Azerbaijan's Mehriban Aliyeva, a dazzling fashionista, is arguably the most prominent among the eastern first ladies.
Dwyane Wade scored 21 points, LeBron James finished with 19 and the Heat used a frantic start to the fourth quarter to pull away and beat the Bucks 98-86 in Game 2 of the teams' Eastern Conference first-round series on Tuesday night.
Orpik fired a slap shot from the left point that hit the back of the net 7:49 into overtime Saturday night to give the Penguins a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders that ended the Eastern Conference first-round series in six games.
The first of these, the SEACOM cable, eastern Africa's first modern submarine cable, was completed in July.
Ms Bokova is the first woman and the first Eastern European to head the organisation.
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In 1998 he opened an office in Bahrain, where First Eastern has a banking license.
"We were always a few steps faster than the others, " says First Eastern managing director Elizabeth Kan.
But Chu, the chairman of First Eastern Investment Group and a prescient booster of Chinese-Arab trade, was always too busy sharing his expertise with other companies.
Qoros made its debut at the Geneva International Motor Show, and the Chinese-Israeli joint venture plans later this year to release in China and Eastern Europe the first of seven vehicles built at a factory near Shanghai.
During his tenure with the Devils, Parise rose to become the team's captain and one of the NHL's best all-around forwards, collecting eight goals and 15 points during this year's postseason as New Jersey won its first Eastern Conference championship since 2003.
Roy Hibbert's block of Anthony's dunk attempt midway through the fourth quarter spurred an 11-2 run that rallied the Indiana Pacers to a 106-99 victory over the Knicks in Game 6 of their second-round series, sending them into their first Eastern Conference final since 2004.
First, Eastern Canada beat the touring Australian World Cup side by five wickets.
The snow came down on higher ground on parts of eastern Wales, the first of 2013 for many areas.
Cities in eastern China where H7N9 first appeared have been closing live poultry markets and taking other precautions to limit the spread of the new virus.
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Euro 2012 was awarded to Poland and Ukraine by European football's governing body UEFA in 2007 -- the first time Eastern Europe has been called upon to host a major football tournament.
The tiny oil-rich Gulf state of Qatar, with a population estimated to be around 1.7m, will be the first Middle Eastern country to host a major sporting event, and a central crux of their bid centred around boosting the region's global profile.
It's time for the Eastern Conference semifinals, the first playoff meeting between the teams in 40 years.
The world holds its breath as 08.30 Eastern Time approaches on the first Friday of a new month.
Dieback was first recorded in eastern Europe in 1992 and spread over two decades to infect most of the continent.
He has been stalking pigs in eastern New Mexico since the first group was spotted in Quay County in 2006.
Ash dieback was first recorded in eastern Europe in 1992 and spread over two decades to infect most of the continent.
Ali Mohsen, military commander of the country's northern and eastern regions, as the first on the list of officials who must leave the country.
So if this was a potential first-round Eastern Conference playoff preview, the Bucks probably didn't enjoy much of what they saw on Tuesday night.
David West had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Pacers, who were trying to reach the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2004.
Dieback, caused by the Chalara fraxinea fungus, was first recorded in eastern Europe in 1992 and spread over two decades to infect most of the continent.
The last Labour government vastly underestimated the numbers of people from the first wave of eastern EU member states who would move to the UK, nearly a decade ago.
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It is only recently I have realized that this Swami was in fact one of India's most influential spiritual teachers - the first to package eastern philosophy for the West.
When approaching from Turkey the earthy eastern plains of Thrace are first to emerge, with their vivid patches of sunflowers, rolling fields of wheat and storks' nests dotting the telephone poles.
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The Pacers took a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series and would advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2004 with a win Thursday at Madison Square Garden.
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