Vo Tri Thanh, a trade economist in Hanoi, argues that Vietnam could play a positive role in the Doha round of world trade talks as a fairly poor country that nevertheless strongly supports freer trade.
The Spaniard was the only seed to fall in the first round, while Taylor Dent, ranked 83rd in the world, set up a second-round encounter against world number one Rafael Nadal after beating Feliciano Lopez 6-3 6-2.
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For a trip to the U.S. and Europe I'm taking next month, I tried making bookings three separate ways -- through my regular agent in Hong Kong, by consulting a round-the-world specialist in San Francisco I found on the Web, and by myself online.
The loss was also France's first in the opening round of a World Cup.
"France are a very strong team, one of the best in world, with a strong all-round game, " said Kidney.
The man who had once spent 67 hours flying in a seven-foot coffin round the world, sustained by protein milkshakes and a catheter and kept awake by talking to Richard Branson, had reckoned to be back by lunchtime.
The economic, social and peace benefits a successful new round would bring will make ours a better world in which to live.
And tonight, I also issue a call to the nations of the world to join the United States in a new round of global negotiations to expand exports of services, of manufactures, and most of all, farm products.
Rooms have infrared sensors that detect body heat, so that staff don't accidentally walk in on guests, and there's a virtual golf club in the basement that lets you simulate a round on 50 of the world's most famous courses.
The talks would run in parallel with a new round planned by the World Trade Organisation.
Fourth seed Andy Murray, fresh from his Rogers Cup victory in Toronto on Sunday, received a first-round bye, alongside the other top eight players in the world.
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In his role as chief executive, Lord Browne would have spent a lot of his time jetting round the world talking to leaders in whose countries BP either wanted to work or already had facilities, analysts said.
And profit does play a major role in making our world go round.
After a decent clay-court season, she lost 6-3, 6-2 in the first round to former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, who ended a five-match losing streak.
They had placed a bet over the opening round match in the World Cup between England and the United States.
The 23-year-old, ranked second in the world, carded a level-par round of 72 on Thursday but produced a much improved performance during his second round.
In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese navigator, was killed by natives on the island of Mactan in the Philippines while on a pioneering round-the-world voyage.
The SNP conference in Inverness over the weekend has started a new round of claims, that Scotland would be the sixth wealthiest country in the world if only it had control over oil.
In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the North Koreans have made it through to the final qualifying stage and recently drew with their neighbor South Korea -- a side which was a World Cup semi-finalist in 2002, and unlucky not to make the second round at the 2006 finals in Germany.
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If he was initially a well-kept secret outside of the spotlight that surrounds Real in Madrid, the world at large sat up and took notice when he scored a stunning volley to round off Spain's 4-0 win over Ukraine in last summer's World Cup.
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (October 6-14): What started in 1972 as a local radio station promotion to round up the most hot air balloons in one place has become the world's largest ballooning gathering and, boast organizers, the most photographed event anywhere.
Benedict XVI had just finished this exhaustive series of interviews with every Catholic bishop in the world, and was embarking on a second round just before his retirement.
Hatton suffered a brutal second-round defeat in his IBO light-welterweight world title bout against Manny Pacquiao in May.
In 2011, he broke his back in Malaysia after coming off a motorbike during a round-the-world sailing trip with his wife.
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In a repeat of their first round match at this year's World Championships, Joe Perry had been hoping for revenge on Jamie Cope after losing 10-6 in Sheffield.
The 2006 World Cup finalists are in Group A in the final round of qualifying for 2010, taking on Cameroon, Gabon and Morocco.
But the underperformance of so many of the world's soccer powers--pre-tournament co-favorites Argentina and Italy, defending champion France and dark-horse favorite Portugal were all eliminated in the first round--diminished the tournament as a showcase of the world's top footballing talent.
The 39-year-old from England, who has suffered nearly 20 lung collapses due to a condition known as Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), is part of a multinational crew taking part in the bi-annual Clipper Round the World Yacht Race -- the only sailing race in the world where crews are made up by ordinary people, many with little or no sailing experience.
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