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Belgium appears to have the highest rate of True Metals in the world (the moon not included), They tend to be highly agressive and tend to start grunting randomly at people. After a true metal started the second interstellar war with the dwarfs, male species (female species are extremely rare) must be castrated before the age of 6, which doesn't prevent them for having sexual intercourse with catterpillars. They are ... the main reason why Friedrich Nietzsche declared that god was dead (and vica versa)
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The World Bank actively participated in the first meeting of the "Global Forum on Migration and Development" on July 9-11, 2007, which Belgium volunteered to host. This Forum served as an informal intergovernmental consultative body to distill possible options for international co-operation on migration. The Forum looked into ways, among others, to facilitate remittances, engage diasporas, integrate migration into poverty reduction strategies. The Bank is currently sharing its expertise on these issues, in particular on remittances. For more info on World Bank resources on remittances, click here.
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MEDRAD sales in Belgium and Luxemburg have grown steadily since it entered the market through a distributor in 1975. Customers will now have direct access to the product support and applications training that have earned MEDRAD its leading position in the worldwide market. "Taking customer satisfaction to the next level means providing our customers with expanded MEDRAD resources and expertise," says Peter Cleber, managing director of MEDRAD Europe B.V. "Our goal is to enable customers to maximize the effectiveness of MEDRAD products and services, and take full advantage of improvements in scanning technology."
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Belgium is well represented in the world of sport, football (soccer) being very popular. The national football team is called the Red Devils, and they are ranked as 45th by FIFA. However, Belgium ... has two female tennis players in the top 25; Kim Clijsters (#22), who has won the WTA Tour Championships twice: in 2002 and 2003, and Justine Henin-Hardenne (#8), who has won 3 Major Titels (Roland Garros and US Open in 2003, Australian Open in 2004) and the Olympic Gold medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Both Clijsters and Henin-Hardenne have been World Number 1.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ansell, a world leader in total hand protection solutions, announces the official launch of its Guardian(SM) consulting service for industrial production sites. This unique assessment methodology, focussed on selecting the most appropriate work gloves, helps multinationals to efficiently increase worker safety. Guardian(SM) helps companies to objectively standardise references, decrease purchasing costs, reduce product cost-of-use by extending wear and even increase worker productivity through wearing gloves better matched to the task at hand.
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While the struggle for political control continued, Belgium regained much of its former position as one of the world’s great trading nations. Industrial areas in the south were modernized, and Antwerp’s port facilities were expanded. Rich uranium deposits from the Congo, which were of particular value in the nuclear age, added to Belgium’s postwar prosperity.
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