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Alain Rousset, a Socialist lawmaker who has backed a draft law seeking to help the veterans, estimates there are approximately 80,000 left worldwide.

Alain Rousset, a Socialist lawmaker who has backed a draft law seeking to help the veterans, estimates that about 80,000 are left worldwide.

The 15 member states of the EU earlier backed a draft ruling from the European Commission that would force Microsoft to share proprietary information and unbundle its media software from its Windows operating system.

She also reiterated her desire to mend relations with America, which became somewhat strained under her predecessor, Gerhard Schröder.Russia's Duma backed a draft law that curbs the activities of foreign NGOs.

The European Union's Council of Ministers backed a draft directive supported by the European Parliament that would allow patents on genes and genetically modified animals and plants, while banning techniques related to human germline manipulation or human cloning.

Last month, the German government backed a draft law which includes proposals to fine social media firms up to €50 million if they fail to remove illegal hate speech within 24 hours after a complaint is made.

With lawmakers acutely aware of the potential political ramifications of backing a draft, the Rangel measure languished without much attention until the Republican leadership decided to force it to the floor to make a political point.

The prime minister's spokesman said ministers would be expected to abstain, since although Conservative policy is to back a draft bill, government policy does not support the measure.

Meanwhile, the regime said more than 92% of voters had backed a new draft constitution in a referendum.

Senator Olympia Snowe, a moderate Republican from Maine, backed an early draft of Obamacare; perhaps she can be persuaded to back a less ambitious version of the current bill?

Some environmentalists are backing a bill drafted by Assemblyman Alexander B. Grannis, a Manhattan Democrat, that would double the amount of money for the state's Superfund, to about $160 million annually, and raise the industry contribution to 75percentt.