SWEDEN TOPS THE TABLES


“The Swedish foreign aid programme is the best in the world in terms of quantity, weighted for country size, as well as its quality,” said a report by the Centre for Global Development (CGD), a Washington, DC-based think tank which compiles an annual ranking of rich countries’ commitment to development assistance.In the 2008 rankings, which were released on Friday, Sweden had the highest ranked foreign assistance programme of any of the 22 wealthy countries included in CGD’s annual Commitment to Development Index.

Sweden’s high score of 13.0 for its foreign aid was also the highest score received by any country in any category.

more on this here
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Red Face

It can still cause problems. Well, I spent the greater part of my life on the left not on the right. I met my wife essentially because I stood on the wrong side of the road for the bus.

So I go into Bog Cottage and end up with Sharp Nude, whereas I really needed to have gone T17 through the King's Garden into T19 via Big Bog to get to Clog Mountain. Of course, the King's Garden has everything so I could have gone to Raspberry Mountain, or raised my voice at Shout Stone. If I was that interested in cars (about from continually giving first aid to the Espace - worst car I've ever bought) I could turn my attention to Wheeltown or enjoy the highly pleasurable company of Mary Market or Lily Island.
But there I embarrassingly was with Sharp Nude and all because my brain was hotwired for the left not the right.

And for those who haven't a clue what I am talking about.....check this out
http://www.thelocal.se/subway/map.html
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For those who haven't got it yet, the above entry is about a new map of Stockholm' s subway system which has been quite literally translated over to english