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A personal union is the combination by which two or more different states are governed by the same monarch while their boundaries, their laws and their interests remain distinct.^[1]^[2] It should not be confused with a federation which is internationally considered a single state. Nor is it to be confused with dynastic union, where the union can be under a dynasty.

Personal unions can arise for very different reasons, ranging from near coincidence (a princess who is already married to a king becomes queen regnant, and their child inherits the crown of both countries) to virtual annexation (where a personal union sometimes was seen as a means of preventing uprisings). They can also be codified (i.e., the constitutions of the states clearly express that they shall share the same person as head of state) or non-codified, in which case they can easily be broken (e.g., by the death of the monarch when the two states have different succession laws).

Because presidents of republics are ordinarily chosen from within the citizens of the state in question, personal unions are almost entirely a phenomenon of monarchies, and sometimes the term dual monarchy is used to signify a personal union between two monarchies.

There is a somewhat grey area between personal unions and federations, and the first has regularly grown into the second.

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1. Freeze Your Credit to Stop Identity Theft Damage
November 20, 2009

The potential theft of one?s personal information, known as identity theft, is an ever looming problem that threatens us all. According to Consumer Union, more than eight million American consumers are victims of identity theft each year. Identity thieves often use stolen personal to apply for new credit accounts in the victim's name In an attempt to minimize that threat, many people are now enrolling in subscription-based credit monitoring services such as Lifelock, Identity Guard, Trusted ID and others. These services promise to notify the subscriber of any questionable or fraudulent... (read more)

Author: Jesse Whitehead

2. Poland's Solidarity Falls Victim to Own Success
November 02, 2009

The collapse of the Berlin Wall ended decades of anti-communist protests by people living in Eastern and Central Europe. Authorities there often used deadly force to put down protests, yet they were unable to stop millions of workers and intellectuals who joined Poland's Solidarity Trade Union from demanding greater personal and political freedoms. What has freedom meant for the shipyard in Gdansk where Solidarity was organized?Poster showing a sheriff walking over the communist party headquarters marks 20th anniversary of Poland's semi-free June 1989 elections that led to the fall of comm... (read more)

3. Injured driver wins £22,000
November 01, 2009

A delivery driver has been awarded over £20,000 after he sustained a back injury while he was at work. The man, who was then forced to leave his job, is now concerned that he will never be able to find any alternative forms of employment. The 49-year-old driver from Sunderland is a member of the trade union, Unite and received a compensation claim of £22,000 following the accident while working for a company. The incident took place when the man was delivering newspapers and leaflets in Northumberland in February 2007. The man had to take eight months off from work, before ... (read more)

Author: Cat White

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