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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

She always keeps her room clean.

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.

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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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ROTTERDAM People who are lower on the socioeconomic ladder (indicated by their level of education, occupation, or income) have shorter and less healthy lives, on average, than those on higher rungs.

As the table shows, the staffing efficiency of procurement services in 2002 varied significantly from one extreme to another, with WFP followed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at the highest end of the efficiency spectrum.

This is a list of airports in Mauritania, sorted by location.

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Observational studies that compare outcomes for patients who receive particular treatments and control subject who do not rank higher, but may still be misleading.

The effects of consigning women to a lower status have been particularly perverse ever since the conflict unleashed a widespread wave of violence in a climate of total impunity.

With per capita GDP of more than 37,000, Japan still ranks among the world s richest countries, specializing in the highest value links of global supply chains.

The reason China has not risen higher is that other countries have been growing too, and because the gaps between countries are enormous.

Fernández s melodramatic speeches are a transparent attempt to elevate her late husband to saintly status, just as Perón elevated his wife, Evita, to sainthood.

Honors On November 9, 2006, in a private White House ceremony, President George W. Bush presented Cyd Charisse with the National Medal of the Arts and Humanities, the highest official U.S. honor available in the arts.

Many of the female operatic superstars Anna Netrebko, Elena Garanca, Angela Ghiorghiu, Magdalena Kožená, Aleksandra Kurzak come from former communist countries. Others are Asian.

Tropical Costa Rica also ranks near the top of the happiness league.