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Though Israel had still not formally ratified the pact, it was expected to do so Thursday evening, and celebrations had already broken out in the country.

The Americans who drafted and ratified this sentence plainly understood that it conferred citizenship upon American-born children of aliens.

The move comes weeks after the commission outlined a formal trade deal with the Mercosur nations of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, which still has to be ratified by European Union member states.

Opposition MPs have demanded an immediate suspension of the deportation agreement until it is ratified by parliament, but the government has said it plans to accept another 40 deportees.

Opposition MPs have called for the immediate suspension of the US-Ghana agreement until it is ratified by law.