The law essentially conscripts FFIs as deputy tax collectors for the IRS, forcing them to report the assets of and any income earned by American clients regardless of where it originated.

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Qanats have proved to be an extraordinarily valuable and sustainable traditional technology, which throughout the historical ages has been transferred from ancient Persia where it originated to numerous countries all over the world, particularly those with arid and semi-arid climates.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

Russian security firm Kaspersky Labs, which was among the first to reveal details of Flame, told the BBC that it could take months, or even years, to determine where it had originated.

BBC: Flame: Israel rejects link to malware cyber-attack

It is not clear where the iWatch rumor came from or how it originated.

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Under EU law Stilton can only be made by a few dairies in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire, where it is believed to have originated.

BBC: Men's Cheese Rolling race, Stilton, 2007

He's gone back to that original Web site, where it looks like the hoax originated -- and this time he's found new pictures on the site.

CNN: The Internet war

It wasn't immediately known from where the plane originated.

CNN: 3 dead after plane crashes into Fla. house

It is unclear where the idea for the sky-diving Easter Bunny originated, but such feats seem to be multiplying.

WSJ: Before He Can Hop,This Easter Bunny Has to Fly

It found that Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, was the city where most geographically tagged tweets originated, with New York in second place.

BBC: Twitter users defeat the distance barrier and reach out