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

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.

China is fourth and rising in terms of 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.

Mexico ranks 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.

Turin is ranked third in Italy, after Milan and Rome, for economic strength.

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

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

Among US states, California still ranks first in technology, agriculture, and entertainment.

Finland is ranked 16th in the 2008 global Index of Economic Freedom and 9th in Europe.

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.

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.

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

It may no longer be a daily front page story.

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

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

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

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

Venezuela ranks first in the Global Beauties webpage list as the country with more international pageants titles won.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

However, it wished to know why the average grade level of Congolese staff had been budgeted at G 2, step 1, and what the budgeted level was in other peacekeeping missions.

The country topped the US in auto production in 2009, and remains second only to South Korea in shipbuilding, with 36 of global capacity.

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).

Indeed, Nigeria s film industry is the world s third largest, after the US and India, and is second only to oil production in terms of its economic significance to the country.

It has now emerged as a significant donor to developing countries in Africa and Asia, second only to China in the range and quantity of development assistance given by countries of the global South.

But Obama has other priorities. His foreign policy challenges, with the exception of Iran s nuclear enrichment program and Israel s reaction to it, come second to the US economy s health, and its impact on his re election.

China was at the bottom of the rankings 30 years ago, but at its present rate it will soon overtake Thailand.

Injuries and poisonings are also increasing and they are in third place of specific causes of deaths.

Reporters without Borders ranks Syria among the worst free speech offenders, at 176 out of 179 countries in its worldwide index on the freedom of press.

2010 Capitale du Crime Volume 2 The disk Capitale du Crime Volume 2 released on January 18, 2010, ranks third in the album sales in France in the first week of its release.

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

It means being in a different clan, at a different part of the feeding trough.

It is particularly difficult to start a business in China (151st), pay taxes (122nd), obtain construction permits (179th), and get electricity (115th).

In 2014, she was ranked as the 38th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine.

Taiwan was ranked 25th and Korea 41st.

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

Additionally, Nassau County is the third richest county per capita in the state of New York, richest county in median income in the state, the 12th richest county in the nation, and it has the second highest property taxes in the United States.

Mexico ranks sixth in the world and 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 international arrivals per year.