Fertility and embryology have been relatively free of legal wrangles in Britain, despite such high-profile cases as Diane Blood's 1997 bid to obtain her dead husband's semen.
The deal announced on Tuesday has resolved destabilising wrangles over the administration's budget and its non-implementation of welfare reforms while establishing new structures to deal with the legacy of unsolved killings during the Troubles.
But the US media is signalling this year that the platform documents will be more intensely scrutinised than before, in part due to the internal wrangles triggered by Todd Atkins.
The president was unusually relaxed and contemplative, buoyed by the recent economic numbers and looking towards his legacy as well as the mid-term elections and his wrangles with Congress.
We also need regulations that force transparency but avoid legal wrangles that could damage this fascinating ancient trade.Stephen Brawn Principal Locus Capital Art Advisory LondonThe world's missing people* SIR – We are grateful that you chose to highlight the issue of missing persons, which is sadly often neglected ("Dead link", October 5th).
The Democrats are still sore from their experience there in the presidential election two years ago: after a six-week run-off involving bitter legal wrangles, the result in Florida tipped the balance in favour of Mr Bush.
His strategy is to use it to embarrass the politicians into doing his bidding, and to intervene directly to remove blockages to progress in the landownership wrangles, for example, that can delay the big infrastructure projects Indonesia so badly needs.
Brutal reality and the angry political wrangles that come with it is back.This week, two Palestinian suicide-bombers blew themselves up, within seconds of each other, in buses in Beersheba, the biggest town in the Negev desert, killing at least 16 people and injuring nearly a hundred.
That is, if it works.Related items Anti-proliferation wrangles: Cleaning upMay 30th 2002 The economy: Why no longer so alluring?May 30th 2002 Rising protectionism: The dumping dilemmaMay 30th 2002To see the significance of what is happening, go back to Mr Bush's first trip to Europe, a year ago.
The ANC's unedifying internal wrangles are only adding to South Africans' growing sense of gloom.
The difficulty buyers have in getting such information results in frequent ownership wrangles after deals are completed.Farmers, whose main concern relates to land-ownership rights, would also have something to gain.
