He was expected to meet business delegates in Shanghai before heading to Beijing.

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Along with thousands of government delegates, activists, academics, business chiefs and other journalists I'm making my way this week to Rio de Janeiro.

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On Thursday, Environment Minister, Edwin Poots told delegates at the Retail NI conference that business people should stop using a "sudden interest in newts and badgers" to snarl up the planning system.

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The normally glitzy alpine town has had a noticeably austere, dressed-down feel, with fewer parties and more conservative business suits in evidence, as grim-faced delegates appeared to resign themselves to the prospect of a long recession.

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Fifa president Sepp Blatter is the big name guest at this year's Soccerex convention, with 3, 000 delegates attending the latest gathering of the world's biggest football business event.

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In his opening speech this morning, Sarkozy called on delegates and world leaders to work together to come up with regulations for the internet that will foster business without sacrificing privacy.

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She told delegates Plaid would "earn the right to govern our country by presenting a responsible, competent, and business-friendly plan for boosting the Welsh economy".

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Reagan ran as the man of Main Street against the Big Business candidacies of John Connally (who would set a record for the most campaign dollars spent to win Republican convention delegates--just one, in Connally's case) and George H.

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