It carries out global campaigns that span multiple countries, languages and cultures.

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With the composition of the board that we have, we hope that our products will appeal to the majority of Muslims, because we span the global coverage in terms of opinion.

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The standard's global deployment is pervasive, and the span of stakeholders in its ongoing development is sweeping, including network component and system manufacturers (optical transceivers, cabling, integrated circuit, powering devices, switches and network interface cards, for example) and network, software and bandwidth providers, as well as LAN and Internet users worldwide.

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Sometimes being in a global company means you could be subject to a contract attempting to span all operating locations, not just your current residence.

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In March, after 130 years of trading, visitors to Leeds market will be able to span the decades and see where those who bought goods for a penny spawned a global retail giant.

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And modern communications instantly span every continent The new frontier is that there is no frontier, the new shared truth is that global problems need global solutions.

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