Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, is known under a variety of names: great millet and guinea corn in West Africa, kafir corn in South Africa, dura in Sudan, mtama in eastern Africa, jowar in India and kaoliang in China (Purseglove, 1972).
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 is a United States federal law known primarily for two of its main provisions, one that addresses accounting transparency requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and another concerning bribery of foreign officials. The act was amended in 1988 and in 1998. As of 2012 there were continued congressional concerns. An ongoing debate asks whether FCPA enforcement discourages US companies from investing abroad.
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) is the primary means for bringing a lawsuit against a foreign sovereign or its agencies and instrumentalities. The act establishes certain procedures that must be followed when suing a foreign sovereign and attaching property for international debt recovery purposes.t is customary international law that one foreign state is immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of another foreign state. Until recently there were few exceptions to this rule of sovereign immunity.