Up to 6 million Chinese are expected to travel abroad this year for business or pleasure--many for the first time--up from 5.3 million in 1997 and 2.8 million in 1992.
But Sneijder and Robben again made the difference for the two-time runners-up, who were left hanging on at the end following Maxi Pereira's injury-time reply.
Trying to win the Sony Open must feel that way to Sharapova, a four-time runner-up.
Murray, a two-time runner-up in Melbourne, will play French surprise package Jeremy Chardy in the next round.
"I did not feel well on the court today, " Ferrer, who is a four-time runner-up in Barcelona, told reporters.
Uzbekistan, quarterfinalists for the past two tournaments, take on two-time runners-up China at Al Gharafa Stadium also in the capital.
The Scot has indicated he will not try to go through qualifying for the US Open, although as a two-time runner-up he could get an invitation.
Two-time runner-up Cadel Evans, who is almost three minutes behind that trio in the overall standings after a dreadful first week, had attempted to escape on the first climb - Port d'Envalira - but was soon hauled back.
"We had the first goal five minutes before half-time, so we were looking at going in at half-time one-nil up, " said Butcher.
Thomas scored two tries and was influential in setting up another with the Blues going into half-time 27-3 up.
Three-time Miami runner-up Rafael Nadal will play British fourth seed Andy Murray in Friday's opening semifinal.
It sells single-family homes under the Richmond American Home name to first-time and move-up home buyers.
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They went into half-time 10-0 up but it should have been more convincing, with Tom Voyce blowing their best chance of adding to the scoreline when he knocked on with team-mate Charlie Sharples unmarked outside him.
But as the second half of 2003 (put-up or shut-up time for the much-anticipated turnaround in corporate spending) approaches--along with the notoriously bearish summer months (remember July last year?)--several growth-focused newsletter editors are selling stocks that show signs of weakness.
Every week, thousands of people fill this huge hall for concerts highlighting old-time performers, up-and-coming acts and big-name stars.
Reserve Guard members are serving for longer periods of time -- up to 15 months -- and sometimes have multiple deployments.
Under the programme, contractors get a small fee when someone joins the scheme but they are only liable for larger fees once they have been in work for an extended period of time - of up to two years.
In every game in Germany, the Elephants trailed 2-0 before half-time - and ended up losing 2-1 twice, but, more impressively, winning one.
"His time is up - he spent more time in Paris than Benghazi during the last seven months, " said the source with evident contempt.
The laptop's ten-finger intuitive touch capabilities and six second boot-up time maximize on-the-go productivity.
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Lopez was faced with Pau Gasol in Howard's absence and the first-time All-Star was up to the challenge.
According to CareerBuilder, a Chicago-based employment services provider, 26% of U.S. companies plan to beef up full-time staffing, up from 23% from 2012.
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Bayern, a four-time winner and runner-up twice in the last three seasons, joined Barcelona, Real Madrid, Malaga, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain and Galatasaray in Friday's quarterfinal draw.
For struggling first-time entrepreneurs and start-up owners, the pair have had their share of struggles starting their band off while both attending college at the Victoria University of Wellington in 1998.
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Full-time employment jumped by 17, 800 and part-time employment was up by 53, 700, said the Bureau of Statistics.
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Now, Swype Living Language allows people who opt-in to share and receive trending words and phrases in real-time, creating an up-to-date, crowd-sourced language model.
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Louisiana is so desperate it's financing postproduction work done back in Hollywood, as long as the studio spends some time--how much is up to the state--on the bayou.
The Coolpix S640 is focused on speed -- it offers a .7-second boot-up time and "ultra-fast" autofocus, along with a 12.2 megapixel sensor, 5x four-way VR zoom and a 2.7-inch LCD.
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He unloaded "pent-up anger" that had built up over time -- against Savio and her family, the legal process, the media, even a TV movie about the case, according to his attorneys and the prosecutor.
It stayed that way through extra-time to set up a tense penalty shoot-out which City won 4-2.
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