And while it says here that San Antonio-based Whataburger is unquestionably the greatest fast food chain in the world, California-based In-N-Out Burger devotees the world over would at least in this instance wrongly make the case for the latter.
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The Congolese government, with the help of the largest U.N. peacekeeping mission in the world, is attempting to regain control over the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Founded in 1945 in San Francisco, the U.N. was once a magnificent opportunity to advance freedom in the world.
In addition, the U.N. secretary-general's special representative in Kosovo has asked the World Health Organization to send in experts to help them assess whether there is any risk to the civilian population in Kosovo.
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We want to salute those who serve in U.N. missions around the world, at times at great risk to themselves.
And, look, I think we will be dependent on the eloquence and passion of President Sarkozy and others in rallying the world for what will move to the U.N.
When the Navy began N-UCAS, it became a world leader in the development of the next generation of UAVs.
But other world leaders, like Chavez and Iran's President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, used the U.N. podium to challenge America's influence in the world.
This week, for example, more than 20 capital market leaders from around the world met in Rio as part of the U.N.
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The U.N. has been irrelevant to any of the major disputes in the world probably since gosh, Korea, maybe.
The Bush administration agrees on the need to overhaul the Security Council, but Rice believes it is important to make progress in other areas before world leaders gather in New York in September for the U.N.
In 2010, the International Air Transport Association asked the U.N. body representing the world's aviation regulators to take a look at management of unruly passengers in light of evidence that most rarely face official action.
The G8 leaders will also look to providing extra help in alleviating the debt of the world's poorest countries, and to contributing towards the U.N. drive against infectious diseases such as AIDS, TB and malaria.
"Stephane Hessel was a towering figure in the human rights world, " U.N.
But its members hold most of the voting rights in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, four of the five permanent seats on the U.N.
"It's important for each and every country in the world that we have a regulation of the international arms trade, " Germany's U.N.
He said inspectors have found hundreds of cases of Iraqi officials concealing from U.N. weapons inspectors evidence that placed Iraq in clear violation of the world body's resolutions.
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U.N. statistics show South Africa has the second highest rate of shooting deaths in the world, second only to Colombia.
On the whole, only 3.5% of Africa's arable land is irrigated and about 9% of world fertilizer is used in the continent, according to the U.N.
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After two weeks of mind-numbing debate, including two final days of round-the-clock haggling, world leaders have reached a deal at the U.N. climate talks in Durban, South Africa.
And certainly what was true about the situation in Libya was the unanimity around the world about the need to take action, the U.N. resolution that reflected that unanimous feeling, the willingness in the regime and the desire in the regime that action be taken, and the opportunity in a -- for action to halt a direct threat on many, many thousands of Libyans in Benghazi.
Nearly 200 world leaders will be in New York the week of the show for the U.N.
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"We think there's room for another marathon in Manhattan, in the spring, " said Scott Dickey, chief executive of Competitor Group, whose Rock 'n' roll marathon and half-marathon series has grown from six races in 2008 to 33 in cities around the world.
The U.S. and the U.N. have faced tensions over control of Iraq, with U.N. leaders saying that once the world body returns to the country it wants more of a say in how things are run than the U.S. seemed ready to cede.
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