America is the only first-world country that doesn't have a mandatory paid family leave policy.
Ireland is a first-world country, but one whose history of conflict and sectarian violence is only a few years in the past.
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"The Iron Market is a first-class building for a third world country, " says Baucher.
Further backing from Thabo Mbeki, the leader of South Africa - the first country from the continent which will stage the Fifa World Cup - and the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, led to a few plaudits from the media.
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Just about anyone with a high-flying executive job and a decent monthly income can afford all the trappings of wealth- from new BMWs to country club memberships, first-class trips around the world, and a cozy home fueled by an alternative energy source, complete with a butler at the front door.
Sixty-four years ago, the United States became the first country in the world to recognize the State of Israel--the realization of a modern day state in the historic homeland of the Jewish People.
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Caras reflects the division that exists within Brazil - a country that is both First World and Third World.
The President and the Director-General recognized the leading role that Uruguay has played in ICT in education due to its CEIBAL Campaign -- Uruguay was the first country in the world with a successful policy of universal delivery of a laptop to every primary and lower secondary student.
The econo-world has been abuzz about Germany because the country has done a remarkable job outperforming its first world peers as it emerges from the Great Recession.
Scotland was the first country in the world to have two UNESCO Creative Cities - Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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It was the first signal that Labour was re-engaging with the world and rejecting Bennite socialism in one country.
Born in Chile, but a longtime Spain representative at international level, the 31-year-old became the first skier from her country to win a women's World Cup downhill.
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The South American country's preparations for its second World Cup -- and first in more than 60 years -- have been beset by problems.
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Denmark published its first architectural policy in 2007, making it possibly the only place in the world with a country-wide architectural vision.
"First, the organization of a World Cup, which is the biggest challenge in terms of country-wide organization. (The World Cup) today is a very complex event to organize, " he says.
Kati Whitaker's radio documentary No Country for Old Women is first broadcast on the BBC World Service on 1 September - check the schedule or listen again on the programme website.
Estonia's been keen on the idea of voting via the internet since 2001 and became the first country in the world to hold legit general elections when they implemented the remote e-voting process locally in 2005.
The poster child for such accommodation could be Omar Abdul Rahman, the jihadist cleric serving a life-sentence for fomenting multiple terrorist plots in this country, including the first conspiracy to destroy the World Trade Center in 1993.
Some people call this country third world but when it comes to cricket, I feel it is most definitely first-class.
Russia has become the first country to get its hands on one of the world's most closely guarded corporate secrets -- Microsoft Corp's blueprint for its computer programmes, the software giant said on Monday.
The Star of David accordion band led the marchers through the country lanes and they filed into the church for an hour-long service to commemorate the First World War Battle of the Somme.
He's convinced he will live and draw in Syria again -- that people in his country, a cradle of civilization that invented one of the world's first alphabets, are no longer afraid and eventually will triumph over the regime that would crush their spirits and their art.
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