Despite their large numbers (estimates vary between 15m to 20m) little is known about the Alevis and they are often confused with the Alawites in Syria.

ECONOMIST: Turkish politics

Despite the large numbers of rooms opening in coming years, "there is no worry this will lead to an oversupply, " says Chiheb Ben Mahmoud, executive vice president at Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels EMEA in Dubai.

WSJ: Dubai's New Boom Is Hotel Rooms

Visa and Mastercard are fortresses, growing 20% per year like clockwork, despite the law of large numbers.

FORBES: Tokenization And The Collapse Of The Credit Card Payment Model

Despite the presence of large numbers of Muslim women in Spain, there is a continuing public debate over Islamic customs affecting women.

BBC: Muslim women seek positive image

Despite this, PHW said large numbers of people aged 10-18 years still have not had a jab which could prevent them from contracting measles, a highly contagious and potentially fatal disease.

BBC: Measles epidemic: 'Slowing but more still need MMR jab'

But some Democrats are more wary, despite polling that finds that core Democratic voters still support Mr. Obama in large numbers.

WSJ: Obama Lashes Out at Critics in His Base

Despite the large number of objections, Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) - the internet name regulator in charge of the rollout - has indicated that it still believed it would be able to release the first suffixes for use by May 2013.

BBC: New internet name objections filed by government panel