Too often, however, the drive to further regulate these funds and limit their potential scope of operation is occurring in a vacuum devoid of detailed knowledge of their structure and evolution.

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Turkey, for one is very uneasy, not least because of scope of the operation.

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China and India are both touted as economic superpowers of the future, and there is plenty of scope for co-operation between them.

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People can make better decisions and anticipate problems sooner if they are aware of relevant events that occur outside the scope of their local application or operation.

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Independent security experts said the scope of its complexity and method of operation suggests Flame was sponsored by a nation-state.

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