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	National Association of Wedding Ministers - Marriage Laws & Requirements
		Applicants 16 or 17 years old may only marry with the consent of a parent or guardian who confirms that individual’s age or with a certificate from a licensed physician verifying that an examination of the woman to be married indicated that she is pregnant or has given birth to a child.
		Information regarding previous marriages must be furnished in the application for a marriage license.
		Ministers must complete the marriage license and certificate of marriage and return it to the clerk's office from which it was issued within ten days from the date of the marriage.
	www.aweddingministers.com /requirements.htm (9348 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News
		This move previously proposed to the SAARC Information Ministers meeting by the conference of editors and working journalists was endorsed as a positive approach to further promote people to people contacts within the region which represents the one fifth of the world's population.
		The fourth conference of the SAARC Ministers of Information and Media was officially inaugurated in Islamabad by the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Mohammadmian Soomro on Wednesday.
		'Information society' refers to a form of society in which there is a high and increasing dependence on individuals and institutions on information and communication in order to be able to function effectively in almost every sphere of activity.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/12/17/new20.html (1365 words)

	GlobalSecurity.org - Reliable WMD News and WMD Information
		Ministers had a duty to claim PII whenever there was a public interest in non disclosure of a document.
		It was then for the court, rather than the minister, to strike a balance between the public interest in non-disclosure and the public interest in disclosure in the interests of justice.
		Thereafter the duty of the minister was to claim PII where it applied and to leave it to the courts to balance the competing interests and decide whether the documents should be disclosed, unless it was thought that on any view the court was bound to order disclosure.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/uk/scott/atg3.txt (2107 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Opinion \| For your information
		Arab ministers of the interior and information hold their meetings with a rigour and regularity unknown to any of their peers.
		Ministries of information, which had assumed the prerogative to guide and censor all that is printed or diffused by the media, to embellish images and mobilise the masses to serve the ends of totalitarian regimes, find themselves stripped of their power.
		Unfortunately, most of the countries that sent ministers of information to the meeting in a bid to show they are keen on cooperating to tighten control over information are the very same states that routinely close down or confiscate newspapers.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2000/488/op4.htm (578 words)

	Career Information - Protestant Ministers
		Protestant ministers lead their congregations in worship services and administer the various rites of the church, such as baptism, confirmation, and Holy Communion.
		Some ministers are responsible only to the congregation they serve, whereas others are assigned duties by elder ministers or by the bishops of the diocese they serve.
		For newly ordained Protestant ministers who are unable to find parish positions, employment alternatives include working in youth counseling, family relations, and social welfare organizations; teaching in religious educational institutions; or serving as chaplains in the Armed Forces, hospitals, universities, and correctional institutions.
	www.collegegrad.com /careers/proft35.shtml (1028 words)

	Guidelines for Ministers' Offices (October 2006) - Part 11 of 17
		Ministers will usually have papers in their offices that fall into four general categories: Cabinet documents, institutional records, ministerial records (as defined in section 2 of the National Archives Act), and personal and political records.
		Ministers and their exempt staff have a responsibility to ensure that all Cabinet documents and official records are left in the custody of appropriate authorities.
		A minister's office is considered separate and distinct from the government institution; thus, ministers and their exempt staff are not considered employees or officers of the institution.
	www.tbs-sct.gc.ca /pubs_pol/hrpubs/mg-ldm/gfmo10_e.asp (1476 words)

	For Ministers
		The Minister's Profile Form gives a thorough picture of a minister, and is normally required of persons applying for a position in the United Brethren church.
		Every year, pastors are required to submit reports detailing information about the church's ministry and their own ministry during that year.
		Information about the reports for the year 2005 can be found here.
	www.ub.org /ministers (249 words)

	Bahrain News Agency
		The Kingdom of Bahrain's delegation is being headed by the Minister of Information and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mohammed Abdulghaffar Abdullah.
		However, Syrian Minister of Information, Mohsin Bilal, affirmed the importance that all Arab countries implement the Arab media movement agreed on by Arab Ministers of Information and said that their were issues that deserve being reviewed such as the Palestinian issue and the liberation of Golan Heights.
		Palestinian Information Minister, Yousif Rizgah, said the Palestinian Government had to confront the Judaization of Quds which is part of Olmert's plan, protect the Palestinian culture and support the Palestinian Infidha (resistance).
	english.bna.bh /?ID=46005 (612 words)

	Saarc plan for free flow of information adopted -DAWN - National; 16 December, 2004
		Speaking at a news conference, the Minister for Information and newly-elected Chairman of the Saarc information ministers' conference, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, said a host of other issues were discussed in the meeting which would appear in a report.
		The recommendations of the third meeting of Saarc information ministers with regard to the easing of visa regime for accredited journalists be implemented expeditiously on the basis of reciprocity.
		Nepalese minister for information briefed the meeting that his country had undertaken the infrastructural activities to establish the information centre.
	www.dawn.com /2004/12/16/nat10.htm (549 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Ministers set for legal fight to overturn information rulings
		MINISTERS are preparing to spend thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money taking Scotland's information watchdog to court to block the release of government documents.
		Sixteen months after the Freedom of Information Act came into force, those responsible for introducing it are going to the Court of Session in an effort to overturn rulings demanding that papers be released.
		Ministers denied the request, arguing the disclosure would "prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs".
	news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=679632006 (713 words)

	Freedom of information: ministers' interests \| Special Reports \| Guardian Unlimited Politics
		March 19, Guardian leader: Those unfamiliar with the case may be amazed a government pledged to bring in freedom of information tried to prevent the ombudsman from investigating potential conflicts of ministerial interest that ought to be public anyway.
		November 14 2003: Ministers have lost the first round in their battle to keep secret details of conflicts between their private financial interests and public duties, write Rob Evans and David Leigh.
		July 23 2003: The government is to keep a ban on the declaration of ministers' "conflicts of interests" because they fear politicians will not tell the whole truth to Whitehall if they know the information is to be published.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /foi/ministers/0,,1379703,00.html (580 words)

	BBC News \| UK Politics \| Double attack on information bill
		Their reports said the current Bill left the disclosure of information too reliant on the discretion of ministers rather than reinforcing the rights of citizens to know how decisions affecting their lives were made.
		MPs and peers warned clauses which exempted certain types of information from the Bill's terms - such as policy advice to ministers or information gathered during accident investigations - were too sweeping and should be defined as precisely as possible.
		In particular, he echoed the call for the information commissioner to be allowed to order disclosure and for fewer restrictions covering the release of policy advice to ministers.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/407474.stm (755 words)

	Welcome to Nigeria Direct - Minister's Diary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Minister of Information and National Orientation, and incumbent Chairman of the Inter-Governmental Council (IGC) of the COMINAC, Frank Nweke Jr.
		The minister emphasised that the concerns of the Abuja conference are still as valid today as they were in 1996, noting that the world has witnessed such great development in the fields of information and communication that COMINACâ€™s roles and functions have increased in urgency and importance concerning the outlined issues of the Abuja meeting.
		The ministers reiterated their call for greater investments in ICT relevant to the specific situation and capacity of each country in efforts to move forward the interests of the respective countries as well as the interests of the member countries as a whole.
	www.nigeria.gov.ng /ministers_prime_comniac.aspx (866 words)

	3rd TELMIN
		Cybersecurity expertise and information will be shared among member countries to help develop cybersecurity policies and exchange real-time information on cybersecurity issues.
		Ministers also recognised the need for a dedicated fast-track funding mechanism to accelerate the implementation of this programme.
		Ministers expressed their desire to continue enhancing ties with relevant constituents, including youth and women, whose feedback and input can contribute to more innovative implementation of the ASEAN ICT work agenda.
	www.aseansec.org /telmin03.htm (881 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ministers from 13 Arab states -- Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen -- took part in the one-day meeting at the Cairo headquarters of the 22-member Arab League.
		In a speech, Lebanese Information Minister Ghazi al-Aridi said that "not one dollar" has been committed so far to kick start the plan, although it has been on the table for around one year.
		Omran, the Syrian minister, said Arab media needed to be more active because the September 11 terror attacks on the United States had tarnished the reputation of Arabs.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2002-06/20/article09.shtml (929 words)

	Pakistan Link Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Information Minister said the meeting strongly felt that SAARC should participate in world summit on information society to be held in Switzerland in December next year.
		He said the SAARC Information Ministers supported in principle the idea of free movement of the media personnel within the region and decided to forward the proposal to the SAARC Standing Committee.
		The Minister said the Information Ministers Conference of SAARC member states will now be an annual feature and the next meeting will be held in India in the first quarter of next year.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/Mar/10/13.html (444 words)

	The Hindu : Other States / Rajasthan News : Rajasthan to host meet of Information Ministers
		The Secretaries of Information Departments of States will meet on the first day of the conference, while the Ministers will attend the event the next day.
		The Parliamentary Secretary in charge of the Information and Public Relations Department, Bhawani Singh Rajawat, had proposed holding of the conference in Jaipur in a letter addressed to the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, S. Jaipal Reddy.
		Rajawat said that he had suggested in a conference of the Information Ministers in New Delhi on April 16 last that such meets be organised outside the capital to provide a broad perspective to the participants.
	www.hindu.com /2005/07/29/stories/2005072910950300.htm (179 words)

	Media should act to bring about change: Saarc ministers present papers -DAWN - Top Stories; March 9, 2002
		Information and Media Development Minister Nisar A. Memon presided over the session, replacing the outgoing Bangladesh Information Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan.
		The ministers underlined the potential of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and said the media and information could play an important role in enhancing trade, promotion of tourism and sharing experiences in the field of education, health and poverty alleviation.
		Indian Information Minister Sushma Swaraj, in her statement said, her country was prepared to share its knowledge and experiences in Saarc’s journey towards setting up of a knowledge-based society.
	www.dawn.com /2002/03/09/top6.htm (756 words)

	AllRefer.com - Poland - Council of Ministers \| Polish Information Resource
		The highest administrative organ of state authority, the Council of Ministers (commonly called the cabinet), and its chairperson, the prime minister, constitute the acting government.
		The Council of Ministers answers to the Sejm or, between Sejm sessions, to the president.
		In running the Council of Ministers, the prime minister is assisted by one or more deputy prime ministers and a director of the Office of the Council of Ministers.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/poland/poland194.html (455 words)

	RECOMMENDATIONS OF STATE INFORMATION MINISTERS' CONFERENCE - News.Indlaw.com
		The meeting was attended among others by Minister of State for Information andamp; Broadcasting, Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister, Delhi, Lt. Governor/Administrators, State Ministers for Information and Public Relations, Chairman PCI, Chairpersons of Organisations of media units, and senior officials from Centre and the State Governments.
		In the information sector, the issue of de-blocking of titles for newspapers/periodicals, which have been verified and have not commenced publications was discussed.
		The decision of the Government of India in the Ministry of Information andamp; Broadcasting to de-block the titles verified but not being used, was welcomed by all the States.
	www.indlawnews.com /news98-0293 (1083 words)

	Liberian Deputy Information Ministers at Confirmation Hearing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He stressed that state matters relating to the dissemination of information, has to be handled by the Ministry and not the Executive Mansion press secretary.
		Charles Taylor, nearly every minister, director and even low ranking government officials assumed the role of spokesperson of government, making contrasting public statements to the embarrassment of the state and its security but if confirmed, he will insist that MICAT remains the government only way out in reaching state related matter to the public.
		Waritay further revealed that the two-year registration waiver that was put in place for any publisher by the then Information Minister Reginald Goodridge, has been reduced to a year, because of the prevailing situation and that the decision was reached after the ministry met with all publishers recently.
	www.theperspective.org /inquirer/deputyministers.html (521 words)

	INTERNATIONAL PRESS CENTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The council of ministers, which convened at the League of Arab States' building in Cairo, headed by Qatar, agreed on launching a large-scale media campaign around the world against the bill suggested by the US Congress to recognize Jerusalem as an undivided capital of Israel.
		The participating ministers also approved several resolutions that would further promote common Arab media work and the Arab nation's just causes, as well as to adopt means of countering terrorism in all its forms.
		The Information Minister's visit to Saudi Arabia aims at exchanging views on different political issues, focusing mainly on President Mahmoud Abbas' visit to Washington and the role of Saudi Arabia in supporting the Palestinian cause and enhancing the steadfastness of the Palestinian people; financially and morally.
	www.ipc.gov.ps /ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=5308 (291 words)

	Council of Arab Information Ministers concludes session - The Saudi Arabia Information Resource
		The Minister of Culture and Information, Dr Fouad bin Abdulsalam Al-Farsy, lead the Kingdom’s delegation to the session.
		The Ministers decided to provide the required support to the First Economic Forum for Arab-U.S. Relations, which is due to be held in Detroit City, U.S.A., next September, and to encourage Arab-U.S. organizations concerned with improving the image of Arabs in the United States.
		The Ministers also decided to hold a joint meeting of the Council of Arab Information Ministers and the Ministers of Youth and Sports next June, on the sidelines of the 37th session of the Council of Arab Information Ministers.
	www.saudinf.com /main/y5858.htm (171 words)

	Asian IT ministers to meet on Monday-Hyderabad-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The objectives of the summit include use of IT for economic development, improving living standards, use of egovernance for better facilities to people and bridging the digital divide by evolving action plans on issues like Internet affordability.
		The Department of Information Technology (DIT) had taken up the initiative to define standards for telemedicine systems in India.
		The summit is being organised by the Union Ministry of Information Technology, and IT The first Asian IT Ministers' summit was held in Seoul, South Korea last year.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/415220.cms (274 words)

	freedominfo.org: foi news - information ministers meet in cancun
		Today, freedom of information advocates and government officials who implement access laws around the world gathered in Cancún, Mexico for the 3rd annual International Conference of Information Commissioners, hosted by Mexico's own commission (IFAI - Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información Pública).
		The Mexican organizers reached beyond the ranks of official delegates to bring together a wide range of civil society groups, non-governmental organizations, legal experts, academics, and openness activists from more than 50 countries, ranging from India to Ireland, Argentina to Estonia, Thailand to Peru.
		Also posted below is the Delcaration of Cancún, a document signed by conference participants calling on governments "to promote the full implementation of access to information" and to apply the principles of transparency "to all government decision-making, budgeting, and administrative functions."
	www.freedominfo.org /news/20050221.htm (430 words)

	SAARC information ministers meet - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Information exchange, through the free movement of media persons and transnational satellite broadcasting between SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) countries, would be deliberated at the SAARC Information Ministers Conference here scheduled to start from November 11.
		Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said he plans to make a presentation for India to host a SAARC Film Festival, while speaking to newspersons here today.
		Information exchange assumes importance between SAARC countries to dispel ‘enemy’ images about neighbours, especially for India that has contiguous borders with these regional countries.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/nov10/n6.asp (254 words)

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