Its chief victims are some of the poorer countries and areas of South America, starting with Peru.
Just 20 countries or areas from a total of 250 accounted for a staggering three-quarters of total file-sharing activity.
The London-based market research firm Euromonitor International recently released a report finding that certain countries neighbouring troubled areas, like Algeria, which shares a border with Libya, may be affected.
Opponents point out that unlike areas in other countries, mass transit is only economic viable in areas with sufficient density and that on a large scale, massive public transit programs have no chance of becoming self-sufficient.
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In most countries' airports, areas designed for the general public require free access.
The Index evaluates countries in four broad areas of economic freedom: rule of law, regulatory efficiency, limited government and open markets.
We were taught that, in any given situation, a solution that works for both parties (or countries, or disputed areas) can be created.
Pandora Media aims to eventually expand its internet radio service to other countries and move into areas beyond music, such as news, talk and sports.
The index, compiled by Mercer and the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, attempts to compare the widely varying systems of the countries in three broad areas: adequacy, sustainability and integrity.
In some countries, training in these areas is needed by those who otherwise have relevant competencies.
Countries with troops in those areas, including Britain, the Netherlands, Poland and Denmark, feel overstretched already.
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Low-lying coastal areas, including small nearshore islands, are among the most intensively used areas in all countries.
This is especially hard to do in remote areas of poor countries, especially when the populace is suspicious and uncooperative.
Moreover, in those areas where poor countries could benefit from world trade rules, they are often unable to do so.
Founded by Andreas Raptopoulos, the company have ambitious plans to build a network of autonomous vehicles delivering food and aid to inaccessible areas in developing countries.
And all Arctic countries are opening their offshore areas to exploration with caution: for oil companies, the Arctic is one of the world's most tightly regulated regions.
O3b this year will launch special satellites that would broadcast signals to power new networks operated by telecom companies for remote areas of developing countries around the world.
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In 2008, this amounted to about 1.5 billion people, most of whom lived in remote or rural areas of developing countries in sub- Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Many of them live in urban areas of developing countries.
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Seven of the world's largest energy companies also announced that they would share technical plans on how to get more solar-powered generation plants to rural areas in poor countries.
So Iceland now ranks among the top countries in all of these areas, and it has brought forward a new generation of people who are creating companies in these fields.
It also said the EU should seek to add value rather than merely recycle money (eg, directing funds to poorer areas of rich countries that ought to be able to look after themselves).
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According to this agreement both countries will cooperate in the areas of energy exploitation and exploration and in joint ventures involving petrochemical and hydroelectric development as well as hydrocarbons, mining, agriculture, infrastructure, science and technology.
But that figure rises to over 10 percent for developing countries, and in some areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America, more than one-third of the medicines on sale can be bogus, according to the group.
Helping a large Indian outsourcer go public, Janah hit on the notion that poor, educated people even in rural areas of developing countries could do data-entry work, just as people living in large Indian cities do.
The Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee, meeting from 24 to 28 July, will review preparations for the Conference and also assess progress in the implementation of international support measures for those countries, particularly in the areas of official development assistance (ODA), debt relief, investment and trade.
And yet we continue to trail other countries in a number of critical areas.
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Out of the 408 biosphere reserves in 94 countries, 138 are in mountain areas.
This is a common building practice in some of the more impoverished and rural areas of Southeast Asian countries.
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