Of course, the promise of cool, new hybrid cell phones and the ability to watch TV on the go may never pan out.

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In 2011, it is now a global top five vaccine manufacturer in terms of volume 80% of its products go to UNICEF and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) to immunize children in low and middle-income countries.

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During our poverty tour last year, we met countless people caught in vicious cycles of looking for nonexistent jobs because their unemployment benefits were expiring or had run out, scraping change together for gas to go on interviews that may or may not pan out, and having to swap food stamps for cash to keep the lights or gas on in the house.

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By 2008 it will be consuming something like 0.3% of the GDP of the entire planet, and the idea that one person, however able they are, can actually deal with all the minutiae that go on in the NHS, absolutely everything from a bed pan dropping off a bed to a cancelled operation, is frankly absurd.

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The campaign has been launched on Pan-African Women's Day, and it is to go on across the continent for a year.

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They must go back to the core DNA of the brand and ensure that every pot and pan, every slipcover and throw pillow is unique and of the highest quality possible.

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With up to 20 varieties flown in fresh daily, they have been doing oysters about as long as anyone, doing them perfectly, and in addition to raw bar they have a huge menu of every imaginable seafood dish, plus their rich and creamy signature oyster pan roasts, and a deep list of both famous and little known champagnes that go perfectly with oysters.

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Mr Hashemi had told the Pan-Arab newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat during his stay in Qatar that he would go next to Saudi Arabia on his tour of "friendly states".

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