We also conduct considerable data collection and analysis to gauge progress and determine trends.

CNN: Transcript of Iraq hearing statements

The museum's collection vividly charts Dubai's rapid progress from a tiny pre-oil fishing and pearling village - and one of the world's first free-trade ports - through to the Arabian metropolis it is today.

BBC: The Dubai Museum: Charting the rise of the emirate

While the consultation is under way, work will progress on plans to establish a national collection of half a million DNA samples from adult volunteers in the UK. The anonymous DNA database would be linked to information from GPs about the volunteers' health and lifestyle.

BBC: Genetic data 'insurance fear'

According to this Group, the main purposes of data collection in EFA is to assist national policy making and assessment of progress towards the Dakar goals.

UNESCO: Bulletin on EFA action worldwide No.45

And in 1965, Golden State set out to build a collection of African-American art that would embody the community's progress.

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While EU nations have made a great progress in pulling their resources together, they do remain a collection of capricious brides that find hard to lead a common life, a situation that can turn worse as European economies face a full-blown recession.

FORBES: EU: A Collection of Capricious Brides

You can follow the progress of the project and learn about Charlie Haughey's time in Vietnam on the Chieu Hoi Collection website.

BBC: Return to Vietnam