Blair said North Korea is using its upcoming space launch as a cover for its intercontinental ballistic missile program.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"I think that North Korea is attempting to demonstrate an ICBM [i.e.,intercontinental ballistic missile capability through a space launch.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

In 2011, InterContinental Hotels revealed a plan to quintuple its offering with a total of 100 hotels in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by 2020.

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And like Jeter, who has five World Series rings, Giggs is a winner: 12 Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups, two UEFA Champions Leagues, one Super Cup, an Intercontinental Cup and a FIFA Club World Cup.

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Audrey Kaplan, a fund manager at Federated InterContinental (RIMAX) went from a zero percent weighting on Brazil to 6.3% as of Jan. 31.

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