Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, retains control of Iraq s largely ceremonial presidency.

He was known as an accomplished ceremonial dancer in the court.

Today, pure Classical Chinese is occasionally used in formal or ceremonial occasions.

In Bali, turtle meat was a prominent feature at ceremonial and religious feasts.

The Chinese public s indifference to their country s ceremonial transition of power is hardly surprising.

The president, however, does not use these rights very often, having a largely ceremonial role.

The deliberations of the National People s Congress, for example, are becoming less ceremonial and more substantive.

It is also used as a symbol on the non ceremonial flag of the British Army.

A non ceremonial flag also exists, which is used at recruiting events, military events and exhibitions.

In June 2012, he announced he would run for the largely ceremonial office of President of Slovenia.

Today they are used particularly in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Taoism, as well as in Neopaganism and Ceremonial Magic.

Swindon () is a large town within the Borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England.

Bronze production began in the Middle Mumun and became increasingly important in ceremonial and political society after 700 BC.

India and several other countries have a President or other largely ceremonial head of state elected by their parliament.

Brighton and Hove () is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of East Sussex in South East England.

Disley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

A newly established State Ceremonial Unit made its first public appearance at the SFOR EUFOR transfer of authority on 2 December.

The ceremonial pole and flags can be seen in the background, slightly to the left of centre, below the tracks behind the buildings.

The city of Norwich is the county town of Norfolk which is the fifth largest ceremonial county in England, with an area of .

One of President Clinton s problems, they said, was that the ceremonial portions of the job bored him and thus he got himself into big trouble.

The protection of maternity in Estonia is guaranteed by the Employment Contracts Act, the Public Service Act, the Working and Rest Time Act, the Holidays Act, the Health Insurance Act, the Social Tax Act, the Child Benefits Act and the State Pension Insurance Act.

Between 1993 and 1994, Schwarzenegger was a Red Cross ambassador (a ceremonial role fulfilled by celebrities), recording several television radio public service announcements to donate blood.

In the late 1970s and 1980s, he went on to work with a ceremonial magical group known as the Ordine Della Luna, prior to his death.

Some theories hold that cave paintings may have been a way of communicating with others, while other theories ascribe a religious or ceremonial purpose to them.

In a Westminster parliamentary system, as which Singapore governs itself, the prime minister is the head of the government while the position of president is largely ceremonial.

A ceremonial opening of the Council Forum will also be held on Monday, 6 February 2006, at 7.30 p.m., together with the third Zayed Prize award ceremony.

No, it's not true that they're kept in the darkness for 18 years, but they are kept within the confines of the ceremonial men's circle for 18 years.

Although India s presidency is primarily a ceremonial post that carries less weight than that of prime minister (the position once held by Indira Gandhi), it is symbolically significant.

As mentioned earlier, the comprehensive reform includes the following instruments Credit Institutions Act Act on Savings and Loan Associations Act on the Retirement Savings System Federal Act on Guarantee Institutions General Act on Mutual Insurance Institutions and Companies Securities Market Act Act on Investment Firms and General Act on Credit Organizations and Related Activities.

Act Amending the Frontier Guard Act (487 2004)

But the Indian Presidency is a largely ceremonial position real power is vested in the office of prime minister, and no Dalit has come close to holding that post.

But he s also liable to turn a 30 month ceremonial post as the EU s figurehead into one with much more political clout than its 27 national leaders might like.

All of them established some form of parliamentary system, in which the government is directly accountable to the legislature and the president s powers are limited (and often largely ceremonial).

The campaigns to have women and excisors turn in their ceremonial cutting knives, in Kouroussa (6 November 1999), Kérouané (2 June 2000), Conakry (10 May 2001) and Mamou (2002).

Also the Reform Act 1832, the Reform Act 1867 and the Representation of the People Act 1884.

Act Amending the Register of Ships Act (486 2004)

Prominent among these are the Public Procurement Act, the Financial Administration Act and the Internal Audit Agency Act.

It is a ceremonial pouring vessel made around 1700 for a Swedish Count, and it is very likely the object from which Hammett drew his inspiration for the Maltese Falcon.

The ceremonial architecture at Quiriguá is quite modest, but the site's importance lies in its wealth of sculpture, including the tallest stone monumental sculpture ever erected in the New World.

During the inauguration ceremony, the Ceremonial Leader and Holy Man from the SHIPAVLOVI HOPI Community in Second Mesa, Arizona, United States of America, offered words of blessing to the Forum.

The State party further explains that under an Ontario recreational fishing licence, a person may choose to fish not for recreational purposes but for food, social, educational or ceremonial purposes.

Relevant Federal legislation includes the Quarantine Act 1908, the Crimes Act (Biological Weapons)1976, the Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994, the Weapons of Mass Destruction (Prevention of Proliferation) Act 1995, the Criminal Code, and the Customs Act 1901.

He resigned in 2004 to run as Angela Merkel s candidate for the largely ceremonial office of President of the German Federal Republic, a job he performed capriciously until he abruptly resigned.

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