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US investor threatens Canada over quarry project rejected on environmental grounds; Zurich event to discuss investment treaty arbitration on March 7; British Institute to host annual London conference on investment treaty law on May 9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/itn_feb5_2008.pdf\">ITN February 5, 2008<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this issue: <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips75'>MFN<\/span> clause used successfully in bid by minority Yukos shareholders to sue Russia; ANALYSIS: RosInvest ruling adds to muddy picture of MFN&#8217;s effect on arbitration; Ecuador will denounce at least nine bilateral investment treaties; <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips3'>UNCITRAL<\/span> Working Group meets as investor-state questions loom; Argentine challenge to arbitrator in National Grid case is rejected in reasoned decision; NAFTA tribunal declines jurisdiction in Canadian cattle ranchers&#8217; dispute with the US; 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