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The education and public-order ministries strongly oppose any additional cuts, and the country's labor, health and farm ministers have asked for easier spending goals.
Greece Seeks Creative Ways to Plug Budget Gap Costas Paris 2011
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His arrest is the latest of several controversies to have rocked Liverpool this season, with the Uruguayan Luis Suárez receiving an eight-game ban for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra and a fan being arrested for a racially aggravated public-order offence after an incident involving Oldham's defender Tom Adeyemi during the FA Cup tie.
Liverpool's Stewart Downing arrested for suspected assault in Yarm 2012
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A large public gathering, absent violence, is an expression of civil rights – not a public-order/traffic problem to be solved.
7/7 Bombs – Police To Blame SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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No doubt that many public-order situations involve people who are not averse to confrontation and violence.
7/7 Bombs – Police To Blame SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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The street preacher charged with public-order offences for saying homosexuality is a sin has had his case dropped ...
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What public-order purpose was served by these actions?
7/7 Bombs – Police To Blame SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Mr. Drummond's ASBO was meted-out by Bedford Magistrates Court after he was convicted of assault, possession of class-B drugs and a public-order offense earlier this year.
ASBO Nation Rozalind Dineen 2010
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The street preacher charged with public-order offences for saying homosexuality is a sin has had his case dropped...
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He said simpler, less-sweeping measures could deal with any public-order problems.
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Pakistan never announced any charges against Mr. Saeed -- instead detaining him under a vague public-order law -- and it was unclear on what grounds the government could appeal.
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