Wendy was sentenced to eight years in prison for importing drugs into the country.
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And Bill Gates has said that importing a rich-country tool might not help the poor.
For the most part, the country is importing more commodities than it did in 2010, but in percentage terms volume growth is not as big as it was when comparing 2010 imports to 2009 imports.
Places like China, South Africa and the Pacific rim countries, particularly, will adopt the technology eventually, so we could be faced with the prospect of importing fruit into this country in 10 or 20 years' time.
The country has been importing large amounts of fuel in order to make up the difference.
The idea is that Americans could switch en masse to natural gas vehicles, and the country could stop importing so much oil.
In the next year or two the country will start importing up to 40 million tonnes a year, making it the world's biggest grain importer, he predicts.
The US Energy Information Administration reckons that, if China's demand for oil grows by a modest 3.3% a year, the country will be importing nearly 11m barrels per day by 2025.
Would it be feasible for China to shelter domestic green "champions" with various protectionist measures, or would the country be better off importing top-of-the-line green tech immediately?
This means that, even if we accept the optimistic forecast provided by the Ukrainian government itself, the country would still be importing about 1, 850 billion cubic feet a year, more than the combined 2008 natural gas imports of Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary (which are cumulatively about 1, 600 billion cubic feet of natural gas for a population of about 93.5 million).
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Specifically, placing foreign forces in Jerusalem or on its doorstep would mean importing Gaza into the heart of the country.
Soon the country will be in the position of importing only what it can pay for in cash.
If it had to, the country could enjoy life without exporting or importing.
The government also argues that the biggest beneficiaries of the subsidy were the owners of fuel-importing companies - among the richest people in the country.
Today the city is creating jobs and importing people faster than almost any other city in the country.
One reason: The South American country is exporting more goods to China than it is importing from it.
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But many cities are still without running water, and the country with the second-largest oil reserves in the world is importing gasoline.
Cambodia's fledgling judiciary is not famous for its independence, so no one was surprised when the trial on March 4th of the country's exiled senior prime minister, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, accused of illegally importing arms, ended in his conviction.
For instance, millions of dollars recently allocated to repair the country's oil refineries simply disappeared while General Abacha's close associates made fortunes out of importing petrol.
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