<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Another note on the treatment of participants in Brussels: buses took us from two hotels and the convention center to the "gala dinner". On return nearly midnight the bus drivers stopped in a place near the convention center, far from the hotels... And this was it. Walk, take a taxi said the drivers.</div><div><br></div><div>Fine, fine hosting indeed...</div><div><br></div><div>--c.a.<br><br>enviado via iPhone</div><div><br>On 05/07/2010, at 08:24, Arzak Khan <<a href="mailto:azrak_khan@hotmail.com">azrak_khan@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Like always sheer double standards.</span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Arzak</span><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </font></p><br><br><br>
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