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The 2003 Cancún talks—intended to forge concrete agreement on the Doha round objectives—collapsed after four days during which the members could not agree on farm subsidies and access to markets. Negotiations focused upon four key areas: agriculture, industrial goods, trade in services, and updated customs codes. The North-South divide was most prominent on issues of agriculture. Rich countries’ farm subsidies (both the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and the U.S. government agro-subsidies) became a major sticking point. The ...

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Doha round, Doha round - Doha, Doha round - Cancún, Doha round - Geneva, Doha round - Paris, Doha round - Hong Kong

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Cancún is a coastal city in Mexico's easternmost state, Quintana Roo. It is the municipal seat of Benito Juárez municipality and a world renowned tourist resort. Cancún - Geography. The average temperature in Cancún is 27° C (80° F) with more than 240 days of sunshine, and rain is rare, with late August through early October being the rainy season. The beaches are almost 100 percent limestone; the porous quality of the limestone makes for cool sand even under the intense tropical sun. Cancún is divid ...

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• Cancún - Geography
• Cancún - History
• Cancún - Environmental concerns
• Cancún - Tourism in Cancún
• Cancún - Hurricane Wilma
• Cancún - Sister cities

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In the early 1950s Cancun was an almost unpopulated and undeveloped island just off the Caribbean Sea coast of the Yucatán peninsula, home to three caretakers of a coconut plantation and small Pre-Columbian ruins of the Maya civilization. The government of Mexico decided to develop a tourist resort on Cancun, which was originally financed by a USD $27 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank. A causeway was built to link Cancun to the mainland, and an international airport was built, along with what was at first a model city fo ...

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Cancún, Cancún - Geography, Cancún - History, Cancún - Environmental concerns, Cancún - Tourism in Cancún, Cancún - Hurricane Wilma, Cancún - Sister cities

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Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. A tourist is someone who travels at least eighty kilometres (fifty miles) from home for the purpose of recreation, as defined by the World Tourism Organization (a United Nations body). A more comprehensive definition would be that tourism is a service industry, comprising a number of tangible and intangible components. The tangible elements include transport systems - air, rail, road, water and now, space; hospitality service ...

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• Tourism - Tourism Classification
• Tourism - Required factors
• Tourism - History
• Tourism - Health tourism & leisure travel
• Tourism - Winter tourism
• Tourism - Mass travel
• Tourism - International mass tourism
• Tourism - Recent developments
• Tourism - Special forms of tourism
• Tourism - Trends

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Trade is the voluntary exchange of goods, services, or both. Trade is also called commerce. A mechanism that allows trade is called a market. The original form of trade was barter, the direct exchange of goods and services. Modern traders instead generally negotiate through a medium of exchange, such as money. As a result, buying can be separated from selling, or earning. The invention of money (and later credit, paper money and non-physical money) greatly simplified and promoted trade. Trade between two traders is called bilateral trade, while trade between more th ...

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• Trade - History of trade
• Trade - Development of money
• Trade - Current trends
• Trade - International trade
• Trade - Organisation of trade
• Trade - International organizations
• Trade - Types of trade
• Trade - Support for trade
• Trade - Notes
• Trade - External link

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2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. It corresponded to the years 5765-5766 in the Hebrew Calendar, 1425-1426 in the Islamic Calendar, 1383-1384 in the Iranian calendar and 2758 a.U.c. 2005 was the World Year of Physics, the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar, and the International Year of the Eucharist in Catholicism. 2005 - Events. 2005 - January. January 4 - Death of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri, a ...

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• 2005 - Events
• 2005 - January
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• 2005 - Births
• 2005 - Deaths
• 2005 - January-March
• 2005 - April-June
• 2005 - July-September
• 2005 - October-December
• 2005 - Nobel Prizes
• 2005 - 2005 in fiction

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Anti-globalization is a term most commonly used to describe the political stance of people and groups who oppose current global trade agreements and trade-governing bodies such as the World Trade Organization. “Anti-globalization” is considered by some to be a social movement, while others consider it to be an umbrella term that encompasses a number of separate social movements. In either case, participants are united in opposition to the current global economic and trade systems, which they say undermine the environment, labor rights, nation ...

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• Anti-globalization - Ideology and Causes within the Movement
• Anti-globalization - Opposition to International Financial Institutions and Transnational Corporations
• Anti-globalization - Anti-Globalization as Anti-Neoliberalism
• Anti-globalization - Anti-War” Development
• Anti-globalization - Appropriateness of the term
• Anti-globalization - Influences on the Anti-globalization Movement
• Anti-globalization - Organization
• Anti-globalization - Main Demonstrations and appointments
• Anti-globalization - J18
• Anti-globalization - Seattle/N30
• Anti-globalization - Law enforcement reaction
• Anti-globalization - Genoa
• Anti-globalization - International Social Forums
• Anti-globalization - Influence on the developing world
• Anti-globalization - Criticisms
• Anti-globalization - Disorganization
• Anti-globalization - Addressing problems incorrectly
• Anti-globalization - Failure to propose solutions to problems
• Anti-globalization - Violence
• Anti-globalization - Motivations of movement
• Anti-globalization - Lack of evidence for claims
• Anti-globalization - Mobilizations
• Anti-globalization - Opponents of global corporatization
• Anti-globalization - Opponents of anti-globalization pro-globalists
• Anti-globalization - Books on anti-globalization

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Coba (Cobá in the Spanish language) is a large ruined city of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is located about 90 km east of the Maya site of Chichen Itza, about 40 km west of the Caribbean Sea, and 44 km northwest of the site of Tulum, with which it is connected by a modern road. Coba - The Ancient City. Coba is located around five small lagoons. A series of elevated stone and plaster roads called radiate from the central site to various ...

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• Coba - The Ancient City
• Coba - Modern Explorations of Coba

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The Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, also known as the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference of the WTO and abbreviated as MC6, was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong from 13th to 18th December 2005. Representatives from 148 countries were expected to attend the event, as well as over 10,000 protestors led by the Hong Kong People’s Alliance on WTO and made up of largely South Korean farmers. Wan Chai Sports Ground and Wan Chai Cargo Handling Basin in Wan ...

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• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Background
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Doha development agenda
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Possible agenda
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Principles of the negotiations
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - The potential benefits of the success of the MC6
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - The barriers faced by the MC6
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Participations of the member countries
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Pre-conference predictions
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Planning
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Venue
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Security and emergency
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Logistics
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Media
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Finance
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - The participation of NGOs
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Participating parties
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Facilities offered for the NGOs
• WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Demonstrations

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This is a list of airports to which United Airlines currently flies to. It does not include cities only served by United Express. United Airlines destinations - Asia. United Airlines destinations - East Asia. China, People's Republic of Beijing (Beijing Capital International Airport) Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport) Shanghai (Shanghai Pudong International Airport) Codeshares with Air China on selected Chinese ...

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• United Airlines destinations - Asia
• United Airlines destinations - East Asia
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• United Airlines destinations - Europe
• United Airlines destinations - North America
• United Airlines destinations - United States U.S. Territories Canada and Mexico
• United Airlines destinations - Bermuda and the Caribbean excluding US territories
• United Airlines destinations - Central America
• United Airlines destinations - South America
• United Airlines destinations - Oceania

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USA 3000 Airlines (IATA: U5, ICAO: GWY, and Callsign: Getaway) is an airline headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. It operates a fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft. Brendan Airways d/b/a USA 3000 Airlines was founded by Apple Vacations, a leading tour operator in the Northeastern United States. Apple was interested in bringing a charter airline "in-house" so they could control crew morale, what aircraft they fly and service plans. USA 3000 Airlines operating certificate reads "Brendan Airways". However, for all marketing purposes the airline is USA 3000 Airlin ...

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• USA 3000 Airlines - Destinations
• USA 3000 Airlines - Fleet

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August 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December August 2003 - Events. See also: Afghanistan timeline August 2003 California recall Dodgy Dossier Columbia investigation EU enlargement Hong Kong Basic Law Hutton Inquiry Liberian crisis North Korea crisis Occupation of Iraq: Including:

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Cozumel (Maya: Island of the Swallows) is an island off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen. It is one of the eight municipalities (municipios) of the state of Quintana Roo. Cozumel is a popular tourist destination renowned for its scuba diving. The main town on the island is San Miguel. The island is about 48 km (30 miles) north-south and 16 km (10 miles) east-west, and is the largest island of Mexico. It is about 20 km (12 miles) from the mainland, and some 60 km (36 miles ...

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• Cozumel - History
• Cozumel - Geography
• Cozumel - Biodiversity
• Cozumel - Demographics
• Cozumel - Culture
• Cozumel - Government

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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international, multilateral organization which sets the rules for the global trading system and resolves disputes between its member states, all of whom are signatories to its about 30 agreements. WTO headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland. Pascal Lamy is the current Director-General, taking over from the previous Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi on September 1, 2005. As of December 15, 2005, there are 150 members in the organization, with the Kingdom of Tonga becom ...

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• World Trade Organization - History
• World Trade Organization - Mission
• World Trade Organization - Structure
• World Trade Organization - Trade negotiations
• World Trade Organization - Dispute resolution
• World Trade Organization - Membership
• World Trade Organization - Agreements
• World Trade Organization - Agreement on Agriculture AoA
• World Trade Organization - General Agreement on Trade in Services GATS
• World Trade Organization - Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights TRIPs Agreement
• World Trade Organization - Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary SPS Agreement
• World Trade Organization - Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade TBT
• World Trade Organization - Chronology
• World Trade Organization - Critique
• World Trade Organization - Ministerial conferences
• World Trade Organization - 1st ministerial conference
• World Trade Organization - 2nd ministerial conference
• World Trade Organization - 3rd ministerial conference
• World Trade Organization - 4th ministerial conference
• World Trade Organization - 5th ministerial conference
• World Trade Organization - 6th ministerial conference
• World Trade Organization - References and further readings

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See also: 1994 in music, other events of 1995, 1996 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1995 in music - Events. January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. Garcia is not injured in the accident. February 1 - Welsh Rock Band Manic Street Preachers Band Member Richey James Edwards Goes Missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel at 7AM. February 6 - Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in p ...

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• 1995 in music - Events
• 1995 in music - Albums released
• 1995 in music - Top hits
• 1995 in music - Classical music
• 1995 in music - Opera
• 1995 in music - Musical theater
• 1995 in music - Musical films
• 1995 in music - Deaths
• 1995 in music - Awards
• 1995 in music - Grammy Awards
• 1995 in music - Country Music Association Awards
• 1995 in music - Eurovision Song Contest
• 1995 in music - Mercury Music Prize
• 1995 in music - Charts
• 1995 in music - KROQ
• 1995 in music - Triple J Hottest 100

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This is a list of television-related events in 1995. 1994 in film 1995 in film 1996 in film 1994 in home video 1995 in home video 1996 in home video 1994 in television 1995 in television 1996 in television For the American network television schedule, please see 1995-96 American network television schedule. 1995 in television - Events. Ja ...

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• 1995 in television - Events
• 1995 in television - Debuts
• 1995 in television - Television shows
• 1995 in television - Ending this year
• 1995 in television - Changes of Network Affiliation
• 1995 in television - Births
• 1995 in television - Deaths

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Líneas Aéreas Azteca, S.A. de C.V. (also known as Azteca Airlines) is a privately held, Mexico-based airline formed in 2000, serving primarily Mexican and U.S.-Mexican border destinations. The airline is a member, under the name Azteca Airlines, of the Airlines Reporting Corporation. Líneas Aéreas Azteca has actively sought to expand international routes into the United States, and it is a Continental Airlines partner airline. In 2003, Azteca contributed a small amount to traffic through Ontario International Airport, constituti ...

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• Líneas Aéreas Azteca - Destinations
• Líneas Aéreas Azteca - Mexico
• Líneas Aéreas Azteca - United States
• Líneas Aéreas Azteca - Fleet

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Augustus le Plongeon (1825-1908) was a photographer, antiquarian and amateur archaeologist who was made the first attempted excavations and photographic records of the ruins of Chichen Itza, a site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization on the northern Yucatán peninsula, Central America. He wrote a lengthy history of Maya culture, going so far as to propose a theory that Maya had founded Ancient Egypt, a theory which has since been discredited by the scientific community. In general, his theories were considered to be somewhat outlan ...

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• Augustus Le Plongeon - Early life and careers
• Augustus Le Plongeon - Travels in Peru
• Augustus Le Plongeon - Further research and development of theories
• Augustus Le Plongeon - Travels in Yucatán
• Augustus Le Plongeon - Theories and later career
• Augustus Le Plongeon - Published works

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Yucatán is the name of one of the 31 states of Mexico, located on the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. The term The Yucatán is also used in Mexico to refer to the three states on the peninsula: Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo; all three modern states were formerly part of the larger historic state of Yucatán in the 19th century. This Mexican state borders the states of Campeche to the south west, Quintana Roo to the east and southeast ...

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• Yucatán - History
• Yucatán - Prehistory
• Yucatán - Pre-Columbian era
• Yucatán - Arrival of the Spanish
• Yucatán - Independence and the turbulent 1840s
• Yucatán - Mid 19th century through mid 20th century
• Yucatán - Late 20th century: An end to relative isolation
• Yucatán - Footnotes

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In agriculture, a cash crop is a crop which is grown for money. The term is used to differentiate from subsistence crops, which are those fed to the producer's own livestock or grown as food for the producer's family. In earlier times cash crops were usually only a small (but vital) part of a farm's total yield, while today, especially in the developed countries, almost all crops are mainly grown for cash. In non-developed nations, cash crops are usually crops which attract demand in more deve ...

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