For every developmental dollar a country receives in international aid, girls currently receive less than two cents.

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Mogadishu's airport, refurbished with Turkish aid, now receives up to three international flights a day rather than two per week.

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But this view is one that receives little support among international conservation groups and the opposing sides are lining up to lock horns in Santiago.

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The "Nora" will be awarded annually to a female film-maker whose film receives its North American, international or world premiere at the festival.

BBC: Nora Ephron with Tom Hanks in 2002

But he would point out - and his fellow directors would agree - that he is already in the bottom quartile, and probably in the bottom decile, in respect of the pay, bonuses and other longer-term incentives he receives for managing a bank of RBS's size, international spread and complexity.

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