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Chinese classic scroll painting sells for record $24 million | Lifestyle | ReutersChinese classic scroll painting sells for record $24 million HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - A rare, classical scroll by a Ming dynasty artist fetched $24.8 million at a Beijing sale, the highest price ever paid for a Chinese painting at auction, in a positive sign for the downturn-stricken ...
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kiwanja.net :: Mobile GalleryWelcome to the mobile gallery The mobile gallery contains a range of high resolution mobile phone-related images. Intended audiences are NGOs, non-profits, students and mobile- or ICT-related news organisations looking for royalty-free photographs for use in brochures, general literature, ...
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Blackwater's Secret War in PakistanNovember 23, 2009 At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban ...
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Roubini: Dollar may feed emerging market inflation | Currencies | ReutersRoubini: Dollar may feed emerging market inflation * Bank measures may fan price rises in emerging markets * Capital controls could be answer to currency gains By Luis A. Henao BUENOS AIRES, Nov 24 (Reuters) - U.S. dollar weakness may lead to inflation and asset bubbles in emerging ...
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Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis.Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.115 or higher is required to watch video inline on this webpage, and JavaScript must be enabled. You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For ...
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Climate change and indigenous peoples“It wasn’t our culture, our economies that created this problem, but we are facing the disproportionate and deadly effects of this incredible climate crisis,“ said Wildcat, and a co-chair of the Native Peoples Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop II.
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Female Country Music Stars Love Them Some Gay Marriage | Gay Rights | Change.orgFemale Country Music Stars Love Them Some Gay Marriage So Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, and Martina McBride walk into bar, and the bartender says, "Hey ladies, what'll it be today?" And the trio bounces back, "How about full equality for gays and lesbians?" *crickets* OK, so it doesn't ...
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WaterCanParents, children and families around the world have hopes and dreams. The same as you and I. Should the lack of clean water, basic sanitation and hygiene hold them back? We say no, especially when we have the ...
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CPI 2009 Table/2009/cpi/surveys_indices/policy_research# The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) table shows a country's ranking and score, the number of surveys used to determine the score, and the confidence range of the scoring. # The rank shows how one country compares to others included in the index. The CPI score indicates the perceived level ...
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2009/cpi/surveys_indices/policy_researchThe Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) measures the perceived level of public-sector corruption in 180 countries and territories around the world. The CPI is a "survey of surveys", based on 13 different expert and business surveys.
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