However England did not want to take any chances with a player ranked as the number one spinner in the world and who will be a valuable asset on the spin-friendly World Cup wickets in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Another prestige friendly saw World Cup title holders Italy and the Netherlands draw 0-0 in Pescara in a game of few chances.
The U.S. corporate tax environment is one of the least business-friendly in the world.
The two sides met earlier this year in a pre-World Cup friendly which Germany won 4-2.
First, when you consider the size of our population, we are not the most immigrant friendly country in the world.
On the other hand, efforts to curb criminal activity actually resulted in South Korea becoming one of the most credit card-friendly countries in the world.
London, by contrast, has some of the least-patent friendly courts in the world, where alleged patent infringers won 86% of the time between 2006 and 2009.
It seems hard to imagine now, but General Motors not long ago produced the most environmentally friendly automobile in the world: the electric vehicle called EV-1.
But Irving Mintzer, an economist, worries that the rush to new electric-car technologies could leave us dependent on other not-so-friendly parts of the world for critical materials.
The games started life in the Isle of Man 1985, as a way of bringing together a number of small islands from different parts of the world in friendly competition.
Beckham was due to continue his personal programme, worked out by Manchester United, while the rest of the squad trained for the first time in Korea ahead of a friendly against the joint World Cup hosts on Tuesday.
Three weeks ago England beat one of those "best teams in the world", with a well-earned 2-1 friendly victory over last September's World Cup semi-finalists Norway.
In much of the world, even friendly British visitors arrive freighted with colonial baggage.
There are indications some cardinals hope this pope will be Christian-friendly to Islam and the developing world.
It also needs to make its airports more user-friendly and competitive, given the world-class facilities sprouting in the region.
If you travel abroad often and only want to use one handset, you should consider one of the world-band travel friendly smartphones out there.
Ferdinand has already been England captain under the Italian during a period when Capello rotated the position in friendly matches before England's World Cup qualifiers.
The administration is waging a campaign to show the world just how business-friendly the U.S. is.
The world is no longer a friendly place for mid-sized drugs groups.
These moguls have made significant commitments to the environment, whether through investment in technology, commitment to earth-friendly living or simply by raising the world's environmental awareness.
Clark, Andreessen and a group of programmers created and sold the first widely marketed and user-friendly Internet browser, mapping out the World Wide Web, beating Microsoft to the punch, and making themselves millionaires in the process.
Nokia announced the new budget-friendly Windows Lumia 610 at the Mobile World Congress and played up several upgraded basic phones that run on the older S40 and Symbian operating systems, including the Asha 202 and 203, the Asha 302 equipped with keyboard, and the mid-range 808 PureView, which boasts a camera with 41-megapixel resolution.
China and the U.S. need each other, and the world needs them to be reasonably friendly.
Herbert's side narrowly lost 4-3 to World Cup holders Italy in a friendly on Wednesday, and he said the big-game experience is excellent.
The world's most Friedman-friendly country is the United Arab Emirates, with 84% agreeing with his dictum: perhaps not surprising for a small, business-oriented country.
Recent projects include the search for an environmentally friendly toilet that can improve sanitation around the world and funding online access to some of the US top universities.
With a potential May date with Argentina hanging in the balance, South Africa's sole confirmed friendly in the run-up to the World Cup is a 5 June meeting with Denmark.
Kirsten Nematandani and four other SAFA officials were suspended as an act of "good governence" following a report by football's global governing body FIFA, which adjudged four friendly matches ahead of Africa's first World Cup had been fixed.
And as much as Apple is heralded for its product design, its efforts to run an environmentally friendly business and create products that make the world a better place, there is almost no attention paid to the fact that Apple is one of the nation's biggest users of outsourced labor.
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