Ms Bokova is the first woman and the first Eastern European to head the organisation.
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In 1998 he opened an office in Bahrain, where First Eastern has a banking license.
"We were always a few steps faster than the others, " says First Eastern managing director Elizabeth Kan.
But Chu, the chairman of First Eastern Investment Group and a prescient booster of Chinese-Arab trade, was always too busy sharing his expertise with other companies.
During his tenure with the Devils, Parise rose to become the team's captain and one of the NHL's best all-around forwards, collecting eight goals and 15 points during this year's postseason as New Jersey won its first Eastern Conference championship since 2003.
Roy Hibbert's block of Anthony's dunk attempt midway through the fourth quarter spurred an 11-2 run that rallied the Indiana Pacers to a 106-99 victory over the Knicks in Game 6 of their second-round series, sending them into their first Eastern Conference final since 2004.
First, Eastern Canada beat the touring Australian World Cup side by five wickets.
The Haqqani and the Taliban are operationally separate, with the first handling eastern Afghanistan and the second focusing on the south.
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Euro 2012 was awarded to Poland and Ukraine by European football's governing body UEFA in 2007 -- the first time Eastern Europe has been called upon to host a major football tournament.
The tiny oil-rich Gulf state of Qatar, with a population estimated to be around 1.7m, will be the first Middle Eastern country to host a major sporting event, and a central crux of their bid centred around boosting the region's global profile.
Azerbaijan's Mehriban Aliyeva, a dazzling fashionista, is arguably the most prominent among the eastern first ladies.
Dieback was first recorded in eastern Europe in 1992 and spread over two decades to infect most of the continent.
Ash dieback was first recorded in eastern Europe in 1992 and spread over two decades to infect most of the continent.
So if this was a potential first-round Eastern Conference playoff preview, the Bucks probably didn't enjoy much of what they saw on Tuesday night.
Dieback, caused by the Chalara fraxinea fungus, was first recorded in eastern Europe in 1992 and spread over two decades to infect most of the continent.
The last Labour government vastly underestimated the numbers of people from the first wave of eastern EU member states who would move to the UK, nearly a decade ago.
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It is only recently I have realized that this Swami was in fact one of India's most influential spiritual teachers - the first to package eastern philosophy for the West.
We then expanded into Benelux, a linguistically homogenous region, adjacent to our home market of France, and Poland, where we were again able to partner with a local car sharing network for our first foray into Eastern Europe.
The first of these, the SEACOM cable, eastern Africa's first modern submarine cable, was completed in July.
Mr Boyd trained in Moscow and admires the company-first approach of much eastern European theatre.
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The invitations to the first new members from Eastern Europe will be issued, to a volley of champagne corks, at a special summit at Madrid in July.
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New York (7-5-4) had its unbeaten streak snapped at seven games, falling one point out of first place of the Eastern Conference after Montreal rallied to beat Sporting KC.
The reigning Vezina Trophy winner was perfect in making Derick Brassard's second-period goal stand up in a 1-0 victory over the Capitals that forced a deciding game in the first-round, Eastern Conference series.
Mirza Teletovic added 14 points and MarShon Brooks chipped in 12 for the Nets, who will host Detroit on Wednesday night before they open up at home in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Despite sitting out for more than a month because of a broken jaw, the Penguins' Sidney Crosby (who won the Hart in 2007) is still the league's leading scorer, and Pittsburgh is in first place in the Eastern Conference.
Dwyane Wade scored 21 points, LeBron James finished with 19 and the Heat used a frantic start to the fourth quarter to pull away and beat the Bucks 98-86 in Game 2 of the teams' Eastern Conference first-round series on Tuesday night.
Orpik fired a slap shot from the left point that hit the back of the net 7:49 into overtime Saturday night to give the Penguins a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders that ended the Eastern Conference first-round series in six games.
Opening 20 April, the W St Petersburg is the first for the chain in Eastern Europe.
On the first day of travel through eastern Oregon we saw the sign (and crossed over) for the 45th parallel.
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