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...car salesman. So reveal documents released in January 2003 by the Public Record Office in the United Kingdom. Trundle is described as a "very ch... ...ments, burnt alive or drowned forcibly. The massacres were carried out by military officers with dictatorial powers, aided by criminals especially ... ... the calendar and the seasons. Pope Gregory XIII decided - in his tenth year in office - to drop 3 leap years every 400 years by specifying that... ... and borders effortlessly, making use of the latest advances in mass media, public transportation, telecommunications, and computer networks. The p... ...as far from absolute prior to the French Revolution. Laws had to be approved by the regional parlements - and, increasingly frequently, were not. Ki... ...gence Unit, 2003) http://www.mof.gov.il/beinle/ie/israe_1.htm http://dmoz.org/Regional/Middle_East/Israel/Business_and_Economy Jack the Ripp... ...e made it a federal crime, punishable by life imprisonment, to kidnap a person and transport that person to another state. This law was amended in ... ...of small and medium- size enterprises, though it maintained control of the finance, transportation, heavy industry, and foreign trade sectors (the "...

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...ndedly rotates his hefty ring. The announcer warns of imminent terrorist attacks on public transport. It recommends to err on the side of caution an... ...ke all of us." The driver nods his assent. "I am telling you…" – the stirrer yelps but the officer is terse: "Continue behaving like this, lady, an... ...k cop" – she slurs, but her voice is hushed and hesitant. "Perhaps even insulting a police officer on duty?" – the policeman hints and she is pacif... ...ehind and bolt the door. The gory rays of a setting sun dissect the murk inside. I see the officers' backs and necks as they occupy the front seats ... ...iour." Savouring my worn platitude, he promised to arrange for an interview in Zurich, the regional headquarters. So many years have passed since t... ... the shimmering asphalt and the roaring and receding bus. My aunt, contemplating the waning transport, grabbed my sweaty palm and lifted the rustlin... ...amily's blemished honour. He stood there, leaning on the shed, patiently awaiting the tardy transport. The bus digested him with eager exhalation. ...

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...cante, se establecieron tarifas diferenciales para aquellos bienes que fueran transportados en barcos chilenos, algunos de los cuales se producían e... ...e esa idea desechaban renunciar a la opción de una independencia provincial o regional, si es que no se conseguía estructurar una federación compati... ...demostraba que Chile no estaba interesado en que un actor ajeno al subsistema regional adquiriera protagonismo y asumiera el liderazgo de una acción... ... hasta tanto se viera si el arreglo de la situación se podía producir a nivel regional. La designación de José Victorino Lastarria en agosto de 1864... ... en Europa, fue porque le constaba la simpatía o adhesión a éste del Foreign Office”. Sobre la probable anglofilia de Alberdi, se ha observado que é... ...ela se ahorrarían los azares de la vuelta del cabo, y ganarían en baratura de transporte al ferrocarril del Istmo. La Constitución de Chile da por l... ...la Europa y Estados Unidos con el Japón, la China y aun la India en cuanto al transporte de metales preciosos, sobre todo plata que es de un consumo... ... Sarmiento fueron tales, que Egerton, ministro británico, informó al Foreign Office en 1880, que por primera vez la armada argentina era superior a ... ... Aires, 1978, p. 58. 38 D. F. Sarmiento, op. cit, XXXV, p. 105. 39 Foreign Office (F. O.) 6/360, Egerton a Granville, 4 y 11 de junio de 1880, cit...

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...This report provides a basic understanding of the logistics situation of local/regional logistics sub-providers in the APEC region, and summarizes the key growth issues these SME companies are facing. It also indicative of the evolving focus of APEC initiatives from resolving border issues, to investiga...

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...__________________________________ 11 3. What is the Overall Situation of Regional SME Logistics Service Providers? _______________ 12 Geographic Bu... ................................. 12 FIGURE 11: RELATIVE USAGE OF LAND-BASED TRANSPORT IN APEC ECONOMIES .................................................. ... FACING APEC SME LSPS BY GEOGRAPHIC MARKET ................ 18 FIGURE 19: REGIONAL SME LSP REPORTED KEY INTERNAL RESTRAINTS TO GROWTH .................. .............................................................. 19 FIGURE 20: REGIONAL APEC SME LSP REPORTED KEY EXTERNAL RESTRAINTS TO GROWTH ............. ...the Secretariat’s mailing list to Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) offices in each economy. The regional CTI offices were instructed to distri... ...questionnaires were sent to SME providers by an APEC economies’ local CTI office, while feedback was voluntary. SME logistics providers that chose t... ...ot; i.e. “willingness to respond” served as the randomizer. CTI regional offices collected the responses of their economies and forwarded them to th... ...e respondents’ general utilization rates of each major form of land-based transport (multi-modal included), we find railway usage markedly low (Figu... ... usage markedly low (Figure 11). Figure 11: Relative Usage of Land-based Transport in APEC Economies Type of Transport Mode Roadway Railway Mult...

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...eas between 2009 and 2010 is equivalent to 2.8 percent, exceeding the pro rata benchmark. APEC demonstrated the third best improvement among nine key regional and economic blocks. ...

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...e pro rata benchmark. APEC demonstrated the third best improvement among nine key regional and economic blocks. Source: World Bank – Doi... ... improvement in the APEC average. A document produced by the APEC SOM’s Chair Office in 2009 showed that APEC economies had made substantial pro... ...der can choose to register directly at the provincial-level business registration office or through the Internet. In this online one-stop shop entre... ...gistics. The system is expected to reduce time-consuming manual processes and cut transport costs for the current 125,000 exporters and importers in... ... International Customs Day by Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Minister of State for Finance and Transport, on 25 January 2008, 11.15am, Suntec Convention Centre”. ... ...TS APEC’s performance in this priority area held steady, as it did for most other regional groupings. In fact, APEC is one of only three regions tha... ... International Customs Day by Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Minister of State for Finance and Transport, on 25 January 2008, 11.15am, Suntec Convention Centre. ...

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...may purchase copies from: Superintendent of Documents US Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Tel: (202) 783-3238 Requesters outside the ... ...rganizations 282 D. Mathematical Conversions 290 Maps I. The World (Guide to Regional Maps) II. North America III. Central America and the Caribbean I... ...Y) unless indicated as fiscal year (FY) or otherwise. Afghanistan 300km Set regional map VIII Geography Total area: 647,500 km 2 ; land area: 647,500... ... 180 km Ports: 3 minor river ports (Shir Khan is largest) Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft Airfields: 42 total, 34 usable; 12 with permanent-surf... ...ral gas, 2,948 km Ports: 6 major, 6 secondary, 1 1 minor Civil air: 40 major transport aircraft Airfields: 154 total, 146 usable; 55 with permanent-su... ...86) Communications Railroads: none Highways: about 96 km Civil air: no major transport aircraft Airfields: none Telecommunications: international land... ...Defense Forces Defense is the responsibility of Spain and France Angola Sec regional map VII Geography Total area: 1,246,700 km 2 ; land area: 1,246,... ...ipment, chemicals, textiles and clothing, petroleum, foodstuffs, vehi- cles, office machines, Pharmaceuticals Major trade partners: (1984) imports 41%... ...e state legislatures, ending 20 years of military rule; died before assuming office; municipal elections held November 1985; congressional and guberna...

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...Customs clearance and technical control Ports and terminal handling Inland transportation and handling Totals Before Global e- CO $210 $17... ...Customs clearance and technical control Ports and terminal handling Inland transportation and handling Totals Before Global e- CO... ..., customs clearance and technical control, ports and terminal handling and inland transportation and handling. 8. IMF Direction of Trade Stati... ...merce International 1 Government Chinese Taipei Customs 1 Taipei Mission office in Korea 1 three Korean exporters or export customs bro... ...erce International (KCCI) / Korea Trade Net (KTNet); the Chinese Taipei Mission Office in Seoul; and the Chinese Taipei Customs. The exporters... ...July 13, 2011: Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI); Taipei Mission Office in Seoul; and KTNet (Korea Trade Net). Their respective... ...IAL E-CO FROM MALAYSIA TO JAPAN Pan Asian E-Commerce Alliance (PAA) is the first regional alliance established to develop commercial and IT infrast... ... 16 KCCI is Korea‘s largest private economic organization with 71 regional chambers and more than 120,000 members. 17 KTNET was es...

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...Another study found that improving importer transparency of APEC economies to the regional average could lead to a 7.5% (USD 148 billion) increase in... ...esponse to the goal set by APEC Leaders in 2001 for member economies to achieve a regional reduction in trade transaction costs by 5% between 2002 a... ...hin APEC’s trade liberalization focus; includes the costs of the port and inland transportation links in the international logistics chain; and e... ...associated with every procedure for trading a standard shipment of goods by ocean transport. Chapter Two: TFAP II Final Assessment Results 7 ques... ...e & technical control 113 118 4.5% Ports & terminal handling 254 259 2.0% Inland transport & handling 381 364 -4.5% Exports 842 856 1.7% Document ... ...ee on Customs Procedures (SCCP) was established in 1994 to simplify and harmonize regional customs procedures to ensure that goods and services move ... ...toms broker Yes No Delivery cost of CO from customs broker to importing customs office Yes No Other explicit costs: Paper costs Yes No ... ...r saves time and cost in not having to get the CO authenticated at the commercial office of Chinese Taipei in Korea and also avoids the cost and del... ... advance ruling process, such as an advance classification ruling system, with an office responsible for providing advance rulings that are binding ...

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...izon beclouded and thundering with vacuous eloquence. As a result, while tottering regional governments still pay lip service to the values of Capi... ... Middle-Eastern, or African shantytowns. They drive utility vehicles to the shabby offices of the native bureaucrats and dine in $100 per meal rest... ...sed to unfold over centuries, now consume mere decades. Telecommunications, global transports and information networks, such as the Internet - pit ... ... commodities markets, lent money at usurious rates, and colluded with Senators and office holders. Sallust, the Roman historian, blamed the civil ... ...repaid with lucrative contracts and sinecures once the sponsored candidate attained office. Long-established, prominent families - political dynasti... ...ligence service, the ISI, I think it would be gross underestimation of a potential regional great power and its British colonial traditions of mili... ...and it is equally the buffer that stops these enemies. Pakistan's is interested in regional stability while its enemies seek to use any instability... ...s long as Iran is regarded as a hostile country by the US, Afghanistan forms an oil transport route from Central Asia to Pakistan. As long as there ... ...nsidered by the Taliban to be enemies. This enmity results in much higher costs of transportation which price out many Afghan products. With Pakis...

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... vii (d) APEC should examine the interaction of customs procedures, as well as other transport related regulations, with infrastructure Customs p... ...ovement of merchandise. As regulatory bottlenecks can cause congestion elsewhere in the transport system, it is recommended that APEC undertake a rev... ...s recommended that APEC undertake a review of the interaction of customs procedures and transport regulations with infrastructure in APEC with a vie... ... in other economies. An alternative and more normalized benchmark could be based on a regional median at some time in the past. On this approach, ... ...on was submitted in 2002. However, the technology did not become commonplace as customs offices were not adequately equipped. The technology was not... ...quired, particularly in relation to improving the availability of technology in customs offices and reducing the burden of document requirements on ... ...2007, 2008 and 2009. An alternative and more normalized benchmark could be based on a regional median at some time in the past. On this approach, ... ...g Time Release Studies’, Presentation to CAREC Time Release Study Seminar, Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program of the Asian D... ...ctive advance ruling process, such as an advance classification ruling system, with an office responsible Trade Facilitation through Customs Proce...

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...tion of the Report is attributed to the support of the officials of the Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, and Republic of Indonesia, led by ... ...s. However, on intra-APEC trade, study findings indicate an increasing trend of intra-regional trade among APEC member economies compared with non A... ...financial crises, a number of policy actions can be taken in an economy capacity or regional framework to strengthen financial market stability in ... ...nstituted a stark reminder to most APEC economies of the vital importance of having a regional collaboration. There is an urgent need for APEC econom... ...rade agreements and regional trading arrangements, and facilitating integration of transportation, telecommunications, mining and energy, increas... ... Foreign (% of total) 2.69 7.78 13.12 16.36 16.66 18.56 30.53 Source: Debt Management Office 2010a; Debt Management Office 2011a Table 3.4: Foreig... ... 4.69 17.00 27.04 Source: Bank Indonesia 2010a; Bank Indonesia 2011a; Debt Management Office 2010b; Debt Management Office 2011b Contributing to... ...services (35.5 percent), sales and office (24.8 percent), manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts (22.6 percent), other services (16.5... ...e and support services Financial and insurance services Wholesale trade Other services Transport, postal, and warehousing Public administration and sa...

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...st for plagiarism be more stringent than the one applied by the Copyright Office? And what rights are implicitly granted by the material's genuine a... ...build skilled workforces here." There is nothing new in outsourcing back office work (insurance claims processing, air ticket reservations, medical... ...tability (or mobility). Books on papyrus, vellum, paper, or PDA - are all transportable. In other words, the replication of the book's message is ac... ...uous cyber existence goes a long way towards explaining why our paperless offices consume much more paper than ever before. Revolt of the Poo... ...he price should be lower. They feel that without the cost of printing and transporting books, the publisher should set a lower price... Q. As yo... ...uity - the interface is connected to a specific machine and, thus, is non- transportable (c) Lack of friendliness (i.e., the interfaces require speci... ...n the most advanced countries (in Central Europe)". This despite plans by regional operators to offer DSL, FWA (Fixed Wireless Access), cable TV and... ...domestic operators - from the Greek OTE to the Russian MTS - are becoming regional. Multinationals, such as the British Vodafone and the French Orang... ...ls, such as the British Vodafone and the French Orange - have entered the regional fray. Some CEE markets are as saturated (and customers as savvy an...

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...ugh direct participation in voting. Similar to participatory democracy, holders of offices can be recalled by constituents. It is important to em... ...ndividuals. The dynamics of power subsist on more than the religious affiliation of office-holders, kingmakers, and string-pullers. Granted, Jews a... ...w, it is not too late. Israel can transform itself into an important and benevolent regional player by embracing its Arab neighbors and by championi... ...s ago) that "the individual's standing within society... (should be) based upon his office or his official function ... (the greater this function w... ...e interested in economic (and econometric) results while the EU emphasizes social, regional development and political consequences. The EU also pro... ...eate or encourage capital scarcity. - By colluding with sources of financing (e.g., regional, national, or investment banks), by absorbing any capit... ...ers and speculators, businessmen and middlemen. Advances in telecommunications and transportation followed inexorably. The concept of intellectual ... ...therefore, becomes also a sexual joint venture. 9. Urbanization, communication, and transportation multiplied the number of encounters between men a... ...udience more easily but this, again, is the lonely, disembodied kind of "contact". Transportation made humanity more mobile, it fractured and fragm...

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...etectable radiation 13 billion light years away. Now, if you could magically transport the Hubble telescope 13 billion light years to the farthest ... ...new level; using these razor-sharp stone chips; they could butcher a kill into transportable pieces fast enough to escape with more food before they ... ...nger feel any connection to the earth they live on. People working indoors in offices no longer feel any connection to the earth they live on. Peop... ...al combustion engines and jet engines. Modern architectural firms have their offices inside ancient stone buildings. Houses are built with an entir... ... accounts in the Caribbean. President Suharto of Indonesia being swept out of office amidst cries of scandal and corruption… but did anyone dare pro... ...out cheap, mass produced, modular steel houses. Modular pieces that could be transported easily to a site, taking only 3 days to assemble. Have you... ...od did not do business with them, they simply packed up and moved one of their regional stores or branches somewhere else. Big Business has no loyal...

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... sphere of agriculture and fisheries; (f) a common policy in the sphere of transport; (g) a system ensuring that competition in the internal market is... ...ementing Article 74, and tak- ing into account the distinctive features of transport, the Council shall, acting in accordance with the proce- 21 The ... ...d Social Committee, lay down: (a) common rules applicable to international transport to or from the territory of a Member State or passing across the ... ...anks”) in favour of Community institutions or bodies, central governments, regional, local or other public authorities, other bodies governed by publi... ...rivileged access by Community institutions or bodies, central governments, regional, local or other public authorities, other bodies governed by publi... ... shall not be liable for or assume the commitments of central governments, regional, local 27 The Maastrict Treaty or other public authorities, other... ...he European Parliament and the Governing Council of the ECB. Their term of office shall be eight years and shall not be renewable. Only nationals of M... ...Union, and any natural or legal per- son residing or having his registered office in a Mem- ber State, shall have the right to address, individually o... ...the Union or any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State con- cerning instances of maladministration in the...