In his opening speech, President Pranab Mukherjee said India's current economic situation was "difficult".
But what harm would an opening speech have done in a case where there is no jury?
Russia whose president, Dmitry Medvedev, is scheduled to make the opening speech tomorrow night, has 9 of its wealthiest.
Mr Annan's opening speech to the assembly was his last as secretary general.
Thabo Mbeki, South Africa's president, delighted the anti-growth lobby with his opening speech, but did a huge disservice to the facts.
In his opening speech this morning, Sarkozy called on delegates and world leaders to work together to come up with regulations for the internet that will foster business without sacrificing privacy.
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After the mayor had given his opening speech, they declined to question him - expected to last at least an hour - and moved straight to a debate and vote on the budget.
An Opening speech was given by Ms. Farogat Azizi, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan and Ms. Shahlo Abdurahimova, Secretary General of the National Commission of the Republic of Tajikistan for UNESCO.
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Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell, who proposed the debate at the backbench committee meeting last month, said after the debate that he had planned to mention benefits in his opening speech but ran out of time.
Every two years, television's leaders gather in Cambridge at the Royal Television Society convention, to discuss the big issues of broadcasting, and hear the secretary of state lay out the government's latest thinking in a keynote opening speech.
In his opening speech on 9 December 2011, the Archbishop of Canterbury said that the church was not seeking a "privileged position" for Christians in the Middle East but a "long-term hope that the communities will have a guaranteed place in their homelands".
In his opening speech, His Excellency Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, the new High Representative of the UNAOC, sounded the alarm on the need to strengthen the tools for cooperation, prevention and resolution of conflicts, to face the rise of intolerance, and several very serious humanitarian situations, including Syria.
That made it the most valuable charity auction to support conservation projects, which is important, because as DiCaprio mentioned in his opening speech, less than 2% of philanthropic dollars globally support conservation projects, despite the fact that 140, 000 animal and plant species are becoming extinct every year, which is 10, 000 times the historic extinction rate.
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But Mr Putin's opening campaign speech was broadcast live by one channel and dominated news bulletins for the rest of the day on the main networks.
After a lofty opening, the speech devolved, as political speeches often do, into a list of proposals.
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The 'modern' stuff goes straight for the jugular with opening track Free Speech For The Dumb - a fast and furious re-working of the 1982 song from second generation punks Discharge.
Mr Mbeki's speech at the opening of Parliament on February 4th was typically artful.
In a speech at the opening of parliament, Mr Bashir also said the government was committed to a "national dialogue" with all groups.
Advocates of free speech believe that opening up their arguments to scrutiny is the best way to debunk them, without any other viable option.
Prince Charles will also give a speech at the opening ceremony.
The changes will require separate legislation which will go through parliament before the next general election and could be included in the Queen's speech at the state opening of Parliament in May.
Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos issued a rallying call in his speech to mark the official opening of the competition, which was attended by several heads of state, including South Africa's Jakob Zuma whose country hosts the World Cup finals later this year.
Mr Lilley was moving the Loyal Address to the Queen on behalf of MPs following the state opening of Parliament on 25 May 2010, a speech which is traditionally non-party political and humorous.
His speech was less a policy statement than the opening move in a campaign to reshape a debate where public opinion is both sceptical and divided.
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Mr Bush's speech was less a policy statement than the opening move in a campaign to reshape a debate where public opinion is both sceptical and divided.
Not one of the opening speakers mentioned Clinton, and many of them left during or just before her speech.
Her speech attracted more viewers than General Electric -owned NBC's Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Beijing, the heavily-hyped finale of News Corp.
In a speech delivered on his behalf by the Minister of Information and Culture at the opening ceremony in Kabul, President Karzai said that the Government wants to see "a free media which can reflect the realities of society, enlighten people, and search for solutions for unresolved problems".
The Queen set out the government's plans in a speech written for her by the government amid the traditional pomp and ceremony of the state opening of parliament.
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