verybody should be a part of the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2011™ – literally so, according to the organisers. To boost the event’s appeal to all layers of society and the broadest possible spectrum of age groups, a special women’s team headed by German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel as “team coach" aims to boost awareness and passion for the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2011™ in Germany. The team comprises eleven well-known female personalities, all of them role models in their fields. The chief aim of the team, comprising Dunja Hayali, Monica Lierhaus, Ulrike Folkerts, Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Renan ...

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ombasa, Kenya - The IAAF Council has announced its decision that the host venues for the 13th IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS 2011 will be Korea, Daegu. Welcome to the web site for the 2011 IAAF World Championships Bidding Committee. Daegu, an international city with a population of 2.5 million and a 5,000-year history, has successfully hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan and the 2003 Summer Universiade, and possesses the excellent venue facilities. Based on its capacity and experiences, Daegu wishes to host the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, one of the top ...

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n behalf of the Government of the State of Qatar, I would like to express its full support for the hosting of the 20th World Petroleum Congress in Doha in 2011 It was Qatar’s very great pleasure to host the WPC Second Regional Meeting in December 2003 and its successful staging is a testament to the excellent facilities and the organization skills we have in Doha. Since then we have also hosted LNG 14 in 2004, the 10th International Energy Forum in April 2006 and the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum earlier this year. And of course Qatar staged the enormously su...

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IRIA have won the bid to bring the Global Sustainable Building and Construction Conference 2011 to London. This will be the first time in over a decade of activity that the global conference will be held in London. Welcoming the success of the bid, London’s Mayor, Boris Johnson said: “I am pleased to provide support for the conference. Meeting the challenge of climate change, through the efficient use of resources is a priority for the Greater London Authority. “This conference will provide an excellent forum for leaders in sustainability to share and develop their knowledge of best pra...

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lay Wales has been chosen to host the next International Play Association conference in Wales in 2011 (Monday 4 - Friday 8 July) . We will be working together with partners and colleagues to make this an exciting, vibrant, interesting and memorable event. This is an opportunity to bring together play providers, practitioners, theorists and researchers and to showcase the policy and practical work that happens in the UK. IPA is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961. It provides a forum for exchange and action across disciplines and across sectors. IPA'...

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n July 1969 the triennial meeting of IUPHAR was held in Basel. Right after the formal termination of the proceedings of that meeting a satellite session on narcotics was held in a classroom of the campus of the University on July 19, 1969, which is almost precisely 25 years ago. The facilities left something to be desired, but the session itself was lively and interesting. This meeting was planned and organized by Hans Kosterlitz and the late Harry Collier. The program had no papers on peptides, none on receptors and no mention of the term opioids which had not yet been coined by the late Bill...

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he United States Bowling Congress has reached an agreement to bring the 2011 USBC Open Championships to the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. The 2011 Open Championships was originally scheduled to be held in Osceola County, Fla., at a new 100-lane bowling facility in the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex on land made available by Walt Disney World. The current credit market delayed funding for a key third party involved with the construction project, jeopardizing the timeline for completion. With the Open Championships now set to be held at the National Bowling Stadium in 2010 and ...

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ne year before the Olympic Games are held, the Pan American Games invite high performance athletes from the American Continent to participate in a festival of sports and international friendship. The first Pan American Games were celebrated in Buenos Aires in 1951 but they originated more than two decades previously. The 1924 Olympic Congress coincided with the Paris Olympics of that same year and it was at this meeting that the national Olympic Committees of Cuba, Guatemala and Mexico suggested that regional games should be established for the Central American countries. These games becam...

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merican Samoa, New Caledonia and Solomon Islands were provided 30 minutes each to present their case for hosting the 2011 Games. All bids were very professional and colourful and all presented an excellent case for hosting the Games. In a close and interesting vote the first round went to New Caledonia with 22 votes, Solomon Islands with 12 votes and American Samoa with 11 Votes. Had New Caledonia taken one extra vote at this time they would have won outright. Consequently, American Samoa were eliminated and a second round was conducted between Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. An...

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0 October 2008: The International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IFAPA) has handed New Zealand the honour of hosting the International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity in 2011. The Halberg Trust was confirmed as hosts by the IFAPA Executive Committee. Established back in 1963 by former Olympic 5000m gold medallist Sir Murray Halberg, the Halberg Trust has grown to become one of New Zealand’s most respected not-for-profit organisations, with the twin aims of honouring sporting excellence and linking people with a disability to sport and active leisure in an inclusive environm...

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