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50 Countries in 18th World Islamic Banking Conference
ABNA.ir
We believe that the World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC 2011) will play a meaningful role in facilitating dialogues to prepare theinternational Islamic finance industry to "Compete for GlobalGrowth”.” "The Central Bank of Bahrain is delighted to ...
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Qantas Airways grounds global fleet due to strikes
Kingsport Times News
Among the stranded passengers are 17 world leaders attending a Commonwealth summit in the western city of Perth. When the grounding was announced, 36international and 28 domestic Australian flights were in the air, said a Qantas spokeswoman, ...
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Global Union ITF Pledges Support To Qantas Workers
Fox Business
... Cockroft said transport workers internationally would support their Australian colleagues "because a downwards spiral in conditions would impact on the industryglobally." "Ordinary people in Australia and ITF affiliates around the world won't have ...
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World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Exceeds Expectations
PR.com (press release)
John Casey, the Director of International Benefits for Google, Inc., gave insight into how to create the “healthiest employee in the world.” Rounding out the keynote speakers were President of Twist Image Mitch Joel, who presented the importance of ...
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Dubai set to become focal point for international rice industry
Khaleej Times
Both Vietnam, the world's second largest exporter of rice, and its near neighbor Cambodia, which has recently returned to the international trading arena, are both sending large Government-led delegations to Rice Dubai 2011. ...
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Prince Turki: Global community accepts Palestine as a state
Arab News
“And this is where my contention that America's vetoing of statehood for Palestine, not only will affect the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the US, but also with the rest of the world, and not just the Muslim world, but the whole global ...
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Europe Tries to Lure Chinese Cash to Back Rescue of Euro
New York Times
Arvind Subramanian, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute forInternational Economics in Washington, said Europe's appeal was another sign that China was already a dominant global power. “China's power is more imminent, broader in scope and greater ...
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New York Times
Global countdown starts
Mail & Guardian Online
That Adnan has such an international outlook is hardly surprising: at only two days old he was held aloft in a Sarajevo hospital by the then United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, to be snapped by the world's news photographers....
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United Nations World Tourism Organization commends tourism boom in Qatar and Gulf
AME Info
He explained that his preliminary results on the performance of the Middle East and North Africa in 2011 showed international recognition of the role of the played by Qatar and the Gulf States in reviving the global tourism industry. ...
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Global rebalancing of corporate versus indirect tax continues: KPMG
Oman Daily Observer
International businesses should ensure they have the right mix of income tax and VAT/GST management resources in place to stay ahead of this long-term trend.” According to the KPMG survey, the world's average corporate tax rate has fallen in each of ...
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IFIM Business School announces admissions to PGDM - International Business...
India PRwire (press release)
Students of this program also undertake an International immersion program where they travel to different parts of the world to get a first hand feel of GlobalBusiness Operations. The faculty exchange programs that IFIM Business School has with its ...
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Canada adds $15M to anti-polio pledge
National Post (blog)
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is a public-private partnership spearheaded by the World Health Organization to eradicate polio worldwide. Canada is the eighth largest donor. It was launched in 1988 by national governments, the World ...
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Seoul Ranks as 7th Global Power City Among 35 Cities
Bradenton Herald
/PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Seoul was placed seventh in the Global Power City Index (GPCI) among 35 world cities. The GPCI, the representative index that measuresinternational power of major cities, has been conducted by the Mori Memorial Foundation since ...
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Majewski-Torres is Set For The Wach-McCall Undercard
BoxingScene.com
The bout, which will support the WBC International heavyweight title match between Mariusz "The Viking" Wach (25-0, 13 KO) of North Bergen, NJ, by way of Krakow, Poland and former world heavyweight champ Oliver McCall (56-11, 37 KO), may wind up as a ...
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Formula for success
Hindustan Times
Yes, in magnitude, F1 is bigger than the cricket World Cup and even the Commonwealth Games simply because it's a truly global sport and not one in which only a handful of countries participate. Just short of the Olympics, F1 doesn't get bigger than ...
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Hindustan Times
Commonwealth leaders agree to be more proactive on human rights
Stabroek News
Britain's 85-year-old Queen Elizabeth opened the meeting of leaders of the 54 states of the Commonwealth, home to a third of the world's population and five of the G20 leading economies but struggling to make much impact on globalpolicies. ...
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Ripper RWC paves way for return
Stuff.co.nz
A global rugby powerbroker says New Zealand will host a third Rugby World Cup, despite escalating costs associated with the event. The government has confirmed it will pick up a budget shortfall of up to $40 million for the 2011 event – capped off by ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Nandita Das in IWF's International Hall of Fame
Zee News
IWF recognises leading global women game-changer women by inducting them into the International Hall of Fame, which acts as a platform for them to connect with the world`s most preeminent women of significant and diverse achievements. ...
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Zee News
Seven Billion People & Women's Rights: What is the Connection?
Forbes
At the end of October, the UN has projected that the world'spopulation will reach 7 billion, a scary milestone amidst increasingglobal political and economic instability. More people will only place increased pressure on our environment, ...
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Forbes
UN wants better life for world of 7 billion
Kipp Report
Countries were expected to contribute $34 billion, with a further $10.8 billion coming from international and bilateral donors, leaving a shortfall of around $25 billion. Growing global interdependence meant governments had to work out how to deal with ...
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Kipp Report
City of Golden Temple, Amritsar to join the international `green drive' initiative
Punjab Newsline
By Dharminder S Rataul AMRITSAR: The city of Amritsar will formally join the Green Pilgrim Cities Network, the first global network aimed at greening the pilgrimage sites. The initiative will be formally launched in Assisi, Italy, from October 31 to ...
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Remy International Inc. and India's Lucas-TVS Announce a Business Co-operation
Bradenton Herald
John Weber, President and CEO of Remy International, said this agreement will benefit both firms. Lucas-TVS will be able to leverage Remy product lineup andglobal customer relationships to reach more foreign customers who are investing in India, ...
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DePaul University And Heartland International To Launch Monthly Foreign ...
Media Newswire (press release)
The lecture will kick off the “First Tuesday” series of talks focusing on a wide range of international issues and featuring authors, scholars, diplomats and others involved in global affairs. Each hour-long program will begin at noon on the First ...
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Population boom heralds big global economic shifts
Ottawa Citizen
asked Robert Aliber, a professor of international economics and finance at the University of Chicago. Part of the answer to that rhetorical question presupposes uninterrupted advances in technology and productivity of the sort that Malthus, ...
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Baby shower: What sort of world awaits the seven billionth person?
Irish Times
The goal is to slow the global casino of international finance while raising funds for poverty alleviation. The second is a levy on carbon-dioxide emissions from burning oil, gas and coal. Even a small charge would put the world in the direction of ...
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Irish Times
Shark Finning Photos Reveal Extreme Reality
Global Animal
In Taiwan, 85 percent of sharks caught come from the high seas, Glenn Sant of TRAFFIC—a global wildlife-trade monitoring network—said by email. TheInternational Union for Conservation of Naturelists more than half of open-ocean shark species as ...
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SYSPRO Honored in Eighth Annual International Business Awards(SM)
Benzinga (press release)
Since its inception in 1978, SYSPRO has been delivering state-of-the-art business solutions to some of the world's leading companies. As a global leader in the production of world-class ERP software, the company now caters to the specialized needs of ...
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US, China discuss financial recovery
AFP
WASHINGTON — US and Chinese diplomats discussed ways theworld's top two economies could promote balanced growth and a recovery from the global financial recession, the State Department said Saturday. During a Thursday-Saturday visit in Beijing with ...
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AFP
Home is where the art is
China Daily
Chinese contemporary art continues to set global sales records, but the concentration of buyers is shifting from international to homegrown collectors. As Belgian husband and wife Baron Guy and Myriam Ullens have been liquidating their collection ...
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China Daily
Zynex, Inc. to Exhibit at MEDICA 2011-World Forum for Medicine International...
Benzinga (press release)
Thomas Sandgaard, CEO stated, “The MEDICA trade fair brings together a large informed world audience within the medical industry. We believe our participation in this event will help us advance our efforts to expand our global reach. ...
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World's Best Universities: About the Rankings - US News and World ...
U.S. News & World Report's World's Best Universities rankings are based on the QS ... for careers and education, has been publishing international rankings since 2004. ... Also, for the first time, there are global rankings in 24 subject areas : ...
www.usnews.com/.../worlds-best-universities-about-the-rankin...
Global financial bodies must adapt to a changed world
Groups such as the IMF and BIS face irrelevancy if they do not keep pace with changes in the geography of global finance.
www.theglobeandmail.com/report.../article2211186/
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Duniya Bharsay - Daily Jang delivers Latest News, Breaking News and Todays Headlines from World.
www.jang.pk/jang/oct2011-daily/19-10-2011/dunia.htm
Paramount Lays Off 120 in Global Theatrical Reorganization
Andrew Cripps (left) will leave his post as president of international. ... largestinternational multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, ...
www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/.../idUS3238341522011102...
Vatican calls for global authority on economy
... on Monday for the establishment of a global public authority and a centralworld bank ... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedianews ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-vatican-economy-idUSTRE79N28X20...
Houston goes global with new website connecting international ...
Houston officials, representatives of global organizations and international ...with new website connecting international interests - Your Houston News: News... The website is a collaboration between the city of Houston, the World Affairs ...
www.yourhoustonnews.com/.../article_507d4f43-b401-5646-...
Hong Kong Enjoys Double-Digit RevPAR Gains - World Property ...
World Property Channel. Properties, Places ... Global Real Estate NewsEditions. Saturday, October 29 ... International Markets Vacation & Leisure Real Estate ...
www.worldpropertychannel.com/.../hong-kong-hotels-revpar-...
Rare score for Taiwan as local star wins LPGA tournament – at ...
Global News Blog ... support, sees Taiwan as part of its turf and urges worldsports associations, as well as other international bodies, to ignore the place. ...
www.csmonitor.com/.../Rare-score-for-Taiwan-as-local-star-wi...
Internet Responsible For Just 2 Pc Of Global Energy ... - World News
Internet Responsible For Just 2 Pc Of Global Energy Consumption for free London, Oct 27 (ANI) . ... World International News · usa jobs ...
www.newsworldrss.com/.../Internet-Responsible-For-Just-2-Pc...
Supercomputing to Forecast the Future | Linux.com
If you want to survey the international Internet-based news, world-wide social ...of international news and social media and discovered that "global news tone"...
https://www.linux.com/.../495176-supercomputing-to-forecast...
Climate Change Negotiations: The Death of the Kyoto Process ...
Politicians and diplomats from around the world were attending a conference to discuss how global ... But the belief that global warming can be halted throughinternational cooperation is elusive. .... Stay informed with our free newsservices: ...
www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,792224,00.html
Heineken to sponsor 2015 Rugby World Cup - Drinks International ...
Heineken has extended its sponsorship of the Rugby World Cup to remain its official beer supplier and worldwide ... Home » News » Business news ... “The Rugby World Cup is the world's third largest sporting event, with a truly globalreach. ...
www.drinksint.com/.../Heineken_to_sponsor_2015_Rugby_W...
U.N.: Global money-laundering may be $1.6T - UPI.com
United Press International - News. ... percent-to-5 percent range of global GNP established by the International Monetary Fund ... Additional World NewsStories ...
www.upi.com/Top_News/.../UPI-76611319578672/
Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) Creates ... - EIN News
This is a service of EIN News ... Gaming Laboratories International (GLI), theworld's leading gaming testing ... Investing News - GLOBAL INVESTING TODAY...
www.einnews.com/.../581014-gaming-laboratories-internation...
Gates Foundation Hosts International Forum to Plot Future of Global ...
Read more development aid news online, and subscribe to The Development Newswire to receive top international development headlines from the world's ...
www.devex.com/.../gates-foundation-hosts-international-foru...

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