Immediately after you people are gone, we will be flooded with tourists from the around the world ... Actually the last week of January is when business used to be very dull. So, Klaus Schwab decided to organize the WEF during these days. 
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
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LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
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Anti-Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou protesters hold slogans during a rally, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. Several ten thousands demonstrators marched on the streets of Taipei to protest Ma's efforts to improve relations with rival China.
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Swiss Economy Minister Doris Leuthard of the Swiss Christian Democratic Party (CVP) makes a speech during a party meeting in Basel August 30, 2008.
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Bolivia's leftwing president Evo Morales (2nd L) is greeted by Libyan General Mustafa al-Kharubi (sun glasses), a member of Libya's Revolution Command Council upon his arrival at Benghazi airport on the Mediterranean coast on August 30 2008. Morales is on a two day visit to Libya and will head for Iran on September 01. Bolivia's diplomatic relations with Libya were opened on August 13 this year.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks on from the bench during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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India's bowler Harbhajan Singh brings water during the 5th and final One Day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. India has an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the 5 match series.
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South Africa's AB de Villiers (L) is run out by England's Matthew Prior (R) during the third Natwest one day International between England and South Africa at The Brit Oval cricket ground, London, England, on August 29, 2008.
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Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of World Economic Forum speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, June 20, 2008. The world's developed countries should take the lead in the battle against global warming and push for halving global emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, the group of business leaders said Friday.
Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of World Economic Forum speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, June 20, 2008. The world's developed countries should take the lead in the battle against global warming and push for halving global emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, the group of business leaders said Friday.
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2008-08-07 01:22:18 - The World Economic Forum announced that Sandeep Parekh has been selected as a Young Global Leader 2008. This honour is bestowed each year by the World Economic Forum to recognize and acknowledge the top 200-300 young leaders from
It's only rarely that Miuccia Prada gives us an accessible tag to read her
collection by, but for autumn/winter, the First Lady of Italian fashion did
just that. If the femme fatale in question brings to mind the type of
film-noir heroine who would
Patriotism is back in fashion. With the Union flag flying high over Beijing after the golden success of our Olympic athletes, the British public has been given a rare opportunity to indulge in unbridled expressions of national pride.
Yet, in our ever
Klaus Schwab, chairman of the World Economic Forum, agreed to act as a global advisor to President Lee Myung-bak during their meeting in Seoul on Tuesday, Yonhap quoted the presidential office as saying.
"Lee met with Schwab at Cheong Wa Dae to
THE Ubuntu Education Fund, a Zwide-based NGO, has been named as one of five finalists in the prestigious Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the second year running.
The announcement was made at the opening plenary of the World
Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, outlined possible future priorities and initiatives for the World Economic Forum on Africa on Thursday.
Schwab said the forum would build an electronic platform called WELCOME,
TOKYO (AFP) — The heads of more than 80 companies called Friday for the Group of Eight rich nations to set clear mid-term targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying it would help them make business plans.
Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the
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Over hundreds of eminent individuals who play key roles in leading companies, associations, unions, governments and media organisations are converging in Cape Town for the 18th World Economic Forum on
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Immediately after you people are gone, we will be flooded with tourists from the around the world ... Actually the last week of January is when business used to be very dull. So, Klaus Schwab decided to organize the WEF during these days.
was said
in Malaysia Sun
It is our belief that this community of committed individuals can actually change the status quo. They are not only a preview of what effective, collaborative leadership in the 21 st century might look like, they are actually putting it into practice today
said David Aikman
The World Economic Forum is a true multi-stakeholder community of global decision-makers. We need the Young Global Leaders to be a voice for the future in the global thought process and as a catalyst for initiatives in the global public interest.
said Klaus Schwab
