Cambodia's fledgling judiciary is not famous for its independence, so no one was surprised when the trial on March 4th of the country's exiled senior prime minister, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, accused of illegally importing arms, ended in his conviction.
You were a typical college freshman, trying to adjust to a dorm room, make some friends, meet a cute guy, and enjoy your independence, and no one noticed.
"This is the biggest threat to United States judicial independence that no one has heard of and even fewer people understand," said John D. Echeverria, a law professor at Georgetown University.
Lester is right on the button when he says: "Everybody agrees in principle in protecting the BBC's independence, but no one has said how that is to be done".
North of Carlisle, he says, there's a sense that culture is something to take pride in, particularly as Scotland faces an independence referendum: "No one is looking to challenge the value of a strong cultural identity, irrespective of where you are on the debate".
("Independence" means: no one of the properties in the set is entailed by all the rest.
In another sign that the countryside is maturing, the share of the workforce employed in agriculture dipped by four percentage points in 1993-99, to 60%, and in absolute numbers declined for the first time since independence.But no one is satisfied.
While some argue that July 4 is not in fact the actual day that the Declaration of Independence was signed, no one denies the bigger significance -- 13 states declared themselves Free.
Why have the Catalans and the Welsh put the old demand for national independence on one side?
But whatever the hardships independence has brought, almost no one in Timor-Leste regrets choosing freedom.
