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Brandis said the laws would uphold not only 123 ILUAs currently registered with the National Native Title Tribunal, but also agreements that were not yet registered.

But this deal shakes the pillars that uphold not just the politics of Britain but the politics of Ireland and Northern Ireland too.

Further, as one of five veto-wielding members of the United Nations Security Council, China's obligation is to uphold, not repudiate, core U.N. principles, which include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

It's a tradition that I'm proud to uphold, not only as a fellow believer, but as an elected leader whose entry into public service was actually through the church". The president spoke Thursday about his prayers.

If we are to live in a more inclusive society, she says, it's a mission we must all uphold, not just now but for generations to come.

But Francis, the Jesuit pope, in his homily for the closure of the October 2015 synod, affirmed that the true defenders of doctrine uphold not its letter but its spirit: they place people above ideas, and God's mercy above condemnations.

These are things worth upholding, not belittling.

After a brief review, the call was upheld: not quite a touchdown.

In Ibsen's day, people went to the theatre to see their values upheld, not attacked.

One where tradition is upheld, not through stubbornness, but good sense.

Indeed, several of the top mullahs now find themselves threatened by the very state they upheld, not least the former presidential mullahs Khatami and Rafsanjani, who supported Mousavi, the challenger to Ahmadinejad.