Their tax treatment is still unclear, so few companies have as yet decided to award them.

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Finally, the jury decided to award the Honourable Mention of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy to Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik , Secretary, Government of the Punjab, Pakistan.

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Television match official Bevan needed several long hard looks to decide the ball had been grounded properly, but decided to award the score despite some disbelieving looks from the Ospreys.

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The UK Border Agency decided not to award the players visas and Johnston said he will look elsewhere to strengthen the squad.

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The judges decided not to award a third-place prize, concluding that none of the eight other finalists met that criteria after the teams put their entries through real-world testing.

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Can you please tell me why you all decided to give us this award?

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He said that performance meant the committee "decided it was appropriate to award the executives close to the maximum payments under the annual bonus arrangements".

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The Japanese government decided to present Mrs Vining with a medal, the Order of the Sacred Crown, an award given only to women and with eight degrees of merit.

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Instead of shooting for another iLounge Best of Show award with a clever new iPod case, he decided to invent a product on the spot and enlisted total strangers to help him do it.

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The winner of Monday's award was decided by votes from national coaches of the continent's 53 countries affiliated to the Confederation of African Football (Caf).

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