Unanswered Questions
450 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Are there some detailed accounts of how the post-2015 Turkish purges happen?
I'm asking this because most (Western) news stories on the topic are rather opaque, along the lines of "X thousands of state employees in sector Y" got purged. Granted, there are so many of these ...
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Are there many liberal democracies that use “the more favorable criminal law” principle?
This question is somehow a followup of this one (split suggestion). At the end of January 2017, Romanian Government (executive branch) made several changes to Criminal Law using a Government Ordinance....
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How can I locate RFP information, bid submissions, or other publicly available information from a procurement document number?
I am trying to learn more about a particular piece of software used to submit forms to a US federal agency. I have a 'procurement document number' sometimes also called an 'award ID'. Using this ...
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Why doesn't Bhutan have diplomatic relations with most countries in the world?
Dark green - diplomatic relations, blue - the rest of the EU members (Bhutan has diplomatic relations with the EU, but not individually with those in blue).
According to Wikipedia,
Bhutan has ...
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How tightly can a 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) operate as the same organization?
For example, 350.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (according to its footer, bottom right) but signing up for its e-mail list or otherwise supporting it means a person would also wind up ...
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What is the meaning of the obligation by French Presidents that nuncios wear the biretta?
The King of France, and the French Presidents after them, had been given by the Pope, the privilege to impose to the nuncio, the ambassador of Vatican, in France to wear the biretta.
What are the ...
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What (if any) secular UK groups are ideologically opposed to jury service?
The HMCTS guidance on jury service states that excusal should be given to:
members of
generic or secular organisations, whose ideology, or beliefs are incompatible with
jury service
I am aware ...
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How is judicial independence ensured for International Tribunals?
According to this article, Mladic's conviction by International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague found widespread international support. However, this opinion is not ...
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Rules for New Hampshire's 1845 Congressional election
The following are the election results (source):
The footnote reads:
New Hampshire was entitled to four seats in the 29th Congress (1845–1847), but only elected three representatives. Woodbury ...
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How much have carbon-based industries invested in anti-climate-change lobbying in Australia?
There are reports that oil, coal and gas industries in America have invested more than half a billion dollars on lobbying against acting on climate change. In Australia there are more than 540 '...
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Does Saudi Arabia support Baathist resistance in Iraq?
Does Saudi Arabia support Baathist resistance in Iraq, currently led by Ad-Douri? Do they want to install a similar regime as in Egypt to counter the Qatari influence?
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Scheduling executions in retaliation to terrorist acts
According to news reports, Jordan is threatening to hasten the execution of terrorists in retaliation if daesh kills Jordanian hostage Moaz al-Kaseasbeh. That is, Jordan's treating its own prisoners ...
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What have been the largest hostile cross-benches in Australian senate / house of review history?
The Australian federal Senate is a house of review, elected from multiple member state electorates. It is usually comprised of a Government (often in minority), an Opposition (in lesser minority), ...
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What are the effects of the HR392 (fairness for skilled immigrant workers) bill?
Recently, there is a lengthy discussion about HR392 (fairness for skilled immigrant workers) in the US house and senate. It means if this bill will be passed by the house and senate, the limitation of ...
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How different have the various constitutions of Venezuela been?
From an answer in this question, I have learned that Venezuela has had 27 Constitutions.
As an American, who have only had one (or two, if you count the Articles of Confederation) this seems to be ...
