But Mr Hirst is an artist and, in Western countries, artists are valued as rule-breaking rogues.
As well as among expats, the militants are also seeking to influence opinion back in the US and in other Western countries.
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There is a broad pattern repeated across these tables, with a cluster of Asian, Pacific Rim, countries at the top, European and western countries in the upper and middle ranks, with countries in North Africa and the Middle East in the lower ranks.
Jews have lived in this country, in the States, and in many other Western countries, for centuries, and they just get on with it.
So he moved to Singapore in 1984 to start Petra Foods with his two younger brothers, Joseph and William, and began distributing Western and Japanese brands in countries like Singapore and Thailand.
The comments reflect a practicality common among Western diplomats and officials trying to win hearts and minds in the Middle East and other non-Western countries where democracy isn't a tradition.
It operates in 14 countries and 12 languages in Western Europe.
The company plans eventually to expand to Australia and through countries in Western Europe.
Some of that cost differential could be offset by higher productivity and greater labour flexibility in western countries.
Over the past three years, Microsoft has created a uniform, detailed map of the Continental United States and 17 countries in Western and Central Europe.
Rather we will confine our discourse to the needs of Muslims in countries ruled by man-made law, and Western countries-is it permissible for them to work as judges in certain conditions?
As markets polarise between luxury and budget, the beacon is the outstanding success of Renault, which makes its basic Logan car in Romania and sells it in 42 countries, including parts of western Europe.
Rich in vitamins B and C and with 10 times the iron that's found in cow's milk, it wants camel milk to be as popular in western countries as it is in north Africa and the Middle East.
Having spent a lot of time in Cameroon and having represented the prime minister of Cameroon, you'll don't need a re-branding of the African continent as it relates to tourism and to try to bring dollars in, you need to re-brand some of the leadership in some of these African countries, particularly in Western African and sub-Saharan Africa.
It starts with sure-fire bets such as Croatia, and other small digestible countries in the western Balkans such as Macedonia.
It was the first such public claim by Israel and appeared to increase pressure on Washington and other Western countries to intervene in Syria.
First of all, Iran has accused the U.S. and other Western countries of meddling in its responses or with the comments that have come out about the demonstrations.
Bar investment is popular in China and India, while exchange-traded fund buying is more popular in Western countries.
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Large majorities in most Muslim populations, except Indonesia and Turkey, reckon that western-style democracy can work in their countries.
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This is cheaper for them than having staff in Western countries where salaries and other costs are higher.
Forming a legal entity and constructing a new workshop are relatively straightforward and will happen more quickly than in most Western countries. (Company executives are constantly amazed by how quickly buildings seem to go up in China.) Completing the legal work and building factories are the easy parts, however.
This had come to pass in Japan in the late 1990s and again in the early 2000s, but had not occurred in most Western countries since the late 1950s.
Inevitably, every Western country and even some countries in the East are democracies with their leaders elected by popular vote.
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But we are fighting, in the most literal sense, to safeguard democracy in those countries of Western Europe and overseas where it has taken root.
"India is quite irresistible with the rising economy and a lot of Western countries seem stagnant in comparison to the fast pace of India, " she explained.
Those virtues, they argued, underpinned their economic miracles and won envious admiration abroad, not least in Western countries bent under the weight of their social obligations.
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Ambassador GUIJIN: (Through Translator) The Western countries and Western oil companies have, for years, carried out oil exploration in the most oil-rich regions in the world.
However, health activists and aid groups counter that Indian generics are a lifesaver for patients in poor countries who cannot afford Western prices to treat diseases such as cancer, malaria and HIV.
Entrepreneurs in developed countries like the United States and Western Europe typically start with a brilliant idea.
Every country in Eastern Europe, and a number of Western countries as well, has a fertility rate that will lead to substantial long-term population decline and Russia is the exact opposite of unique in this regard.
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