The attack, the first reported inside the Syrian capital, came as the Arab League rejected demands made by President Bashar al-Assad's regime to amend a plan meant to halt the brutal security crackdown that has left at least 3,500 people dead.
8. (C) Burk expressed concern about the NAM argument that Western states are trying to change the Treaty by arguing for universal adherence to the Additional Protocol and said we needed to make clear we are seeking to strengthen the regime, not amend the Treaty.
But most of the art would never be sold, at least not in the lifetime of this government, if the tax regime were not amended.
Some bans issued under the old regime have also been amended retrospectively, including a four-day suspension for Tony McCoy which has been cut to two days, while Nicky Mackay has withdrawn an appeal against a 10-day ban imposed for a ride at Wolverhampton last week after it was reduced to four days.
[GP6] Another GP reported that keeping up to date with the subsidy changes was challenging and also sometimes resulted in medication regimes needing to be amended: I suppose my main comment would be about the things changing which cause us major problems having to rethink a medication regime that me may have just got really fine tuned.
This means today's ruling cranks up the pressure on the government to amend its existing surveillance regime to avoid falling foul of the legal system yet again in future.
The regime underwent two deliberative and developmental processes from 2004 through 2007: 1) in 2004, which sought public consultation with stakeholders to help inform the development of the policy, and 2) in 2007, which sought public input from stakeholders to review the regime and potentially amend it.
And then there is freedom of information, where the government bill, unless radically amended, is likely to be more restrictive and certainly more bureaucratic than the present regime.
In April this shiny new surveillance regime was also dealt a blow in UK courts — with judges ordering the government to amend the legislation to narrow how and why retained metadata could be accessed, giving ministers a deadline of November 1 to make the necessary changes.
