Among US states, California still ranks class='bold'>first in technology, agriculture, and entertainment.

But even western Germany holds the second lowest rank of all developed countries.

Mining in Peru Peru ranks fifth worldwide in gold production (class='bold'>first in Latin America), second in copper, and is among the top 5 producers of lead and zinc.

In fact, according to Standard Chartered Bank, China ranks class='bold'>first worldwide in terms of both overall M2 and newly issued currency.

Venezuela ranks class='bold'>first in the Global Beauties webclass='bold'>page list as the country with more class='bold'>international class='bold'>pageants titles won.

Turin is class='bold'>ranked third in Italy, after Milan and Rome, for economic strength.

It ranks 20th in the list of worst floods in history.

But it also stands at or near the top in deficits, tax rates, prison inmates, and, by a wide margin, welfare recipients relative to population.

Finland is class='bold'>ranked 16th in the 2008 global Index of Economic Freedom and 9th in Europe.

It spent seven weeks at 1, and forty weeks in the top ten.

Perhaps the next most dangerous words are Next time will be different.

Both projects continue to co exist, but the Spanish Wikipedia is by far the more active of the two.

Lesotho is one of the poorest nations in the world and has the third highest HIV AIDS prevalence rate in the world.

Senior judge at the highest grade

Mexico ranks class='bold'>first in biodiversity in reptiles with 707 known species, second in mammals with 438 species, fourth in amphibians with 290 species, and fourth in flora, with 26,000 different species.

China is fourth and rising in terms of class='bold'>international patent applications. At the same time, China is targeting a research and development share of GDP of 2.2 by 2015 double the ratio in 2002.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Croatia ranks around the 50th in the world in terms of life expectancy.

The number of injuries and cases of poisoning also increased and holds fourth place on the list of leading causes of death.

China, the world s rising strategic player, might join this policy, though it currently ranks third in terms of military power.

It ranks 75th out of 180 countries on Transparency class='bold'>International s corruption perceptions index (compared to 79th for China, 84th for India, and 146th for Russia).

Today the US is the world s third most populous country 50 years from now it is still likely to be third (after only China and India).

It may no longer be a daily front class='bold'>page story.

Through these efforts Germany was second to Britain in trading and shipping in China by 1896.

Associated with specific gender based sexual violence, rape is class='bold'>ranked No. 10 of all crimes reported and is the No. 1 sexual crime against women.

Tradition places seraphs in the highest rank in the Christian angelic hierarchy and in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy.

Indeed, India stands only behind Iraq in the number of people killed each year in terrorist attacks.

The country is class='bold'>ranked 11th in the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom, and the 4th freest economy in Europe.

Texas had only one city, Austin, class='bold'>ranked 21st, in the top 25 among the fittest cities in America.

At long last, Angela Merkel is Germany s new and class='bold'>first woman Chancellor.

Latin America and the Caribbean are the second largest source of OFDI from developing regions.

Mexico ranks sixth in the world and class='bold'>first in the Americas by number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites with 32, and in 2010 was the tenth most visited country in the world with 22.5 million class='bold'>international arrivals per year.

Japan s high tech industries remain competitive, and the country is still the world s second largest exporter. It retains a highly innovative economy, which registers more new patents each year than all European countries combined second only to the US and eons ahead of China and India.

The economic and social situation remains extremely difficult Burundi is class='bold'>ranked 169 out of 177 countries in the 2005 Human Development Index and 68 per cent of the population live below the poverty line.

However, evidence of real political will is evidenced in the establishment of a programme offering sufferers access to anti retroviral therapies (Decision No.

Colombia has the fourth largest number of mine victims in the world victims of anti personnel mines, booby traps and mines other than anti personnel mines.

In June 2005 the Competition Council of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH Gazdasági Versenyhivatal) found evidence that Finland's Kemira Graw Haow, Europe's second largest fertilizer producer, and Belgium's Tessanderlo had been colluding in the Hungarian fertilizer market.

Out of these 100 SINTNCs, the top 12 are dominated by government linked companies (GLCs) (table 3).

As a result, the US has ended up with the world s highest incarceration rate a shocking 743 people per 100,000!

Hawaiian Airlines was the number one on time carrier in the United States from November 2003 until November 2006, when rival Aloha Airlines took the number one spot, pushing Hawaiian to a close second.

If it were a U.S. state, Long Island would rank 13th in population (after Virginia) and class='bold'>first in population density.

It had been the tallest building in Europe from its completion in 1997 until 2003 when it was surpassed by the Triumph Palace in Moscow.

Coal is king in China too, providing two thirds of its power supply.

1st place A group of women working against gender violence in Sao Paulo

It ranks last or near the bottom in business climate, housing affordability, and state bond rating (below even the US territory of Puerto Rico).

Energy lies at the heart of the world s most pressing global challenges.