All kidding aside, these aren't small matters for a host country.
His grandfather, he says, was a host of the country's reformist leader, King Amanullah Khan, after it gained independence from the British in 1919, and imported fuel, cooking oil, foods, technical equipment and construction materials from Iran and the Soviet Union.
If the immigrant stays on (and quite a few do not), the benefits will diminish as he ages, but at least he has given his host country a breathing space.
To enforce such a zone, our ships or the host country will have to provide a well-armed boat in the water to prevent any unauthorized craft from approaching our ships.
In 2013, for the first time, a Latin America country will host the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), offering a unique opportunity for participants to learn about current trends in the fields and to join with the international academic community.
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To be sure, there have only been a handful of host-country Grand Slam champions in recent decades.
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The tiny oil-rich Gulf state of Qatar, with a population estimated to be around 1.7m, will be the first Middle Eastern country to host a major sporting event, and a central crux of their bid centred around boosting the region's global profile.
With a population of 184 million, Brazil's potential internal market is large, and the country has attracted a host of multinational companies.
However, Chinese companies do not always behave in a draconian way unless the host country permits them to do so.
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They want the American viewing public to perceive the Olympics and, to some extent, the host country in a favorable light.
Organisers would step in if a winning country was unable to host the event, she said.
The world's first developing country to host a world fair is ending up creating the largest one ever.
Mexico is the first Latin American country to host a G20 summit, and this has been another example of Mexico playing a larger role in world affairs, from the global economy to climate change to development.
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Chairman of Olympic organisers Locog, Lord Coe, who went to Greece for the lighting and handover of the flame, said this next stage in the build-up to the Games was a "magical moment for any host country".
It is important to have fresh thinking for each Olympics, but it is also important that there be a preponderance of people from the host country in IT so that the IT plan reflect the unique aspects of the technology landscape in that country.
The more sophisticated the host country, the harder a bargain it drives.
It would be the smallest country to ever host a World Cup.
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There is a host of reasons to be optimistic about the country's investment prospects.
And just one oversight or error has the capacity to destroy a host city's reputation and damage a country's image.
In the past, exhibition events were used as a sort of trial for sports popular in the host country or those having received wider acceptance.
For Saudi Arabia, the host country, the mass religious event involving a precise set of symbolic rituals, is hugely significant.
As is the case with a country like China, we have a whole host of bilateral issues that we deal with countries on, as we did in the recent trip.
As a neutral country during World War II, Portugal played host to spies, deposed royalty, black marketers and many others who came to stay at the hotel and play in the casino on the Estoril Coast outside Lisbon.
Ms Been examined the demographics of 544 communities across the country immediately before they became the host of a hazardous-waste site.
Morales visited Tehran earlier this month, and just this week two Russian long-range bombers arrived in Venezuela, precursors of a larger military contingent in November, when the country will host four Russian warships and 1, 000 troops for joint military exercises.
And then there's a final kind of toss-in effect, which is the host country effect.
Security became a top priority in Brazil after the country won the right to host the 2014 football World Cup.
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From 18 to 20 February, the park also stages the Gatineau Loppet, a three-day international cross-country ski race which plays host to 3, 000 skiers from about 20 countries.
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