian dance ever written; and a DVD copy of a rare American documentary about Cambodian dance made in the early 1960s.
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Rodley says that even some interrogation practices the Pentagon acknowledges using are "clearly violations both of international human-rights law and international humanitarian law as codified in the Geneva Conventions."
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