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However, in a sign that Ivan Glasenberg, Glencore Xstrata’s billionaire chief executive, is determined to tighten controls on costs, the group also announced the suspension of production at its iron ore operation in Australia. The recent collapse in the price of iron ore and increasing production costs led to the decision. (The London Evening Standard)

To many of you unfamiliar with alternative dispute resolution, arbitration may be starting to sound a heck of a lot like litigation. The key difference is that arbitration usually takes place behind closed doors and the arbitrator's decision must remain secret unless the parties agree otherwise. (FindLaw UK)

RULE OF LAW. Rules of law are general maxims, formed by the courts, who having observed what is common to many particular cases, announce this conformity by a maxim, which is called a rule; because in doubtful and unforeseen cases, it is a rule for their decision; it embraces particular cases within general principles. (A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. )

The U.N. mission in Mali, whose peacekeepers are helping to protect the nation against Islamist rebels, reversed on Saturday a decision taken earlier in the week to renew the contract with the Pasteur Clinic in Bamako to care for sick or injured troops. (Daily Mail)