Of course, not all foreigners were adequately protected.

Executives collected generous bonuses, and equity holders were protected by limited liability.

They have formed unions to be protected by the government and treated respectfully by society.

Under international law, Palestinian civilians were considered protected persons and as an occupying Power, Israel was obligated to ensure their safety and well being.

Unlike refugees, who have crossed an international border, those displaced within their own countries by violence and war are not protected by established minimum standards.

The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation has extended eligibility for its bursaries and scholarships to individuals considered to be protected persons such as Convention refugees.

We don't really think of the evolutionary need to be protected by our senses, but that's probably why our senses really evolved to keep us safe, to allow us to live.

For example, Bush assigned a low priority to Kurds and Shia in Iraq, to dissidents in China, and to Bosnians in the former Yugoslavia. In that sense, Bush s realism set limits to his cosmopolitanism.

To be sure, investors would have then lost on their bet on Argentina s growth, but they would still have been protected against inflation, even if their bonds had not been denominated in dollars (because Argentina s nominal GDP would have moved up with inflation).

MADRID Humanity s main concerns today are not so much concrete evils as indeterminate threats. We are not worried by visible dangers, but by vague ones that could strike when least expected and against which we are insufficiently protected.