If the figures produced by Dr Bloom, Dr Canning and Mr Weston are right, it truly is an investment for the future.

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But so long as Mr Lavrov's interpretation is rejected, Georgia may in future insist on a right to return.

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Mr Clerides also made it clear that a future central government would not have the right to intervene in the affairs of either community.

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Mr Bezos is right: selling things on the Internet certainly seems to have a great future.

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If the price of oil fails to bounce back, then Mr Kudrin will be proven right about the need to curb spending and plan for a future when Russia's earnings will be much lower than they have been in recent years.

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"The people of New York City will decide for themselves who they want as mayor, who they want to take the City of New York into the future and who's got the best background to do the job and to do the job right, " Mr. Liu said.

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