... 47 of Additional Protocol I denies, in its first paragraph, mercenaries the statute to be considered combatants or war prisoners: "A mercenary shall not have the right to be a combatant or a prisoner of or war." Paragraph two of Article 47 states the criteria or requirements in the definition to be considered a mercenary. Motivation, the desire for private gain is one of ... mercenary as well as the persons responsible of mercenarism or mercenary-related activities. The Protocol does not oblige to sanction. It simply refuses to consider a mercenary either as a combatant or a prisoner of...

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... , and by painting the PCI in a bad light. A series of events began in the last month prior to the elections that played a prominent role in the Christian Democratic victory. President Harry Truman chose this time to release 29 merchant ships to the Italian government that had been seized during the war as a gesture of "friendship and confidence in a democratic Italy-(Miller ... ...

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... of less hardworking, more indulgent associates, and their subsequent downfalls, of which, he continues, is due to their chosen business strategies, so different from his own. Of a threatening business rival, Harry David, Franklin describes, "He was very proud, dress'd like a gentleman, liv'd expensively, took much diversion and pleasure abroad, ran in debt, and neglected his business; upon which all business left ... ...

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