Available in eight languages, and in more than 190 different countries around the world, eBay apps have been downloaded 25 million times in the last six months alone making them some of the most popular and successful shopping apps anywhere.

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Following the ceremony, the Director-General was guided through the old and the renovated premises of the University, which contains the world's largest collection of children's books in different languages, dating back to before the Russian Revolution in 1918.

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Each must be programmed in as many as a dozen different languages, with voices and scripts produced by linguists around the world.

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