More specifically, some Kosovars fear that a post-Milosevic Serbia would compete with their province for a finite pool of international assistance.

ECONOMIST: Kosovo

The new Sydney Pollack movie is set at the United Nations: not the bear pit of recent wrangling but a barely ruffled pool of international good will.

NEWYORKER: The Interpreter

To accomplish the goals of national ownership, international leadership, coherence, a common strategy and predictable and credible delivery, he continued, it was crucial to develop a clear understanding of responsibilities within the United Nations and to cultivate the pool of international civilian expertise and leadership, ready for rapid deployment, as recommended in the report.

UN: Security Council

The central bank keeps its eye on an overnight rate called Eonia, which is calculated by taking a weighted average of all overnight unsecured lending transactions between a pool of 43 of the most active banks in the Eurozone, along with four other international banks.

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They range from Hong Kong's 118-story International Commerce Center, home to a penthouse infinity pool and one of the world's highest hotels, to the slightly taller Shanghai World Financial Center, which is known as "the bottle opener" for the trapezoidal gap at the top.

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It will be part of a number of high profile sporting facilities being set up in the ISV including a 50m international pool along with a 25m warm up pool which is underway at the site.

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But that antipathy is likely to grow amongst American soldiers and policymakers, as the pool of lawyers with which they must contend may soon receive a substantial addition in the form of the International Criminal Court, perhaps with the blessing of the United States government.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Ambulance-chasing, from Kabul to Gaza

The case for international deals still holds: with merged trading systems, investors would get cheaper access to a wider pool of shares.

ECONOMIST: Deutsche B?rse