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  2. Extraterritoriality - Wikipedia

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    For example, such is the immunity granted to diplomatic missions, military bases of foreign countries, or offices of the United Nations. The three most common cases recognized today internationally relate to the persons and belongings of foreign heads of state and government , the persons and belongings of ambassadors and other diplomats , and ...

  3. Diplomatic mission - Wikipedia

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    The sending state can give embassies sovereign status but this only happens with a minority of countries. [13] Rather, the premises of an embassy remain under the jurisdiction of the host state while being afforded special privileges (such as immunity from most local laws) by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations .

  4. Extraterritorial jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    Diplomatic immunity of foreign embassies and consulates in host countries is governed by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. They remain under the jurisdiction of the host country but are 'inviolable' (the host country's agents may not enter the premises, or detain accredited diplomats).

  5. Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Because embassies are considered foreign soil, the memorial was moved in 2009 to Arlington National Cemetery. A rededication ceremony took place on June 14, 2009, on the 66th anniversary of the crash. [29] [30]

  6. Do Foreign Countries Have Military Bases in the United States?

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    The video is misleading: The U.S. is not home to any independent foreign military bases. However, some U.S. military bases host detachments of foreign militaries, and many are used to train ...

  7. U.S. territorial sovereignty - Wikipedia

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    The United States exercises extraterritoriality on military installations, American embassies and consulates located in foreign countries, and research centers and field camps in Antarctica. Despite exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction , these overseas locations remain under the sovereignty of the host countries (except Antarctica, where ...

  8. Consulates in extraterritorial jurisdictions - Wikipedia

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    In countries outside of its borders, a foreign power often has extraterritorial rights over its official representation (such as a consulate).If such concessions are obtained, they are often justified as protection of the foreign religion (especially in the case of Christians in a Muslim state) such as the ahdname or capitulations granted by the Ottoman Sultan to commercial Diasporas residing ...

  9. Foreign ownership of Ohio farmland has been on the rise ... - AOL

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    Of the foreign-held farmland acres in Ohio, 52.5% are considered cropland and 29.9% are forest land, according to the report. 'Risk of death by suicide': Ohio farmers can now access mental-health ...