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An Oxford professor to sit as the UK's chosen judge in the Falklands dispute in Hamburg
British jurist Vaughan Lowe, emeritus professor of public international law at the University of Oxford, will be the judge ad hoc chosen by the United Kingdom in the case between Argentina and London before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea over hydrocarbon exp...
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Economy
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Energy & Oil
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Agriculture
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Environment
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Entertainment
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Health & Science
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Tourism
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- Uruguay ranks third in Latin America for international air passengers per capita
