Deals are done over the telephone, by fax and, come January when Saudi Arabia goes on-line, by e-mail.

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They come in based upon huge workshops that they've done over the weekends.

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To all the heads of state, to all the countries represented here who have done so much over the past several months to ensure this day could come, I want to say thank you, as well.

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"What my colleagues and I have done for Malaysian workers over the past four years are only a reflection of what is to come and implemented in the next five years, " local media quoted him as saying on 1 May.

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