Russia topped the list, followed by Myanmar and Nepal.

Most of these parties are led by political dynasties that prize loyalty over merit.

Ten universities in China and Hong Kong are ranked higher.

The non Westerner, however, would rather place tradition above innovation.

Based on some disputes that I witnessed, contractors appeared to outrank soldiers.

The highest ranked Northern Ireland professional on the world circuit presently is Mark Allen from Antrim.

An order from a superior officer or a public authority may not be invoked as a justification of torture.

As regards subparagraph (1) (b), it was noted that the word provide and the alternative phrases whether it has the top ranking in the auction and to establish the changes needed to any bid to give it the top ranking in the auction should be deleted.

The regime s ideology, after all, places the state and loyalty to the rulers ahead of private property and merit.

By putting itself above the law, America allowed itself to succumb to barbaric behavior.

But in the aftermath of a crisis, countries put national interests above their willingness to go along with international rules.

It is ranked very highly on the Israeli socio economic scale, with a score of 9 10.

In Russia and elsewhere, the French are often perceived to feel and act superior. And who could blame them?

Allogrooming, however, appears to occur more frequently between higher ranking individuals, a shared trait with other primate species.

More broadly, the Shias can use this provision to place their ayatollahs over the elected parliament, as in Iran, because they alone are authorized to determine the rules of Islam.

Corporate responsibility has been established at the highest level.

China posted nearly 10 growth in 2010 India was close behind, at 8 .

In elementary arithmetic, a carry is a digit that is transferred from one column of digits to another column of more significant digits.

Soon, Indian political parties began to break up, giving rise to a large number of regional and caste based parties. Most of these parties are led by political dynasties that prize loyalty over merit.

What is missing is a global commitment to move energy access up the political and development agendas.

But unemployment has not climbed far above 10 , either.

Both the government and the opposition need to grow up and stop putting narrow personal interests above those of the country and its people.

The Obama administration s effort to put long term growth and security above political advantage thus deserves admiration and respect.

It is the ninth tallest skyscraper in Germany, and the tallest in Germany outside of Frankfurt am Main.

Montazeri, whose status as Grand Ayatollah (the most senior of Shia Muslim theologians) gave him more religious authority than Khamenei, challenged Khamenei s qualifications to issue fatwas (Islamic religious rulings) or to succeed Khomeini as Supreme Leader.

Growth estimates for this year put Latin America s largest economy above only Venezuela and El Salvador in the region, and the outlook for next year is not much better.

This is 10 times faster than the next highest measured wind speed.

As a result, the explosive potential of caste division also has been channeled through the ballot box, with the lowest of the low attaining high office.

Both these decays are suppressed by the CKM matrix, making lifetimes of most bottom particles ( 10 12 s) somewhat higher than those of charmed particles ( 10 13 s), but lower than those of strange particles (from 10 10 to 10 8 s).

Today, we must lead our Organization to a higher stage that enables us to address and overcome challenges such as hunger, poverty, human rights violations and terrorism, which threatens our security.

And this man looked me up and down for about 10 seconds, and he said, My, what an anticlimax!

She always keeps her room clean.

Even the top dog himself takes time every day to read 10 letters that are picked out by staff.

The average temperature is between 8 and 10 C (higher on the southern parts of the county).

In 2004, when the television network ZDF published a list of the 100 favorite books of German readers, it was 14th, the second highest ranking for any contemporary German novel on the list.

We all agree that the primary task of the Tribunals is to bring to justice the most senior leaders suspected of being most responsible (resolution 1503 (2003), seventh preambular para.

Nicolas II gained the status of saintly martyr.

(h.c.), University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1986

The drop out rate of boys from basic schools and upper secondary schools is higher. (Table 10.3).

Indeed, Japan s debt is now roughly 230 of GDP, higher than that of Greece (175 of GDP) and nearly twice that of Italy (125 of GDP).

This method of remembering phone numbers is far more effective than attempting to remember a string of 10 digits.

This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population.

List of airports in Jordan, sorted by location.

The information is provided by country, listed in alphabetical order.

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