"Each bidder has a wealth of international experience and all six have delivered a number of eye-catching civic spaces acclaimed by their peers and public alike, " he said.

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The clear leader is El Salvador with the scary number of 57, but Guatemala is catching up.

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The sector became more popular over the past few years after catching the eye of a growing number of private-equity investors and entrepreneurs who, armed with cheap financing and dwindling options for high-yielding investments, started bidding up properties.

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Number 212, one of the most eye-catching houses in the neighbourhood, is a large blue residence, separated from the street by a heavy-set iron gate.

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There is also a slight decrease in the number of cases occurring in the people over 65, who were apparently catching pneumococcus from kids.

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Apple's App Store has a whopping 50, 000 applications available, and a number of its competitors recently launched their own stores in the hopes of catching up.

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Although many parents may feel that one round of driver's ed is more than enough for a lifetime, the concept is catching on around the region as states institute a host of measures to try to reduce the number of auto accidents involving young drivers.

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The probability of actually catching the flu or a bacterial infection as a result of cell phone contact is actually dependent on a number of factors how long the viruses or bacteria have been on the phone surface.

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